Basic Blog Tips

During this time of gift giving, I really like to be able to give you some sort of a gift. And not just something superfluous or useless. No, I want to give you something that you an use to educate yourself and grow your business even more!

So I have put together my list of favorites in social media from 2014!

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Jeff Sieh

Penney Fox

Ileane Smith

Cynthia Sanchez – Oh So Pinteresting

Anna Bennett

Mary Green

Peg Fitzpatrick

The new year is a time for new beginnings, both in life and in business. If you haven’t already, ... 

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YouTube is a great tool for businesses. So why not learn as much about it as possible and use it to your advantage? If you haven’t already, now could be the perfect time to make the most of YouTube, with these tips compiled by Ileane Smith. BizSugar members also talk about the post here.

I also wanted to take advantage of their expertise and asked them each to answer this question for my readers: "What was the biggest mistake you made when you

Blog post at WorthBlogger - Tips for writing a blog worth reading : Who doesn't want to become a blogging superhero? I bet you really want to, I mean you wouldn't have clicked on this post link let alone read[....] 

Another blogging superhero I watch very closely is Ileane Smith. She has gradually graduated from writing blog posts to doing videos and podcasts to directly solve problems for people.

As at the time of writing this post, Ms Ileane has uploaded about 27 podcasts on blogging tips, social media and YouTube strategies to iTunes.

Ileane Smith, known in social media circles as Ms. Ileane, is founder of Basic Blog Tips (BBT), a site that seeks to inform consumers about how to reach their blogging goals and have fun along the way. Based in Philadelphia, she is talks regularly with many early adopters, innovators and leaders in the field of SEO, blog tips and monetization. Because she functions in a community of game-changing, new media influencers and has built a business centered on engagement, we met up with her to learn about the role of engagement in building her business.

BlackEnterprise.com: How did BBT get started?

Ileane Smith: I actually started blogging in 2009 by accident. My daughter Nikki started a free WordPress blog. I thought I was signing up to follow her blog, but it turned out that I was actually signing up for my own blog.

Once I realized what I’d done, I got excited about being able to put my thoughts out on the web for everyone to read. Even today I’m amazed by how empowering it is to have a blog. In those days my biggest challenge was finding good tutorials and instructions for how to navigate the dashboard and other technical aspects of blogging. I found myself hunting for tutorials on “YouTube University” and its support forums, like Lisa Irby’s Website Babble. I had not begun to think about how an engaged community supports the bottom line.

1. Who are you? 

I’m Ileane and I own Basic Blog Tips, one of the most popular blogs on the web covering blogging, social media and YouTube. My bio reads: Blogger, Podcaster, YouTuber, Social Media Diva. 

2. What's your motto? 

I’m here to learn, to teach, and to connect! This was the tagline of my very first blog and it still holds true today. 

3. Why are you on Tsu? 

It’s an interesting place to hang out. I heard about it and then I got the nudge from you, so I decided to move it up on my to do list. I find it very delightful so far. I use it the same way as I do Instagram but I love that it works just as well from desktop as from mobile and there’s no limitation on posting links. Besides, I can’t call myself a “Social Media Diva” if I don’t give a site like this a fair shot, now can I? 

4. What do you want most to see posted on Tsu? ......

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Blogger Interview: Sharing Pinterest Marketing Ideas with Jeff Sieh by Ileane Smith.  Ileane always has great articles on pinterest, and she explains them in an easy to follow way.   She is also a great person to follow on Google Plus.

Tsu is a new social network that actually pays you to be active on the site and publish content. Here's a list of the Top 33 People to Follow on Tsu!

• Peg Fitzpatrick
• Rand Fishkin
• Michael Q Todd
• John Dietrich
• Neal Schaffer
• Darren Rowse
• David Leonhardt
• Kristi Hines
• Jason Eng
• Brian Honigman
• Bryan Kramer
• Ileane Smith

#38. BasicBlogTips (RSS) BasicBlogTips posts an average of 2 blog posts per week. With a focus on blogging tips, social media and Youtube tutorials, BasicBlogTips has quickly become a trusted source of inspiration for aspiring bloggers.

#38. BasicBlogTips (RSS) BasicBlogTips posts an average of 2 blog posts per week. With a focus on blogging tips, social media and Youtube tutorials, BasicBlogTips has quickly become a trusted source of inspiration for aspiring bloggers.

From Amanda DiSilvestro on Higher Visibility:

I talked with some of the best editors in the SEO and online marketing industry and asked them the following questions:

When a writer emails you about getting involved in your content marketing and contributing content, what is it that you look for in his/her email? Are there specific things you don’t like to see with this type of pitch? Have your standards and thoughts on this subject changed over the last several months?

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Having a hard time figuring out how to make the major social networks work for you? Trust me, I understand! That is the reason why I invited some social media pros to share little-known tips on the...

YouTube analytics is probably one of the most overlooked audience building tools by the vast majority of YouTubers today. There’s a ton of actionable data hiding in those reports. You can find everything from your traffic sources and the age of your viewers all the way to what keywords people are typing in search to find your YouTube videos. YouTube just released a brand new feature that shows real-time traffic reports in your desktop dashboard for your last 5 published videos. Those stats are great to have and it’s wonderful to see how your current promotions are going. But what if you have an older video or 2 that you want to track in real time?

