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Blogging: The Case For Breaking Your Regular Schedule

Content specialists and social media gurus/experts/ninjas/mavens/whatever-they’re-calling-themselves-this-week frequently encourage bloggers to write their little hearts out – as much as they can, and as often as possible. If nothing else, keep a regular schedule. Continue reading

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3 ‘Obvious-But-Not’ Ways to Make Your Blog More Shareable

Sometimes the most obvious things are also the most easily overlooked. When it comes to blogging, there are ways for you to make your posts instantly more shareable. The problem is, you are most likely completely overlooking them because they … Continue reading

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Blog Content Distribution = Inbound Traffic [Infographic]

So why blog? There are a number of reasons why, but the greatest benefit to a business is through driving inbound traffic back to your website. Continue reading

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Content Curation Made Easy with CurationSoft [Video]

Today’s video is a review of a really cool tool that I was introduced to last week. It is called CurationSoft, and it helps with the content curation process using drag and drop capabilities. (I was not compensated by CurationSoft and all opinions are 100% mine) Continue reading

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Blog Posts Accumulate Traffic with Time [Stats]

Upon Social Media HQ’s 8 month Blogging Anniversary, I thought it would be interesting to go back and look at some stats. I wanted to put HubSpot’s correlation studies to the test with our Google Analytics traffic. Do blog posts really accumulate traffic with time? Continue reading

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Herman Chan Interview: Real Estate and Social Media

Last week I had the pleasure of interviewing real estate expert, Herman Chan. You might know Mr. Chan from HGTV’s House Hunters. Herman is a videoblogger, speaker & writer whose social media savvy has made him an authority on branding & cementing one’s online presence. Continue reading

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Using SEO in Blog Posts: Part 2

In the prior video tutorial we spoke about the most important elements you should focus on for using seo in blog posts. In this tutorial, we will speak about using bold text to emphasize key points within your blog posts. We’ve included 2 examples that do a great job of using bold text: Social Media Examiner and Convince and Convert. Continue reading

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Using SEO in Blog Posts [Video]

Last week, I spoke about image seo, and now for this week’s post, I am going to talk about using SEO in blog posts. There are several key areas to include your keywords. Be sure to see the takeaways below the video. Continue reading

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3 Ways to Connect with Other Bloggers

One of the most powerful ways to scale your blog and improve your search engine rankings is by connecting with other like-minded bloggers. Continue reading

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Anatomy of a Blog Post – Part 2

In this video tutorial, we will talk about elements of the body copy, using questions at the end of the blog post to spur conversation, and replying to comments in order to show readers that you care about their opinions. Continue reading

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