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A Quick Guide to Writing Great Blog Posts for Businesses

Monday, October 10th, 2011

A Quick Guide to Writing Great Blog Posts for Businesses

There are certain elements of a blog post that need to be given special care in order for a post to be successful. Let’s take a look at these elements and what you need to do to make sure they are optimized. (more…)

Kristi Hines

Kristi Hines is a Web Strategist and author of the Vertical Measure’s Guide Blogging for Business.

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Are You Measuring the Right Metrics for Online Marketing?

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

Are You Measuring the Right Metrics for Online Marketing

Recently, I’ve been delving deeper and deeper into the world of analytics for online marketing, measuring everything I can about traffic, social media, search rankings, and more. In my excitement, I even wrote posts about how to measure your online marketing strategy and blog growth using specific tools and spreadsheets to monitor key numbers in your online campaign. Using these methods, you can see your site’s overall growth in key areas. (more…)

Kristi Hines

Kristi Hines is a Web Strategist and author of the Vertical Measure’s Guide Blogging for Business.

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The Door-to-Door Salesman’s Guide to Local Online Marketing

Friday, August 5th, 2011

Salesman Guide Local Online Marketing

If you work in a small office, one thing you will see from time to time (depending on the size of your office complex) is the friendly door-to-door salesman. They offer everything from paper to salon services. But the question is, are they making the best use of their time?

The next time he or she comes walking through your front office door, maybe you should give them a few alternative online marketing strategies they could be pursuing instead of the straight cold-call but in person tactics they are doing now. Some great local online marketing ideas include the following – since several of our latest solicitors were for printer ink, I will target the examples to them. (more…)

Kristi Hines

Kristi Hines is a Web Strategist and author of the Vertical Measure’s Guide Blogging for Business.

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Simple Twitter Searches to Generate Content Ideas

Monday, May 23rd, 2011

Twitter Content Ideas

We’ve all read that question and answer sites can be a great source of content ideas, but sometimes we neglect the biggest Q&A site of them all with millions of members and messages being sent everyday. Twitter of course! (more…)

Kristi Hines

Kristi Hines is a Web Strategist and author of the Vertical Measure’s Guide Blogging for Business.

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Distributing Your Content to Increase Your Reach

Monday, May 9th, 2011

Distribute and Repurpose Content

You did it! You created that awesome infographic, video, article, or other piece of content. You’ve posted it on your website, promoted it, and gotten some great response.

But after the initial hype has died down, so has the traffic. Now you are probably wondering how you can take that awesomeness to the next level and give it some more exposure which will hopefully build a consistent flow of traffic back to your main site.

This is where content distribution comes into play. Instead of letting that piece of content sit in one place, you are going to take it, repurpose it, and distribute it in a variety of ways. (more…)

Kristi Hines

Kristi Hines is a Web Strategist and author of the Vertical Measure’s Guide Blogging for Business.

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