7 Tools for Smart Competitor Analysis

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They say you should know your enemy. The same is true for your competition. If you want to outsmart your rivals and leave them behind, you should apply the most efficient competitor research approaches and keep up-to-date on the latest trends.

Online marketing is constantly changing and developing. New competitor tools and features keep appearing here and there. You shouldn’t try every tool on the market. I highly recommend picking one or two all-in-one tools to automate daily tasks, track competition and pull extra insights.  But avoid being too conservative. When something really worth trying appears on the market, it’s not a bad idea check whether it’s the right time to switch to something more advanced.

Just to bring you up-to-date, let me guide through latest competition analysis trends. Below is a list of the newest tools and their pricing. They all are meant to help with the different tasks, so pick only what your business needs. [Read more…]

Chatbots and the Changing Art of Blogging

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You’ve followed blogging bibles to the T, from keyword research to creating search optimised content to leveraging existing content on your social channels. You were expecting incoming traffic – you got it! What you weren’t expecting is that high bounce rate and that low average session duration.

Today, it’s no secret that a high-value content driven blog is an indispensable way of voicing your ideas and opinions, establishing authority, attracting a following from social avenues and showing up on search results .

However, getting your voice heard by thousands and then maintaining a blog that gets enough traction is not that easy anymore, is it? [Read more…]

30 Incredibly Useful Tools You Need to Grow Your Blog

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Tools help us achieve what we want to achieve.

They help up do some faster. They help us build and communicate with our audience. They practically help us do everything.

A lot of the time, though, it’s hard what tool to choose for whatever you want to do. Whether it’s to create blog content, drive traffic, or even make money.

In this post, I will show you 30 tools that you can use to grow your blog.

Ready? Let’s do it.

Note: I’ve broken the list up into categories. [Read more…]

5 Promising Tools to Help Boost Your Online Startup

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As an entrepreneur, one of your biggest concerns is to find a way hack the growth of your startup and reap its immediate rewards. Given that building an online business generally requires time and a lot of patience, it is your responsibility to find the fastest and most efficient way that will lead you to greater leads and sales.

Related: 5 Ecommerce Trends in 2016 that Will Help Boost Your Sales

Thankfully, there are growth-hacking tools that will help you achieve success in your business in the shortest time possible. Interestingly enough, most of the tools featured in this post are also startups themselves. Using their products is like helping their startups success as well – it’s a win-win situation for both of you!

Below are tools that you need to consider using to turn your startup into a profitable venture. [Read more…]

Bloggers: Here are the 7 Tools You Didn’t Know You Needed

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As a blogger, you are limited by three things. First comes creativity. If you don’t have creativity, you’ll never be able to launch a blog and consistently populate it with fresh, relevant content that engages readers. Second comes your writing ability. A creative idea is only successful if you’re able to put it into words and convey your thoughts with compelling language. Third comes your tools. Every blogger needs tools and resources to maximize time, polish posts, and produce share-worthy content. [Read more…]

5 Tools for Busy Bloggers

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Nielsen reports that there are more than 181 blogs out in the blogosphere. Overall, 6.7 million people blog from a platform and 12 million use social networks to blog. With such a dense blogging climate, you’re likely thinking, “How can I make my blog stand out?” From fine-tuning your writing to using images in every post, starting with these tools can certainly help. And best of all, you can access all of these tools on-the-go. So unchain yourself from your desk and get to blogging. [Read more…]

Cost-Effective Online Management Tools for Bloggers and Small Businesses

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Managers and entrepreneurs are constantly exploring different ways to make their business a success. Living in today’s hectic society, it is sometimes difficult to focus on all the demands of a private business. As a result, many companies offer free and low-cost online management tools that can help offset the operational burdens of a business while increasing it’s productivity. These tools can be especially beneficial for bloggers or website owners who are running a businesses online. [Read more…]

Four Ways to Boost Your Content’s Impact

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Editor’s note: This post was written by Charlotte Park, the PR Lead for ClearVoice, a content marketing platform that empowers writers and businesses to connect and collaborate in a world-class content workflow environment. She graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in communications, and has since spent her time working alongside PR and social media moguls to learn the tricks of the trade.

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It’s easy to have a love-hate relationship with blogging. You might have the passion and motivation to execute the perfect blog where readers can engage in conversations and build relationships. However, without the right tools and strategies, a blog can quickly dissolve into a wasteland of the massive amount of content that’s produced each day. Whether you are blogging for personal gain or for business, your content should engage readers, create conversations and eventually develop long-lasting relationships.

Accelerate your blog strategy with these four lessons. [Read more…]

Looking at the RUBS for Blogging Success

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Editor’s note: This post was written by Natalie Lehrer, a senior contributor for CloudWedge. In her spare time, Natalie enjoys exploring all things cloud and is a music enthusiast. Follow Natalie’s daily posts on Google Plus, Twitter @Cloudwedge, or on Facebook.

Blogging is this generation’s soapbox, and with the advances in technology, there is the possibility for anyone to have access to a global audience of millions of readers. The reasons for blogging are extremely diverse and has even been the subject of research studies across the world. Generally, reasons fall within the following loose categories: creativity, expertise, business or as a form of virtual therapy. For some, blogging is a fun and creative process where they can share their passions, inspire or have a platform for their thoughts and feelings. Some expert’s blog to educate or to establish their expertise and knowledge, possibly to showcase their portfolio in the hopes of finding a better job or develop a following. Some do so to engage in debates and converse with a global audience. There are a number of bloggers that do so in the hopes of marketing or selling a product or even themselves. Some do it for the ability to talk anonymously, others for the fame.

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Whether you are blogging to make a difference or just to be heard, you want your content read. You hope to reach a larger audience that those immediately around you and for people to hear what you have to say. So what happens if you actually make it? [Read more…]