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Google has recently reaffirmed that the two major factors for ranking your site successfully on Google are links and content. SEOs know that sites that by acquiring the right portfolio of links, the website will outrank competitors on the first page of Google. \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.digital-next.com.au\/\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESEO agency\u003C\/a\u003E Digital Next provide the following ways to acquire powerful links that will accelerate your website’s SEO rankings. In this article, we will show you the best strategies on how to build relevant backlinks for your Blog\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nPromote an outstanding guest blog post on a relevant site with a high audience.\u003C\/h4\u003E\nThere are several news and information sites that are eager to have content that will add value to their site. There are several high authority sites like Entrepreneur and Forbes who accept guest contributions, however it is better to post on authority sites in your niche. For example, if you are a hair salon in the United Kingdom, getting a guest post on The Hairdressing Journal (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.hji.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.hji.co.uk\u003C\/a\u003E) would be more relevant and improve the site’s chances of ranking for more hairdressing related keywords.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nPromote to relevant communities on social media.\u003C\/h4\u003E\nThis method allows your site to gain links organically. Simply find and share your links to relevant groups to your site. This includes submitting your link to:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cul style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ERelevant Facebook Groups\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ESharing your link with relevant Facebook fan pages.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EPinterest boards and groups.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ESubreddits\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EGoogle Plus communities\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EDiscussion forums\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ETwitter streams by using relevant keyword hashtags.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nOutreach to influencers in your niche.\u003C\/h4\u003E\nIdentify the major influencers in your industry who would resonate with the content that your website promotes. These influencers could be:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cul style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EBloggers\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EYouTube vloggers\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003Enstagram publishers\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ESnapchat publishers\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EVine video producers\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EPodcasters\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\nSome of the ways you can outreach to these influencers include:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cul style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EEngaging with them on their social media accounts, such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Google Plus.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ESending them an email.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EGiving them a phone call.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EMeeting them in person at a networking event.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ESending them a letter or a post card.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nProvide testimonials to suppliers.\u003C\/h4\u003E\nYou can get links from authoritative supplier websites by providing them with testimonials. Simply provide a positive review about their service and see if they would be happy to publish your testimonial on their website, which would include a link back to your site.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nReach out to websites that have linked to similar content.\u003C\/h4\u003E\nOne of the easiest ways to acquire relevant links is to find content that is similar to what is being published on your website and collecting a list of the sites that are linking to the content. You can use tools like BuzzSumo or Ahrefs to find sites that are actually linking to the content and send them an email with a link to your website’s content.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nContact relevant media in your industry.\u003C\/h4\u003E\nYour industry will have magazines, newsletters, radio shows, television shows, podcasts or other types of media. Journalists from these media outlets are always on the lookout for content that they can promote with their story. Reach out to these media outlets, journalists and editors by submitting story tips, ideas and contributions.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nPublish links on relevant directories.\u003C\/h4\u003E\nThere are several online directories on the web that you could submit your website to, however acquiring links from the most relevant directories will do more for amplifying your site’s organic search performance. Look for any directories in any trade journals or magazines that you can submit your website to. Alternatively, conduct a keyword search on Google such as “your keyword + directory” to find relevant directories that you can submit your website to.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nContribute to discussion forums.\u003C\/h4\u003E\nLook for discussion forums that cover topics in your industry. You can use forum search engines like \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/boardreader.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EBoard Reader\u003C\/a\u003E to find discussion threads that cover topics in your industry. You can add value to the discussion by adding expert commentary to the thread and using links as information resources.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nCheck competitors link profiles.\u003C\/h4\u003E\nYou may be able to acquire the same links as competitors in your industry by getting their backlink profile. You can use tools like Open Site Explorer, Majestic and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/blog.templateism.com\/2013\/05\/giveaway-win-3-pro-accounts-of-ahrefscom.html\" target=\"\"\u003EAhrefs to pull data on the sites that link to your competitors\u003C\/a\u003E. You can then export the data into a link prospecting tool like Buzzstream and outreach to those websites. Because your website has similar content, you should have a strong chance of acquiring links from those websites.