10 Top Social And Traffic Tools

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10 Top Social And Traffic Tools For Your Blog in
2014

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Every blogger utilizes many tools in their
arsenal to create and maintain valued content for
their readers. Valued content is key!
   We wanted to put together and share a list of
our Top Tools we utilize to put great info on
our blog. Now keep in mind this is a portion of
the tools available as there is a LOT of tools.
This doesnt include our email autoresponders or
other specific tools which we use for specific
technical support, you can see more of
those HERE. We of course know there are many ways
you can perform these functions and research but
want to give you a head start and save you a few
headaches ahead of time. Lastly, it all depends
on how you maintain your blog and what niche or
brand you have which will determine your tools
and methods. We hope this list will help you
along the way. So lets get started!

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Disqus (http//www.disqus.com/)
We all know the changes which occur almost daily
to Google and how they look at information to
rank your website. Comments on your website give
Google another proof of social interaction and
ranking. Disqus is a free tool which you can
integrate into your WordPress, Joomla, and Drupla
platform(s) and utilize your comments to give you
that extra boost. Disqus features include
extremely easy load and use within minutes. It
also includes very easily the capability to share
comments between family, friends and business
partners utilizing the popular social platforms
Facebook and twitter. Additionally Disqus
provides you analytics which let you see what is
working and most popular allowing your to zero in
on topics which interest your visitors.

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Focus Booster (http//www.focusboosterapp.com/)
If you are like us, your attention span is very
small. Your time is very valuable and costs money
every time you get on your computer to work, so
make the best of your time and look at this tool.
It is a desktop application which puts a timer on
your screen to time your tasks. You should be
scheduling your time on your system, this free
tool allows you to time yourself for that task to
give you the incentive and stay focused.

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Alltop (http//alltop.com/)
If you maintain any blog or site you need
content. Where do you get your information or see
what is trending? Alltop.com is the answer.  It
is one of the key web sites which we use to
research. What is different about Alltop from
other web sites is it utilizes the top Headlines.
Why is this important? There is so much you can
use this site for. One way is to see what is
popular and trending.  Another is to get ideas
for headlines in your research efforts. Lastly
and definitely not lease it helps you
with email subject lines. Who would have thought!
This is definitely one of our favorites.

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Optimize Press (http//henrybradysblog.com/optimiz
epress)
There are many WordPress themes out there and you
can search on them. Some of them are free and
some have a cost to them ranging from 40.00 to
over 100.00 depending on what you are looking
for. If you are looking for marketing you cant
go wrong with Optimize Press.  Here are a few of
the benefits of Optimize Press Sales Pages,
Squeeze Pages, Sales Letters, One Time Offers,
Launch Pages, On the fly graphics, So much
more Granted there are other themes which may
work for you or your specific website. However
Optimize Press has all the goodies in one spot.

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WordPress Plugins (http//wordpress.org/)

• If you use WordPress everyone has an opinion on
  what to use for your web site. We like to keep it
  simple and safe. We are concerned about spam,
  functionality, tracking, and the ability to see
  what is going on and access quickly. Below is a
  list of basic plugins we recommend for you to
  use.
• All In One SEO Pack
• W3 Total Cache
• Askimet
• SEO Smartlink
• Disqus
• Broken Links
• These can all be searched in your plugin menu
  within WordPress. They are all free except the
  Askimet which will require you to pay a fee for
  the service, but believe us it is worth it due to
  the spam it keeps from your blog.

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IFTTT (https//ifttt.com/)
If you are overcome with your social activities
you might want give this free social tool a try.
IFTTT which stands for If This Then That can
save you loads of time. It basically works like
this. If you have an action which takes place
like an email or tag of your Facebook photo it
performs an action like a reply, post or other
action in reaction to that action. IFTTT
currently serves 59 channels right now and really
saves you a great deal of time because we cant
be everywhere right? Take a closer look at this
tool and get creative with it as there is no bad
way to utilize this free tool.

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BackTweets (Free) (http//backtweets.com/)
There are many tools for looking at twitter and
trends. This is specific one performs a search on
links in twitter. Why is this useful?  If you
search for key words, BackTweets provides results
which will match the web address. Cool! If you
search a web address or shortened website address
(bitly or tinyURL, etc..) for example a website,
blog, videos, etc., the BackTweets results will
track any links that are from that website.
BackTweets is free and provides thousands and
thousands of the most current tweets, which
appear in chronological order according to the
times posted. And here is a bonus Backtweets even
searches through tweets that are in
different languages.

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Buffer (Free and ) (http//bufferapp.com/)
Chances are you have multiple accounts on
Facebook, twitter and Linkedin. Hmmm do you have
the time to manage all of those
accounts everyday? Buffer is your answer. Buffer
gives you the capability to have a free account
to manage one Twitter, Facebook (page
or profile), and LinkedIn account with up to 10
updates in your buffer, also known as the
scheduler. We always want our updates to
look natural and Google likes natural and this
tool can benefit your time and posts making them
throughout the day with preloaded posts.

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Facebook Insights (Free) (https//www.facebook.com
/insights/)
Facebook has become one of the premier
advertising and lead gathering resources. As with
anything in your business you need to track
what your success. Facebook Insights is the place
to be. This incredible tool provides you
demographics, number of people engaged, and
when Your Fans Are Online graph, located under
the Posts tab. This gives you the average number
of your fans who saw any posts on Facebook (not
limited to your pages) in a predictable hour.
This is really helpful when planning content
scheduling.

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Tweetdeck (https//about.twitter.com/products/twee
tdeck)

• Twitter has grown on a massive scale. According
  to Statisticbrain.com the total number of active
  twitter users is over 645 million and growing
  everyday by 135,000. This is a substantial
  audience to communicate to. In your blogging
  business automation is key to achieving the goals
  you set. Tweetdeck is a highly recommended tool.
  Lets look at some of the features of Tweetdeck.
• Monitor multiple timelines, Schedule Tweets to be
  posted in the future
• Turn on alerts to stay on top of information
• Filter searches based on criteria
• Mute users or terms to eliminate unwanted noise
• Never have to hit refresh again
• Build and export customer timelines to put on
  your website
• Tweetdeck makes you look like a professional even
  if you arent. As well it gives you loads of
  valuable information and also allows you to have
  a life.

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Conclusion
In 2014 the Internet will grow again by leaps and
bounds. Your efforts to reach your perspective
audience either to provide information or to
provide products gets even more difficult. Be
savvy and professional about your blog and
business. Automate as much as possible to enjoy
the rewards of your business. Most folks get into
business to provide better or spend more time
with their family. We hope this small list of
tools will enhance your blog and business in
2014. Continue to look at our blog as we release
more and more Secrets to this crazy and
wonderful business of blogging and Internet
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