Monthly Braggit Round-Up, April 2013: Spring Has Sprung!

Another month has come and gone in the BragNation! See what’s been going on in our Monthly Braggit Round-Up, and be sure to connect with us on Facebook and Twitter for more updates and all things SEO and social media.

Throwback Thursday: Social Media Marketing Trends in 2013

Believe it or not, 2013 is almost half-way through, so we thought now would be a good time to revisit the article, ‘Social Media Marketing Trends in 2013‘ for this week’s Throwback Thursday blog post.

Social media marketing really took off in 2012, so it was interesting to think about what strategies would be most important coming in to 2013. Check out the article and see how the predictions have held up so far in 2013.

Monthly Braggit Round-Up, March 2013: Out Like a Lion

It’s been a fast month indeed, and now the BizBrag Team is heading out of March on a strong note. Be sure to check out our Monthly Braggit Round-Up to see some of the most popular Braggits of the month, featuring Moran Family of Brands, Posh Salon & Spa Pensacola, Milex Complete Auto Care of Frederick, MD, Express Employment Professionals, and more.

Don’t forget to connect with BizBrag on Facebook, too – there you’ll see what we’ve been up to and where we are going, and you’ll find great information on all things SEO and Social Media.

Throwback Thursday: Differences Between Search Engine Marketing and Search Engine Optimization

This week’s Throwback Thursday article tackles an important issue in the online marketing world: the difference between Search Engine Marketing and Search Engine Optimization. While you may sometimes hear the terms SEM and SEO used interchangeably, they are not the same, but rather related in that SEM encompasses everything you do to help your website rank highly, while SEO is used to describe the use of keywords, website design, and linking in order to help boost a site to the top of a search engine.

Be sure to check out this week’s Throwback Thursday article to learn all the differences between SEO and SEM, and be sure to let us know what you think of the article in the comments!

Why is Blog Reading Great for SEO?

 No doubt, you already know that producing blogs on a regular basis is an excellent way to boost your search results.  Did you realize, however, that reading blogs is actually just as effective when it comes to helping you climb those important search results?

Unfortunately, there is yet to be a program or application developed that automatically logs that you are reading something and then gives your site a search boost because of it. Still, anyone who does any sort of writing for a living will tell you that they become masters of their craft by reading a lot. In fact, the very best writers probably read a hell of a lot more than they write.

So why is reading blogs from your own industry or niche a great way to help boost your own rankings?

Essential SEO Strategies for Your eCommerce Website

Optimizing your eCommerce website requires lot of effort as it is different and difficult when compared to other types of websites such as blogs, directories and forums. SEO is an important tool that helps you popularize your eCommerce website for both new and established brands. Any organization can benefit from search engine optimization to help spread the word about the company, its products, services, offers and a variety of other useful information.

Importance of SEO for your eCommerce Website:

• Helps to disseminate information about your company, new product launches, services and more.
• Increases the organization’s popularity among users
• Can reach other geographical locations very easily.
• It helps find new customers and retain existing ones

Although there are no one-size-fits-all SEO strategies for eCommerce websites available, there certainly are a few sure-shot methods to help optimize your eCommerce site effectively:

How To Grab Your Target Audience’s Attention and Influence Social Sharing

One of the biggest problems most seem to face in social media is how to really grab the attention of their audience. For many this has being proved to be elusive and it always seems to be the most difficult thing to do. And we have not even started discussing about how to hold that attention when you finally manage to grab it for the first time.

It is actually all much simpler than most people imagine.

To start with, it would be of great help if you understood the basics of human nature. What drives people? What grabs their attention? Why?

You also need to check your behavior in social media and compare it to similar situations out there in the real world. For instance, what do you think would happen if you went to a party and just talked about yourself all night? You would bore people very quickly and in no time at all they would start avoiding you. The same holds true for social media.