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Using Popular Social Media Tools to Promote Your Business
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Blog Marketing
Introduction to blogging
Develop a plan for your blog
Tools to gather content for your blog
Strategies you can use to optimize your blog
Strategies to promote your blog
How leads can be generated through blogging
Strategies to engage your readers
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Introduction to Blogging
Blogs: 77.7 million unique visitors in the US
The majority of bloggers are 25 - 44 years of age
One in five are self employed
More than half have a household income over $75,000.
59% have been blogging for two years or more
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Global Snapshot Of Bloggers
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Global Bloggers By Gender
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Develop a Plan For Your Blog
Why does your blog exist?
Who are you and why are you uniquely qualified to write this blog?
What are the topic areas this blog will discuss?
When will you post?
How will you deliver your messages?
Will you plan your weekly topics, or just shoot from the hip?
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Gather Content For Your Blog
Top 10 Lists
Product Comparisons
Consumer Reports
Tutorials
Online Tools or Services
Interviews or Success Stories
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Top 10 Lists
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Product Comparision
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Consumers Report
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Tutorials
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Tutorials: Video
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Online Tools or Services
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Interviews or Success Stories
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Google Alert
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Google Reader
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iGoogle
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Strategies you can use to optimize your blog
Headlines Always Sell
Avoid Widget Overload!
Use a Related Posts Plugin
Ping to Other Sites
Use a Good URL Structure
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Headline Always Sell
Who Else Wants [blank]?
The Secret of [blank]?
Here is a Method That is Helping [blank] to [blank]
Little Known Ways to [blank]
Get Rid of [problem] Once and For All
Here’s a Quick Way to [solve a problem]
What Everybody Ought to Know About [blank]
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Avoid Widget Overload
http://darbeaudin.blogspot.com/
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Avoid Widget Overload
http://blog.extensis.com/?p=917
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Related Posts Plugin
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Ping to Other Sites
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Use Good URL Structure
Change
http://expeditusmedia.com/?p=123
http://expeditusmedia.com/2009/06/02/sample-post
http://expeditusmedia.com/2009/06/sample-post/
http://expeditusmedia.com/archives/123
To
http://expeditusmedia.com/live-social-media-weekly
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Strategies to Promote Your Blog
Social Messaging
Social Bookmarking
Other Blogs Comments Sections and Forums
Article Marketing
Advertise Your Post
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Social Messaging
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Social Bookmarking
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Forums Signature
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Blog Comments
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Article Marketing
EzineArticles.com
GoArticles.com
ArticleDashboard.com
ArticleBase.com
Hubpages.com
Squidoo.com
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Advertise Your Post
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How Leads Can Be Generated Through Blogging
Subscribers Sell Themselves
Invite Prospects to Write Guest Blog Posts
Highlight Your Client's Success
Build a Community of Clients, Prospects and Partners On Your Blog
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Google Keywords
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Subcribers Sell Themselves
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Subcribers Sell Themselves
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Invite Prospects to Write a Guest Blog Post
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Highlight Your Client's Success
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Build a Community of Clients, Prospects or Partners on Your Blog
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Strategies to Engage Your Readers to Write
Ask a Question
Continue the conversation
Run a poll
Make it easy to connect with you
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Ask a Question
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Continue the Conversation
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Run a Poll
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Make it Easy to Connect With You