Interview with Ghost Bloggers Creator, Davy Kestens
Recently I connected with Davy Kestens, an Internet Entrepreneur who recently created a brand new service called Ghost Bloggers. Ghost Bloggers is essentially a marketplace where content publishers and content buyers can do business. This allows bloggers to create...
5 Effective Ways to Reduce Website Bounce Rate
The only effective way to maximize your online marketing “return on investment” is to use website-tracking tools. Only by understanding your company’s website analytics, can you precisely identify and monitor your site’s potential customer...
4 Reasons to Provide Video Transcripts
More and more often, I am finding blog posts that are nothing more than a video with little to no text details. As video blogging becomes more and more prevalent, I think it is a great time to look at four reasons why video transcripts should be included in the blog...
Call Tracking Systems for Your Internet Marketing Campaigns
Though it is easy to get deluded in the online virtual world, the fact of the matter is that the physical reality overpowers everything. The goal of any and all online marketing campaigns being conducted is to increase conversions, leads or any other measurable form...
Blog Post SEO: How to Search Engine Optimize Content
The opening keynote at Blog World Expo was Scott Stratten of UnMarketing, who wanted to convey the fact that “people spread awesome” in terms of content, and that there are five things that “stop the spread.” Number three in this list was...
5 Benefits of Blogging from a Junior SEO Analyst
I’ve been in the SEO blogging industry long enough to know that though there is a difference between being a SEO Consultant/Analyst/Executive and a Blogger, they pretty much go hand in hand. I like to think I’m a combination of both, a hybrid if you like...
Blog Post Promotion – Content, Social Sharing & Analytics
A few weeks ago, I published the most popular post on my blog. Ever. 125 women in blogging brought in numbers like this site has never seen before. I can’t tell you how excited I was that this post was so popular, and how thankful I was for every tweet, comment,...
Will Niche Blogging Work for You?
Blog experts say that niche blogging is the excellent way to engage a specific audience. The concept of niching is nothing new to marketing: when applied to blogging, it simply means that blog writers can focus on subjects that are targeted toward a specific audience....
5 Secrets to Create Eye-catching Headlines for Your Blog
As a blog owner, you should know that the successful headline will increase readership rapidly for your blog, which should be eye-catching first, then grab the attention of these prospective readers. Headline, as the first impression of your article, needs to describe...
Download Now: 6 Free eBooks to Make Money Online
Over the past 6 months I have been interested in learning more about affiliate marketing and making money online. So I started reading a number of awesome blogs that are dedicated to exact that. I am paid for a number of eBooks, some good, some bad…but I have...
How to Blog Even When You Are Sick
As a blogger you know you cannot afford to have sick days. You have to keep up with your blog at all times or your audience will scatter like leaves in the wind. However there are times where you are just under the weather and can’t seem to keep it all together. What...
Successful Ways to Boost-up your Blog
Quality content and intelligent marketing can do wonders to your blog. For a start-up blog, you have to take care of the following things: A good blog software will ensure a good platform: You can choose to host your blog in a blogging website or you can choose to...
How to Optimize an E-mail Generating Newsletter
Newsletters can make an accidental or first time visitor, who has come to your site because they saw something of interest to come back again as an interested reader. So long as they keep their subscription to your newsletter, you will have a consistent reader who will return to your site.
How to Get Fans, Followers & Subscribers
One of the things I find interesting in the world of social media and blogging is that there are people whose number one goal is to get fans, followers and/or subscribers, yet the make it difficult for potential fans, followers and subscribers to connect with them....
Paid Guest Blogging Opportunities
Everyone knows by now the value of guest blogging when it comes to building links back to your blog and building up your authority in your niche. But did you know you could get paid to guest blog as well? Becoming a Freelance Writer If you are writing on your own...
5 Blogging Habits That Makes You Popular And Rich
I have learned so much from blogging. Although, as a young blogger, there are several hassles I encountered especially in the area of driving free traffic. Every blogger and internet marketer must pass through their own time of dryness. I call this “the...
Without Analytics, You Might As Well Be Working In The Dark
Have you ever tried running in the dark? I know you can’t – I have tried. It is the same with running a website. If you don’t know what is happening inside your site, you won’t be able to steer it towards success. Unfortunately, very few of us tend to pay attention to...
