With everything involved in blogging it’s nice to have sites that dedicate their content to helping one particular topic. Let’s face it blogging has many elements attached to it such as content creation, marketing, promoting, social media, design and building relationships are just some of the few I can name.

At weblogbetter they target their content to helping you become a better blogger. This means when you visit the site and read the content you will consistently find new blogging tips you can use on your very own blog. Tips that will help you increase traffic, new readers and much more.

I’m very good friends with Keisha the owner and founder of Kiesha. I’ve watched her grow the site into a community of bloggers sharing information that benefits one another through guest blogging. She has done an amazing job and if you want to be as successful then you have to learn her tips and secrets to blogging. (more…)

Hello my Blogengage Buddies

I have some personal gripes with the way people chat online. And I thought I could share with you 7 chat tips that will really push up your online cred and make you successful in the long run.

The reason Gary VaynerChuck [WineLibraryTV] is SO successful online is because of his meticulous attention to customer support and to show people he cares. So getting a lot of my own online  ethos from watching him for a year or so.

This post is something that I imagine he would write, so take it from me, inspired by him.

[Please note that this tutorial relates to all online chat, and not just to here on blogengage]. Here goes:

• Don’t enter chat and say…

‘Vote for me!’, ‘like my page please’, ‘join my cause’ etc.

I laughed my behind off one day when an acquaintance in ministry said something similar to promote his latest album and I told him the truth: ‘You spammer!’ He never did it again…

• Don’t use ‘pity-seeking’ conversations to seek aid for an orphanage etc.

I’m supposed to be compassionate, I know. But if I have to tell you how many times I got approached/chatted with someone in Africa/India about how they’re suffering, they have an orphanage that’s going to close down etc. The transcript of this chat could be a published book on the Kindle Somehow people think money grows on trees in my back garden. This is one way to get ignored.

If I have the urge to help, I’ll help Sammy and Joseph on the corner and hand out half-loaves to them and their friends. The conversations usually start the same and ends the same… with an awkward silence looking for a response. And when the ‘hello?’ comes through… well. The last couple times I just kindly respond3ed that I am not able to help at this time, and asked my ‘friend’ from India to please stop asking me for money. I just got retrenched and what I have right now should stretch to keep things afloat until..

• If you’re not in the mood to chat, …

Turn your chat status to ‘offline’… or ‘away’. And if you are online for business and don’t want to chat to others besides your prospects, do the above and let the people you’re busy with know you are online and available.

• Don’t ignore people.

If you’re on a site with chat, you should be aware of the little notification pop-ups. I know some people told me; ‘I didn’t even know there was a chat function here…’, but at least they respond to the chat. Once again, if you want to log in but you’re not in the mood to chat, make sure you tell people I’m busy’, or ‘away’.

Don’t, under any circumstances ignore a chat. If you’re caught off-guard. Kindly tell the person you’ll catch them another time as you just popped in and can’t really engage right this minute. It will score you lots of points as a flat ‘ignore’ will be very bad for your online cred.

• Be courteous and friendly.

Especially if the person you have on chat is a customer (or even better- a potential customer). A little friendliness and helpfulness will take you a longer way than anything else.

• Don’t enter into chat with an ulterior motive.

Amibaie and Nicole would know what I’m talking about, as I am the very one who did this at the beginning. You enter chat, ask how people are doing and go into an extended (quite irritating) chat that leads  to one request ‘will you vote for …’ Do you know those people knew you were going to ask that from the start? Well, now that I’m part of the staff here and a power user, I obviously know better. So should you

• Finish your conversations – say goodbye.

Have you ever been chatting with people and one moment……. They’ve just disappeared. Even if you’re chatting to a person that wants something from you, or you’re the superior blogger/business person: end you’re conversations properly. Granted, sometime connections are lost, but even then, return and end the conversation with ‘I’m off to bed, enjoy your…’, or ‘I have a meeting in ten…’ etc. Trust me, this will still bring your VERY far.

And that’s it. From my own experience and something I’m sure Gary wrote about somewhere on the internet.

Your Turn.

What irks you about the way people utilize chat these days. I’d like to hear your thoughts and experiences.

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Often used excuses for not meditating:

1. No time
2. Don’t know how
3. Can’t sit still
4. Can’t “settle” my mind

I have overcome all of this and then some.  How did I do it? Practice.  A daily meditation practice is just that.

