10 Compelling Reasons To Start Blogging: Karen Repoli Social Media Rock Star Tip

10 Compelling Reasons To Start Blogging: Karen Repoli Social Media Rock Star Tip

10 Compelling Reasons To Start Blogging Another Social Media Rock Star Tip From Karen Repoli One strategy that can be essential in setting you apart from other “interesting people” on social networks is creating and maintaining your own blog. You don’t have to, of course:  You can channel and pour all your energy into working from within a particular social media platform – but maintaining your own blog does confer specific advantages. Maintaining your own blog helps you… 1. Cement your identity 2. Speak with authority 3. Build a following 4. Acquire subscribers 5. Constantly present your unique slant or focus 6. Become known for specific skills 7. Attract top guest authors 8. Get great guest spots yourself on other top influencers’ blogs 9. Let people hear your “voice” 10. Brand yourself with strong graphic elements or colours Your best bet is to purchase a domain in your own name but if your name is a more common one and therefore already “taken”, you can brand a blog name or add what you do to your name. Then start sharing your blog across your social platforms and get it out there!! Check out Karen’s “NUTS & BOLTS” book series  www.HitVirtual.com/ebooks-reports Meet Karen Repoli Karen Repoli, is a successful entrepreneur who has realized her dream of owning a successful business and having the freedom to live the lifestyle she desires. A seasoned business professional with 30 years of experience in office management, internet marketing and bookkeeping, she holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of NC, Greensboro and is VACertified. Karen’s practical, proven systems help entrepreneurs accomplish their...
THE IMPORTANCE OF BLOGGING FOR SEO ((Podcast)) With Guest Blogger Malka Maxwell

THE IMPORTANCE OF BLOGGING FOR SEO ((Podcast)) With Guest Blogger Malka Maxwell

THE IMPORTANCE OF BLOGGING FOR SEO What does blogging have to do with SEO? Blogging is a wonderful tool to create new or fresh content for your website. Thus giving it an updated feel. After most websites are created especially if you are a service you don’t update very often because there is really nothing new to update. So faced with a challenge of keeping your service in front of customers you have to do other things. Enter the concept of blogging. Originally blogging was a web-log. Reminiscent of the Sci-Fi show “Star Trek”.  Entries were created daily, many were technically journals. The blogger would talk about their product launch,opinions and sometimes challenges with coming up with content. Blogs were also used a method for customers to understand what a company was doing, and to virtually meet the key players within a company. Clearer Thinking On Blogging Then blogs evolved into a collection of articles. Again, that format is varied now because bloggers are taking on a more conversation type tone and their topics are just as exciting. To make a blog post effective, use the same steps to create a web page, make sure that the title of your blog post has all or some of your keywords.  Just like on your web pages you want to make sure that your keyword is used at least 3 times throughout the post. You can also use variations of the keyword another 2 times as well. You can bold,italicize or underscore your keywords as well just for the extra emphasis that those are keywords. Since photos are the “rage” and...
CREATING A SUCCESSFUL BLOGGING SCHEDULE

CREATING A SUCCESSFUL BLOGGING SCHEDULE

Creating A Successful Blogging Schedule Guest Blog By Monika Mundell Late in 2009 I was stuck in a business I loved, but felt trapped because I had simply swapped a boss for a business. I was still the slave who sat there 14-16 hours a day trying to make ends meet. I did. But the price I paid was far too big on my health, on my relationships and my quality of life. You might wonder what my being stuck has to do with systematizing your blogging schedule? Just bear with me while I connect the dots for you… Here’s the thing. Back then I was chasing the rainbow. My schedule was being controlled by other people and I was reacting to their needs, whims and demands. There was little left for myself at the end of the day. Day after day I would fall into bed exhausted… wondering whether I had made the right choices - the choices that had led me to that point in time.   Recognising the Problem and Fixing It.   In my heart I knew I did. My mind however was telling me to “get a life.” To work smarter, not harder. Since then I have come a long way, and so has my business and the way I run it. Today, nobody controls my schedule but me. I have gained more time freedom than ever and generally work about 5 hours a day - the rest is spent playing with my birds, enjoying quality time with my husband, traveling the world and OK, I admit it - hanging out at Facebook (my...