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nSearch for links to outdated content.\u003C\/h4\u003E\nYou can use tools like BuzzSumo to find popular content that needs to be refreshed. You can use BuzzSumo to download information about the linking sites. Once the content is revamped and published, share the content with webmasters and ask them if they would like to link to the updated content.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThere are several link acquisition methods that can be used, however the most important thing is to acquire links that build a relevant, authoritative portfolio so your website will rank on the first page of Google for your desired keywords. \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/blog.templateism.com\/feeds\/880068114087396554\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.templateism.com\/2016\/05\/best-strategies-on-how-to-build-backlinks-for-your-blog.html#comment-form","title":"616 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7834399549622979012\/posts\/default\/880068114087396554"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7834399549622979012\/posts\/default\/880068114087396554"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.templateism.com\/2016\/05\/best-strategies-on-how-to-build-backlinks-for-your-blog.html","title":"Best Strategies on How to Build Relevant Backlinks for your Blog"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Syed Faizan Ali"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04420446464276156950"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"27","height":"32","src":"\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhPBXkRtBTCoIS6lHZwPi4FHp4AVD5GDZejQHNTs2251VXiBxUHsZaGrcKZq3MXWvSki8mYnoQDyk1d8dQsxJPf8UZzUkKaChcJ6zogq7Fq8fl4Q2tC4UfpVO6pSs1mcw0\/s220\/MELATEST.png"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-h6nrVs-zzbc\/V0cMsLsTExI\/AAAAAAAARgs\/YnpjhXji_BgjcGzgabPy5n9cZaDvbe8kgCK4B\/s72-c\/How-to-Build-Relevant-Backlinks.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"616"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834399549622979012.post-4911648099412936408"},"published":{"$t":"2016-03-17T04:08:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-09-14T12:07:44.197-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Blogger"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Inspiration"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Top 6 Email Marketing Tools Compared and Reviewed. "},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-p8qx54hzcq8\/VuqP54oQuyI\/AAAAAAAARgA\/PcqKfoGnVGwjvQtBBhTnKSEEVZv1232_w\/s640\/TOP6-EMAIL-MARKETING.png\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWhy some marketers manage to score over couple thousands dollar a month, while some fail at exactly 0.00$ might be a mystery for a lot of people who don't understand how exactly this \"make money online\" thing works.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nNo, it's not a scam, not some kind of magic either. It's all plain science, like real technical and psychological science. While some might succeed in momentarily putting up a facebook ad and redirecting traffic to their landing page and make some quick bucks, but that's not how you establish yourself in the field, it's a good \"churn and burn\" strategy, but you can't bet your life on it.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIn order to always retarget your customers, you need a way to connect to them, and in order to connect to them you need a convincing enough strategy for them to give you their contact info, right?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWell, that's where Email Marketing tools come in. And in this article I'll just make choosing one, easier for you.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nLet's start with the tool I trust, and a reason for me doing so.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n1.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/getresponse.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EGetResponse:\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\nPutting it plain and simple, GetResponse has one awesome, exclusive feature that no other tool has the capability to provide me, and that's the prime reason why I'm with Getresponse.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAnd it's the Landing Pages. It provides me with 100+ easy landing page templates I can work with, without the need to get my hands dirty with codes, and that's exactly what I need.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0026nbsp; Not just product landing pages, but it has the unique capability of letting me host webinars, yes webinars directly from inside of my GetResponse account itself !\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nNow, other tools just \"don't\" have this feature, no matter what and therefore creating a landing page costs 25-30$ extra, per month. But with Getresponse, I'm getting it literally free with the email tool.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAdditionally, I ofcourse get 500+ Email templates to work with. So literally, there can't be a need of mine, for which I won't find the appropriate Email template.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0026nbsp;And, along side that it allows me to A\/B test as many as 5 variations ! Now that, is a serious conversion booster. It helps me know what's working and what's not, while this feature is either not present with other tools, or is very limited.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIf that's not enough, well then GetResponse got me one of the most advanced autoresponders on the planet. Allowing me to trigger special Event and time based responses, well that's again something not every tool in the market has.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAnd the icing on the cake is it's pricing, I've got to pay only $15 for as many as 1000 email subscribers. Now that's a pretty affordable dollar amount for all of this action packed tool.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWell, you might consider this a biased review if I don't mention the specialties and features of other tools, so let's get down to them.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n2.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/aweber.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EAweber\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\nAweber is one of the most perfect tools in the market when it comes down to Email marketing. Infact, I'd have said it's the only competitor of GetResponse that's actually capable of competing neck to neck with GetResponse, if it was not for couple edges which GetResponse holds over aweber.