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How to Contact Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Other Social Networks

Kikolani

Do you have a burning question you want to ask the support team at a popular social network, but you gave up because you couldn’t find the actual contact form through the endless maze of self-serve support documentation? LinkedIn may be one of the simplest social networks to contact. Have you had luck with contacting these social networks or others? Please share your social media support experiences in the comments! Social Media Facebook

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PB134: How to Decide if You Should Start on a New Social Network or Medium

ProBlogger

How to Decide if a New Social Network or Medium is Right for You. Today I’m going to help you decide if you should start on that new social network or that new medium like a podcast or a YouTube channel. People are wondering if they should get on different social networks or take advantage of new mediums. If your readers are on a network more for personal reasons it could be a signal that it’s not a great place to sell.

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Am I talking to myself over here? My Feedburner saga

Janet Fouts

So we moved some client sites to Feedblitz , others decided to use WordPress’s free built in RSS feed tool. Feedblitz makes this really easy with their Feedburner migration guide. Just use the Feedblitz migration guide and it will find the feeds and migrate them for you. Feedblitz has a plugin but it hasn’t been updated in some time, according to the docs, so I didn’t use it. I get this from Feedblitz and I get awesome support if I have any issues.

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PB115: How to Get More Subscribers, Follows and Connections From Your Blog Readers

ProBlogger

Social media is important too, but it is secondary and there is more risk. Promote from other social networks, use a tool like SumoMe or Hellobar, cross promote. Ian Cleary from Razor Social. Finding readers Creating Content FeedSplice by FeedBlitzNote: this episode can be listened to in the player above or on iTunes or Stitcher. Getting Blog Readers to Subscribe, Follow and Connect. Welcome to episode 115.

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PB115: How to Get More Subscribers, Follows and Connections From Your Blog Readers

ProBlogger

Social media is important too, but it is secondary and there is more risk. Promote from other social networks, use a tool like SumoMe or Hellobar, cross promote. Ian Cleary from Razor Social. Finding readers Creating Content FeedSplice by FeedBlitzNote: this episode can be listened to in the player above or on iTunes or Stitcher. Getting Blog Readers to Subscribe, Follow and Connect. Welcome to episode 115.

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188: How to Build Two Successful Blogs (and the Pros and Cons of Doing so)

ProBlogger

Around this time, I also started my first blog network, it was called The Breaking News blogs. By 2005, I think I had about 30 blogs including that network of blogs that I was involved with at that time. The first thing I decided to stop doing with my partners was to stop the Breaking News blog network which freed up a lot of time from me. Eventually, to get some traffic in from Google and some other social media sort of sources.

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185: How to Get a Blogging Job

ProBlogger

If you can demonstrate to an advertiser that you don’t just write well but you have experience in design, in writing for search engine optimization, that you have experience in social media, in editing, in design, in creating visual content, in creating video. If you’re willing to share your content with your own network, and share it with other bloggers that you know, that to them will signal new eyeballs on the content, new traffic to their site. How to Apply for a Blogging Job.

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187: Is Written Content Dead?

ProBlogger

That’s the question I had a few times at Social Media Marketing World last week. I got back from Social Media Marketing World a couple of days ago in San Diego, 25 hours both ways. The reason that I want to talk about it is because at Social Media Marketing World, I recon I had about 10 conversations with people about written content and whether it has a future. Everyone at Social Media Marketing World is talking about video. Creating Content FeedSplice by FeedBlitz

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PB159: Link Building Tip – How to Generate Hundreds of Links for Your Blog in 5 Minutes a Day

ProBlogger

Actually, I approach people not only via email but sometime on social media as well. Networking and commenting on other blogs and that relates to this as well. Here’s How to Get Moving Again 134: How to Decide if You Should Start on a New Social Network or Medium PB131: How to Conduct a Half Yearly Blog Review. Increasing productivity FeedSplice by FeedBlitzLink Building Tip – Generate Hundreds of Links for Your Blog in 5 Minutes a Day.

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PB158: Feeling Stuck? Here’s How to Get Moving Again

ProBlogger

I decided to stop consuming for that week, no reading blog posts, no listening to podcasts, no social media, and very limited email. Related Stories 134: How to Decide if You Should Start on a New Social Network or Medium PB131: How to Conduct a Half Yearly Blog Review. Increasing productivity FeedSplice by FeedBlitzFeeling Stuck? How to Regain Momentum. Are you feeling stuck with some area of your blogging or business life?