However, I will be the first one to admit that I am not perfect (overcoming does not equal perfection).  Are there days where I can’t focus and my mind wonders?  Yes, even after a year of practicing under my belt.  Are there days where I am pressed for time? Yes, but I still make the time as this is a way for me to control my anxiety.

There are many different forms of mediation that are practiced by many different cultures and religions.  I found a really comprehensive list here.  I have researched many different kinds and have found that I like Zen meditation the best.  I didn’t even realize I was practicing Zen at first until I read about it more.

Here is what a typical mediation session is like for me:

1. Find a quiet place in house.
2. Get my meditation cushion.
3. Sit on cushion – generally is some sort of a comfortable cross-legged position.  (If that is not possible for you, a sturdy chair works just as well.)
4. Close my eyes.
5. I then do one or a combination of the following:
-Allow my thoughts to come and go as I act as a spectator of them.
-Visualize my “calm/happy” place.

I generally mediate after my daily exercise routine for about 5-10 minutes.  I also try to meditate for about 5-10 minutes sometime in the evening but that doesn’t always work out to well.  Some how life seems to always get in the way.

There is a lot of great literature out there on meditation as well as courses and various audio instructions. I also have a yoga center near me that offers a monthly group guided meditation session.  I used to attend very regularly but now I only go when I can’t settle my mind as the group setting can be very therapeutic.

That’s it – easy stuff!  Now you try and tell me how you make out.

Whether your blog needs a major overhaul or you just want something different, you may need to change your WordPress theme. With the upfront considerations of changing a blog, including design, layout, and security, you will certainly want to keep some elements in mind when engaging in this switch.

The following list of tips should be noted as you prepare for implementing a new WordPress theme:

Spend Some Time With Your Plugins

All plugins are different, and that may not be a pleasant endeavor if you’re not prepared. Plugins that required edits to the template will likely need similar edits, which can also include changes to the CSS. Depending on the theme that you will be using, a plugin may not be necessary as well.

Test on Different Types of Browsers

Once you have the new theme installed, you will want to view your blog/website on different browsers. Check Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, etc. to see how your new site looks.

Update Your Stat Tracking

As your code (such as Google Analytics) will likely get overwritten in the header/footer files, make sure that your code is re-inserted in your new theme. Ensure it is working properly after these changes, if they are needed in your case.

Set Up Your FTP Uploader

FileZilla or some other FTP client will need to be updated with your new theme. As you backup your theme, you will want to be sure that you client defaults to your new theme on your computer and the FTP path. A high-quality program will do this quite easily; use it carefully to replace themes and have backups of each.

Watch Your Sidebar

Manual changes to your old theme’s sidebar means that it will be overwritten. Make sure you save your code from your old sidebar for easy implementation in your new theme. If your old WordPress theme is widget-enabled, you may be safe.

Ensure Your RSS Works Properly

Of course RSS feed subscriptions are important for any blog. Once your new theme is up, test it out with a sample subscription. Ensure that the RSS reader discovers the correct feeds.

Other Features

There will be some things that you haven’t thought of before. Make a list now just to prepare for any curveballs that may come your way. Your site’s search engine or some other customized aspect could be affected.

With some preparation, you can be ready for a big transition for your blog or website. The key is being aware of which elements may be more troubling than others, such as whether your sidebar, search engine, or plugins will be affected more than other blogs.

Make sure you read as much as you can about the new theme to get ready. Backup everything with your FTP client to get ready for a huge change. Lastly, consult with WordPress or a helpful forum (preferably via your new theme) for any troubleshooting questions or concerns you may have along the way.

At the beginning of 2010, my blog was recognized as one of the top 10 social media blogs by Social Media Examiner. While that was a huge, huge honor, it was also unexpected and my site was unprepared for the instant swarm of traffic that followed. And I don’t mean just on the server side.

No matter how big or small you blog is, you should always have it ready for major exposure at any moment, because you never know when the big day will come when your blog is mentioned by a much larger site or you get to the front page of Digg. Whatever the source, you will want to be prepared for that big surge of incoming traffic!

Here are some essential steps you should take for when that big day arrives to make sure that your blog is ready to not just receive instant traffic, but encourage new visitors to stick around and return again in the future.

