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Hi! I’m Lori Ballen.
I started Ballen Blogger to help others learn about the process of starting and growing a blog. Blogging has been a large part of the success of my multiple businesses. From catering to real estate to coaching and affiliate marketing, it all comes down to content and influence.
Here, you’ll learn the basic strategies to advanced methods of working with a blog designed to rank on the search engines and perform well on social media channels.
You’ll learn how to create lead magnets, make offers, and build a tribe. Remember, the key to success is in massive action!
Happy Blogging!
Table of contents
Affiliate Programs
Blogging
27 Ways To Get Traffic to a Blog: The Ultimate Guide to Promote Your Blog
Get traffic to your new blog in the same day using these 27 ways to generate traffic to a new blog.
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How to Highlight In Google Docs
While it used to take several steps including add-ons to highlight in Google Docs, it’s now easy using the editor.
Product Analytics 101: How to Measure the Performance of Your E-Commerce Store’s Products
Some products will perform better than others. With product analytics, you can identify weak points within your e-commerce store’s product lineup so that you improve them.
How To Add Fonts to Canva
8 Tips For Getting More Followers on Poshmark
There are many ways to increase sales on Poshmark. It’s essential to build more followers on Poshmark to give yourself credit as a seller. Following these 8 strategies, you’ll be gaining more Poshmark followers, and converting more sales in no time!
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5 Top Benefits of Content Marketing for Growing Your Business
Are you on the fence as to whether it will work for you? Here are five top benefits of content marketing that will convince you of its multiple advantages.
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How To Remove The Background From a Photo Using Canva
With Canva it’s easy to remove a background from a photo. Simply add a photo to your new design, click effects, and then Remove Background. Yep, it’s that easy.
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30 Blogging Tips For Creating and Growing the Best Blog
Hi! I’m Lori Ballen and I’ve been blogging since AOL first said: “You’ve Got Mail”. I know, I know! In this guide, I’ll share my top blogging tips to help you grow your blog. Set yourself up for blog success right here while learning how to build, grow, and monetize a blog.
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A List Of The Best Virtual Assistance Services For Bloggers
Virtual assistant companies can help to lighten your load. We’ve tracked down some of the top virtual assistance services that service the U.S.
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The Ultimate List Of Blogging Templates
For many bloggers, knowing what to create, and how to create it, stops them from moving forward. Blog post templates can be implemented to solve this challenge. This list of blog templates will change the way you build your content calendar. Save time while creating a user-friendly, proven method to blogging.
Your Guide To Choosing a High-Quality Web Hosting Service
Starting a Blog is one the most rewarding way to advertise your brand. Although bloggers tend to be overwhelmed when launching a new website, it is not as hard as you think. Here’s a guide on the right blog host companies to help you choose the right host for your blog.
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9 Answers to Beginning Blogger’s Questions [Video]
Recently, I was on Youtube looking at blogger’s income reports. I stumbled across a brand new blogger announcing her new blogging venture. As a beginning blogger, she had a list of things she doesn’t understand. I made a video responding to the 9 questions and gave my best answers.
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PayKickstart Review
PayKickstart is a feature-rich shopping cart platform perfect for individuals and businesses alike, but how does it measure up to the competition?
Models of Success [College Reaction Video]
Finding models of success to use as a foundation for your own goals, is key. Watch this college reaction and listen to how she followed models to get into her dream college.
Best Dropshipping Suppliers [For 2021]
Choosing the best dropshipping suppliers for your ecommerce is essential. Your brand reputation depends on great products, great service, and great shipping. Here’s a list of dropshipping suppliers and resources to get your ecommerce business growing.
ThriveCart Review
ThriveCart is a new shopping cart software that checks all the boxes for most companies. Rated a 4.6 out of 5 stars, ThriveCart offers the benefit of being a multi-featured software option that integrates with all major platforms.
15 Content Marketing Tools For Every Blogger
Here are some tools to guide you through your content creation and marketing process, from coming up with ideas for distributing your message to your target audience.
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3 Types Of Blogs That Make Money
There are particular niches and types of blogs that make money easier than others. Imagine earning money writing about topics that you are passionate about.
Is Canva Pro Worth It?
Anyone who has been using Canva probably knows that this is one of the best tools available for creating digital designs; however, Canva comes in both free and pro versions. Therefore, plenty of people who wonder whether or not Canva Pro is worth it. There are a few important points to keep in mind.