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFirst, let's talk about what Aweber does have!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nOkay so it does have an awesome Autoresponder I must say. Infact, that's the only reason I'm considering Awber a competition to GetResponse.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nApart from that, it lets you build super cool sign up forms, which also are responsive in nature. So that's pretty good I'd say.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAnd well, it lets you create automatic Emails from your blog's newest post's RSS feeds. This again is a feature which Getresponse has too, and thus these two can be considered a competition.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAweber boasts Drag\u0026amp;Drop template editor with over 700 Email templates, but if you ask me I'd say that's more than needed. It adds to your confusion and is a time consumer on my part, it's better to have 100 totally different, unique templates, rather than to have 700 templates which are almost similar.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIt has good tracking tools in place, but then again not as Good as Getresponse.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThat was about what aweber does have, what about things it doesn't?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIt doesn't let me work with Landing pages! (ah duh! )\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIt doesn't let me host webinars ! Well, now that's a lot of extra dollar going out, if I've to pay for them separately to some third-party tool. So probably now you see my reasons for being in love with GetResponse right?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nOverall? Aweber is an awesome tool, yes really it's great when you need only and only an Email Marketing solution!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n3.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/constantcontact.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EConstantContact:\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\nContant contact has \"Conatct management\" to boast for.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nI'd say, when it comes to Contacts management, it really is a tool which can directly compete with GetResponse, or Aweber. But, just \"managing contacts\" is not Email marketing, is it?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nApart from a great Contacts management system, it has the unique flavor of letting you add Survey forms to your marketing strategy ! Meaning, you can email a survey form to your subscribers asking about certain things.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nOr, you can create a donation template and ask them to donate. Well, that's good as far as constant contact is concerned.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe primary aspect where ConstantContact really is a good option for you is when you need a variety of \"not so common\" pages. Because, apart from surveys and donation templates, it also let's you host Event registration templates!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSo more or less, it has a good \"templates\" gallery.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nOfcourse it's obvious, without mentioning that you'll be getting a WYSIWYG, Drag\u0026amp;Drop template builder. An autoresponder, and a tracking dashboard with it. These are the common features to almost all the tools in this list.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBut again, what it doesn't have is, the landing pages, the webinar thing and an affordable pricing. If it's offering you something \"less\" than tools like GetResponse, I believe you'd expect a cheaper price. But, in the case of constant contact, that's not exactly true.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nInfact, it's extremely expensive as far as IM tools are concerned. It charges you $20.month for a list as small as 500! And double that amount for 1000 subscribers. That just won't do for me, but overall it's a great tool, you can feel free to go with it if you've a lot of experimental cash on our hands.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n4.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/campaigner.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECampaigner:\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\nCampaigner is yet another contender to this game, and quite worthy.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nLet's start with my favorite feature, that's the A\/B tests. Yes, it does let me conduct A\/B split tests on my campaigns!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nApart from that, it has a beautiful gallery of 800 Email templates \u0026nbsp;! ( Beautiful, but extremely confusing ! I mean seriously, who can browse through 800's of them to find their perfect choice? )\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nOh, ofcourse their templates are mobile responsive!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nYou do get a Drag\u0026amp;Drop Editor and live preview of the template while editing it.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIt does have an autoresponder too, but again this is not an autoresponder that can compete with GetResponse. It just can't.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIt has a good list management tool, and allows you Email segmentation ! You can select certain activities and behaviors, and then target those specific people for better results. This is the only reason I'm considering campaigner in this list.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIt can be easily integrated with a lot of third-party tools, but its \"social media\" integration isn't the best in the industry. It does it's job, but there are better alternatives.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAfter all of this, if we come down to the pricing, I'd say campaigner really got itself confused right here. It's not offering you something you don't get with other tools, but still it's $19.95 for 1000 email subs.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nNow, it's your choice to make the decision.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n5.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/mailigen.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EMailiGen:\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\nMailiGen offers you Split Tests, Rss to Email, autoresponders and all of the other common features you expect with any other Marketing tool.