1. Optimize Your Site for Speed

First and foremost, you don’t want your site to throw up blank screen or error message when visitors are coming to your site for the first time. There are many ways to optimize your website for fast loading, including:

Making sure your images are optimized. Simple, free software such as Gimp will allow you to save images for your blog in compressed format so they will load quickly. Maybe one large image isn’t a bad thing, but if every one of your posts have a large image or thumbnail file, the result could be a slow loading home or archives page.

Use caching plugins for WordPress. I use WP-Super Cache for my blog, with the Use PHP to serve cache files option. There are also other popular options such as WP Total Cache that come highly recommended.

Eliminate unnecessary items from your blog. If you have a lot of plugins that your site no longer uses, or no longer needs, deactivate and remove them. Take some consideration when using graphics and widgets that load from other sites. If those sites are down or slow, your site will take a high in load time as well. One thing I do when possible is save images for banner ads to my own server as oppose to using the code that pulls them from other sites.

Put social share buttons on single post pages only. I know, it’s great to show off how many tweets, Facebook shares, likes, StumbleUpon views, Diggs, and so on that all of your posts are getting. But if you do that on your homepage and archives, if one of the social networks is down, the share buttons will lag and hold up the loading of the rest of your content beyond that button. It’s much easier for your website to get past one slow loading share button compared to 10+ of them on one page.

And by the way, if you don’t have social sharing buttons on your single post pages, be sure to at least put a retweet button your posts as this a guaranteed way to increase your posts shares on Twitter.

Update your platform and plugins. I have found that a simple update to the latest version of WordPress as well as plugins and themes has helped immensely in speeding up my site.

Learn more about site optimization in the following posts about how to make your WordPress site load faster, and how to make your blog load faster by offloading server resources.

2. Delay That Popup

Popup opt-in forms are all the rage these days. While I don’t use one on my main site personally, a lot of great bloggers that I trust use them and see lots of results from them.

My only suggestion is that you delay the popup from happening as your site is loading – give it at least a 30 second delay. Let new visitors to your site get a feel for what your site is about – chances are they will be more likely to sign up for your newsletter if they know a bit more about your content as opposed to just instinctively closing the popup.

Also, it helps in the above mentioned point about site load speed – I have seen some blogs get jammed up and the first impression of your site is your homepage under a half-loaded popup.

3. Put Ways to Follow Your Blog in Your Sidebar

An extremely important section for your sidebar near the top is following options for your blog. I personally like to offer buttons for the people who prefer to follow via RSS reader, email subscription, Twitter, or my Facebook fan page. Remember, while your goal maybe to increase your RSS subscribers or mailing list, it’s really not about you – it’s about your readers and their subscription preferences. So don’t force your new visitors to have only one option – give them several so they can follow you in the way they would like to.

4. Add a Short Summary of Your Blog in Your Sidebar

If you haven’t already, create a quick elevator pitch for your blog. Just a sentence or two that sums it up – like the answer you would give if someone walked up to you and said, “So what is your blog about?” Put that sentence in your sidebar near the top, either right above or below your blog’s following options. This way, no matter what page a reader lands on for their first visit, they will be able to quickly see what your site is all about.

Learn more about writing a killer elevator pitch for your blog.

5. Place an Opt-in Box for Your Mailing List in Your Sidebar

Whether or not you use a popup opt-in form, you should always have an opt-in for your mailing list in your sidebar. And, if you don’t have a mailing list, you probably should consider having one of those as well. If you don’t want to commit to a monthly fee using services like Aweber, you can start with services like MailChimp that give you a free account for up to 1,000 subscribers – perfect for a small blog.

If you’re saying to yourself right now, “I don’t need a mailing list because I’m not selling anything,” think again. There are many other benefits for bloggers to have a mailing list besides just affiliate marketing. You can make major announcements via your mailing list (such as your site is moving from a free blog platform to a new domain), you can survey your subscribers to see what topics they would like to read more about or how they feel about a new design change, you can let them know about your guest posts on other sites, or you can for help to promote posts you have written for blogging contests, such as the one here at Blog Engage. Needless to say, the possibilities are endless.

Also, if you’re saying to yourself, “I don’t have a free product,” no sweat. You can give away something free in the form of a service, but as I learned (the hard way) on my site that this is not always a scalable option. So don’t worry about it! Just put the opt-in form up there. If you have a great site with great content, people will opt-in to get updates about your content. Just be sure to tell people what they will be getting and don’t abuse your list!

