by Jennifer Young.

Blogging has changed from a novel business marketing device into a necessary, mainstream method of communicating with past, present and future clients. The success or failure of a blog can be directly linked to a number of factors which affect the way the business is perceived.

These factors can be broken down into a list of 7 essential business blogging tips.

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by Zac Johnson.

Recent data has shown that the average search made per user keeps increasing every year, and that over 25% of these searches has never been made before. The same data also shows that the percentage of searches made in some categories has increased by as much as over 20% in just one year. That might not seem like much, but considering the number of searches made through Google every day, that will be several billions of additional searches every year.

n case you’re not yet convinced about why to invest your time, or money, into SEO, according to the data linked above, below are a few reasons why SEO can be the best investment of your time and money.

Read the rest of this article from Blogging Tips.

by Gautam Doddamani.

Here are the 20 blogging tips every newbie blogger should follow. These tips will help you in the long run and prove effective for every startup blog.

The tips shared hereby are tailored for blogging newbie’s, on how to keep first step towards blogging without any distraction. These are the most valuable tips to be followed. My personal request is to take care about the first and last tips.

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by Tom Pick.

Despite any recent recent rants you may have seen about how blogging is dead or blogs are passé, the fact of the matter is that business blogging is now more important than ever. With Google’s most recent Panda algorithm updates, attributes like content freshness and social signals (strengths of blogs, not corporate websites) will gain increased importance in search ranking.

But as the blogosphere continues to expand (as noted by Diana Adams below), it becomes more difficult to stand out and be heard above the noise. How can a company launch (or relaunch) a new blog properly? Write great blog post headlines? Promote new content most effectively? Optimize blog content for search? Emulate the best corporate blogs? Take advantage of free or low-cost blog tools and resources?

Get the answers to those questions and more here in two dozen of the best blogging guides of the past year.

Read the rest of this article from Business 2 Community.

by Paris B.

Whenever I come upon a new blog or a blog I’ve never visited before, one of the first pages I visit is the “About Me” page. It could be called anything, but it is the page about the blogger or the blog. I call mine “About Me” because I’m unimaginative but you could just as easily call it “The Blogger” or “Me, Myself and I” or “About this blog.”

I personally believe that it is important to have this “About Me” page because it will tell the reader a little bit more about you and your blog. It is also helpful for PR and companies who may stumble on your blog and want to get to know you better before contacting you. You could keep it as long as you like, or as short as you like. You may include your photo or you may opt not to – its your choice.

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by Charnita Fance.

Can you believe that 2012 is just hours away? In some time zones, it may even be minutes away. As a special thank you to all of our faithful readers here at BloggingTips.com, we present to you a list of the top 20 posts for 2011. These posts have been listed in order of popularity — based on the number of comments, in descending order.

This is your chance to look back at our top posts, catch any that you may have missed, or refresh your memory of those that you may have forgotten. These posts include tips for increasing blog traffic, getting motivated, making money from your blog, and marketing / promoting your blog.

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by Rick Roberts.

If you want to start a successful and profitable blog there a few things you must do to accomplish this goal. This quickstart hotsheet of tips will give you a jump start on the things you should pay attention in the beginning and throughout the life span of your blog. Follow these tips and your blog will get indexed quicker, gain more followers and ultimately be successful and profitable.

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by Brian Whalley.

As a busy blogger and marketer, it can be hard to work out what elements of blogging advice you need to pay attention to, and which will only lead you into a hole and waste your effort.

If you’re a new marketer coming into an organization, or newly responsible for your company’s blog, it can also be difficult to quickly assess what tasks are quickly within reach and which ones are too complicated or difficult to show a worthwhile benefit quickly.

Here are five key tips to help you cut through the noise and get results with your blogging.

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by Sarah Arrow.

Don’t think you have to work your SEO magic on every single old post;  just choose the ones that are already getting some traffic. Look at your stats package or Google Analytics and see what posts are currently popular and tweak them. The key here is too tweak gently and not give the poor, unsuspecting blog post a full on edit.

Other posts to tweak for better SEO include pillar /evergreen / foundation blog posts  that you’ve spent a lot of time on and they’re so great you want everyone to read them. Of course you can also go back and optimise your pages as well.

Read the rest of this article from Best Bogging Tips Online.

by Brian Hawkins.

Listed below are five very common blogging mistakes that may cause visitors to get frustrated and leave before they even get started. All five are common mistakes we see daily on our blog rounds. The good news? They’re easily fixed.

Read the rest of this article from Hot Blog Tips.