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One of the best things about social media is that businesses can interact with consumers where they play.  You have seen this in traditional means of advertising, too.  You see billboard ads at events.  You see advertising at the Winnipeg Goldeyes Games.  You see advertisements on the LED screens at the MTS Center when you go to see a concert.  You can do the same thing on social media but it is less obvious.

When you see a billboard or a big ad at a concert you know it is advertising.  But when you are using a site like Pinterest, it is not so blatant, which makes it even more effective.
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Reach People Where They Play – on Pinterest is a post from: The Social Freelance Writer.

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I’m participating in another blogging contest!

This contest is on the new site, MySEOCommunity.com – a site where you can find the best information on new search engine methods and technologies and social media.

I was very excited about this contest when I found out about it from Ana Hoffman because this contest focuses on the quality of the post rather than on social media sharing.  While I have enjoyed the other contests I have been in, this is refreshing and different.

Today is the last day to enter so I’m just getting in barely on time.  Hopefully that won’t affect my results.

There are some great sponsors so check them out:

$1000. Sponsors

Next Digital is Asia/Pacific’s largest full-service digital agency. They specialise in creative, marketing, strategy and technology, leading the new digital age to discover what’s next! Digital Marketing

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WordStream, provider of ppc software and a better Google Keyword tool

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$50. Sponsors

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HotTubVariety.com Hot Tub Reviews

EarthCareGreenhouses.com Wholesale Greenhouses

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www.Zoomit.com Canadian News

David Leonhardt SEO Ottawa

John McElborough SEO Agency

Milan Matchev Travel Directory

Contest Media Partners

www.Blokube.com

www.famousbloggers.net

Free Blogengage Account $29.95 Value blogengage.com

Ana Hoffman www.TrafficGenerationCafe.com/

Non-cash SEO Prizes

David Harry A full years membership at SEO Dojo, a value of $250.SEO Training Dojo

Lifetime membership to: My Blog Guest. MyBlogGuest.com is the free guest post exchange community where users meet to exchange guest posts and network.

Link-Assistant.Com SEO PowerSuite Enterprise (max. functionality license) SEO tools

SEMrush.com – the best tool to spy on your competitors ($210 value) www.semrush.com

WebSEOAnalytics.com 1 Year subscription to their Professonal SEO tools

www.Hostgator.com 1 Year Business web hosting

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While you aren’t likely a deliberate social spammer, are you confident that all of the marketing techniques you utilize on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and similar platforms are all above board and totally acceptable?

Use this handy infographic to get an overview of the specific rules to be found in the terms of service of your favorite social media sites and avoid these three main no-no’s when letting your followers and friends know about what you have to offer:

1. Be Yourself, Don’t Impersonate

No matter where you maintain social profiles, each should represent who you are in reality, not a fictitious character and not your business. Every social platform demands that users use their real name and have a profile that represents who they are; obviously your business is a part of who you are but it’s important to keep your profile presentation at a happy medium.

2. Never Be Sexually Explicit

Whether your products are adult-oriented or you simply have a bit of a dirty sense of humor, using sexual connotations of any kind in your marketing efforts, or your personal postings, is a quick and easy way to get banned on any social site.

3. Don’t Automate

Automated content creation and sharing is specifically banned on all social platforms except when utilizing official software or software properly utilizing the platform’s API (i.e. TweetAdder for Twitter). Rules aside, just as you are unlikely to be highly responsive to what is obviously an automated message or social posting, your audience is equally unlikely to be swept off of their feet by the same.

The social media spam infographic is courtesy of SEOsmarty and placed through MyBlogGuest Infographics gallery!

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If you are a freelance writer and you want to have more private clients, Google+ is the network that you should be using. Yes, I still love Facebook and Twitter, but Google+ has some features that will make it a valuable investment of your time!

I have been enjoying Google+ since it first came out but lately I have been seeing the value of it even more. The big change?  Search Plus Your World (which I am too lazy to write out every time I mention it so I’ll likely just call it Search+ from now on!)

What is Search+?

Search+ is Google’s way of letting you search within your networks when you are looking for information.  When you go to google.com (I don’t see it available at google.ca yet but if you scroll to the bottom of the screen when you are on the .ca or other country you will find a link that says “go to googl.com” and then you will be able to use this feature) and do a search for anything you will still get the results that you would normally see but you will also see results from people that are in your network, talking about the subject you are searching for.

