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6 Steps to an Effective Blog Business Plan

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Starting a blog can be overwhelming.

Bloggers often neglect the most important things while starting a blog.

They rush things because they got a nice HostGator coupon to host their blog or someone gave them another nice offer.

While these things are nice. You can’t always jump in the pool and then learn to swim.

Starting a blog based business is quite similar. You need to prepare and make sure that you have everything figured out, at least most of it before you jump in.

I remember when I started off blogging, I was so excited it took me just 5 minutes to set up my blog.

And then I had no idea what I was going to write about or what I was going to do.

It took me only 2 months to shut down the blog.

It was a valuable lesson because, since then I always plan and the results have been much better.

I’ve outlined the process I followed and still follow every time I start a new blog.
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6 Tips to Build a Popular Blog

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Who does not want to be popular?

We all do. We cannot ignore the attention it brings us bloggers.

The traffic, the blog money, the interviews/publicity. Wow.

To become a popular blogger you need to do the things that gets your readers attention.

You need to do things so that your readers start talking about you and your blog.

Ever wondered why bloggers like Ramsay and Neil are often mentioned in blog posts?

Its because they have built a reputation over time. And others who follow them mention popular bloggers because they prefer associating with industry experts than a nobody.

There are some things that you can do to improve overall popularity of your blog.

Blogging is also growing and developments in the field of online marketing is drastically changing.

Social media, apps, smartphone and mobile devices are making things a little bit more challenging than expected.

The point being you need to quickly adapt to change and take advantage of the being the pioneer in the field.

Businesses are forced to adapt to new technological developments or are left behind.

In the world of online marketing, if you cant keep up with the changing trends then you are losing customers daily and its going to be hard for you to catch up with your competitors.

While these tips are simple, they are focused to help you keep up with the changing trend and keep the audience informed.
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6 Landing Page Optimization Tips to Grow Your List

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Bloggers go to great lengths to drive search traffic to their blogs by setting up expensive PPC campaigns, social media marketing and SEO.

While your homepage is definitely important it’s not the best place to drive in all that valuable traffic.

As bloggers one of our constant goal is to drive traffic, convert the reader to a subscriber.

For many to be successful, is to make money by blogging.

And as outlined in one of my earlier blog posts, bloggers are obsessed with list building and obsessed with ConvertKit, because of how much success it has brought bloggers and businesses worldwide.

Optimizing your landing pages with high quality content, graphics and call to action will define how many leads you’re able to generate from it.

Imagine being able to create a landing page that not only looks good but also converts.

What if you can ignore all the technical headache of having to pay a tutor so you can learn how to code or maybe even hire a developer to build one for you.

What better way to build a list than to set up a kick ass landing page and optimize it for conversion so you can grow your list rapidly.

Secret Formula: Landing pages + Call to Action = Massive List

Landing Page Definition

A landing page is any page on a website where traffic is sent specifically to prompt a certain action or result.

These pointers are derived from the analysis and study of some of the top landing pages on the web. While some defy all aspects of logic, most of them apply similar or the same pattern.
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8 Reasons Bloggers Are Obsessed With List Building

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Why are bloggers obsessed with list building?

That’s simple.

List = MONEY

Bloggers try all sorts of techniques to grow their email list because its the best way to have a one on one conversation with their readers.

List building is the heart of any marketing strategy.

Even small business and large organizations use email as a form to generate leads and later on convert them into sales and actual customers.

As there is some work involved while working on email marketing and list generation campaigns. Bloggers love to showcase their efforts.

I’m sure your reading this post because your eagar to learn and build an email list yourself. Let me tell you a secret.

Email List Secret Formula: Amazing Content + Clear Calls-To-Action = Massive Email List
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How to Get More Followers on Instagram

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Is Instagram a good choice of social media for businesses?

Yes.

Every social media has potential if you know how to make the most of it.

Choose an audience. Grow a following. Engage. Convert. Sell.

Instagram is in a league of its own, yet businesses are setting up Instagram accounts trying to build a following.

Why?

With 30+ Million active users, and 16B and counting photos businesses cannot afford to ignore Instagram.

Photographers, models, business persons, celebrities are teaming to Instagram because of the level of interaction it brings with their followers.

Instagram is an amazing photo sharing network but it’s only fun when you have a healthy follower group of people.

If you signed up recently the chances are that you have lower follower count.

Thankfully, there are some simple and non-spammy techniques that anyone can use to gain a healthy following on Instagram.
Recent research shows that users get frustrated that they are not able to generate Instagram followers over a prolonged time.
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SEO Tips for DuckDuckGo the Privacy Search Engine

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Duck Duck Go.

Yes. You heard it right. Its the name of the new search engine.

Its been active for a while now and has been growing by leaps and bounds.

Even though they do not have a huge market share and don’t show up as part of a recent study (ComScore) for search engines in the US:

  • Google: 67.5%
  • Microsoft: 18.6%
  • Yahoo: 10.1%
  • Ask Network: 2.5%
  • AOL, Inc.: 1.3%

They are still covering a lot of ground in the search industry.
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