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Shanelle Mullin

Toronto, Ontario

Experimentation and optimization expert. Lover of startups, affiliate marketing, copywriting and content marketing. Also, kittens and ice cream.

$6.67/min

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23 minutes
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Blogging SEO Content Marketing Affiliate Marketing Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) Analytics Writing Editing

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Shanelle Mullin answered

Who do you first reach out to when you're starting a blog with no initial readership?

Are you already submitting your content to social bookmarking sites like Reddit and StumbleUpon? Those sites are great for gaining early traction. As soon as possible, start making a serious effort to convert visitors to subscribers so that you can rely less on social bookmarking sites.

Make a list of the 20 most influential writers in the space and reach out to them. At the very least, they might share one of your posts. They might even agree to trading guest posts.

Write posts that maximize outreach potential. The more people you can tell about your content authentically (e.g. "I mentioned you in my latest post."), the more pageviews you'll see.

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Damn! I got so much out of my call with Shanelle. We talked through where I am in my business and she gave me a bunch of actionable ideas for improving my marketing. A+. If you need guidance on your marketing, just jump on a call with her - you won't regret it.

Christopher Collins Source: Clarity

Shanelle is awesome! I got so many good SEO and page optimization nuggets that I can implement today. Thank you for your help - you are making a difference. Time to implement - gotta run. I can't say THANK YOU enough.

Zee Ali Source: Clarity

Thoroughly answered all my questions and went out of her way to send me extra resources. Gave clear and actionable advice. The ROI I'm going to get from this call will be off the charts, couldn't be more pleased!

Belinda Jacobs Source: Clarity

Great listener and had insights for each of my issues, would highly recommend!

Michael Crowell Source: Clarity

Shanelle was well prepped for the meeting and gave very helpful advice! Thanks so much!

Emily Jones Source: Clarity

Shanelle was incredibly smart, quick and to the point. I highly recommend her.

Belen Estacio Source: Clarity

Highly recommend Shanelle and her expertise. She was very knowledgeable, was precise in her points, and related her past experience directly into our discussion. Thanks again Shanelle!

Nick DeRegis Source: Clarity

Hi Shanelle, sorry I didnt realize our time wasn't up! We can go a bit over next time if you wish. Also, if there are any tools you recommend to get my content more traction - like reddit or something, we can talk ab that too during the call on fri. thx!

Belen Estacio Source: Clarity

Highly recommended. Shanelle is our goto person for all things content marketing

Ben Heinkel Source: Clarity

Great, actionable advice from Shanelle. Suggested tools, methods and processes to get our blog off to a good start

Ben Heinkel Source: Clarity

Great advice about auditing our messaging and value proposition for our affiliate program :D

Jeff Deutsch Source: Clarity

Member since May 2012