How to Create Killer Guest Posts that People Actually Want to Read
If you’ve been blogging for more than around a nanosecond, it’s likely that you’ll be fully aware of the benefits that guest posting can contribute to the success of your own blog. There’s a certain guest posting etiquette that should be followed if you want a better chance of your submissions being accepted, but let’s imagine for a minute that you’ve got all your ducks in a neat row and you’re ready to write. What are the steps that go into creating a first class blog post?
8 Top Viral Campaigns of 2012
We all love watching videos online. Whether it is during lunch time at work, ok maybe while you just have a little skive, or on your smartphone at home, we all enjoy searching YouTube for the best videos.
Over 4 billion hours of video are viewed on the site each month, and 72 hours of video is uploaded to the site every minute, so the chances are you’ll have come across one of the following at some point during 2012.
Making a video go viral can never be guaranteed but all eight of these videos have one thing in common, they were HUGE worldwide hits last year. Read more…
10 of the best billboard advertising efforts in the world
When it comes to display marketing, one of the best options out there is definitely the billboard. Not only are billboards large enough to grab people’s attention, but they also make use of the world’s many busy roads and motorways.
Billboards are usually placed close to roads in order to advertise goods in a surreptitious way – drivers don’t focus on the ads for very long at all, but it’s enough to get the idea of the goods or services that are being advertised into their minds. That’s all it takes when it comes to marketing.
Of course, a witty or memorable ad is also a prerequisite when it comes Read more…
Pitfalls to Avoid When Using Social Media to Help Build Brand Loyalty
Social media offers brands unprecedented opportunities to engage their target audience and build loyal customers. However, it can also provide copious chances for companies to come across as bland and uncaring – alienating their prospects and damaging their reputations.
In this article, we’ll take a look at some of the pitfalls to avoid when branching out into the world of social media and discuss which brands you should be seeking to emulate with your efforts.
Ignoring your Customers
Even if you don’t have the time, budget or resources to engage in a full-on social media campaign, you should at least be looking to listen to what’s being said about you online. The platform provides unparalleled opportunities to gain intelligence on how Read more…
What is the Google Sandbox Effect and how you can protect your website
Google Sandbox, while sounding playful, is not something to take lightly. Google has never confirmed its existence, but at the same time never denied it exists. While all this sounds very dramatic, let’s relax and see what exactly the Google Sandbox is and what we can do to help our site rank higher.
What is Google Sandbox?
When we release a new website and gather some links pointing towards it, we would expect that the rank for its keywords will improve. But Google does the exact opposite. After the site goes “live”, for the next two weeks, you will see some improvement for your ranks of your keywords and will be able to see where you stand against your competition. After that “grace period” passes, your rankings will Read more…
How Real-time Communication Gives Your Customers Convenience
Coming to the term of real-time communications (RTC), what comes into your mind first? Mobile, Instant Messaging, VoIP or chatting software? Real-time communication refers to any mode of telecommunications in which users can exchange information instantly.
Nowadays, different kinds of real-time communication tools help bring people closer. For example, IM sends your greetings to your friends in different localities, and telephones bring mothers’ care to sons from miles away. Then what about customers and online businesses? How can customers get the same customer service experience that they can have in a physical store? Read more…
Back to Basics: How To Create Your Own Blog From Scratch
One thing is for sure: when you’re first introduced to Blogging and Internet Marketing, there are a million ideas floating over your head as to what type of blog you should start and/or what kind of products to create. Hopefully, you will easily find what excites you the most and decide to go with that. So now is the time to move on to actual work and let’s start with the most important decision, the domain name.
Why this guide, why now?
People who have been following this blog, might thing that this post is very basic and that people who are in the internet marketing niche, should already own a blog. The truth is that even though some people know advanced marketing tactics, when it comes to setting up their blog, they’re feeling lost. And that’s what this guide tries to accomplish, make it much easier for them to start. If you have a friend that constantly asks you more information on how they should start, give them this guide, it will help them a lot! So lets get started! Read more…
Ready to release your website? Think again!
So your application / blog / service is ready for release! But, are you sure you didn’t forget important features? In many cases the joy of creativity creates the need to share and show off our creation to overlap our viability senses losing sight of the obvious.
For the reason above, we have compiled a checklist to be applied before a new project release. Here it is, featuring a explanation of necessity for each item Read more…
How to strengthen your link building strategy using Infographics
Infographics are an amazing way to “consume” information. It’s the formation of information and the presentation that make infographics so powerful. With just one image, you can learn LOTS of things about anything, making utilizing infographics an ideal way to enter a market and get to know it better. I got hooked on infographics after viewing the noob guide to online marketing and finding my self spending more than an hour looking at a picture. Infographics not only provide great value to a visitor, but if you are an infographics creator, you can use them to really strengthen your link building strategy.
Creating a great infographic is very hard because you need to be an expert in three things: data gathering, making sense of data and last but not least, design. You really need to find Read more…
How to Analyze Your SEO Competitors
As you are setting up search engine optimization for your blog or website, it can be helpful to keep an eye on your SEO competitors. As you surely already know, when you keep an eye on what they are doing, taking note of what they do right and wrong, you are able to get a lot of benefit. This analysis can show you not only what kind of competition you are up against, but it can illuminate for you what you need to do to get ahead of them in the search results.
You know that this is beneficial, but in order to get the most benefit, you really need to know how to analyze your SEO competitors like a pro. You probably already know that you are looking to check out their keywords, but real, thorough analysis is much more than that. These following tips are designed to help you take scoping out the competition to a whole new level. Read more…
