A lot of bloggers spend a fair amount of time trying to grow vanity metrics like their Facebook fans and Twitter followers. But, we must ask the basic question...

Does it matter anymore?

In this episode, we'll discuss some basic statistics. Just what is the average organic reach of a post on Facebook? What is the average click-through rate on a tweet? And given these metrics, is this really where our time is best spent?

How should you deal with the issue of your fanbase on social media? Need you worry much about the size? Listen and find out.

SEO has long been a thorn in the side of all blog owners. And a lot of sweating has been done over getting backlinks, proper keywords, keyword density, meta tags... yada yada.

But, things have evolved. Today, the new SEO is User Experience Optimization or UXO for short. Do they click it? Do they read it? And do they ENGAGE with it?

This episode talks about 5 key factors of UXO and immediate actions you can take to improve the quality of your content, but also optimize the user experience. Which will in turn help your rankings in the new world of search as it stands today.

SEO has long been a thorn in the side of all blog owners. And a lot of sweating has been done over getting backlinks, proper keywords, keyword density, meta tags... yada yada.

But, things have evolved. Today, the new SEO is user EXPERIENCE optimization, or UXO for short. Do they click it? Do they read it? And do they ENGAGE with it?

This episode talks about 5 key factors of UXO and immediate actions you can take to improve the quality of your content, but also optimize the user experience. Which will in turn help your rankings in the new world of search as it stands today.

In early 2014, Matt Cutts (from Google) all but declared guest posting to be dead. But, is it really?

In past episodes of this podcast, I've even bad-mouthed guest posting to a degree.

So, in this episode, it is time to clarify things. Does guest posting still work? IS it still worth your time? When is the right (and very WRONG) time to use guest posting as a traffic strategy?

In early 2014, Matt Cutts (from Google) all but declared guest posting to be dead. But, is it really?

In past episodes of this podcast, I’ve even bad-mouthed guest posting to a degree.

So, in this episode, it is time to clarify things. Does guest posting still work? IS it still worth your time? When is the right (and very WRONG) time to use guest posting as a traffic strategy?

Using social media can definitely be a big tool in your arsenal when it comes to growing your blog traffic. Thing is, it can also be a HUGE time suck.

In order for it not to take over your life, you need to use tools to help you get the benefits of social media without sacrificing all your time.

In this episode, I discuss 4 specific tools I have used in order to automate my social media (to a degree) and make it take less time.

Social media purists might take issue with this. However, if you want to grow your blog and your revenue, you have to spend your time on the more effective things. And, playing around with social media all day isn't going to get you there. So today we are going to talk a little bit more about it, and specifically some of the tools that you can use to make it a more convenient thing to do.

Using social media can definitely be a big tool in your arsenal when it comes to growing your blog traffic. Thing is, it can also be a HUGE time suck.

In order for it not to take over your life, you need to use tools to help you get the benefits of social media without sacrificing all your time.

In this episode, I discuss 4 specific tools I have used in order to automate my social media (to a degree) and make it take less time.

Social media purists might take issue with this... however if you want to grow your blog and your revenue, you have to spend your time on the more effective things. And, playing around with social media all day isn't going to get you there.

The answer to getting blog traffic is to ensure your content is out there where your prospects and future readers are hanging out. In other words, you need to be found OUT THERE. The answer to doing that is called syndication.

The "secret" to effective syndication is found in two words: leverage and repurposing.

In this episode, I go over multiple syndication tactics you can use in order to get your blog content out there and into other formats. That's the key... to reach people where they're at rather than cross your fingers and hope they find your blog on their own.

 

Today, here at Coffee Break,  we are going to talk about blog post syndication... That’s how to get your blog post out there and make as much headway as we can with them, get as much traffic as we can with them.

 

The answer to getting blog traffic is to ensure your content is out there where your prospects and future readers are hanging out. In other words, you need to be found OUT THERE. The answer to doing that is called syndication.

The "secret" to effective syndication is found in two words: leverage and repurposing.

In this episode, I go over multiple syndication tactics you can use in order to get your blog content out there and into other formats. That's the key... to reach people where they're at rather than cross your fingers and hope they find your blog on their own.

For many bloggers, promoting their new posts on social media is pretty much the only way they try to gain new traffic. Well, at least if you're going to do it, do it right. :-)

In this episode, we talk about how to promote your posts on social media - primarily for free. We talk about Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn and Google Plus. I share some tools you can use to automate it, and I also share a strategy you can use on Facebook to give each new post a jumpstart in the very beginning.