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MARKETING WITH FACEBOOK 5

Now you can help translate Facebook into any language

Justin Smith•Apr 2nd, 2008
Facebook, International

For months, volunteer translators around the world have been using Facebook’s innovative Translations application to translate all 24,000 phrases on Facebook into Spanish, German, and French. Now, Facebook has opened up the Translation application to everyone in order to translate Facebook into every major language on earth.

Facebook Translations Application

How does it work?

1. Add the Translations app and choose your language. (Currently, there are translation projects going on in English, Français, Deutsch, Español, Català, Čeština, Dansk, Euskara, Galego, Italiano, 한국어, Magyar, Norsk, 日本語, Nederlands, Polski, Português do Brasil, Română, Русский, Slovenščina, Suomi, Svenska, ภาษาไทย, Türkçe, 中文(简体), 中文(繁體).)

2. Turn on in-line editing. This will highlight every word on Facebook that needs translating. You can click on each phrase and vote on translations submitted by others or submit a new translation yourself.

3. Browse the translations directory to view and translate more phrases. You can browse and vote on any of the 24,000 phrases. Facebook’s top translators have had thousands of translations accepted!

This is one of the most elegant approaches to localization I’ve seen, making it easy for everyone to contribute, if even only a word or two. Nice job, Facebook Translations team!

5 years ago Leave a reply Miscellaneous, Sharing Economy, Sharing Revenue, Wordpress TipsBing, FacebookMarketing, FaceBookTranslation, MultiligualTranslation, TranslationApp

7 Terrific Time Saving Social Media Automation Tools that you have to use!

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social media automation toolsDo you struggle to get all your social media tasks done every day?

Do you find that you perform repetitive tasks?

You have so many things to juggle on a daily basis.  You probably have a family or close friends, some hobbies, a job that is no longer 9 to 5 and an ever growing list of tasks to do.

Social Media Marketing is also so frustrating.  There is no end to it.  You never feel you have done enough.

But there is light at the end of the tunnel.

The social media tools are maturing and getting more useful and there is more automation that is available.

Here are 7 time saving social media automation tools:

1. Social Oomph

Social Oomph is a social media management tool with some great automation features.  One of the best features is the queue reservoir.

Evergreen content is content that doesn’t go out of date.

So when you post blog content that is evergreen it’s important to continue promoting it well after you initially post it.

As your social media presence evolves you get more fans/followers that have never seen your content before and also it is very likely that most of your existing fans/followers didn’t see your content when you first shared it!

When you post evergreen content you add it to your Queue and in this queue you specify how often you want content shared.

 

SocialOomph Queue Reservoir

 

When I put an item in the queue SocialOomph allows me to create multiple variations of the tweet so that you are not sending out the same tweet every time.

So for every item I add to the queue I have 3 different variations of the tweets:

{5 Tools to Market Your Business Using Mobile Social Media Apps|5 great mobile social media apps that you should download to-day!|Does your company have a mobile app? Here are some examples to inspire you:} http://bit.ly/1akwk7V

This is how SocialOomph will send out the tweets:

  • Tweet 1: 5 Tools to Market Your Business Using Mobile Social Media Apps http://bit.ly/1akwk7V
  • Tweet 2: 5 great mobile social media apps that you should download to-day http://bit.ly/1akwk7V
  • Tweet 3: Does your company have a mobile app?  Here are some examples to inspire you: http://bit.ly/1akwk7V

 

The queue reservoir is such a useful feature.  It saves a lot of time and it will also drive you more traffic to your site #winner !!!

 

2. Dlvr.it

When you post content out through your blog you want to promote it across all of your channels all of the time.

But you  don’t want to have to set up a tweet, Facebook update, LinkedIn update etc as this is time consuming.

Dlvr.it automates this.

In Dlvr.it you specify the source where you want to pick the content up from and the destination where you want to put it.

 

dlvr.it

 

When a new post is created dlvr.it will automatically send out your updates.  It current supports Twitter, Facebook (business and personal), LinkedIn (business and personal), Google + (business page). App.net and Delicious.

