Why My First Blog Failed … and What You Can Learn from My Mistakes
This guest post is by Ali Luke of Aliventures. Where do you hope blogging will take you? I’m thrilled that blogging’s got me to where I am today—with a successful full-time business, a bunch of ebooks, a membership site, guest posts on major blogs, two speaker appearances at BlogWorld, and ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips
Is Your Facebook Page in Danger of Deletion? Save Your Fans in 6 Steps
This guest post is by James Dunworth of the Ashtray Blog. On the 28th August, shortly after getting our 14,000th follower on Facebook, we received one of those emails that makes your heart not just sink, but plunge through your stomach and crash onto the floor. Facebook had deleted our ...more
Social Media
Kodak’s Social Media Success—and What Bloggers Can Learn From It
This guest post is by Ricky of www.wickedleo.com. With an active Facebook page, three corporate blogs, a couple of Twitter accounts, a YouTube channel, a Flickr profile and more, Kodak seems to be smiling pretty much all over the social media arena. And no, it’s not just for the sake of ...more
Social Media
Behind the Scenes of the DPS Pinterest Strategy: Case Study
A couple of weeks ago, I was asked if I wanted to set up and manage the Pinterest account for Digital Photography School. Within a week, we had launched, and Darren explained his take on the process in this case study. So far, the account has nearly 5000 followers. We ...more
Social Media
Search, Social and Direct Traffic – [TRAFFIC ANALYSIS]
This morning I spent a little time doing some analysis (using Google Analytics) of the traffic coming into my main blog – Digital Photography School. My analysis was stimulated by a question from a reader who in response to last week’s two posts examining the place of Digg and Social ...more
Blog Promotion
Watch Me Launch My New Blog – TwiTip
Yesterday on Twitter I ‘soft launched’ a new blog – TwiTip. The idea for the blog has been ‘brewing’ in my mind for almost as long as I’ve been experimenting with Twitter but I never had the time to dedicate to starting it up. Late last week I realized that ...more
Case Studies

