Social media is so irresistible that it’s almost impossible to stay away from it. How many times have you come across a situation where you wanted to sign up for a new product or service and it wants you to sign up with your Facebook or Twitter account?
Well, social media is now integrated into our online lives.
I have friends who hate Facebook for philosophical reasons but can’t get out of it because other products and services they use need them to have a Facebook account. Obviously they hate Facebook even more.
Setting up a blog, promoting it a bit on Facebook and Google+, garnering some website traffic and then adding Google Adsense to monetize – is all about making money online, isn’t it?
Well, several months ago, a couple approached me for some guidance about making money from home without jeopardizing their visa status in the US. They were students from India here to do their Masters.
Interestingly, they introduced themselves to me in a grocery store but had been my blog readers for a while.
I asked them if they had already thought about doing something. Among other things, they made mention of making money online through blogging. And the first line in the post which I wrote, I paraphrased what they had said.
Over the past several years, I have trained hundreds of students in AI technologies, personally tested more than 200 AI tools, and published a 238-page AI Tools Guide to help people cut through the noise. My company, Krishna Worldwide LLC, is 100% focused on AI-driven transformation for individuals and businesses.
This is my personal toolbox. Every tool on this page is here because I either use it regularly, teach it in my courses, or believe you are genuinely missing out if you have not tried it.
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Bookmark this page. I update it as the landscape evolves.
Have you been to a website where you simply loved a sentence, may be it was a profound statement or a quote and you instantly thought, “Wow! Let me tweet this!" and then you have to a copy paste?
Usually, when that moment comes, you have to copy the statement, go to HootSuite or Buffer (or Twitter directly) and do the tweeting work. If you loved the statement or the picture so much, you wouldn’t mind going through that effort.
Sure!
But, wouldn't it be so much nicer if you suddenly saw a button or a link that said “click here to tweet this”? I mean, that would be such a relief, right?
Did you know that there are more than 400 million tweets sent per day on Twitter? Did you know that there are more than 699 million active Facebook users every day? This list only grows when we start including other growing social networking sites such as Google+, Pinterest, Instagram and so on.
These stats only mean that the freedom, the ability to have your own platform where you can say things you like to say, has made social media so popular. The number of people adapting to social media, and at the speed of growth, is simply astounding.
Like anything else, this has given birth to two school of thoughts when it comes to social media:
Haters
Lovers
But wait, there is a third group as well. This belongs to those who use every opportunity to speak against it but can’t stay away from it.
Know What You Can And Can’t Do Online
Social media is the new media. It is here to stay, whether or not you and me like it. This is the way we are going to communicate and stay in touch with the world. This is the way businesses are being conducted, connections are made, jobs are being searched and new business ventures are being established.
This advanced guide to blogging is for you if you have already been blogging for sometime. This is for you if you are using a free blogging platform and are now looking to take your blogging to the next level. This post is also for you if you have a self-hosted WordPress website and blog and you are looking to enhance your blogging skills.
But if you’re a beginner and just looking to learn how to and what to blog, please see my previous post for beginnerson blogging for your personal branding.
How To Take Your Blogging To The Next Level
Let’s now dive deep into the details of what will help you build your brand image even stronger as a blogger and as an entrepreneur. Let’s discuss the steps involved in taking your blogging to the next level of success.
