Social media is a big deal in the marketing industry. It provides an avenue to network with like minded people, share quality content and can even build a customer base for buying your products. There seems to be one major problem occurring on social media venues lately, however. That problem is lack of socializing with your following!
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5 Free Tools to Boost Traffic!!!
There are tons of tools available for boosting web traffic out there. Many of them are paid tools; however, there are several free tools available to you. Below are five free apps that will help to achieve that boost:
3 Infographics to Make You a Better Blogger
Infographics are a great resource to utilize for painting a clearer picture of the information you are outlining within an article. Below are three infographics that I believe will be helpful for you, in becoming a better blogger.
#1- The 6 Elements of a Powerful Blog Post
In an infographic created by Neil Patel, of Quicksprout, the six elements that make a blog post more powerful are outlined for us neatly. The points I loved most in this helpful tool were these facts: “articles with images get 94% more views” and “around 175,000 blogs are added to the internet daily.” While I have incorporated the image statistics in previous articles, the new daily blog count number was a new statistic for me. It really puts in perspective, the importance of marketing your content and implementing proper SEO.
The 5 C’s of Content Marketing
Content marketing is a critical part of your business plan. By producing good, quality content to your website, you create traffic, backlinks and conversions. Below are the five C’s to content marketing:
1. Carefully
What does carefully mean with regards to content marketing? It’s simple. Don’t plagiarize other people’s content. Of course, there are a hundred different writing approaches you can use to tackle the same topic. Checking out your competitor’s blogs and writing within the same realm of a topic they have written about, is a valid tool in producing quality, competitive content. However, in the interest of: being unique, being creative and being professionally courteous, it is imperative that you don’t adhere to a copy paste job.