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Social Media Shares

5 Ways to Get More Social Media Shares

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Social Media Shares

Social Media has impacted blogosphere the most. There are many blogs running solely on the Social Media Traffic and making a lot of bucks just from this traffic.

The potential of Social Media traffic is endless as there are more than whooping 1 Billion Users of Social Media worldwide. That’s not all, nowadays Social Media shares like Google +1s , Retweets also contribute to the Search Engine Ranking so Social Media is one field you just can’t ignore if you own a blog.

While everyone’s using Social Media to promote their blog, there are only a few who are doing it correctly and taking the most of the traffic.

There’s a competition in Social Media Shares too but some simple ways can increase substantial social media shares and make your blog go viral with social media traffic.

The shocking part is that Social Media has almost eliminated SEO. The results have been shocking when comparing Social Media Shares with Link Building. The Google +1’s can get a blog post on the top of the ranking and make a post go viral without any backlinks pointing to it.

It clearly symbolises that Google is giving much more importance to the social media shares than backlinks .

5 Ways to Get More Social Media Shares

Get a Fanpage -

This is the most basic point but isn’t followed by most users. Some of the bloggers believe they don’t need a fan page but it is a must . As you go on building the fan page, you will be able to interact and cover a large number of audience.

Fanpage will help you add a large base of fans and share your links to a larger audience every time.

Go for Popup on Website/Blog -

Many bloggers are following this simple way and the outcome is more than 300% . Put an exit or entry popup on the blog with Fan Page Like Button. It is the best way to increase the likes of Fan Page and hence, the number of Social Media shares.

People are way too lazy to checkout the sidebars and like the fan page, so why not get them to like fan page by bringing in them a popup?

Interesting Post Description -

Even though you wrote a meta description for the blog post, while sharing keep in mind to make it interesting so the users are attracted to click it and share it. A really simple trick that works is “The Question Trick”.

Give a little information about the post and end the description with an interesting question and you’re social media shares will go high.

Build Relationship : It is rightly said that.

Life’s a give and take the relationship

If you want your posts to go viral and get more social media shares, build a relationship with fellow bloggers and share their interesting posts too. In lieu they will also be doing the same and you get more shares on your post.

Another part of building relationship is helping a reader of the blog and in lieu asking for sharing the post if he really like to give back something. Asking means a kind gesture like:

“Hey, If you really like our post please share it with your friends too.”

A strong relationship can be built with the readers when you’re into guest posting or article writing. There are loads of writers and blogger building links on other blogs , article directories and web 2.0 sites like Squidoo, Hubpages, Ukritic  there is an option of adding Facebook and Twitter console.

Don’t miss out on such options and encourage the readers to like the fanpage and follow you on twitter.

Don’t irritate the Readers -

How can a don’t get more Social Media Shares? Well, it can. Once, you’re up on a good fanbase, don’t irritate them by just posting your daily published posts link. Interact with them by asking questions, giving some facts and posting niche related pictures.

Funny Tech pictures get shared a lot and can get a tech blog’s fan page a lot of shares and likes. Just keep your Readers happy and they will surely share your links.

The +1’s , retweets and likes alone are enough to get a post on the first page of the search engine ranking. Social Media shares can beat SEO if done in the right manner.

Do you agree?

I hope the post helped you learn more about Social Media shares and their power. What are you waiting for? The post deserves a +1 and share it with your blogging friends so they can get more Social Media shares too.

Got any more tips about social media shares? Please share them in the comments.

Blog Commenting

How I Get 300 Unique Visitors Everyday by Blog Commenting

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Blog Commenting
Blogging is not everyone’s cup of tea. Creating a blog and making it successful asks for a complete dedication, hearty efforts and above all you need patience.

It is not that easy to make the blog thriving and lucrative.

When I started blogging I knew that it is not going to be an easy task and was fully prepared to face the taste of hard work. After doing a thorough research and having prolonged experience of blogging, I can say that there are many different ways to get more and more traffic to the blog.

One piece of writing might not be enough to discuss them all so we will discuss them one by one. Herewith in this editorial I will let you know my personal experience about how I got 300 permanent unique visitors everyday by blog commenting and its effect on my blog traffic.

Building up a good and steady traffic on a blog is actually a slow process because it takes time and patience to build up a good readership for a blog.

Out of the many different ways of bringing quality traffic to your blog, I keep blog commenting in the list of first five. What I feel is that having good relation with same niche bloggers is the best way to get your blog noticed. Blog commenting is the best way to get in touch with the same niche bloggers around.

