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Progress Needs an Audience

Welcome back!There’s more than one reason to avoid dating your posts. It helps you feel less guilty when you get distracted and don’t post for quite a while.
Yep, I’m feeling guilty. Especially since we all know quite well how important consistent communication is in relationship marketing. 
So here are a couple of quick notes, [...]

6 Keys to a Successful Blog Post

What #blogoff2 is Teaching Bloggers
There are dozens of posts for Blog Off 2. Some have zero comments while others are well into double digits. Why is that?
Let’s take a look at 6 things the most popular posts are doing so you can put them to use for yourself. Each of these posts has:

An Attention [...]

6 Keys to a Successful Blog Post

There are 6 elements every blog post must have to be successful. Read on as Conrad Hall, author of Friends, Followers and Customer Evangelists, shows you what they are and how to use them.

Community Building with Competition

Today kicks off the second annual Blog Off competition at Community Marketing Blog.
Andrew Ballenthin, the founder and organiser, tells me there are 20 confirmed competitors and maybe a couple late comers. There is one person from Huffington Post competing, another newbie (Sam Diener) who has been blogging for just a few months – he’s already [...]

Better Blogging – Day 20 of the 31 Day Challenge

The editorial calendar says I’m supposed to write about “copywriting – editorial vs. promotional.”
I like that topic, and it’s important – but it’s either happening after lunch or getting pushed to tomorrow. (Gee, it’s nice being your own editor!)
Why? Because Day 20 of 31DBBB is about Leaving Comments on Other Blogs.
When I read this through,two [...]

Growing Your Blog – Day 14 of the 31 Day Challenge

Growth means change and things are changing at The Marketing Spotlight. Accepted by Technorati and Morgan James Publishing in the same week.

Improve Your Blog with People Watching – Day 13 of the 31 Day Challenge

Everyone can serve as an example – all you have to do is watch and learn. So visit a mall and see how much you learn about making your customers happy.

Your Editorial Calendar – Pt 2 of 2 – Day 12 of the 31 Day Challenge

It feels good to see the changes happening. A year from now, this blog will be much better in content, the plugins being used, and the amount of traffic it draws.
Can you imagine how good it feels to write that with confidence?
I was sitting at breakfast this morning and thinking about The Marketing Spotlight. Imagine [...]

Your Editorial Calendar – Pt 1 of 2 – Day 11 of the 31 Day Challenge

This post was actually supposed to be done yesterday, but I got so wrapped up in the exercise for Day 11 that I completely forgot to write the post!
The exercise got me thinking about who are you – my readers? What do you want to read, and what do you need to read?
Terry Dean says [...]

Forums & Discussions – Are you wasting your time? – Day 9 of the Challenge

Hi,
How much time are you wasting on forums and discussions?
The activity for Day 9 is to join a forum and participate. That got me looking at the groups (forums) I belong to through LinkedIn and Facebook. It was a surprise to see how short the list is.
There are 8 groups on LinkedIn and 5 on [...]


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