How To Build Your Business With Blogging


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Are you hoping to build your business – grow your audience - using blogging? Have you considered blogging as a method of connecting with the existing audience of a small business? Technical trainer Barb Drozdowich has been blogging since 2010. She has grown her 3 primary blogs to host thousands of visitors each day. She understands how to build an audience and how to build a business using blogging. She supports her family using money earned from her blogs. One of the best ways to connect with an audience and grow an audience is through the use of a blog. A blog can provide entertainment or provide education. A blog can show that you are the “go-to” person for information in your niche. Do you feel uncertain about the technology or what to blog about? How to Build your Business with Blogging is aimed at a beginner to intermediate audience. Barb teaches not only how to set up a blog, but how to turn it into a money-making tool of communication with your audience. She brings several decades of teaching experience and common everyday language to what many see as a complicated subject. In this book you’ll discover: How blogging can help to build and improve communication with an audience How to create powerful topics to blog about that generate shareable content and grow your audience How to create optimized blog posts that will get people talking How to maintain, protect & backup your content to keep your site safe for years to come How to monetize a blog and how to understand the actions of your audience Through a series of short & easy to follow chapters, How to Build Your Business with Blogging helps you choose the right platform, understand the technical aspects & get started today. If you like an easy-to-understand book that cuts through the technobabble that exists in many tech manuals, this book is for you! Pick up this great deal today & start blogging right away!




TUMBLR FOR BUSINESS: The Ultimate Guide


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The world is changing. The way we do business, the way we shop, the way we socialize and the way we run successful marketing campaigns In Tumblr for Business, Gabriela Taylor, an expert in online marketing and social media, shows you not only how Tumblr can be used to showcase your brand to a worldwide audience, but also how to create social buzz and take your business to the next level. Amazon reviewer Andrew David states, "Gabriela Taylor really knows how to keep things simple but detailed, which I liked because I did not know what I was doing at the start." If your customer demographics skew young, your business and Tumblr could be a perfect match, since half of Tumblr's users are under 25. There are 100+ million Tumblr blogs and only 67+ million sites running on WordPress. The popular website, valued at $1 billion plus, allows the use of multimedia and can brag of 13 billion global page views in just one recent month and 75 million posts daily. "This book is really a soup to nuts guide on how to register for and set up a Tumblr blog to advanced Tumblr marketing strategies for your product or service,"says Amazon reviewer Jennie Zahn. "Gabriela Taylor also provides other ways to use Tumblr to make money. Is it the ultimate guide? I'd have to say Yes. It's the best guide I've read for Tumblr. There's a thoughtful comparison of Tumblr and other social media sites like Facebook & Twitter." Zahn also liked the "step-by-step instructions to set up and enhance a Tumblr site. There's also great information on how to integrate other tools and features with Tumblr. . . .I thought the best part covered advanced strategies and monetization. Taylor writes clearly and is obviously an expert Tumblr user. I also think the book is underpriced for what you get. I'd highly recommend it for anyone considering using Tumblr at any level."




Introduction to Google Analytics


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Develop your digital/online marketing skills and learn web analytics to understand the performance of websites and ad campaigns. Approaches covered will be immediately useful for business or nonprofit organizations. If you are completely new to Google Analytics and you want to learn the basics, this guide will introduce you to the content quickly. Web analytics is critical to online marketers as they seek to track return on investment and optimize their websites. Introduction to Google Analytics covers the basics of Google Analytics, starting with creating a blog, and monitoring the number of people who see the blog posts and where they come from. What You’ll Learn Understand basic techniques to generate traffic for a blog or website Review the performance of a website or campaign Set up a Shopify account to track ROI Create and maximize AdWords to track conversion Discover opportunities offered by Google, including the Google Individual Qualification Who This Book Is For Those who need to get up to speed on Google Analytics tools and techniques for business or personal use. This book is also suitable as a student reference.




Small-business Guide to Winning at Web Marketing


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If you're launching a new company or becoming a self-employed entrepreneur, then this book is for you. Small-business Guide to Winning at Web Marketing will help you to understand the electronic and traditional marketing landscapes and show how you can use them to benefit and grow your business. Today's marketing is a lot like playing pinball. It's not a straight shot - you have to bounce around a lot to really rack up the points and since some pins are worth more than others, you need a certain amount of skill and luck to be able to ping them more than once. In this book, you'll learn the game basics, some strategy, and a few tricks, but mastering pinball -- web marketing -- will depend entirely on how long you can keep the ball in play. I've spent 30 years as an entrepreneur - where you do it yourself because you don't have the budget for otherwise. There are thousands of search-engine optimization services that you can enlist, but you should understand the options available. There is so much where you can contribute and this will reduce the financial impact on your company that expensive contractors can have. This book starts with your web site and rolls right on through social media, social bookmarking, blogging, press releases, news announcements, printed material, QR codes, and much more. Don't flounder - you don't have time. Get this book and win at web marketing.




