I used to think that you should not talk about yourself in your blog content. I actually read it somewhere and for a while I was careful not to do it.
“Always think about your audience. Nobody cares if you’re having coffee…”
But today I have a different opinion. Today I strongly believe in delivering the human being in your content. Let me tell you what I mean and share with you my own experience and what I learned:
Usually when other blogs post your content is a good thing, you increase your visibility, you get some extra traffic and depending on the blog, it could even be good for your search engine ranking.
But wait! There is also a negative side to it. There is a fine line between aggregation and just hijacking content. In this posts we’ll review two different real-life scenarios based on the same piece of content and we’ll discuss the etiquette for good honest aggregation, what not to do and how if affects the source.
We’ll take one of SocialMouths posts from just a few days ago: 13 Quick Tips To Write A Successful Post, a piece that was republished by a few blogs in different ways.
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