Social Media, Marketing, and Platforms

Mines the impulse you feel to  draw in tremendous traffic quickly, and suggests that this is achievable if you bear in mind that it requires extra effort to attain extraordinary results.  Generally persistence over the long term brings success.

Notes that going beyond the ordinary must include increasing your content output daily, but many different mediums make this task interesting. Content includes many activities other than writing blog posts, including: audio and video, creation of unique images including infographics, updates on social platforms, slide casts and presentations, chats, Google Plus hangouts, and webinars.

To increase content output start with producing blog posts (in various media) more often. To establish authority and web presence focus on your website's keywords  and locate and follow both your target audience and influencers.

Influencers within your field, can be a huge asset even if they might be competitors because they tend to follow those who seek them out and can increase your visibility quickly.

For SEO and ranking, you must now be active with a Google Plus profile, and you can also get involved in communities there that focus on your key words. You will find power in using videos and webinars or teleseminars as they provide unique content that readers are generally interested in, oftentimes more so than traditional blog posts.

If you can work it into your budget, spend a little bit of money on Facebook to promote your page, website, and specific posts. Focusing the ad on site promotions is an excellent idea to engage longterm followers and clients. 

Choose among these ideas the ones that suit you the best and focus on them consistently. This is the key to success, and you can achieve it quickly.

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Source is DeniseWakeman.com

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"New Design on Google Search Results Pages"
"In an attempt to create a consistent search experience across the wide variety of devices and screen sizes used today, Google changed the design of its main search results page, making it cleaner, simpler and with a bit more breathing room."

Mines the new look and layout of the Google Search page, pointing to its failure to optimize the white space to the left of the screen and the minimal redundancy between the black top bar and the categories listed below the search box.
Notes that the appearance is cleaner, with less clutter, but that the new design comes at the expense of usability. Points to the example of filtering images by size that has been left out of the new page. While consistency is achieved with mobile devices and tablets, desktop users may be disappointed in reduced functionality.
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Source is Search Engine Journal.
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"Here’s How to Appear Higher on Google Search Results [INFOGRAPHIC]"
"Admit it: You’ve Googled yourself quite a few times. But were you happy with where your name appeared in your Google search results?Each day, one billion names are Googled." 

Mines how people appear in Google searches, observing that most people are Googled fairly often by employers, friends, and classmates.
Notes that most people do not have control of what appears first on  Google searches for their name (only 2% control the entire first page), and recommends strategies such as blogging, creating a LinkedIn account, publishing to Vimeo, and posting to Flickr to bring the searches under your control.
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• Source is Mashable. 
  
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"Think Google+ is a ghost town? Chances are you’re just using it wrong"
"For a long time I’ve wondered what Google+ is meant to be used for. It’s a pleasant experience, removing much of the clutter and distractions that irritate me over on Facebook. "

Mines the unique uses of Google+ compared to other social networks such as Facebook, and finds that G+ is not a replacement for but a compliment to the others.
Notes that Google+ is unique in its uncluttered apparatus, vivid and large photographs, customized circles for sharing, and ability to communicate with a large number of new friends.
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• Source is The Next Web.
  
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