You’re excited to start your online business, and you’ve heard from experts that guest posting is the best way to build your blog. You followed the experts’ advice and combed the internet to come up with a list of blogs that are a good fit with your own blog’s niche.
Who would’ve expected guest blogging to get so controversial? Once, it was all the rage in online marketing. And then, bloggers began claiming that it doesn’t work, it’s not worth the effort, and we should all do something else. They even have numbers and charts to prove their point. As always, we at Mirasee don’t get easily swayed by fads. Things are rarely black and white. And often, the answer to a question isn’t a simple …
Updated by Lexi Rodrigo Note: This post was part of the “Marketing That Works” Ideas Contest, showcasing 20 of the most innovative marketing ideas from the blogosphere’s up and coming marketers. We’ve since picked a winner–check out this post for the details! We’ve updated this post, because guest blogging is still an effective strategy, and the process described here makes it fo so much faster. Try it and see for yourself! Guest blogging works best …
“To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under the sun.” ~Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 There is a rhythm to the four seasons of the year: Winter for introspection, spring for planting, summer for growth and fall for harvest. Often our business cycles and growth as entrepreneurs mirrors these seasons. I can see this reflected in my journey through the Audience Business Masterclass program. My decision to join the ABM started over the winter, …
We’ve all struggled to increase traffic, and every wannabe guru has a bag of tricks they’re eager to sell you. Problem is, you want proven tactics that you can replicate for your site–tactics that drive traffic, get high-quality backlinks, and convert well. And those proven tactics aren’t easy to come by! That’s why I’m excited to reveal something I discovered recently that boosted my traffic and subscriber rate by 10 times.
One of the problems that just about all of us who use the old Interwebs for our businesses face is the challenge of building a receptive audience. One of the most effective strategies that you can use is Guest Posting – if you don’t believe me ask Danny because his name and byline has appeared all over the Internet, from Copyblogger to Problogger to The Sales Lion to Think Traffic and beyond. And Danny will …
You’ve heard all the hype about digital marketing and how it’s so great for your company. But when you try to create a marketing strategy for your business, you have no idea where to begin. It’s true, designing a digital marketing strategy can seem like a daunting task. There are tons of approaches you could take, and countless marketing channels to choose from. How can you possibly know which channel is best for your brand? …
Imagine this: You just finished up your first major product launch, and… It. Was. Amazing. Your sales totals were higher than you could have hoped. You have tons of new, excited customers with your life-changing product in their hands. And you can see this being the first step of many on the way to building a super successful business. How would that achievement feel? Sure, you would probably be tired from all the hard work. …
Getting traffic to a new blog is hard work. Getting readers to a new blog is even harder. There’s a subtle difference here between “traffic” and “readers.” Getting traffic is easy. A lucky post on Reddit can potentially send you thousands of visitors in the span of a few hours. Or you can spend a few hundred dollars on ads and send hundreds of visitors to your site instantly. But traffic to a blog means …
Phew. Finally, the monster guest post is done. You’ve crafted a magnetic headline, nailed the opening, slaved over each word, and polished the piece until it sparkles. Time to sit back and watch your business explode. But alas, the only bang you hear is the pop of your swelled balloon of expectations. To make matters worse, you spent a couple of hundred bucks on a blogging course that promised to crown you king of the …