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		<title>Social Media and Business in a Mobile World</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 20:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Rampton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>How many times a day do you look at your smart phone? Today, the average smart phone user checks his/her phone a whopping 150 times a day! With consumers increasingly on the go, businesses must figure out how to use mobile marketing to reach their audiences. Many business plans leave social media out of their<a href="http://blogging.org/blog/social-media-and-business-in-a-mobile-world/"></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://blogging.org/blog/social-media-and-business-in-a-mobile-world/">Social Media and Business in a Mobile World</a> appeared first on <a href="http://blogging.org/blog">Blogging Tips for Writing Killer Content</a>.</p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How many times a day do you look at your smart phone? Today, the average smart phone user checks his/her phone a whopping 150 times a day! With consumers increasingly on the go, businesses must figure out how to use mobile marketing to reach their audiences.</p>
<p>Many business plans leave social media out of their marketing plans, mistakenly thinking that mobile marketing simply consists of taking out a mobile ad that users can see while browsing the web on their smart phones or tablets. Research from social media marketing company <a href="mailto:www.viralheat.com">Viralheat</a> found some staggering data – 80% of time spent on Facebook and 96.5 percent of time spent on Twitter were through mobile apps while 52 percent of mobile smartphone users visit their social media accounts from their phones every day.</p>
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<p>Understanding the important connection between social and mobile marketing, Viralheat released an iPhone app this week that brings social media to you anytime, anywhere.  The app is available in the <a href="mailto:https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/viralheat/id639511532">iTunes store</a> and allows users to: manage their personal and company Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn accounts; engage with their audience through replies, retweets, comments, likes, and more; publish updates and content to multiple platforms using an advanced publishing suite; and analyze Facebook and Twitter likes and followers.  The app is modeled after their web-based product and supports some of the tool’s most popular features.  Access to Viralheat streams allows users to create custom streams based on keyword searches or account types so they can view online conversations and engage in real-time while the publishing capabilities include scheduled publishing, simultaneous cross-channel publishing, and the option to attach photos to a post.</p>
<p>See why <a href="mailto:http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2013/05/15/viralheat-iphone-app-social/">Forbes</a> called the Viralheat iPhone app the “best new app for social media on the go,” citing it as a “quick-to-use solution for on the fly.”  In a world where social never sleeps, Viralheat’s iPhone app makes managing social media efforts easy while you’re on the go. <a href="mailto:https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/viralheat/id639511532">Download</a> the app today!</p>
<p>To learn more about Viralheat’s social media marketing suite, visit their <a href="mailto:www.viralheat.com">website</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Pillars of Content Marketing – What You Should Be Doing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 06:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Evans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Marketers without an iota of doubt have finally realized the importance of content in their marketing mixes. Attend any marketing events or Search Love conferences and you will be surprised to see an increasing number of keynote spears urging corporate and small business organizations to spend more money on creating engaging and interesting content. According<a href="http://blogging.org/blog/the-pillars-of-content-marketing-what-you-should-be-doing/"></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://blogging.org/blog/the-pillars-of-content-marketing-what-you-should-be-doing/">The Pillars of Content Marketing – What You Should Be Doing</a> appeared first on <a href="http://blogging.org/blog">Blogging Tips for Writing Killer Content</a>.</p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify">Marketers without an iota of doubt have finally realized the importance of content in their marketing mixes. Attend any marketing events or Search Love conferences and you will be surprised to see an increasing number of keynote spears urging corporate and small business organizations to spend more money on creating engaging and interesting content.</p>
<p>According to latest researches, one in every 4 marketing dollars is actually spent on <a href="http://blogging.org/blog/checkout-the-top-5-ways-to-write-a-killer-content/">content marketing</a>. Despite the growing popularity of content based marketing initiatives and its penetration rates among all forms of marketing efforts, majority of marketers still do not follow any rules when it comes to content based marketing.</p>
<p>We teach and we are taught all the time that content marketing is the way to go and is the safest and the most powerful form of online marketing. However, it is surprising to note that very few online marketers actually know what to do to make their content marketing initiatives a grand success.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify">So, if you are clueless about how to <a href="http://blogging.org/blog/why-more-content-is-disastrous/">integrate this powerful medium</a> to your marketing effort, here we are going to give a roundup of some of the most prominent pillars of content marketing so that you can emerge as a better marketer:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify"><a href="http://blogging.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/content-marketing.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3058" alt="content-marketing" src="http://blogging.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/content-marketing.jpg" width="640" height="427" /></a></p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify">1. Why Content Marketing After All??<b></b></h2>
<p style="text-align: justify"><b>Loyal Customers:</b> Okay, so you have just converted one visitor into customer. Congrats, that is cool. But unless and until you earn loyalty of that customer, you might never see him again buying your products or referring someone else about your company.  So, the ultimate goal of an online marketer should not stop at conversion rather the goal should be aimed at earning loyalty of the customers and this can be done by making them subscribed your newsletter , facebook channel or whatever. In short, he/she should be the one helping you reaching out to more potential customers. Pamper them with nice stories, jokes or occasional freebies</p>