6. Create Pillar Posts and Pages

Pillar posts or pages are simply those that highlight your best work. If your site covers multiple topics, create a pillar page that gives the top five posts for each topic. Or, if your site covers one topic exclusively, create a pillar page that gives a roadmap to your best posts in sub-categories. So if you have a site about gardening, you could break that down on your pillar page with the top five posts for beginning gardeners, indoor gardening, winter gardening, gardening tools, and so on.

Not sure what your most popular posts are? You can simply choose the posts that you feel are the strongest and are your favorites. Or you can visit PostRank and search for your blog. If your blog is listed, you can show only the posts with the most reader engagement (comments, social shares, etc.). If not, enter your URL, and have PostRank email you when your blog has been listed. This way, it will start collecting data on your blog and you can run this analysis in the future.

Learn more about creating a pillar articles for your blog.

7. Make Sure Your Key Pages Are Easy to Find

What are your key pages? These are the pages that most people would expect to find on a blog, and generally include your about page, archives page, contact page, guest post guidelines page, and advertising page (if you offer banner advertising on your site). They should be in your main navigation menu and/or sidebar.

These are the pages that help people determine who is behind a blog and learn more about it, digg further into the blog content, contact blog owner for any reason, see if guest posts are accepted and what the criteria for them are, and know if there are advertising opportunities available.

Also, while I mention your key pages, make sure these are updated regularly. If you can’t remember to do it all the time, make a little reminder alarm in your online calendar, Outlook, etc. to update these pages once a month. You’d be surprised at what information becomes irrelevant quickly or what new information crops up, such as the demise of a social media network or new site that you have created.

Learn more about 20 types of pages every blogger should consider adding to their blog.

8. List Your Main Categories

Help new readers find the information they are looking for by listing your main categories in the sidebar or within/underneath the main navigation bar. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve gone to a site for the first time and found nothing but date based archive listings – it makes me bananas when I want to see what topics a blog covers and go directly to them, but can’t find any topic based category listings.

Putting Your Best Foot Forward

So what do the above elements look like? Here they are on my site, minus the non-visible things like the site speed and popup opt-in form (because I don’t have one).

As you can see, the main point is that you want to make sure that you put your best foot forward when it comes to what you want your visitors to see when they first come to your site. You want to make sure that what you want new visitors to find (your best content) and do (follow your blog and subscribe) is easily accessible so they can have the best experience on your blog without any frustrations.

Your Blog’s Best Features

I’m sure that, depending on your blog, you may have other items that hold priority when it comes to content you want new visitors to find and actions you want them to take. What other elements would you suggest bloggers add to their site (and where) to give a huge wave of new visitors the best experience possible when their blog hits the big time? Listen to this gem from the 80′s to get you in the mood to write your answer.

As a product of the 80s, I have grown up in a world where if I want to know something, it’s never too hard to find the answer. We’ve all seen an increase in the give-it-to-me-now attitude and with responsibilities and information springing up all around us, none of us have time to twiddle our thumbs any more.

Information has to be easy to find. It has to be concise, while being comprehensive enough to be of use.

As content creators, there is a lot that you can do to make your information more accessible to your internet audience. As you go through these tips, you’ll see how they’ll likely apply to how you hunt for information online.

General writing tips

Keep your Foot on the Gas

Creativity is the key to staying relevant, interesting and fresh online. In order to be creative, you need to spew all your thoughts down without subjecting them to editing. Write your entire article without stopping. Then go back and edit it afterwards.

Start in the Middle

Write the main part of your post first. Your post may not take the form that you initially thought, so you want to leave the introduction and conclusion until the main part of your post is set. This way your introduction grabs your readers’ attention and the post actually matches your introduction.

Do it Everywhere!

As creative beings, we come up with ideas in the strangest of places. When you get an idea, write it down there and then. If you don’t, you’ll forget it and miss out on a potentially awesome post.

Most of us have smartphones now. You may even be using one of the official WordPress apps. If not, you probably have access to a pen and paper. Or a napkin. Or papyrus.

