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4 Things Entrepreneurs Need to Know to Successfully Launch and Monetize a Website
Launching your first website is exciting. However, figuring out how to turn that website into a successful business can feel like a grueling task. As an entrepreneur, you want your content to boost your website...
November 24, 2021
The Most Effective Ways to Optimize Your Blog Content for Conversions
When thinking about conversions and conversion rate optimization, we often contemplate product and service pages. After all, they are the most direct route to taking someone from lead to customer. However, your blog posts can impact...
October 15, 2021
How to Build an SEO Juggernaut with Blog Content
Search engine optimization is a mysterious and powerful creature, but you can master it by consistently following a few fundamental concepts. When you apply these concepts to your blog content, you’ll create an SEO juggernaut...
May 14, 2019
4 Tips to Make Your Blog Your Startup’s Top Marketing Tool
One of the top reasons that startups fail is poor marketing. If you’re looking for effective marketing ideas to pursue, consider joining the 55 percent of marketers whose top marketing priority is content creation. Your...
March 10, 2019
The Mechanics of Building a Successful Blog (With Over 2 Million Readers) on the Side
My decision to start blogging on the side of my day job, building relationships with influencers in my industry is what propelled me into a six-figure freelance business working with clients like LinkedIn, Zendesk, Google, Intuit...
July 2, 2018
How to Move Forward When Your Startup Lacks Clear Vision
Those of us who've been in the business world for some time know what it's like to lead without a clear vision. It can be challenging to lead a team or follow a leader when...
September 2, 2017
Top Content Management Systems for Your Small Business
A content management system (CMS) helps small business owners organize, manage and present information digitally, such as websites, blogs and online stores. Content management systems can also help you communicate with employees and customers and achieve...
April 24, 2017
Revolutionizing Content Promotion with the Twitter Leapfrog Method
Blogging isn’t as easy as it used to be. Five years ago, you could write a 500-word article about a topic that you were an expert in and expect hundreds, if not thousands, of people...
February 18, 2017
3 Blog Design Tweaks to Increase Engagement
Does your audience find your blog engaging? You know why having great content on your blog is absolutely essential – it gives readers a reason to engage with your brand, sets you up as a...
April 7, 2015
Welcome Dan Tepke, New Guest Blogger on StartupNation
We're excited to welcome Dan Tepke as a guest blogger on StartupNation. Dan’s perspectives is one of entrepreneur, advisor to entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial teams, product developers and leaders. Do you have a plan B? Why?...
January 5, 2015
3 tips to ignite sales leads from your blog
Blog your way to sales leads! “Start a blog.” We have heard this advice numerous times now from marketing experts. It sounds simple, but without a focused approach and measurable goals, it’s easy for the...
October 28, 2014
Why Spend Time Blogging?
An SEO secret that boosts online awareness fast You have probably noticed the thousands of blogs online from big businesses, Mom-and-Pop stores and individuals. Some of the information is interesting while most of it is...
July 18, 2013
Endless Ideas for Your Blog
If you maintain a blog for your business, you've probably had days when your mind went blank. When the idea fountain stopped flowing. When your brain hit a brick wall. It's quite natural, actually. If...
October 14, 2009
5 Content Strategies to Drive Traffic to Your Website
You want more traffic coming to your website, right? If you already create some type of content for your business, you should try these 5 content strategies to generate more qualified traffic to your site:...
September 29, 2009
11 Reasons Your Business Needs a Blog
With social marketing vehicles such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube all the rage, blogging has become somewhat of a forgotten stepchild. But this doesn’t make sense. Blogging can be one of the most effective marketing...
June 24, 2009
3 Do-It-Yourself Marketing Tools to Brand You–the hottest new thing
A friend of mine is thinking of starting her own insurance business, but she can't leave her full time job until she's tested the waters and determines if she has what it takes or if...
May 5, 2009
Ready to Make Your Blog Headlines Irresistible?
Want more people to read your blog? Start with the headline. If you can intrigue your audience with tantalizing headlines, your readership should soar. To that end, here are 5 tactics for making delicious headlines...
April 21, 2009
7 Ways to Turbocharge Your Blog
Do you want your blog to work harder for your business? If you are looking to increase readership of your business blog, you need to create content that is compelling to your target audience. To...
April 7, 2009
Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Enter the Blogosphere…
So, I had a meeting with my web developer. I like to call him, Satan. Satan asks me, "Don't you have a weblog?" He adds just the right amount of sarcasm and pretentiousness to his...
August 16, 2007
Woohoo! I’m a Startup Nation blogger!
Hi everybody! Thanks for visiting my new blog on Startup Nation! I am so excited to be an official SuN blogger. When Rich Sloan contacted me about it, I just about peed my pants! I...
April 5, 2007