So, do you agree that blog commenting brings more traffic to your blog? If yes, let me tell you that this is not all, one need to consider a few tips while leaving a comment on a same niche blog.

Keep on reading to know about those tips -

Be First –

Do you know how can you be the first to comment on a blog post?

To be the first one to comment you need to subscribe the RSS feed or email subscription of your niche blogs. By doing so, you will get a notification whenever the blog update the post and you can readily leave your comment there. The best benefit of being first commenter you and your blog URL will get maximum exposure.

Be Your Own Voice -

Don’t just comment for the sake of commenting, read the post and make a relevant comment. Do not make a mistake of writing just ‘great post’ or ‘thanks for sharing’. This may bring your comment straightway to the spam box.

Do make a detailed comment and make sure it is about the post you are reading.

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Be Regular -

The blog owner will be able to make a bond with you only if you are a regular reader in the blog and comment regularly.

It is important to leave your comments frequently to build a rapport with the blog owner. This may further come as the link exchange as well which will anyhow be beneficial for your blog.

Don’t Hide Your Identity -

Gravatar is the best thing to introduce yourself and using it in posting the blog comments will help the blog owner as well as other readers to know you. It plays a great role in building the relationship with the same niche bloggers. It also helps the bloggers to recognize you as a regular reader and commenter.

Using a fake image or no image may lead your comment to the spam box.

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Reply To The Other Comments -

You need to comment not only the blog post but also on the various comments left by other readers. This helps greatly in making good relation with the whole community of your niche blogs. It would be better if you are able to solve any query left by any other reader in the comments box.

In a nutshell you have to create a good conversation.

Don’t Comment Just To Leave Your Link -

Bloggers hate spammers.

Leaving your link every time you comment will make you a spammer straightaway. Spammers usually leave their blog links with a small sentence like ‘great post‘, ‘good work‘ etc.

Spammers are getting more sophisticated. They know that the old ‘great post thanks’ comments aren’t working any more so they’ve taken to preparing their comments and copying / pasting them in to your forms.

They’re also using search engines to find blogs with comment forms by using ‘leave a comment’ in the search field of Google, Bing and Baidu…

Your comment must show that you have actually read the post. Excessively commenting is also spamming. I have seen this thing in my blog spammers leave comment with their link in almost every post of the blog. Trust me this irritates me a lot and I click the ‘Spam’ button immediately for such comments.

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Debate Helps But Disparage Harms -

Never make a mistake to make fun of a post in any blog. You might come across some controversial posts in blogs. Even if you do not agree to the blogger’s point of view, write it in a decent way. Leave a tactful comment so as to create a healthy conversation with the blogger and the other readers.

Being rude or offensive may spoil your image in the blogger’s community.

Blog commenting is easier said than done.

The newbie bloggers feel that leaving their links with a 2-3 words comment in every post is blog commenting and I pity on them that they expect good traffic from such comments.

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3. Leave a comment, telling me where you’re struggling and how I can help. I’ll read the comments. I’ll think about them. I’ll plan the entire future of this blog around them.

Ovеr thе соmіng mоnthѕ аnd уеаrѕ, I dоn’t јuѕt wаnt tо gіvе уоu а fеw јuісу tіdbіtѕ оf іnfоrmаtіоn аbоut hоw tо grоw а рорulаr blоg. I dоn’t јuѕt wаnt tо еntеrtаіn уоu wіth ѕtоrіеѕ frоm mу lіfе. I dоn’t јuѕt wаnt tо реrѕuаdе уоu tо реrѕеvеrе.

All оf thоѕе thіngѕ аrе fіnе аnd dаndу, but thеу’rе nоt еnоugh. Mу rеаl gоаl іѕ ѕіmрlе:

I wаnt tо turn уоur lіfе uрѕіdе dоwn.

I wаnt tо mееt уоu еxасtlу whеrе уоu аrе, rіght nоw, аnd gіvе уоu thе еxасt іnfоrmаtіоn уоu nееd tо gеt іmmеdіаtе rеѕultѕ. Thе оnlу mеtrіс I rеаllу аnd trulу саrе аbоut іѕ уоur ѕuссеѕѕ, bесаuѕе іf I саn hеlр уоu, аnd wе wоrk tоgеthеr tо ѕрrеаd thе wоrd, thеn I bеlіеvе trаffіс аnd rеvеnuе аnd аll оf thоѕе оthеr thіngѕ wіll tаkе саrе оf thеmѕеlvеѕ.

