Marketing & Traffic

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How to Customize Your FeedBurner Email Sign-Up Box

January 31, 2012 23 Comments

I mentioned before the importance of email subscriptions and making your sign-up form really easy to find. I see a lot of blogs with the generic FeedBurner sign-up form in their sidebar. The default form looks like this: Now, there isn't anything wrong with this and if you have this in your sidebar, way to go! {Continue reading…}

Branding Tool: KnowEm

January 30, 2012 16 Comments

When it comes to branding, ideally you'll want your name/username to be consistent across all social media sites. Whether you're creating a new site or a new product, or you want to more firmly establish the one you've already got, a great tool to check if and where your desired name is available is called {Continue reading…}

SEO Tool: Free, Printable Beginner's Guide to SEO

January 10, 2012 9 Comments

SEO is one of those things that confuses a lot of bloggers, particularly those that are new. It's a bit intimidating. SEO should be kept in balance with great content, but having some knowledge of SEO is definitely helpful. This is an outstanding guide for beginners at SEOmoz, one of the most highly regarded SEO {Continue reading…}

Traffic Tip: Be the First to Leave a Comment

January 3, 2012 33 Comments

I've talked about how you can build traffic via commenting on other blogs. (I also gave you some extra tips here and here.) Another tip is to comment as quickly as you can once a new blog post goes live. Most blogs have their comments listed from oldest to newest. If you're the first person {Continue reading…}

5 Simple Ways to Start Building Your Platform Today

December 21, 2011 31 Comments

In my recent series, Why I Turned Down a Book Deal (And the Lessons I Learned), I talked about the importance of starting your own blog or website now, particularly for aspiring authors. Why? Because publishers are looking for authors who have established platforms (helps with marketing). And starting a blog now will give you time to {Continue reading…}

How to Stand Out as a Blogger

December 17, 2011 14 Comments

There are gazillions of sites on the internet. It's getting increasingly difficult to not get lost in the crowd. If traffic is something you want to build, standing out is key. On Problogger, Tom Treanor recently wrote Charles Darwin’s 12 Rules of Blogging Survival. He offers several ideas that might help you narrow in on a {Continue reading…}