For example, if I do a search for blogging I get this:

click the picture to see a bigger version!

Now, if you click on the picture to see a bigger version you will notice that some of the results have a little person figure beside them – those are posts from people that are in my Google+ network.

Why would I want to see those in my search results?

Well, if you have them circled in Google+ it is obviously because you are interested in connecting with them or the share information that is valuable to them or you already trust their information.  So doesn’t it make sense that you would value the information that they put out there more than information from random sites?

Now, let’s pretend that you are an internet marketer, a web site owner, a blogger or someone else that does business online or wants to increase their business by building an online presence.  You are starting a blog or you want to do some article marketing or you need to do a press release but you don’t have time (or skill) to write it yourself.  You need to find a freelance writer.  So you do a search on Google and you hit the little Search+ symbol so that you can get results in your network (because you trust their recommendations more).  Are you going to show up in their trusted network’s results?

Not if you aren’t on Google+ – so get on there!

Now, to illustrate, let’s see what kind of results I get when I search for freelance writer:

Recognize any of those faces?  I do!  They are all people that are in my social network on Google+!  How cool is that?

And if I scroll down the page just a little bit I see this:

Yup – that is me!

So, if people in your network do a search for freelance writers or something along those lines, are they going to find you? They won’t if you don’t get your butt over to Google+ and start using it.

If we aren’t already connect, circle me on Google+.  I’ll likely circle you back but just to be sure say hi by putting a + sign in front of my name when you make a post.

Since I think Google+ is so important for networking, I’m going to be writing some more about it soon.  If you have any particular topics you’d like to see addressed please leave me a comment!  And don’t forget to share this post on Twitter, Facebook, and of course, on Google+!

Freelance Writers – Are You Using Google+ Yet? is a post from: The Social Freelance Writer.

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I recorded an audioboo about FiversWorld. Take a listen:

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Seriously, guest posting might sound like a lot of work to you, and it is if you’re doing it right.  But is it worth the bother?  Some don’t think so.  I strongly disagree and I think that if you really want to get in front of a targeted audience guest posting can be your best tool.

Why?

Well, think about it – how do your find new readers?  You need to get in front of your audience right?  Right.  And how do you do that?  There are lots of ways – forum posting, yahoo answers, article marketing, and so on.  But guest posting – this is one way that you can be sure of being in front of a targeted audience because blog readers tend to be quiet loyal.  When they find a blog they like, they come back to it again and again.  And they already want the information.

So, when you guest post for someone else’s blog they are essentially letting you borrow their readers!  What more could you ask for.

When you guest post for someone’s blog, you usually get a resource box somewhere in the blog post where you’ll be allowed to add links.  Spend some time creating a great bio that is funny and engaging at the same time.  Leave links to the places that you want to be found most and don’t forget to tell them whatever the most important thing about you is.

Also, when you guest post for someone’s blog they might let you leave links within the body of the post.  These links should be to specific blog posts within your blog.  This will help you get targeted traffic even more!

Check out some of the guest posts I’ve done this past year:

• 10 Ways to Build a Killer Web Presence Without Social Networking (Job Mob)
• 10 Reasons Your Writing Blog Isn’t Helping You Get Jobs (The Blue Inkwell)
• Writers - Are You Filling in Your Profiles? (Get Paid to Write Online)
• Why WordPress is the Leading Content Management System(Ben Wan Web Solutions)
• How to Keep Your Business Writing Simple (Simply Stated Business)
• 5 Techniques You Can Use to Take Your Internet Marketing Business to the Next Level in 2012 (Famous Bloggers)

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Guest post  by Hajra Khatoon

WHO IS ANNABEL CANDY?

Annabel Candy runs Successful Blogging  and a travel blog called Get in the Hot Spot. She has been featured on Copyblogger, Problogger and Zen Habits. With over 16 years of experience in web designing and copy writing; she is a power to reckon with especially if you want to tap into the power of blogging. Her travel blog has over 20, 000 readers per month! Yes, that’s a five digit number.

WHY I LOVED THE BLOG?