There is also very useful analytics in dlvr.it as well.  Because it uses it’s only web address shortener it can track who clicks on your link.

 

dlvr.it stats

 

Dlvr.it is a very reliable and useful tool that will save you a lot of time.

 

3. IFTTT

IFTTT (If this then that) allows you to automate a broad range of activities.  If a trigger event happens the automation kicks in and the corresponding action takes place.

For example,  a new blog post is added and a tweet is generated.

In IFTTT they have a concept of ‘recipes’.  These recipes are individual tasks that can be automated.  When you login you’ll see over 4,000 to  choose from.

 

IFTTT Recipes

 

Each recipe has some ingredients!  You have the source of what IFTTT is monitoring and then the resulting action.  In the example if a new blog post is added to the Razorsocial queue then a tweet is sent to my account @iancleary.

 

IFTTT Example

 

If you can’t find an IFFTT task amongst the 4k + examples you can also set up your own combination.

Once you set up your IFTTT recipes you can forget about it and the automation kicks in every time.

 

4. Zapier

Zapier is similar to IFFF except you set up Zaps.    A Zap is an individual automated task.  For example a Zap could be a task that monitors YouTube and when it finds a new video then a tweet is automatically generated.

There are over 250 services supported.  These are the ones you specify where the trigger event kicks off.

 

Zapier Triggers

 

You can use from the many Zaps that are available or you can build your own Zap.  They are very easy to set up.

 

Zapier New Zap

 

Recently we wrote an article about a 24 hour global conference that used Zapier to automate a lot of the tasks related to content distribution.  This article will give you lots of ideas in relation to the potential of a tool like Zapier.  Read this article here.

Another alternative to Zapier is Cloud work.  This provides similar functionality but some different applications are supported so it’s worth checking this out also.

 

5. Aweber

Aweber is an email marketing tool with some essential automation tasks built in.

When someone signs up to your email list you can set up one or a series of automated e-mails that goes to your new subscriber.

You can pre build all your email templates and have them all ready to go.

 

aweber

 

The automated sequence of email helps nurture your email subscriber and eventually bring them to a point of sale.  This automation is an essential component of your email marketing.

 

6.Postplanner

Postplanner is a Facebook page management tool that helps automate the sharing of content to your Facebook page.

There is a content discovery engine which allows you to discover the most popular content in your industry and then you can add it to a queue for later delivery.

Post planner will handle everything in the queue and automatically post out based on pre-configured times.

 

Postplanner Trending

 

Postplanner will save you a lot of time on Facebook!

 

7. Buffer

Buffer saves a lot of time by automatically handling all the scheduling of your posts.

When you want to catch up on your blog posts read them using Feedly and then share them out on Buffer.  Buffer will take any posts that you have scheduled and place them in a queue and send them out based on the next time slots that you have preconfigured.

In the following example we are using Feedly on a mobile device to read the content and then buffering the content out for sharing at a later stage.

 

Feedly and Buffer

 

 

Summary

Social media can be so frustrating because you don’t have enough time to complete all the tasks.

It can also be quite repetitive.

So why don’t you automate the repetitive tasks?

What tools do you use?  Would you use some of the tools listed above?

photo credit: eflon via photopin cc

About the author

Ian Cleary

Author: Ian Cleary is a technology guy with extensive experience in Social Media. He is a writer for Social Media Examiner and other high profile blogs and is very passionate about Social Media Tools. Ian is the CEO of RazorSocial and also RazorCoast which is a Digital Marketing Agency.

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  • Paul C Amatangelo

    Great post, thanks

    • http://www.razorsocial.com/ Ian Cleary

      Thanks Paul.

  • http://canmoneyonlinesolveit.com/blog Pat Brosnan

    Super content thanks for sharing this with us

    • http://www.razorsocial.com/ Ian Cleary

      Thank you Pat, glad it was useful!