5 Things You Must Know About Blogging in 2022
Before diving into blogging as a new adventure, or continuing to grow a blog you already have, take a look at these 5 things you must know about blogging in 2021.
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8 Ways to Determine if a Blog Topic is Rank-Worthy
Ranking on the search engines in 2021 is much more challenging than any year before. When you properly determine if a blog post can rank on Google using the right research and apply proper on-page and off-page SEO (search engine optimization), you might just rank in a position that generates traffic to your website.
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10 Mistakes Amateur Bloggers Should Avoid
Blogging is a time-tested digital marketing tactic that, when performed correctly by an amateur blogger or pro blogger, can help your business generate more leads and sales. As you fill your business’s blog with high-quality posts, it will become a valuable resource for prospective customers.
10 Reasons Why Your Marketing Emails Are Getting Flagged as Spam
Here are ten common mistakes that will get your marketing emails falling into the spam abyss.
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The Best of Ballen Blogger
Enjoy the best of lists on Ballen Blogger. Best software, best affiliate programs, best software and more
Pitch Deck Templates
Match your perfect pitch with an outstanding pitch deck presentation created from professionally designed templates easily customizable, and free! Check out Canva for free pitch desk templates and examples.
How to Create Curved Text in Canva
Applying Marie Kondo’s Decluttering Ideas to Your Business
In many ways, small businesses deal with clutter just as homes do. If you are in charge of a small business, there are ways that you can apply the KonMari approach to it for better business and sales health overall. What follows are tips.
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8 Easy E-Commerce Rules for Posting Persuasive Product Descriptions
How can you encourage online consumers to fill their shopping carts with your merchandise? Writing detailed, optimized product descriptions is the answer.
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Experian Repair
Experian is another major player in the credit repair world, as one of the three credit bureaus people use to get their credit report and credit score from.
Print On Demand
Selling merchandise is big business. In 2017, the Global Licensed Merchandise Market was valued at $105 billion. That number is projected to rise nearly four-fold by 2023, with a continued annual growth rate of 25 percent.
5 Ways to Make Money Blogging.
If you are blogging on a regular basis, you might want to know how to make money with your blog. Many bloggers have figured out ways to monetize their blog as a supplemental income or as a full-time income. This article will give you ideas on how to make money with your blog.
Sell on Zazzle
You can sell your artwork on everything from t-shirts to sneakers without ever carrying inventory or dealing with customers using Print on Demand (POD). Here’s How.
WooCommerce Vs. Shopify: A Detailed Comparison
My 2 cents is this: If you want an easy to set up shop and don’t plan to build content assets like blogs, Shopify is probably for you. If you like WordPress and prefer to own your own platform, I’d go WordPress with WooCommerce.
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Get Paid to Blog (9 Websites that Pay Writers)
Blogging is a great way to supplement your income and, in some cases, make a full-time living. However, with so many websites on the market, it can seem a daunting proposition.
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Email Marketing Software
I’ve used so many email marketing software over the years. I’ve realized that it’s not one size fits all. In fact, I’ve had to make changes based on the business and needs at the time. Take a look at this list of email marketing software and find the one that works for you. Take trials wherever you can.
What is Proofread Anywhere?
If you want to become a professional proofreader, you can take the course Proofread Anywhere. In this article, we review the Proofread Anywhere course.
How to Make an App
Does your small business have an app? If not, it’s time that you created one. Here’s how to get started.
What is SamCart?
Even though SamCart is an outstanding option that works great for multiple businesses, there are other options as well. Compare the benefits and drawbacks of each before investing in this product.
ZenBusiness Review: The Best LLC Formation Service?
Planning to start your own company? The formation process can be very tedious and technical – you should hire an online LLC formation service like ZenBusiness instead! Read more about ZenBusiness here!
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7 Popular Excel Alternatives
Are you tired of using Microsoft Excel and want a spreadsheet program that offers more? Here are some alternatives to Excel.
How to Sell on Etsy in 2021 [Tutorial]
With Etsy, you can sell your art, crafts, and vintage goods internationally. Get the scoop on how to get started as a seller in this unique marketplace.
