Blog Feed: Blog Marketing

This is a guest post by Christopher Jan Benitez. Google, arguably the most relevant search engine in the world to date, has been aggressively rolling out updates on algorithm changes since last year. The updates aim to eliminate spam on their sear

7 Advanced Social Media Marketing Strategies

Published on 2012-12-26 06:00:48

This is a guest post by Tim at HostPapa. Social media gives businesses large and small an unprecedented opportunity to build community around their business. Learn to leverage these tools to maximum effect with these 7 advanced social media market

How to Successfully Tweet a Call to Action

Published on 2012-12-24 06:00:51

This is a guest post by Brandon Williams. Photo Credit: Scott Beale / Laughing Squid on Flickr Twitter is an amazing tool for promotion and marketing for every aspect whether it is for business purposes or for blogging. Another successful m

The History of Google Panda & Penguin, Abridged

Published on 2012-12-19 06:00:53

This is a guest post by Matt Beswick. Every year, Google quietly releases hundreds of refinements to their search engine algorithms. Most of these updates are small, incremental changes that go largely unnoticed. The major upgrades, however, recei

Case Study: What Is Required To Go From Idea To Reality?

Published on 2012-12-17 06:00:36

This is a guest post by Ruan Oosthuizen. Disaster may come at any given moment. Normally I try not to but sometimes you just can't help expecting the worst. Why is that? When you have worked hard to get things set up, spent hours and hours on t

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Kitten Hugs

Published on 2012-12-14 06:00:20

How To Build an Awesome Video Trailer For Your Blog

Published on 2012-12-13 06:00:56

This is a guest post by Logan Marshall. "Do I really have to film this? It's so stupid!" I'm 12 years old and perched on the top of my parent's minivan like James Bond. My best friend Willie stands below me. Holding a video camera. His head co

Words that Sell: How to Write Compelling Content for Your Business Blog

Published on 2012-12-11 06:00:50

This is a guest post by Chris Warden. I can predict – with great accuracy – the steps that nearly every offline business owner tries when bringing their business online: set up a website, begin blogging, and sign up for Twitter and Facebook. S

How to Get 40,000 Readers Without Guest Blogging

Published on 2012-12-10 06:00:46

This is a guest post by Gregory Ciotti. "It can't be!" Ah, but it's true! Not only that, this new blog isn't about marketing, blogging, or making money online! Refreshing, isn't it? Only a few months ago, I started my recent project, a

How to Beat Facebook EdgeRank and Never Miss Your Favorite Updates

Published on 2012-12-08 06:00:28

By now, you've all heard about Facebook EdgeRank. For those who haven't, it is Facebook's algorithm to determine what status updates are displayed in each user's newsfeed. Facebook EdgeRank Explained The Facebook EdgeRank algorithm is based on

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Into the Mind

Published on 2012-12-07 06:00:21

Examining Colors and Graphics in Facebook Marketplace Ads

Published on 2012-12-06 06:00:36

This is a guest post by Craig Robinson. When creating marketplace ads to promote your brand and products on Facebook, the list of ways to obtain success is exceedingly long. Most tips you read touch on different ways to engage, different calls of

16 Business Blog Blunders to Avoid

Published on 2012-12-05 06:00:50

This is a guest post by Jessica Velasco. Isn't it delightful when we can learn from the mistakes of other people?! Here is a list of common blogging blunders. Check to see if you are making any of these mistakes. If so, correct them now before

The Benefits of Offline Marketing

Published on 2012-12-04 06:00:30

This is a guest post by James Elliot. It seems everyone's obsessed with online marketing, from the growth of search engine marketing and Google controlling the majority of searches in the US to social media marketing with Facebook and Twitter bein

How to Increase Reader Engagement with Images

Published on 2012-12-03 06:00:22

This is a guest post by Steven Papas. High bounce rate will get you frustrated as a blogger. Yours is more like a blog without traffic if you generate thousands of visitors a day that leave your blog the next second. When you must have gone throug

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Facebook Law

Published on 2012-11-30 06:00:00

7 All-Too-Common Writing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Published on 2012-11-29 06:00:50

This is a guest post by Ali Luke. Are you damaging your blog's chances of success ... without even realizing it? Photo Credit: Anonymous Collective on Flickr Lots of very good writers still get some blogging basics wrong. And if you know

Effective Online Marketing with Forums and Message Boards

Published on 2012-11-28 06:00:39

This is a guest post by Olga Ionel. Today's companies are quickly recognizing the power that social media tools such as forums and message boards can have for finding new customers and spreading the word about products and services. While these pl

$10 eBooks from ProBlogger for 10 Days Only

Published on 2012-11-27 13:00:07

I hope you got everything you wanted from the Black Friday & Cyber Monday deals that went out last week. The good news is that great deals for bloggers isn't over just yet. Darren Rowse of ProBlogger is celebrating 10 years of blogging by offeri

The Pixar Guide to Feel-Good Blogging

Published on 2012-11-26 06:00:13

This is a guest post by David Masters. Is your blog sending out subtle signals for your readers to unsubscribe? Most top bloggers will tell you that to hold on to your readers, you must give them value. Value means the providing information the

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup, Black Friday & Cyber Monday Deals

Published on 2012-11-23 06:00:17

2012 Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals for Bloggers

Published on 2012-11-21 17:00:53

What's the best part about Black Friday and Cyber Monday online? Not only are some of the things on your digital wishlist on sale, but you can start shopping in the privacy of your own home without waiting in long lines worried about whether the door

Binging Relevant Search Back

Published on 2012-11-21 06:00:17

This is a guest post by Jeet Banerjee. Which search engine do you use for finding information, products, or services? For most of us, that answer is Google. Google has been the top search engine for the last few years and has essentially dominated

Don’t Be the Blogger That Makes These Critical Content Mistakes

Published on 2012-11-19 06:00:03

This is a guest post by Elizabeth McGee. The best bloggers on the web do 6 things very well. They start by keeping their focus on their reader and engaging the reader. These things are actually fairly easy once you understand what it is that

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Cedar Breaks

Published on 2012-11-16 09:00:11

5 Tips to Highlight the Best Content on Your Blog

Published on 2012-11-14 06:00:46

This is a guest post by David Kendall. Not every post you write on your blog will be a winner, but that doesn't mean you should stop writing blog posts that aren't perfect. After all, you won't find out what's popular until you post it, and you ne

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & A Slow Loris

Published on 2012-11-09 06:00:16

5 Things Exhibitors Need at a Conference

Published on 2012-11-08 06:00:43

Last year, I wrote about things that you need as an attendee to be prepared for a conference. This year, after attending BOLO 2012 in Scottsdale, I decided to put together a little list of what you need to have if you are a vendor, exhibitor, etc. at

Having A Mentor – Ever Considered The Possibilities?