  • Antonella

    Great Ian! Thanks for that!

    • http://www.razorsocial.com/ Ian Cleary

      Thank you Antonella!

  • http://www.thetravolution.com/ Cristina

    Ian I feel like you always let us in on little known secrets. Never heard of these tools! Genius!

    • http://www.razorsocial.com/ Ian Cleary

      Thanks Cristina, glad they are useful! Ian

  • Siobhan Joyce

    I use dlvr.it and find it brillant for both Facebook and Twitter for 2 of our RSS Feeds.

    • http://www.razorsocial.com/ Ian Cleary

      Thanks Siobhan, dlvr.it is a really reliable and useful tool. Ian

  • http://cashwithatrueconscience.com/rbblog Ryan Biddulph

    I use Buffer and socialoomph in the past Ian. Both great tools. Now I am addicted to Hootsuite Pro ;) Awesome list overall, thanks!

    Ryan

    • http://www.razorsocial.com/ Ian Cleary

      Thanks Ryan, I use the Hootsuite free option. What’s good about the PRO, is it the reporting?

  • http://warrenwhitlock.com/social-media-expert Warren Whitlock

    Great list. You nailed this one. I do like to add this reminder to any discussion of automation tools.

    Automation is great for increasing your productivity to get mundane tasks off your plate. Just remember that “doing social” is not a task. Use automation only when it helps you focus on the social part of social media.

    I used automation to make sure that an post from Ian is in my queue to read. I don’t automate the reading or replying :)

    • http://www.razorsocial.com/ Ian Cleary

      Well said Warren, I hate the mundane stuff but I love chatting and interacting with smart people like you. I hope to meet you in real life some day and buy you are beer! Thanks for your feedback, honored that I make your queue!

      • http://warrenwhitlock.com/social-media-expert Warren Whitlock

        Follow up. I have accounts on all the tools listed. Was not using one, so on your recommendation, logged in. Forgot I had been upgraded years ago.

        Thanks.

        Moral of the story. No tool works well if you don’t use it :)

        • http://www.razorsocial.com/ Ian Cleary

          Absolutely! People love hearing about the tools but you need to implement them!!

  • George Iovchev

    Precious information, thank you! You are showing us the near future of web promoting. I am using Social Oomph, but not the way you suggest here.

    • http://www.razorsocial.com/ Ian Cleary

      Thank you very much George, glad it was useful to you.

  • Rod Simmons

    Good stuff Ian!

    • http://www.razorsocial.com/ Ian Cleary

      Thanks Rod!

  • peggyduncan

    Great info, Ian. I’m using Hootsuite Pro for automation for my blog. On YouTube, automation is set up within YouTube. You’ve made me curious about Dlvr.it.

    • http://www.razorsocial.com/ Ian Cleary

      Thanks you Peggy, I find dlvr.it very reliable!

      • samarthsave

        Hey Ian, What do you think about OnlyWire?

  • Angelique Toque

    Thanks for article! Helped me a lot :) Just find new solution to spend less time on social media ‘stuff’ :)

    • http://www.razorsocial.com/ Ian Cleary

      You’re welcome.

  • pipo101

    checkout http://kout.co it lets you automatically post on twitter and facebook for free..

  • samarthsave

    I think you missed one. OnlyWire. I use it. its simple. and cheap!!

    • http://www.razorsocial.com/ Ian Cleary

      If used correctly it is useful but sending to a large range of social networks that you are not active on is not much use!

  • samarthsave

    I use onlywire. it works well for me. but i think these are good too

  • junaid ahmed

    That’s an awesome post I have found crawling at the Google while searching for news in social media. These really help in increasing brand image using social media smartly. Thank you for sharing the great article here.

  • Nikhil Tiwari

    Thanks for the well researched article. Please also consider Sociota to add on this List . This is a new but include lot of beneficial features.