<p><b>Up Selling:</b> Don’t stop at converting customers.  I have seen marketers forgetting everything about their clients once they made the payment. This is a pathetic marketing approach. As they have already put their trust on you, you need try to upsell your products. For say, if a customer brought a pair of shoes from your store, just do not stop at that. You should try to upsell related products like – socks or something like that. If this does not work, don’t be disheartened. Be in touch with them so that you can engage them easily with your marketing initiatives.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify"><strong>What Will You Receive From Marketing??</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify">There are three major areas that any company wants to consider at the end of the day:</p>
<ul style="text-align: justify">
<li>Satisfied Customers</li>
<li>Revenue</li>
<li>Lower Expenditures</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: justify"><a href="http://www.tofumarketing.com/" target="_blank">Content marketing</a> targets the audience in such a way that at least one of these 3 areas show productivity. If not, there is something lacking in the marketing strategy. The study around these aspects can show who are the prospects who are willing to continue business relations or what were the steps that have boosted the company&#8217;s revenue or have incurred low expenses. Such parameters should be studied carefully, and should be multiplied effectively for a prosperous business.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify">2. Who Is The Audience??</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify">Not everybody will be. Try to identify the ones from the crowd, who you target as the potential business prospects, and who can be the long term customers or subscribers to the business. Based on the audience, the content should be created. It cannot be created in air, targeting everyone on the earth, aiming to nobody in particular.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify">3. Define A Clear Mission:</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify">Something very clear, that can pin-point the main objective, and is targeted towards the core audience. The goal once clear, gives a directed path to the content creation process. It does not go hay wire. The process defines who the audience is, what they expect, and what will be the next step the audience wants to achieve. With the &#8216;audience&#8217; as the content priority, the marketing can never go wrong.</p>
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		<title>Checkout the Top 5 Ways to Write a Killer Content</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debarshi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The never ending debate between content and SEO is almost over after Google slapped many over optimized blogs with un-clear and non readable content. As content is the backbone of a good blog so we must always give stress on making awesome content instead of optimizing our site for search engines. Google will not be<a href="http://blogging.org/blog/checkout-the-top-5-ways-to-write-a-killer-content/"></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://blogging.org/blog/checkout-the-top-5-ways-to-write-a-killer-content/">Checkout the Top 5 Ways to Write a Killer Content</a> appeared first on <a href="http://blogging.org/blog">Blogging Tips for Writing Killer Content</a>.</p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The never ending debate between content and SEO is almost over after Google slapped many <a href="http://blogging.org/blog/seo-techniques-all-top-web-sites-should-use-stop-struggling/">over optimized blogs</a> with un-clear and non readable content. As content is the backbone of a good blog so we must always give stress on making awesome content instead of optimizing our site for search engines. Google will not be pleased by spinning content, neither by building thousands of backlink to your site nor by keyword stuffing. To please Google you have to create killer content. Here in this article I have included the best ways to write a killer content.</p>
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<h2>1.     Focus On The Topic</h2>
<p>This is the most important and probably the most neglected part of creating content. People think that lengthy articles are always good, so in order to create lengthy and keyword stuffed article people often drift from the “point” of the article. To create a killer article focusing on the topic and <a href="http://blogging.org/blog/writing-fast-how-to-write-more-posts-in-less-time/">remain focused on the topic</a> is most important. If you have decided to write an article about “How to create killer content” you should focus on the points which will make an article loved by Google.</p>
<h2>2.     Do Your Research</h2>
<p>Without researching it is a very bad idea to start writing content. There is a proverb, which is something like this, “less knowledge is destructive”. So always remember this phrase and do your homework before starting to write a killer content. You cannot focus on a point until you have atleast 80% knowledge of the topic. So it is very important too.</p>
<h2>3.     Keyword Research</h2>
<p>Keyword is very important if you want your article to be found by Google (honestly speaking only there are many high quality articles available in the internet so only killer content will not work for you). For doing keyword research visit Google Keyword Tool, there type your focused keyword and see what are the search terms around the keyword. Use the best terms which you feel is appropriate for your blog. Then use those terms in your article creatively one or two times each.</p>
<h2>4.     Keep Your Readers Busy</h2>
<p>Try to provide as many information related to your topic as possible. This will not only interest your readers but will also interest Google and in turn Google will rank your post higher. To this you will have to write the post with clarity. This part also meshes with the first part of focusing on the topic. Donot write “blah blah blah” write about the topic which you have started and keep focused on it.</p>
<h2>5.     Engage Your Readers</h2>
<p>Try to engage your readers by asking them to comment about their feeling and knowledge about the topic. Ask your readers whether the points you mentioned in the article is acceptable by them or not if not then why and donot forget to reply to the comments.</p>
