So you are happily blogging away and now you are finding your content is all over the internet. “Content scraping” can be problematic because: Others are benefiting from publishing after all your hard work You may experience fewer visits to your site, particularly if the scraped content ranks higher than your own Your brand may … Read More
Blogging Strategies
How to Make Your Blog Loved By More Than Just Your Mom
Maybe your blog is new or it’s been around a while, but is it attracting the readership you want? Here are some things to think about to make your blog more popular: 1. Don’t just talk about yourself your company. There’s lots of interesting things that people are doing in your industry. Do you agree … Read More
Create a handwritten signature with a WordPress shortcode
Did you ever want to add a handwritten signature to your posts just like you would when signing a letter? Here’s a nice code snippet to create a “signature” shortcode. First, you have to get a signature image. To do so, scan your signature or create one using your favorite photo editor. Once you have … Read More
SEOing Your Blog with Tags
Blogs are great in attracting search engine indexing because they, by their very nature, are updated often with fresh, relevant content. Beyond implementing the excellent All in One SEO plugin, what else can you do to optimize your blog? Tag your posts. What is a Tag? Tagging allows you to add keywords to your posts. … Read More
Technorati’s Annual State of the Blogosphere Published
Semi-Live Blogging the #bwe08 Keynote
Dave Taylor kicked off BlogWorld Expo’s Executive & Entrepreneur Day keynote earlier and discussed the “State of Blogging and Where It’s Heading.” Here are some of the highlights: Blogging is …. Storytelling (core human need is to communicate) Biased, as nothing is objective All about giving communicators the freedom to experiment and try it out … Read More
ContentRobot’s Affiliate Summit East 08 Experience
The ContentRobot team headed to Boston on Monday to attend the Affiliate Summit East 08 Conference – Shawn Collins and Missy Ward know how to put on a show. We had a great time meeting up with some friends, clients, and colleagues – and we even had time to make some new ones despite being … Read More
What’s Going on With Blogging?
As big advocates of blogging, some of the latest stories about blogging were downright troubling: Forrester’s report that most corporate blogs are “unimaginative failures” Original A-list blogger, Jason Calcanis, announcing he’s quitting blogging in favor of developing an email list Even Problogger recently an a series about “letting your blog go” So, what’s going on? … Read More