The Not-so-secret Ingredient of an Engaging Blog
9th of April 2012 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

The Not-so-secret Ingredient of an Engaging Blog

If you read Lisa’s post on the Grace of Communication yesterday, I hope you felt as inspired as many of the commenters who added their thoughts to it. Her heartfelt post really spoke volumes, and not just about social media. As I read it, it reminded me of a question that ...more
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The Grace of Communication
8th of April 2012 Guest Blogger 0 Comments

The Grace of Communication

This guest post is by Lisa Johnson of LisaJohnsonFitness.com. Social media has changed my life in a fundamental way that I never saw coming. My first innocent forays onto Twitter had not prepared me for the ride I was about to go on. Through social media I have started a ...more
Social Media
3 Reasons No One Comes Back to Your Blog—and How to Fix It
4th of April 2012 Guest Blogger 0 Comments

3 Reasons No One Comes Back to Your Blog—and How to Fix It

This guest post is by Alexander Heyne of Milk the pigeon. You do a series of incredibly useful posts that get a great response, or you get some massive traffic spikes from guest posting, Stumbleupon, Youtube, or your content randomly going viral. Your content teaches people something useful, it’s immediately applicable, ...more
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The Taylor Swift Guide to Growing a Massive Fan Base
28th of March 2012 Guest Blogger 0 Comments

The Taylor Swift Guide to Growing a Massive Fan Base

This guest post is by Jennifer Blanchard of InkyBites. If you haven’t heard of Taylor Swift, you’ve probably been living in a cave the last few years. Swift is the teen country sensation who took on the music industry starting at the ripe age of 13, and became one of ...more
Blog Promotion
Get More Comments: How Honesty Compels Readers to Comment
23rd of March 2012 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Get More Comments: How Honesty Compels Readers to Comment

There’s one technique for soliciting comments that hasn’t been covered explicitly this week, although we’ve shown it through each of the posts we’ve published in this series. What is that technique? Being honest. When we approached the bloggers who wrote posts for the series, we told them we really wanted ...more
Writing Content
Get More Comments: Use Energy to Spark Reader Response
22nd of March 2012 Guest Blogger 0 Comments

Get More Comments: Use Energy to Spark Reader Response

This guest post is by Jon Morrow of Smart Blogger (formerly Boost Blog Traffic). According to the legendary copywriter John Carlton, the best way to understand your reader is to visualize them as a giant somnambulant sloth lying on the couch as they watch television. Your job as a writer ...more
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Get More Comments: Write Unfinished Blog Posts
21st of March 2012 Guest Blogger 0 Comments

Get More Comments: Write Unfinished Blog Posts

This is a guest post by Jeff Goins of Goins, Writer. Most bloggers want to know their words are leaving an impact. They want to know people are listening. One of the best ways to measure this is to see who’s commenting. Not all blogs have a comments section, but ...more
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Get More Comments: How Q&A Video Can Help
21st of March 2012 Guest Blogger 0 Comments

Get More Comments: How Q&A Video Can Help

This guest post is by Annika Martins of annikamartins.com. We hear it all the time. Create blog content that is relevant to your subscribers. Seems easy, right? Maybe, but most of us screw it up. Especially when we’re just starting out, knowing precisely what content will get the best reaction is ...more
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Get More Comments: Know Which Posts Make Readers Talk
20th of March 2012 Guest Blogger 0 Comments

Get More Comments: Know Which Posts Make Readers Talk

This guest post is by Caz Makepeace of y Travel Blog. As a travel blogger, there are many different types of articles that we write. We like to help people to get inspired, get informed, and to get going. We know that not every article we write will get the same ...more
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