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Natalie Lesyk
Natalie Lesyk

Create Your Own Social Network Domain in 4 Steps

Social network sites rule the world. That statement is the truth nowadays and it will be in the future. The world belongs to the social media network. People evolved and changed by accepting technology as a tool that allows unconditional freedom of expression and connection with diverse communities. Ning allows you to create your personal domain, that will work out well in the long run.

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Ashley Kingsey
Ashley Kingsey

SEO Guide: 18 Basic Things to Consider When Optimizing Your Website

It might seem you know everything about keywords, links, and metadata, but there’s always an insight you can get in the most unexpected place. For instance, do you know how to SEO your site content-wise?

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Ally Windsea
Ally Windsea

How to Create a Social Media Site on Your Own?

Thinking how to create a social media site? Then the first thing you have to remember: “social” is in its veins. Within Ning platform you can create a social online community, and turn it into a powerful magnet for many devoted followers.

Whatever you do, always make the word “social” primary. Remember: your social network is made by people, for people. Otherwise it’s just one more ordinary website.

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Natalie Lesyk
Natalie Lesyk

How to Promote Your Community and Drive Traffic For Free

Whoever is still using press releases and spending money on ads is definitely not getting the bang for their buck. That’s because the majority of consumers and businesses are not paying attention to these marketing channels. Instead, they are on other channels seeking out more from brands than a press announcement or sales copy. Today’s audiences want helpful and relevant content that delivers something of value to them.

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Gregory Mount
Gregory Mount

Social Media Strategy in 8 Steps

Whether you are an established company, startup, nonprofit, or any other organization, you need social media to stay relevant. It’s tough to navigate the different platforms, decide what type of content you want to create, and who you want to target. It is also crucial for your Ning network.

Check out our guide before you dive in. We have your back from beginning to end, and give you a detailed social media strategy plan.

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Ashley Kingsey
Ashley Kingsey

What Is SEO?

Questions like “What is this?” or “What is that?” are similar to the eternal questions of how the universe started or what the meaning of life is. No one knows the answer, but everyone struggles to find it over their lifetime. The same can be said of the question of what SEO is. You can open Wikipedia (or the paper versions, like encyclopedias or web marketing textbooks) that provide the most obvious answer. The definition of search engine optimization isthe process of affecting the visibility of a website or a webpage in a web search engine‘s unpaid results—often referred to as ‘natural,’ ‘organic,’ or ‘earned’ results.” That definition is dry, logical, and non-thrilling.

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admin

The Importance of Design in Marketing Your Brand

Design and marketing are the two major interlinked terms for the potential increase in business and marketing. It is a challenge for the business owners to get all the aspects of business growth aligned in a right way. Unique concepts and best designs are sold by the high-end companies to make an impact on most of the audience.

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admin

Analytics As a Secret Weapon of Your Community

Social media marketers are always looking at the best ways to get ahead with the most powerful marketing techniques. When marketers used to think about social media marketing in previous times, they had a thought about using only social networks for the same. The major focus is on the creation of appealing content to get in the reach of the right people who are able to enhance your company’s social presence. Social advertising is indeed the best way to reach towards the target audience to give them a message about your work.

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Natalie Lesyk
Natalie Lesyk

Social Media Goals Every Business Should Measure

We’ve seen social media growing from a simple way of keeping in touch with people towards the important weapons in the marketing stream to achieve social goals. It is foreseeable to use social media goals examples to look for the competitors and achieving your best to set up the desirable social media goals and objectives for your team. You need to stick to a well-devised plan to achieve success in social media world.

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admin

How to Build a Social Community: 11 Useful Tips

Whether you are a nonprofit or a large company, everyone wants a big social community. If people are talking about what you do, your message expands. New customers find you and your content becomes more popular. Your profits go up, or you have a bigger fanbase.

This is especially true today with social media. If people are hitting that share button, it’s even better than advertising! Here are 11 different tips that will tell you how to create a community and get people talking about you.

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Maria Novak
Maria Novak

5 Best Conversion Practices For Good Landing Pages

Yesterday I was walking in a small cozy park near my house. In springtime, every single thing that is capable of blossoming blossoms; even those that can’t try to! ☺

I was observing birds and bees navigating buds and landing on fully open flowers when it occurred to me that they are like web surfers Googling for necessary information. Web users are like bees, essentially: they only land on flowers (pages) with honey (useful information). So I started wondering what makes your landing pages attractive to “bees,” i.e. to your visitors.

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Maria Novak
Maria Novak

Great Tips On How to Use Different Landing Page Builders

The first in our series of guidelines on community creation, management and SEO points dealt with the most general landing page types.

The series continues with the guideline on how to create an efficient landing page using tools offered by different platforms. Today we’re bringing you the guideline on making an awesome landing page with little effort.

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