<p>So tell me did I keep you busy with this post? Did I miss any point? Or do you think any of the above point is unnecessary and it should be included in the post? And also tell me did you read the entire post from beginning if not then “which parts you missed”?</p>
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		<title>What Is The Best Email Autoresponder?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 01:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>What is the best email autoresponder? There are dozens of email marketing providers out there. New ones coming out everyday as well. The top ones are: AWeber iContact Constant Contact Campaign Monitor MailChimp In this post I want to share why I believe AWeber is the best, help you understand the fine print, and help<a href="http://blogging.org/blog/best-email-autoresponder/"></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://blogging.org/blog/best-email-autoresponder/">What Is The Best Email Autoresponder?</a> appeared first on <a href="http://blogging.org/blog">Blogging Tips for Writing Killer Content</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<p>What is the best email autoresponder?</p>
<p>There are dozens of email marketing providers out there. New ones coming out everyday as well. The top ones are:</p>
<ul>
<li>AWeber</li>
<li>iContact</li>
<li>Constant Contact</li>
<li>Campaign Monitor</li>
<li>MailChimp</li>
</ul>
<p>In this post I want to share why I believe AWeber is the best, help you understand the fine print, and help you begin using it. <a href="http://blogging.org/blog/the-complete-listbuilding-tutorial/" target="_blank">Every marketer needs to begin building an email list right from the beginning. </a></p>
<p><strong>1. What are my favorite features of AWeber?</strong></p>
<p>AWeber has livechat, a toll free help line, a pretty inexpensive starting package, and you can start today for only a $1.00. I use the livechat all the time, especially if I don&#8217;t want to go digging through the help section to find the answer to my questions.</p>
<p><strong>2. The fine AWeber print</strong></p>
<p>I probably started out on the 30 day $1.00 trial as well. I remember being somewhat scared to add a monthly expense to my business. After the month trial expires, AWeber will charge you $20.00 a month for the first 500 subscribers. I, incorrectly, assumed that&#8217;s all it would cost as I kept adding new subscribers to my list.</p>
<p>I was wrong! As soon as you get your 501st lead, your subscription goes up to $30 a month. The rest of the pricing is as follows:</p>
<ul>
<li>500 leads @ $20/month</li>
<li>500-2,500 leads @ $50/month</li>
<li>5,001-10,000 @ $70/month</li>
<li>10,001-25,000 @ $150/month</li>
<li>25,001 + @ contact us</li>
</ul>
<p><strong> 3. How do you use AWeber?</strong></p>
<p>Email marketing has several components: generate leads by adding optin forms to your website, creating a list, creating an attractive giveaway, creating an autoresponder series, and daily messages to your list.  In the following video, I will show you how to do all of these except creating an attractive giveaway &#8211;  that&#8217;s your job <img src='http://blogging.org/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><iframe width="500" height="281" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6_eg3GnFUGs?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p><strong>Notes from the video:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Create your first list</li>
<li>Create your autoresponder messages (Pay attention to the intervals &#8211; I recommend sending 1 email a day)</li>
<li>Email your list after you write a blog post. (Give them a small snippet and tell them to read the full post on your blog.)</li>
</ul>
<p>Will you begin your email marketing journey? Do you agree that <a href="http://succeedwithadam.com/how-do-you-build-an-email-list/" target="_blank">AWeber is the best email autoresponder</a>? Why or why not?</p>
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		<title>What Do Interchangeable Watches and Blogging Have In Common</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Rampton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>What a strange question, right? Surprisingly enough, there are many things that they share in common. Let&#8217;s examine the watch industry first and then we&#8217;ll examine the blogging industry. 1. The watch industry There are many different kinds of watches out there &#8211; watches for just about every occasion. Some people prefer metal bands, while<a href="http://blogging.org/blog/what-do-interchangeable-watches-and-blogging-have-in-common/"></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://blogging.org/blog/what-do-interchangeable-watches-and-blogging-have-in-common/">What Do Interchangeable Watches and Blogging Have In Common</a> appeared first on <a href="http://blogging.org/blog">Blogging Tips for Writing Killer Content</a>.</p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What a strange question, right? Surprisingly enough, there are many things that they share in common. Let&#8217;s examine the watch industry first and then we&#8217;ll examine the blogging industry.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://blogging.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/categories.jpeg"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-3006" alt="categories" src="http://blogging.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/categories-1024x416.jpeg" width="574" height="233" /></a></p>
<p><strong>1. The watch industry</strong></p>
<p>There are many different kinds of watches out there &#8211; watches for just about every occasion. Some people prefer metal bands, while others prefer bracelet type bands or leather bands.</p>
<p>When you&#8217;re buying a watch, you take about three things into consideration:</p>
<ul>
<li>the price of the watch</li>
<li>the style of the face</li>
<li>the type of band</li>
</ul>
<p>The only problem with buying a watch is that you&#8217;re stuck with the whole thing. There is little room for customization&#8230; that is if you don&#8217;t want to pay to have someone switch out the band for you.</p>
<p><strong>2. The blogging industry</strong></p>
<p>The internet is brim full of blogs. Moms are blogging about the meals they&#8217;re making their kids, fortune 500 companies are blogging about the latest and greatest gadget, and mom and pop businesses are blogging to build awareness about their products and services.</p>
<p>Blogs can be newsy, entertaining, and informative. You&#8217;d be surprised how many good blogs are out there. On the other hand, you&#8217;d be surprised at how many blogs actually make money.</p>
<p>What makes the difference between a blog that makes money and one that doesn&#8217;t?</p>
<p><strong>3. What do interchangeable watches and blogging have in common?</strong></p>
