Webbiquity

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Over time, the top source of traffic for most blogs is search. But two great sources are blog directories and RSS syndication sites. So, having recently completed a submission campaign for a client, here is an updated list of blog directories and RSS syndication sites that remain active and free. Webbiquity B2B Marketing Blog).

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Webbiquity

APRIL 29, 2010

Which tactics and plugins provide the most powerful SEO boost for a WordPress blog? Which tools are best for Twitter integration? What plugins and techniques should you use to truly personalize your blog? 3 Plug-ins That Every Blog Needs for SEO by Clicktelligence. 20 of the Best SEO Plugins for WordPress by Mashable.

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Webbiquity

APRIL 12, 2010

There have been many excellent pieces written on how to find topics for blog posts, such as The best 50 blogging ideas to choose from by Aswani Srivastava and How to find topics for your blog posts from Mike Consol. But the most powerful blog posts are those that answer questions your readers have. What kind of question?

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Writing on the Web

JULY 2, 2010

Do you stay on track with your blog content and business goals, or do you share personal stories and events that are peripheral? The post was about staying on target with your business goals when you create content for your blog. My blog niche is arts and crafts. One day they blog about what happening at home.

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Writing on the Web

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Are your blog posts fed automatically into Facebook? The other day I was horrified to learn that a dear client was manually posting his blog articles to Facebook. No wonder blogging seems tiresome and time-consuming. How to Automatically Link Blog Posts to Facebook. 1. Use the networked blogs application.

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Writing on the Web

JULY 15, 2010

There was a time I was in love with blogging … I had already been in the business of content marketing for 5 years on the Web, using an old-fashioned website platform. In 2004, I started blogging. But my lover wasn’t really “the blog.&# But it’s not about “the blog…&#.

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Writing on the Web

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

I’m curious… what web tools could you absolutely not live without? Roboform stores them all for you, and is right there in your tool bar. Here are my top 3 tools: Roboform. I love the Headway Theme for WordPress, and also highly recommend the Scribe SEO tool. Check it out. Not an affiliate!). KickStartCart.

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Webbiquity

JULY 6, 2010

Hard to believe that this blog, officially launched just a few months ago, has already surpassed 100 posts. Thank you for reading, and without further ado, below are the 10 most-viewed posts on this blog to date. Almost) 100 (of the) Best Social Media Marketing Blog Posts and Articles of 2009. But here we are!

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Webbiquity

MAY 4, 2010

One of the primary reasons most blogs are abandoned is that it takes time to build an audience. the graph below compares the last three months of traffic on the WebMarketCentral blog, which after four and a half years had built up a sizable and consistent following, to the first three months after launch of the Webbiquity blog.

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Hubspot

JULY 23, 2010

People like to get something from blogs they read. You don’t have to be Shakespeare to have a good blog. The fact is that web sites with a blog received 55% more visitors , 97% more inbound links and 434% more indexed pages than those that didn’t have a blog. Focus on the "who" of your blog.

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WebMarketCentral

APRIL 22, 2007

There are several ways your business can benefit from blogging short of starting your own blog, from simply identifying and monitoring the most influential blogs in your industry, to asking bloggers to write about interesting developments at your company, to guest-blogging. Zimbio Web 2.0

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Writing on the Web

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

I don’t know why it took me so long to learn this SEO stuff, but I DO know that I wouldn’t post one more blog post without using Scribe SEO Tool. At first I thought, an SEO tool? I just love it when it tells me I’ve got a 100% score on a blog post. Blog this on Blogger. Go there now, please.

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Writing on the Web

JULY 12, 2011

Do you litter your blog writing and web pages with keywords so the search engine spiders can find you? Make sure you’re aware of your essential keywords before you start writing on your blog, as trying to slot them neatly into finished copy could prove to be a tricky task. Try a subscription service to ScribeSEO Tool.

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Writing on the Web

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Content marketing with blogs isn’t as easy as it used to be. The bad news is there are more blogs, more competition for attention. I think this is essential advice for anyone using a blog for business, not just B2B marketers. Here’s an excerpt and my interpretation of what this means for my own business: 1.

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Writing on the Web

APRIL 7, 2011

Fortunately, before I publish I run an analysis for how a post will score with the search engines using Scribe , a great tool. The checklist is designed for digital content creators and marketing teams, but it can and should be used by anyone writing a business blog or other content for the Web. Blog this on Blogger.

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Writing on the Web

JUNE 29, 2010

And these people are all smart professionals, they’re not idiots, they’re all busy and profitable. There are those who started a blog because they heard that would bring in business. So, no, the Web hasn’t changed the way most people do business. Blog this on Blogger. Good, bad, great?

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Writing on the Web

JULY 8, 2010

In a recent poll , I asked readers if their marketing tasks were easier, faster, more effective since publishing a website or blog… Half of respondents said yes , significantly better results since doing web marketing. This brief poll was hosted on here on this blog, so only my readers would have responded. Blog this on Blogger.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

Without a statistical measure of your blogging progress, adding content to your blog on a regular basis can be an incredibly lonely proposition. However, even within the business (non cat) blogging arena, there are a wide variety of potential measures to gauge your momentum. Is anyone out there? What’s the Point?

