Earlier this week we hosted another Blab talking about Marketing and Blogging Tips and Tools for 2016. Much like any of our other Blab shows, we start off with a topic and only are able to get through maybe half of our notes. This is due to the great dialog and engagement we get both in the guests and in the chat. Special thanks to all of you who subscribe and watch our shows each Tuesday morning at 10AM.
Check out the replay below, and under that are some links to some of the tips and tools we mentioned in the show.
Show Notes:
For adding strategic popups to your website check out Ninja Popups
Medium is a community of readers and writers offering unique perspectives on ideas large and small
Stream directly to your Facebook Business page using NomadCast
Triberr A community of talented Bloggers and Influencers come together to read and share great content.
Advertising banners and ads on your website with The Blogger Network.
Email list builder app Sumome that also shows heat-maps from visitors on your website.
Schedule and share your social media posts in a smart way with Buffer App.
Early last month (November), I did a talk at WordCamp Orlando. It was my first time speaking at a WordCamp and it was so humbling and cool to be able to do so. I spoke on the difference in Custom vs Premium WordPress themes. Because this was a topic I deal with on a regular basis and get asked many questions about, I felt it was a good topic to make into a presentation and discuss.
The feedback I received was great and constructive. Check out the video below to see mine, and also check out the WordCamp Orlando YouTube page to watch the other presenter’s video presentations. You can also view my presentation slides here.
I’m super excited to say that I have been featured in Gotta Get Blogging’s Blogger of the Month for December. Bess Auer heads up that organization that helps out bloggers whether beginner to professional to get exposure, grow their reach, and more.
I was asked a few questions about blogging. Check out my responses along with an upcoming event Florida Blog Con Forum on March 2016.
Facebook will soon be officially launching a new feature on the desktop version (soon to be released to mobile I’m sure) where you can now search for local services based on your current location. For those of you that have a Facebook Business page/profile you’ll want to really see how you rank for your business. For now it seems the ratings is what is driving the business listing priorities. This means if you don’t have any reviews yet for your business on Facebook, you’re going to want to spend some time asking your customer and clients to log in and submit positive five-star reviews so that you can start to rank up your profile.
I’m sure there are other algorithms Facebook is using to rank profiles, but at first glance the ratings seems to be driving it. You’ll also want to see how your traffic is doing with people getting to your page, posting, and engaging there.
This new feature should be interesting to see how this affects Yelp since this does exactly what we use Yelp’s website and ratings for choosing a restaurant or business service. Check it out and let me know what you think, is this a good new feature, is this something you’re concerned about? Leave your comments below.
On Tuesday, Bess and I hosted our weekly Blab and our host was Joshua C. Johnson. He reveals himself as the owner of the funny yet really effective Instagram account of @OrlandoKingCobra. About a month ago or so there was a king cobra snake that got away from its owner. After a few days of it being missing I noticed a parody Instagram account with this snake head and how he’s making his way around town. You can catch up on all the funny images and things here.
While this was all funny to read and get updates on, there were a LOT of really good marketing lessons that Joshua learned and observed while managing this account. He shares all of that and more in this replay.
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