Ideally, a good blog would attract traffic on its own. The content is so good and the topic is so popular that people can’t help but flood your site. Unfortunately, this rarely works in practice—at least at first. Once a blog has a steady stream of traffic and a decent amount of popularity, it should […]
Continue readingDon’t ever let anyone tell you that generating web traffic is easy. Whether you’re new to content marketing or are an old hand, we’re going to come right out and say what you already know instinctively: building a blog that gets consistent organic traffic is incredibly hard. It doesn’t matter what your blog’s niche is. […]
Continue readingBusinesses with a blog on their website get 55% more visitors and 97% more links to their site, as states a report from Website Builder. Statistics like this drive many businesses to launch their own blogs. However, they quickly learn that this alone isn’t enough to make this addition to their marketing strategy profitable. For […]
Continue readingIn today’s information-driven digital landscape, each piece of content bears the sole aim of dragging maximum traffic. But, is it just the story that drags traffic, or is there something more that compels a reader to click your blog? Well, let’s first see what the facts show. A recent ‘Conductor study’ found that the well-framed […]
Continue readingAdd Media If you use software such as Google Analytics to keep track of traffic on your website, you have a good idea of how many site visitors you receive each day, and how long they stay on your website. Chances are, you also have a good idea of the percentage of visitors that actually […]
Continue readingPeople have an interesting relationship with the word traffic. In general, the word traffic is hated by most, as it reminds them of delays in the road. Website owners and bloggers on the other hand love this word. They are happy when they get more visitors or more traffic to their site as more web […]
Continue readingWhen I talk to small business owners about the benefits of blogging, I’m quite often met with resistance. Faced with mounting responsibilities on the operational end, finding the time to keep up with a blog can be regarded as a thorn in one’s side––just another mundane task that either the owner doesn’t have time for. […]
Continue readingPart I: The Dancing Baby Effect Humans are social creatures. We like to talk, but we also like to listen. We’ve gone from oral history to the printing press, and eventually made our way to worldwide connectivity with the internet. Originally intended exclusively for military use, the guys over at DARPA discovered that it was […]
Continue readingI spend at least an hour every day logging in to various analytics sites to check on my blogs, social media stats, and a host of other dailies. After a year of self-consciously confirming that my Klout score hadn’t dropped, I now realize that I was willingly succumbing to a new form of internet superhighway […]
Continue readingFor small businesses and international corporations alike, social media platforms have become an essential part of marketing strategies. It’s relatively inexpensive, and a great way to reach out to new customers, and give existing customers a platform to discuss your business. But it’s not easy. Millions of users are posting information on a daily basis, […]
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