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PB163: 3 Productivity Tips to Help You Build Healthy Habits

ProBlogger

Physically, emotionally, socially, spiritually, I was unhealthy in all of these different areas and I realized something needed to change or I wouldn’t be around to see my kids growing up. Email, my social media, team related stuff. Here’s How to Get Moving Again 134: How to Decide if You Should Start on a New Social Network or Medium. Increasing productivity FeedSplice by FeedBlitz3 Tips to Help You Increase Your Productivity.

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PB147: Tips, Tools and Techniques for Managing Incoming Email

ProBlogger

Link to social sites on contact form – or even push readers to your facebook page – be clear and set expectations. A lot of them are automated emails and many of you will be familiar with those, those sorts of emails that you get from social networks when someone follows you and all of those types of things. At that time, I remember really clearly being inundated with social media messages, some of which you couldn’t even turn off at that time.

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188: How to Build Two Successful Blogs (and the Pros and Cons of Doing so)

ProBlogger

Around this time, I also started my first blog network, it was called The Breaking News blogs. By 2005, I think I had about 30 blogs including that network of blogs that I was involved with at that time. The first thing I decided to stop doing with my partners was to stop the Breaking News blog network which freed up a lot of time from me. Eventually, to get some traffic in from Google and some other social media sort of sources.

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PB166: Editorial Strategy – 11 Factors to Consider When Shaping the Content Strategy for Your Blog

ProBlogger

How to Decide if You Should Start on a New Social Network or Medium. Creating Content FeedSplice by FeedBlitzFactors to Consider When Shaping Content Strategy for Your Blog. In today’s lesson, I want to share 11 factors to consider when thinking about developing your blog’s editorial strategy and thinking about your blog’s editorial style. The success of your blog hinges on many factors but among the most important of them is your content.

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PB147: Tips, Tools and Techniques for Managing Incoming Email

ProBlogger

Link to social sites on contact form – or even push readers to your facebook page – be clear and set expectations. A lot of them are automated emails and many of you will be familiar with those, those sorts of emails that you get from social networks when someone follows you and all of those types of things. At that time, I remember really clearly being inundated with social media messages, some of which you couldn’t even turn off at that time.

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PB148: Juggling Family Life and Blogging? Here’s some Tips on Getting the Balance Right

ProBlogger

I went over to speak at Social Media Marketing World, then we continued to travel for three or four weeks after that. Occasionally we will do a little bit of work, maybe on one of the evenings just to schedule some social media. It’s in those times that I won’t create, I’ll do my email, I will do social media. I quite like working in that environment where there’s some white noise, where there’s other people around, I find that kind of semi social.

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PB148: Juggling Family Life and Blogging? Here’s some Tips on Getting the Balance Right

ProBlogger

I went over to speak at Social Media Marketing World, then we continued to travel for three or four weeks after that. Occasionally we will do a little bit of work, maybe on one of the evenings just to schedule some social media. It’s in those times that I won’t create, I’ll do my email, I will do social media. I quite like working in that environment where there’s some white noise, where there’s other people around, I find that kind of semi social.

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PB169: Single Author Blog to Multi Author Blog – How to Make the Transition

ProBlogger

I did all the writing, all the social media, all the marketing – everything. It may be engaging in some other network, but as much engagement as you can get because you are going to find it so much easier to get people to write for your blog, if you’ve already had some sort of an engagement with them and if potential writers come to your blog and see engagement as well – because that’s something that will attract them. I did all the social media.

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PB136: The Ultimate Guide to Creating Evergreen Content for Your Blog

ProBlogger

You can add into that a whole heap of social media posts as well. Evergreen content is the type of content that you can continue to share and re-share in social media. If I do a review of a new camera, I can share that on social media for maybe a couple of months and it will still be relevant. How do you decide which social media network to go on, that was two episodes ago. Why Evergreen Content is the Best Investment of Time for a Blogger.