Published on 2012-11-07 06:00:28

This is a guest post by Ruan Oosthuizen. When you start out as a new blogger, chances are you are very unfamiliar with the online world and what goes on behind the scenes. Even if you've been online for some time, as you become more involved y

How to Make a Full Time Income from Freelance Blogging

Published on 2012-11-06 06:00:59

This is an interview with Tom Ewer. Tom is a freelance blogger and internet marketer. He quit his job at the end of 2011 and shares all of his successes and failures at his blog, Leaving Work Behind. He has just released a guide - >Successful Free

How to Build Relationships and Grow Your Blog with Comments

Published on 2012-11-05 06:00:34

This is a guest post by Tune Seidelin. Are you getting more traffic, than the server on your cheap hosting account can handle? Are you getting tons of links from other blogs? And do you have core group of loyal readers, doing everything they

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Share Your Best Post

Published on 2012-11-02 06:00:11

17 Questions You Must Ask Before You Ditch Your Blog

Published on 2012-10-31 06:00:38

This is a guest post by Marya Jan of Writing Happiness. Are you just about had it with blogging? Are you this close to giving up? Wait - take a deep breath. Before you do anything drastic like deleting everything for good, answer this quest

9 Social Media Tools Every Blogger Needs To Know About

Published on 2012-10-29 06:00:02

This is a guest post by Siv Rauv. Are you feeling overwhelmed by social media? As a blogger, you have to wear several different hats, from creating good quality blog post to trying to spread the word for your blog and connecting with others. This is where social media tools can help. Not only do these increase the efficiency of your social media efforts, using a combination of the best tools often results in higher returns from social media. From my own personal experience, here a [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Kittens Learning Physics

Published on 2012-10-26 06:00:41

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Content The Ultimate Resource Guide to Blogger Outreach and Guest Blogging - 35 resources including networks specifically created to help you connect with blog [..]

Connecting Bloggers and Businesses Through Guest Blogging with PostJoint

Published on 2012-10-25 06:00:38

There are lots of great guest blogging and blogger outreach networks available to bloggers who are looking for fresh content for their sites and businesses who want to connect with bloggers in their industry. The downsides to some of the pre-existing networks include price, difficulty navigating the platform, and (for bloggers) opening the door to lost of unwanted spammy requests by businesses not even relevant to your industry. Last month, Gail Gardner of Growmap wrote about a new network ca [..]

5 Ways to Use LinkedIn Answers for Your Next Blog Post

Published on 2012-10-24 06:00:15

This is a guest post by Wayne Liew. LinkedIn Answers is a tool often overlooked by bloggers. Over the past couple of months, I have been playing around with the available features and finding ways to get the most out of them. While consolidating the features into The Ultimate Guide to LinkedIn Answers, I discovered the fact that apart from being able to generate traffic, leads and sales for bloggers, the platform is also an awesome place for bloggers to come up with blog post ideas. [..]

Show Me The Money – Top 5 Google AdSense Alternatives

Published on 2012-10-22 06:00:32

This is a guest post by Jacob E. Dawson. As a blogger in a competitive and increasingly saturated market, it can be hard to continually create magnetic content, build a community and increase your skill level. On top of that, earning money through a blog is no longer a shoe-in – it's an ongoing challenge, and for a lot of bloggers Google's AdSense is the only life-support system they have for their writing projects. There's something you should know: AdSense isn't the only option for ear [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Baby Elephant Rescue

Published on 2012-10-19 06:00:51

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Content 33 Ways to Get Help For Your Blog (Without Breaking the Bank) - We’ve got you covered with blogging 411 info to help you efficiently leverage resourc [..]

Basic SEO for Bloggers

Published on 2012-10-18 06:00:48

This is a guest post by Derek Mabie. Most of us understand how to search online. For more than a decade, we have relied on websites like Google and Yahoo to sift through the billions of web pages and present a list of contenders that, according to the search engines, most accurately relate to our search query. Search Engines for President We understand how to search. What we don’t always understand is how to be found. (How to be found by humans, that is. Google will find you. Oh yes, [..]

5 Simple Ways to Optimize Your Blog Posts to Generate More Traffic

Published on 2012-10-17 06:00:28

This is a guest post by Mark Johnson. Anybody writing blogs for business purposes will be keen to build a sizeable readership and achieve higher rankings in the major search engines. However, given the amount of online competition it will take some time and effort to realize both of these goals. The tips outlined in this article should give you a head-start when it comes to the online marketing of your valuable content. Photo Credit: Matthew Hodgson on Flickr. Focus On The Long Tail [..]

New Downloadable Guide Helps You Rock Video Marketing

Published on 2012-10-15 06:00:16

This is a guest post by Adria Saracino. With over 500,000 new WordPress posts made each day, it's important that your blog is the highest quality it can be in order to maintain your readership. But don't worry, maintaining and attracting a strong readership is not impossible. It's actually very doable. One of the best ways to interest readers in your blog is by using video, and specifically video marketing. Why will video and video marketing make a difference to your blog? Simply put, peop [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Flying Kittens

Published on 2012-10-12 06:00:29

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Content 7 Blogs Designed for Conversion and What You Can Learn From Them - If you have similar goals and need a little inspiration on how to achieve them, in [..]

5 Ways to Check Your Online Reputation

Published on 2012-10-11 06:00:25

This is a guest post by Peter Nevins. You have traffic, but no leads. What could be the problem? Maybe your online reputation is killing you. From bad reviews to malicious forum posts to negative word of mouth, your reputation precedes you for good or for ill. Photo Credit: John Uhri of Sketch Note Artist on Flickr. The only way to increase sales, when this happens, is to tackle the issue head on. But first, you have to find the problem. Then you have to fix it. Here's how to do it.You [..]

How to Start Networking When You Don’t Know a Single Person on the Internet

Published on 2012-10-09 09:50:46

This is a guest post by Mandy Kilinskis. When I joined my company's marketing team a little more than a year ago, I was told, more or less, to start reading blogs, commenting on them, and seeking out guest posts. My reaction? Comment-who? Network-where? Guest post-what? I was new to the marketing/blogging community and had absolutely no idea where to start. Sound familiar? Here's the secret: regardless of your niche, you have to start with good, old-fashioned networking and r [..]

How Distractions Paralyze Your Productivity as a Freelance Writer & How To Eliminate Them

Published on 2012-10-08 06:00:16

This is a guest post by Ruan Oosthuizen of Freelance Writing Tactics. Distractions are everywhere. Distractions happen without intent. Distractions happen when you least need it. As a successful freelance writer distractions are probably one of the most lethal productivity killers of all times, especially when writing to reach a certain deadline. Photo Credit: Nanette Saylor of Wise Well Women on Flickr When I started writing for another rather large blog about six months ago, reach [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Essential Tools for Blogging

Published on 2012-10-05 06:00:44

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Content 50 Essential Tools I Use For Blogging and Freelance Writing - As a freelance writer and professional blogger, it is essential to have a reliable arsena [..]

