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Are blogs dead? I asked 10 marketing experts
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Are blogs dead? I asked 10 marketing experts

Every few years, a new channel takes center stage — short-form video, podcasting, or AI-generated content — and people start asking the same question: “Are blogs dead?” It's a fair question. After all, platforms evolve and audience habits shift. But the idea that blogs are irrelevant today? That’s a myth I was eager to investigate. To get a clear answer, I turned to marketers across SEO, content, and digital strategy to find out whether blogging is still worth the investment. Here's what they said. Table of Contents Are blogs dead? According to marketers, not even close. Blogs aren’t just alive — they’re evolving. According to HubSpot’s 2025 State of Blogging report, half of marketers say they saw better ROI from blogging in 2024 than the year before. And nearly half plan to invest ev...
How to start a food blog: Recipe for success
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How to start a food blog: Recipe for success

By Rhonda Bradley March 12, 2024 You have a passion for food and want to share it with the world. Blogging can give you a way to express your love for all things culinary and connect you with a global network of like-minded people.It also boosts your credibility as a chef or author.  And it gives you another way to earn income and promote your books and products to a wider audience. Plus, there’s all the food. But getting started as a food blogger might sound complicated, especially if you’ve never launched a website before. There are a lot of steps and decisions involved, and you may find yourself wondering “Where do I begin?” If you want to start your own food blog but need a bit of guidance on how to do it, you’re in the right place. This recipe for food blo...
Best blogging platforms for every type of blog
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Best blogging platforms for every type of blog

By Rhonda Bradley February 27, 2024 If you’ve ever had a blog before, you probably know what a hassle it can be to decide which blogging platform to choose. Each boasts a long list of tools and features that can start to sound alike after you’ve browsed five or six of them. If you’re looking to start your first blog, choosing the right blogging platform can be even more difficult. Especially when (and we all know this happens) everyone you know has a different, and often passionate, opinion on which one is best.In this guide to the best blogging platforms, we make it easy for you to choose the best blogging platform for your business or personal blogging needs. You’ll discover which are easy or difficult to use, how much they cost, why people do and don’t like them, and who e...
What is microblogging? A comprehensive guide with expert insights, tips, and examples
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What is microblogging? A comprehensive guide with expert insights, tips, and examples

By Rhonda Bradley February 13, 2024 You’ve probably heard about people who have built massive and highly-engaged social media audiences from scratch, without spending a dime on advertising. Perhaps you wrote them off as “lucky unicorns,” or figured they just have some type of charisma that ordinary people lack. What if you stumbled on a method that nearly anyone can use to grow a large, engaged social media audience? And what if that strategy didn’t only make your brand popular, but also drove significant traffic, engagement, and conversions for your business? If you’re looking for a way to get your business off the ground with marketing that doesn’t require a lot of time or money, microblogging may be the answer. Microblogging offers a solid path to building a loyal an...
Top Tips From BGCGW’s Director of Donor Relations
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Top Tips From BGCGW’s Director of Donor Relations

“Whether you have a full-time staff member responsible for social media or someone that posts occasionally, I highly recommend having some kind of social presence — whatever that looks like.” This advice comes from Terri Johnson, Director of Donor Relations & Special Events at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington (BGCGW).  Johnson’s team wears many hats (as many nonprofit employees do), and that includes managing BGCGW’s social media strategy. I thought she’d be the perfect person to ask how nonprofit organizations can tap into the power of social. Let’s take a look at her top tips. Table of Contents Why Social Media Matters for Nonprofits Before we dive into the how, let’s talk about the why — why is it important for your nonprofit organization to be on social media? F...
10 Innovative ways to repurpose your content + real-life examples
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10 Innovative ways to repurpose your content + real-life examples

By Sean Tinney August 17, 2023 Anyone who writes regularly, can relate to this – It takes a lot of time and effort just coming up with the right topics. Then on top of that you have to actually write it, and rewrite it, and rewrite it some more. As a content creator, you don’t just write for one channel, most likely you write for multiple channels – like a blog, newsletter, social media.There are a few goals you should try to achieve with anything you write: 1 – Don’t be boring  2 – Teach the reader something they may not know 3 – Leave an impression that causes readers to feel like they have to respond or react Because of these goals (really, they’re my rules for writing engaging content), there are days where you may struggle to come up with content ideas. Then whe...
Optimize Your Blog Post for SEO & Go From Zero Traffic to Monthly Growth
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Optimize Your Blog Post for SEO & Go From Zero Traffic to Monthly Growth

By Sean Tinney June 29, 2023 Have you ever written content for your blog and thought “this is the best content I’ve ever written?” You publish it, promote it on social media and send an email to your audience. And people seem to love it initially; but after the first day or two of attention… nothing.How can this be? The answer is pretty simple, your post was never optimized for organic search. You’re not alone. We had a blog post “Here’s How Email Color Can Impact Subscriber Behavior” that fell into this category – amazing content, no traffic. Here were sessions from Google Analytics for the past couple of years for this blog post. When I dug a little deeper, I noticed that we weren’t targeting any keywords that people actually search for. No one is searching for ...
AI Marketing Tools Creators Can Use—Without Losing Your Personality
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AI Marketing Tools Creators Can Use—Without Losing Your Personality

