I’ve stumbled upon a number of great posts about blogging and social media this week:

{Blogging & Vlogging}

Spring Cleaning Your Blog: The Essential To Do List

With spring around the corner (hopefully) it turns many of our minds to decluttering our homes and lives in a yearly purge we like to call spring cleaning. Your wordpress blog is likely in need of some fine tuning and de-cluttering too, so let’s extend that spirit over to our cyber lives.

How Often Should You Update Your Blog?

As a blogger who’s looking to attract their first few thousand readers, updating your blog daily is one of the worst things you can do… If you have less than 1,000 readers, you don’t need content. You need readers. And despite what those pseudo “experts” tell you, content DOES NOT equal readers.

My Top Ten Blogging Tips

I’ve been blogging for 2 years. It’s been a fun ride and I’ve learned some good lessons along the way.  Here are my Top Ten most important lessons that I’ve learned so far…

How To Watermark Images & Why You Should

Let’s discuss how to take an extra step to make sure your images are protected, as well as ensure people are able to find your site if a link is broken. It all revolves around watermarking images.

5 Blog Headline Formulas Readers Can’t Resist

While honing the art of writing hot headlines may take a while the good news is there’s no need to reinvent the wheel. In How to Write Hypnotic Headlines I recommended five highly successful headline formulas

Why Blogging Without a Plan Leads to Failure + How to Fix It

If you run a website or blog for your business, it’s safe to say that you want more traffic and more income. And it’s also safe to say that you know what you need to do to get more traffic. And though you know you are supposed to take action, you haven’t gotten around to the “doing” just yet.

Blogger’s Block

If you write a blog, then you know the pressure of constantly generating fresh content. We sure do. You’ve also probably suffered from blogger’s block, otherwise known as being fresh out of ideas on what to write. Here are some thoughts on how to get yourself un-stuck…

Three Easy Video Formats for First-time Vloggers

Most bloggers get stuck when it comes to video content, because they’re unsure of what to make… Let’s look at three kinds of videos you can make to capitalize on the rise of YouTube.

{Email Marketing}

Why Email Marketing Crushes Social Media Marketing (and How to Get Started)

If you’re serious about blogging and business, you need an email list. Yes, there are some social media naysayers, but here’s the truth: When you have someone’s email, you’re allowed to communicate with them when you want, how you want.

Blogging Tips A-Z: E for Email Marketing

Email marketing is powerful because it gives you a personal relationship with your blog readers. If your branding is strong your email subscribers will get used to seeing emails from you in their inbox and if your content is compelling they will start looking forward to those emails too.

When To Mail Your List, and How Often

A common perception is that if you email your list too often, they’ll unsubscribe. But consider that if you don’t email them often enough, they’ll unsubscribe when you do because they may forget who you are and why they’re on your list…

{Twitter & Facebook}

How to Get More Twitter Followers—and Keep Them

So, what’s the secret to attracting more followers on Twitter? The answer is simple. Write tweets that people want to read, and avoid writing tweets that people hate to read. What’s the difference? Instead of overloading you with social media platitudes, I’m going to tell you exactly what you should write, and I’ve got data to back it up.

Facebook Timeline for Business Pages – 21 Key Points To Know

If you have not yet converted your Facebook fan page over to the new Timeline design, your page will automatically convert on March 30th, 2012 which is coming up fast. This post covers the majority of basic settings and features you need to know. Even if you’ve upgraded, you’ll find some tips here!

7 Fast Ways To Increase Engagement on Facebook

Are you doing the best you can to get the most out of your Facebook marketing efforts? With more than half of Facebook’s 800+ million users logging on every day, it should be easy to get a slice of the pie, right? Many say it could be easier…

Enlistment Is Not Engagement

The number of friends and likes and followers doesn’t mean good engagement with your audience.

 {Google+ & Pinterest}

25-point Web copy checklist: How to write for Google

Are you wondering if you’re writing your Web SEO copy the right way? Google’s Panda update raised the content bar. Now, it’s not enough to “have keyphrase-rich content” for a top ranking. Today, that content must be relevant, informative, sharable and well-written. Additionally, your readers demand smart writing that meets their needs. That means knowing what makes your reader tick – and the best way to write and present the content.

8 Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Site With Google+

Google search is still search, but now they are tailoring a person’s search to include results based on their social media profile.

How to Track Your Website’s Content on Pinterest

Pinterest is now one of the most efficient traffic sources, in some cases even surpassing networks like Twitter. Naturally, a lot of social media marketers are embracing Pinterest to increase social media reach and to drive traffic to their sites. In order to track what is being pinned from your site, and to engage with those pins further, try funneling that Pinterest content into a handy RSS feed.

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