All posts tagged blogging

Creative Techniques For Marketing Your Blog with Social Media

by Sam on April 11, 2012 in Social Media with 1 Comment
Social Media Marketing

This is a guest pot by Amanda who is a writer & blogger who enjoys writing about Social Media &Search Engine Marketing. You can find her work at Bestrank.com.

Social media is a powerful tool for increasing traffic to your website. Many of the most popular websites on the Internet are social media sites, so there is a huge base of users from which to choose. Moreover, social media websites are free, so the only reason you would need a budget is if you work with an Internet marketing company to help you expand your traffic. The following is a guide to help you promote your blog through social media. Continue reading →

Transforming Passion Into Online Success – Making Millions Through Blogging

by Sam on December 5, 2011 in Blogging Success with 8 Comments

What is the most powerful, effective and surefire way, above all things, toachieve your goals and become a success in life? Pursue your passion! Regardless of how ripe a particular niche or market maybe, if you’re not doing business with a burning desire to win then you need to go back to the drawing board.

If you check history, a vast majority of the most successful entrepreneurs were extremely passionate and had an unwavering faith in their ideas and areas of expertise, even if the world is against them. Many persons live their entire lives regretful of lost opportunities and you will soon realize that the pursuit of happiness lies very closely with the discovery of PASSION. Continue reading →

Debunking 10 Popular SEO Myths Created By So Called “SEO Experts”

by Sam on September 30, 2011 in Search Engine Optimization with 4 Comments
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For years the art of search engine optimization has been praised as the end-all, be-all in runningasuccessful, money making website; and because of this thought, many persons self proclaimed as “SEO Experts” started popping up all over the web creating a lot of hype surrounding SEO practices and in the process, sent a lot of their dedicated followers on wild goose chases that yielded little worthwhile results.

The truth is that Google, the biggest authority on SEO and search, provides all the information and strategies required for mastering your niche through search. The information they provide is surprisingly very simple and straightforward and will prove to be less hassle and reap more rewards.

So let’s do some myth busting to shed some light on the truth about SEO. Continue reading →

Awesome Changes & Improvements In Store For Sam’s Web Guide

by Sam on August 10, 2010 in News, Site Review with 14 Comments
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The only thing that remains constant in life is change and I’m happy to report on some improvements for my blog, Sam’s Web Guide, and hopefully receive some feedback from my dedicated readers on how to develop the site and make it better.

The overall theme of the blog is dedicated to educating online users, especially webmasters and bloggers, on how to run successful websites and equipping them with all the tools and best practices that will be required. So far, I have been able to cover some good ground in the areas of Search Engine Optimization, Blogging and Social Media through posts that have been well received by my readers. Over the next few months I will be widening the scope and start focusing on more key topics that appeal to a larger audience.

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5 Great Ways to Promote Your Blog

by Onibalusi Bamidele on June 27, 2010 in Blogging & SEO with 28 Comments
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This is a guest post by Onibalusi Bamidele, a 16 year-old entrepreneur who offers blogging and online money making tips from his blog, Youngprepro.com

One of the greatest problems many new bloggers face is getting people to read their blogs, they would work hard and try to give their best in terms of valuable content yet nobody is reading their great posts.

It is a great pity the rule “Build it and they will come“  does not apply to blogging or the internet in general.

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How to Build an E-Commerce WordPress Site in 5 Minutes

by Sam on April 27, 2010 in Other Tutorials, Tutorials, Videos with 13 Comments

Here’s a quick video tutorial showing you how to add E-Commerce capabilities to your WordPress blog through a free plugin: WP E-Commerce. The basic solution is very easy and allows you to add an almost unlimited amount of products and connects you with the most popular payment gateways.

In this video, Adam Purcell from Hungry Dog Media demonstrates how easy the plugin setup is and does it in under 5 minutes.

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How To Use Social Media To Effectively Improve SEO

by Sam on April 18, 2010 in Blogging & SEO, Social Media with 26 Comments

There is a huge debate on whether Social Media will be replacing traditional Search Engine Results and Search Engine Optimization practices. Some persons say Social Media will replace SEO and others are saying SEO is here to stay. Now the truth of the matter is that neither of the two is greater and I will be showing you that by maintaining a solid online social presence you will massively improve your SEO results which are guaranteed to improve your chances of your great content being found on the internet.

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6 Awesome WordPress Alternatives

by Sam on April 13, 2010 in Blogging & SEO, News with 28 Comments

This is a guest post by Tom Walker from a specialist provider of cartridges next day and print media supplies. If you are interested in guest posting on Sam’s Web Guide, please visit our guest post guidelines page here.

WordPress is one of the most popular blogging software packages available. Because of its popularity, there is a lot of support for it as well as ways to change it through themes, addons, plugins, and customizations. Being popular is not always a good thing though. For a package to appeal to a wide range of people and applications, it has to come with a lot of features and capabilities that a user may not want to use. Continue reading →

5 Tips to Super-Charge Your Blog Like a Successful Restaurant

by Edwin on April 7, 2010 in Blogging & SEO, Tutorials with 20 Comments

This is a guest post by Edwin from Guide Goods. If you are interested in guest posting on Sam’s Web Guide, please visit our guest post guidelines page here.

Blogging is (believe it or not) just like the restaurant biz. Many things will influence choices and your first impressions. Reputation, Brand, Comfort and other factors come into play. You have to treat your blog the same way. Don’t think just because you have a great name and an amazing website idea that people will flock to it.

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Will Social Media Marketing Consistently Outperform Search Engine Optimization?

by Sam on April 7, 2010 in Blogging & SEO, News, Social Media with 32 Comments

The only thing that remains constant in this life is change and there are huge positive changes taking placing on the web, especially with how we market ourselves and our products. Its very important to keep up to date and constantly conduct self-analysis to ensure that we are practicing the techniques that work for our blogs and business. So let’s take a look at how effective Social Media Marketing (SMM)  really is in comparison to results gained from Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and which practice works better for a blog and at what stage.

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