<p>First, let me tell a little story. Out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean lies a series of islands, otherwise known as the Hawaiian islands. How did these islands get discovered? Captain James Cook, a member of the British Navy, was an expert in cartography (the science or practice of drawing maps).</p>
<p>London appointed him with the task of exploring the Pacific. He didn&#8217;t find the islands til his third voyage. In his three voyages, he found the Hawaiian islands, Antarctica, and Australia.</p>
<p>I pose an interesting question to you. &#8220;What if he had not taken those voyages and mapped the Pacific to the best of his ability?&#8221;. We may have never heard of the Hawaiian islands, unless someone else discovered them and lived to tell everyone else.</p>
<p>My clients get to hear this all the time, &#8220;You&#8217;ve got to get off the informational island!&#8221;; otherwise, no one will know about your awesome products and services. In order for <a href="http://www.modifywatches.com/categories?a=build">ModifyWatches</a>, or any company really, to make sales, they&#8217;ve got to tell others about their awesome watches. The same goes for any blog and its owner.</p>
<p>The price must be paid to &#8216;tell others&#8217; otherwise you&#8217;ll stay on the informational island that no one knows about. Products and blogs simply don&#8217;t sell themselves.</p>
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		<title>Why ‘more’ content is disastrous</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Evans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I am done. I can no longer bear with this pressure of churning out more content, more status updates and more guest posts for the brand I am promoting. However, I am definitely not the only person in this entire universe facing this. In fact, the whole industry seems like going crazy with the idea<a href="http://blogging.org/blog/why-more-content-is-disastrous/"></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://blogging.org/blog/why-more-content-is-disastrous/">Why ‘more’ content is disastrous</a> appeared first on <a href="http://blogging.org/blog">Blogging Tips for Writing Killer Content</a>.</p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify">I am done. I can no longer bear with this pressure of churning out more content, more status updates and more guest posts for the brand I am promoting. However, I am definitely not the only person in this entire universe facing this. In fact, the whole industry seems like going crazy with the idea of producing more content, as they strongly believe that it is going to do good to their marketing strategy.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify"><b>Age of Half-backed content<br />
</b>What is even more frustrating is the fact that marketing gurus are even openly rooting for this ridiculous practice. Now, if this insane practice continues, we are certainly going to see the death of great bloggers and passionate writers, as we know it. When you are crushing them under the sheer volume of work and not letting them any room to breathe, they will slowly start feeling suffocated and eventually, creative and original research work will be going to take a back seat. As a result, mediocre and half-baked content will start ruling the world of online marketing. I hope nobody wants this to happen to our beautiful world of online marketing. So, please for God’s sake end this mad rush for More.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify"><a href="http://blogging.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/we-can-blog.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2993" alt="we can blog" src="http://blogging.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/we-can-blog.jpg" width="386" height="451" /><br />
</a>Image Credit - http://www.flickr.com/photos/notionscapital/2493066577</p>
<p style="text-align: justify"><b>Why Less is More</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify">However, please do not get me wrong. I am not saying that you should be not focusing on increasing productivity at the workplace. Rather what I am suggesting is that you should try to strike a perfect balance between being more productive and creative.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify">However, just a few years ago things were not that bad. In those bygone days [just kidding], people used to love and appreciate anything that offer ‘more’. Then YouTube, Mashable, Facebook and their likes came into being and started us to show that ‘more’ can be ‘beautiful’. Then things turned for the worse. People in an attempt to imitate their success, started going overboard with the concept of producing ‘more’.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify">So, finally we have come to this. More and more worthless articles are being added to the web, more pathetic quality videos are being uploaded, more run of the mills ebook are being produced and shared on SlideShare and on and on. The problem is everybody around is aware of this but nobody dares to accept this. A classic elephant in the room problem!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify"><b>Do Not Produce Garbage</b><br />
I have seen people creating a <a href="http://blogging.org/blog/new-matching-behavior-for-phrase-and-exact-match-keywords/" target="_blank">long list of keywords</a> for say 250 keywords and they just mail that list to their content marketing department so that they can produce 250 articles within the next few days. Sounds awesome? Of course it sounds. But in the mad rush to secure higher rankings in a set of new keywords and getting the bigger marketing pie, we often tend to ignore something very important.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify">The purpose of writing content is not to fill out a page with keywords included in it rather; writers have a bigger role to play. They have to write something that should educate the readers, make them feel that they have learnt something new and interesting. So, when you are churning out content mechanically, you are simply going to defeat the purpose.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify">The only way you can increase the brand value of the organization you are working with is by publishing great quality work. You should not take the shortest route to success by rephrasing existing articles. Rather you should do some research and then come up with something brilliant and thought provoking. And there is no need to expand the article just for the sake for meeting word count. If it is short, be it. No need to stretch it.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify"><b>The Future of Content Marketing</b><br />
