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March Challenge ~ Content Creation Style!

March 1, 2012 By 44 Comments
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We have all heard "content is king"... and it's totally true. Content is what google looks for, to rank you for keywords. Content is what readers come to your site to see, and great content is what gets people to add you to their RSS feed, or join your mailing list and keep coming back. If you're creating an online business ~ no matter what it is ~ you're going to need content. If you're blogging, you're going to need to write blog posts. (or make videos if you choose), if you're creating … [Read more...]

10 Tips to Drive Traffic and Build Your Brand with Pinterest

February 17, 2012 By 17 Comments
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Pinterest is all the rage, lots of fun, and I bet you're thinking I just can't handle ANOTHER social networking site!! I'm here to tell you, you better find a way! There is some serious magic in Pinterest. In case you're not familiar with it yet... and I have at least a couple people a day ask me what it is... so I know some of you probably aren't... Pinterest is a digital online "bulletin board" ~ well actually it's really just a "bookmarking site"... however, what makes this … [Read more...]

Building Your Brand and Network Using Twitter Chats

January 24, 2012 By 8 Comments
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We've been talking social media all month and I've managed to write every post about Facebook. :) I had an interesting conversation with someone the other day. I was saying to me Facebook is the more serious, business site and Twitter was the fun, cocktail party kind of site. When I say that I mean I feel uncomfortable posting something about watching the Bachelor, or Grey's Anatomy on Facebook, and yet I can have an hour long conversation about it, back and forth with a bunch of people on … [Read more...]

How to Make Socializing Pay Off

January 10, 2012 By 9 Comments
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So many internet marketers look at social media with some disdain or even as a complete waste of time. I'm here to disagree... although that wasn't always the case. Here's the deal... Times are CHANGING... social media is no longer about wasting time, and just making friends, it's now one of the best ways to drive traffic, AND, a great way to get your blog coming up in the search engines. You don't think Google created its own social media site for nothing right? Google searches are … [Read more...]

How to Overcome One of the Biggest Struggles In Internet Marketing

November 15, 2011 By 13 Comments
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I've had plenty of struggles over the years. Some of my struggles I've just had to "accept" and keep going, and others I've found ways to get around. I've recently found a solution to one of my biggest (and worst) struggles in internet marketing. If you've been working from home for any length of time I bet you've encountered this struggle as well.. take a look.   If you haven't signed up for the webinar yet... do it now! Space is limited and I am absolutely STUNNED by the … [Read more...]

5 Easy Ways to Provide Value to Your Readers

September 8, 2011 By 21 Comments
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Everyone talks about "providing value" to your list, your readers, your subscribers. It's almost to the point where it's just become jargon. In fact, I found myself saying the same thing in my last list building post. It didn't really dawn on me to break down what providing value means until I got this comment: ...Another great point mentioned is providing value – something I think a lot of us do not know how to do. Personally I feel that this is something that really distinguishes the really … [Read more...]

Jane Deere: Community Blog Review

August 16, 2011 By 26 Comments
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With the changes my business is going through, I've decided to move the Community Blog Review over here. I'm excited to bring it to this community because you guys are great, and have lots of opinions. Let's review the rules: 1. comment with kindness in your heart. We’re all here to help one another grow ~ the best way I’ve found to do that is in a kind and caring manner. Even the parts we think might be done differently we can still approach those comments in a constructive and … [Read more...]

How to Get Started with Blog Frog

July 19, 2011 By 23 Comments

This is a guest post from the wonderful Allie of Ramblings of a Wahm. I appreciate her taking the time to clue me in on some of these sites I've never really used... Thanks Allie! "Each time you participate in a BlogFrog Community or visit a BlogFrog member’s blog you gain exposure for your blog." ~The Blog Frog You are a blogger. You have joined Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and any other social networking platform that was thrown at you. You are working on networking and … [Read more...]

Free Blog Review/Critique

July 13, 2011 By 7 Comments

I've started a new feature over at It's a Wahm Life... I'm doing community blog reviews twice a month now. The first brave soul who raised her hand is live right now! Please stop by and give her some feedback on her site. When you're done, if you'd like to have your blog featured for an upcoming Community Blog Review shoot me an email and let me know! I'll put you on the list. :) … [Read more...]

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