How Blog Comments Attract Traffic
How Blog Comments Attract Traffic As a blogger, you have something to say, whether it’s about business, baking or birds. With regularity, you post insights, photos and tips in an effort to share your interest with readers. You believe you’re doing your best, yet your...
Blog Marketing Strategies: That Makes People Click
Blogs have become the communication tool of the next generation. They no longer need to spend a lot of money if they want to communicate with the masses. They are well equipped with the tools in their PC. While this is true, it also has its own share of side effects....
A List of Useful Twitter Stats and Analytics Tools – Just for You!
Without measuring your progress, you can never ensure whether your marketing efforts are headed in the right direction, right? A wonderful micro-blogging service, Twitter happens to be a powerful tool to promote your brand, products or services on the internet. And...
8 Proven Tips to Reduce Bounce Rate of Your Website or Blog Successfully
SO here it is: my definitive guide to getting the bounce rate of your blog or your website down to manageable (i.e. significantly reduced) levels: Terminology First! Before we begin, let’s be sure we know what we are talking about. Bounce rate is a single page visit,...
The Power Of Stories (To Engage With Your Audience)
People love stories. We humans are curious in nature, and by using stories in your marketing messages you can engage with your audience a lot better. Take the 2 scenarios below for example: Scenario 1 Susan exclaimed: “Yes! I’ve finally made it!” After a continuous...
What Was Your Biggest Traffic Day and How Did You Achieve It?
Darren Rowse from ProBlogger asked the question on his blog, “What was your biggest traffic day and how did you achieve it?” I thought it would be fun for everyone to share their story about their biggest traffic day on their website or blog and how you...
How to get the Most Out of Social Media Connections – It’s Not All About Traffic
Advertising on Facebook quadrupled last year. More than three-quarters of big American companies use some sort of social networking, and most small businesses take off from social media-induced traffic. It’s clear that Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and their...
Must Have Firefox Plugin for Blog Commenting
If you are like me, you have multiple identities when it comes to blog commenting. I comment with several identities for my own blog, my work, blogs I guest post on, and also my article marketing profiles. As you can imagine, this gets somewhat confusing and...
3 Ways to Enhance Your Blog’s Success
Blogging success isn’t going to come overnight, and it most likely won’t happen in a couple of months either. Successful blogs are backed by several months, if not a couple of years, of hard work and dedication. Profitable blogs with strong readerships and...
How To Write Content Your Readers Will Actually Read
Blogs have become the lifeblood of many businesses. The articles we generate are a way to educate and/or train clients and customers, while crafting our image and building credibility. The key to any successful blog is, of course, its content. The popular quote states...
The Pros and Cons of 1st and 3rd Party Cookies
A Cookie is a pretty easy concept to understand. It is simply a tracking code that is stored on the user’s computer for a determined amount of time to track their ID session, navigation, and preferences. Where is can be a bit confusing is when you talk about the...
Using Weekly Features to Better your Blog
The internet has evolved to a point where blogging has become both a thoroughly researched and thoroughly mainstream affair—everybody blogs. Even novice bloggers know that great content is the key to a successful site, but what exactly “great content” means can be...
Worried about Content Theft? Here are few tips to avoid It!
Introduction So you’ve made your own blog. Good for you! You’ve hopefully added content that your viewers will love, you enjoy the communication it allows and you are, with any luck, making a decent amount of cash from your blog. The question now is, how do you avoid...
What Google Analytics can Tell You About your Site’s Rankings
For most internet marketers, SEO is a fairly cut-and-dry process: keyword research, SEO content creation and building backlinks. This is how it’s been ever since we “figured out” Google’s algorithm. By using these basic steps, websites have achieved first page...
