Should I Make An Infographic?

Should I Make An Infographic

Every blog has them, every blog needs them, every blog wants them. What am I talking about? Infographics! What are Infographics? Infographics are not new and have been around for many years. The term Infographic, (short for Information Graphic) is basically a term for a graphical visualization or a representation of data. I bet you have seen many of them going about your day to day business, whether your work be online or offline. People in the online industry tend to be familiar with them … [Read more...]

12 Ways To Increase Exposure For Your New Blog Post

12 Ways To Increase Exposure For Your New Blog Post

“If you build it, they will come” only works with baseball diamonds created out of cornfields in Iowa. It just doesn't have the same impact when you’re talking about trying to promote your new red-hot content for your blog. And even if you already have a dedicated following that are hanging on each and every one of your blog updates, the odds are fantastic that you’d like nothing more than to get even more eyeballs on your pages. More readers equals more influence, and more … [Read more...]

How To Increase Interactivity On Your Facebook Fan Page

Facebook Fan Page

Being able to manage a Facebook fan page effectively in order to make it a useful marketing tool is vital for your brand, company, online business or blog.  There are a number of different things that you can do to improve your Facebook fan page interactivity, which is what we will be looking at in this article. There are many benefits that you can gain by creating a Facebook fan page for your brand, company or blog. Provided, however, that you use this tool correctly, in respect of … [Read more...]

Mobile Marketing: Using Foursquare & Location Data

Foursquare

The results of a good social media marketing campaign can result in reaching millions of people online, resulting in increased referrals and brand recognition. One of the most frequently overlooked portions of a social media marketing campaign is mobile marketing and local search engine marketing. Potential customers are using their smart phones instead of their laptops to search for local businesses. Using sites like Foursquare or certain location data sites can greatly improve the reach of … [Read more...]

Viral Marketing – The Good, The Bad & The Effective

Viral Marketing

Viral marketing is definitely my favourite form on online marketing. The main reason for this is the authenticity of it. If done well, you can be sure that your message was really interesting and relevant for the people that were exposed to it and sharing it with their friends. But like any field of marketing, there are good and bad ways of doing it. So what is considered good viral marketing? Well, in the following post I’ll try to provide a few rules for you to use and show some … [Read more...]

Top 9 Social Marketing Tools

Social Marketing Tools

Social marketing can be an incredibly time consuming task for bloggers who have to juggle several different hats from blogging to networking and promotions. Why not fast track your tasks by using social marketing tools? Over the past few years after social media started taking off, thousands of tools began flooding the market to help you with everything from social monitoring to online storage for your social content. I've narrowed down these tools to bring to you the top 9 social … [Read more...]

Maximizing ROI from Email, Social Media AND Snail Mail Marketing

ROI

Marketing is an important part of any business!  Without it, you will struggle to build brand identity, drive traffic to your business and ultimately sell your products/services to your customers.  For this reason, it's vitally important that you make the most of the marketing that you invest in to get the most out of it.  This is where ROI (Return On Investment) comes in. We take a look at 3 types of marketing that you can use; email marketing, social media and direct mail (snail mail) … [Read more...]

CommentLuv vs Disqus – Why I Don’t Use CommentLuv!

Why I don't use CommentLuv

Some people have been telling me that I should switch to using the ‘CommentLuv’ comment system.  However after taking some time to look at it and weigh up the advantages and disadvantages of using it, I came to the conclusion that I was better off not installing CommentLuv! I recently redesigned the OnlineIncomeTeacher site and when I did so I looked at different ways that I could improve the site.  When I told people that I was working on redesigning the site, some people suggested … [Read more...]

5 Easy & Effective Web Traffic Generation Tips

Driving Traffic

Having a well designed website is not enough to ensure you attract visitors regularly. Web traffic generation is the next step you should take seriously. This is a vital step that you must work on to build a successful websites. Traffic can be driven from many different sources, such as; backlinks, guest posts, recommendations, email marketing, social media, etc. Diversifying your approach to driving traffic is the best way to improve your SEO. A good way to start is by tracking all site … [Read more...]

Creating Satellite Sites To Drive Traffic To Your Blog

NASA International Space Station

You may be wondering what 'satellite sites' are? Well, in short, they are websites that in many ways 'orbit' your main site just like a satellite. They are usually free places where you put additional information that drives traffic to your main site, giving you backlinks in the process. Social Media networks like Facebook and Google+ can be considered as satellite sites, however there are lots more than you realise. They really have one job, which is to promote your content and website to … [Read more...]