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Online Meetings and Web Conferences Show Your Personality

Online Meetings and Web Conferences Show Your Personality

Sep 10, 2014

Social media is only as effective as the content you have to share. Online meetings and web conferences are excellent ways of multiplying your time. Either can allow you to reach multiple people at once. Even better, you can record, edit and share them across social networks. Difference Between Online Meetings and Webinars Have you ever wondered why many webinar...

Best Pinterest Tools: Readers’ Roundup!

Best Pinterest Tools: Readers’ Roundup!

Aug 29, 2014

Pinterest is one of the newest, still mysterious for many, social media network. However it’s able to drive GREAT results in terms of conversions and traffic. In an effort to give you more ideas of how to leverage Pinterest, here are our contributors’ favorite tools (Awesome suggestions: I found quite a few to use myself!)! A. Adam Connell (Founder...

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...

7 Social Media Tricks You Can Learn From Your Dog

7 Social Media Tricks You Can Learn From Your Dog

Aug 11, 2014

It may sound silly at first, but there really are some great tricks about social media networking and marketing that we can learn from our furry friends. #1 Basic Needs Every dog has very basic needs that are required for them to survive. Food, water, even treats – these are all items that a dog needs. In the same sense, your social media sites have basic...

How Do You Monitor and Manage Twitter Mentions (Group Mastermind + Twitter Chat)?

How Do You Monitor and Manage Twitter Mentions (Group Mastermind + Twitter Chat)?

Jul 31, 2014

On August 1 (Friday) 11 am EDT we are meeting with the Twitter experts to discuss how to make the most of your brand Twitter mentions. Please join us during the Twitter chat here. For that, I have collected experts’ opinions (thanks, MyBlogU!) to give you a better idea of what we are going to discuss. Here are our participating experts: Paul...

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 ->...

4 Good Pinterest Tools for Small Business Owners

4 Good Pinterest Tools for Small Business Owners

Jul 30, 2014

Pinterest is used mostly by individuals but many small business owners are finding success with this most popular visual social network. And as such, we have a few tips if you too wish to jump on the visual marketing bandwagon. Although Facebook is the biggest and has the most members, it serves a different purpose and believe it or not, some individuals that...

4 Things To Test For A 50%+ Lift (Conversion Rate Optimisation)

4 Things To Test For A 50%+ Lift (Conversion Rate Optimisation)

Jul 9, 2014

When you’re shopping on a well-known retailer like MooseJaw.com (one of my favorites!), you probably don’t stop to consider the sheer number of variables that the retailer can be optimizing for. For example: With a simple site like this: Which promotional offer do you decide to place at the center? How do you determine the trade offers between promotional...

Optimizing Landing Pages for Search Engines AND People

Optimizing Landing Pages for Search Engines AND People

Jun 27, 2014

Are you getting as much traffic to your site as you want? There is an ongoing argument regarding whether we should create landing pages for search engine optimization or to increase conversions when visitors arrive. The obvious answer is we must do both. Getting traffic that won’t convert does no good. Beautiful pages that generate no sales won’t pay...