Active Business Blogs Draw 6.9 Times More Organic Search Traffic Than Non-Bloggers

via blog.hubspot.com. If you're concerned about Search Engine Optimization [SEO], you'll want to follow the 'via' link to drill down on these findings from HubSpot... Related articles Starting a Niche Site: Best Blog Sites (theworkathomewife.com) Five Easy Ways to Boost SEO (socialmediatoday.com) Getting started with SEO (e1evation.com)

5+ reasons why you have to love tumblr!

Leaving for Germany as I am tomorrow morning, I'm moving way too fast to do this justice, but if you're a social media maven or online community manager [or both!], tumblr is a tool that you may have overlooked for it's sheer simplicity. If that's the case, look again. Here are at leas 5 reasons … Continue reading 5+ reasons why you have to love tumblr!

IMNOTAWRITER

Image by kk+ via Flickr Whenever I present on the topic of 'practical, tactical social media' organizational leaders usually like what they hear about social media and how to implement it to build their brands online until they hear that in order to achieve maximum results, they'll have to post a thought every day for … Continue reading IMNOTAWRITER

How To Create Link Bait Content

Image by Somewhat Frank via Flickr Throughout my blogging career, I’ve worked hard on my writing style. I’ve improved over time, and I’m at a point now where I believe I have perfected my ability to write link bait articles. A link bait article is an article that makes many readers want to reference it … Continue reading How To Create Link Bait Content

Stuff I saved in ‘Reader’ on December 29, 2010

Is Quora the biggest blogging innovation in 10 years?December 26, 2010 The $85 Smartphone and the imminent extinction of non-smartphonesDecember 27, 2010 2011: The Year Android Explodes! Killing Innocent Women, Children, And iPhone UsersDecember 27, 2010 Just got an Android device? Download these apps first. [TNW Mobile]December 25, 2010 The Magic WordsDecember 27, 2010 Avoid … Continue reading Stuff I saved in ‘Reader’ on December 29, 2010

Stuff I saved in ‘Reader’ on December 24, 2010

Is Microsoft Plotting A Yelp Competitor Named Postbox?December 23, 2010 Huge Growth Projected for Tablet PCs [REPORT]December 22, 2010 2010: A Year of Blogging, Curating, and Sharing Tech NewsDecember 23, 2010 The 5 Critical Social Media Skills You Need to DisperseDecember 23, 2010 The perfect social network? 6 things it must contain. [TNW Social Media]December … Continue reading Stuff I saved in ‘Reader’ on December 24, 2010

Stuff I saved in ‘Reader’ on December 23, 2010

How to Stop MarketingDecember 23, 2010 Email secrecy won't save you from spam (Cory Doctorow/Guardian)December 21, 2010 Best Virtual Machine Application: VirtualBox [Hive Five Followup]December 21, 2010 Windows Phone 7: 1.5 Million Devices Sold, But Not To Consumers (Ingrid Lunden/mocoNews)December 21, 2010 Top 20 Growing Facebook Pages: Shrek, Disney, Rihanna, Zynga, Sprite and Cristiano RonaldoDecember … Continue reading Stuff I saved in ‘Reader’ on December 23, 2010

Writing a killer blog

...without killing yourself in the process. Good thoughts from Louis Gray... Writing a Killer Blog (Without Killing Yourself) http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=hpblogginglg-100325040701-phpapp02&stripped_title=writing-a-killer-blog-without-killing-yourself View more presentations from Louis Gray.