50 Great Tools for Bloggers and Freelance Writers

Published on 2012-10-02 06:00:08

As a professional blogger and freelance writer, it is essential to have a reliable arsenal of tools that allow you to promote your blog and manage your business. You need tools for branding and marketing your business, promoting your content, managing your finances, and keeping your tasks organized. If you are interested to know what I consider the most essential tools in my toolkit, be sure to visit my list on BestVendor titled 50 Essential Tools I Use for Blogging and Freelance Writing. [..]

The Opportunities of Niche Blogging

Published on 2012-10-01 06:00:04

This is a guest post by Slavko Desik. Niche blogging is, as many of us know, blogging within the frames of a certain area of expertise, sticking to the subjects closely related to it. And regardless of the fact that niches can be broader or tighter, expanding or shrinking, you are still confined within that "small" area, where the subject concerned slowly becomes your playground for ideas, learning, analyzing, even teaching. The idea of niche blogging is understandably compelling to som [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Neurowear

Published on 2012-09-28 06:00:49

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Content 45 Ways to Create an Enchanting Blog that Inspires Your Audience to Buy - It may sound difficult but it really isn’t. You’re about to learn how to [..]

How Any Blogger Can Become an Authoritative Blogger

Published on 2012-09-26 06:00:14

This is a guest post by Rich Gorman. One of the most fascinating facets of the blogging community is how there are so many different bloggers, blogging for such different reasons. Some folks sign up for a free Wordpress or Blogger account and start firing away, simply for purposes of creativity or self-expression. And then there are others who become bloggers of authority, esteemed within the industry, wildly successful on the back of their blogging efforts. Of course, there are also folks [..]

20+ Commonly Asked Questions About Blogging & Online Marketing

Published on 2012-09-25 06:00:26

As each year passes, blog marketing techniques evolve. What worked in 2011 may or may not be as effective in 2012. If you're a business, you may have the luxury of hiring an awesome Internet Marketing Company to keep up with the trends, but as individuals managing a blog for as a hobby or for profit, it's up to you to not only maintain that blog but keep up with ways to increase traffic. Photo Credit: Alexander Henning Drachmann on Flickr I receive a lot of questions on a regular basis [..]

How to Leverage the Potential of Blogger Outreach

Published on 2012-09-24 06:00:58

This is a guest post by Pratik Dholakiya. Blogger outreach is reaching out to the blogger community to create a relationship that involves you having regular, constructive and mutually beneficial contact with them. What this means is that you keep communicating with bloggers regularly and don't just get in touch with them, when you want a guest blog to be posted. I think of blogger outreach not from the perspective of an online marketer, but somebody who actually wants to strike up a conve [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & The Subway

Published on 2012-09-21 06:00:53

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Content 21 Reasons You Should Write Guest Posts - As Penguin and Panda (the latest Google updates) have shown us – times are changing in SEO. Fortunately, th [..]

Can You Trust Your Blog to the Cloud – The Pros and Cons

Published on 2012-09-19 06:00:33

This is a guest post by Matthew Setter. The Cloud - It's everywhere! Microsoft, Apple, Rackspace, Starbucks, McDonalds, IBM and even Amazon offer it. Unless you've been living under a rock or in a small seaside town - you'd think that that's all there is to know about these days and that if you're not quick - you'll miss out. But just because everybody's "doing it," does that mean you should? I can understand how you may feel that way, it's a lot like wanting to fit in with the "cool c [..]

ElegantThemes Review – Preview 75+ Elegant Premium WordPress Themes on One Page

Published on 2012-09-18 06:00:48

A few weeks ago, I wrote about what premium themes people chose to buy after reading my comparison post on Thesis vs. Genesis. I mentioned ElegantThemes as a good alternative for those looking for lots of design options at a lower price than StudioPress, and it has received almost as many purchases (if not more) than Thesis. So I decided to do a review of just ElegantThemes for those who want to learn more about their premium WordPress designs. ElegantThemes Pricing ElegantThemes offers ov [..]

10 Best Time Saving Apps and Plugins To Optimize Your Blog

Published on 2012-09-17 06:00:16

This is a guest post by Natalie Sisson. Building a blog that matters is a full-time gig these days, especially if you want to stay ahead of close to 200 million other competing blogs- which you do, right? You need to be on you're A-game all the time, and as a result it's just too easy to get caught up doing 'everything' on your blog. If you're like most bloggers, you spend your time constantly tweaking your sidebar, installing new plugins, changing your optin form and rewriting your ab [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Purely Pacific Northwest

Published on 2012-09-14 06:00:55

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Writing Secrets Of High-Traffic WordPress Blogs - There’s no question that WordPress can be used for your or my blog, but what about multi-author blogs with [..]

Izzonet Review – What Sets Izzonet Apart as an eCommerce Solutions Provider

Published on 2012-09-13 06:00:01

This is a sponsored post from IzzoNet, an eCommerce Solutions Software provider. As an eCommerce solutions provider, IzzoNet strives to provide their clients with both basic and advance needs. While that is true, they have their strengths and limitations still. There are a lot of eCommerce solutions in the market and all of them have their pros and cons. Your choice will depend on what you need the most in your online shopping cart. Some packages have great marketing tools while others co [..]

5 Reasons Why Video Blogging Is the Best Way to Attract Business

Published on 2012-09-12 06:00:32

This is a guest post by Kevin Lau. Are you confident in front of a webcam? You'll need to be if you want to get new business in the months to come. Video blogging is becoming a hugely successful method of winning new customers, and if you're not yet on the bandwagon you should start thinking about getting on board very soon. You could be missing out on a huge audience if you don't dive in. Here are five reasons why video blogging will be a big success. And who knows, they might convince yo [..]

How to Create a Sales Page for Your Own Products

Published on 2012-09-11 06:00:13

This is a guest post by Karl Staib. Have you ever tried selling a product or service on your blog? Then you know how maddening a sales page can be. What do you say? How long should it be? How do I actually convince someone to buy my product? You've probably seen some really good sales pages and it almost looks easy. That is until you actually try to do one yourself. I've sat, stood and paced in front of a blank screen for days, not sure where to start. That's why I'm here to [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Yosemite

Published on 2012-09-07 06:00:35

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Content A 10-Point Plan for Connecting with Online Influencers - Here’s how you can make high-quality connections with bloggers and other content publishers [..]

A Look at the New Twitter Advertising Platform

Published on 2012-09-06 06:00:39

This is a guest post by Gregory Smith. The social-media giant, Twitter recently released their advertising platform for brands. I provided some valuable screen-shots on RxSEO. And while I've been trying to figure out what I was going to publish for you folks over here on Kikolani today, I've decided to mix a little of this, with a little of that. I have something very special for you. Hold on to your seats, as I unfold. Twitter PPC Strategies and Promoted Accounts Twitter released their [..]

15 Tips for Improvement for ESL Writers

Published on 2012-09-05 06:00:01

This is a guest post by Denise Gabbard. As an American and native English speaker, I nonetheless still make style or grammar mistakes in my writing. I can only imagine how confusing and difficult English must seem to those who grew up speaking a completely different language. I began thinking about this when one of my blog’s readers asked how they could improve their writing skills, and their difficulties with grammar and sentence structure were apparent. Ordinarily, I suggest that peop [..]

