This document provides tips for marketing a blog like a professional in order to capture attention, captivate readers, and capitalize on the blog's success. It recommends adding social sharing buttons, tags, categories and pins on Pinterest and posts on Google+ and social media to share blog content. It also suggests writing catchy titles and descriptions, using images, subheadings, captions, videos and links to social media profiles to engage readers and create a lead magnet or newsletter sign-up to collect reader contact information. The overall goal is to market the blog effectively across various online platforms and media.

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Add social sharing buttons to each post
Create tags and categories
Create a long pins and post on Pinterest
Create a Google+ post.
Create a series of social posts and tweets linking to blog
Tap into social ads
Repurpose your blog into an e-book, magazine article, e-blast
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CAPITALIZE!
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Write a snappy, punchy title
Create an attention-grabbing Feature Image
Include Related Articles links
Add plenty of white space
Create a pop-up box to capture contact info
Change your email signature line to announce
CAPTURE ATTENTION!
your newest blog
HOW TO MARKET
YOUR BLOG LIKE A PRO
A step-by-step plan to capture, captivate and capitalize!
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Include subheadings and bold text
Add photo captions
Embed video
Add the links to your social sites at the end of each post
Create a lead magnet to capture reader contact info
CAPTIVATE!
or newsletter