Blogging for Geniuses
Wednesday
Jan 18, 2012
Sometimes the element of blogging that holds people back the most is over-thinking their blogs. That’s why this post is entitled “Blogging for Geniuses” as opposed to ‘dummies.’ Many companies will engage in paid search management or marketing analysis to determine what topics to blog about on their corporate web pages. But for individuals looking to get their voices out into the blogosphere, sometimes the easiest way to get started is to shoot from the hip and write from the heart. Here are some practical tips for the wayward blogger to get started, or to augment their productivity and blog performance:
Don’t tackle subjects that are beyond your area of expertise.
Most any subject you can think of will be covered six ways to Sunday by people who probably know the facts a little better than you. Stick to topics that you know about from experience. It will imbue your posts with an air of authenticity that speaks to Internet readers who are already inundated with duplicate material on a daily basis. Be sure to include links to the articles from your research, especially if they’re from sites with a high page rank.
Research before you write.
Even though you should blog from the heart, you still want to have your facts straight. It’s also good to be able to bring interesting historical perspectives to contemporary issues. Research is the best way to fact-check your blogs and give them original angles.
Use keywords to make sure your blog is optimized for search engines.
Keywords are excellent for SEO, as they give weight to your blog in popular search engine results, and they also help you to keep your writing focused. Blogging is not rocket science, nor is it brain surgery, but it is a powerful Internet tool. Combined with email marketing, SEO on your blog can earn you cash, prestige, and a loyal readership.
Use social media to promote your blog.
Once the writing on your blog is focused, it’s time to focus your blog as a whole by getting it into niche corners of the Internet. The best way to do this is with social media sites like Twitter and Reddit. They allow you to highlight links to your blog among relevant readers. Plus, you can have your blog shared, reTweeted, and listed by others.
Blogging is not exactly an art form—or rocket science—but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some complex tasks you must face when you get going. Many of the tasks involve writing in such a way so as to connect with your audience. Focusing your subjects, researching your topics, using appropriate keywords, and promoting with social media are the right ways to enter the blogosphere.
Author: Trish Category: Blogging, Social Media Tags: blogosphere, high page rank, keywords, paid search management, Reddit.com, SEO, Twitter
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And the Winner Is… Sunshine Rewards!
Thursday
Jan 5, 2012
I’m pleased to announce the winner of our custom sticker run contest. Huge thanks to all who took the time to enter! If any one would like one of my nifty Blinkstar Media stickers, feel free to ask. The contest winner was selected by the team at Sticker Giant, the sponsor of the contest and provider of the free set of custom stickers.
One of my favorite people, the “other Tricia” as I we call each other, Tricia Meyer leads a loyal community of savers at Sunshine Rewards and blogs about her experiences in affiliate marketing at Tricia.me. Tricia’s entry caught the judges eye and she is the winner of the contest! Tricia has an infectiously positive personality, and it’s always my pleasure to chat with her at various affiliate events.
Congratulations Tricia! We’ll be contacting you soon for instructions on how to redeem your custom run of stickers, courtesy of StickerGiant.com! Be sure to pop one in the mail for me when you get them!
Author: Trish Category: Contests Tags: laptop stickers, personal branding, StickerGiant.com, stickers, Sunshine Rewards, Tricia Meyer
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Awesome Custom Stickers for the Masses
Tuesday
Dec 20, 2011
I love stickers. As a child, I admit, I had those awesome Paul Frank sticker albums full of puffy stickers and scratch-n-sniffs. Growing up with a somewhat unique name like Trisha, I’ve always been a big proponent of self-expression, uniqueness, and customization. As a result, I customize EVERYTHING… I even dropped the $50 on the pretty purple ‘lid’ for my new Dell So I love the idea of completely customized stickers to throw around to promote my personal sites. I loved the excellent quality laptop-friendly stickers we had made from StickerGiant for our Get Noticed Fast panel a few years ago at Affiliate Summit East 2009, which solidified my status of “big fan” of StickerGiant.com, specifically.
StickerGiant is celebrating 12 years in business and wants to spread the love by giving one lucky of our blog readers a free custom sticker print job. If you haven’t heard of StickerGiant, you should, these folks are easy to get a hold of, they are super quick, have really high quality stickers and make your artwork print ready for free, check out the stickers they did for us:
The best part of my gloating of these awesome stickers? You can win some too!
To Enter: Just comment on this post, and perhaps describe your sticker needs. One random winner will win a custom sticker printing job from StickerGiant.
Contest ends on January 3, 2012! If you can’t wait to see if you’ve won, by all means just go check out StickerGiant.com and order some yourself!
Author: Trish Category: Branding, Contests Tags: branded stickers, custom stickers, promotion, StickerGiant.com, stickers
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