You’re Invited to an Online Baby Shower!

Published on 2012-09-04 06:00:38

It's not too often that I post something completely personal on my blog, so I hope you don't mind the interruption to your usual blogging and social media tips! Just in case we're not connected on Facebook, I wanted to invite you to a unique event. My husband and I are expecting our first baby blogger this December. Since our friends and family are spread out throughout the world, we have decided to against tradition and throw an online baby shower! And since I count many of my readers as fri [..]

How To Anticipate What Your Blog Readers Want From You Next

Published on 2012-09-03 06:00:52

This is a guest post by Nathalie Lussier. "You're a mind reader! You always seem to know exactly what I need at the right time." That's what I hear from my blog readers on a consistent basis. Photo Credit: Tom Giebel So what's my secret? Am I really a psychic when it comes to blogging topics or video training tutorials, or do I just know a couple of different ways to tap into what my audience needs? Well I might fall on the woo-woo side, but I do think that my sleuthing skills have [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Otters Stacking Cups

Published on 2012-08-31 06:00:11

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Content Conduct Unbecoming a Dull Writer: How to Write for Traffic - Is your content great? Or does it suck? How do you know? Learn how to write the kind of co [..]

Stepping Back: 5 Ways You Can Put Your Blog On Pause Without Losing Readers

Published on 2012-08-29 06:00:27

This is a guest post by Daniel Cassady. It’s foolish to think that you can be everywhere at once, that you can do everything. Of course, most of us still try. Bloggers are a special breed. We become so attached to our blog and our readers that sometimes it can be hard to leave them alone, even for a little while. We feel like we are doing our readers a disservice if we take a little time for ourselves. But, dear blogger, you have a life too and if you don’t go about living it, odd [..]

How to Use AIDA, ROI and KISS to Boost Your Sales

Published on 2012-08-27 06:00:25

This is a guest post by Jani Seneviratne. Are you tired of your copy being ignored by prospects? Are you searching for a proven way to create copy that is well optimized for sales? AIDA, ROI and KISS were first coined by advertisers and an engineer but have since been applied to the online marketing industry. Some copywriters have adapted the formulas to suit their own personal tastes whilst some argue that these formulas are outdated and have disregarded them all together. Despite the debate [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & How to Generate Good Ideas

Published on 2012-08-24 06:00:40

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Content Want suggestions to help improve your blog? Over at the Social Media Examiner Blogging Club, I'm offering free blog reviews. Be sure to sign up! Cont [..]

How to React to Comments for Your Reputation Management

Published on 2012-08-22 06:00:21

This is a guest post by Jay Buerck. You've been following the conversation about your brand using one of the many monitoring tools available to help you manage and monitor your online reputation and now it has caught wind of a few negative comments or posts about you or your company. Photo Credit No one likes to discover negative comments and reviews but many times it is the price of doing business. While you can't please everyone all the time it still stings a little when you see t [..]

Google AdWords – Easy Tips for Bloggers and Small Business Owners

Published on 2012-08-20 06:00:30

This is a guest post by Ivan Dimitrijevic. Google AdWords is one of the most popular ways of online advertising. Even though it is easy to set up and anyone can make an AdWords account, it has proven to be rather difficult to optimize for good results. Here, we offer you some tricks of the trade that might help you optimize, maintain, and improve your advertising campaign. How to Improve Your Keywords If you don't choose the right keywords or your ad, then it's going to either not get [..]

How to Create Your Own Industry Recap, Resources, & Mashups

Published on 2012-08-17 06:00:36

Since I've been out of town all of this week and unable to collect my usual weekly roundup of great posts in online marketing, I thought I would share some tips on how you can create your own industry or niche focused resources mashup. Photo Credit: Mrs. Magic Examples of Great Recap Posts Curious who else does regular daily or weekly recap posts? Here's a sampling... Marketing Day by Marketing Land - A daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marke [..]

Time Management – The Internet Marketing “Copy and Paste” Schedule

Published on 2012-08-16 06:00:19

This is a guest post by Gregory Smith. Time is money. As an entrepreneur and Internet Marketer, time is something I wish I had more of, and something I've truely wasted a lot of, over the years. It's a shame we can't just turn back the hands of time. What ever happened to all those years? Wouldn't it be nice to change a lot of things you've done over the years? If I could change my past, I would of walked down very different paths in life, better yet, I'd of probably taken off running down [..]

Do Google +1s Really Affect SEO?

Published on 2012-08-15 06:00:09

This is a guest post by Kevin Lau. Google+ is still gaining some traction online, slowly building an audience and drawing more people in to give it a try for the first time. Perhaps most importantly, marketers are still getting used to how things work, in particular with reference to the Google +1 button. Whenever you read items in your information stream from other users of Google+, you'll see you have the ability to +1 them if you like them. You can also +1 anything you see [..]

Why Reinventing The Traffic Generation Wheel Is A Bad Idea And What To Do Instead

Published on 2012-08-13 06:00:07

This is a guest post by Ruan Oosthuizen. Being a blogger, experienced or absolute beginner, traffic generation will always have to be part of your online strategy. You spend hours researching and then create excellent content. It takes hard work to put killer content out there. Then you will have to try and put that content in front of the eyes of your target audience. You will need to drive traffic, somehow and sometime sooner or later. Driving traffic is not easy. Driving targeted return [..]

Fetching Fridays – Resources Mashup & Happy Little Clouds

Published on 2012-08-10 06:00:32

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Content 20 Cringe-Worthy Business Blogging Mistakes - From my experience, this list details all of the blog booby traps that businesses face. If you run a bus [..]

10 Steps to Creative Blogging

Published on 2012-08-08 06:00:54

This is a guest post by Elizabeth Joss. There is nothing worse than producing a blog post that is lacklustre and without passion or zest. My own fear (that I know is equally shared with fellow bloggers from around the world) is that I will create posts that are just like everyone else’s – boring and painfully ordinary. So to give myself and others a little creative inspiration I’ve put together these useful and practical steps to help you achieve a greater sense of creativity, whet [..]

Server Melting Traffic Generation Methods

Published on 2012-08-06 06:00:51

This is a guest post by Gregory Smith. Traffic matters. When it comes to generating traffic to my blog, that's something I don't take lightly. I've practiced every traffic generation strategy that has ever been developed, and am constantly seeking out new and unique ideas. By practicing different traffic strategies, I've come to learn the hard way, traffic is not easily generated by any means. If you're anything like me (a traffic addict), you too follow your Google Analytics religously, [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Buttermilk the Dwarf Goat

Published on 2012-08-03 06:00:12

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Writing 7 Ways to Write Epic S*** - Today, I’d like to share with you 7 different methods that you can use to write epic s***. Add these to your playbook, an [..]

