Your weekly links are coming hot off the heels of the annual ProBlogger Team retreat, where we get together for a couple of days to brainstorm where we’re at and where we’re going with ProBlogger. I always leave with so many ideas and so much motivation to bring you the very best!
Enjoy the info this week – would love to hear your thoughts on the links.
How to Launch Your First Twitter Ad Campaign // Hootsuite
How do you get heard in amongst the 500 million tweets sent every day? Well, Twitter has started offering Twitter Ads, and if you think that’s something you might be interested in, Hootsuite has made a simple outline for you to follow. You could, also check out what Twitter recommends here.
The World’s Highest-Paid YouTube Stars // Forbes
There’s no doubt YouTubers are making cash from their videos – and paving the way for the rest of us to do so as well. Forbes ranked the top 13 DIY Filmmakers, and at the top of the heap is PewDiePie on $12 million. Not bad!
It Took Me 13 Years to Learn This Lesson About Blogging // Jon Acuff
A great reminder about what we can really do with our blogs and the platform it gives us.
10 Hidden Tricks to Make Snapchat Infinitely Better // Mashable
Oh Snapchat, I’m still trying! I love these hacks though – they will definitely help you stand out.
Why Your Business Should Consider Blab // Social Media Examiner
We know Darren loves it – but this is why you too should be jumping on board the Blab train!
The More you Improve, the Harder it Gets // Chris Guillebeau
We are told that if we just try hard enough, we can succeed – is this really true?
Globally, We are Now Watching as Much Online Video as We are Television // Social Media Today.
Oh, it was only a matter of time. But what does that now mean for blogs? How much should we invest in video to capture this audience?
How to Teach Yourself SEO in Three Days // HubSpot
Now there’s a challenge! So much information here.
How Airbnb’s CMO Transformed the Company into a Super Brand in Just 18 Months // AdWeek
They say marketers need to be fearless – and I’m definitely seeing a trend for both bloggers wanting to think outside the square, and brands requiring more of it. I love this story about how Jonathan Mildenhall helped Airbnb stand out from a flooded market.
Instagram Says its for Business and Not Just Selfies, with New Account // MarketingLand
If you’re looking for Instagram tips, you might want to follow the source – Instagram has launched the @instagramforbusiness account promising to be “a source of inspiration for the Instagram community”. Hm.
So what have you read that’s new this week? Anything motivating?
Stacey Roberts is the Managing Editor of ProBlogger.net: a writer, blogger, and full-time word nerd balancing it all with being a stay-at-home mum. She writes about all this and more at Veggie Mama. Chat with her on Twitter @veggie_mama or be entertained on Facebook.
I think no need to use to hootsuite for twitter promotion, twitter itself provide easiest way to promote your business.
Thanks for giving this list. Everything else you recommended I’m doing (to the best of my ability). It’s stuff I learned from you through this blog.
Enjoy!
Hi Stacey,
The YouTube post intrigues me. Seeing how much scratch these folks make through the network is awesome. I spoke to a friend who noted how his kid watches YT videos of guys who record themselves playing video games. I could not believe such a market existed. Crazier, the guys at the top make millions of dollars a year by recording themselves playing video games.
Sure they need showmanship and all but these guys just found a need, and filled it, and YT seems to be creating millionaires from out of nowhere at a stunning freaking pace. Awesome round up here, thanks much for sharing.
Ryan
Yes I felt much the same way about unboxers. Then I saw how much my kids loved watching them – crazy!
Thanks for the tip on Blab!
I hope it works for you!
I hope this will work better for us. Thanks a lots
Waoh! thanks a great bunch, you have done some great job compiling this list together particularly the 13 year lesso from Acuff, since i am not that far much into blogging, i guess i would take some tips from his experience and implement them. Thanks you have done well.
It’s crazy how well the best Youtubers do … Pewdiepie deserves it though!