Sо, tеll mе whеrе уоu аrе.

Tеll mе whеrе уоu’rе ѕtrugglіng.

Tеll mе hоw I саn hеlр.

And thеn ѕtrар уоurѕеlf іn.

Bесаuѕе уоu аnd mе, mу frіеnd?

Wе’rе gоіng рlасеѕ. Fаѕt.

Leave a comment, let me know where you’re struggling.

Google Penguin

Why I Think SEO Is Still Alive After Google Penguin Update

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The hot topic and major concern among bloggers these days is search engine optimization and if it’s worth doing it or not.

The latest Penguin update from Google has made a significant impact on websites worldwide and dropped a shadow of doubt on all SEO efforts made by bloggers to reach higher rankings for the desired keywords.

Time will show SEO is not dead, even though Search Engines try to ensure us it is futile to invest in such services anymore.

The bloggers and webmasters have to understand, that if you don’t SEO, you don’t get noticed.

So how to proceed after this big hit? What is the SEO that we cannot go wrong with? Simple SEO methods and activities, pure white hat optimization and natural link building will never harm your site or blog.

Keep it steady, keep it cool.

SEO Basics You Cannot Go Wrong With!

Google Penguin

Onsite/Offsite SEO -

As many of you know already, there’s the onsite SEO and offsite SEO. Okay, we all know about those but not many understand it correctly.

One is SEO work on the site, the other is SEO carried out on other sites, but closely related to the onsite seo.

Once the onsite work is done, link building can be started, by using the correct anchor text for the link created for the appropriate pages. I believe this rule will still be a rule.

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Keywords -

The building block of all good sites, but don’t angst over this, or complicate the matter. Just think this; if someone is searching for my site, my products, or my services, what words (keywords), or phrases (key phrases) would they use.

Spend some time thinking about the words and check them out to see if people actually use them. Then pick a list of the best words (your primary list) and then a list of runner-ups (the secondary list).

Select about five in each list; Check them out to see if people actually use them and bingo, you have your keywords.

Metadata -

The keywords are the Lego blocks which build you the perfect website and to help the search engines find your website, their spiders (have no fear,) these are digital crawling devices which read ‘signposts’ called Tags and the text on the page.

The signposts, or Tags, are full of metadata, including the keywords, which help the spiders categorise and rank your site. So, guide the spider properly and sensibly.

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Navigation -

No, this is not about boats, or sailors, but concerns how a site is built and how easy it is for the user to navigate their way around.

A site which is hard to move around, or has broken links, or cannot be easily understood, is a disaster for both the user and the search engine spider. And if this happens, sort it out; otherwise you’ll never get ranked properly.

Content -

In the land of SEO, the king is content. Content rules the waves and the bigger the site is of relevant and quality content, the better.

Note the words relevant and quality. That should be any webmaster’s mantra and enough said here. Apart from, use your keywords in your content but use them sparingly, or you’ll be done for spamming and that’s not good.

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Quality -

Yes, we all know that you can buy content pretty cheaply. In fact, many suppliers of content, and webmasters themselves, think that there is no better joke than cutting and pasting other people’s content onto their own site.

It’s cheap and used to work. Nowadays however, the spider will get very angry and you’ll fall through the rankings faster than a drunk on a Friday evening.

Relevant -

Your second main word of the day, relevant. Alongside quality, it’s the word you need to keep in the forefront of your mind.

Everything on your site has to be relevant to the theme of your site. If it’s about fishing tackle, don’t start writing articles about your favourite cars. It confuses the users and it confuses the spider, and they don’t like that.

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Blogs -

Learn to love blogs.

They are the SEO’s main source of power and allow a site to be built out with quality and relevant content (those words again) which the search engine spiders like.

Link Building -

The World Wide Web is a giant network so it figures that the more connected you are (as in life), the more popular you are and the more worthy in the eyes of the search engines. And popularity on the web is denoted by links.

The more links, the more popular, until naughty uber-SEO experts dreamt up ways of creating thousands of links, from irrelevant sites, which really annoyed the search engines. So use this offsite SEO tactic with care – all roads don’t lead to Rome.

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Black Hat -

In the SEO world, being called a Black Hat is not an appreciation of your favourite head gear. It means you have wandered over to the dark side of the art and if you want to be legit, you have to resist.

Listen to Yoda, he knows.

Got any more tips about Google Penguin Update? Please share them in the comments.

