Articles by Guest Author
Blogging Platform Ghost Could Start A RevolutionThe Ghost blogging platform shows a live preview next to the editor and runs on Node.js. A look at its features, plus doubts whether bloggers will switch.
- Building Community While Letting Them Play: Gaming Dynamics For Community Building
How game dynamics build community online or at work: set teams, offer rewards, use points and badges, put up a leaderboard and announce challenges.
- Calling Out A Scammer
A true story about calling back a phone scammer posing as a federal marshal, plus a comment on why businesses need to work on building trust.
- Can You Make Money Online By Starting With No Money
Is it possible to make money without even spending a cent? You bet. But there are secrets that can propel your business to heights you’ve been dreaming of in a shorter amount of time. What are those secrets? Join Willie as he explores three ways to make money online and listen as he reveals what it will take you to be successful.
- Competitive Analysis - Reading Your Online Reviews Is Not Enough!
Your competitors' online reviews show what customers like and miss about them. How to analyze and track competitor reviews, websites and review profiles.
- Controversy In Copywriting - A Few Shocking Examples
Controversial copywriting can offend customers or spark discussion. Three shocking examples: Spirit Airlines, Love's Baby Soft and an old Fairy Soap ad.
- Convincing Small Businesses To Start Using Responsive Web Design
How web designers can talk small business clients into responsive web design: check mobile numbers, solve screen size issues and point to the future.
- Cool Ways To Customize Your Facebook Page
Ways to make your Facebook page stand out: create custom tabs, add video, generate leads with forms, engage fans with polls and sell deals on your page.
- Create An SEO Strategy For 2014 That Will Work
Since Panda and Penguin, SEO needs quality content and quality links. Why that costs more, and why such an SEO strategy for 2014 pays off in the long run.
- Dead Simple Steps To Making Your Website Content Go Viral...
Why written content rarely goes viral and what helps: strong headlines, a powerful intro, hot topics, support from niche celebrities, video and audio.
- Do You Want To Be Rich?
Good content can make you money. Three qualities Google Panda rewards: content that is unique and not spun, interesting enough to share, and useful.
- EdgeRank: What Facebook's New Algorithm Means For Your Business Page
Facebook's news feed algorithm goes beyond EdgeRank and treats boring updates as spam. Post original content on a schedule and earn Story Bumps.
- Emotions Can Make Sales!
How come that some marketing strategies work effectively in promoting common products while the conventional and logical approach lags behind? The answer lies in the kind of marketing method that creates an appeal to the subconscious or emotion of people. Read John Delavera's article about how emotions can make sales and get his free 88 page blueprint, jam packed with internet marketing wisdom.
- Expats And Social Media
How Facebook, blogs, forums and Skype changed expat life, from keeping in touch with home to researching a new country, with a comment on meetup.com.
- Exploring The Five Top Benefits Of Email Marketing
Email marketing saves time, builds your standing with customers, reaches them in real time, collects data and lets you restart contact with silent clients.
- Facebook Edgerank - Removing The Shroud Of Secrecy
How the Facebook EdgeRank algorithm uses affinity, weight and time decay to rank posts, plus five tips to increase the reach of your Facebook Page posts.
- Facebook Games To Pep Up Your Facebook Page
Fan-gated Facebook game apps like Scratch and Win and Pick One bring fans back to your page with prizes. Custom games let you add your own branding.
- Five Artists That Got Famous Using Social Media
How Justin Bieber, the Gregory Brothers, Greyson Chance, Maria Aragon and Maria Black got famous through YouTube and Twitter, and what it means for you.
- Five Considerations For Enhancing SEO Of Videos
Five ways to improve the SEO of your videos: keyword-rich file names, good tags, a video sitemap, accurate captions or transcripts, and shares and likes.
- Five Free Video Editing Tools
Five free video editing tools compared, from Windows Movie Maker and VSDC Video Editor to Wax for special effects, Freemake Video Converter and Lightworks.
- Five Reasons To Professionalize Your Business’ Facebook Page
Five reasons to professionalize your business Facebook page, from SEO-friendly About text and reputation management to engagement and local reviews.
- Five Tips For Home Service Businesses To Effectively Content Market
Five content marketing tips for home service businesses like landscaping: start a blog, add videos, offer value, be realistic and entertain.