The future of content marketing is without an iota of doubt is very promising. People have already started realizing the fact that producing junk content just for the sake of meeting target is not going t<a href="http://blogging.org/blog/setting-up-your-online-presence/" target="_blank">o get their online business anywhere</a>. We, content marketers have to change our marketing strategy from ‘more’ to ‘less’, from ‘doing more’ to ‘doing great’.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify">The responsibility is ours. We have to make everyone aware of the immense flip side of producing ‘more’ and this is the only way we can put an end to this vicious circle.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify">This article is contributed by Michael Evans who is managing all the promotional activities of <a href="http://www.webdesignretford.co.uk/" target="_blank">WDR</a>, a retford based web design agency.</p>
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		<title>6 WordPress SEO Plugins To Improve Your SERP In 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vivek Kumar Poddar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Want to rank better on SERP, then why not check this list of 6 perfect wordpress SEO plugins for 2013. Today wordpress is no more just a simple blogging platform. Millions of internet marketers and webmasters are using it to power their ecommerce and corporate website. In simple terms wordpress is just perfect solution for<a href="http://blogging.org/blog/6-wordpress-seo-plugins-to-improve-your-serp-in-2013/"></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://blogging.org/blog/6-wordpress-seo-plugins-to-improve-your-serp-in-2013/">6 WordPress SEO Plugins To Improve Your SERP In 2013</a> appeared first on <a href="http://blogging.org/blog">Blogging Tips for Writing Killer Content</a>.</p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Want to rank better on SERP, then why not check this list of 6 perfect <strong>wordpress SEO plugins</strong> for 2013. Today wordpress is no more just a simple blogging platform. Millions of internet marketers and webmasters are using it to power their <a href="http://blogging.org/blog/how-to-write-your-first-e-commerce-blog-post/" target="_blank">ecommerce</a> and corporate website. In simple terms wordpress is just perfect solution for everyone and every type of website.</p>
<p>But please understand that these <a href="http://blogging.org/blog/top-seo-plugins-for-bloggers-who-want-to-make-it-to-the-top/" target="_blank">SEO plugins</a> cannot help you rank directly on Google or other search engines. There are so many different factors which decides your position. Like Domain authority, Social shares, Page authority, number of backlinks, and most importantly the quality of your content. So just after installing any of these plugin, don&#8217;t assume or dream to see boost in your blog traffic.</p>
<h2>WordPress SEO by Yoast</h2>
<p>A perfect and only need, premium like SEO addon for your wordpress based blogs or websites. I don&#8217;t find any reason for not using it on your site. It offers from simple meta data integration to sitewide setting which can help increase your readers and organic visitors.</p>
<p>What I like the most of this plugin is the onpage analysis. And I think it&#8217;s the only reason for its popularity. Whenever you write or update your posts, it provide data on keyword density, keyword placement in titles, h1, h2, h3 tags. Apart from that it also scan your article for any links, and if its made nofollow or dofollow. It also offers you the hint on keyword select. Finally it can even check the easy to read scale of your post.</p>
<p>For the sidewide SEO settings it offers one amazing features. It&#8217;s known as force rewrite rule. Once you activate this, all the previous SEO settings will be replaced with the one you set via Yoast. You can set the nofollow, noindex, nodir, nodp tags to your blog or on per post basis. You can also have breadcrumbs, can generate sitemaps and can get credits for your posts via RSS feeds.</p>
<p>{ <a title="wordpress seo by yoast" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-seo/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Download</a> }</p>
<h2>WP Social SEO Booster</h2>
<p>This is simple yet powerful plugin which can help you optimize your posts for 2013 SEO era. It will help you integrate the twitter card , Facebook open graph tags and finally Google rich snippets. And the best part is that it can help you verify you Google authorship.</p>
<p>This plugin is compatible with almost all famous SEO plugins and can also add the rich snippet for all your posts automatically. It also helps to optimize your images via kraken image optimizer, to improve your loading speed and ranking. Since speed really matters.</p>
<p>{ <a title="Social SEO Booster" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-social-seo-booster/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Download</a> }</p>
<h2>Squirrly</h2>
<p>A powerful SEO plugin for wordpress which can help you perform complete keyword research within 2 minutes. Actually it&#8217;s not completely free, but offers 14 days free trial. It has very similar features to other premium wordpress SEO plugins like SEOPressor, easywpseo.</p>
<p>It can help you with your keyword research, by finding the perfect low competition words and phrases. It provides the live analysis on its competition, its global search volume and shows a bar with different color signs.</p>
<p>It can also help you with onpage SEO by providing useful recommendations on key-phrase density, its positioning, internal and outbond links. It also offers the inspiration box through which you can easily add images, tweets, read blogs posts and others to inspire you though your content writing.</p>
<p>But the most amazing feature is KeenSkim filter which allow you to read high authority blogs related to your targeted keyphrase from within your post editor page. This helps to reduce your time in researching and for creating content idea. Overall its a perfect plugin but for me its price is too high. It offers monthly subscription starting from U.S $19.99.</p>
<p>Apart from all these it can help you verify your authorship, can help to integrate the webmaster tools meta, Facebook and Bing meta data. You will also be able to verify your Google analytic account and all this with one single addon.</p>
<p>{ <a title="SEO Plugin by SQUIRRLY" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/squirrly-seo/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Download</a> }</p>
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<h2>Google Sitemap Plugin</h2>
<p>One simple and perfect plugin developed by bestwebsoft to help you generate the sitemaps and to submit it automatically to webmaster tools account. You can also select any special post types which you would like to include in your sitemap.</p>
<p>{ <a title="sitemap plugin" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-sitemap-plugin/screenshots/" target="_blank">Download</a> }</p>
