Since cave men have been drawing on cave walls, there have been infographics.  They have become much more sophisticated, with graphs, charts, data and such, but when you think about it there is a lot of history behind infographics.  There’s even an infographic on the history of infographics! (That makes me smile ;^) Here is it…

Do you have a cool infographic you want me to share here on my blog? Leave a comment about it and maybe I will!

Infograpic courtesy of AudienceBloom

There were several things that surprised me in this infographic. How about you? Sound off and let us know!

 Do you know who your audience is? Are you asking the right questions? Sometimes we get caught up in doing the routine that we forget about our purpose. As we think we know the marketing part, we go out there and think we are hitting the mark the results show, we are missing something.We want to be serving their needs, what do they want from us? We need to be relating to our audience. So, maybe we need to be asking the questions. Kimberly Bordonaro has some ideas. Check it out.

If you are a new internet entrepreneur you may be reveling in your new found freedom from the constraints of a boss and rigid schedule.  However, if you want to build a successful blog then you’ll need to be posting regularly to your blog, and creating content that is both interesting and relevant to your readers.  To be able to do this you really need a system and a schedule.   A blog editorial calendar will help you with the planning process.  In this post , Andrea shows you how to create your own editorial calendar in 5 easy steps.

Are you looking for a comprehensive twitter guide?  Many new and established online business owners know that Twitter is beneficial to their business growth but are not really sure of how to use it for maximum results.  If you fall into this category you should take a look at this quick Twitter guide that freelance writer, and professional blogger Kristi Hines has written on Kissmetrics.

The twitter marketing tips in this guide include the latest updates and tools, and includes a step by step strategy that you can use to get set up the right way – from setting up your profile, a section on the language used, a section on the strategy for your content, how to build and engage with your audience, tools to use and how to analyse your results.

When you finish going through this Twitter guide you’ll be able to take full advantage of Twitter and market your online business like a pro!

If you’re just getting started online, it may have been recommended to you that you start by setting up an affiliate marketing blog.  This means that you will learn first how to promote other people’s products in return for a commission from the sale.  What you might not know is that there are two kinds of affiliate marketing business models.

One type is to set up many affiliate marketing blog sites in varying niches and promote a variety of different products on them.  The other type of affiliate business model is to develop a single authority affiliate site.  There are of course pros and cons for both types of affiliate marketing, and many people have varying opinions on which is best.

Here is an excellent article from Steve Scott  who is himself a six figure affiliate marketer.   When you read his article you’ll discover not just a few, but  10 reasons why he favors the single authority affiliate site.

 

Strategies to increase blog traffic are things every online business owner wants to know about.  If you are not getting the traffic to your blog despite having unique content, a regular posting schedule, and some maturity to the site, then you need to take a look at this informative article.  It’s a case study with the details of the 3 techniques that were used to increase the page views ten fold.  Social media analyst and blogger Eddie Gear has written this detailed article showing you exactly what traffic generation strategies he used to increase blog traffic tenfold at his site.  You really ought to take a look here

 

 Even if you have only just started with setting up an internet business, you’ll no doubt have heard of the social media revolution.    But do you know about the real benefits of social media, and how to integrate it into your online business’ marketing plan?    Each month Aidan Booth shares a really meaty post as part of his “1^st of the month” internet marketing update.   The update for this month focuses on the importance of social media as part of your online business marketing plan.

Aidan talks about the social media sites, the main benefits of likes and shares , and how they can help your business.  He also discusses the issue of whether your business should have a Facebook page, and what your website  needs to have to benefit from social media.  This post has great content that you can learn from and start implementing straight away.

 

Are you writing blog posts and telling your social media audience about it, but nothing is happening? What a waste of good content. There is so much more you can do with the content you spent your time and energy creating that just parking it on your blog.

Every piece of content you create should do several things:

• drive traffic back to your blog or opt in page

• create a stronger and more vibrant online presence

• grow your community and circle of influence

• build your list

Let’s look at just a few ways to repurpose your content over and over again to make these things happen:

• Publish your blog posts on content curation sites such as BizSugar.com and Internetbillboard.net
• Add your PowerPoint slides to slide share.net
• Read a blog post and create an audio
• Repurpose a blog post into a video
• Write a series of blog posts and turn them into a Kindle book
• Transcribe your podcasts and turned them into a Kindle book
• Take snippets of text from your blog posts and use them on Facebook and twitter
• Change up your blog posts just a bit and publish them on article directories
• Combine a few blog posts and create a short report to give away
  

That’s just a few ideas to get you started, but if you do them all, your content will go a long way!

 This is a great infographic by Ellen Britt.

Original infographic from Content Repurposing Strategies

Image: David Castillo Dominici

Andrew Hansen has become extremely successful implementing strategies that use an  affiliate marketing blog to earn income from the web.   He now likes to spend time showing others how to use his strategies for themselves.   He and his fiancé have been travelling around a great deal over the last few years  but are now settling down to build a really stable online income.

On his blog he shares a great deal of how he earns his income and the methods he uses to do this.  In this post, he lays out and discusses a strategy of  how to achieve affiliate marketing success  in a new niche.    To find out what you can do to start  dominating in your niche, read this post.