13 Things to Try When You’re Thinking About Giving Up on Blogging

Published on 2012-08-01 06:00:45

This is a guest post by Blog Tyrant. "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” - Thomas Edison Since I started blogging I have probably had over 100 blogs. How many do you think are still active? Only a handful. It is so easy to give up. And sometimes it feels like exactly the right thing to do. Perhaps it is. But I know that if I'd given up altogether I wouldn't be working from home, I wouldn't [..]

The Truth About You, Your College Degree and Your Job

Published on 2012-07-31 06:00:13

This is a guest post and video by Farnoosh Brock of Prolific Living. Too many times in my engineering degree, I felt frustrated and unhappy. Many more times in my 11-year corporate career, I felt trapped, discouraged and miserable. And I did absolutely nothing about it. Well, that's not entirely true. I griped. I complained. I wallowed in my own self-pity. I gossiped with my co-workers about the unfairness of it all, but in hindsight, I did nothing useful, nothing that helped me leave [..]

The Importance of Social Media in a Successful Marketing Campaign

Published on 2012-07-30 06:00:11

This is a guest post by Tim at HostPapa. One would have to be blind not to see that social media networks have been some of the most successful performers on the Internet in the last few years. Say the word “Facebook” in nearly any part of the world and it will be recognized. In the past, the most commonly known words were Coca-Cola and “OK.” This is changing. With the combined technologies of high-speed Internet, cheaper laptops, and now the advent of smartphones, it is much easier [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Within Two Worlds

Published on 2012-07-27 06:00:22

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Content 7 Ways to Find Viral Content Ideas - Want to find content ideas that have a chance at viral fame? Here are seven ways to research recently popular cont [..]

Building Your Personal Brand with Pinterest

Published on 2012-07-26 06:00:39

Do you tend pin on your pin board on Pinterest more than you tweet on Twitter lately? Pinterest offers a new kind of social media sharing, and at the Internet marketing firm I work for, we’re seeing it swell in popularity (even though it’s still in the beat phase) among bloggers and search engine marketers for building a personal brand online. As mentioned, Pinterest offers a unique social sharing experience as users actually “pin” their favorite photos onto their own personal pin [..]

How to Get More Responses for Guest Blogging

Published on 2012-07-25 06:00:58

This is a guest post by Adam Riemer. One of the hardest things to do with your new websites or blogs is to get people to find it and trust it. Once you have people finding and trusting your blog, you can then begin to build your brand and grow your following. The issue is [...]You're reading How to Get More Responses for Guest Blogging, originally posted on Kikolani and copyrighted by Kristi Hines, freelance writer and professional blogger. Be sure to follow Kristi on Twitter, Facebook, and Goo [..]

Premium WordPress Themes – What Do People Buy & Why

Published on 2012-07-23 06:00:16

Last year, I wrote a huge comparison post on Thesis vs Genesis from DIYThemes and StudioPress. It's been almost a year, and I thought I would share some stats of what people decided to buy after reading the post. Here are the results. Number of Clicks Here, you can see that the number of clicks to the StudioPress (Genesis) website is almost equal to the number of clicks to the DIYThemes (Thesis) website from both the post and the buttons on the sidebar. Number of Sales But wh [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Kitten Who Talks Too Much

Published on 2012-07-20 06:00:49

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Writing 5 Small Blog Tweaks That Will Lead To Big Results - Sometimes, it just pays to revisit the basics. Have a long, hard look at your blog to see if the fo [..]

10 Simple Things You Can Do To Improve Your Blog Posts

Published on 2012-07-19 06:00:24

This is a guest post by Heather Higgins. "Quality over quantity" is one of those sayings that gets thrown around a lot, but when it comes to content publishing and marketing, they are truly words to live by. Blog development is more than presentation. Your success ultimately lies in the hands of your posts. The quality of your content is everything. Photo Credit Without further ado, here are ten simple things you can do to improve your blog posts.You're reading 10 Simple Things You [..]

The Pros and Cons of the New Facebook Page Design

Published on 2012-07-18 06:00:53

This is a guest post by Kevin Lau. By now you will undoubtedly have worked with the new Facebook page design. Either you'll like it or you won't, and there are probably features you will think are pretty good and others you won't be so keen on. This seems to be par for the course when it comes to Facebook. Here are some of the pros and cons to be aware of in terms of the new design. Do you agree or disagree with them? Are there others that haven't been mentioned here that have annoyed [..]

7 Critical Elements Of Effective & Complete Domain Management

Published on 2012-07-16 06:00:34

This is a guest post by Ruan Oosthuizen. Effective and complete domain management is a composition of processes with essential elements that if used together forms a system that determines the success of your business or blog online. Many start a blog without a "business plan" and soon find missing elements that are harder to implement at that point in time. However, doing some much required research and planning before you put much at stake by starting your online journey, you'll find th [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Kitten Reacts to Sneeze

Published on 2012-07-13 06:00:41

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Content The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Blogging - I set out to produce a relatively brief guide that would focus solely on the core fundamentals of success [..]

10 Ways to Increase Return Rates on Your Blog

Published on 2012-07-12 06:00:49

This is a guest post by Laura Moisei. Bounce rates are not a foolproof parameter for measuring exit stats and the effectiveness of your blog promotion. Even more important is the return rate, the number of loyal visitors that bookmark your website and constantly come back to spend some more time here. Do you work actively to improve return rates? Returns can be monitored from the statistic of non-unique visits in your analytics, which can at times outstate the number of different peopl [..]

Build Your Blogging Platform By Creating Scarcity

Published on 2012-07-11 06:00:29

This is a guest post by Nick Thacker. Photo Credit: Alexander Baxevanis "If you want people to listen, you have to have a platform to speak from, and that is excellence in what you do." – William Pollard The idea of building platforms through blogging has been top-of-mind for me recently. Through social media, networking, and even print books, building a platform—especially online—has become much easier for our current generation of Internet marketers, bloggers, and other onli [..]

How to Turn Your Blog Into An Online Shop

Published on 2012-07-09 14:08:39

This is a guest post by Trevor Ginn. If you've put in all the work required to create a successful blog you might as well make some money out of it! One monetisation option is to offer things for sale which are related to your niche. Indeed, many large community sites such as NCT and BabyCentre incorporate an online shop to generate additional revenue. Before You Start Setting up an online shop alongside your blog is very easy and requires little technical expertise. Before you start [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Midnight Sun Iceland

Published on 2012-07-06 06:00:01

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Content The SPELL IT OUT Technique: 5 Critical Moments to Educate Your Readers - In this post I’m going to introduce the SPELL IT OUT technique for educating [..]

Link Building Secrets – Post Panda and Penguin

Published on 2012-07-04 06:00:17

This is a guest post by Gregory Smith. You tell me your secrets, I'll tell you mine. It's true, we are all weak at heart to "want to get in on a good secret". As you're aware, it's not very often in the world of Link Building that professionals share their secrets, but in the one off special occasion of being a guest here on the wonderful blog of the beautiful, most professional - Kristi Hines, I'm in a "terrific" mood and am going to share a few of my personal secrets - the ones that have go [..]

