"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." While we may not always be conscious of this "agony," the discomfort is revealed through the sense of joy and release we feel when we finally do share our stories. Each of our lives is a chapter in the Human Story.
You've heard the news- Facebook is slowly taking pages out of peoples' unless you pay to promote your status updates and posts. It was only a matter of time really. And as much as it is a pain for all us little bloggers, if they didn't do anything, Facebook would become overrun with ads and business self-promotion.
There's an action that almost every blogger wants his or her users to take. Most of these bloggers use a single word to convince readers to take this action. They use this word because other bloggers use it. Do you know what that word is? Subscribe.
Guest blogging can be an extremely consistent and fast way to build your email list and relationships with the people in your market. Sure, you need to get several things right to get 100+ subscribers from each guest post you write. But the first step is to find a site that accepts guest posts.
Many marketing experts urge you to use guest blogging as a way to grow your email list (Danny and me included). But it can be just a huge waste of time if you don't get results - especially if writing each post takes you more than a couple of hours.
One of the biggest lies in marketing is "the money's in the list". It's simply not true. I once had a list with over 25,000 subscribers and it didn't make me a dime. Why? Because I never built a relationship with them. I basically sent them ten pitches in a row and hoped they'd buy.
Just recently, I have received some really bad and I mean really bad email newsletters from people and companies that I subscribe to and because some have been shockingly bad, I thought it would be a good time to give some pointers if you are not absolutely happy with your own.
After seven years of working hard at content, we had a few questions about the process of blogging. How much time does it take to write a typical blog post? Do most bloggers use an editor? How do bloggers find time to write? How do bloggers promote their work?
Finding time, finding topics, sitting alone with a blank screen. Creating content is lonely work. Once it's live, driving traffic to it is even worse. Another post with no shares, no comments, no conversation. It's kinda like the worst parts of high school. Here's the fix: the email interview.
5 Ways To Ensure Your New Blog Gains Traction Fast The majority of blogs launch and it takes a long time to cut through the noise. Months after launching and you've only managed to garner a handful of readers.
Want to know the secret to a popular blog? Drumroll please... Popular posts. Simple, huh? So simple as to be, well let's be honest, completely useless. Because if you knew the secret to writing consistently popular posts, you'd already have a popular blog. Right? But instead, you approach each new idea with a gnawing trepidation.
Getting Positive Results From Blogger Outreach Is Difficult, Or Is It? If you're looking to promote a product or contribute to other blogs in your niche, blogger outreach is a great tactic to use. When done right, the benefits include: more traffic, more authority and more sales.
This post is just what I think about MyBlogGuest, I would like to give bloggers some of the disadvantages and advantages of MyBlogGuest.Com, which I saw in the short stint I had with them.
Those getting started or already active in blogging will discover how to: grow blog traffic, make content more valuable to readers, increase blogging productivity, generate more comments and social shares, find royalty-free images, promote your blog, and more here in 30 of the best business blogging guides and resources of the past year.
Not only were Visits and Page views well up - but being able to see that bounce rate was slightly down and that average visitor duration was up was encouraging. Seeing Pages Viewed Per Visit was down showed we have an area to improve on (we're already working on this) and seeing that we had a good rise in 'new' visitors was something that should be investigated further.
Developing relationships is great, but it would be all for none if you didn't know the appropriate way to contact the blogger. Luckily for you, if you have been with us from the beginning you should already be well on your way to creating solid relationships with several of your targeted bloggers.
Feedly connects you to the information and knowledge you care about. We help you get more out of you work, education, hobbies and interests. The feedly platform lets you discover sources of quality content, follow and read everything those sources publish with ease and organize everything in one place.
You've heard the advice a million times. Write great comments, and your blog will magically grow. Why, it's so easy even a caveman can do it! And it's true - comments can be powerful. A great comment can land you on the radar of a popular blogger - the kind of super-connected influencer who can accelerate your success.
Guest blogging is a wonderful and mutually beneficial relationship between writer and publication. It's great for the writer, of course, who might be looking to get her name out there as a thought leader and industry expert while also helping grow her own readership. At the same time, it's great for the folks at media outlets.
It's going to be difficult. You'll need to post consistently (at least once per week) for least 6 months. But it'll be worth it. You can achieve unprecedented results from this marketing tactic. Let me show you some numbers. But counterintuitively, he didn't publish a single post on his own blog.
