There are so many reasons why online users are setting up their own blog. A couple of years back, most bloggers are using this method to simply pour out their emotions and share their ideas. Today, most bloggers do it for different reasons. The two basic elements that push them to set up a blog are to either generate traffic to their site or earn money through blogging. (more…)
Posting in your blog is really a matter of style. You do not have to become Truman Capote to be a good blogger. There are a few things that you should do from an SEO standpoint no matter what your style is.
Here is how to write a good blog post and get the search engines promoting you for free.
Did you know that as your blog becomes an authority blog you can find yourself on page one of Google in a few hours or days. To become an authority blog just takes a little time and effort on your part. (more…)
Building a Blog has never been as easy as it is today. With applications like Wordpress you can have your Blog online in no time. You don’t have to hire a coder like in the old days. Now your hardest decision is what template to choose.
Even though is has become a lot easier many people find that once they build a Blog no one ever comes to it. I mean, they set up a ping list, added it to a few social bookmarking sites, got some backlinks and put links on Digg but they find that through all of their efforts, they still have very few visitors. (more…)
Now that you have your Wordpress blog up and running it is time to do some search engine optimization. To do this I want to start with some settings located in your Wordpress admin area. After changing a few settings I will introduce you to a plugin and how to activate the plugin. After that I will talk about downloading a new plugin that will require uploading to your blog. The downloading and uploading discussion will touch on using two methods: an FTP client, or a website host. Finally, the article will also address getting an API CODE which is necessary for activating the spam plugin and stats plugin. (more…)
Once you really start scaling out your new internet marketing empire, one of the first major obstacles you are going to have to cross is what I refer to as the “Content Crisis”. Everyone that I know, without fail who has built a successful series of small niche sites has at one time or another had to stretch a bit to add new, informative and entertaining bit of information to their website or blog. We all just hit a wall - it’s really that simple. If you cover a particular topic thirteen ways from Wednesday - at some point, topic burnout sets in. Thankfully, the very basic dynamic nature of the web is your best friend, and you can set your site up to simply piggyback off of others within your niche when it gets a little bit sleepy..:-) Let’s take a quick look at 2 of them. (more…)
There is a big difference between a blog search engine and a blog directory. I know most of you reading this have experienced using both but for those new blogging boomers I thought this explanation might be helpful.
A blog search engine’s main focuses on finding blog entries that match specific keywords and blog entries that link to whatever website addresses are entered by the person doing a search. Search engines use spiders and bots to get Web pages and software programs to get listings indexed. However, blog directories are predominately run and maintained by human beings. (more…)
Blogs are simply one of the best kind of websites for shooting up the search engine rankings? Why? Because they use “authority” platforms like Wordpress or Blogger which are recognized by the search engines. Bloggers also constantly add content, which search engines like.
So how do you get your blog up to the top of the search engines? Here’s 3 actionable tips you can start using immediately:
1. Include your keywords in your title, description, and metatags (more…)
There are a few things that you can do to increase traffic to your blog.
To achieve high volumes of visitors, readers and subscribers does take time, it won’t happen over night, but it’s not impossible. Even if you have great content you can’t expect readers to flock on your pages. Having good content is one thing however there is much more to it than just posting articles.
Even if you have the best product in the world, best value, good price etc. how can you expect that people will find out about it? You need to let people know about your blog, join or create a community around the topic of your blog before you increase you traffic. (more…)
Bloggers fall into two categories; a blogger who writes about their personal experience and a blogger who writes about a niche market or specific expertise. However, both bloggers share a similar characteristic: “they like what they like.” For those bloggers it’s important to stay up-to-speed on the things which interest them most.
With RSS becoming the main stream method of information gathering, RSS quickly becomes the main stream channel of information overload. RSS allows a blogger or webmaster to receive the most current information from the sites they enjoy the most. However, not all the information is relevant to the bloggers interests. This is where a RSS filter or feed filter becomes an invaluable asset to the blogger. (more…)
Recently, I took on a client who is looking for a new approach to selling a product whose sales have flattened. (Sound familiar?) Her product is a cookbook full of healthy recipes geared toward diabetics; her question was, how is a blog likely to help her generate sales?
Two sentences into my reply, I realized that this is killer material which applies broadly across all kinds of business models. Here’s what I told her:
There are a lot of other people out there selling books online, right? But only a fraction of them sell cookbooks, and an even smaller proportion sell cookbooks, and ultimately only one of them combines easy diabetic-friendly recipes, useful anecdotes, a pleasant writing style and a low price - you. (I assume I am representing you at least reasonably well?) (more…)