Kevin P McAuliffeJuly 4, 2015 At a recent Toronto Media Composer User Group I asked the editors how many of them knew After Effects, and I was stunned at how few put their hands up. For me, After Effects is entrenched in my daily workflow, here are five reasons why: 1. You’ll do more Business … Continue reading Why Every Editor Needs to Learn After Effects
Brent PohlmanJuly 11, 2015 A Blogging Perspective Why would someone like myself, take time to write about the marketing and management experiences I face and share this information with others? Am I doing some work on the side? (The answer is No!) Well, I must be getting some type of revenue from the blog. (The … Continue reading Why Waste Time Blogging?
Christopher Jan BenitezJuly 7, 2015 When you’re at a family gathering, it’s normal for one of your older relatives to ask you what you do for a living. When you say that you’re a blogger, they either give you a confused look and just walk away, or they ask you what a blogger does. Once … Continue reading Explaining to Old People How Professional Blogging Works (in Layman’s Terms)
Ryan StewartJuly 6, 2015 I just parted ways with a client over anchor text. They hired me to build white hat links – guest blogging, outreach, broken link building, etc. After I landed a few on authority websites, I got an email from them regarding the link anchors: “We are looking to dilute our anchor … Continue reading Anchor Text Diversity Doesn’t Matter – Here’s Why
Dorien Morin-van DamJuly 6, 2015 Pet-peeves on Pinterest I pin. You pin. We all pin. And we all want to pin the best, most unique pins at the most optimal time to the best boards in order to get the most traction from our pinning efforts, right? This is going to be a fairly short … Continue reading The One Pinterest Tip Every Blogger Needs!
Linda DessauJuly 6, 2015 Blogging is the cover story of the July/August 2015 issue of The Costco Connection, with a slant towards what I call passion bloggers. I’ve written before about what small business bloggers can learn from passion bloggers, and it’s great to have fresh examples from six Canadian women with successful blogs. I’ll … Continue reading Blogging Can Be A Profitable Passion
Dorien Morin-van DamJuly 5, 2015 Why Buffer Is My Number One Choice Post Scheduler! When I started out as a social media consultant over four years ago, I looked into several schedulers to help me be more productive in my daily tasks. Initially, I used Hootsuite, then I tried trial versions of SproutSocial and SocialOomph, … Continue reading 3 Clever Formulas To Utilize Buffer You Will Want To Go Try Right Now!
Steve RaysonJuly 4, 2015 In the last 2 years at BuzzSumo we have crawled and analyzed over 1.6m ‘how to’ posts. The top posts were shared many hundreds of thousands of times. The posts ranged from ‘how to hide your house from Google maps’ and ‘how to paint furniture’ to ‘how to be a great … Continue reading The Perfect ‘How To’ Post – What We Learnt From 1.6m Articles
Bob KeaveneyJuly 4, 2015 A little pet peeve of every editor (especially this one) is an article that is artificially long, with lots of fluffy filler words that don’t really say anything. Drives me nuts. So when I edit a piece, I imagine that I’m a ruthless management consultant for a cost-cutting corporate behemoth, and … Continue reading How Long Should a Blog Post Be? It Depends.
David MurdicoJuly 3, 2015 Ecclesiastes – aka King Solomon, that famous guy from the Bible – once wrote: “Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.” I don’t care of you’re Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, or celebrate Festivus… that holiday for the rest of us, the quote applies … Continue reading What Is The Best Time To Post Social Media Updates?