“Here’s the tip – from your Analytics dashboard at the top right, you’ll see an option to create video Groups. Now just to be clear, your Groups are different from your playlists. They’re only visible to you and they are only used for tracking purposes. Create a Group with any combination of up to 5 of your older videos to see the real-time stats for those older more popular videos that have a lot of activity and watch the traffic roll in. Here’s a screenshot showing real-time stats from videos I published in 2013 and 2010.”

Blog post at WorthBlogger - Tips for writing a blog worth reading :

Ms Ileane Smith Takes Engagement To Blog Interviewing

Ms Ileane is one of the top female bloggers that have rocked the blogosphere. I have had the privilege of working with her on her blog which gave me an insight of what blog engagement was all about. She values comments as herself and take her time to reply to each an every one of them.

Today, Ms Ileane has taken blog engagement to something more thrilling. She steps out of her comfort zone to Increase Engagement and Build Relationships with Blog Interviews.

Here is what she said in her post:

The reason we all enjoy blog interviews so much is because they are a great example of those successful collaborations I’m so in favor of, and the “engagement” that we all seek to have on our blogs is pretty much built in by nature.

Ms Ileane Offers Some Tips for Great Blog Interviews

Some advice for those of you who are going to be interviewed:

1. Obtain a list of the questions or topics ahead of time
2. Add the interviewer to your list of contacts on Skype, Twitter, Google+ and other networks
3. Make a few notes of key points and people that you want to mention
4. Keep your voice even, and remember to be natural
5. Be sure to smile – so that your voice sounds energetic and upbeat

2. Ileane Smith of Basic Blog Tips – The lovely lady who introduced me to a very big pie of the blogosphere with a rocking intro post (I am not linking to that post here coz the post is a LOT outdated ;)). The thing I like about her is that she shares a lot of new tools in her blog – usually the stuff you don’t hear about anywhere else. This post about Circloscope is an example!

Social media can pump up your blog traffic only with a correct attitude. Do you know how to present yourself in social internet world? Social media cardinal...Ileane Smith has also influenced me largely of late. In fact, I have learnt two very important aspects from her about generating traffic to a blog. She runs her blog at Basic Blog Tips and has a huge social media following.  She is also a master communicator. Her videos speak of how much quality she can bring out while relating to an audience.

I will probably get beaten real hard for this headline, but at least it should effectively steal your attention (...you will thank me for this very soon). And if you think that this is going to be

Seems like the simple word blog became so complicated to some of the minds of todays business owners....

I like medium size. Somehow some blogs when it gets too popular, they stop answering their comments and to me that is not cool. So no matter where you at in your ladder, you should not stop engaging or answering your comments.

• Adrienne Smith
• Bonnie Gean
• Carol Amato
• Don Purdum
• Donna Merrill
• Enstine Muki
• Harleena Singh
• Ileane Smith
• Joy Healey
• Lisa Irby
• Pat Flynn
• Rob Cubbon
• Steve Scott

Disqus comments are becoming more popular for bloggers today than ever before. Which comment system do you prefer and why? Read what other bloggers say.

Whether you sell products online or run a local business, boosting your online presence is essential. Our community has been discussing the importance of online marketing recently. So we collected posts from some top small business blogs and communities that offer tips for improving your company’s presence online. Enjoy ten of these tips in this week’s Small Business Trends Community News and Information Roundup.

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YouTube is now bigger than Facebook, according to some recent research. And the platform can do wonders for your business if you use it to your advantage. Some members of the BizSugar community discuss the power of YouTube here. And you can read more about the platform’s benefits, along with some tips and a video, in Ileane Smith’s post on Basic Blog Tips.

Here’s our daily recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web. From Marketing Land: Study: Pinterest Referral Traffic Drives 67% Increase In E-Commerce Revenue Marketing and analytics solution provider Piqora claims its customers experienced a 67 percent increase in e-commerce revenue from Pinterest referral ... 

Video

• Fraud-day With Videology: In Video, Clicks Are An Indicator Of Fraud, www.adexchanger.com
• How to Accelerate Your Video Marketing Success, blog.kissmetrics.com
• Inside YouTube’s hunt for its next generation of stars, digiday.com
• Record, Edit, Publish, basicblogtips.com
• Results From YouTube’s Ads For Vice News, Maker Studios, adage.com
• Using Vine for Marketing, www.starmark.com
• Why Brands Should Jump on Tumblr for Video Marketing, www.reelseo.com
• Why Now Is the Time for Your Brand to Start Posting Video on Twitter, 

This is a guest contribution from Andy Nathan, of Smart at the Start. I have a secret formula for using ...

I am following up on your request for a (name type of writer needed here). Based on your description I believe I should (put in relevant information you requested in your job board listing about the position here at the top, showing that I do listen to what you requested). 

Here are a few articles I wrote recently to give you a feel for my writing style:

http://technorati.com/business/advertising/article/weird-email-marketing-subject-lines-can/

http://www.jeffbullas.com/2014/01/20/53-ways-to-market-your-google-plus-hangout-on-air/

http://www.steamfeed.com/using-wordpress-to-turn-website-social-network/

http://basicblogtips.com/better-social-media-results.html

http://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-hangouts-air-affect-search-traffic/68138/

Additionally, check out my LinkedIn profile with 13 recommendations.www.linkedin.com/in/andrewmarcnathan

Finally, attached is my resume. 

Please feel free to call me at 847-710-7093 or respond via email with any questions you have for me. 

Thanks!

Andy Nathan