- Free Online Marketing Methods That Have Nothing To Do With Social Media
Free ways to market your business online without social media: article marketing, guest blogging, directories, forum and blog comments and classifieds.
- Generating Website Traffic W Automated Video Submissions P1
What is the secret in getting to that prized first page ranking in Google or Yahoo? Have you tried anything and everything just for a chance at that top spot? Are you still baffled as to what you really need to do to have a higher page rank? Well, look no further because Willie Crawford is here to lend you a hand. There is something that always works out for him. Now, he wants to share it with you. All he ask is for you to listen for a bit and use what he will reveal for your own success.
- Generating Website Traffic With Automated Video Submissions (Part 2)
Do you need more traffic to your site? Article marketing, blogs, forums, classified ads…..the list goes on and on and on. There are so many strategies you can utilize to gain traffic but not all will work. Sadly, that’s a truth we can’t ignore. But in this article, Willie Crawford shares his secret to help you gain the amount of traffic you want and you need. There are keys to achieving success, and now, you’ll know one of them.
- Get Mobile With Your Marketing - Using QR Codes On Cars
QR codes on cars are a marketing idea few competitors use. They raise exposure, hold more data than a business card and reach drivers stuck in traffic.
- Getting More Fans By Promoting Your Facebook Page
Free ways to promote your Facebook page: cross promotion, your email signature, website buttons, @mentions, your online bio and sharing quality content.
- Grow Your Business with Triberr: #1 Networking
Part 1 of the Triberr series shows how a tribe in your niche brings support, confidence, connections and new opportunities to your online business.
- Grow Your Business with Triberr: #2 Massive Reach
Part 2 of the Triberr series explains reach. When your tribe shares your posts, your Twitter reach multiplies and brings exposure, followers and offers.
- Grow Your Business with Triberr: #3 Increase Your Credibility
Part 3 of the Triberr eSeries. How a Triberr tribe helps you build credibility, gain leads and support your customer base with help from tribe mates.
- Grow Your Business with Triberr: #4 Mentors and Leaders
Part 4 of the Triberr series on finding mentors and leaders in your niche. What makes a good mentor, and why other leaders strengthen your network.
- Grow Your Business with Triberr: #6 Influence Marketing
Part 6 of the Triberr series explains influence marketing and brand ambassadors, and how Triberr campaigns and a niche network help brands notice you.
- Grow Your Business with Triberr: #7 Twitter Success and Sponsored Tweets
Part 7 of the Triberr series shows how Triberr and Twitter work together, why unsponsored tweets matter and how you can earn with sponsored tweets.
- Grow Your Business with Triberr: #8 Coaching Tool
Part 8 of the Triberr series shows how private tribes work as a coaching tool, from running a free coaching group to collecting testimonials afterwards.
- Guest Blogging isn't Really Free: It's Huge Work but Totally Worth It! [Free eBook]
Guest blogging pays off when you host talented writers, share their posts and keep working with them. Accepting guest posts just for free content is risky.
- Holistic Measures Can Lead To Sales Results
John Delavera had been an icon not just because of his success but also because of what he has to share for you. In this concise article, he talks about the real way to success and. Learn the simple secret that he reveals and start enjoying better and higher revenues
- How Any Internet Marketer Can Make $10,000 NEXT Weekend
Imagine sharing your knowledge to people who need it and earning thousands of dollars at the same time. You think it’s impossible? Well, think again. There are a lot of ways to gain success in the internet marketing world. But what is it that separates a zero from a hero? Willie Crawford, in this lucrative article, shows you what it really means to be a successful internet marketer. Revel, as probably the best way you can earn $10,000 in a single week unfolds right before your very eyes in this article.
- How Can Businesses Use Twitter During A PR Crisis
How your business can use Twitter in a PR crisis: monitor brand mentions, train your staff, link to a full response and build a community in advance.
- How Close To Home Should You Look For A Web Designer?
Why a local web designer you can meet face to face helps with clear navigation, a site that speaks to logic and emotion, and ongoing updates and SEO.
- How Do I Get Better At Networking?
Tips for new entrepreneurs to network better: set small goals, prepare for each event, listen more than you talk, practice your pitch and follow up.