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The Fundamentals of Digital Marketing

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The Fundamentals of Digital Marketing Learning the fundamentals of digital marketing can help boost your business and increase your online visibility. Digital marketing encompasses many different angles. Understanding a little about each one can help you decide where you want to focus your attention. It is not necessary to go all-in on every aspect of digital marketing to see success. You may be surprised at how something as simple as optimizing your website for search engines can benefit your...

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OutBrain, Zergnet Tested For Publisher Earnings, Plus Traffic Strategy Advice

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Blog Monetization & Traffic Tips I recently started testing a series of different clickbait companies for blog monetization. With so many bloggers annoyed with low earnings from ad banners, and the increasing number of visitors using ad blocker extensions from Chrome, webmasters looking to earn extra cash from their blogs need to be even more clever these days. In this article, I share the results of two companies that specialize in clickbait type widgets for earnings and offer insight into...

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10 Best Affiliate Programs to Join for Publishers

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Best Affiliate Programs

Just as consumers shop around for the best possible deal they can find, an affiliate marketer needs to do the same in order to maximize earnings. Finding the best affiliate programs to use when trying to make money online is essential, as it’s true what they say, the devil is in the details. When researching which affiliate program works best for your website, you need to pay close attention to all the minor aspects of the agreement and factor in the potential earnings from each provider...

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5 Minimalist Home Office Tips To Improve Productivity

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Minimalist Office

As a small business owner and entrepreneur who juggles family life with a couple of young kids, time is always an issue. Last weekend I decided to rearrange my home office. I moved around the furniture, changed the lighting, and de-cluttered my desk. In fact, I have removed the top half of my desk. My cookie-cutter big department store desk had an upper attachment for extra shelving and storage. It was a large two piece unit that I rarely used due to it's design, and by removing the top half I...

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Visual Composer for WordPress Review: Advanced Blogging Tool

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Visual Composer WordPress Review

Visual Composer for WordPress I’ve been working with WordPress for about seven years now. I’ve seen a lot of changes in design, watched and supported the massive WordPress community grow and tried out some excellent WordPress plugins in their earliest of stages first hand. Whether you’re just getting into WordPress or you’ve been using the platform for years, there is definitely a faze of trying out every plugin you can get your hands on. Finding plugins that enhance...

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