How to SEO Amazon Product listings
If you are working with Amazon Product Listings you’ll want to follow this guide to supercharge the SEO
Getting Started With Your Own Travel Blog Has Never Been Easier
A travel blog is not unlike any other blog where you create content around a particular niche. A Travel blog can be a hobby, something that helps earn you free travel and supports your lifestyle, or a blog that actually earns you an income. Here’s how to start a Travel Blog.
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Can Typos and Grammar Errors on your Blog Posts Affect Search Rankings?
Whether you’re writing an article, a blog post, a product description or any other type of digital content, you should use caution to ensure it’s free of typos and errors before publishing it on your website.
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Marketing Tools
In this guide, you’ll find almost any marketing tool you will need for growing your blog, website, or online store. You’ll find automation tools, posting tools, promotional tools, money-making tools, SEO tools and so much more.
What Are Web Push Notifications and How Can They Benefit Your Website?
Web push notifications allow you to increase visitor engagement so that users are more active while on your website.
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7 Lucrative Online Businesses You Can Start for Cheap
If you want to see significant returns but can’t make a substantial investment, here are seven lucrative business ideas with low startup costs.
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Blog Post Ideas for 2021 [by niche]
This list of blog ideas for 2021 can get you on your way to creating great content for your blog.
Lifestyle Blog Ideas
A Lifestyle blog is any type of blog about life, hobbies, family, travel and so forth. Here are some lifestyle blog ideas for you to explore. It’s not too late to start a blog. That being said, if it isn’t something you are passionate about, you may not get to blogging very often. This is why many choose to start a Lifestyle Blog.
Email Marketing: How to Optimize Email Preheaders for Higher Open Rates
You can increase your open rates through preheader optimization. This article explains how to optimize email preheaders to increase open rates.
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The Best Facebook Groups for Bloggers
Many Facebook groups for bloggers offer you ample opportunities to promote your blog while supporting your peers. Learn how to grow your blog, earn more money, and make new friends. Here are the best Facebook groups for bloggers.
How to Create the Perfect Order Confirmation Email for Your E-Commerce Website
This guide will help you craft the perfect order confirmation email for your e-commerce website.
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How To Become A Food Blogger
Food Bloggers love WordPress! WordPress is a blogger dream for the growth capabilities, functionality, design and SEO elements. Whether your goal is to rank on the search engines for recipes, drive traffic to your food blog through Pinterest, or cook up a social media strategy, you’ll love these foodie themes!
7 Steps to Great Content Strategy
You aren’t generating too much user interaction, and the comments section on most of your posts is empty. If any of this sounds familiar, you need to change the way you create great content.
How To Write a Blog Post in WordPress
This article will show you exactly how to write a post in WordPress using the current Gutenberg editor with Content Blocks. This method works the same way for pages on your WordPress Website. The only variation will be in the sidebar options.
Blogger’s Income Report
While sharing income makes one very vulnerable, I am a teacher first above all other things. I’m passionate about sharing what works so that people can adopt and follow a model that works for them. Here is my blogger’s Income Report for August 2020.
The Best Fitness Blogs
Whether you want bulging biceps or superhuman endurance, here are some ofo the best fitness blogs to help you every step of the way.
How to Create a Blog Planner
Your online business or blog will benefit greatly from a personalized blog planner. Here is a step-by-step guide on creating your ideal blog planner to help you in being a more successful blogger.
How To Come Up With a Blog Name
Building a great blog starts with finding a perfect name. Click here to find the best ways of naming your blog!
How To Make a Website To Sell: Exploring eCommerce
Today, just about anyone can make a website to sell items. However, those who would like to monetize their website need to make sure they select the right theme, pick the right hosting service, the right eCommerce solutions, and consider search engine optimization.
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How to Grow Your Business Online
You’ve got to learn how to grow your business online. Whether you’ve got a brick-and-mortar business or one that’s on the internet, whether you’ve been in business for years or are new to making money on the web, your goal is to attract prospects, leads, customers, and clients to your website and to your business.
Blogging Tips for Beginners
Here are a few blogging tips for beginners. Starting a blog can feel like a mind-boggling experience. You may be chomping at the bit to get your blog off the ground, build a following, and earn a return on your investment.
Food Blogger Web Design – Recipe Blogger Theme for WordPress
If your food blog is looking a bit tired or outdated, you may be in the market for a new design. Recipe Blogger Theme for WordPress might be a solution for you. This guide will teach you how to set up the Food Blogger WordPress Theme.
