By Wade Harman
May 24, 2013
If you want to be successful online, then building a social media following should be one of your top priorities. But there is a misconceptions some bloggers have, that success can be determined solely by the numbers. For example, in email marketing, they say the more subscribers you have, the better your chances are at selling more products. In blog readership, you get more traffic because you have that many more people that are subscribed to your RSS feed when you publish a post, therefore helping you gain more attention. Why have 10,000 fans on Facebook if only 5-15 people interact with you on every update? I would rather have 1,000 engaged fans than 10,000 non-engaging one’s.
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By Scott Dudley
May 21, 2013
There are many millions of blogs on the internet, and probably about 98% of them are garbage to be honest. And because there is so much choice out there, it is very hard to stand out – unless you can “WOW” a first time visitor with a great design, interesting content and also plenty of engagement. Probably the best way to get loads of traffic and engagement to your blog is simply to have people make repeat visits, and come back on a regular basis for more.
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If You Wait for Perfection You Might Miss The Boat
Did you ever have a problem and wish the perfect solution would come along? Let me put it this way – ever feel like you’re waiting for a “sign” before making a decision about something? Well some might call it procrastination and maybe it is just a little bit. But this kind of stuff happens to me all the time. I feel like there are little voices in my head saying “not yet” or “just give it another couple of days before you make a move”.And then all of a sudden…BAM!! It seems to appear out of the blue and the answer falls right into my lap! Well that is what happened to me earlier today when I decided to install Google+ Comments here on Basic Blog Tips.