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How To Grow Your Blog In Record Time - It’s Easier Than You Think
"Great question, Martin. It took maybe 3-4 years and a huge part of it has been guest posting, using HARO and creating extremely in depth content. But, what really has made the difference has been forging relationships and leveraging them for mutual gain. Let me know how the podcast goes on - podcasts are big right now."5 Useless Elements You Need To Remove From Your Blog Right Now!
"Not specifically, Martin. Although a good part of it is. It's all about adopting a similar approach to building landing pages. Minimizing the number of actions/choices you're giving to visitors with the aim of increasing conversions. For the social media points, it's more about increasing subscribers, purely because nobody can take your email list away from you. But, as we've seen from Facebook - they've effectively pulled the rug right from beneath businesses that have invested millions in building an engaged community. Haha, yes! The sidebar is one of those points where you have to evaluate on a case by case basis. So, for example, I'm doing a re-design right now where I'll end up removing the sidebar for particular posts. Certain posts where I offer exclusive content to subscribers will go to single column. I have an archives page which I'll be moving to my main navigation bar and the blog link has a dropdown to find the different categories."Subscribe
5 Ways To Ensure Your New Blog Gains Traction Fast
"Thanks Ti :) So true - got to keep the momentum going!"