Successful Blogging isn’t like any other blogs that shouts the WHAT OF BLOGGING in your face all the time. It has some very unique things to offer and here’s why we love it :

• It takes the tour from scratch – talks about starting a blog, building it and so on.
• There is a topic categorized as Blogging Succes Stories where bloggers from various realms talk about their rise to the blogging hall of fame
• It talks about the dreaded topic – making money from blogging. Whether it can be done or not and how?
• The personal touch : her posts over the holidays reflected that there’s more to Annabel than just being the blogging wiz.
• The look of the blog is clean, crisp and fresh. Makes you want to keep surfing. No jazzy colors, no in your face advertisements and just the right mix of sidebars.
• She’s got the Pinterest button! Yup, that is the latest craze.
• She is featured in the media way too many times. She is a print celebrity. Check out her media accolades here.
• When you subscribe for free updates you get three chapters of her book for free and you are updated every time she updates! You keep in sync with her!
• She offers 1 on 1 consultation. And her pricing packages are all mentioned right away on the blog

So, if you are looking into working on your blog and making it click, Annabel is the lady to get in touch with. That’s more than good enough reasons to be stalking Annabel Candy on her blog right away!

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Blog Review: Successful Blogging is a post from: The Social Freelance Writer.

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Guest post by Hajra Kahtoon

WHO?

Jane Sheeba  runs many blogs!!! That is probably the first thing you notice about her.

She blogs about blogging at Problogging Success.

She tells you all about the technological buzz going around at Tech Buzz.

She runs a relationship advice blog at Merry Relationships.

Besides this, she is a team member at We Blog Better, works as a scientist by day and don’t ask me how; but manages to run her family and raise a kid!

Now that you have done gasping; read on.

WHAT?

Jane has authored an amazing book called Pro Blogging Action Plan. The book is a 132 page of action packed blogging guide. It can very well be your blogging guru all in itself. Not only is the book explanatory, but it walks you through EACH AND EVERY step of the blogging process. From selecting your niche, to naming it, to hosting it, to writing posts, having schedules, SEO’s, links, plug – ins, to, hear hear…MAKING MONEY!

Not only is this book  a walk-through through your blogging journey; it tells you how to maximize benefits at each step.

WHY?

Why should I buy this book you ask? Here’s why:

• Everyone talks about making mistakes. Pro blogging action talks about improving on them. What you should NOT be doing and what you SHOULD be doing and HOW you should be doing it.
• There is absolutely nothing a newbie needs to know that hasn’t been covered. You name it and it is there in the book.
• Illustrations :  probably my best loved feature in the book! Not only does Jane walk you through; she illustrates how!
• DEFINITIONS! Yes, Jane’s book defines many terms that technology cripples might find hard to understand. Terms like content syndication, quality link building, do follow links are comprehensively described.
• Not only will you know what blogging goals are; you shall know how to identify them.
• It’s a tried and tested formula. Jane mentions how she went wrong and how she worked on it.
• Recommendations: The book lays out the resources available and compares them to each other. Also, Jane mentions what she uses herself and why.
• Wonderfully explained methods to increase traffic to your blog and also optimizing your blog for search engines.
• MONEY: Everyone is here to make money, at least some money. This book might help you get just that!

HOW MUCH?

Priced at 27 $ this book is probably the best bargain you get! Also, there is so much to learn that money really won’t be an issue. Also, letting you on a little secret; if you are a subscriber at Jane’s blog you might just get yourself a discount!  And it comes with a 100% 30 Day Money Back Guarantee. What more can you ask for?

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING?

Check out what others are saying about the book.

Brankica Underwood of Blog Like a Star: If you are searching for actionable steps to make your blog bigger and better, Jane has the solution for you. Her e-book is filled with great advice. She served all the things on a platter for you. Do you know how much time we would have all saved if this book had been published sooner? She tried and tested everything and handpicked the things that work the best. Can’t ask for more than that! ”

Ana of Traffic Generation Café: “Jane’s book is a goldmine for any aspiring blogger. It’s filled with the kind of thorough and practical advice on setting up and running a successful blog that others charge hundreds of dollars for. If you already have a blog up and running, don’t think this ebook is not for you though. Her chapters on content creation, SEO, and blog promotion are definitely something that can give your blog the push you’ve been looking for. In short, this ebook is definitely a winner in my book. ”

So, given all that you stand to benefit, go book shopping here!

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Book Review: ProBlogging Action Plan is a post from: The Social Freelance Writer.

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