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Writing on the Web

APRIL 13, 2011

Content marketing works: you can publish online content – blog posts, videos, webinars and web pages – that attracts clients to you. Chapman, Content Rules: How to Create Killer Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, Ebooks, Webinars and More that Engage Customers and Ignite Your business (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

WordPress is no longer just the leading blog platform , but is now the most popular open-source CMS (content management system) as well. An outstanding list of useful WordPress plugins from Andy Beal, author of Radically Transparent: Monitoring and Managing Reputations Online and the brain behind the Trackur social media monitoring tool.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

Your blog works exactly the same way. There’s a First Time for Everything New research (pdf) by my clients at Compendium Blogware show that for more than two-thirds of corporate blogs, new visitors comprise more than 80% of total blog traffic. State Indicator – Turns orange when you’re in that section 2.

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Webbiquity

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Note that the four most popular tactics are microblogging such as Twitter ( highly effective with low effort); blogging (highly effective but high effort); social networking (moderately effective, low effort); and multimedia content sharing such as images, video and presentations (low effectiveness, moderate effort). Post this on Diigo.

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Writing on the Web

APRIL 18, 2011

How do you master the art of writing content for the Web so that you provide quality information on your web pages, blog, and newsletters that works to convert readers to clients? You have to find what works for you in your business, with your target audience. The writer gives you content for your blog or newsletter.

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Webbiquity

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Over the last decade, business blogs have gone from being a novelty to a leading-edge practice to an essential element for any company seeking to optimize its presence on the web. Why are so many companies now embracing blogging? Why are so many companies now embracing blogging?

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Webbiquity

MAY 30, 2010

This blog post! From social media cartoons and contextual advertising gone wrong to dysfunctional agency-client relationships and the best (and worst) online ads, here are some of the most amusing, creative and remarkable blog posts and videos of 2009. Amusing, Creative and/or Just Plain Odd Blog Posts. Social Media.

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WebMarketCentral

APRIL 27, 2009

What are some of the most effective ways to attract more readers to your blog? Find ideas for helpful blog posts? Assure you're utilizing blogging best practices? Learn all of that in more in some of the best posts from the last year on blogging for business. Acknowledge other bloggers you admire?

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LeadSquared

OCTOBER 24, 2013

What should be there in a company blog – content about product only OR content about industry as well? No will search for blog content about a product only. Website visitors read blogs which offer some value or solve their problems. Here is how one of my blogs is seen in Google searches. Question 3. Question 5.

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Online Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

In the growing content marketing field, some companies choose a pure creation strategy (often using blogging platforms for publishing) and find it to be a challenge. It’s already happened in the consumer world: Sites like Digg (social curation) which have little or no original content have become key resources for information.

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Online Marketing Institute

JUNE 30, 2009

Blog HubSpot TV Contributors Marketing Kit Internet Marketing Blog The HubSpot Inbound Internet Marketing blog covers all of inbound marketing - SEO, Blogging, Social Media, Landing Pages, Lead Generation and Analytics. Submit guest post ideas to rburnes[at]hubspot[dot]com.

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Hubspot

JANUARY 2, 2013

Now, depending on what software you're using to measure all of these things, they may be bucketed slightly differently, but these definitions are pretty common across most tools you'll encounter. Depending on the software or tool you're using to track the sources of traffic to your site, what's included under this might vary.

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Online Marketing Institute

MARCH 24, 2011

Blogging isn’t easy — and certainly not for individuals who don’t have the capacity or desire to commit their minds and time to a long-term cause. Know this before you consider blogging as a marketing option for your business: Even though you can write a blog, doesn’t mean you should.

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Webbiquity

AUGUST 30, 2010

Okay, so you understand the benefits of business blogs , and you’re ready to make the commitment to developing and maintaining a blog for the long haul. The next question is: where should I put the blog? There are five common options: Free hosting on a blogging platform site.

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Webbiquity

JULY 12, 2010

Without a strategy, there may be no clear ownership, or definition of success, or measurement, or integration with other marketing and PR efforts—all of which can lead eventually to wasted time and effort, abandoned blogs and Facebook pages, and even the erroneous conclusion that social media doesn’t work for us.

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Webbiquity

JULY 26, 2010

Add WordStream’s Advanced Keyword Tools to Your Website for free , June 8, 2010. Should You Use Foursquare for Your Business? CK’s B2B Blog ( SMS Mobile Marketing Mix Audience ). Writing on the Web ( Ning Advertorial Business Blogging Online Marketing Linkedin Landing Page ). Sarah Worsham ( @sazbean ).

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Online Marketing Institute

MARCH 24, 2011

But if you’re looking to do more — establish your company’s executives as thought leaders in the industry, develop relationships with customers or gather feedback from prospects and clients — then a company blog is a much better choice. Starting Without a Strategy Don’t take starting a company blog lightly.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 15, 2010

Have you added the ability for email recipients to share content on Twitter, Facebook, Digg and elsewhere? Most quality email service providers give you the option of easily adding sharing tools, and you can then run a report showing which of your subscribers clicked your Twitter link, and/or shared content on Facebook.

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B2B Marketing Zone Posts

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

50 (of the) Best Twitter Guides, Stats, Tips and Tools of 2010 (So Far) , October 5, 2010 While a dwindling number of business executives still dismiss Twitter as a waste of time, recent research suggests it is one of the most valuable social networks for business. While it’s ok to post your blog posts to Twitter, etc.,

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