    • http://www.razorsocial.com/ Ian Cleary

      Yes I certainly will, thank you

      • NikhilTiwari96

        Thanks Ian . Try the most intresting feature of sociota.
        here is the link sociota.net/magicbox

5 years ago Leave a reply Automation, Automation, Best Tools, Best Tools, Content, Content, Email Marketing, Email Marketing, Making money Online, Making money Online, Traffic, TrafficAutomation, AutomationTools, InternetMarketing, InternetMarketing, SavingTime, SocialMedia, SocialMedia

15 Resources to Create Images for Social Media

By Debra Eckerling
Published May 21, 2014 Printer-Friendly

social media how to Do you post images on social media?

Would you like to create attractive images to share?

When creating images for social media, quality makes a difference.

In this article we’ll share tools and resources to create professional and engaging social media images that you can use on multiple platforms.

Why Create Images for Social Media?

In this visual-centric world, it’s more important than ever to create high-quality sharable images.

Getting Visual With Your Content: 10 Effective Ways to Use Images: In this infographic from Fresh Take on Content, Lane Jones visually suggests different ways you can use images in your social media. Share product pics, recipes, team photos, location, checklists and more. “It’s amazing how by just taking ordinary words… and putting them on a background makes the difference between a post that barely gets noticed and one that gets liked, shared, retweeted or reposted,” she says.

fresh take on content article

Find ways to use graphics on FreshTakeonContent.com.

 

Visual Impact: How Photos Ramp Up Your Social Media Strategy: Vanessa Doctor goes over the advantages of using visuals in social media marketing in this Hashtags.org article. Graphics are great for space-saving, convenience, higher engagement and more. Readers are attracted to visuals. Along with posts or hashtags, visual media also help with storytelling.

Top Tip: Using Photos in Your Social Media Strategy: “A picture will change the way you communicate on social media,” says guest author Kate Huffman on the ME Marketing Services blog. Since it can sometimes be a challenge to choose the best picture for your posts, Huffman shares things to consider, such as permissions, impact and relevance.

Find Photos Online

There are many free and paid options to find images online to use with your social media posts.

18 Top Stock Photo Libraries: This list from Creative Bloq includes image sharing sites, ones with free photos, pay-per-pic and subscription services. Each paragraph includes a screenshot, so you can get a feel for the site, as well as a description highlighting the service’s most distinctive features.

creative bloq article

Explore several image libraries on CreativeBloq.com.

Stock Photography Service Review: TopTenReviews compares and rates top stock photography websites. It includes a section on why to use a stock photography website, as well as one on things to look for when choosing a service. Criteria to consider are features, sort/search capabilities, quality and selection.

Take Better Pictures

If you don’t want to think about costs or permissions, or you’d just rather take your own photos, there are a variety of things you can do to take better photographs for social media.

Check out these tips for taking better smartphone photos from Mobile Tech Video.

 

Photography for Social Media: 5 Detailed Tips: Since “part-time photographer” is in the unofficial job description of anyone who works in social media, it helps to step up your skill set in that area. Daniel Lemin shares 5 ninja photography tips on the subjects of framing and composition, lighting, background and style, camera angles and resolution in this Convince & Convert article.

The Guide to Great Social Media Photos: Libby Turner’s post on Room 214 blog is jam-packed with tools and tidbits on how to take photos that encourage engagement. Two must-read parts: Opportunities (“the moments you might consider taking a photo to share on social networks”) and the Bonus Resources section, where Turner talks about focus, cropping, guiding your subjects and more.

room 214 article

Discover photo taking tips on Room214.com.

Tips for Taking Quality Photos With Your Smartphone: MarketAmerica has tips for making better use of your smartphone’s camera. It starts with logic-based recommendations: get acquainted with your camera and keep your lens clean. Other tips include using your flash only when you have to, using the highest resolution possible and getting in close to avoid using zoom.

Foodies rejoice. Here’s advice from Stephen Hamilton on how to take better smartphone pictures with a focus on food.