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nOfcourse we can't leave out it's Drag\u0026amp;Drop template builder and Live tracking of your campaigns performances.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nAdditionally, it also let's you integrate it with enough third-party tools, including Social media. And with the ability to conduct surveys from Emails, it just nails it all.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBut then again, when we come down to the Email templates provided to us, I'd say it might use some work over it. The templates are good, but if you've seen the templates from GetResponse or Aweber, you might exactly be satisfied with the templates from Mailigen.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBut well, it charges you $10 for 500 subscribers ! If you make it a 1000 of them, you'd see it's $20\/month. Now, did you see anything with MailiGen that seemed like it should ask for that extra $5 for its services? I definitely didn't.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIf you take \"Email marketing\" into consideration, it's a good tool, and if $5 extra per month = $60 extra per year don't matter a lot to you, feel free to go with it. Afterall, it does have some cool enough features.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n6.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/pinpointe.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EPinPointe:\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\nPinPointe is a tool I'd say could've totally beaten GetResponse, but then again just like in the case of Aweber, the lack of certain features, and its high pricing pulls it back from doing so.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWith PinPointe, I can guarantee you best in the industry tracking and reporting tools ! Yes, it did work hard on them. You get a deep insight of how your campaign worked around your visitors.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nYou can also Integrate it with third-party tools, including Google analytics for even a deeper insight into it.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nYou do get a list of pre-designed email templates, \u0026nbsp;so that reduces a lot of your \"creative time\" \u0026nbsp;efforts. You can just choose one and get to work.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIt no doubt has the Drag\u0026amp;Drop editor for you and a live preview of the templates you're editing. So that shouldn't be a problem.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nLeaving a \"Comparison\" out of this, if you consider just pinpointe for your marketing thing, I'd say it's totally worth it.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIn short, it has all the features GetResponse or any other tool has, minus the Landing page, and webinar integration from Getresponse.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIf you look down at its pricing, you'd see it's plans are somewhat of a \"bulk\" kind. You get 5000 Subscribers for $49. \u0026nbsp;So, if you don't have a massive email list, or don't send a lot of E-mails, then this probably isn't the best option for you.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n7. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/lumen5.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ELumen5\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\nNowadays, people are more interested in videos than just emails. They want things to be more interactive, and reading the same annoying text-based emails can sometimes get a little boring. That is why video-based emails are the future. However, creating, high-quality videos can cost you hundreds to thousands of dollars but not anymore.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nLumen5 is a versatile video development platform that is designed to produce engaging content on your social media platforms.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe interface is seamless and super userfriendly, which means creating engaging short videos were never so easy before. With Lumen5's cutting-edge artificial intelligence, you can convert your text into videos with just a few clicks.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIt also offers access to a vast media library that consists of millions of copyright-free resources such as videos, photos, and audio tracks.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBest of all, Lumen5 is designed especially for business executives and marketers, which means it does not require any technical knowledge. If you know how to drag and drop, you can easily create sweet videos.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nFinal Verdict:\u003C\/h4\u003E\nIf you ask me, just like I said at the beginning of this article, GetResponse has \"everything\" that those others tools got, at a much cheaper price.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPlus not just \"everything\", it has \"more than all of the above tools got if you take into consideration the Landing pages and webinar thing. And comparing them with its pricing, I'd say it's one of the most reasonable tools in the industry.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWhile other tools charge me almost double that amount, for \"reduced\" features, I'm getting more then I'm paying for with Getresponse. So unless you've a very rich family background, I'd say \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/getresponse.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Etry the free 30 days trial from GetResponse\u003C\/a\u003E, you wouldn't get a reason to leave it after that.\u003C\/div\u003E\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/blog.templateism.com\/feeds\/4911648099412936408\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.templateism.com\/2016\/03\/top-6-email-marketing-tools-compared.html#comment-form","title":"83 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7834399549622979012\/posts\/default\/4911648099412936408"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7834399549622979012\/posts\/default\/4911648099412936408"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.templateism.com\/2016\/03\/top-6-email-marketing-tools-compared.html","title":"Top 6 Email Marketing Tools Compared and Reviewed. "}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Syed Faizan Ali"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04420446464276156950"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"27","height":"32","src":"\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhPBXkRtBTCoIS6lHZwPi4FHp4AVD5GDZejQHNTs2251VXiBxUHsZaGrcKZq3MXWvSki8mYnoQDyk1d8dQsxJPf8UZzUkKaChcJ6zogq7Fq8fl4Q2tC4UfpVO6pSs1mcw0\/s220\/MELATEST.png"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-p8qx54hzcq8\/VuqP54oQuyI\/AAAAAAAARgA\/PcqKfoGnVGwjvQtBBhTnKSEEVZv1232_w\/s72-c\/TOP6-EMAIL-MARKETING.