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Should I Start Guest Blogging?
Since Alex has been kind enough to allow me to contribute a guest post on his blog, I thought it would be appropriate to write about, well, guest blogging. I believe guest blogging should be a top priority for anyone who is serious about building their online presence. After all, what better opportunity is there to expose your name to a new audience that to post on someone else’s blog?
Research and Dominate - How to Strategically Plan Your Blog for Success
I am always astounded at the speed I can do research nowadays. What could have taken weeks or a few months suddenly can be accomplished in 30 minutes or less. When it comes to blogging, you can now gather a lot of data for free.
This can help you even before you start a blog around […]
Writing Reader Engaging Posts
From where I stand, the greatest advantage of blog writing is, without doubt, the instant feedback. Unlike classic media, like newspapers or magazines, our blogs give us the possibility of getting valuable opinions on every post that we publish. Of course, not all feedback should be considered valid, but this is a matter of personal choice and analytic skills.
Writing reader engaging posts is definitely one of the biggest challenges of every blogger, since these posts are usually excellent ways to create and grow a community around your blog.
How to Make Your Comments Stand Out
Traffic generation through comments is a thing to look for in the long run. Don’t expect to receive 1000 visits only by posting a comment on a famous blog; that is not going to happen (with some very rare exceptions). Instead, focus on leaving meaningful comments on every post that you read and enjoy, focus on leaving comments that stand out.
Blog SEO Tips: Using Keywords for Blog Optimization
One of the most basic, yet highly effective things you need to consider when doing blog optimization is using keywords to indicate search engine spiders what you posts are about. The more relevant to the page’s content, the better the search engine ranking.
What you should know right from the start is that keywords can give your blog posts a boost in rankings or get your blog out of the first and most important search results. It all comes down to how well you’re using them and how relevant they are to your content.
Domain Names for Bloggers (9)
Friends, relationships, family, these are today’s topics in the Domain Names for Bloggers series.
The Educational Value of Blogging
In the early stages, blogs were mostly online diaries sharing girlfriend/boyfriend gossips, personal photos and experiences. As times passed, blogging evolved into a mass phenomenon. The more people getting caught into this blogs galore, the more experiences shared by different personalities. New trends emerged, niche blogs appeared and blogging became what we see today, a hard to perfectly define, segmented concept of online information sharing.
Whether people perceive it as an alternative to classic forms of journalism, tools for self-help, an online job or the simple morning coffee reading, nowadays, blogging has a massive educational value.
20 Free Corporate WordPress Themes
Your business’ blog doesn’t have to look boring or childish. If you’re going to use your blog as a tool to promote your business, you need it to have a clean, professional, corporate look. Here’s a round up of 20 of the best free corporate WordPress themes available. Preview them and if you find one of your taste, go ahead and download it.
The Better Blogger, The Good Listener
When it comes to speaking, there are three types of people:
• those who speak so that other people can listen;
• those who speak only to hear their own voice;
• those who speak because they just can’t shut up.
If you’re a blogger, you’d definitely want to be in the first group.
But what does it take to […]
Blogsessive Debate: What makes us loyal readers?
Since this is a community debate, the topic I have in mind is:
What makes you come back every day (or almost) to your favorite blogs/bloggers?
What makes us loyal readers?