The title

10 Steps to Super Awesome, Attention-Grabbing Post Titles

Okay, so I don’t have 10 steps, but there’s a few good ways of crafting a winning title:

• Put a number in there. I don’t know why, but people prefer ’5 tips to success’ over ‘Tips to success’.
• Use exaggerative adjectives. ’10 killer tips’ beats ’10 fairly good tips’.
• Capitalize everything but your stop words. Stop words are words like and, as, for, to me etc. e.g. ’10 Killer Tips to Improve your Writing’.

Check your Keywords

This isn’t an SEO tutorial, but you need to consider who you’re aiming for with the post and have the right words in your title to make sure that both human and search engines find you.

Writing style

Have Confidence in Yourself

Don’t be cocky to the point of being arrogant, but have confidence in yourself. Know that you write great content and have confidence in your opinion and knowledge. This applies to when you’re promoting your content too!

Humor and the Personal Touch

Don’t be afraid to have a laugh. You’re not writing a textbook – you’re writing short articles and your personal touch will help set your writing style apart as something that is fun and enjoyable to read.

Formatting like a pro

Wandering Eyes

Us internet people are great at scanning and finding important information. However, you can help out your readers by highlighting the most important parts of your post. Think underline, italics and bold.

Ease up on the Punctuation

This is really hard for me because I loathe what I see as the bastardization of the English language, but there are ways you can avoid over-complicating your punctuation without sacrificing good writing practices. For example, use a bulleted list instead of writing one in a sentence using colons and semi-colons.

Since We’re Talking About Lists…

Lists are excellent. They draw attention and display your crucial information in an easy-to-digest fashion. Whether bulleted or numbered, they’ll draw focus to the crown jewels of your post.

Shawty

We’ve all grown up with ‘bigger is better’, but in the internet generation, that’s not really the case any more (great news boys!). Your reader’s attention is fleeting at best. So keep sentences and paragraphs short. The shorter the better. Got it?

Headings

Break your post up into general sections and use semantic markup (that’s h2, h3 and h4 tags to you and me) to give your readers an idea of what’s in your post so they can find what matters to them.

Images

It’s amazing what a little color can do for you. Aim to have at least one image in every post, whether it’s decorative, instructional or to grab attention.

The Final 4-point Inspection

Read It Yourself

Don’t ever publish something that you haven’t read and re-read. It also helps to plan ahead so that you have time to come back to an article a few days later with a fresh mind before it gets published.

Reality Check

It’s fine to be opinionated, but are you driving your point home with arrogance?  Also be conscious of how realistic your claims are. It might be tempting to tell someone they can earn millions by blogging, but it stinks of sensationalism and is a real turn-off. Be confident, even optimistic, but always be realistic.

Fact Check

There’s little that screams “I don’t know what I’m doing” more than incorrect facts. If you start out an article telling me that the internet was started by Mark Zuckerberg in 1995, I’ve already moved on.

The Rules of Engagement

Your readers are your lifeline. Even if you’re not writing to make money, you’re writing so that what you write will be read. So engage your readers in conversation. Initiate conversations with those who share your article. Respond to comments. And invite feedback and questions on what you’ve written (which I’m hoping you’ll realize is an invitation to do just that right now).

Being a blogger in today’s competitive blogging environment can become very stressful for many people. We see so many bloggers claiming amazing earnings and traffic we sometimes wonder what we’re doing wrong as a blogger and how we can achieve better success.

What you have to understand as a new blogger is these members didn’t just start blogging they have been blogging for a long time and have built up a large reader base. When I first started blogging I didn’t make any money and my traffic was very low.

What I want to do today is help you feel better about how your blog is growing and what you shouldn’t be worrying about as a relatively new blogger. Enjoy the list and if you have any questions simply leave a comment below.

1. Making money from the start – Realistically most bloggers will not make huge amounts of money from simply blogging. This takes time, commitment and dedication. I didn’t start making money from blogging for the first year. You have to build up a readers base and gain traffic before you start earning.

2. Getting tons of comments – Don’t feel bad if your articles still aren’t getting comments. Look at the traffic I get here at blog engage and I still get no comments on some of my articles. Getting comments takes time and requires a lot of readers. Continue writing your content, stay positive and with hard marketing your blog will eventually start to pick up.