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How Does an Ads.txt File Work When Selling Ad Inventory on Your Website?
Whether you sell ad inventory through AdSense or any other network, you should use an ads.txt file.
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White Label vs Private Label: Which Type of Products Should Your E-Commerce Website Sell?
You don’t have to manufacture your e-commerce website’s products in-house. You can source white label or private label products.
What Is SamCart?
SamCart is a checkout platform that uses conversion-optimized checkout templates along with several added features, including order bumps, one-click upsell options, and a wide variety of payment methods that help small business owners maximize the profits they make from every sale.
Shopify SEO: How to Optimize Your Shopify Store for Higher Search Rankings
While Shopify offers all the necessary features for building and managing a successful store, it still requires search engine optimization (SEO).
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Blog Inspiration
You have set up a blog, chose a niche, learned how to blog, and even mastered Pinterest. And every now and then, it’s just good to feel inspired! Here is some blog inspiration to feed your soul today, and every day.
50 Questions To Ask Yourself To Learn Your True Passion, Desires, and Direction
These thought-provoking questions can be life-changing if you truly spend some time in the answers. They can guide you to where you should be and go in your life.
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9 Ways Email and Text Can Go Wrong, and How to Avoid These Mistakes
People working from home during a pandemic can find themselves communicating mostly digitally, with little opportunity for in-person interaction to smooth the rough edges of the short, abrupt messages that often get sent around.
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Microsoft 365 Vs Google G Suite
Microsoft 365 Versus Google G Suite: Which Office Productivity Product Should Your Business Use?
9 Super Simple Ways to Make Your Blog Posts More Readable
Building a successful blog requires more than just publishing high-quality content. While relevant and in-depth content is essential, it’s only useful if visitors can easily read it.
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How to Create Click-Worthy Subject Lines for Email Marketing Campaigns
The subject line is a critically important element of commercial emails. When you send an email to your subscribers, they’ll probably look at the subject line to decide whether to open it.
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Blogger vs. WordPress
If you are looking to start a blog, then you will notice that you have plenty of options from which to choose. Two of the most popular options are WordPress and Blogger. Let’s Compare.
Business Planning
Canva
Coupons
Email Marketing
Landing Pages
Marketing Tools
Iphone Wallpaper
Halloween Wallpaper
Enjoy these fun haunts for your phone. Change your screensaver or background on your iPhone or smartphone to one of these fun Halloween designs.
Cute iPhone Wallpaper and Backgrounds
Wanting some cute wallpaper backgrounds for your iPhone? Here, you can Save each wallpaper as a pin on Pinterest to use later. To save a wallpaper on your iPhone, tap and hold the photo you like and save it to your photos.
Best Valentines Day iPhone Backgrounds and Wallpaper
Grab these adorable Valentine’s iPhone Backgrounds and Best Valentines Day Wallpaper for February or anytime you have Love on Your Mind!
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Podcasts
The Ultimate Guide To Creating Professional Podcast Intros On Any Budget
Your new podcast NEEDS a killer intro, but they can be hard to build from scratch. This guide gives you the inside info you need to succeed!
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How to Name Your Podcast.
Here is how to develop a great podcast name in minutes that will be effective for your show.
SEO
Google My Business: Get more customers with the #1 Local SEO Tool
Adding your business to Google maps gives customers another way to find you.
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SEO Content Template For Creating Blogs To Rank On Google
In this SEO Content Writing Tutorial, we will use the SEO Content Template in SEMrush. It is one of the best tools to use before you create a blog post. If your goal is to rank on the search engines, the SEO Content Template can show you the competition and guide you in making the best page.
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How To Do An SEO Audit on your Website in 2021
An SEO Audit helps you find technical SEO issues. Fixing these issues can improve your chances of ranking higher on Google. Here’s how to do an SEO Audit on your website.
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How to Set Up and Use Google Search Console (GSC) With Your Website
Formerly branded as Google Webmaster Tools, GSC is a free web-based analytics tool offered to webmasters that provides insight into a website’s performance on Google.
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8 Ways to Determine if a Blog Topic is Rank-Worthy
Ranking on the search engines in 2021 is much more challenging than any year before. When you properly determine if a blog post can rank on Google using the right research and apply proper on-page and off-page SEO (search engine optimization), you might just rank in a position that generates traffic to your website.
