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Analytics for Content Marketers and Bloggers: What Do You Need to Track?
This is a guest contribution from Rizvan Ullah of Ranktactics. The term “content marketing” refers to strategic marketing techniques where you create valuable and relevant content to attract a clearly defined audience. You’ll use this content to market a product and/or service in an attempt to generate profit through your blog ...more
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Facebook Atlas: A New Stage in Digital Marketing or Just another Competition with Google?
This is a guest post from Ben Austin of Absolute Digital Media. Move over Bing, Google has a new competitor in the form of Facebook. Ok so we all knew Bing was never really a threat to the search giant, but it gave us something to blog about each time the ...more
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15 Quick and Easy Productivity Super-Hacks for Busy Bloggers
This is a guest contribution from Pooja Lohana. Let’s face it. As a blogger, you have a knack to find just one more task that needs to be done. Now. Then there are times when you just don’t feel like doing that pesky little task – the more you think about ...more
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Free Webinar: How to Start (or Reboot) Your Blog Right: 8 success factors that determine your blog’s future
UPDATE: this webinar is now finished. Check out other upcoming webinars at our Problogger Webinars page. This coming Tuesday/Wednesday (depending where you live) I’m running a free webinar with Chris Garrett. The time of the webinar is: Los Angeles: 5pm Tuesday 28th New York: 8pm Tuesday 28th London: 12am Wednesday ...more
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How Having a Strong Email List Can Land You Great Sponsorships
This is a guest contribution from email marketer Luke Guy. How exactly do sponsors determine a price for ads on a blog? What would you consider the “golden standard” as for measuring how much a brand is worth or the size? There are many ways to do this. It’s important ...more
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A Social Media Etiquette Guide You Might Find Useful
This is a guest contribution from Jennifer Landry. What do you think of when you hear the word etiquette? For most people, the term conjures up images of a relative telling them to chew with their mouth closed, or to take their elbows off the table. So what does it ...more
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Stat-Driven Tips on How to Pitch to Big-Name Publishers in Your Niche
This is a guest contribution from Wil of Startup Bros. What’s the best way to pitch a content idea to the big players in your niche? What do today’s top publishers look for in a contribution? Many of today’s biggest influencers get hundreds of pitches every week. How do you ...more
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The Language of Selling – Are You Using It?
This is a guest contribution from Richard Akhmerov. Benefits, benefits, benefits. We’ve all heard that benefits sell, not features. Create needs, not wants. But this is all rehashed information. And no amount of reading will make you better at the following if you don’t practice it by trying. But ...more
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Be a Better Blogger by Doing as Little as Possible
When you make the decision to grow your blog and hopefully create an income from it, it can be so easy to fall into the trap of doing everything all at once in the name of getting as much exposure as you can. You’re blogging every day, you’re promoting those ...more
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