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PB136: The Best Investment of Time You’ll Ever Make as a Blogger

ProBlogger

You can add into that a whole heap of social media posts as well. Evergreen content is the type of content that you can continue to share and re-share in social media. If I do a review of a new camera, I can share that on social media for maybe a couple of months and it will still be relevant. How do you decide which social media network to go on, that was two episodes ago. Why Evergreen Content is the Best Investment of Time for a Blogger.

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187: Is Written Content Dead?

ProBlogger

That’s the question I had a few times at Social Media Marketing World last week. I got back from Social Media Marketing World a couple of days ago in San Diego, 25 hours both ways. The reason that I want to talk about it is because at Social Media Marketing World, I recon I had about 10 conversations with people about written content and whether it has a future. Everyone at Social Media Marketing World is talking about video. Creating Content FeedSplice by FeedBlitz

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PB137: Challenge – 7 Days to Getting Your Blogging Groove Back

ProBlogger

The group adds accountability and networking opportunities. Visit Other Challenger Posts – Leave a comment or follow on social media. If you see a post that you really like, share it on your social network. Related Stories PB136: The Best Investment of Time You’ll Ever Make as a Blogger 134: How to Decide if You Should Start on a New Social Network or Medium PB132: How to Give Your Blog Posts Structure By Using Subheadings.

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PB166: Editorial Strategy – 11 Factors to Consider When Shaping the Content Strategy for Your Blog

ProBlogger

How to Decide if You Should Start on a New Social Network or Medium. Creating Content FeedSplice by FeedBlitzFactors to Consider When Shaping Content Strategy for Your Blog. In today’s lesson, I want to share 11 factors to consider when thinking about developing your blog’s editorial strategy and thinking about your blog’s editorial style. The success of your blog hinges on many factors but among the most important of them is your content.

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PB131: How to Conduct a Half Yearly Blog Review

ProBlogger

Traffic spikes and why – social network, blogs, seasonal. Promotional activities – guests posts, social, SEO, how did it go? Social media engagement. Was it a rush of traffic from social network? Did you change the frequency of your updating on social media? If you send out newsletters, what type of engagements are you getting on social media? Increasing productivity FeedSplice by FeedBlitz

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PB138: Challenge: Create a List Post

ProBlogger

Related Stories PB137: Challenge – 7 Days to Getting Your Blogging Groove Back PB136: The Best Investment of Time You’ll Ever Make as a Blogger 134: How to Decide if You Should Start on a New Social Network or Medium. Creating Content FeedSplice by FeedBlitzChallenge: Create a List Post. This is part 1 of our 7 Days to Getting Your Blogging Groove Back Challenge that we kicked off in the last episode of this podcast.

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PB145: Is Your Obsession With Creating New Content Hurting Your Blog?

ProBlogger

Blogging, Podcasting, YouTube, Social (paid and organic). You Also get access to our exclusive event networking and accountability group on FB. We then think about how we share it – visual content, timing on social, craft the descriptions, get it into the newsletter etc. Our authors are then thinking about engaging with readers who come – trying to get good discussions going, watching social comments etc. Social media graphics – pinnable images?

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Fetching Friday – 20 Marketing Links & Sad Cat Diary

Kikolani

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Today’s SEO is about earning recognition, social spread, and backlinks. Social Media / Social Networking. 24 Places to Find Social Media Jobs – Updated for 2013 – Today I’d like to share an updated list of places to find social media jobs. This makes social media too big to ignore.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Imagine the World

Kikolani

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Klout for Business Aims to Help Brands Reach Social Influencers – At long last, Klout has rolled out its social-scoring service to businesses, allowing companies to better understand who their top influencers are online. Social Media / Social Networking.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & World’s Cutest Frog

Kikolani

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. How to Find Popular Topics for Your Business to Blog About – In this post, we’re going to dig a bit deeper into additional tools and strategies your business can use to discover what content performs best on social media in your industry. Social Media / Social Networking.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & The Future of Google Author Rank

Kikolani

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. How to Generate More Leads With Your Blog: 5 Tips – Learn how businesses with top marketing blogs generate leads with social media and content marketing. Do you wonder if your blog is optimized for social media conversions? Social Media / Social Networking.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & The Science of Productivity

Kikolani

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Top 75 Must-Read Online Marketing Blogs – Last year, I compiled 75 Marketing Blogs that covered conversion, content, email, paid search, SEO, analytics, blogging, and social media marketing. Social Media / Social Networking. Here are 50 ways to drive leads with social media.

