Ileane

I'm a blogger, podcaster, YouTuber and social media diva (or Social Media Veteran if you like the way that sounds better). True story: I started blogging by accident when I actually thought I was "subscribing" to my daughter Nicole's first blog. Since then I'm committed to helping others avoid all the mistakes I've made along the way. Get one-on-one coaching and exclusive perks when you join my community on Patreon!

Best Small Business Book Awards Presented By SmallBizTrends

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You might remember that last year Small Biz Trends along with Small Biz Technology hosted the Small Business Influencers Awards and we all got a chance to nominate someone or a company who had significant impact on the success of small businesses. Anita Campbell, the CEO of BizSugar and Small Business Trends, is spearheading these awards and I’m proud to be one of the media partners along with the other supporters of small businesses you’ll find below…continue reading…

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How To Embed YouTube Videos and Podcasts To Keep Readers on Your Blog

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It’s no secret that you can embed videos from YouTube on your WordPress blog to keep readers on the page longer and to add interest and variety to your blog. You can also add attractive and eye catching images to help set the mood or tone of your post and instantly grab the attention of anyone who visits your blog or shares your posts on Facebook or Google+. Now, WordPress has made it simpler than ever to embed YouTube videos and images from Flickr by simply adding the unlinked URL in your post editor. You’ll also learn about a revolutionary plugin called LeadPlayer.

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Blogger Interviews: Tom Shivers – The SEO Guy from Capture Commerce

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I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Tom Shivers a few weeks ago, and you can listen the the audio podcast of the interview, on his SEO blog Capture Commerce in this post How to Blog Successfully – Tips from Ileane Smith. Now I get my chance to ask the questions and in this interview we get the inside scoop on Tom, as he shares his blogging journey with us…continue reading…

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Increase Engagement and Build Relationships with Blog Interviews

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I hope you’ve had the chance to read some of the blog interviews I’ve conducted here on Basic Blog Tips. Interviews are like a hybrid blog post – on one hand it’s like a guest post, but on the other hand, not really because the interviewer picks the topic. The reason we all enjoy blog interviews so much is because they are a great example of those successful collaborations I’m so in favor of, and the “engagement” that we all seek to have on our blogs is pretty much built in by nature.

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Basic Blog Tips Takes The My 7 Links Challenge

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When Dee Ann Rice contacted me about taking the My 7 Links Challenge, I’ll admit that at first I was reluctant. But after taking a closer look at the requirements, on second thought, I realized it would be a lot of fun! “THE GOAL – To unite bloggers (from all sectors) in a joint endeavor to share lessons learned and create a bank of long but not forgotten blog posts that deserve to see the light of day again.”…continue reading…

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Track YouTube Traffic and Social Engagement With YouTube Analytics

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YouTube underwent a massage redesign of the entire website that promises more engagement, bigger audiences and even higher earnings for content creators like you and me. Previously we looked at some of the changes introduced to the layout of our YouTube channel pages and what our subscribers will see when they watch our videos. Ivin’s post discussed the YouTube Creator’s Playbook and how it offers strategies for building an audience by maximizing the use of meta-data, calls to action, audience retention and video commenting. Let’s take things a step further in this post, and take a look at the changes YouTube integrated on the back-end. Let’s explore the revamped video tracking tracking platform, not surprisingly called YouTube Analytics…continue reading…

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