Continual participation in social media is crucial
This is a pretty obvious point but it's something that people either don't know to start with, or keep forgetting: Success in social media is the result of persistent participation.Sites like Facebook,...
View ArticlePost blog links on Facebook pages in your niche
I have been investigating various methods of promoting blog posts on Facebook lately. I've discovered that a good method of doing this is to build a page for your blog, then log in as your page and...
View ArticleDon't be frustrated by lack of blog traffic
Bloggers often start out with a great deal of enthusiasm and write posts frequently. But as they learn to track their stats they see that almost no one is visiting their blog. They can get very...
View ArticleBlogs are works in progress, not finished products
I've been blogging on and off for about a decade now, and I've noticed a repeated pattern in how I approach the medium. I have started several, writing them for many months, sometimes racking up...
View ArticleHow to find new Facebook pages
If you have a Facebook page, you'll want to get likes to it. Interacting with other Facebook pages in your niche is an effective way to do this. So you'll want to find and like as many of these as...
View ArticleSome benefits of retweeting in particular
Engagement with other members is very important when using Twitter. You can do this in various ways. Retweeting is one of the simplest and most beneficial. Value for followersYou should do it a few...
View ArticleAffiliate disclosure
Occasionally in this blog I recommend products and/or services. Some of the links I include are affiliate links. Needless to say, I'll be getting a commission if you eventually end up buying what they...
View ArticleThoughts on writing a blog about blogging
This is a blog about blogging, as well as related subjects. As everyone is surely well aware, there are already an awful lot of them out there! That's because millions of people love blogging. They...
View ArticleBlog commenting can be overdone
One thing that you read repeatedly on blogs about blogging is that writing lots of quality comments is a very effective way to build traffic and connections with other bloggers. This is certainly true....
View ArticleNew Facebook pages and blogs worth commenting on
As I've mentioned, one way effective way to get more likes on your Facebook page is to comment on others. Common sense dictates that the older and more popular these pages are, the greater the number...
View ArticleBlog traffic: aim for quality, not just quantity
When bloggers start out they are so often fixated on the sheer numbers of people visiting their blogs. You also see this with Twitter and Facebook users. They're constantly on the lookout for how to...
View ArticleClarify your blog's purpose
All the top blogging gurus stress how important passion is in blogging. Needless to say, this is good advice. If you're not genuinely enthusiastic about and interested in what you're writing about then...
View ArticleWhy social media beats SEO for traffic generation
There's no denying that Google traffic is excellent quality, and you should always be working to grow it. But it's great that social media is so massively popular now, and offers an excellent...
View ArticleRewriting old blog posts is beneficial
Bloggers are constantly focused on creating new content. So they tend to leave their old blog posts just sitting there in the archives and never give them another thought. But it's definitely worth...
View ArticleTopical Facebook pages can boost blog traffic
A while ago, when Julia Gillard was still PM, the Aussie Labor party was suffering hugely poll-wise. The leadership were looking for excuses. So Gillard and her team took to describing any criticism of...
View ArticleWhen live tweeting during TV shows use hashtags
I'm a bit of a current affairs junkie, and there's a popular political discussion show on the ABC called Q and A. Like so many TV shows it has its own hashtag, #QandA. I often watch the show and tweet...
View ArticleFollowing lots of people on Twitter can work well
Some Twitter users follow lots of others mainly because they want lots of folllowers themselves and know that a certain proportion will follow back. I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with...
View ArticleHow breaks from blogging improve content quality
This is a fairly obvious point, but it's really important to have breaks from blogging from time to time. I know that when I do I come back fresher than before. And I have heaps more ideas than if I've...
View ArticleWhy I think Twitter is the best site of its kind
I have several niche websites up and running now. Lately, I've been working towards bringing traffic to some of the newer ones via social media. When I do this, I always start with Twitter. I just keep...
View ArticleMichael Smith uses blog to regain mainstream profile
There are many examples of successful bloggers getting book publishing deals or making squillions from affiliate marketing. But there's another way to leverage your blog for commercial gain. And that's...
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