<p>Sitemaps are really important for better and faster indexation of your latest contents. Google ask every big or small website to do so and it helps them to find more links and to serve better results to its users.</p>
<p>Ok its been too many onpage SEO plugins. I think the above listed addons will help you in your content creation. But there is still one important point to remember and it is image SEO. Below we are going to discuss two of such plugins.</p>
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<h3>SEO Friendly Images</h3>
<p>This plugin can help you optimize your images for better placement on image search result. It can actually help you automate the process of adding the alt tags. By the default if your pictures or graphics don&#8217;t have an alternate tag, then the title will be made as your alt attribute. In addition it can also help you make your post XHTML valid.</p>
<p>{ <a title="SEO Friendly Images" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/seo-image/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Download</a> }</p>
<h3>SEO For Images</h3>
<p>An another plugin with the same basic functionality for adding the title and alternate tags so as to <a title="increase blog traffic" href="http://blogvkp.com/increase-blog-traffic-fast/" target="_blank">increase blog traffic</a>. I have added this so that my readers would have another choice to find the perfect one for themselves.</p>
<p>{ <a title="SEO For Images" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/seo-for-images/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Download</a> }</p>
<p>Remember that both Alt and Title tags are important, since search bots can see any image. They can only read valid HTML codes. If possible also try to add the description and caption. This is a good practise if you post only contains the pictures.</p>
<p>I wish you would have liked this article. In my personally opinion, these were few of the perfect and free wordpress SEO plugin for 2013 to help you with your content writing, researching and finally for better ranking. Please kindly leave your suggestions. And if you have any recommendations then please let me know in the comment area.</p>
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		<title>How Blog Commenting Can Make A Difference To Your Blogs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sonika1978</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Blog commenting has occupied a special place in the online marketing. This brings you more readers and hence, traffic. A few benefits of commenting on blogs are mentioned below:- It can help build good relationships with the communities related to blogging It helps in knowing your skills and existence It offers best backlinks for your<a href="http://blogging.org/blog/how-blog-commenting-can-make-a-difference-to-your-blogs/"></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://blogging.org/blog/how-blog-commenting-can-make-a-difference-to-your-blogs/">How Blog Commenting Can Make A Difference To Your Blogs</a> appeared first on <a href="http://blogging.org/blog">Blogging Tips for Writing Killer Content</a>.</p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;">Blog commenting has occupied a special place in the online marketing. This brings you <a href="http://blogging.org/blog/category/beginner/">more readers</a> and hence, traffic. A few benefits of commenting on blogs are mentioned below:-</p>
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<li>It can help <a href="http://blogging.org/blog/third-party-commenting-systems-to-use-or-not-to-use/">build good relationships</a> with the communities related to blogging</li>
<li>It helps in knowing your skills and existence</li>
<li>It offers best backlinks for your blogs</li>
<li>It certainly increases traffic on your blogs.</li>
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<p>There are so many comments on the blog page and many bloggers wonder how to gain attention of readers in their comments section. Here are few queries that will help you</p>
<p><strong>Is there any CommentLuv Plug-in?</strong></p>
<p>Everybody loves to see on their blog a CommentLuv Plug-in. This plug-in helps in placing links of the commenters recent post at the end of the comments. This way commenters and readers are able to view the headings of the recent post. If the readers are interested, they can jump over. This provides a great way to increase traffic on your blog page.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-2977" alt="blogging books" src="http://blogging.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/blogging-books-1024x682.jpeg" width="614" height="409" /></p>
<p><strong>Avatar helps a lot</strong></p>
<p>You can add an image and tag on your forums, comments and on posts, specified by your name. It is simply easy to create an avatar. It helps in making out your comments out of the crowd and in gaining traffic for your website. Don’t use your picture; rather use your pet picture, an animation or anything else beautiful in design. It is not recommended to use offensive and rude images.</p>
<p><strong>Adding worth</strong></p>
<p>It is often observed that people use such comments that may suit any blogs that they visit. Add worth to your comments and try to add something informative, funny or witty. You can also add recommendations and insights. A good advice is always appreciated. If you don’t have motivation at that time, you can also leave comments on other blogs.</p>
<p><strong>Comments must be always regarding topics</strong></p>
<p>Every blogger is excited to talk and write about anything but the sections such as comments is not the right place to do such thing. This can create a bad impression and you will even sound irrelevant or you may irritate people. To confirm the relevant comment, you should go through the post and try to understand what the blogger has written. After that, you should leave a comment that must be relevant to the blog. You can also leave your link after your comment</p>
<p><strong>Being nice</strong></p>
<p>To be nice does not mean that you always have to agree with the author. No two persons’ suggestions, ideas and thinking are similar so it&#8217;s quite possible that you may not agree or like the others’ posts .You can oppose but in a very polite manner. Give respect and you will get back the respect. Always respect the writings and its author. There are many readers who are interested in exploring our content. Take things positively and handle situations in a polite way .This will help you a lot in making you a great blogger.</p>
