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How to Make Guest Blogging Work for You [My Story]

By Daniel Sharkov 30 Comments
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Guest BloggingIt seems like most bloggers are rather reluctant to try guest blogging…

It might be that guest blogging is a big dedication of time and energy, it might be that they are just not sure whether the writing will be worth the while, or it might be that they prefer using the content for their own blogs. Nevertheless the truth is guest blogging WORKS.

It not only works, but it works better than you might think it does.

And with today’s post I am hoping to motivate you to get started with guest blogging as soon as possible!

In the below paragraphs I’ve covered the preparations you need to do for a successful guest blogging campaign, tips to get you going, which blogs are worth writing for and most importantly the results from my four-month guest blogging quest!

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Filed Under: Blogging Tips, Traffic Generation

8 Effective Ways to Increase Your Blog’s Conversion Rates

By Daniel Sharkov 26 Comments
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Increase Conversion RatesTraffic seems to be one of the metrics that people pay far too much attention to.  Successful blogging doesn’t come down to how much folks you are able to bring to your site.

Getting traffic is not the only thing you should be striving to achieve.

Unless you only care about impressions, you should think more about converting people into subscribers, clients or buyers. That is what will really make the difference to your bottom line!

For instance a not-well optimized blog might be getting three times the traffic of a smaller one. If the latter however has the right call to actions in place and a layout that begs readers to take action, it probably will return better results than the first blog…

And inspired by the tweaking I’ve been doing lately on my own blog, I decided to come up with an eight-step list. The list is all about helping you increase conversion rates and hence get more loyal readers and make more money out of your blogging efforts.

Without further ado, let’s move on to the tips! Continue Reading

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Best and Worst Times to Share Your Social Media Updates [Infographic]

By Daniel Sharkov 39 Comments
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Best Time to Share on Social NetworksGetting social media traffic doesn’t simply come down to setting up a Twitter, Facebook or Google Plus account and sharing your articles like crazy. Although that might have some impact initially, in the end you will probably just scare people away.

The first step to getting social traffic is your following. Although quality of your followers absolutely plays a role, quantity has its place as well. It’s a fact – the more (of the right) followers you have, the more traffic you can expect.

But let’s leave that aside…

In order to really make the most out of your tweets and stories you have to post them at the right time.

I mean what’s the point of having say 100,000 people following your tweets, when you are sharing very few updates and not only that, but you are sharing them at the worst possible time?

Today in the hopes to help you discover the perfect timings for your social media updates, I am sharing with you a great infographic courtesy of Social Caffeine.

In the infographic you will discover the best and also the worst times to post for the following social networks: 

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Google+
  • Pinterest

If you happen to find the infographic useful, please take a minute to share it with your friends and followers. That might just be the help they need!

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What is the Best Time to Send Emails to Your Subscribers [Infographic]

By Daniel Sharkov 5 Comments
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Best Time to Send EmailList building is undoubtedly one of the most important tasks you should be working on. If you still haven’t started building your list of email subscribers, you are missing out on a lot of great opportunities to make money and expand your online presence.

There are basically two list building tools. There is the free option MailChimp (which I happen to use) and there is a paid and (as they say) a more advanced one – Aweber.

If you are a newbie, you really don’t have to pay for the second option and I’d advice you to choose MailChimp, which offers all you need to get started on your email marketing journey. 

Anyway today’s infographic, created by the GetResponse team, is all about helping you discover the best time to email your subscribers so that you guarantee yourself the highest open-rates and click-rates. The guys have analyzed over 21 million messages sent from US accounts to determine the figures you will see in the infographic.

And if you are wondering why even with hundreds of subscribers you are only able to get a few to read your emails and act on your call to actions, the reason might just be that you are sending your campaigns at the wrong time.

Some of the key takeaways you are about to see in the infographic include: 

  • Open rates by time after delivery
  • Best time of the week to send an email
  • Hours of the day with most opens
  • Hours of the day with most clicks

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SEO Beats PPC and SMM for Lead Generation [Infographic]

By Daniel Sharkov 5 Comments
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SEO Beats PPC and SMMThere has been lots of arguing around social media and SEO and which is the better source of traffic.

Some of the opinions are based around the assertion that social media is THE way to build relationships with the latter being the number one thing to consider if you want a successful online business.

But in the end is that really so?

Well, it turns out this might be nothing more than a myth!

As good as social media channels are when it comes to spreading the word, recent studies show that proper search engine optimization and organic traffic is what can really help an online business grow.

Check out this great infographic from the folks at Indusnet to learn more about why SEO is better than social media and PPC campaigns!Continue Reading

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