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What Are Google Answer Boxes?
Also known as featured snippets, answer boxes are unique, large organic listings displayed at the top of the search engine result pages (SERPs).
How Does Yelp Work?
As a small business owner, it is crucial to understand the question, “how does Yelp work,” and how companies can use this to bring in more customers.
The Top 5 Misconceptions about Google’s PageRank
Google’s PageRank calculates how credible and essential a web page is by looking at the page’s backlinks.
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Social Media: How Does It Affect Your Site’s SEO Performance?
There’s a strong connection between SEO ranking and social media. Thanks to its dynamic growth, social SEO is a powerful marketing tool. Focus on creating quality content, schedule your posts, be consistent, and use paid promotion.
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Google Analytics
Google Analytics can you see what content is performing well on your blog. It can help you find slow pages, underforming pages, and track user activity. Here is a step by step tutorial on installing Google Analytics on your blog.
Dwell Time Optimization: How to Keep Visitors on Your Website
While backlinks are undoubtedly important, Google and Bing use hundreds of other ranking signals, including dwell time.
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Social Media Strategies
10 Ways to Engage an Audience on Instagram
Today, I will share nine critical points for getting people excited about what you have available on social media sites like Instagram!
How to Change the Background on an Instagram Story
This tutorial will teach you how to customize the background of an Instagram Story by changing the color or switching it out for something else entirely like illustrations!
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How to Change Your Phone Number on Instagram [Video]
Do you want to change your phone number on Instagram? Have you been trying to figure out how and then given up because it seems too difficult? Well, if so, this tutorial is for you!
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Pinterest Keyword Tool and Pinterest Trends Tool
In this digital guide, you’ll learn how to use the Pinterest Keyword Tool as well as the Pinterest Trends Tool.
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How to Turn Off Off-Facebook Activity
In this guide, I’ll show you how to turn off your off-facebook activity to remove personalized history from websites you visit. This will also remove personalized ads, although not all ads.
How to get the most out of LinkedIn Sponsored Content
Learn how to optimize your website for maximum traffic and brand visibility with sponsored content on Linkedin.
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12 Proven Strategies for Instagram: How to Grow Your Business on Instagram
This blog post will cover 12 proven strategies for Instagram that work beautifully for established brands and new companies!
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How Often Should Your Business Post on Social Media?
Social media has become the source of most people’s information nowadays, including politics, news, and business advertisements. Posting on social media through your business can be a fun and creative way to engage with your current and future clients.
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How to Embed an Instagram Feed on your blog or website
Cross-channel promotion is popular. There are many ways to embed an Instagram feed on your blog or website to help drive traffic to your Instagram account. Here’s How.
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Facebook Debugger – How To Get Facebook To Share The Updated Image
Another Ballen Blogger Tutorial! Facebook Debug: How To Get An Updated Blog Image To Share Correctly on Facebook Consider Social Snap for your blog. You can install social tools that allow you to set a Pinterest image, social share image, featured blog image and video for each blog post.
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Pinterest Stories
Pinterest Stories are favored right now in the Pinterest Algorithm. Stories allow you to create a series of up to 20 pins that are cohesive. The pins are generally in the same colors and pattern and showcase pins in a sequence that a visitor can scroll through.
How to Make a Post Shareable on Facebook
When you publish a post on Facebook, you might want to set it in a way that others can share it. The key to making a shareable post on facebook is to post in Public status. You can, however, change this after you create the post. Here’s How.
How to Gain Instagram Followers & Likes
To be successful on Instagram, you need to focus on the two key factors of growth; likes and followers, because without likes and followers, you cannot expect your content to reach those new audiences
What is Clubhouse?
You may have heard of Clubhouse, the hot new social media app that’s all the chatter. Or maybe you haven’t. This article goes over the new Clubhouse Social Media app. Read the article to find information about how it works and the benefits of signing up.
Creating an Effective Facebook Messages Campaign
Facebook Messenger ads are a great way to establish a relationship with potential clients, but they need to be used correctly.
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How to Download Leads From Facebook
Are you struggling to download your leads? Didn’t even know you could download Facebook leads? Let us show you how! (Hint: it’s super easy!)
What is Socialbakers?
Socialbaker’s goal is to analyze the impact of your social media campaigns on your profit goals. You can monitor and benchmark your performance, schedule content, and find your top and worst performing posts.
