Posts by Tim Parker
Are Your Social Media Efforts Translating to Profit?
An endless stream of articles outline ways to maximize the effectiveness of your social media campaigns. Rarely, however, do you hear anyone speak highly of the ROI they get from Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and other forms of social media. In short, it’s a lot of work for little reward. Who cares if you have 3,000…
Read MoreIs the Posting of Controversial Content a Good Idea?
The idea is as old as the internet. If you want to attract readers to your blog, post something controversial or even offensive. You can still find a host of advice articles pushing this practice. And guess what? It works! Sort of. If the blogosphere had a list of best-knowns, Perez Hilton would be near…
Read MoreAre the Old Rules of SEO Really Dead?
Since the rollout of Google’s most recent set of changes, website owners have been left scratching their heads. The old rules of SEO have certainly changed, but if you’ve been using your website for the right reasons, the rules may have changed in your favor. Think of it this way. With each search update, Google…
Read MoreWhy You Need Help Setting Up Your WordPress Blog
Planning to start a blog? There’s a good chance that you will use WordPress as your content management system. WordPress is open source software. It can be changed to fit your needs, and thousands of plug-ins are available to make it work differently. That is fine but creates another problem. Head to Google and search,…
Read MoreHow Much Content Does My Blog Need to Be Noticed?
How much do you really have to write for people to pay attention to you? The short answer is a lot, but not as much as you might think. If you were to take a peek at the back ends of the most popular blogs’ content management systems, you would likely see thousands of posts.…
Read MoreHow to Fix Your Failing Blog
If you’re planning to make money with your blog, you need to treat your blog as a business. For independent bloggers, sitting at home doesn’t feel as official as going to an office every day, so the blog becomes something far down the list of priorities. That’s a recipe for failure. If you don’t want…
Read MorePut Your Videos in Writing
I hate internet videos and most of my friends hate them too. A certain search engine constantly annoys me. I find a headline that looks interesting only to find that it’s not an article. It’s a video with a 30 second ad followed by a badly produced clip that was a waste of time. You…
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