By: Ann Smarty How tiresome is it dealing with the data, planning and other factors associated with content development? As a blogger, that is pretty much all I do day in and day out. No matter how much I love my job, it can be tedious at the best of times, and intolerable at the…
With thousands of blogs publishing daily, it’s difficult to break through the Internet noise and make yours pop. With a book titled, “Launch” and multiple successful blogs – one being Social Media Examiner, which has 7.5 million readers – Mike Stelzner knows exactly what it takes to be a blog break-out star. Last July, Mike…
As marketers we are constantly pushing content. Write that blog post, find a featured image, upload that video, search for keywords, create cleaver copy for social sharing, and the list goes on. We create content for several reasons and different types at that. Content is a never-ending cycle. And that is why we need to…
Social Media Examiner is hosting its 5th annual Top 10 Social Media Blog contest, the biggest contest for social media blogs. The Brands With Fans community continues to grow today because of you. Thank you for reading and sharing our blog with your peers over the past few years. It would make us so happy…
Social media and the mobile movement are giving average people the power to gather, dispense, and report news and information on public platforms. A job traditionally reserved for professional journalists, is now being placed into the hands of all citizens. This shift is giving professional journalists challenges and advantages they never anticipated. The great journalism…
So you have a blog, now what? One of the most common questions I get from clients is what to talk about. It’s easy to start a Facebook page, blog, or any of the many little content consuming monsters we like to create on a whim. But if you’re brand isn’t a fit for baby…
Blogger outreach! We’ve all heard about it, and most brands are making blogger outreach campaigns part of their marketing strategy. In a nutshell, blogger outreach is the process of building relationships with qualified, influential bloggers, asking them to write about a particular product, service or experience, providing an incentive for them and their readers with the goal of receiving…
Content creation has become a very crucial role for marketers over the past few years, and it doesn’t look like a role that will be going away anytime soon. Whether you’re managing content, creating a presentation, writing a blog post, or developing copy for social media, there is no doubt that you have to be on your…
Coming up with great blogging ideas can be a challenge, whether you’re writing for one blog or multiple blogs. Sure there are thousands of topics to write about, but with the Internet being flooded with content good and bad, you want to stand out, be ready for anything, be relevant and be professional. Blogging has…
10. Blog regularly Most of us have a blog at this stage, and if you don’t you’re missing out on opportunities to feed your audience and Google freshly squeezed content. The challenge with blogging is keeping up with it. Make a resolution in 2013 to put your blog on a schedule and post regularly. When…