Every Comment Matters
I’ve been following quite a number of blogs for several years now, some more popular than others. They all vary in nature, as do the bloggers behind them – some are personal while others are formal and professional much like the SEM Blog I’ve been managing...![Live From Blog World Expo 2010: The 7 Harsh Realities of Blogging for Bucks [Keynote]](https://www.stayonsearch.com/httpdocs/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/BlogWorld.jpg)
Live From Blog World Expo 2010: The 7 Harsh Realities of Blogging for Bucks [Keynote]
This keynote is with Darren Rowse, Brian Clark, and Sonia Simone. There are a lot of misconceptions about blogging and making money through your blog. Darren, Brian, and Sonia talk about 7 misconceptions and how you can succeed through blogging. #1 – Free is...
The Right Way to Create Branded Content
Content marketing is growing by leaps and bounds. More and more reputed companies like Red Bull are using branded content to create more awareness about their products, without actually “selling” directly to their target audience. However, creating the right mix of...
How to Generate Extra Cash from Your Top Exit Pages
While I work for websites, one of the most important statistics that I keep my eyes on is the exit pages. Yes, it’s extremely important to know from which pages on a website or a blog people are exiting most. Exits from web pages can be both ‘positive’ and ‘negative’....
What WP Plugins is StayOnSearch Using?
First of all, I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year. This is the first post of 2011 and I am really looking forward to another outstanding year of high-quality content, new guest bloggers and feedback from our readers on how we can continue to deliver...
How to Write About Anything
There are some internet marketers out there who work exclusively on campaigns they feel passionately about. Those lucky few generally have no lack of ideas and no problem churning out oodles of quality content on command. Unfortunately for the rest of us, we...
How to Setup Goals in Google Analytics to Track Mailing List Conversions
When you are looking to make money online, one of the first things you have to do is build your mailing list. The more opt-ins you have, the more you are likely to make when promoting your own products, or those of your affiliates. But how do you know what makes your...
How to Lower Your Bounce Rate Using Google Analytics
Once you’ve built your website or your blog, the first thing you will want to do is bring in a lot of traffic by optimizing it for search, acquiring traffic generating links, and sharing it on social bookmarking and networking sites. The more traffic you can...
Is Blog Commenting an Effective Marketing Strategy?
There are different views on whether effective blog commenting can bring some real value to a blog or website. Some say posting comments on blogs is an excellent way of attracting visitors’ attention. There are others who believe blog commenting as a marketing...
Measuring Online Marketing Metrics
While traditional marketing (on TV, radio and print) is still prevalent as ever, online marketing is slowly but steadily growing to become a strong marketing weapon. For one, online marketing – which includes video ads, expandable banners, floating ads, takeovers and...
How to Find Your Blogging Sweet Spot
If you’ve been blogging for any appreciable length of time, you’ve probably experienced the joy of ripping the wrapper off your brand new blog and imagining the places you’ll go. You’ve probably also experienced the feeling of sitting before the blog and wondering,...
Six Outbound Linking Tips for Free Blog Promotion
Generosity is a great virtue. Even in terms of blogging, you can use this virtue to promote your blog for no cost at all. One way of showing your generous side to niche bloggers is by linking out to their blogs. However, many bloggers complain that they see little or...
The Keys to Rapid Blog Content Creation
I have been blogging for about 3 years now, so I like to think that I am getting pretty good at creating fast blog content, while still maintaining the quality. I can remember when I first started out, it would take me hours just to try and force out a 300 word blog...
5 Steps For Maximizing Content For Massive Backlinks
Are you leveraging your content to the fullest extent? Are you maximizing your contents visibility and backlink opportunity? So many people who create/publish content don’t realize that even one piece of content can equate to hundreds/thousands of backlinks and...
Building Online Relationships: How Do We Do It?
One of the most important success factors for your blog is going to be how you go about building relationships. Getting people to check in with you regularly is crucial if your blog is going to thrive and flourish. It can seem daunting when you first consider how to...
7 Reasons Why No One is Reading Your Blog
How many repeat visitors to your website or blog do you really have? If the latest statistics show that nobody’s coming back to your site for more than a perfunctory second look, chances are there is a problem – or multiple problems. Here are seven likely reasons why...
5 Ways to Improve Your Guest Blogging Strategy
As mentioned several times before on this site and others, guest posting is a wonderful way to engage in a genuine and effective link-building strategy. Still, not many who first embark on the guest blogging process completely understand how it works. Here are a few...