125 Brand Building Tips from Copyblogger

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Here are 125 tips for building your brand from Copyblogger.

1. What drives you? Is there an emotion, need,  desire, or past event that motivates you to take action? How can you  infuse some of that energy into your brand?
2. What are you passionate about? What gets you excited, angry, or motivated to take action? How can you let your passion come through in your brand?

51. Who is your competition? Everyone in every niche  has a competitor. Even if you don’t have someone in your niche that  offers the same products / services / information as you do, there’s  always someone you compete with in search engine rankings for your  keywords. Know who they are.
52. What makes them a competitor? Are they offering  the same things you are to the same audience, are they competing with  you for the same keywords, or are they a friend that you compete with  for fun?
53. How do they describe what makes them unique?  What words and tone of voice are they using to convey what they do? How  does their description differ from yours? Do you need to adjust your  branding to make your description more appealing to your audience than  theirs is?

 To read the rest of these great tips head over to Coppyblogger..... HERE.

Handmade Blogging Essentials

Handmade Blogging Essentials

I have been blogging for less than 2 years in the Handmade scene. I recently just hit the 400,000+ page view and 200,000+ visitor mark for all my combined blogs.

What will you find in this 3200+ word pdf lesson?

1. Time commitment

2. Where to blog

3. Where to find the newest blogger templates

4. How to install a new blogger template (3 column theme)

5. Branding your blog

6. Promoting your blog for free

7. Building a community on your blog

8. How to get comments from your readers

9. Building Social Proof

10. What is an RSS feed

11. My top 20 quick tips


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SEO Tips for your blog!

1. Submitting your Blog to blog directories
2. Submitting your Rss feed to submission sites
3. Where to find submission sites
4. Where to Ping your blog
5. Blogger Specific tips: Making your titles more search engine friendly
6. Blogger Specific tips: Optimizing your images for the search engines

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"VERY helpful. thanks. I published my new blog today --this guidewalked me through some of the hard parts! check out the work of a "Student" agaelemental.blogspot.com "

"You never cease to impress!!! All of your hard work has super expedited our Internet educations. I couldn’t imagine how much time you have spent learning all of this. Your information means so much to so many, thank you."
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@timothyadam

Making the most of your Blog Profile

It is very important to have a blog profile on your blog. Your readers will click through to your profile so they can feel a personal connection with the author of the blog.

Why not have a profile page that informs the readers about you, but also helps promote your Etsy shop.


The profile page that is provided on Blogger.com is very limited in the information you can add.

I have created a new profile (about) page: On this page you will find a large picture of me, my story, all my important links, and a very large etsy mini! Check it out on the right side of my blog!

Here is the step by step on making a better profile page

1. The first step is to create a new blog post. If you take a look at my about page, you will see a picture of me and my story. I have also added links to some of the places you can find me around the web. You will also notice a large Etsy mini... check out this how to video on adding your Etsy mini to your blog>>>

For the best viewing Please allow the video to download completely.

Using hyperlinks gives your page a cleaner look.. I have created a how to video for that too>>>

For the best viewing Please allow the video to download completely.

Step 2:
After you have your page the way you like it.. you can publish your page.. BUT WAIT. There is a very important step. In order to hide your post you have to bury the page. To bury the page you have to change the date to an earlier date. I like to bury it as far as possible...check out the pictures below. When you have changed the date you are ready to publish...Remember where you put the post so you can retrieve the url in the next step.


Step 3:

Creating the link on the side of your blog is the next step. Go to you layout page where you edit your blog.... you are going to create a "Gadget" or page element. You want to pick the "link list" option. see pic below>Here is where you will enter your profile page url and info..
below

In the title spot I have ::::Welcome::: .. In the site New site name spot I have "About".. .you can make these what ever you want. The new site Url... will be the link to your new profile page you created earlier.

Thanks for checking out this little tip.... it will give your readers a little insight into who you are and the other places they can see your work around the web.

If you decide to change your profile feel free to leave the link to your blog so everyone can check it out!

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Increase your Blog page views by 5%

I was browsing around on some of my favorite blogs, when I came across Lijit on Modish.

With this great search tool you can:

• Increase searches by 2.5 - 5x
• Engage readers and raise pageviews 5% or more
• Grab the 30% of your audience that you're missing
• Use search stats to improve content targeting and uncover reader intent

This is a screen shot of the over view



This shows the number of searches and what your readers are searching for.












Not only does it track your searches... it will give you stats on traffic and what readers searched to find your site.








Over in the right hand column you can try out the search tool... It is a very smooth and cool looking search.. something any blogger should have on their blog!

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Boosting your Google PageRank

Check out this article about boosting your google page rank... i co-wrote this with a fellow Etsy artist.

Google PageRank Boost

inside and outside your Etsy shop

Google Page Rank, Etsy and You (main article submitted by April )

Google's PageRank is the results from 1 - 10 of an algorithm that assesses how important your website is on a generally monthly basis. The kicker is that its machines making this determination. You may have heard these machines referred to as "spiders" or "robots". I prefer to think of them as spider robots merely because it amuses me. These robot spiders crawl the web hunting for in and bring it back to the Googleplex. This is known as indexing. If your information is good....... Click HERE to read the rest of the article.

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Here is another FREE tip to getting the traffic you want to your blog.


Entrecard


Entrecard is your Internet business card. It is an easy fun way to network with other bloggers. You can also advertise your personal card on other blogs for FREE.

Entrecard is designed for any types of blogger...there are 31 sections: you are sure to find one that fits your style.

As an Etsy seller i have seen a great increase in traffic to my blog in a matter of minuets. use your community building skills from Etsy in the Entrecard forums and you will succeed!


Today i would also like to metion my blog of the day..

Ben Barden

You will find awesome blogging and website tips:



Also don't forget to sign up for blogrush.



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5 easy FREE steps to the blog traffic you want

here is a list of things that i have found help drive traffic to my blog....sure there are blogs with more traffic then mine, but i am sharing my experiences! enjoy!



1. post a new post everyday.

----good topic choices------

*featured artist...this will bring that artist to your blog, and they may write about their feature on their blog

*your new items

* cool items/info you find

*how tos....how to make----how to do-----how to whatever you want

keeping your blog active is very important for readers to come back!



2. join blogrush. it is FREE and easy to install. it drives traffic to your blog through a widget. you can find it on the right colum of my blog. the widget is updated everytime your page is loaded. the widget stays in the category that you pick. your new posts will be on widgets all over. i have seen the greatest traffic increase with BlogRush. to start getting traffic with BlogRush just click on the widget on the top right side!!!



3. join blog rings....here is the best place to find them.... http://www.ringsurf.com/

this is also FREE


4. join blogcatalog.......once again this is FREE

http://www.blogcatalog.com/

Blogcatalog is a cool community of bloggers. you can make friends, there are forums, and groups to join. it is important to take part in the community to gain the traffic.


5. use forums to promote your blog. for etsy sellers use the promo, and crafting sections. there is always a "blog love" post some where.



**** Have fun with your blog. if you are using your blog as a business tool you can still have fun. talk about topics you like, but keep them relevant to your blog. ***