 

Use Tools to Improve Images

Once you’ve chosen or taken your photos, there are many free and paid web and mobile tools you can use to improve the quality of your photos, as well as create graphics or infographics. You can also use traditional software like Photoshop, Illustrator or a general paint program to prep your graphics to post on your social sites.

Visual Web: 5 Tools to Create Eye Catching Images for Social Media: Ian Cleary of Razor Social shares his favorite sites for making graphics more visually appealing. Pixlr, Quozio, PicMonkey, Canva and Fotor made his list of tools that can help you improve your social media pics.

razor social article

Learn about top image tools on RazorSocial.com.

14 Great Tools to Create Engaging Infographics and Images for Your Social Media Posts: This list from Buffer by Belle Beth Cooper has tools for creating quote graphics (more on quote pics below), collages and more. It also includes a section on different tools for creating infographics.

buffer article

Find more image creating tools on BufferApp.com.

10 Image Editing Tools to Make Photos Fit for Social Sharing: On The Next Web, Luke Chitwood from Simply Measured compiled 10 free and paid tools that will help you create, edit, manage and share images. Each one has a description, pros, cons and cost, and then gets a rating (0 to 5), based on function, ease of use and shareability.

the next web article

Discover image editing tools on TheNextWeb.com.

Create Quote Photos

Photos with quotes are very popular in terms of visual appeal, response and engagement.

You can use your own quotes or take quotes from podcasts or blogs (just be sure to attribute and link). And you can find famous (and not-so-famous) quotes on sites like BrainyQuote, Quoteland, The Quote Garden or Wikiquote. There’s a searchable list of quotes from TED and a Forbes article on Top 100 Inspirational Quotes to get you started.

10+ Web Tools for Making Quote Photos: As a word person in an “image-crazy world,” Courtney Seiter compiled a list of best quote pic resources on the Raven Tools blog. Each tool has a graphic example (the site’s name in the type of quote-style graphic they offer), as well as detailed info such as price (most are free), quote styles, post options, pros, cons and extras.

raven tools article

Find easer ways to make quote images on RavenTools.com.

How to Quickly Create Your Own Quote Graphics to Share on Social Media: Jonathan Milligan on Blogging Your Passion shares his system for collecting, creating and tracking quote graphics to use on social media. “The point is people love to read quotes,” he says. “They are highly shareable and it can be a great strategy to grow your social media following.”

Final Thoughts

The images for your visual strategy don’t have to be over-the-top professional. However, there are things you can do to take things up a notch or two. An extra boost of professional zing could make all of your graphics stand out.

What do you think? Do you use graphics for social media? What are your favorite tools? What tips do you have to share? We’d love to hear what works for you. Please share your experience in the comments.

5 years ago Leave a reply Branding, Multiple Income, Social Media, Social Media, Social MediaImages, Visuals

Make Money Blogging

Do you want to make money blogging? If you do – you’re not alone. More and more bloggers are finding that blogging is a profitable medium. Whether it be to earn a few extra dollars a week to feed their coffee habit, or making enough money to stop them having to get a part time job to get through college, or whether they’ve got it to a point where they are able to make a full time living from their blogging – there are tens of thousands of bloggers who make money blogging.

How to Make Money Blogging

In this page I want to share some information for beginners on how to make money blogging. For a very quick and broad visual intro – check out this Make Money Blogging MindMap which visualizes just SOME of the ways bloggers make money blogging.

Firstly – lets get our expectations right. Not everyone who tries to make money blogging becomes rich. In fact those who do well from blogging are in the minority. I’m sorry if this disappoints you – but I’m not here to hype this up or make any promises. It is possible to make money blogging – but it takes time and a lot of hard work – and it doesn’t happen for everyone!

For a picture of how realistic it is check out my post – Can You Really Make Money Blogging: 7 Things I know about Making Money from Blogging.

Secondly – let me start by sharing my own top Money Making Methods but below that point you to some great resources and teaching on how to increase your income from blogging.

