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Make It Rain: LinkedIn and the “Media not Marketing” Model

By Jason Miller

Congratulations to Copyblogger’s Brian Clark and Robert Bruce on the New Rainmaker podcast.

Episode 1 was so compelling that I almost walked into oncoming traffic on my walk to work the other day.

Episode 2 made me even …read more    

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What Type of Content Gets Shared the Most on Twitter?

By Neil Patel

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Have you ever wondered what type of content you should be creating for Twitter? Whether it is blog posts, quotes, memes, there has to be a content type that helps your traffic and branding more than other types of content, right?

I actually had the same question, which is why I decided to analyze 1,000 Twitter users and 398,582 tweets to see if I could figure out what type of content gets shared the most.

What I learned is that all content types are not created equal. Some get shared more than others…

Here’s how each content type stacks up against the rest. …read more    

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How to Know When Your Web Design is Done

By Pamela Wilson

My eyes were starting to lose focus.

It was 2:00 in the morning. My hands were coated with pastel dust. An inch of cold coffee sat in the mug next to me.

I stared at the drawing I’d been working on. I took a step …read more    

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7 Proven Secrets of High-Converting Checkouts

By Joanna Wiebe

Your checkout is not just bleeding visitors …

It’s a burst artery.

And all those prospects you worked so hard to attract and persuade are gushing out of your site at a mind-boggling rate.

Studies show that 67.89 percent of online shopping carts are abandoned.

To put it in perspective, that’s like walking into a grocery store and seeing seven filled …read more    

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9 Ways to Make Your First Online Sale From Your Corporate Blog

By Neil Patel

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Just because you pop up a corporate blog and generate traffic doesn’t mean you will actually generate any sales.

I learned this the hard way with KISSmetrics. When we first started our blog, we were quickly able to get it to over 100,000 visitors a month, but we weren’t generating any extra sales from that traffic. In fact, we weren’t generating any sales at all.

Because of blogging costs, I had no choice but to figure out how to make it a profitable channel. I did the same for a handful of other corporate blogs and learned a few tricks …read more    

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