Blog Traffic With Social Networking

Increase Your Blog Traffic With Social Networking

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Blog Traffic With Social Networking

If you think you can increase your blog traffic overnight without any solid strategy then let me remind you that it is not that easy. However this has been made considerably less complicated using a Keyword Research, it does not end there. You need to invest a whole lot more hard work and serious effort in order to increase your blog traffic, else if you don’t know where to look and be aimless, it is simply useless.

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1. Get Social With Social Networking Websites -

Social networking sites for example Twitter as well as, Facebook have an incredible number of visitors and users who sign in online on a daily basis and also the figures are continuously growing. And the best part is, these social users visit every single day to update their profiles and other informations, make new buddies, and talk about the latest stuff.

If you are using Facebook and think you can increase your blog traffic then it is essential to create a Fan Page about your blog. It is because you can build your mailing list on your Fan Page. Create a bio about your blog and add your blog url within bio. Add an opt-in box on your Fan Page to provide an e-book. Once you’ve their e-mail address you are able to engage with your readers. Send follow-up useful content material or tips through newsletters or e-book along with your blog url.  It is a terrific way to start conversations and add benefits.

2. Post Ads In Newsletters -

It’s not FREE.

Online newsletters help increase your blog traffic on a daily basis. Take this edge, and purchase a few ads to be posted in the online newsletters.

Nevertheless, the inclination with a few newsletter readers is they simply read over the content and never go through properly. Therefore, you’ll need a vibrant, appealing ad in the newsletter that can catch the attention.

3. Create Free-Based Software To Increase Your Blog Traffic -

You can easily visualize a concept that can be beneficial to other internet marketing dating affiliates, and after that rent a coder to complete the program to suit your needs.

It does not have to be sophisticated or extravagant. You are able to recommend making an expense calculator, or even a fantastic love match ups calculator. Tell to various other affiliates and websites regarding it and next give them a link or encourage them to link back to your blog. Take the advantage of free based software and  increase your blog traffic.

4. Build Downloadable Program -

It is a great idea to build a free program in order to increase your blog traffic. It’s not difficult to make a program in Visual Basic. Make a small but interesting downloadable program and add your links either your newsletter, or your affiliate links, or your own blog. You can even add all of your three links (newsletter+affiliate links+blog).

5. Submit Your Downloadable Program To A Listing That Will Host It -

In order to get superior promotion for your blog, you need to be on the correct path with good strategy. By distributing your free program to software directories such as Softpedia.com, you’re attracting common visitors to your blog.

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6. Create A Attractive, Interesting  Video.

Needless to say, this video should be relevant to your blog niche in some manner. It doesn’t need to be beautiful or elegant. First you need to ensure that you have a working plan for your next strategy, then find few good personalities (or buddies that are good in acting). Next shoot away. Edit your video using Adobe Premiere, or you can go with Windows Movie Maker, and then export the video file in.wmv format.

The .wmv format can be used to upload the video on YouTube.

Now, ensure that you somehow embed the link to your blog in the video itself, or possibly flash it for 10 seconds on the screen prior to the movie ends. Click Here to find a list of some popular video formats that YouTube supports.

Find some good mates and online marketers to share your video with people by adding them on their blogs. If it is actually interesting, people might get fascinated with it, and be inspired to explore the blog where it started.

7. Add Your Signature -

Include a signature to every single email that you send. Whether it is delivered to your readers, customers, staff or anyone else.

So now you might think why should I add a signature at the end of  an email? For a very important factor, it’s a regular indication of your blog to the people you send your emails to. Not only this, it offers people a link to click on, making it simpler to allow them to access your blog. And final, it can  increase your blog traffic.

8. Think Viral -

Wow you have written a useful e-book for your readers? Think viral! I hope you know how a simple computer virus spread, you should also think of some smart techniques to get people  to anticipate products from you.

Think, you released an e-book. Ensure your e-book is just Volume One to a number of other e-books that you may send later on. This boosts expectation.

9. Add An “Add to Favorites” And “Email this page to a friend” Links To Allow  Them To Quickly Share Your Posts -

The “Add to Favorites“ button allow readers to include your URL immediately to their favorite pages with a single click. Even though the “email this page to a friend“ makes it possible to quickly link and share your blog to their family and friends who might be curious about your blog, services or products.

10. Allow Others To Write About You -

Is your “About Us“ or “About Me” page dull and ugly? If yes, discard it and create a brand new, totally attractive one.

You need to write normal and basic information that a different blog writer or publisher might need for their blog posts. Additionally you need to ensure that your contact details are up to date.

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Got any more tips how you can increase your blog traffic? Please share them in the comments.