Top Ten Online Marketing Articles in 2012

top-tenYear-end always brings a flurry of Top Ten posts, often focusing on a blog’s most popular posts of the year.  This blog is no exception. I dug into my analytics to find the ten online marketing articles that got the most page views and comments during 2012.  Those two metrics are generally a good indication of the types of content your readers enjoy the most and from which they get the most value.

Why should you create a year-end Top Ten list?

  • Adds more value for your audience
  • New and long-time subscribers may have missed earlier popular posts
  • Refocuses visibility on your best content
  • Reveals trends about what your readers like
  • Readers love list posts and usually share them with their networks

I’ve created the Top Ten list on List.ly so you can vote on your favorite of the ten posts, comment, share and embed the list on your own blog, if you wish.

Top 10 Posts of 2012 on DeniseWakeman.com

Top 10 Posts of 2012 on DeniseWakeman.com

Based on page views and comments, these are the top 10 blog posts on DeniseWakeman.com in 2012. Topics include business blogging, online visibility and social medial marketing. Feel free to share and embed the list on your own blog as well as vote on your favorite article!

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    1. Graphic Design Resources for Facebook Timeline Cover Images
    2. 19 Ways to Promote Your Ebook
    3. Celebrate Blogging

      Celebrate Blogging

      The Big Brag About Your Blog List - Add your blog to the list!

    4. 13 Steps to Creating Your First Kindle Ebook
    5. Pinterest Drives Traffic and Boosts Visibility for Your Blog
    6. Building Community on Your Business Blog
    7. 5 Pinterest Power Tools for Your Business
    8. Four Easy Ways to Create Quote Graphics for Facebook and Pinterest
    9. 30 Ways to Promote Your Blog Posts - Infographic
    10. List Building Tip: Optimize Your LInkedIn Group

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    Did you write a Top Ten List of Popular Posts? Please share a link to your post in the comments below so we can check out what you created in 2012!

    Top Tips and Quotes About Listly from Nick Kellet [interview]

    Awhile back I did a video interview on Skype with Nick Kellet, co-founder of List.ly. Unfortunately, the quality of the audio was not up to snuff so I did not post it. However, I did get it transcribed.

    As I was editing the transcript [lots of inaudibles] I was highlighting tips and quotes I thought were particularly useful and relevant. Then, I realized the quotes would make a great list!

    While I have pulled out my selection of the top tips and quotes about Listly from the interview with Nick Kellet, he covered much more than what I’ve put in the list.   Included at the bottom of the post is a pdf of the entire interview which also includes links to many popular lists Nick mentioned.  You’re invited to add your own favorite quotes or tips about using Listly that you find in the interview!

    Top Tips and Quotes about @Listly from Nick Kellet

    Top Tips and Quotes about @Listly from Nick Kellet

    Highlights, quotes and tips from an interview with Nick Kellet, co-founder of List.ly. Feel free to vote on your favorite tip!

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      1. Embed lists on your blog

        Embed lists on your blog

        The cool thing about a list and about a blog post is you have two bites of the cherry, the blog post can rise up the rankings in its own right and the list can rise up. Now normally because there is more content, the blog post will come top. You also don’t have to call the list the same thing as the blog post, so you have two different keyword hits

      2. Use Twitter handles in your list

        Use Twitter handles in your list

        If the item on your list has a Twitter name, add it into the title. Because it makes sharing it so much easier and when you are sharing it with @name at it, people will retweet you because you are mentioning their name, and everyone listens to their name.

      3. List Ideas

        List Ideas

        Create a list of all your guest posts. It's a great way of actually being able to say “Here are all my guest posts.” And you can actually share it more easily.

      4. Listly Contest Tip

        Listly Contest Tip

        If you are on the list and you want to win the contest, embed the list in your blog and ask your audience to vote for it and tell me why on a blog post in your blog.

      5. Top Tips and Quotes About Listly from Nick Kellet [interview]

        Top Tips and Quotes About Listly from Nick Kellet [interview]

        Read the full interview with Nick Kellet [click the title of this item to download the transcript]

      6. Why Listly?

        Why Listly?

        Human beings love to scan and read lists. The web is perfect for that. The most popular blog posts on the web are list posts, by far

      7. Lists are popular

        Lists are popular

        30% of all published content are list posts.

      8. Why should bloggers use Listly?

        Why should bloggers use Listly?

        We give longer life to your posts, we also divide up the tasks to get your community to contribute to your posts, you actually don’t have to write as much.

      9. Contribution

        Contribution

        We think that everybody has the ability and the right to be a contributor to a blog post.

      10. Why should service professionals use Listly?

        Why should service professionals use Listly?

        They have a need to create content, to demonstrate their knowledge and commitment and passion for a topic.

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      And, here’s the text of Nick’s interview…

      Remember, if you find a tip or quote that “speaks” to you, add it to the list! [Scroll to the top of the list and click on the pink tab that says “Add to List.”

