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!

Customize and Track Your Links with Bitly

Customize Your Links and Simplify Social Stats Tracking with Bitly

51 Comments / Social Media, Tech / /

With the 140 character limitation of Twitter, it’s important that we shorten the links we share in order to save space, yet Bit.ly actually does more than just shorten links. Bitly allows you to edit the shortened links you create so that you can customize them and make them more appealing. You also get stats for all of the links you create with Bitly that keep track of the number of shares and clicks coming from Twitter, Facebook and Google+.

Customize Your Links and Simplify Social Stats Tracking with Bitly Read More »

This Post Will Transform You into a Google Chrome Power User in Record Time

37 Comments / Tech / /

Google is constantly innovating and updating the performance of their Google Chrome Browser. The changes seem to sneak up on us like a thief in the night at times catching us off guard an unaware. Quite often the updates to Google Chrome are very subtle and have little impact on our day to day web surfing experience. Then there are times when a more radical change comes along that gets our attention and not always in a good way. In the post I’ll share the secrets to stay on top of the changes on Google Chrome and make you a Power User in record time.

This Post Will Transform You into a Google Chrome Power User in Record Time Read More »

The Revamped Scoopit Interface: Sharing Ideas That Matter Even More

20 Comments / Blogging Tutorials, Tech / /

I’m a long time fan and supporter of Scoop.it and quite honestly I think it’s the best content curation platform available on the web today. Scoop.it took the initiative to gather together a select group of people who they knew they could count on to provide honest and unselfish feedback. These folks are on top of their game when it comes to content curation and they are passionate and committed to surfacing the most relevant, useful ideas for the topics they care about most.

The Revamped Scoopit Interface: Sharing Ideas That Matter Even More Read More »

Join Triberr the Social Media Hub for Bloggers

What Changed My Mind About Triberr and Turned Me Into an Advocate

62 Comments / Social Media / /

Dino Dogan and Dan Cristo have crafted what just might be the perfect social sharing community on Triberr. That says a lot coming from a self-proclaimed Social Media Diva like myself. I’m not going to go into a lot about why I didn’t embrace Triberr when they first launched the site back in 2011 because that’s old news and honestly – who cares about that. It’s water under the bridge and this isn’t about about the history of Triberr and how it has developed into the killer social media app that it is today. But, here’s what I do want to talk about. The state of Triberr today, as I see it and how can it benefit you as a blogger, podcaster, or content marketer.

What Changed My Mind About Triberr and Turned Me Into an Advocate Read More »

5 YouTube SEO Myths That Need to be Exposed

67 Comments / YouTube / /

Since I uploaded my first YouTube video 4 years ago, I’ve been able to rack up over 150,000 views on my channel. When you consider the fact that all of my videos are geeky tutorials and most of them appeal to a tiny segment of the huge demographic of the typical YouTube audience, I’m quite pleased with that achievement. If you want to get serious about having a successful YouTube channel you need to go beyond just using good titles, tags, descriptions, captions, thumbnails and annotations. Of course all of those things are important. I encourage you to go a little deeper and you’ll see that it will pay off in the long run.

5 YouTube SEO Myths That Need to be Exposed Read More »

Does Your You Tube Banner Attract New Subscribers

5 YouTube One Channel Designs That Will Inspire You To Action

22 Comments / YouTube / /

Your YouTube channel page acts as your Home Page on YouTube. Now you wouldn’t think of not putting up a banner on your blog’s Home Page would you? The goal behind the One Channel concept is to make the design more responsive giving it a more attractive and uniform look across different computer monitors and mobile devices.

5 YouTube One Channel Designs That Will Inspire You To Action Read More »

How to Track Site Search in Google Analytics

What Do People Search For On Your Blog? Find Out With Google Analytics

54 Comments / Blogging Tutorials / /

Having a search box on your blog helps your readers navigate your site. People are searching for terms that are related to the solutions they are looking for and hopefully you’ll have content to fill the need. Set up the Google Analytics Site Search so that you can track what people search for and gain insight into your readers intentions.

What Do People Search For On Your Blog? Find Out With Google Analytics Read More »