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10 Free Video Tutorials for New Bloggers

10 Free Video Tutorials for New Bloggers

Sep 1, 2015

Youtube is probably the most addicting site on the web. We have all gotten trapped in a productivity hole, jumping on to catch a single video and realizing two hours later that we have frivolously wasted our afternoon. With so much content being uploaded literally every second from all over the world, much of it professional grade despite being amateur work, it...

Spring Forward With a Renewed Look for Your Brand

Spring Forward With a Renewed Look for Your Brand

Mar 9, 2015

Springtime always brings a fresh, renewed feeling with it. The weather is getting warmer and trees, plants, and flowers are beginning to bloom. Everything around us feels transformed and it can be very energizing. This is the perfect time to try something new yourself. When was the last time you gave your website a new look; whether it was a complete redesign or...

58 Page Ebook Reveals What it Really Takes to Succeed at Blogging #Free

58 Page Ebook Reveals What it Really Takes to Succeed at Blogging #Free

Jan 23, 2015

Recent data has shown that businesses that blog generate up to 126% more leads and up to 97% more inbound links compared to businesses that do not blog. Whether for individual reasons or corporate reasons, having a blog for your business will always go a long way to help. Here are some notable examples that show how important blogging can be both for businesses...

How To Quote Other Bloggers Properly

How To Quote Other Bloggers Properly

Aug 24, 2014

Most often than not, we come across a powerful or significant line that we want to add to our blog post. However, getting a line from another blogger isn’t just an easy copy and paste work. You have to mind the intellectual property because if you don’t, you may get into some legal trouble. It is very important that you quote other bloggers properly. They...

My Experience with @MyBlogU… So Far

My Experience with @MyBlogU… So Far

Jul 31, 2014

A couple of weeks ago I heard about a service called MyBlogU.com. Having been a user of MyBlogGuest and Viral Content Buzz for quite some time, I was eager to try it out and see it if matched up to the quality I have come to expect from Ann Smarty. This was my experience using it. Traffic spike on my blog thanks to @MyBlogU interview #wow ->...

How I Stopped Doing Guest Blogging and Earned Quality Blog Links in Travelling Industry

How I Stopped Doing Guest Blogging and Earned Quality Blog Links in Travelling Industry

May 12, 2014

I would like to share my own experience on how to build a win-win relationship with real popular bloggers in travel industry and earn quality links for your customer. The article is quite long, but it is worth to read to the end as it gives actionable plan of actions and lots of takeaways. So shall we start? The concept I will suggest seems quite common from the...

A New Blogger’s Checklist: Does Your Blog Have the Right Parts Under the Hood?

A New Blogger’s Checklist: Does Your Blog Have the Right Parts Under the Hood?

Mar 17, 2014

If you are just starting a blog or not getting any visitor interaction, have you taken the time to make sure that your blog has all the right parts under the hood? Many sites available for setting up blogs, for example WordPress or Tumblr, have templates or plug-ins available that assist with making sure you have what you need. But, there are some sites out...

The Power of Social Media for Bloggers

The Power of Social Media for Bloggers

Sep 17, 2013

Bloggers were less focused on ROI and analytics and more focused on the human readers who were going to see their posts. They wanted to know how to bring in more readers and how to build a solid blogging community, using social media. Most also wanted to be more comfortable with the technical side of social media and integrating it with their blog, and were capable of following directions when given to them, even on technical issues.