6 Things Mamma Never Taught Me about Writing
Eric Pangburn is a freelance writer focusing on helping others through Snitch Blogger. We all owe our mammas a ton, but most don't teach everything. Most of us, if you are like me, learn a lot of what we learn on the street. What we know about life, relationships,...
Turning Your Business Into A Hype Machine
Welcome To The Majors Right now 30 Major League Baseball teams have made the trek to the southern regions of the United States to play a string of games that don't mean a darn thing. It starts with pitchers and catchers reporting at the end of February, which is...
Write For People To Earn Your Audience
They Have The Internet For People Now On the surface this sounds like a Homer Simpson comment, but it's really much more than that. Of course, it was always meant as a tool for people. But somewhere along the line sleezy business owners hijacked the front page of...
Content Marketing Strategies: What Works For You?
Content Marketing Strategies: What Works For You? In the online business world, there's been a lot of talk lately about content marketing. It's a fancy industry term that basically translates into generating sales by providing the type of value that your readers are...
40 Reasons Why Your Business Needs A Blog
40 Reasons Why Your Business Needs A Blog If your business hasn't started blogging yet, what are you doing? Pretty much no matter your industry, you need to do everything you can to stay in front of your customers. Maybe not every single one of these reasons would...
Blogging Tip: Stop Publishing Content No One Cares About
Blogging Tip: Stop Publishing Content No One Cares About Think about it...As a consumer, you turn to Google for information. You want to know everything there is to know about an industry or product before you buy, and Google obliges. Here's an example. My wife and I...
16 Ways For Businesses To Show Their Human Side
There are plenty of posts out there on how to please the search engines. The problem is that if you've written to please the search engines without taking your audience into consideration, your website traffic isn't going to stick around long. Your Google Analytics...
Turbocharge Your About Page
There's all those industry websites, and then there's you. You're different. I know that. You know that. But your readers don't know that unless you tell them. How? Your About page. When your readers want their questions about you and your business answered, that's...
The Three Keys to a Good Website
This is a guest post from Brian Basilico at B2B Interactive Marketing. The Three Keys To A Good Website Some people think that just having a good website is key to online success. But I have to ask, what constitutes a GOOD website? Beauty (or GOOD in this case) is in...
Five Obvious Signs You Need To Take Your Blogging More Seriously
Practical Blogging Tips For Those Looking To Improve Their Content Marketing Strategies Do you remember all those obnoxious cliches that athletics coaches used to drop? Maybe in your life it was a music, drama or art teacher. Now it might be a boss. The athletics...
17 Strategies To Make You A Better Writer And Content Marketer
If words and pictures were drugs, Google would be an addict. Writers, photographers, and visual artists are the peddlers in this world. Search engines are hooked because their customers told them it's what they want. People have TV for the hard-sell commercials. They...
Why I Love What I Do
In honor of Valentine's Day, I wanted to write a post explaining why I wake up every morning and do what I do, and why I love it. My career path took an unexpected turn about six years ago. When friends and family ask, I always tell them that journalism was hurting...