Use Hot News to Boost Your Blogging Traffic

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Taking advantage of recent news can be an incredible way to get a lot of traffic to your blog.

Because people often already have very strong positions on certain issues in the news, by positioning yourself alongside that passion you can get a lot of people passing your content around as well as a long of backlinks.

How does this work and how can you take advantage of it? What are a few examples of this technique? Let’s take a look. Read more…

StumbleUpon: A Good Traffic Source?

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For content marketers, StumbleUpon can be a gift or windfall – but it could also be a curse or a total headache.

StumbleUpon can send your site tens of thousands of visitors over the course of a few hours or days. Even if your site is relatively fresh. You don’t need months of building “authority” like you do with Google.

Yet the visitors you get will often be lower quality visitors who stay for shorter periods of time who don’t convert as well.

What is StumbleUpon? Is it right for your site? How do you utilize it? Let’s answer some of these basic questions. Read more…

Troubleshooting: If Your Traffic Starts to Go Down, Here’s What to Do

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Ideally, your website traffic should be consistently growing every day, every month. Unfortunately, that’s just not what happens in the real world.

Sometimes your site(s) will take a dip in traffic. That dip could be temporary, or it could signal a downward trend that you need to do everything in your power to stop.

If you find your traffic going down, here’s how to troubleshoot it. Read more…

How to Run a Great Teleseminar or Webinar

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Teleseminars and webinars are highly versatile tools you can use to build your relationship with your list, increase credibility and ultimately making more sales.

Instead of just sending text emails, teleseminars allows you to build a two-way conversation with your list in a multi-dimensional and interactive way.

Here’s how to run a successful teleseminar. Read more…

Google’s Panda Update and How it Affects You

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As blog owners, writers and content marketers, Google’s new Panda update could have a huge impact on your business.

Google’s Panda update specifically targets how its algorithm evaluates and ranks content websites.

If the Panda update sees your site favorably, you’ll likely see an increase in traffic as competitors are pushed off rankings. If Panda sees you unfavorably, you’ll likely see a dip in traffic, possibly even a complete drop in rankings.

So far, the Panda update is only applied to US searches, but will soon be applied worldwide.

So what is the Panda update, what’s it’s criteria and how might it affect you? Read more…

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