<p>Nice comments help a lot in gaining more traffic. If this is properly done, this will help getting huge traffic for your blogs.</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Aedy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I am a freelance guest blogger. I am also a parent, husband, chef and chauffeur. And I have time management issues. Since I choose to put my duties as father and husband above anything else, my job sometimes suffered. I put my writing on the back burning, saving it until the last possible second. Then,<a href="http://blogging.org/blog/writing-fast-how-to-write-more-posts-in-less-time/"></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://blogging.org/blog/writing-fast-how-to-write-more-posts-in-less-time/">Writing Fast: How to Write More Posts in Less Time</a> appeared first on <a href="http://blogging.org/blog">Blogging Tips for Writing Killer Content</a>.</p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am a freelance <a href="http://blogging.org/blog/guest-blogging-your-way-to-authority-status/">guest blogger</a>. I am also a parent, husband, chef and chauffeur. And I have time management issues.</p>
<p>Since I choose to put my duties as father and husband above anything else, my job sometimes suffered. I put my writing on the back burning, saving it until the last possible second. Then, the looming deadline (and the pressure associated with it) seemed to be right in my face. It was a terrible situation to find myself in, week after week. It definitely wasn’t the ideal condition for writing creative, inspiring, earth-shaking, witty repartee.</p>
<p>I decided I had two options. I could throw in the towel, ending my freelance career. Or I could suck it up and learn some time management skills.</p>
<p>I picked option number two.</p>
<p>I found ways to make the writing process more enjoyable, more efficient and ultimately more profitable. Once I honed my skills, I was able to write significantly faster too.</p>
<p>Are you dying to know my secrets? Well, you’re in luck. I’m feeling generous today!</p>
<h2>Getting into the Habit</h2>
<p>I read one time that 21 is a magic number. It takes 21 days for a routine to really become ingrained. You also have to expose a child to a food 21 times before it will be enjoyed by a discriminating palate.</p>
<p>To improve my writing, I needed to make it part of my daily routine. I chose a time – 4:00am – to sit and write…each and every day. In the beginning, it was difficult to follow my self-imposed rule. After awhile (probably about three weeks!), the process was completely carved in stone. I felt strange if I didn’t get up to write.</p>
<p>If you don’t want to write every day, fine. Write one day per week. Or two days per week. Just do it the same way every single time. Once you start saying, <em>“Oh, I’ll sleep in today and write an extra hour tomorrow,”</em> you’ll be in a world of hurt. While it takes a fair amount of time to establish a routine, you can destroy it with very little effort.</p>
<p><a href="http://blogging.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/blog-writing.jpeg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2982" alt="blog writing" src="http://blogging.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/blog-writing.jpeg" width="600" height="300" /></a></p>
<h2>Paying Attention to Details</h2>
<p>This is a very important tip. At first glance, it may seem like you are adding tasks to your day. However, on closer inspection, you will see that you are actually making life easier.</p>
<p>Consider the following scenarios:</p>
<p><em>Putting the kids to bed scenario #1:</em></p>
<p>The kids come home from school. You all play outside until dark. Tummies rumbling, you go inside to see what you can make for dinner. Since you haven’t been to the grocery store all week, there are very few options available. You choose the one that is least objectionable and start cooking. The kids sit down to watch TV until it is ready. Much later than you normally would, everyone sits down at the table. After scarfing down the meal with very little time for pleasurable conversation, you clear the table and clean the kitchen while your spouse helps with baths. While bathing, little Johnny remembers he has homework to do. A lot of it. He gets out of the tub and immediately gets to work. His weary eyes droop as he tries to focus on his work. Halfway through the project, you realize he left one of his books at school. Since there isn’t anything you can do about it now, you send him off to bed. He cries himself to sleep, thinking about his teacher’s reaction to his unfinished project.</p>
<p><em>Putting the kids to bed scenario #2:</em></p>
<p>When the kids get home from school, you grab their backpacks and check for homework assignments. Realizing Johnny left his math book at school, you send him back to retrieve it before the janitor locks the doors. When he gets home, you help him with his project until it is finished. Then, you all go outside to play for thirty minutes before it is time to eat dinner. Since you made a menu and bought all the groceries you would need for the week, you were able to make a stew and put it in the crockpot this morning. As the kids wash their hands, you dish the food into bowls and sit down to eat. After the kitchen and the kids are cleaned up, you all go to the living room to relax. You read the children several stories before tucking them into bed.</p>
<p>Which situation is more pleasurable? I don’t know about you, but I would rather have scenario number two. For those of us who are caught in a whirlwind life and option one seems like the only way to live, it is hard to believe option number two is possible. It is, though. All it takes is a little attention to details.</p>
<p>Your <a href="http://blogging.org/blog/">blog writing</a> is the same way. If you plan ahead, anticipate possible stumbling stones in the writing process, and correct for them, there is no reason why you can’t fall into bed at night totally content.</p>
<h2>Combining the Two Elements</h2>
<p>Now, it is time to put the two pieces together. You need to have a routine that addresses all the details of the writing process. Here is how you do it.</p>
<ol>
<li>Get organized. How many blogs do you write for? Do they have submission deadlines? If so, write them on your calendar. If not, make your own deadlines.</li>
<li>Create a topic storehouse. I can’t tell you how many times I have sat staring at a blank computer screen, hoping inspiration will strike. Let me tell you, it never strikes when I want it too. Instead of waiting for a genius idea to come to me, I went looking for it. Each time I came across an interesting topic on the internet, I copied the URL into my database. When it was time to start writing, I already had an idea ready to go.</li>
<li>Getting rid of distractions. Before you start writing, give everyone around you a heads up. Let them know you don’t want to be disturbed. Then, turn off your cell phone and close your email.</li>
<li>Write without stopping. Let your thoughts flow from your brain to the screen. Don’t interrupt the flow by fixing typos, adjusting punctuation, or checking facts. All that can be done later.</li>