Web Domination 20 Review – Learn How to Create a Successful Online Business

Published on 2012-07-03 10:57:15

Do you ever wish you could get a ton of expert advice on different aspects of building a successful business online in one place? Well now, you can. What is Web Domination Web Domination is a complete course with 20 "masters of the web" revealing everything you need to know about creating a successful company online. It includes hour long interviews with each expert and a 300+ page eBook with 100,000+ words on making a website, creating content, getting traffic, converting traffic, ear [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Baby Meerkats

Published on 2012-06-29 06:00:32

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Content Marketing Headsmacking Tip #21: Write Better Headlines Than Anyone Else - This tactic is so simple and obvious, it's probably illegal somewhere. The [..]

Tying Mainstream Content into Everything You Write

Published on 2012-06-27 06:00:53

This is a guest post by Andrew Kardon. I love the '80s. It's true. Give me a Rubik's Cube, some Twisted Sister and a John Cusack movie and I'm in my eternal happy place. I'm also a huge comic book and video game fan (fine, geek), who is beyond ecstatic that the mainstream media has finally caught on to these two goldmines of content. Avengers movie, anyone? Why am I talking about a decade full of Big Hair and guys wearing spandex on the big screen? Because I want to. And more importantly, [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & The Vendor Client Relationship [HUMOR]

Published on 2012-06-22 00:00:54

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Content The Foolproof Formula for Writing a Solid Blog Post [Template] - Learn the formula for writing successful blog posts so you can keep up your business b [..]

3 Forums with CommentLuv-Like Functionality

Published on 2012-06-21 06:00:12

One of the ways that I promote my most important blog posts, like my massive post on 40+ Tips on How to Become a Social Media Rockstar, is through commenting on blogs enabled with CommentLuv. There are a ton of awesome lists of CommentLuv enabled blogs out there. But what about forums? Sure, you might be thinking CommentLuv only works on WordPress, so how can there be CommentLuv enabled forums? You're reading 3 Forums with CommentLuv-Like Functionality, originally posted on Kikolani an [..]

How to Use LinkedIn to Connect with Top-Drawer Freelance Clients

Published on 2012-06-20 06:00:34

This is a guest post by Carol Tice. For freelancers, LinkedIn is the 21st Century phone book. Increasingly, when companies want to hire a freelancer, they don't ask around their network. They don't look at the stack of business cards on their desk. They do searches for "freelance writer" -- or graphic designer, or web developer -- on LinkedIn. The question is, how can you connect with the right prospective clients on there? I'm talking big, well-funded companies with fat freelance bu [..]

Want to Learn How to Rock the Top 3 Social Networks?

Published on 2012-06-19 06:00:44

It's that time again. I've missed out on several great contests in 2012, but this one I just couldn't pass up thanks to the amazing number of both cash prizes and non-cash prizes sponsors. For this contest, I pulled out all of the stops and created what I think is a pretty informative post. It's entitled 40+ Tips on How to Become a Social Media Rockstar on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ - the three social networks I feel are the most important. There's no money back guarantee, but I am almo [..]

How To Create Better Video Blogs

Published on 2012-06-18 06:00:35

This is a guest post & video by Andy Havard. Welcome to the online video masterclass. Today we'll be looking at how you can better your video blogs through 8 simple steps, which will really make your vlog stand out from the crowd. You're reading How To Create Better Video Blogs, originally posted on Kikolani and copyrighted by Kristi Hines, freelance writer and professional blogger. Be sure to follow Kristi on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+.

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Baby Blogger on Board

Published on 2012-06-15 06:00:33

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Writing 10 Free Tools Every Business Blogger Should Bookmark - Explore the free tools out there that will help you be better at business blogging and content c [..]

6 Practical Steps To Earn The Pro Status In Your Niche

Published on 2012-06-13 06:00:47

This is a guest post by Jane Sheeba. Only the pros always do it. Be it six figure pay checks, screen shots of skyrocketing traffic proof, stunning product launches, amazing social proof, and wherever they go, they're looked upon - the pros do it. Why isn't it easy to become a pro in your niche? Is it a "guru" thing? Do you have to drink some special soup? Well, as it might sound such a thing of height, it actually isn't that hard to become a pro. But ironically, the "pro" status shou [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Human Slingshot

Published on 2012-06-08 06:00:35

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Writing Forget SEO: Here’s How to Write a Post That Goes Viral - You don’t have to write in order to get the attention of Google algorithms… you have to [..]

10 Free Blogging eBooks That Should Be Paid

Published on 2012-06-06 06:00:01

This is a guest post by Ann Smarty. Free ebooks are common online these days. Some of them are free because they are nothing more than sponsored swill provided for the sake of marketing, getting people on mailing lists and conducting possible research. Which has sadly given the format a bad name, especially when it comes to any ebook promising tips or advice on making money or improving a business venture. Despite this, not every one out there offering this service is a scam. In fact, there a [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Hayaku

Published on 2012-06-01 06:00:51

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Content 18 Brilliant Bloggers Talk About Storytelling - Storytelling is an art, and one that the best bloggers, podcasters, and web TV producers must learn to [..]

Top 10 Social Media Time Saving Tips for the Busy Blogger

Published on 2012-05-31 12:51:46

This is a guest post by Brad Smith. Building a good social media presence doesn't have to take all your time. You just need to work smart, and focus on the activities that produce the highest ROI. Because you'll start to notice that specific activities pay off a lot more than others. Here's how you can identify those activities, grow your audience, and save yourself a ton of time in the process. Image courtesy of deanmeyersnet. 1. Have a Clear Goal The most common mist [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Jacks Point Timelapse

Published on 2012-05-25 06:00:07

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Writing How to Promote Your Blog With Social Media - How to share your blog articles on tumblr, facebook, linkedin and twitter to increase your reach. A Tech [..]

Leveraging the Social Web to Spread Awareness and Drive Business

Published on 2012-05-23 13:58:18

This is a guest post by Ryan Critchett. Social media is bigger than we think. I think it's bigger than we think it is, even when we think it's big. I think, it's monstrous. We all at least know there is an opportunity to reach customers in a different way through social, but not everybody truly grasps the kind of brand awareness, business opportunities and startup growth that can take place on these channels. That's what I want to talk about. I want to take you through a series of eve [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Baboons in a Car

Published on 2012-05-18 06:00:23

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Content 3 Ways to Get Blog Content When You’re Strapped for Time - To make the content acquisition and publishing process a bit easier for folks who are bare [..]

How I Built a Blog That Earned $10,000 in 5 Months

Published on 2012-05-17 06:00:42

This is a guest post by Jason Acidre. I’ve been working as an SEO for 2 years now. I started working for an Australian-based SEO Agency in early 2010, before I was hired by Affilorama and Traffic Travis to be their in-house consultant. Working on these websites compelled me to do extensive research on my [...]You're reading How I Built a Blog That Earned $10,000 in 5 Months, originally posted on Kikolani and copyrighted by Kristi Hines, freelance writer and professional blogger. Be sure t [..]