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"83"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834399549622979012.post-2273819462750834318"},"published":{"$t":"2016-03-14T12:00:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-03-14T12:04:01.401-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Blogger"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Inspiration"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"How Blogging can Benefit your Business \u0026 Improve Sales"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cimg alt=\"How Blogging can Benefit your Business \u0026amp; Improve Sales\" border=\"0\" height=\"284\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-7gCAqtK4Yfc\/VucKE53Y8hI\/AAAAAAAARew\/L9NnhhdzyzkehQg7QvYgn_KNOi2rKHs8g\/s640\/Blogging-for-business.png\" title=\"How Blogging can Benefit your Business \u0026amp; Improve Sales\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBlogging as a survival strategy for a business – Top benefits of blogging for your business\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBlogging is undoubtedly one of the most valuable tools which businesses can utilize in order to engage themselves with their customers and make life simpler. If you’re still not blogging in this high-tech world, it’s high time you get started or you remain left behind. Blogging is hard but blogging as a business is even harder. In fact, around 8 years back, there were estimates that 95% of all blogs are nothing but failures and victims of negligence by their creators.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nWhy is it so?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h4\u003E\nThat’s because every day, every week and for every post, if you have a business blog, you will require:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cul style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EBuying-in from your team\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EHaving brand new ideas for articles\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EHaving a calendar for content so as to maintain consistency\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EOptimization to make sure you receive ROI\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EGood and timeless content\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\nSuch needs can indeed be intimidating, especially in the world of \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.techsupremo.com\/internet\/wordpress\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eblogging and WordPress\u003C\/a\u003E. Therefore, in order to help you survive, here are some necessary reasons why every business should \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/3050315\/hit-the-ground-running\/5-reasons-why-every-entrepreneur-should-start-blogging\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Estart blogging\u003C\/a\u003E. What are the main benefits of blogging? Read on the rest of the article.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nWhy should businesses use blogging as a marketing tactic?\u003C\/h4\u003E\nLet’s move on directly to know why businesses should use blogging as a marketing tactic. Check out the benefits of blogging.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E1.\u0026nbsp;Blogs drive traffic to your website:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWho doesn’t want more visitors to their website? Just ponder over the ways in which people might try to find your website. They could either type your website address or you could pay for traffic by purchasing an email list or for placing tons of paid ads (which is illegal). If you have a blog, all these problems of gaining visibility will be solved. Every time you write a new blog post, it will have another indexed page on your site which is equivalent to one more chance to show up in the search engine results. Blogs can be spread even through social media.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E2.\u0026nbsp;Blogs help convert traffic into leads:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nNow that blogs are bringing in traffic to your website, you have an added responsibility of giving in the effort of converting the traffic into leads. Just as every blog post is yet another indexed page, each blog post is also a new chance to generate new leads. You just require adding a lead-generating \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/blog.hubspot.com\/marketing\/what-is-call-to-action-faqs-ht\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ecall-to-action (CTA)\u003C\/a\u003E to each and every post. Often such call-to-actions might lead to free whitepapers, free fact sheets, free webinars, free trials and many such things which could hold enough information and could attract people.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E3.\u0026nbsp;Blogs establish authority:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSome of the best business blogs provide answers to some of the most common questions of their customers and leads. If you’re clever enough to consistently create content which is extremely useful for your customer, it will help you in building authority in their eyes. Can you imagine the effect on the customer if you wrote an educational post on something to clear the doubt of your confused customer? This kind of concern for your customers could increase the number of leads and also help build authority for your website or business.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E4.\u0026nbsp;Blogs drive long term results:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSuppose you invest one hour and write a post and publish it on some day. If you get 100 views and 10 leads through that blog post in a single day, you can expect to get another 50 views and 5 leads the next day as some more people will see it on the social media and some subscribers get caught on RSS and email. But soon after a few days, most of the fan following of the post dies away and you will come down to a net of 150 views and 15 leads.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nApart from the above mentioned reasons to blogging, there can be some other reasons behind businesses wanting to blog but if compared to the above ones, they would be stray and much smaller. Businesses can inform customers about product releases or information on some events through their blog posts. It is even easier to focus on getting attention for company initiatives if you’ve built up audience. Hence, in a nutshell, blogging should be an inseparable part of your business.