Social Snap
Social Snap is a Social Media WordPress Plugin. It allows you to install some extra sharing features when adding a new blog post. Before you hit publish, you can add a featured image for Pinterest, For Facebook/LinkedIn/Twitter, add a social video, click to tweet, refresh old posts, and more.
Missinglettr Social Media Posting Tool
Missinglettr is a social media posting tool that sets multiple messages, images, and links to be distributed to LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. Here are 8 things I love about Missinglettr.
What is Crowdfire?
Crowdfire helps you discover and schedule content, and manage all your social accounts from one place. Automatically discover articles and images your audience will love, so you can share them to all your social profiles and keep your timelines buzzing!
What is Tailwind and How Do I Use It?
Twitter SEO: How to Optimize Your Tweets for Higher Search Rankings
With Twitter SEO, you can rank your tweets in Google’s carousel-style box for relevant search queries. More users will see your tweets, thus improving their marketing performance.
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How to Effectively Use the New Scheduling Feature on Twitter
If you haven’t yet used the new scheduling feature on Twitter, you are missing out. Twitter announced that they were testing their tweet scheduling feature. The feature is user-friendly and can enhance your experience on this platform.
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Facebook Ads vs Boosted Posts: What’s the Difference?
When using paid advertising to promote your business on Facebook, you’ll have one of two options: Facebook ads or boosted posts. This guide helps you decide which to use.
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How to Make Money on Instagram
With Instagram’s global audience comes the potential to make a steady income via Instagram. Here are some creative strategies where you can learn how to make money on Instagram.
75 Social Media Engagement Questions
You can ask many great questions to raise engagement rates, build profiles of your audience, and further deepen your relationships with them.
Pinterest For Bloggers
Bloggers are taking advantage of the visual platform Pinterest by creating visually pleasing pins that link back to their blogs. The goal is to gain followers of pinboards as well as rank the pins in a top position similar to Google Search Engine Rankings.
The Types of Facebook Ads to Utilize in 2021
If you want to get the best possible results from your Facebook advertising campaigns in 2021, there are plenty of ads you can use.
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5 Surprising Ideas to Help You Improve Your LinkedIn Profile
The five ideas presented here could give your LinkedIn profile an edge over the competition, with a minimal outlay of time and energy.
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How To Create a Facebook Group For Your Blog
Today, I’m going to show you how to create a Facebook group for growing an audience for your blog niche. This is an incredible way to build some sort of Facebook group with commonalities.
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Brand Advocates vs. Social Media Influencers?
Unfortunately, social media influencers can be expensive and beyond the reach of many small businesses. Enter a viable alternative, the brand advocate.
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Pinterest Best Practices
Pinterest is a blogger’s playground. While waiting to get indexed and ranked by Google, blog traffic can be generated faster with Pinterest. Following Pinterest best practices, and creating fresh pins can drive great returns on time investment.
What Is Meet Edgar?
Subscription Boxes
Witch Subscription Boxes
Witch Subscription boxes are a perfect gift for someone else, or yourself. Choose from one time boxes to monthly crystal subscriptions.
Puzzle Subscription Boxes
Get a fun puzzle subscription box for yourself every month. Stay entertained with this variety of puzzle boxes that are offered as one-time shipments, monthly puzzle subscriptions, and with various prices and sizes.
Crochet Subscription Boxes
Get a gift that the crochet lover in your group will love. Get a one-time crochet gift box or renewing crochet subscription box in various sizes and prices.
CBD Subscription Boxes
Take advantage of the opportunity to send a gift of CBD self-care. Treat yourself to a monthly CBD subscription box and explore the many varieties of CBD products.
Sewing Subscription Boxes
Sewing lovers rejoice! These subscription boxes are for you. Choose a renewing sewing subscription box for yourself, or buy a one-time sewing box as a gift.
Hunting Subscription Boxes
These hunting subscription boxes make a great gift for the hunter in the group. Choose a one-time box purchase, or treat yourself with a renewing monthly subscription.
Dog Mom Box
The perfect box for obsessed dog moms! Includes MUST HAVE items for both the dog mom and the dog!
Disney Subscription Boxes
Disney Gift Ideas are made easy with these Disney Subscription Boxes. Each comes with renewing and non-renewing options, and various size and price ranges.