How I Make Money BloggingWhat follows is a quick summary of my main income streams from blogging. Before you read it though – keep in mind that every blog is unique in how it can make money. Some of the following income streams will work on some blogs a lot better than others – the key is to experiment with as many as possible and see what works best for you.

The following income streams (from a number of blogs) have helped me to earn a six figure income each year for the last 5 years from blogging. I’ve ranked them from highest to lowest.

I hope you find it useful to see the mix and variety of ways that I earn a living from blogging.

1. AdSense

Despite not using it here at ProBlogger any more (here’s why) I continue to use AdSense with amazing effect on my other blogs. I have them all set to show image and text based ads and find that 250×300 pixel ads work best (usually with a blended design). I don’t have much luck with their ‘referrals’ program but their normal ads work a treat and continue to be the biggest earner for me.

2. Affiliate Programs

miscellaneous affiliate programsI run a variety of affiliate programs on my blogs – most of which bring in smaller amounts of money that don’t really justify a category of their own (but which certainly add up).

These include recommending quality products like these here on ProBlogger: Thesis WordPress theme, Yaro’s Blog Mastermind Coaching Program and How to Launch the F*** out of your E-Book (and others) as well as some great products on my photography blog including 123 of Digital Imaging, David DuChemin’s amazing Photography E-Books and Mitchell Kanashkevich’s great ebooks.

The great thing about many of these programs is that they are of such high quality that they sell themselves and I am being emailed from readers who sign up to them thanking me for the recommendation!

3. E-Book Sales

make-money-blogging-ebooks.jpgLast time I did a wrap up of how I make money blogging this category did not exist for me – I didn’t really have any of my own products to sell at all. However in the last year or so I’ve released 3 E-books – 31 Days to Build a Better Blog, The Essential Guide to Portrait Photography and Photo Nuts and Bolts: Know Your Camera and Take Better Photos. While these products all only sell for under $20 they certainly add up and some months this has been my biggest category of income. The reason they were only ranking at #3 in the last month was that I didn’t do a product launch (I wrote about one launch which brought in $72,000 in a week here). This is an income stream I see growing as I add more E-books to my range (expect 3 in the coming few months).

4. Continuity Programs

make-money-blogging-continuity.jpgThis is another newer category for me but one that continues to grow.

A continuity program is a site where you earn a recurring income from people who subscribe to a service you offer.

For me this includes two sites – ProBlogger.com and Third Tribe Marketing. Both programs are membership sites and generate monthly income from the thousands of members that they have as a part of them.

5. Private Ad Sales/Sponsorships

private-ad-salesPrivate ad sales directly to advertisers have fallen for me in the last year (they previously ranked #3 on this list). This is partly due to a change in my own focus but also partly due to the economy as it is. I should note that this area does vary a little from month to month depending upon the campaigns we’re asked to run – we’ve had a couple of months where it actually ranked #2 in the last year.

This includes ad sales of the 125 x 125 ads here at ProBlogger as well as a campaign or two at Digital Photography School.

6. Chitika

ChitikaChitka continues to be a great performer for me on my blogs. They traditionally have worked best on product related blogs although their Premium ad units now convert well on a larger range of blogs.

While I’ve focused a little less on Chitika in the last 6 months (mainly as I’ve released my own products and moved a little away from advertising) they do continue to perform well where I use them and over the time I’ve been using Chitika they’ve now earned me over a quarter of a million dollars – as a result I can’t recommend them enough!

7. Amazon Associates

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Amazon’s affiliate program has been one of my big movers in the last 12 months. I used to make a few odd dollars from it – however in recent times it has become a significant earner for me (in fact it’s now earned me over $100,000 since I started using it). Christmas time (and the lead up to it) is a particularly good time for Amazon – last December it would have ranked #2 on this list.

8. ProBlogger Job Boards

make-money-blogging-job-board The job boards here at ProBlogger continue to grow each month in the number of advertisements that are being bought. This enabled me to invest most of the money that they’d earned a while back into getting a new back end for the boards and to redesign them. These job boards now bring in over $1000 a month in revenue which is pretty nice considering that they are so low maintenance to run. They also offer a service to readers and add value to the overall blog.