\u003C\/div\u003E\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/blog.templateism.com\/feeds\/2273819462750834318\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.templateism.com\/2016\/03\/how-blogging-can-benefit-your-business.html#comment-form","title":"84 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7834399549622979012\/posts\/default\/2273819462750834318"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7834399549622979012\/posts\/default\/2273819462750834318"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.templateism.com\/2016\/03\/how-blogging-can-benefit-your-business.html","title":"How Blogging can Benefit your Business \u0026 Improve Sales"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Syed Faizan Ali"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04420446464276156950"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"27","height":"32","src":"\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhPBXkRtBTCoIS6lHZwPi4FHp4AVD5GDZejQHNTs2251VXiBxUHsZaGrcKZq3MXWvSki8mYnoQDyk1d8dQsxJPf8UZzUkKaChcJ6zogq7Fq8fl4Q2tC4UfpVO6pSs1mcw0\/s220\/MELATEST.png"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-7gCAqtK4Yfc\/VucKE53Y8hI\/AAAAAAAARew\/L9NnhhdzyzkehQg7QvYgn_KNOi2rKHs8g\/s72-c\/Blogging-for-business.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"84"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7834399549622979012.post-8924030988709261046"},"published":{"$t":"2014-07-23T12:08:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-07-23T12:11:14.901-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Blogger"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Template"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Top 7 Things to Consider When Designing A Website Template"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\nYou should have noticed many times that some big companies often change their websites' designs. Sometimes the change is very small like changing the color of the template, changing logo or anything else and sometimes the change is very big like changing whole layout of website.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-dx96ZqT9niA\/U9AG-YsjhDI\/AAAAAAAARCo\/J3CyDWfzPEY\/s1600\/Top-7-Things-to-Consider-When-Designing-A-Website-Template.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-dx96ZqT9niA\/U9AG-YsjhDI\/AAAAAAAARCo\/J3CyDWfzPEY\/s1600\/Top-7-Things-to-Consider-When-Designing-A-Website-Template.png\" height=\"auto\" width=\"540\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\nHere are top 7 things to consider when designing a website template.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n1. Can you create a new template?\u003C\/h4\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\nThis is the much important thing before getting a new template, do you have knowledge of creating a new template? You should not bring your website offline for updating it's design page by page. You should design whole template first and then upload it directly on the website.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n2. Prepared for errors?\u003C\/h4\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\nWhen you create a new template, occasionally it contains many bugs \/ error in the code. It is very much similar to programming where if you miss a semi-colon the whole program doesn't work. So be prepared if you face issues like that because you cannot be sure if the template is working or not until you put it on a website.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n3. User-friendly design\u003C\/h4\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\nThis is the most important thing to consider, as many users will like the new design but on the other hand, some users might not love the new design and they may prefer the older one over new.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n4. Do you really need a new design?\u003C\/h4\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\nThis point must be considered, if your design becomes old fashioned then your site may become untrustworthy and cheap. You can also do this at a time when you post new content on your web as it may sometimes cause a little bugs which can be repaired by a new design.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n5. Browsers or device compatibilty\u003C\/h4\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\nNew design can also be made by keeping in mind the compatibility of your website with new browsers and devices. You can test new design on many browsers and devices before uploading it.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n6. Responsive design\u003C\/h4\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\nNo one forces you to have a responsive website template but if you feel that it would be great for the sake of your readers then you should go for it. But also keep in mind that creating a responsive template is harder then creating one from scratch.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ch4 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n7. Better navigation\u003C\/h4\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\nIf there is a chance that you can improve the navigation of your website because it will also give a boost to your bounce rates, SEO and it will make people to stay longer on your website then you should give it a go and create a new template.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWe hope these tips would turn out to be handy for you, Feel free to comment what you have in your tips bundle.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/blog.templateism.com\/feeds\/8924030988709261046\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.templateism.com\/2014\/07\/top-7-things-to-consider-when-designing.html#comment-form","title":"217 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7834399549622979012\/posts\/default\/8924030988709261046"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7834399549622979012\/posts\/default\/8924030988709261046"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.templateism.com\/2014\/07\/top-7-things-to-consider-when-designing.html","title":"Top 7 Things to Consider When Designing A Website Template"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Editorial"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/17175552370194265529"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-dx96ZqT9niA\/U9AG-YsjhDI\/AAAAAAAARCo\/J3CyDWfzPEY\/s72-c\/Top-7-Things-to-Consider-When-Designing-A-Website-Template.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"217"}}]}});