The Creative Penn

JUNE 26, 2023

Joanna: Just an introduction to the audience, back in 2007 I read your book, From Entrepreneur to Infopreneur , which helped me decide to start my own author business. You've been teaching nonfiction authors about marketing since then, but it has been a decade since we talked last in 2013 about book marketing. Thanks for having me.

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Intergrowth

MARCH 5, 2023

By simply including a Google Analytics tracking code on your site, you can find out who is visiting, where they live, their gender, age, and how they came to your site (organic search, social media link, etc.). This information lets you see if you are reaching your target audience and where you need to improve your marketing efforts.

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The Creative Penn

JUNE 12, 2023

What are the best ways to reach a Christian audience? So I wrote a blog post about dating and relationships that went viral. But you've been podcasting on Novel Marketing since 2013, so a decade now. Then I use some AI tools , and then I have one VA who does the blog post, the show notes. Thomas Umstattd Jr.

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 27, 2023

If you want to stay in touch, sign up for my free Author Blueprint here , subscribe to The Creative Penn podcast on your favorite app, or follow me on social media. I was afraid of failure and not even making that much, plus this book falls between my existing audiences. What happens to Pilgrimage now?

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Fat Joe

JUNE 30, 2023

That changed in 2013 with the Hummingbird update and the move toward natural language processing. Depending on the user intent, the dominant content type could be a video, blog post, category page, or landing page. That could be a how-to guide, listicle, opinion piece, tutorial, comparison post, or another format.

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 5, 2022

How — and why — to pivot genres Combining what you want to write and what sells Creating a new audience when pivoting genres Are Facebook ads and AMS ads still worth it? It was probably late 2013, early 2014, I read a fictional book, which absolutely blew me away, and I just knew right then and there, I needed to create something like this.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 24, 2022

My best blog posts often start out as me writing an email to a reader answering a question. Alternatively I will often imagine I’m talking to someone as I’m writing – which leads to a post written in a more personal way. Further Reading: 10 Techniques to Get More Comments on Your Blog.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 16, 2022

I remember my first 10 or so blog posts going up to the deafening roar of silence – I couldn’t even get my wife to read them! Next week we’re going to get a little more practical on the topic of building community on a blog by really drilling into some specific tactics on how to do it!

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Content Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

In 2013, it raised another $11.5 For example, if an audience is known to love a certain team, Quill can write a story that softens the blow when that team loses. Please note: All tools included in our blog posts are suggested by authors, not the CMI editorial team. No one post can provide all relevant tools in the space.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 24, 2022

My best blog posts often start out as me writing an email to a reader answering a question. Alternatively I will often imagine I’m talking to someone as I’m writing – which leads to a post written in a more personal way. Further Reading: 10 Techniques to Get More Comments on Your Blog.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 16, 2022

I remember my first 10 or so blog posts going up to the deafening roar of silence – I couldn’t even get my wife to read them! Next week we’re going to get a little more practical on the topic of building community on a blog by really drilling into some specific tactics on how to do it!

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 8, 2013

Welcome to 2013! We’ve all heard social media advisors tell us to target the influencers if we want to have an impact on social media. In this post, Jonathan Goodman shows you how—and his tips and experience are good for all aspects of blog promotion, not just social networking.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

As a blogger, you want to see every piece of analytics behind every keyword, but in 2013 that’s just no way to do business. Follow it and use it to keep up with consistent social media and blog posts. When you’re constructing blog posts and social media, keep the themes consistent.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 20, 2016

To help you keep up with things, take a look at these five blogging strategies that I’m betting in 2016. Master the Art of Guest Posting. There is no doubt about it: Guest-posting works. It worked in 2013, 2014, and 2015. The bottom line is that guest blogging is a tremendously effective strategy.

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 20, 2023

But it is not 2013 anymore. You have to understand that a lot of readers are really happy to buy on your store on the Shopify app, click through your website, through social media. These powerful integrations within social media mean it's much, much easier to buy direct. Thomas: I love that.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 25, 2015

2013 was the year when people started taking content marketing seriously. Thousands of new blogs and millions of new blog posts will be created over the next 12 months. Thousands of new blogs and millions of new blog posts will be created over the next 12 months.

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ProBlogger

JULY 17, 2014

However, in the interest of effort and reward, translation plugins can be an effective short-term solution for exponentially increasing the size of your audience. For virtually all of the projects that I run, I have a degree of social media automation using a combination of tools like IFTTT and Buffer, with a virtual assistant.

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ProBlogger

JULY 18, 2019

Now while a lot of blogs are very successful without writing evergreen content, I’ve definitely found it a great basis for my own blog’s success. Here’s what Tim Ferriss said in a podcast episode back in 2015 : If you’re building an audience, the most labor efficient way to build an audience over time is to have evergreen content.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 1, 2012

We therefore started posting similar ideas throughout the year, which in turn also received a lot of traffic. Youth Workin’ It has a global audience. As our blog was only a couple of months old in late 2011, we had very low levels of traffic in comparison to today, making it hard to identify any kind of trend.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 5, 2017

Most bloggers, back then, were blogging from the heart – blogging just because they had something to say – but Nikki even back then was not just interested and passionate about her topic – she was being smart and strategic with her blogging (at least, that was the impression I got).

