Have you discovered the “magic” you can do in WordPress to shorten, track, and brand the links you share? Short links make URLs easier to share and remember. They fit in tweets and share easily via email. Short links take this: http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=291674&u=468400&m=31479&urllink=&afftrack= And turn it into this: http://michelleshaeffer.com/go/premise Isn’t that better? It’s easy to share [...]
After a couple years of blogging, I’m getting slightly better at predicting which of my posts will be the bigger “hits” with you. But sometimes my predictive powers aren’t… well, let’s just say I haven’t unlocked the “psychic” level yet. What You Can Learn From Your Most Popular Posts (and the Ones That Flopped) I’ve [...]
Has your inbox been going as crazy as mine has this weekend with Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals? Wow. Insane. Save some time – here are the best of the best of the deals I’ve spotted for bloggers and online entrepreneurs this weekend. Blog Themes and Plugins StudioPress Themes & Genesis Framework My favorite [...]
Looking for an easier way to keep up with the blogs you enjoy? Subscribing by email can work but often my favorite blogs get lost amidst the phalanx of spam, marketing emails, and craziness that is my inbox… (Side note: Yes, I am comparing it to an army ready to attack, today that’s quite the [...]
Do you struggle to build your list quickly, get known as fast as you want to, and sell your products or services? What difference could it make for your business if you knew how to get more traffic to your website on a more consistent basis? I’m putting together a brand new training that will [...]
Short links are all the rage on sites like Twitter. Are you curious why people use short links? Or wondering how to create them yourself? Short links take this: http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=291674&u=468400&m=31479&urllink=&afftrack= And turn it into this: http://michelleshaeffer.com/go/premise Isn’t that better? Why Use a “Short” Link? Short links make URLs easier to share and remember. They [...]
Today’s guest post is by Susan Joy Schleef of Presentations with Results, Inc. Follow these brilliant 13 steps along the yellow brick road to success with webinars (steps 9 and 10 are often overlooked keys to success and 13 will help boost attendance and get your attendees so much better results)! Do you want to [...]
Wondering how you can get in on the infographic craze and create your own snazzy infographics to share? I promised to share with you how I created the “Why Should You Join the Ultimate Blog Challenge?” infographic I shared on my blog over the weekend. So here it is. No photoshop. No stock photography sites. [...]
Guest Post by Shelley Webb of OnTheWebbSocialMedia.com I wanted to introduce you to a cool new tool that you can use to maximize the time you spend marketing or promoting your blog. It can also do many OTHER things too. It’s called ifttt (if this then that) and could very well become my favorite new tool. Although still [...]
Is it Time for a Blog Shopping Spree?
What’s your favorite thing to spend money on? The entire inventory of ThinkGeek.com? New shoes? I’m guessing “blog” might not make that shopping spree list. But investing in your blog is an investment in it’s success and in the future of your business. If you’re wondering what I spend money on for my own blog, [...]