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How to survive a Robopocalypse?

Blog comments are a good way to build relationships.

Here are some tips to cultivate blog comments by social media examiner:

  1. Write in a Personal Voice 
  2. Invite Reader Response by Asking Questions
  3. Don’t be a Know-it-All
  4. Admit You May be Wrong
  5. Utilize an Author Bio and Photo
  6. Say a Simple “Hello”
  7. Use Readers’ Names
  8. Show Empathy
  9. Ask Further Questions
  10. Invite Other Readers to Share Their Solutions
  11. Respond with Personal Emails
  12. Be Specific with Your Praise
  13. Recognize Returning Commenters
  14. Use a Plugin/Platform that Ensures all Replies are Read
  15. Thank Readers for Their Support
  16. Sign Your Name
  17. Refer to Comments in Future Posts
  18. Don’t be a Jerk if Someone Disagrees with You
  19. Respond!

Interesting GA Setup checklist in the SEOTakeaways blog:

1. Visit the client website

2. Do a five second test

3. Browse the website thoroughly and note down what is important

  • Website Issues
  • Website Sections
  • Traffic Sources
  • Visitor’s interactions
  • Website Objective(s)
  • Navigational paths which can lead to macro and micro goals conversions
  • Visitor’s behavior which can lead to macro/micro goals conversions

4. Setup SMART Target

5. Create an account in Google Analytics

6. Add another analytics account

7. Install the new (asynchronous) Google Analytics tracking code

8. Switch to the new (asynchronous) GATC

9. Verify tracking code installation

10. Verify that you are receiving the analytics data in your reports

11. Get Administrative privileges of the GA account

12. Get Administrative privileges of the GA account

13. Grant others users access to your analytics report

14. Set up Goals and funnel pages in your account

15. Add Google Adwords account to your analytics account

16. Make sure that auto-tagging is enabled in Google Adwords account

17. Make sure auto-tagging is working properly

18. Make sure that Google Analytics can import cost data from Adwords

19. Add Yahoo search marketing account to your analytics account

20. Add Microsoft ad center account to your analytics account

21. Make sure that you are tracking all the marketing campaigns

22. Add Google Adsense account to your analytics account

23. Enable E-Commerce Tracking

24. Enable internal site search tracking

25. Apply filters to your website profile

26.  Create filtered profiles

27. Setup advanced segments

28. Setup custom reports

29. Create Custom Alerts using Google Analytics Intelligent Report

30. Track important externals links (like downloads, sign-ups, login, etc) through event tracking

31. Schedule Google Analytics reports to be emailed automatically to you and others