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Content Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 8, 2017

A glance through Content Marketing Institute’s recently published posts, Growthhackers Must Read articles, or BuzzSumo’s most-shared marketing content from the past six months makes it clear – one blog post framework seems to be winning: How (Company You Know) Is Doing (Something) to Achieve (Positive Result).

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ProBlogger

JUNE 5, 2017

Most bloggers, back then, were blogging from the heart – blogging just because they had something to say – but Nikki even back then was not just interested and passionate about her topic – she was being smart and strategic with her blogging (at least, that was the impression I got).

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 30, 2011

This year, I tried to go outside of the social media echo-chamber and focus on people who are expanding beyond their blogs. If you are after more variety, I’ve included links to other round-ups at the end of this post. You guys may also enjoy her post about making money online through blogging and writing.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 27, 2013

y best blog posts often start out as me writing an email to a reader answering a question. Alternatively I will often imagine I’m talking to someone as I’m writing – which leads to a post written in a more personal way. Further Reading: 10 Techniques to Get More Comments on Your Blog.

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Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Ultimately, the goal is improving ranks, including Quantcast Rank, specializing in audience measurement. In this post, I’ll share 15 Chrome extensions that are useful for marketers. It’s handy for creating images for your blog posts. You’ll get information on the keyword density, links, social shares, and SEO meta info.

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Content Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 11, 2018

With the speed of big shifts happening across our industry lately – businesses merging, algorithms shifting , new tech capabilities emerging, audiences growing ever more fragmented and distracted , and the like – it’s hard enough for practitioners to keep up with what’s happening now , let alone keep our eyes firmly fixed on the horizon.

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Content Marketing Institute

JULY 31, 2018

Being aware of psychological principles is helpful whether you’re building a website, composing a tweet, or writing a blog post. While a 2013 study by Microsoft noted people’s attention span has narrowed to eight seconds at the max. Focus on one topic per blog post, video, or web page. Make messages simple.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 9, 2022

I’ve seen this numerous times on my blogs (but also social media accounts). The more genuine interaction you have on your blog the easier it is to convince others that your blog is worth a second visit. Community Makes Your Blog Easier to Create and Sell Products. Community Increases Page Views.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Further Resources on How Procrastination Stopped Me Writing a Million Dollar Blog Post. How to Start a Blog. 10 Surefire Ways to Overcome Blogging Procrastination. At the top of my list of goals for 2013, 2014, 2015 was start a podcast. I talked about optimizing your use of social media.

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Content Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Since we launched in November 2013, the podcast has been downloaded nearly 2 million times from listeners in 200 countries, while generating approximately a half-million dollars in direct revenue in sponsorship support. Once we notified this audience that a podcast was available, a good percentage listened to it. But it’s rare.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Further Resources on How Procrastination Stopped Me Writing a Million Dollar Blog Post. How to Start a Blog. 10 Surefire Ways to Overcome Blogging Procrastination. At the top of my list of goals for 2013, 2014, 2015 was start a podcast. I talked about optimizing your use of social media.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

Jason Kottke , writer of one of the longest-running blogs on the web, states that the blog’s demise came about because the fundamental purpose of blogging was no being fulfilled with other media. In her Atlantic piece titled 2013: The Year “The Stream” Crested , Alexis C. ” – Jason Kottke.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 9, 2022

I’ve seen this numerous times on my blogs (but also social media accounts). The more genuine interaction you have on your blog the easier it is to convince others that your blog is worth a second visit. Community Makes Your Blog Easier to Create and Sell Products. Community Increases Page Views.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 5, 2014

.” Chantelle at Fat Mum Slim: “I think the biggest mistake I made in the beginning was writing for myself, like I was writing in a journal… and not engaging an audience at all – which mainly was because I didn’t have an audience! Stop over thinking posts, just hit publish and have fun.”

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Further Resources on How Procrastination Stopped Me Writing a Million Dollar Blog Post. How to Start a Blog. 10 Surefire Ways to Overcome Blogging Procrastination. At the top of my list of goals for 2013, 2014, 2015 was start a podcast. I talked about optimizing your use of social media.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

While a lot about the blogging industry has changed since 2013, the truth remains that time is still the single biggest blogging pain point. Finding time to blog is something that all bloggers struggle with,” Darren said at the time. What would happen if you suddenly spent your lunch break blogging?

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ProBlogger

APRIL 26, 2017

Since SmartBlogger is a writing-focused blog, the reduced visual clutter also fits its audience and brand image perfectly. Some may argue he goes a little overboard but since Neil writes about marketing, his audience is likely forgiving of aggressive marketing tactics. They use social proof to build trust and authority.

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