Coffee Subscription Boxes
If you are looking for the best coffee gift ideas, these coffee subscription boxes are here for the win. Choose one-time box shipments or recurring. Treat yourself or the coffee lover in your group. Enjoy!
Cat Subscription Boxes
Gift Ideas for Cat Lovers are here with these renewing and non-renewing cat subscription boxes. Each box is offered in various price ranges and contents.
Candle Subscription Boxes
If you need gift ideas for the candle lover in your group, you’ve come to the right place. Pick up a renewing candle subscription box or a one-time candle gift box. Have it delivered to your home or theirs.
Art Subscription Boxes and Gift Ideas
If you need gift ideas for the artist in your family, you’ve come to the right place. We have many art subscription boxes to show you which can be renewing or a one time purchase. There are various prices and sizes for each art gift idea.
Baking Gift ideas
Baking gift baskets and subscription boxes can be great gifts for any occasion and for any time of the year. Enjoy browsing these baking subscription boxes and other baking gift ideas.
The Best Succulent Subscription Boxes
These renewing succulent subscription boxes and nonrenewing succulent gift boxes are a perfect surprise for any occasion, and for anyone in your life. Send a pick me up or treat yourself to a subscription box featuring everryone’s favorites: Succulents!
Winedog Subscription Box
Monthly wine-themed box bursting with seasonal excitement for you and your dog to enjoy together!
Pup Mom Crate
Being a Dog Mom is one of the most important jobs in the world! Subscribe today to receive 5-8 dog mom goodies a month! You’ll not only receive cool gifts for yourself, but your pup will get monthly gifts as well!
Dog Subscription Boxes
Spoil your pup on auto-pilot by having a dog subscription box delivered to your doorstep every month.
Mystic Pup Subscription Box
Curated around a positive affirmation, each Mystic Pup box includes 1 natural dog treat, 1-2 dog toys plus 2-3 self-care, spiritual items for you! The goodies for you may include aromatherapy oils, tea, jewelry, books, bath & beauty, candles, incense, home décor, snacks, crystals, and more. Support women-owned businesses & artisans.
Lash Subscription Boxes
Get your lashes delivered to your front doorstep. Each box comes in various sizes, prices, and delivery options. If you are as excited about magnetic lashes as I am, be sure to check out MoxieLash Magnetic Lashes!
Gifts For Introverts
These gifts for introverts come in both subscription boxes and one time gift boxes. Spoil your favorite introvert any time with one of these special gift boxes. These make great monthly subscription boxes for yourself, a friend, client, or family member.
Snack Subscription Boxes
Looking for food and snack subscription boxes? Click here to find the perfect one for you!Looking for food and snack subscription boxes? Click here to find the perfect one for you!
Educational Subscription Boxes
Spark creative minds or find teacher gifts with these educational subscription boxes. Each box has various sizes and price options when you click through to view.
Chocolate Boxes for Gifts and Subscriptions
Give the gift of Chocolate. Pick up a one time Chocolate gift box or choose a renewing subscription. What a treat for someone you love and appreciate, especially you! You deserve it!
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Monthly BBQ Box
Get your BBQ on every month with one of these monthly BBQ Box subscriptions. One time delivery options may also be available depending on the product selection.
Christian Gifts For Women
These boxes make the perfect Christian Gifts For Women. Choose one-time gifts or renewing subscriptions. The Best gifts of faith for believers.
Preschool Subscription Boxes
It’s that time again! Get the kids learning with the best preschool subscription boxes. These activity boxes for preschoolers can help keep kids sharp and growing at home.
Gift Boxes For Men
Men love gifts too! Spoil the men in your life with a one-time gift box or renewable subscription!
Best Subscription Boxes For Women
For Mother’s Day, Her Birthday, Graduation, Anniversary, or just because, these subscription boxes for women will makee her smile! Choose a theme box, summer box, beauty box, baking box or any other of these best subscription boxes for women.
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Best Craft Subscription Boxes
These wonderful craft subscription boxes are sure to please! Surprise a friend or family member with a subscription box or get one for yourself. Who doesn’t love the element of Surprise? Pick up a Craft Subscription box from Cratejoy today.
Webinars
8 Strategies for Planning the Best Time to Host a Webinar
Hosting a successful Webinar is about more than just your content. Find out the best time for a webinar so that your potential viewers never have to miss out!