3. RSS Subscribers – Don’t expect everyone visiting your blog to sign up to your RSS Subscription. This takes time and dedication as well. The readers have to see that you are consistent with good quality work before they put their selves subject to your content in their e-mail everyday. Keep writing quality articles, communicate with your blog visitors and eventually your RSS will start gaining new subscribers. This is a long and slow process for the majority of bloggers so don’t feel bad and keep your head up.

4. Custom themes – When you first start blogging don’t worry about having the biggest or nicest theme. This doesn’t mean use something basic and simple it means don’t buy something custom. You can still find many nice and free templates online. When your blog reader base starts growing and traffic increases perhaps it’s time to move to the next level. When you initially start a free wordpress theme is just fine.

5. Publishing your content on social networks – When you first start blogging don’t expect your content to hit the front page on social networks. Remember your new to blogging which also means your new to the industry. You have to start developing relationships with members inside these communities. To be honest your better off simply signing up, commenting and voting for others before you even submit your first article.

6. Re-tweets on twitter – Similar to getting published on social networks your content will most likely get little or no re-tweets. Again you have to build on your relationships with other bloggers. Try to stick with bloggers that have similar interests to you. This is a great way to build your brand and eventually get some re-tweets from people that follow you back.

7. Being like the other bloggers – I assume you started blogging because you seen someone else doing it and you thought well I can do that too. This may be true and you can potentially be a great blogger but do not worry about being like or similar to other bloggers. Find your own path and be unique. Blogging in the same niche is fine but please bring some originality to the table.

8. Blogging everyday – Please what ever you do, don’t feel obligated to blog everyday. I do however suggest being consistent with your readers. If your going to release content on your blog make sure it’s the same day of each week so your readers have an idea on when to return and visit. Blogging everyday is not needed and should only be done if you want to, not because you think you have to.

9. Don’t worry about what other people think – Like in life you can’t spend your day wondering what other think about you. Be yourself and produce content that you enjoy writing. Do as you wish on your blog, hence it’s called your blog. This is your place to be yourself without having to worry what others are thinking. If this is an issue with you in real life starting a blog may be a huge obstacle to overcome.

10. Don’t worry it will all work out – When you put your all into blogging it will eventually work out in your favor. Your reader base will grow, your organic traffic will start flowing in and you can start monetizing your blog to make some extra income. Take it easy for the first month and focus on branding and marketing.

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Brian

When trying to market your blog with blog engage you have to understand how the community behaves and operates. Blog Engage isn’t your typical article submission website. We have real members and real hard working bloggers visiting our community.

What you have to understand is our members treat blog engage in the same manner they would treat their own blog. We respect one another, help promote one another and engage on each others blogs.

Building relationships with members of the community on a personal level is of most importance for your successful entry into our community. We have many ways this can be done and in today’s article I’m going to share a few of them with you.

Adding Friends

As a member in the blog engage community you have the ability to add members to your friends list. When you first sign up this should be something to consider doing. Adding friends allows you to see what your friends are voting on, commenting on and the latest articles they are submitting. Look for members that your familiar with and when visiting their profile you will see an “add bbrian017 to your friend list” option. Simply click it and you are done.

Voting on Articles

Part of building relationships with our members includes voting on their articles. Take the time to visit the upcoming page and see if any of your friends need that extra vote on their article. Simply signing in, submitting content and leaving will not cut it. Be part of the community and help make a change in the blogosphere.

Commenting on Articles

One of the biggest advantages when marketing your blog with blog engage is finding other great articles to comment on. I’ve never had to go outside of blog engage to find an article that interested me in which I wanted to comment on. We have many categories you can sort though to find your niche specific articles to comment on. All our members are submitting quality content so there really is no need to look else where.

Commenting on Story Submissions

Don’t be shy when looking around blog engage. Get involved and start commenting on the bloggers story page right here on blog engage. Sometimes we have something to say but it’s doesn’t qualify to be a comment. This is the perfect opportunity to post a comment on the actually blog engage story page. This also helps build traffic for your friends because other members will read your comment and perhaps follow the link to the blog authors website.

Sending Direct Messages

Sending direct messages is an amazing way to build on your new friendships. Send our members messages about their articles or simply to have discussion or ask them a question. I know many members don’t use this part of our service but we really should be taking advantage of it more often.

For more great blog engage tips make sure to check out this article,

Top five ways to rock the socks off blog engage

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Thanks,

Brian