Interviewed on RemarkableBlogging.com
A few days ago, Codrut Turcanu of Remarkable Blogging contacted me asking if I was available for a small interview, which we did.
Today, Codrut published the interview with me and you can read it here. A PDF version is also available for download.
Enjoy reading, and if you have additional questions, I’m looking forward to reading them in the comments section!
Blog Topic Research Resources
When gathering resources for a new blog topic, not only the research methods are very important, but also the locations. Some online resources offer more in-depth and trust-worthy information than others, or simply more information.
Where should one start when researching topics? What are the best research resources? Some would say encyclopedias, others would say specialized informational websites. I’d say both.
This is one post you’d like to bookmark for further use, as the list of categories, resources and links will grow each day, and THIS post will get updated each time.
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Advantages of Long Tail Keywords Optimization
When you want to attract more virtual footfalls and internet traffic volume that would translate into sales, you have to learn how to use relevant keywords to optimize for. The right keyword selection is the first and foremost criterion of search engine optimization – SEO.
Approaching the Long Tail Keyword Optimization Process
In order to succeed in search engine optimization you need to use informative, unique and keyword targeted content for optimum conversion.
Of relevant keywords, 60% to 70% of the net organic internet traffic experienced by a website is taken up by long tail keywords. And if you are an optimizer you must capitalize on long tail keywords because they bring in genuine customers and insure conversion.
The traffic brought in by long tail keywords is usually targeted for a niche clientele, and that results in high conversions rates.
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Blog Topic Research Tips
In blogging, there are two elements that can transform a blog post into a masterpiece. The first one, it’s not a very exact thing. It differs from blogger to blogger, and that is passion. That you’re either born with, or you learn by experimenting and writing more and more.
The second, on the other way, is more precise, it is the quality of the information that you provide. Is that information appealing? Is it helpful? Does it offer real insight?
How do we improve the value of the information that we provide through our blogs? Through research.
For the dedicated blogger, topic research is probably the most time-consuming part of the whole publishing act. Ideas might come in a matter of seconds, words are written at a certain speed, but the information behind those words is gathered in what can extend to even days (if not more).
Sure, some articles are based on the blogger’s own experience and aptitudes, and can take a lot less to research, but for others, time can become a pretty serious issue. To shorten that time, here are a few tips and resources to help you in your research activity.
Topic Research Tips
Ask Google
Whenever one of my colleagues asked me a question to which I did not have an answer, I told them to search on Google. Sometimes, they said they couldn’t find the information through searches, but once I searched, there it was.
It’s all about the “query”. Just as you would think about which keywords to optimize your posts for. Going too complex will most likely give you no results, or too many unrelated results. Be very specific.
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Simple Balance 2.1 – Everything is Under Control
One month and 2000 downloads later, the new version of the Simple Balance Free WordPress theme is released.
New options have been added – along with the options of Simple Balance 2.0 – to the theme’s control panel, including:
- Easy to set up featured post (does not use categories);
- Google AdSense alternative for both the top and right sidebar ad space;
- Easy to set up email subscription form; *
- Page selection for the top menu (only selected parent pages will be displayed);
- Two brand new color schemes: Blue Bubble and Curly Green
Blogosphere News / October 25th
Welcome to another Blogosphere News edition. Today’s topics are: the new interface of WordPress 2.7, the release of WordPress 2.6.3,a debate on the rapid upgrade schedule of WP and the recently released Tell-a-Friend widget.
WordPress 2.7 is getting prettier
With each day that passes, the previews of WordPress 2.7 show us a more and more visually appealing application. After giving people a preview of the WP 2.7 Dashboard (which by the way, Rocks!), the devs are now looking for the perfect icon designer to create an original icon set for WP’s main administration menu.
It’s actually the first time when WordPress introduces icons for their menus and, if you think you got the skills (experience in the field is required), follow this link.
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Review My Web: Website Competitive Analysis Tools
One of the best learning methods is from experience, but sometimes, our own experience fails to provide us with what we need to know. That’s the moment when we need to look and learn from other people’s experience.
ReviewMyWeb.com is a fairly new website competitive analysis tool, but one that with a bit attention can turn into a very useful one.
Review My Web let’s you analyze your blog against two competitors and gives you access to a competitive report, covering:
- Traffic Rankings;
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO);
- Social Media / Blog Coverage;
- Detailed Website Analysis;
As an example, I decided to analyze ProBlogger.net against JohnChow.com and ShoeMoney.com. You can check out the results in the following screenshots.
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How to Write a Good Link Bait Blog Post
The internet is filled with websites competing for the same niche, which makes it very difficult to attract visitors to each individual website. Without proper promotion, a website could just sit idle for days, weeks or even years and people wouldn’t notice it.
Website owners know this fact, so they have learned to adjust to the online fast-paced environment and one method of promoting websites they’ve come up with is to use link baits on their sites.
In this article you’ll find out what is a link bait, what types of link baits are there and how to plan and write the perfect link bait blog post.
What is Link Baiting?
The term ‘linkbait’ is used to describe a tool for websites designed to “lure” or generate incoming links to a particular site. It is there for the purpose of attracting web users to visit a website (increasing traffic), and as a result, they generate material which is linked and picked up by other sites.
Link baiting also pushes a site up on the search engine ladder, as a lot of search engines look at how many websites link back to yours, their quality, and measure your site’s value through these links.
Link baits definitely help promote a website, although not all link baits can be considered “good”. There are two basic types of link baits: good and bad link baits, based not on their effectiveness, but on their “attitude”.
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FeedBurner Email Subscription in Simple Balance 2.0
Since its launch, over 1800 people downloaded the Simple Balance 2.0 WordPress theme. For that, I thank each and every one of you!
The idea behind this theme was to keep it as simple as possible, yet effective. Simplicity in administration is one of the keywords behind its creation. But some things need a bit of coding knowledge to tweak.
One of them is the email subscription form, which, once you install the theme, serves only as a design template that does not work unless proper code has been added to it.
I’ve been asked via comments and email what’s wrong with it, or how can it be made functional and this made me write the following step-by-step tutorial on how to integrate the FeedBurner email subscription form in Simple Balance 2.0.
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10 RSS Subscription Box Designs Dissected
It’s a fact. Readers want RSS updates. They are easier to manage, to search and follow. And when readers wanted them, bloggers provide.
Have you ever wanted to subscribe to a blog’s feed, but no matter how much you searched, you could not find the link? It’s frustrating!
The RSS subscription box is one of the most important elements of your blog’s design. It offers a good deal of branding solutions and it can turn out to be decisive in your readers’ choice of following (or not) your updates.
Let’s observe together these 10 RSS subscription box designs and draw conclusions at the end upon the DO’s and DON’T’s.
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