5 Steps to Improve Your Pinterest Profile in Five Minutes

Published on 2012-05-15 06:00:13

This is a guest post by Allison Boyer, Community Outreach Coordinator and regular blogger for BlogWorld. Is your Pinterest profile optimized so you're found and followed by other users, repinned as much as possible, and sending tons of traffic back to your site? For most users, the answer is no, unfortunately. Don't worry: Pinterest is still a very new social media site and we're all still learning! If you have five minutes, though, you can totally improve your Pinterest profile with just fiv [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Supermoon 2012

Published on 2012-05-11 06:00:58

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Writing 19 Ways to Build Relationships With Blog Comments - Business blogging strategy: use these blog comment tactics to build and cultivate better relationsh [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Chinchilla Love

Published on 2012-05-04 06:00:46

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Content Marketing 8 Surefire Ways To Increase Engagement On Your Site - Assuming you’ve created great content already, what tactics can you use to increase e [..]

Don’t Let Hackers Crash Your Blogging Party

Published on 2012-05-02 06:00:48

This is a guest post by Robert Regehr. Are you a full-time blogger earning a living from your Wordpress blogs or an aspiring Problogger with your first taste of the freedom that comes from blogging? There's a ton of really good advice out there on getting up and running from bloggers like Darren Rowse and Yaro Stark. However, there's shockingly little on protecting your blogging nest egg. If you rely on income from blogging to support your family you need to secure your Wordpress installati [..]

How Green Juicing Paved the Way to My Other Smart Habits

Published on 2012-04-30 06:00:06

This is a guest post by Farnoosh Brock. While it may seem out of the ordinary from the usual blogging and social media, I included it for two reasons. 1) Farnoosh is a wonderful friend and inspiring person who has contributed some great articles and interviews here before. 2) Healthy habits are an essential part of blogging - if you aren't healthy, you won't be able to produce great content. Enjoy! I believe all good smart habits are related and connected, and before I tell you ab [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Canary Sky

Published on 2012-04-27 06:00:42

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Content Marketing 6 Reasons Why Content is a Must for Online Marketing - Content creation, development, and marketing are an essential part of online marketing [..]

Why Bloggers Need to Build a Subscriber List

Published on 2012-04-25 11:44:21

This is a guest post by Christine Brady of Insightful Mommy. If you have been blogging for any length of time, you have no doubt heard the phrase list building or building a list of subscribers. But what does building a list of subscribers have to do with blogging you may be wondering… As bloggers, your focus is much like mine – creating great content to share with our readers, staying active on social media, connecting and promoting your blog. But every one of the daily task that we [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Dalescapes of Time

Published on 2012-04-20 06:00:22

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Writing 75 Top Marketing Blogs to Make Your RSS Reader Fat - 75 online marketing blogs and blog categories for online marketers. Included are the RSS feed link [..]

How To Develop a Routine to Manage Social Media

Published on 2012-04-18 11:48:20

This is a guest post by Justin McGill. When it comes to your social media routine keep it simple. There is too much information floating around out there on social media to consider it all. Bottom line, if how you're using social media isn't helping you meet your goals, DON'T DO IT! Photo Credit: Mark Biddle Developing Your Routine The following will help you get on the right path for developing a social media management routine. 1. Start by getting tools that make your soci [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & My Arizona

Published on 2012-04-13 06:00:26

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Writing A Systematic Approach to Writing Successful Blog Posts - Your blogging success depends heavily on the success of your blog posts. If you can systematiz [..]

Channel Partners Conference & Expo Vegas 2012

Published on 2012-04-12 06:00:55

Last month, I received an all-expense paid invite to the Channel Partners Conference & Expo in Las Vegas from Time Warner Cable Business Class (who I never realized offered web hosting and an array of other services for small businesses). Unfortunately, it was a bit too short notice to make the trip (although a few nights at Caesar’s Palace was quite enticing), so I thought I would check out what I missed out on. Who Attends The Channel Partners Conference is for indirect sales organiza [..]

6 Tools That Help Bloggers Manage and Monitor Their Online Reputation

Published on 2012-04-11 06:00:51

This is a guest post by Per Schmitz. Nowadays there's a lot of personal information publicly available on the web. We all have an "online persona" which is directly related to the way people see and judge us as individuals. Unfortunately managing your online reputation is everything but an easy task. There are many social media channels where people can spread unbased opinions about others, tag inappropiate photos, and otherwise mess with your reputation. As a blogger, your name stands [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & BRNO HDR

Published on 2012-04-06 06:00:45

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Writing Bloggers: Win 1 of 10 Trips to The Great Barrier Reef in Queensland Australia - From June 5 to June 10 this year, Tourism Queensland and Darren Rowse w [..]

6 High-Converting Areas To Add An Email Sign-Up Form & Build Your List

Published on 2012-04-04 06:00:14

This is a guest post by Ricardo Bueno. We all want more email subscribers. The question is, how do you get them? Aside from creating high quality, compelling content, you need to promote your email sign-up form so readers know where to go to sign up. The easier you make it to sign up, the more likely readers are to subscribe. This means, doing the following: Displaying your email sign up forms prominently on your site. Designing your form so that it stands out (compelling head [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Landscapes Volume II

Published on 2012-03-30 06:00:14

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Writing 50 Successful Blogs That Prove You Don’t Have to “Blog About Blogging” To Create A Winner - Successful blogs of all sizes and in a huge variety o [..]

Blogging Your Way to Traffic, Subscribers, and Sales with Danny Iny

Published on 2012-03-28 06:00:23

This is an interview with Danny Iny from Firepole Marketing. He's returned to Kikolani to talk to us about how he wrote 80+ guest posts on major blogs in less than a year, earned the nickname "The Freddy Krueger of Blogging", and skyrocketed Firepole Marketing to success with his Write Like Freddy blog writing training program (aff link). 1. A lot of the readers here at Kikolani would love to get more traffic, subscribers, and sales (as you say), but don't know where to start. What are they m [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Last of the Great Unknown

Published on 2012-03-23 06:00:45

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Writing 5 Link Bait Post Types That Get You More Email Subscribers - Let’s take a look at five link bait post structures that really get people motivated to [..]

5 Psychological Techniques To Get Readers to Subscribe & Buy Your Product

Published on 2012-03-21 12:38:52

This is a guest post by Jeevan Jacob John of Blog Networking 101. Do you watch TV commercials? I know that most of us do. And we tend to hate them. But there are some TV commercials that really "suck" us in (I mean, impress us), right? How about certain ads that come on during the Super Bowl? I mean, who wouldn't love to watch the E-trade Baby commercials. And there are many advertisements like those. Those that motivate us to take action, check the product website online, or eve [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Timelapse from Outer Space

Published on 2012-03-16 06:00:16

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Writing 7 Quirky Ways to Beat Blogger’s Block and Write Your Best Post Ever - I have this blog post writing “thing” down to a science and we’re going t [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Temporal Distortion

Published on 2012-03-09 06:00:15

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Writing 12 Things That Will Kill Your Blog Post Every Time - When you look around at successful blogs, whatever industry or topic, there are several undeniable basics to su [..]

