Honestly, blogging and online marketing is just the business that never sleeps – every single week I’m almost overwhelmed with information about how to do this and raise that and create this and monetize everything else. Sometimes you just have to get a bit of tunnel vision and only pay ...more

By Sarah Moore of social media agency Eleven Lights Media. Contrary to popular belief, Snapchat isn’t just for the teen population trying to escape their Facebook-friending parents. As of May 2015 there were 100M active users daily and over 77% of them are above the age of 18. As well as ...more

By Jerry Low. Does your website have a high bounce rate? What is it about your blog that makes them want to press the back button? The truth is that if your bounce rate is high, then there is something that is causing people to discredit your blog and leave ...more

This is a guest contribution from blogger Rosemary Richings. You’ve probably heard the cliché saying: “content is king.” Although it’s true, your content also needs at least one photo to attract readers, and be successful, from an SEO perspective. Blog posts that feature high-quality, relevant photos get 94% more views. If ...more

This is a guest contribution from writer Sarah Blanchard. LinkedIn is a social media network that, like Facebook, gives users a personal and business profile to highlight their accomplishments, and connect professionals across various industries. Unlike Facebook, however, LinkedIn also has additional features which allow for long form content which ...more

This is a guest contribution from Larry Alton. Facebook is an incredibly powerful tool for bloggers. However, if you were to poll 100 bloggers in different niches, you’d likely discover that well over half of them aren’t maximizing the potential of the world’s largest social networking site. Would you count ...more

This is a guest contribution from Jonathon Ohayon of Brilliance.com From infographics to Slideshares, articles to memes; marketers and bloggers can never have too much help coming up with ideas for compelling, relevant content. However, ideas can be elusive and trending subject matter can be hard to nail down. Tools ...more

This is a guest contribution from Julie Petersen. With so much information on the web these days, the competition for high-quality content is strong – and it’s growing. You can’t always introduce new topics to your target audience, since influential bloggers have already written tons of content on the issues ...more

So you want to blog. Why? Do you own an ecommerce business and need a site-based blog to bring in more traffic? Do you want to start a standalone blog and make money? Or do you want to freelance blog for other blogs? Whatever your purpose, if you are going ...more