Posts Tagged ‘Technology’

5 Simple Steps to Learning from Your Blogs Top 10 Traffic Referral Posts

Have you ever done a Top 10 Posts post on your blog? Don’t feel bad if you haven’t. I’ve never haven’t either … until now, that is. I see lots of bloggers do this, and aside from getting your more popular work out in front of your readers, I think there’s some good learning that comes from making it a point to do this once every few months. For one, it gives you (as the blogger) an idea of what other people are reading and getting the most value from in your content. You can drill down to what type of styles work for your audience, what information seems to resonate with them and what keywords are drawing the most traffic for you. It’s also a chance for you to go back and reflect on some of the ideas you’ve written to see if there’s new angles that you can take on covering topics that are already popular with your readers. There are much more sophisticated ways to approach looking at your top posts, but you don’t always need to drill that deep. As a simple exercise, here’s how I’m approaching it. You can use these 5 easy steps if you’d like to try this on your own blog, if you like. Go into Google analytics or any other program you use and click through to your Top Content tab. Choose the time period you wish to report on. As a quick gut check, I’m looking at July 1st through August 1st. Pay attention to things like the number of visits versus visitor time spent on post. Do you notice any differences or similarities? Does anything pop out to you as interesting? Build the list with links in your Top 10 post. Now dig back into your content too look at the differences between [...]

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The Weekly Blogging Style Guide #7: Media Styles

Welcome back folks! Before we begin, let me share two quick updates with you. Cool? First, if you haven’t already, I wanted to to remind you to register for Content Marketing World that’s taking place in Cleveland ,Ohio September 6th-8th. I’m working with Joe on the event and will be be doing short talk on video during last day. But, my snippet of content is no match for the heavy hitters in the content marketing industry that will be sharing their expertise, case studies and ideas through out the event. Click the banner below to register and use the code ASSOC42 to get $100 off your badge. And, if you are a college student looking to explore career opportunities in the content marketing industry, make sure to sign up for the Futures in Content Marketing Event. It’s probably the best $25 investment you can make in your career right now, and you’ll get to do some pretty high-level networking at Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Finally, remember that if feel like you are getting some value out of talking blogging styles in this seriers, you can always sign up to receive updates on my blogging styles book. Cheers! ~ @nateriggs For the 7th installment of The Weekly Blogging Style Guide series were going to look three different applications of video in a blog. There are plenty more ways to use video and we’ll explore those in the coming weeks. For today, let’s dig into the power of video monologues and interviews. Feel free to try look at what these bloggers are doing and experiment with applying their ideas to your own content and styles this week. If you do, send me a link so that I can feature and link back to your work here, okay? Weekly Blogging Style Guide # 7 How Do [...]

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