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5 Ways to Use Webinars in Your Marketing Strategy
When done right, webinars are an excellent way to bring your business to a broad audience, no matter what area you may operate in — B2B (business-to-business), consumer, or anything else.
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EasyWebinar vs. Everwebinar
EasyWebinar vs. Everwebinar – Detailed Breakdown of the Two Best Webinar Tools on the Planet Today!
WordPress
WP Forms with Paypal Integration for the Win!
WordPress has become a favorite platform for bloggers everywhere. And now, you can accept PayPal payments through your WordPress Website easily, using WP Forms.
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10 Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Best Practices for WordPress Websites
If you’re building a WordPress website, you’ll probably want it to rank high in the search results. To rank your WordPress high in the search results, you must optimize it.
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Link Whisper – The Ultimate Link Building Tool
Link Whisper is a great WordPress Plugin designed to improve the internal linking strategy. This can improve the user experience and help you with your SEO. Link Whisper is currently running on this blog and we happen to love it! The 10 sites’ annual license was surprisingly affordable and what we needed for our suite of WordPress websites and blogs.
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What is the difference between a page and a post?
If you’re going to have a blog, you’ll mostly be working in the Posts area of your WordPress dashboard. Posts are your actual blog posts. View them as articles in a newspaper. When you publish a new one, the last one gets pushed down and the new one is at the top and the most recent.
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The Best Booking Plugins For WordPress
Looking for a WordPress booking plugin but have specific needs? We’ve got the top WordPress booking plugins for just about every business out there!
KINSTA VS. WP ENGINE
Are you contemplating WP Engine vs. Kinsta? We broke down the different plans and plan features that each managed WordPress hosting service has to offer.
Youtube Tutorials and Guides
How Many Minutes is 4000 Hours?
This many hours of watch time will allow you to make money through ads on your monetized Youtube Channel.
How to Get Started With TubeBuddy! – YouTube Optimization
In this guide with video tutorials, the creators of Tubebuddy, a tool we love, share the best practices in using their software to optimize YouTube videos and Channels. Learn more about generating leads through Video with these steps.
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How Much Do Youtube Ads Cost?
Anyone who is looking to reach a large target market has to use YouTube as a way to reach their audience. At the same time, many people are wondering how much YouTube ads cost. There are several factors to keep in mind.
How to Block Ads On Youtube
The good news is that there are a few ways to block ads on YouTube. Check out a few of the top options below.
7 Reasons to Create Closed Captions for Youtube Videos
YouTube claims that viewers watch videos with closed captions for 12 percent longer than videos without closed captions. When publishing videos to promote your business on YouTube, you should consider creating closed captions.
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7 Youtube Video Ideas
Eighty-five percent of U.S. adults now watch online videos, according to a report by Statista. You can use this trend to your business’s advantage by creating marketing videos like these Youtube Video Ideas.
Video Topic Ideas For Youtube
In this guide, I share how I use a variety of free and paid SEO Tools for Google and Youtube to discover Video Topic ideas for Youtube.
How Do Youtubers Make Money?
You can earn a small amount or grow your channel to be worth millions of dollars. But how do YouTubers make money? Here’s what you need to know.
How To Be a Youtuber
This guide will show you how to build, grow, and monetize a Youtube Channel.
How to Build An Empire With Youtube Promotion
Gaining more views on your youtube channel is very important as it increases brand awareness and can help your videos rank higher on Youtube’s search engine.
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How to Create Youtube Shorts
With China’s TikTok app banned in India and its unknown fate in other countries like the United States, social media networks like YouTube and Instagram are staking their claim on the short-form video trend. YouTube’s version of small tidbits of video content is called YouTube Shorts, and it’s currently in its beta version.
The Beginner’s Guide to YouTube Bumper Ads
Introduced in 2016, Youtube bumper ads are six-second video ads that automatically play before an organic video.
The YouTuber Dilemma: Should I Have One or Multiple Youtube Channels?
A common question faced by many YouTubers when starting is deciding if they should begin with one channel and put all their content into it, or split it up and have multiple Youtube channels, one for each topic.
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Youtube Partner Program Approved
I did it! I reached my goal of qualifying a 2nd Youtube Channel in less than 6 months. What’s more, is that I was approved just 24 hours after applying for the Youtube Partner Program – During a Pandemic no less! Here’s How I Did it.
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