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!

Unique Strategies to Promote Your Podcast and Grow Your Audience

25 Comments / Featured, Tech / /

The explosive growth of podcasting, often referred to as the podcasting renaissance, is typically attributed to the increased use of iPhones and Android phones which make listening to podcasts more accessible to users across the globe. If you haven’t started podcasting yet, now is the time to get your show up and running on iTunes so you can reach whole new audience of listeners and grow your audience. But if you started a podcast already, you might be looking for some advice on how to get a bigger piece of the podcasting traffic pie.

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Get the Call To Action Link You’ve Been Waiting for on Your YouTube Videos

24 Comments / Featured, YouTube / /

Previously I shared how you can use Annotations to add InVideo Programming across all the YouTube videos on your channel. If you missed that post and video, you can check out Part 1 in this series called Now That You Stated Making Videos Here’s How To Get More Views on YouTube. As promised this is Part 2 in the series where I follow-up by showing you how to create those coveted, clickable Call to Action links from inside your YouTube videos back to your blog.

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Now That You Started Making Videos Here’s How To Get More Views on YouTube

44 Comments / YouTube / /

The YouTube platform has evolved tremendously in the past few months and they continue to introduce new features to help you with promoting your videos and your channel. One of the key aspects of growing your audience on YouTube is to keep up with the new features they introduce and use them to your advantage. In this post, I’ll cover some of the features that can help you get more YouTube video views and get more YouTube subscribers on your channel.

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Ethical Blogging Guidelines

Guidelines for Ethical Blogging and How to Know When its OK to Cheat

63 Comments / Blogging Tutorials / /

First let’s talk about why it’s important to rely on ethics when it comes to blogging. At the risk of boring you with an old cliche, here it comes: “If you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything!” The goal of this post is about helping you decide when and where to draw a line in the sand and making the commitment not to cross that line.

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How To Get More Views on YouTube With Better Analytics

53 Comments / YouTube / /

YouTube continues to command the attention of users across the globe with each fiscal quarter seeing huge increases in market share. Bloggers and marketers are paying attention too and uploading videos that show off their products and establish their expertise in the hopes of attracting an avalanche of new visitors to their websites. Every minute of the day 100 hours worth of video is being uploaded to YouTube. To top it off, studies show that more that 64% of people are more likely to make a buy after watching an explainer video. Yet the truth of the matter is that many people fail to capitalize on the YouTube craze because they simply can’t get enough views on their videos. This is why video optimization is critical to your success on the second most popular search engine on the planet – a.k.a., YouTube.

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Ileane at AWeber

Two Old-Fashioned Ways to Thank Email Subscribers and a Brand New One

39 Comments / Blogging Tutorials / /

These days everyone has turned their attention to the importance of building a loyal and engaged list of email subscribers. If you’re keeping up with this trend you know that email is the most effective and “tried and true” method of getting traffic, building trust, and let’s face it – making money online today. Most of us bloggers and other email marketers rely on AWeber as our email service provider and it makes sense. But no matter which email service you use, you need an effective Thank You messages to ensure that subscribers follow through with the double optin for your list.

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Fell right into my lap

If You Wait for Perfection You Might Miss The Boat

77 Comments / Blogging Tutorials, Social Media / /

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.

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