5 Creative Tips to Increase Blog Traffic

This platform, if done properly, can generate tremendous traffic, leads and sales for your business that you otherwise would not have had.
Unfortunately though, most businesses do not blog well. Why? Because they refuse to think like a consumer.

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Google Search Integrates Google+:

 

What do you think about Google Plus Search you plus the world? Interesting, I don't know if I like it

Platform connects farmers with local buyers

URL:  http://www.springwise.com/food_beverage/social-media-pl...

Great Idea now that we do not have anymore my fellow immigrants to pick up your fruits and vegetables why not help our farmers at least sell their products!

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Wise Words enables amateur writers create interactive books

I always Like to read about significant entrepreneurs putting some change in this world. Once the Kindles and the iPads came out Books have become part of ancient history. Nobody likes to read books, specially this generation (mid 90's kids and up) great market to Start a Platform that helps you build an interactive Book. I believe its a Genius Idea. What do you think!

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Wise Words with Chris Riley

Chris Riley is the Co-Founder and CMO of Moglue, a desktop platform that enables amateur writers to create interactive e-books, with no programming knowledge required. Chris attended The State University of New York at Albany, where he majored in finance and ITM, before meeting the other Moglue Co-Founders at a startup event in Seoul, South Korea.

Moglue’s drag-and-drop interface enables users of all ages to create both static and interactive content within their e-books. The platform can be used to create e-books across a range of genres, from children’s books to travel and cook books, which can then be published as apps for iOS and Android devices.

1. Where did the idea for Moglue come from?

TaeWoo, Ryan, and I met in May, 2010 at a Start-up Weekend event in Seoul, South Korea. Atomic Antelope’s “Alice for the iPad” had just been released, and was a huge hit. It was a beautiful example of the storytelling possibilities on these new devices, and served as our inspiration. We thought it would be cool if we could help people tell stories like that.

Our team spent three days developing the concept behind what would eventually become Moglue. By end of the third day we had a working prototype. Our skill-sets complemented each other well, we’d grown passionate about what we were doing, and we decided to continue to pursue the idea at the conclusion of the event.

2. How do you think self-publishing platforms such as Moglue fit into the future of publishing?

The Moglue platform is going to help democratize app creation and storytelling. I see a lot of parallels between what we’re doing, and the digital recording revolution in the 80s and 90s. Now, anyone can make a great sounding album in their bedroom.

Telling stories is something that is universal, and eternal. The only thing that’s changed over time is the way in which they’re told. For the past few years, access to the new platforms has remained in the realm of those with means. We’re going to empower publishers, authors, and artists to create interactive ebooks. We’re going to change publishing, in much the same way that digital audio workstations changed music.

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Facebook Private messages between people and Pages

Finally, after taking out the blast messages from pages to people, Pages can now have some hope in Facebook on testing on messaging Fans. This is great news for businesses since it is really hard to communicate with your unique fans unless you do emails blast all the time and you really don't want to have more than one vehicle to communicate with your fans. Can't wait for final testings on this amazing change Hurray to Facebook!

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Facebook Testing Private Messages Between People and Pages

Facebook has confirmed it is testing a feature that allows people to communicate privately with page owners.

In September, Facebook removed the “Send Update” feature that allowed pages to send messages to people who Like the page, but there has never been an easy option for users to directly contact page owners. With the page redesign in February, Facebook made it possible to feature page owners and link to their profile where users can send them a private message if the page owner allows it, but this has not been intuitive for users or admins.

We have not been able to access the beta ourselves, but Facebook confirms, “We are currently testing a feature that allows people and Pages to communicate privately. We have no further details to share at this time.”

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How to Get a Blog Started

Everyone always ask me this same Question, How to Get a Blog Started well below is everything you need to know, just a little bit of enthusiasm and creativity and you are good to go. Just give your thoughts below:

Blogging gives you the power to express your independent views and opinions, or write on just about anything that you are passionate about, and reach out to the Internet community at large.
But more importantly, it is a great way to make money online.
If you are new to making money online, then getting started might be a bit intimidating. Luckily, the following tips can help you out:

Decide what your blog is going to be about

You are free to blog randomly on anything and everything, but that may not be the best way to succeed in the blogging world. Choose a subject that appeals very strongly to you, and which can captivate the attention of your readers or potential ones. You will be able to add value to your blog, and create a niche for yourself in a crowded world of blogging by focusing on a specific theme that establishes a clear identity for your blog. You can read more about picking a niche here.

Choose free or paid hosting

You will have the choice to host the blog yourself for a small annual fee, or opt for a free blogging service such as blogspot.com. You need to decide which option suits you better, and start your blog accordingly. With a free blogging service, you do not have to pay a penny, but you will not obtain an exclusive domain name. It will always include the name of the hosting service.
Secondly, if later you choose to shift to your own private domain, you will not be able to take your readers with you. You will always be dependent on the host service, and will have no control over your site. Paid hosting at a cheap price is possible with several service providers. You can acquire free blog software from reliable sources such as WordPress, which will give you the flexibility and the room to grow. You can acquire your own domain name for a small annual fee, and develop your own blog with an exclusive identity and total control over your website.

Decide on a blog design and layout

The value of your blog content will be enhanced if you can showcase it attractively with a good design. The free blog hosting service providers will offer you a gallery of ready templates to choose from. You can pick your own layout and color scheme for your blog. Try to personalize your blog design to give it a unique identity, so that readers can differentiate it from other blogs quickly.
You can also add images and a profile of yourself. This will help because most readers are curious to know about the blogger, so you can provide them a glimpse of your life. Add other blogging freebies such as blog chalks, buttons, tagboards, imoods, guest book, guest maps, and comment box for readers’ feedback. These will allow for better reader engagement levels at your blog.

Promote your blog

Visit other blogs and interact with other bloggers for mutual promotion of blogs. Create a network of like-minded bloggers to build a larger collective readership. Send the URL of your blog to your friends and acquaintances. Promote your blog over social media networking sites. If you write a blog post on a current issue, it can circulate fast over social media sites, giving wide exposure to your blog. Your blog’s success does correlate with your social media skills. Do not become discouraged if you do not see interesting results if you are just starting out in this arena.