Blogging Business


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This kit includes: Essential industry and business-specific startup steps with worksheets, calculators, checklists and more. Entrepreneur Editors’ Start Your Own Business, a guide to starting any business and surviving the first three years. Downloadable, customizable business letters, sales letters, and other sample documents. Entrepreneur’s Small Business Legal Toolkit. Blogs are still one of the internet’s fastest-growing phenomena–and one of the best and easiest ways to make money online. Packed with the latest blog tools, tricks, and up-and-coming trends, this fully revised edition teaches you the ins and outs of creating an eye-catching blog that captures millions of eyeballs and reaps huge financial rewards–all within hours and with little to no financial investment. We’ll reveal: The latest forms of blogging including Twitter/micro-blogging, mobile blogging, and video blogging •How you can make money as a YouTube partner and develop a YouTube Channel •10 proven ways to promote your blog •How to avoid the most common blogging mistakes •Priceless advice from successful bloggers for maximizing profits •How to create new and original content to attract new followers Now you can create your own incredible platform to showcase your thoughts, knowledge, expertise, and opinions to millions of web surfers and make money doing it!




Contemporary Research Methods and Data Analytics in the News Industry


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The advent of digital technologies has changed the news and publishing industries drastically. While shrinking newsrooms may be a concern for many, journalists and publishing professionals are working to reorient their skills and capabilities to employ technology for the purpose of better understanding and engaging with their audiences. Contemporary Research Methods and Data Analytics in the News Industry highlights the research behind the innovations and emerging practices being implemented within the journalism industry. This crucial, industry-shattering publication focuses on key topics in social media and video streaming as a new form of media communication as well the application of big data and data analytics for collecting information and drawing conclusions about the current and future state of print and digital news. Due to significant insight surrounding the latest applications and technologies affecting the news industry, this publication is a must-have resource for journalists, analysts, news media professionals, social media strategists, researchers, television news producers, and upper-level students in journalism and media studies. This timely industry resource includes key topics on the changing scope of the news and publishing industries including, but not limited to, big data, broadcast journalism, computational journalism, computer-mediated communication, data scraping, digital media, news media, social media, text mining, and user experience.




Entrepreneurship


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This textbook is intended for use in introductory Entrepreneurship classes at the undergraduate level. Due to the wide range of audiences and course approaches, the book is designed to be as flexible as possible. Theoretical and practical aspects are presented in a balanced manner, and specific components such as the business plan are provided in multiple formats. Entrepreneurship aims to drive students toward active participation in entrepreneurial roles, and exposes them to a wide range of companies and scenarios. This is an adaptation of Entrepreneurship by OpenStax. You can access the textbook as pdf for free at openstax.org. Minor editorial changes were made to ensure a better ebook reading experience. Textbook content produced by OpenStax is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.




A Comprehensive Guide to Digital Marketing


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"A Comprehensive Guide to Digital Marketing" is an all-encompassing resource that delves into the core aspects and advanced techniques of digital marketing. This book covers essential topics such as SEO, SEM, content marketing, and social media strategies, ensuring readers grasp both foundational concepts and cutting-edge practices. Each chapter, from leveraging AI in SEO to effective blogging and influencer marketing, is designed to equip professionals with practical tools and insights. Detailed guides on platforms like SEMrush and Google Analytics, coupled with chapters on mobile marketing, video content creation, and e-commerce strategies, make this book an invaluable asset for anyone looking to excel in the digital marketing landscape.




Using WordPress as a Library Content Management System


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In this issue of Library Technology Reports, Kate Marek offers a practical guide to web analytics tools, explaining what librarians need to know to implement them effectively.




Advanced Web Metrics with Google Analytics


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This book is intended for use by customers using Google Classic Analytics and does not cover the newer Google Universal Analytics or related Google Tag Manager. Google Analytics is the free tool used by millions of web site owners to assess the effectiveness of their efforts. Its revised interface and new features will offer even more ways to increase the value of your web site, and this book will teach you how to use each one to best advantage. Featuring new content based on reader and client requests, the book helps you implement new methods and concepts, track social and mobile visitors, use the new multichannel funnel reporting features, understand which filters to use, and much more. Gets you up and running with all the new tools in the revamped Google Analytics, and includes content requested by readers and users especially for new GA users Covers social media analytics features, advanced segmentation displays, multi-dashboard configurations, and using Top 20 reports Provides a detailed best-practices implementation guide covering advanced topics, such as how to set up GA to track dynamic web pages, banners, outgoing links, and contact forms Includes case studies and demonstrates how to optimize pay-per-click accounts, integrate AdSense, work with new reports and reporting tools, use ad version testing, and more Make your web site a more effective business tool with the detailed information and advice about Google Analytics in Advanced Web Metrics with Google Analytics, 3nd Edition.