Last week I went to a special conference, The Content Marketing Academy 2016. There was a great energy and sense of community at the event. If you missed the last post, my takeaways from TCMA Day 1 are here. Day 2’s speakers were: Ann Handley Kevin Anderson, Square Tree Marketing Colin Gray, The Podcast Host… Continue Reading 23 Expert Tips For Content Marketing Success – TCMA Day 2
Blogging & Content Marketing
A First Time Speaker’s Experience At WordCamp London 2016
The road to public speaking I gave my first conference presentation on Saturday 9 April at WordCamp London 2016. The topic, covered in my last post, was The How and Why of Small Business Blogging. It was quite a journey to the presentation day, I can tell you! The invite came from Diane Wallace, who… Continue Reading A First Time Speaker’s Experience At WordCamp London 2016
The How and Why Of Small Business Blogging
I gave this talk at WordCamp London 2016 on 9 April 2016. I have written another post about the experience of preparing and delivering the talk. This post focuses on the content. [email protected] gave an excellent talk about how to become a great blogger, with many useful tips #WCLDN pic.twitter.com/4nANvXwGd2 — Rian Rietveld (@RianRietveld) April… Continue Reading The How and Why Of Small Business Blogging
Get More Eyeballs On Your Content With Revive Old Post
If you’ve blogged for a while, you will have a great bank of content waiting to be discovered and read by new readers. Especially evergreen content – content that doesn’t go out of date. Using social media automation is a good way to manage this. I’ve used Buffer and Coschedule’s social sharing tools to good… Continue Reading Get More Eyeballs On Your Content With Revive Old Post
So You Want To Guest Post – What Happens Next?
I’ve just submitted my second guest blog post for a larger site. It was a good experience. I’ve learned some things along the way, which I will share here. Be on the look out for guest post opportunities – they are everywhere This guest post came about because I had written a product review and… Continue Reading So You Want To Guest Post – What Happens Next?
Upset By Missing Twitter Share Counts? How To See Them Again
What’s happened to Twitter’s Share Counts? Tweet 0 I discovered the other day through using Coschedule’s social sharing tools that I could no longer see the share count for my posts shared on Twitter. Personally, I don’t display share counts on my actual posts because I don’t tend to get large numbers of shares. But this still… Continue Reading Upset By Missing Twitter Share Counts? How To See Them Again
Small Business Blog Survey – The Fascinating Results!
I recently posted a business blogging survey to find out more about why people blog for business, how often they blog and how effective they’ve found blogging. I used this to help compose my recent talk and post about blogging. The survey is still open if you wish to complete it. I’m going to present the… Continue Reading Small Business Blog Survey – The Fascinating Results!
Do You Know How To Improve Your Business Blog?
I gave a talk yesterday to the No Ties Networking group. The title of the talk was The Dos and Don’ts of Business Blogging. For anyone who missed it, or wants a reminder of the points I made, here’s the talk as a blog post. Before you begin your business blogging.. Do read, share and comment on… Continue Reading Do You Know How To Improve Your Business Blog?
Business Blogging Survey – I Need Your Help!
I’m delivering a talk later this week on the Dos and Don’ts of Blogging for Business. I need some help with it! I’m trying to find out why people blog and what works for them. I’ve put together a short survey below. If you have a business blog, I’d be much obliged if you could… Continue Reading Business Blogging Survey – I Need Your Help!
Spotlight on CoSchedule – An Easy, Efficient Editorial Calendar
Revised and updated 9 March 2016. Having done a blogging challenge earlier in the year, and now settling into a one post per week routine, I decided recently that I could use an editorial calendar. The benefits of an editorial calendar Editorial calendars are used by bloggers and content marketers for a number of reasons: Plan in… Continue Reading Spotlight on CoSchedule – An Easy, Efficient Editorial Calendar
