CategorySocial Media

This is a guest contribution from Adam Connell, blogger at Bloggingwizard.com. In the following post you’re going to discover a wide range of powerful and useful tools that will help you find and connect with the influencers on Twitter. There have been a lot of great posts here on ProBlogger, a few of ...more

Does social media drive sales? I’ve been asked this question quite a few times lately from business owners trying to get their head around how to use social media in their online marketing mix. Many of them tell me that they don’t see a direct return on investment from their ...more

Last week I was on a panel discussing social media at a conference here in Australia and a question from the floor asked about how often is ideal to post to Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest? I was fascinated to hear the range of answers we gave as panelists and I ...more

This is a guest contribution by Sarah Hill, the Chief Digital Storyteller for Veterans United Network. Blogging no longer has to be a text based conversation. Google+ has allowed bloggers to become broadcasters, adding a visual component to each blog post, and all you need to become a “Blogcaster” is a webcam, ...more

Yesterday, I shared a practical exercise for diving deeper into your blog’s analytics to discover how you can use the last month of blog action to plan for the future. Today, I’d like to show you an example of just how powerful this discipline can be when it comes to building traffic ...more

A Guest Contribution from Fiona Hamann. Whatever topic you blog about, whether it’s your business or your life, getting your name out there and expanding your blog community can be a challenge. Social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter or Instagram are free and work well if you have the ...more

Did you just write a killer blog post? Or do you have an event/product to promote? The Problem of Sharing Links on Facebook If so, you probably rely, at least partially, on linking to your webpage through Facebook. But lately Facebook is showing outbound links to such a small percentage ...more

This week has given us a chance to look at Pinterest from a few different angles. If you’ve not had a chance to get into Pinterest, I hope that our Complete Guide to Pinterest got you inspired to set up an account and start pinning. If it didn’t, EcoKaren’s story of Pinterest ...more

I struggled a lot when I first started managing the Pinterest account for Digital Photography School. I knew that I wanted to focus on visual curation, and that I wanted to provide a comprehensive overview of techniques and tools. There were so many possible boards I could create and I ...more