If content is KING, where is the KINGDOM? A must-read post!

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content is king

The whole idea of blogging and content marketing is like a kingdom and we know the 3 main components of a complete kingdom:

  1. The KING,
  2. The KINGDOM
  3. The RULED or the subjects.

That’s exactly what blogging is. If any of these lacks or has a deficiency, the whole kingdom is sick.

If content is King, where therefore is the kingdom? What about the ruled? In content marketing, we have laid so much emphasis on the content being the king. There can never be in king without a kingdom and the ruled. Let’s look at these parties differently and see how they relate to blogging. 

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5 Tips to Cure Online Business Burnout

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Online business burnout cripples even the most determined entrepreneur.

If you become exhausted, or sick, you can’t be at your business best.

Follow these tips to address and dissolve burnout so you can dive back into your venture feeling energized, refreshed and raring to go.

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5 Alarming Website Statistics You Need to Work on Now

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5 Alarming Website Statistics You Need to Work on Now

Websites statistics give us a concrete picture of how we are doing as a brand and as a business.

Businesses have turned to the power of the web to attract audiences, convert new customers, and increase loyalty in their current market. And web statistics have given marketers essential insights on creating strategies that increase conversion rates.

But did you know that 63% of companies state that generating traffic and leads are their top marketing challenge? And 26% of these businesses also consider managing their websites to be a problem.

Because of this, we give you five alarming website statistics you need to take note of, and tips on how to improve your website management today.

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5 Ways to Increase Your Blog Traffic by Helping Other Bloggers

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Increase Your Blog Traffic

Me.

The 2 letter blogging curse word.

If you think only of yourself, you are doomed in the blogging world.

The most successful bloggers on earth generously give of their time and talents.

Bloggers like Zac Johnson regularly feature other successful bloggers via their blogs, through guest posts and on social media.

This big dawg blogging crowd knows one blog traffic secret: help other bloggers out and you will see a steady flow of traffic to your blog.

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5 Mind-Blowing Ways to Come Up With Blog Post Ideas That Generate Lots of Buzz

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You logged into your WordPress dashboard and discovered your editorial calendar is empty.

You quickly checked your Evernote app and what did you see? Empty.

On second thought, you remembered you often store content ideas somewhere in Google docs, but to your total dismay, you still found it’s empty.

So what’s the next thing to do at this juncture?

Let me tell you, bloggers and content writers have to deal with lots of emptiness, this is a natural phenomenon; however, what matters most times is how you deal with it.

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How Content Marketing Can Grow Your Business

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Content Marketing Can Grow Your Business

Content marketing is here to stay.

Creating helpful content and sharing it across a wide range of platforms ain’t going out of style anytime soon. People crave help. People consume help across their online channel of choice.

If you run an online or offline entrepreneurial venture you are in the business of helping people.

One lesson I learned over my nearly decade long entrepreneurial career: gives folks the freemium and they buy the premium. This means that if you help people for free a healthy portion of these folks will buy your products or hire you, growing your business steadily.

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