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Fetching Friday – 22 Marketing Links

Kikolani

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Social Media / Social Networking. The Digital Elevator Pitch: How to Create Click-Worthy Social Media Profiles – Are you investing time in your social media profiles? An in-depth, tactical approach to optimizing your social profiles.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Guest Blogging Hangout

Kikolani

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Social Media / Social Networking. 10 Innovative Uses of Pinterest – Among Pinterest’s 48 million users, here are 10 that have found innovative ways to use the social platform. Kikolani is now using Feedblitz to deliver the latest posts to you via RSS.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Funny Cute Animal Compilation

Kikolani

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. How to Get Testimonials for Your Business or Blog Using Twitter for Social Proof – Want to get testimonials from customers for your business or readers for your blog? Find out how to use Twitter as your source of social proof testimonials. Social Media / Social Networking.

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70+ Resources on How to Start a WordPress Blog

Kikolani

It is also great for socializing and building your own community. Before you register that domain, be sure that it is available on social media! Knowem lets you search names/keywords to see if they are taken on over 500 social networks. This is also a great place to find social networks by niche including business, design, entertainment, health, music, photo, and travel. Hover over each network’s name to learn a little more about it.

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Three Essential Tips to Growing Sales and Service, One Tweet at a Time

ProBlogger

This guest post is written by Phil Hollows, the Founder and CEO of FeedBlitz. Twitter offers small businesses and independent professionals unique opportunities to out-maneuver their larger competitors, by using the social network as a real-time prospecting and customer service system. I recommend sending exactly one tweet, something like: “FYI, saw your Tweet, this might be of interest&# (for sales), or “Hi, I’m Phil from FeedBlitz, how can I help?” (for

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191: Tools for Creating Great Visual Content for Your Blog

ProBlogger

Social Warfare Plugin. In today’s lesson, I want to talk about tools that you can use to create great visual content for your blog and for your social media. It’s not only just for looking in a blog post but it’s also for shareability because people want to hit a social sharing button. Honestly, I’m shocked when I go to people’s blogs and they have no social sharing buttons. There are so many people that have no social sharing buttons still.

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Fetching Friday – 20 Marketing Links

Kikolani

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Social Media / Social Networking. 10 Checks to Ensure Your Twitter Profile is Growing Your Business – Instead of focusing on all social sites, today I’m going to give you a 10 point checklist that will help you maximize how much traffic and sales Twitter drives you.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & ElegantTheme Contest Winners

Kikolani

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Blog Marketing Strategies is for business, personal, and professional bloggers to discuss content, search, and social media marketing. Social Media / Social Networking. Every week on Friday, I start a thread on the Social Media Examiner Blogging Club so members can share their favorite blog post of the week.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Exercising with Cats

Kikolani

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. 26 Mobile Apps to Improve Your Business and Networking – Here are 26 apps to help you network, stay connected with your social communities and conduct business while on the go. Social Media / Social Networking. Kikolani is now using Feedblitz to deliver the latest posts to you via RSS.

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Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Tough Love

Kikolani

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Improve Your Content’s ROI in 9 Steps – If your team is struggling to provide results for clients, it’s time to take steps to boost social traction. How to Meet New People Who Want To Help Your Business and Career – Don’t shove a business card in someone’s mouth and other networking tips.

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Micro Persuasion: Three Little Tips for Capturing Info Bits Quickly

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Btw, it was great meeting you ip at the social media immersion. Enter your Email Powered by FeedBlitz. Social Commerce. Social Networking. Micro Persuasion. Steve Rubel explores the impact of digital trends on business, culture, media and marketing. « Measure Traffic with the Google Web Site Trends Bookmarklet | Main. links for 2008-06-22 » Saturday, June 21, 2008. Three Little Tips for Capturing Info Bits Quickly.

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10 Killer Tips You Must Know When Using Aweber

Kikolani

A lot of people use it just for their newsletter so they keep a separate email option for blog post updates – usually Feedburner or Feedblitz. You can go to any message from the Sent Broadcasts, click on the Subject, get re-directed to the Stats for that message and toggle the Social Media/Sharing button. In other words, toggling the Social Media/Sharing to on only puts that message in your archives. Social Networking, Bookmarking, and Sharing.

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