<li>Edit and fact check only when you are finished writing. Once you have gone all the way from introduction to conclusion, go back and evaluate what you’ve written. Do all your fact checking at once. Fix all your grammar, spelling and punctuation errors in one fell swoop.</li>
<li>Add the finishing touches. Before you publish your post, take a few moments to add some <em>pizzazz</em>. Images and videos can greatly enhance a blog post. However, their selection can take a great amount of time. Don’t get distracted by other relevant videos. Don’t spend hours searching for the perfect image. Choose media files that will complement your writing and then move on.</li>
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<h2>What You Can Expect</h2>
<p>When you first implement this strategy, you can expect the entire process to take about an hour. However, you should note the actual task of writing shouldn’t be more than 15 or 20 minutes. Eventually, you’ll find the writing segment of the schedule will demand the most time; all the other tasks can be reduce to mere moments once you hone the applicable skills.</p>
<p>Give this concept a try and then let us know what you think. When you started to pay attention to detail, did you find ways to save time? What step of the process takes the most time for you? Writing? Editing? Adding images/videos? If you know of a tip we left off the list, please let us know!</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Pinterest has truly taken the world by storm and is considered to be the fastest growing social networking site. So, rather than concentrating solely on Facebook and Twitter to drive traffic to your blog, you need to think about how to make the most of this promising platform, as it can drive huge traffic to<a href="http://blogging.org/blog/integrate-pinterest-to-your-blog-to-see-better-engagement/"></a></p><p>The post <a href="http://blogging.org/blog/integrate-pinterest-to-your-blog-to-see-better-engagement/">Integrate Pinterest to Your Blog to See Better Engagement</a> appeared first on <a href="http://blogging.org/blog">Blogging Tips for Writing Killer Content</a>.</p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="GRcorrect">Pinterest</span> has truly taken the world by storm and is considered to be the fastest growing social networking site. So, rather than concentrating solely on Facebook and Twitter to drive traffic to your blog, you need to think about how to make the most of this promising platform, as it can drive <a href="http://blogging.org/blog/lesson-learned-why-businesses-should-blog/" target="_blank">huge traffic to your blog</a> if integrated properly with your blog marketing mix. Though <span class="GRcorrect">Pinterest</span> is mainly dominated by female folks, a growing number of men are showing their ever growing interest in this amazing and visually appealing platform and thus offering zillions of opportunities for the bloggers to tap into.  So, if you are finding it interesting and would not mind exploring new opportunities, continue reading Pinterest integration tips that I am going to cover here -</p>
<p><a href="http://blogging.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Pinterest-Logo-Icon1.png"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2519 aligncenter" alt="Pinterest-Logo-Icon1" src="http://blogging.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Pinterest-Logo-Icon1-300x163.png" width="300" height="163" /></a><br />
<b>Add A ‘Pin It’ Button</b><br />
This is a sweet and simple task that you can do in a jiffy. And the benefits are obvious. This small and sweet ‘Pin It’ button will make it easier for visitors to share image features on your blog to their boards directly. You may never know a single Pin might help your blog post go viral and this could result in driving huge visitors to your blog. Besides driving traffic to your website and helping it gain exposure, your blog will get a valuable link back from <span class="GRcorrect">Pinterest</span> and since the link is naturally acquired, it may help your blog SEO wise. However, in case, if you do not know the beans about where to get this ‘Pin It’ button on your blog, here is the guide -</p>
<p><span class="GRcorrect">Login</span> to Pinterest &gt; Go To ‘Goodies’ section and then copy the code &gt; Add that code in the HTML section of your blog. And you are done with.</p>
<p><b>Use Pinterest Plugin</b><br />
There is in fact zillions of Plugins available to facilitate your attempt to integrate <span class="GRcorrect">Pinterest</span> to your WordPress blog. And probably this could be the reason why an increasing number of bloggers who are using WordPress as their blogging platforms are adding ‘Pin It’ button even when their blogs are not clearly Pinterest friendly [I am going to explain that term later on]. Now as there are innumerable of <span class="GRcorrect">Pinterest</span> plugins available, it will be really tough for anyone to make a prudent choice. Personally I like these &#8211; Pinterst Follow Button, Pinterest Galleries, Pinterest Plugin etc.</p>
<p><b>Try to Make Your Website Pinterest Friendly</b><br />
Just adding ‘Pin It’ button is not going to encourage your visitors to share boring stuff with their friends circle in Pinterest. Therefore, in an attempt to make people feel encouraged to share interesting images, you need to add some nice, funny and interesting images on your website. Just keep in mind that you are not adding videos and giving images a missing because if that happens, you are not going to see any success on this platform. <span class="GRcorrect">Pinterest</span> is all about images and therefore, you have to use at least one image against a post.</p>
<p><b>Do not forget about networking</b><br />
Ok I accept the fact that <span class="GRcorrect">Pinterest</span> is a new platform and you know little about how to network with other members. But Pinterest <span class="GRcorrect">is</span> just another social media site with images dominating the platform; and therefore, the basics of networking remain almost the same. You need to follow members, <span class="GRcorrect">repin</span> their images, comments on their Pins and there you go. It is that simple. Just do not spam the platform and believe me, you are <span class="GRcorrect">gonna</span> be alright. When you will be repining their images, interacting with them in the form making comments on the images and all that, I am sure that they will be going to reciprocate the love as well and this will definitely augur well for your blog.</p>
<p>Last but not the least; you should not forget to track <span class="GRcorrect">your Pinterest marketing</span> activities. If you are not tracking the outcome, you will not be able to tell whether you are doing it right or wrong.  Google Analytics is a great way to track visitors coming from Pinterest and their activities on our website. However, you can also try this &#8211; JetPack for WordPress.</p>
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