The only problem that I face with the job boards is that there are so many bloggers looking for work that the demand for jobs far exceeds the supply. On the good side of things is that advertisers are reporting getting amazing quality of applications.

9. Speaking Fees

I get asked to do a lot of speaking and increasingly they are paid opportunities. I’m not able to do as many as I would like (mainly because I live in Australia and most of what I’m asked to do is overseas and I only travel 2-3 times a year) – however in April I did a couple of events and the income was enough to include in this list.

Other Income

In addition to all of the above there are many smaller incomes. Many of these are from smaller advertising programs that I test but none are big enough to really rate a mention here.

The other income stream that there was no actual money from in April was book royalties from the ProBlogger Book. These are only paid every 6 or so months (not in April). It’s probably also worth mentioning that authors don’t tend to make a whole lot of money on book royalties – you don’t write books to get rich (unless you sell a lot of them).

Useful Resources for Bloggers Wanting to Make Money Blogging

A lot has been written on the topic of making money online from blogs. There is a lot of wonderful information out there – but also a lot of hype and sometimes dangerous information.

Below are a number of articles that I’ve written exploring some of the different ways that bloggers make money.

Recommended Reading on How to Make Money Blogging

  • A Reality Check on Blogging for Money – I don’t like hype – this post attempts to paint a realistic picture of blogging for money.
  • How Bloggers Make Money – a post that I wrote in 2005 (updated) which gives a broad introduction to how bloggers make money blogging.
  • Making Money from Your Blog – Direct Methods – bloggers make money from blogging in two main ways – directly and indirectly. This post explores some of how they do it directly.
  • Making Money Because of your Blog – Indirect Methods – and here’s an exploration of indirect methods.

How to Make Money Blogging from Advertising

  • Advertising Optimization – A series of posts on how to optimize advertising on your blog including posts on Traffic, Ad Positioning, Ad Design, Ad Relevancy and High Paying Ads.
  • AdSense Tips for Bloggers – an 8 part series of posts that walk bloggers new to Google’s AdSense (the way I make much of my income) through how to use it effectively to make money on their blogs.
  • Positioning Your AdSense Ads – a 3 part series on how I literally doubled my AdSense earnings overnight by repositioning my ads
  • How to Guarantee that You’ll Never Make More than 0.14 cents per month from AdSense – 10 points to help you earn more money from AdSense
  • How Quickly After Starting a Blog Should I put Ads on it? – one of the most common questions I am asked
  • 10 Ways to Make Your Blog More Attractive to Advertisers – an Ad Guy tells all

How to Make Money Blogging from Affiliate Programs

  • 10 Tips for Using Affiliate Programs on Your Blog – these tips helped me grow my affiliate earnings many times over
  • The Power of Getting Readers in the Door at Amazon – a case study on how linking to Amazon can lead to some surprising results
  • 9 Reasons Why I am an Amazon Affiliate – Amazon is one of my bigger earners

Other Articles on Making Money from Blogs

  • Principles of Choosing a Profitable Topic for Your Blog – key factors to consider before choosing a topic for your blog
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How to Stay In the Facebook News Feed With One Simple Strategy

As we all know Facebook loves to switch it up on the back end and keep us guessing, or that’s what it feels like. Really they’re trying to keep content that users know, like and trust front and center for them…improving the user experience is their goal.

What does this mean for business owners?

Of course we need to adjust our use of the platform to maintain the highest return for our marketing efforts.

Right now the posts that are flying around like hot cakes on Facebook are‘link posts.’These are any posts that you place a link into the post AND keep the preview. Let’s walk through this so your posts stay front and center in your audience’s Facebook news feed.[Read more…]

by Erin Tillotson

5 years ago Leave a reply Social Marketing, Social Marketing, Social MarketingFACEBOOK NEWSFEED, FACEBOOK PAGE, MARKETING WITH FACEBOOK
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