By Kaleigh Moore June 6, 2023 What if you could do twice the work in half the time? It’s not always the best-case scenario. Case in point: artificial intelligence. AI is starting to get so spooky-good, 38% of employees expect their job will be automated by the end of this year.But that doesn’t mean AI has to be something to fear. In many cases, AI simply means letting technology handle some of your workload.  If you’ve ever used an AI voice assistant on your phone, for example—and 97% of people with phones have done this—then you’ve used AI. These days, however, artificial intelligence tools can do more than the occasional voice-activated search. It can also help you craft original content, optimize your emails, and edit videos for the web. If you’re a content creato...
How to increase blog traffic: 11 obvious and not-so-obvious tips
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How to increase blog traffic: 11 obvious and not-so-obvious tips

By Sean Tinney October 25, 2022 If you’re a blogger, you owe it to yourself to get your content in front of the best audience possible. Use these actionable tips to start increasing blog traffic today. Let’s get right to the point. Increasing traffic to your blog is challenging. Writing an amazing blog is only half the battle. In order for readers to find your content, you need to cut through the online clutter. So how much online clutter are we talking about? According to Zippa, bloggers publish over 6 million posts a day.To stand out you need to do more than just write an amazing piece of content (although that’s a great start). There is strategy behind getting more traffic for your blog. I compiled the top 11 strategies for you. Some of these strategies you may have heard...
A Chatbot Software… And An Online Money Magnet | by Assaad Jmal, PhD | Sep, 2021
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A Chatbot Software… And An Online Money Magnet | by Assaad Jmal, PhD | Sep, 2021

2. eCommerce website ownersSo many eComm Marketers struggle to convert their Visitors into Leads & Sales. If it’s the case for you, Conversiobot is what you need.It’s the best solution to engage with your visitors instantly and convert them into Leads & Sales. And you will avoid spending THOUSANDS of dollars on Live Chat Agents. And without hiring expensive coders.In fact, all you need to do to activate this “AI” Website Tech is to copy & paste a single line of “Website Code”.>> You can access Conversiobot here <<1. How Conversational AI can Automate Customer Service2. Automated vs Live Chats: What will the Future of Customer Service Look Like?3. Chatbots As Medical Assistants In COVID-19 Pandemic4. Chatbot Vs. Intelligent Virtual Assistant — What’s the difference &...
How to Monetize Your Blog: A Comprehensive Guide
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How to Monetize Your Blog: A Comprehensive Guide

By Sean Tinney September 27, 2021 Earning money as a blogger is a very realistic option. Learn how to set yourself up for success and the different ways you can be earning a living as a blogger. These days, the opportunities for making money online are seemingly endless. One of the most tried-and-true methods for generating an online income, however, is that of monetizing your blog. Whether you’re looking to earn a healthy side income or could see yourself blogging for a living, there are plenty of opportunities worth exploring. So, just how much money can you make as a blogger—and how do you make money blogging, anyway? This comprehensive guide will explain: How Much Money Can Bloggers Make? The amount of money you can bring in with a blog will vary greatly...
Everything You Need to Know About Starting a Blog
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Everything You Need to Know About Starting a Blog

By Kelly Forst May 3, 2021 Don’t let blogging intimidate you. Get started in a few easy steps. Whether you love writing — or hate it — blogging can be a powerful growth engine for your business. But if you’ve never had a blog before, starting can feel overwhelming. There’s so much to think about: writing, SEO, keywords, site maps, web hosting — the list goes on. That’s why I wanted to speak to Ben Cummings — Founder and Creator of Blog with Ben — on the latest episode of The FWD: Thinking Show. Ben breaks down blogging and makes it easy for small businesses and bloggers to make a living blogging online.  Plus, Ben reassures listeners that starting a blog isn’t as overwhelming as you might think.  Let’s get into the conversation.  Listen to the episode now ...
Ghost 4.0 Released | Webdesigner Depot Webdesigner Depot » Blog Archive
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Ghost 4.0 Released | Webdesigner Depot Webdesigner Depot » Blog Archive

We’ve been big fans of Ghost since it first launched via a Kickstarter campaign way back in 2013. Ghost 4.0 has just been released, and the host of new features is another giant leap forward for the popular blogging platform. The content management space is one of the most crowded for startups; there are traditional CMS, headless CMS, site builders, and the omnipresent WordPress, which, if current trends persist, will power 729% of the web by next Thursday. Ghost is a blog-focused CMS, as WordPress is. Unlike WordPress, it’s minimal, fast, and a pleasure to use. To survive in the competitive space, Ghost has niched-down to specializing in monetized content — charging membership for sites to bring in revenue for the site owner (Ghost doesn’t charge any commission on this income). As part of...