Blogging the Smart Way

So you Want to Make your Blog a Success?


If you are starting a blog or already have a blog and you want to grow your readers rapidly then this book will show you how to achieve that.

This book will also provide hundreds of tips to market your blog with social media.

I will also show you where to start, what to write about and how to attract readers to your posts and what I have learned from my own experiences.


Writing a blog can sometimes be seen as the easy part. Bloggers need to not only write but also to market their blogs so it is discovered on the web.

The big challenge is, how do people discover your blog in a universe of over 550 million websites?

This book will show you how to create, build and market a blog that will take your online presence from ordinary to remarkable. 

The purpose of this book is to take you from invisible to visible.


I will reveal the secrets for the following:

How to market your blog with social media. 

How I grew my blog traffic from zero to over 300,000 hits per month.

Developing a Twitter tribe of over 100,000 followers.

The tactics I applied to be ranked in the Top 50 Marketing Blogs in the world as listed by the prestigious AdAge Power 150.

The strategies I employed to be listed on Forbes as one of the “Top 50 Social Media Power Influencers” globally – ranked #14.

How to implement social media marketing to become a winner of the “Top 10 Social Media Blogs” by Social Media Examiner 2012


Creating an influential online brand either personal or for a business is now becoming vital in an increasingly digital world, whether you’re starting a business, writing a book, designing a website, recording an album or taking on a variety of other endeavours. 

You’ll see in the following pages how blogging and social media marketing can be applied to a wide range of activities and along the way you will find business and personal opportunities that will constantly surprise and delight you.


You will learn:

The importance of passion and purpose.

How to find your audience.

How a global audience can find you.

How to write and develop contagious content your audience and readers will love and want to share.

How to find and use appropriate technology to build a blog on a strong foundation.

The different techniques to write captivating headlines.

How to apply the power of social media to spread your content and ideas.

How to optimize your blog so you will be found and rank high on Google and other search engines.

Why you need to grow a substantial Twitter follower base.

Ways to use Facebook to market your blog and your business.

How to use the other social media networks such as YouTube and Slideshare to grow your blog traffic.

The essential elements to create a personal brand that may dramatically increase your income and will change your life.

How to become an expert and thought leader in your industry.


Is this book for you?

You’re an entrepreneur, author, musician, business owner, corporate executive, designer, programmer or marketer.

You advertise the old way in the yellow pages or with trade magazines.

You’re not yet on board with the power of digital media platforms like blogging and social media, but you’re eager to learn more.

You have been told you need to use the digital and social web to build, launch and display your brand to the world.

You are starting to realize that the old rules of marketing don’t apply any more.


If any of these points apply to you or your business, then this book is for you.