      The Ultimate Tool for Building a List Post

      I don't know what's more popular when it comes to blog post styles: how to's or list posts.

      What I do know is that your readers probably love list posts as much as any other audience and thanks to Tom Treanor of Right Mix Marketing, I discovered a fabulous tool for creating lists that is easy to use and can create a lot of visibility for you and anyone else you care to share the spotlight with on your blog.

      List.ly is a social curation tool that enables you to quickly build a dynamic list of links that can be embedded on your blog. You get visibility when others embed your list on their blog, when it's shared and when you allow others to add items to your list.

      I set up a list a couple of days ago and as of the time of writing this post, it is trending #3 on the List.ly home page. And that's before I posted it on this blog. 

      To be totally transparent, I did post a link to the list in my LinkedIn group, on my Facebook page and on Twitter. I also invited anyone who had written an article about driving traffic to a blog or website to contribute to the list.

      This is what crowdsourcing is all about. Create valuable content featuring contributions from many smart people. It's a win-win-win: for your audience who gets to take a deep dive on a subject, for your curators who get visibility on your blog and everywhere the list is shared, and you who get to share great content and get more visibility when your curators and others share the post with their audience.

      Here's the list I've started on Top Tips for Driving Traffic to Your Blog:

      Top Tips for Driving Traffic to Your Blog

      Top Tips for Driving Traffic to Your Blog

      Top tips from around the Web on how to drive more traffic to your business blog. More traffic means more prospects, more subscribers, more opportunities and MORE VISIBILITY...blog on! [You're welcome to embed this list on your blog too!]

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        1. 10 Ways to Get More Traffic, Attention and Higher Rankings Through Social Sharing

          10 Ways to Get More Traffic, Attention and Higher Rankings Through Social Sharing

          Tweet Tweet When it comes to getting more traffic, attention and higher rankings, there is one concept that is starting to have a huge impact on those goals… Increasing the number of shares your content gets across social media. That

        2. 7 Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Blog from LinkedIn - Business Blogging - How to Build A Better Blog

          7 Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Blog from LinkedIn - Business Blogging - How to Build A Better Blog

          If the audience for your blog are primarily business people, then there's a good bet they spend a lot of time on LinkedIn, the business to business networking site.

        3. 21 Tactics to Increase Blog Traffic (Updated 2012) | SEOmoz

          21 Tactics to Increase Blog Traffic (Updated 2012) | SEOmoz

          It's easy to build a blog, but hard to build a successful blog with significant traffic. Over the years, we've grown this blog to hundreds of thousands of visitors each month and helped lots of other blogs, too. I launched a personal blog late last year and was amazed to see how quickly it gained thousands of visits to each post. There's an art to increasing a blog's traffic, and given that we ...

        4. Why Guru Strategies for Blog Growth DON’T WORK… and What Does! | Firepole Marketing Blog

          Why Guru Strategies for Blog Growth DON’T WORK… and What Does! | Firepole Marketing Blog

          Growing a blog isn’t hard, as long as you don’t skip important steps. Read this post about all six steps to find out where you are, and what you have to do.

        5. Use Foursquare to Find Readers Near You

          Use Foursquare to Find Readers Near You

          I’ve been investigating location based apps on my phone, netbook and other gadgets and following the trend of people living with a device in their hand at all times. Why would you want to do this? We’ve always used any

        6. A Simple System To Generate Thousands of Leads Online

          A Simple System To Generate Thousands of Leads Online

          Blog post at MarketingBlogger.com : Leads! Leads! Leads!

          Let's face it, the internet is the world's greatest lead generation source since the beginning of mankind.

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        7. 5 Wackys Ways To Promote Your Blog…That Guarantee Traffic | G34 Media

          5 Wackys Ways To Promote Your Blog…That Guarantee Traffic | G34 Media

          If you recently started a blog and now seek ways to promote it and get traffic, below are a few ideas to get the wheels turning.

        8. How To Get Traffic For Your Blog

          How To Get Traffic For Your Blog

          My friend Fred, a talented blogger, asked me for advice the other day.
          Still Relevant Today:
          1. Use lists.
          2. Be topical... write posts that need to be read right now.
          3. Learn enough to become the expert in your field.
          4. Break news.

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        9. Why LinkedIn Drives So Much Traffic to my Site | Simplicity

          Why LinkedIn Drives So Much Traffic to my Site | Simplicity

          Find out how you can drive more traffic to your site with some simple techniques on LinkedIn.

        10. 5 Social Media Tips to drive more Visitors to your Blog

          5 Social Media Tips to drive more Visitors to your Blog

          Want to join the social media craze and attract more traffic to your blog? Here are 5 social media blogging tricks to drive more visitors to your blog.

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        You're invited to contribute a link to an article you've written about driving blog traffic, or one you've read and think is great. Click on the pink tab at the top of the list. And please share the list, as well. There are many excellent tips featured on the list!

        If you have created a list on List.ly, you're welcome to post a link to it here in the comments. Would love to see what kind of lists are being created!