Time Management: 5 Tips You Need To Know

Published on 2012-03-07 09:57:57

This is a guest post by Eric Siu. There's one constant in life that is common to all of us: decreasing time. Some of the most popular entrepreneurs have stated that one of their biggest daily struggles is not having enough time to finish projects. There isn't ever enough time to go around so the only thing we can do about it is optimize our time to the best of our ability. After all, you want to make the most of your time here on Earth, right? :) Here are 5 tips on managing your time mo [..]

It’s Not Just Pinterest RE: Copyright & Legal Issues

Published on 2012-03-06 06:00:54

Because Pinterest is the hot topic of social media, it has come under a lot of scrutiny. First about the use of affiliate links, and now about copyright issues in relation to items saved (or "pinned") by users. Essentially, people are freaking out and removing their Pinterest content because they fear the legal repercussions. But is Pinterest the first to do this? Not by a long shot. Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer. I'm not even really that good at reading Terms of Service agreements. Plea [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Journey Through Canyons

Published on 2012-03-02 06:00:36

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Writing The Essential Ingredients for Building a Blog That Ranks in Alexa’s Top 10,000 - Would you like to know how I grew Quick Sprout to have an Alexa rank [..]

New Facebook Pages with Timeline Design

Published on 2012-03-01 06:00:34

Last night, I decided to try out the New Facebook Pages with Timeline for my freelance writing page. Facebook plans to change things over on March 30th anyway, so you might as well prepare early for what's coming, and for pages, there are lots of preparations to be made. Here are some of my initial observations about how Timeline affects our favorite Facebook fan page features. Pros: More About Space & Direct Link to Your Website Probably one of my favorite changes that comes along with [..]

How to Become Your Own Boss by Creating Your Own Wealth Online

Published on 2012-02-29 06:00:04

The following is a guest post by Patrick Meninga of Make Money With No Work. How do you become your own boss in the world of internet marketing? The key is that you have to generate consistent monthly income, enough to cover your living expenses. If you can achieve this income consistently then you can walk away from your regular day job and effectively become your own boss. So the question becomes: How do you do that? How do you generate a consistent monthly income online? [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Baby Sloth Bathtime

Published on 2012-02-24 06:00:24

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Writing How to Turn Your RSS Reader Into a Topic Generation Machine - In this post, we’re going to look at how you can combine them all in your RSS reader an [..]

How to Get 40,000 Readers Without Guest Blogging

Published on 2012-02-22 06:00:57

This is a guest post by Gregory Ciotti of Sparring Mind. "It can't be!" Ah, but it's true! Not only that, this new blog isn't about marketing, blogging, or making money online! Refreshing, isn't it? Only a few months ago, I started my recent project, an electronic music blog by the name of Sophistefunk. Before I get into the details, let's get with the goods: Above is my most recent screenshot from Google Analytics, and as you can see, I've hit over 40000 unique visitors [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & HDR Skies

Published on 2012-02-17 06:00:53

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Writing The Ultimate Guide to Guest Blogging - In this article we are going to look at exactly how you can get guest blogging opportunities and make the most o [..]

Farnoosh Brock Talks About a Smart Exit Strategy Out of the Wrong Job

Published on 2012-02-15 06:00:08

This is an interview with Farnoosh Brock of Prolific Living. She is returning again to Kikolani to talk to us about creating a smart exit strategy out of the wrong job and why it pays to find work that you can love. 1. A lot of the readers at Kikolani are interested in full-time self-employment with strong interests in social media, blogging and free-lancing among other things. You share some of these passions. Can you tell us your take on self-employment? Self-employment was made for [..]

4 Critical Mistakes that Cost me 1000′s of Subscribers, Fans and Followers

Published on 2012-02-13 06:00:31

This is a guest post by Srinivas Rao of BlogcastFM. In the first year of running my blog I wrote close to 100 guest posts. I was consistent and committed to growing my blog by writing 2 guests posts a week on blogs ranging in size from 1,000 to 50,000 subscribers. After 3 quarters of aggressive guest posting I was still struggling to break the thousand subscriber mark. A few months back I interviewed Jon Morrow. After that interview, I realized I had made some critical mistakes that had cos [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & The FitDesk

Published on 2012-02-10 06:00:13

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Writing 21 Essential Tools for Bloggers (That Don’t Cost a Bean) - These tools will actually help, not hinder you, as you start your blogging journey. They w [..]

How Bloggers Can Create and Use White Papers

Published on 2012-02-08 06:00:14

This is a guest post by Mitt Ray. A white paper is a cross between a magazine article and a corporate brochure. They posses both the educative qualities of a magazine article and the persuasive qualities of a brochure, this educative and persuasive quality of a white paper makes it one of the most powerful marketing tools. As it first educates the reader, builds trust and then and only then does it market the service or the product to the reader. White papers were first used only by c [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & A Week in Montana

Published on 2012-02-03 06:00:05

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Writing How to Gain 2,281 Subscribers—and Increase Traffic by 69%—in 27 Days - Today the author shows you how I increased blog traffic by 69% and gained 2, [..]

5 Essential Qualities of Growing Your Blog Quickly in a Crowded Niche

Published on 2012-02-01 06:00:32

This is a guest post by Marcus Sheridan, recently named one of the Top 10 Social Media Bloggers of 2012 by Social Media Examiner. We all want our blogs to grow. I do, you do, we all do. But as many are now finding, it's getting more and more difficult to experience growth quickly, especially in industries that are more saturated with many great bloggers and tons of excellent content. Notwithstanding, every year bloggers come from nowhere and explode onto the scene, finding a way to build a [..]

Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup & Yosemite HD

Published on 2012-01-27 06:00:57

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, making money online, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The Resources Mashup Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+, retweeted on @kikolani, and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Blogging / Writing How to Set Up Blog Comments as Goals in Google Analytics Using WordPress Hacks - Learn more about the visitors who leave comments on your blog with two m [..]

6 Ways Personal Development Can Make You a Better Blogger

Published on 2012-01-26 06:00:59

This is a guest post by Timo Kiander. Many people live their lives without understanding, that there is a giant potential inside them. In fact, if they would realize this, they would achieve so much more in their lives. This is where the personal development comes into play. Once you get involved with different self-improvement topics, your mind starts to change and you'll start seeing everything differently (the people, the world, the events). What I love about personal development [..]

How to Set Up Blog Comments as Goals in Google Analytics Using WordPress Hacks

Published on 2012-01-24 06:00:49

As many of you know, I love writing about Google Analytics. I'm a data junkie, and there's nothing I enjoy more than learning more about the visitors coming to my blog. One of the best ways to get actionable data out of your Google Analytics is to set up goals. Setting up a goal in Google Analytics tells it that someone has completed something important on your website, such as buying product, signing up to your email list, or similar. For those who aren't interested in selling products [..]

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