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Today, SMO (social media optimization) is the most reliable way to drive traffic to a website. Ask any experienced social media marketer: What works best in the world of social media? And the response will always be: We are getting back to the good old days, when “content was the king”. When you think of social media promotion, the first names that come to mind are probably Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Instagram. When I started a blog on startups and small business advice, I wanted to find a medium where I could use my writing skills to drive traffic to my website. I am not on Facebook and I only use LinkedIn once in a while. But occasionally using LinkedIn doesn’t leave me with many options to promote my website. How I discovered Quora: This is when I stumbled upon Quora. In fact, writing on Quora happened by accident. I was searching for a few answers to some business related questions on Google. Most of the questions I searched for were long tail … [Read more...] about Drive High-Quality Traffic To Your Website with Quora

This got me thinking: How can I, as an everyday user of several platforms, devices, services, and storage options, find a way to be more secure when using apps and services of different companies? I, like most of us, want to retain a certain amount of privacy. This means that I wouldn’t want others to gain access to my texts, my daily activities on the internet, or any of my several thousand photos. (We all remember that one in 2014 which rhymes with ‘The Happening,’ right?) This applies to both companies (like Apple, Facebook, Google, etc.) as well as governments. The possibility of a hack is pretty high in many cases. At present, Evernote just released information of a hack as well. It is believed to have affected around 50 million users. This simply proves that a solution other than cloud storage needs to be instituted. Luckily, there are already a large number of different apps out there that let you gain control of your online behavior and storage … [Read more...] about These 3 Smartphone Apps Protect Your Confidential Data from Leaking

Several years back, making money online or finding someone to complete some online work inexpensively was a pipe dream. However, with the advent of an online era, these demands are very easily met, and the opportunities are wide and varied. Obviously, when searching for a freelancer, we need to focus carefully on hiring the right person for the job we seek to fill. The key, of course, is to hire someone recommended by a trusted and reliable source who complete the work effectively and efficiently. One such resource is UPWork (formerly oDesk), one of the largest online job portals, where one can find freelancers such as graphic designers, project managers and software developers. Whether you have a short-term task or a long-term job, UPWork will help you find it at a reasonable price. You can even hire a team of people online if you have the right management skills. Create free account on UPWork How to get started with UPWork and hire a freelancer: UPWork allows you to either hire a … [Read more...] about How To Use UPWork To Hire Freelancer for Your Online Tasks

Being self-employed and entrepreneurial has its own implications and tends to take a toll on the morale levels of these people when things don’t go as planned, which is most often the case. During times like these, a small vacation, a walk in the park and some time spent at the beach or with family and friends tend to work out for the best in your favor. This is also one of the reasons why it is recommended to have a mentor in your career. But I believe that reading your idols’ work is also one way to stay motivated and bring you back on track, out from the dark that you go in. Entrepreneurs and the self-employed have to usually deal with a variety of people from different walks of life while on their venture and reading more could get you a fresher perspective and see life from an altogether point of view. Non-fiction books are made for the same purpose, to learn from the people whom you admire the most. The best of these books are the ones that usually exhibit grace … [Read more...] about 10 Must Read Non-Fiction Books For The Entrepreneurs

Link building is an essential part of improving your blog SEO. There’s no arguing the effectiveness of guest posting, press releases, social media, and similar link building techniques. But if you really want Google to sit up and take notice and give your site the credit it deserves, here are four link building techniques you can use right now. After Penguin update, all major spam link building techniques are out of the market now, and most of us are using the known and common link building techniques. To create a difference among your competitor, a good idea is to apply some unused, and uncommon backlink techniques, which will not only result in getting extra quality backlinks to your Website, but will help you in getting extra traffic. Here I’m sharing few such link building techniques, which are not so common, and if you use it carefully, you will end up getting some of the best natural links from the web. Uncommon link building Techniques Free or Low Cost eBooks There … [Read more...] about 4 Powerful and Uncommon Link Building Techniques