Book Description

31 Days to Build a Better blog is a 31 day challenge where you’re given a daily piece of teaching and an achievable activity to go away and implement – all of which is designed to rejuvenate your blog.

You can take the challenge at your own pace – some do it daily over a month, others tackle it in a more intense way over a week or others dip into it over a number of months – the key is to learn the key strategies for successful blogging and more importantly to DO something with what you learn.

By the end of the 31 steps you’ll have:

• published a variety of different types and styles of posts
• learned techniques for coming up with new post ideas
• promoted your blog in a variety of ways and found new readers
• deepened reader engagement with current readers
• reached out to and developed working relationships with other bloggers
• developed an editorial calendar for your blog going forward
• discovered ways to be more connected to your niche/topic
• designed a plan for the next month of your blogging
• … and much more.

Updated for 2012
Many thousands of ProBlogger readers have invested in edition 1 of 31DBBB but as it was written back in 2009 I felt it was time for an update. Download Now »

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Today’s leading SEO Book, SEO Made Simple: Search Engine Optimization Strategies for Dominating the World’s Leading Search Engine, 2nd Edition, is a tell-all search engine optimization guide for anyone trying to reach the highly coveted #1 ranking on Google for their website or blog. Updated and expanded with the latest information on search engine optimization (SEO) and including more than 20 new pages of proven search engine optimization techniques. SEO Made Simple is today’s top-selling search engine optimization guide. Learn from leading Webmaster, Michael H. Fleischner, the specific SEO techniques that deliver top rankings in less than 30 days.

Whether you’re a search engine optimization expert or new to website rankings, the techniques revealed in SEO Made Simple will give you everything you need to dominate Google and other leading search engines. Generate tons of traffic to your website absolutely FREE with top search engine placement on Google, Yahoo! and Bing. SEO Made Simple has helped more individuals than another other search engine optimization guide ever printed to achieve top rankings for even the most competitive keywords. This guide has been updated with the latest SEO advice on social media, Google Places, and even a step-by-step link building process that has already produced top results for some of the most sought after keywords. If you are looking for a guide that provides the information you need to achieve top rankings, without all of the useless fluff, this is it. SEO Made Simple is the only resource on search engine optimization that you’ll ever need. Learn the techniques that have a direct and significant impact on your website’s ranking. This book is ranked #1 for a reason. Download Now »

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The Easy, Step-by-Step Guide to Marketing Your iPhone/iPad Apps–Now Fully Updated!

Grab your share of the multibillion-dollar iPhone/iPad app market! Top mobile app marketer Jeffrey Hughes will show you how to create an app that will sell, find customers who’ll buy it, and motivate them to lay down their hard-earned cash, right now! Don’t just throw your app out there; learn how to get noticed and make sales no matter how crowded the App Store gets! Completely revised for today’s iPhone/iPad marketplace, this book walks you through building a winning marketing plan, positioning your app, crafting your message, using the latest social marketing techniques, connecting with your best customers, and more! Absolutely no marketing experience is needed. With plenty of examples, screen shots, and step-by-step directions, this book makes iPhone/iPad app marketing easy!

You’ll Learn How To:

• Create an app with unique value to customers who’ll pay for it
• Cut through the clutter in an App Store with more than 475,000 apps
• Target and segment your audience–and reach it with pinpoint accuracy
• Identify your true competitors, learn from them, and successfully sell against them
• Use social media to build strong relationships with thousands of potential buyers
• Learn how to maximize social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube and gain the exposure your app needs Download Now »

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“For crying out loud, IBM ‘gets’ social media. Don’t you think it’s about time that you do? This is the book to get you started.”
–Guy Kawasaki, author of Enchantment

“Get Bold is…a book to be embraced, studied, and implemented.”
–Jeffrey Gitomer, author of The Little Red Book of Selling and Social BOOM!

With Forewords by Charlene Li, author of Open Leadership, and Mike Rhodin, Sr. Vice President, IBM SWG Solutions

How to Drive Maximum Business Value from Social Media!
From Sandy Carter, one of the leaders of IBM’s groundbreaking Social Business initiative

A complete framework, practical examples, and expert guidance for executing on YOUR Social Business AGENDA:
Align organizational goals and culture
Gain social trust
Engage through experiences
Network your business processes
Design for reputation and risk management
Analyze your data
…and win! Download Now »

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Whether you’re trying to build your personal business, build your personal brand, sell your product or forge your community, Successful Facebook Marketing helps you get results!

You’ll learn how to make an impressive Facebook page and find out how Facebook can lead to a huge source of traffic, sales and clients that most people don’t even know about.

No amount of hype can run your brand’s Facebook presence for you. In this no-nonsense, straight forward guide, Skellie will have you up and running with a professional and effective Facebook Page in no time. Get important tips on:

• Setting up your first Page, what to do and what to avoid
• Which types of content sharing and user participation are the most important
• The importances of the “Like” button
• Sharing your Facebook content on your own website
• How to get your fans talking!

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Creating Your Facebook Page
3. Promoting You Page
4. Publishing Unique Content on Facebook Download Now »

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Over 120 million professionals use LinkedIn, but how strong is your professional network? LinkedIn veteran and professional writer Susan Johnston teaches you how to build a rock solid LinkedIn network that can be a constant source for recommendations and referrals.

Nine-to-fivers often turn to LinkedIn when they’re searching for a job. But the site also offers tons of useful tools and features for freelancers, small business owners, and creative professionals, not just those interested in finding a corporate job. LinkedIn lets you focus on building and maintaining your professional network in a strategic and targeted fashion. It allows users to send and receive messages, join groups around industries and common interests, ask and answer questions, stay in touch with colleagues and clients, view job postings, and a whole lot more.

Set up every aspect of your profile for maximum response. Your on-line presence is your life—make the most of it. Susan walks you through what makes a compelling LinkedIn profile and how you can set yourself apart from the standard resume-speak. Learn why first person is a super effective tone for summaries and what details to always include in your specialties. Find out what updates improve your professional profile and what to avoid. Round out your profile with Susan’s special tips for customizing LinkedIn’s presentation options!

Build your network to reach your next top client, employer, or partner. LinkedIn is not your average social network. Download Now »