WordPress SEO: Get Insane Traffic From Google (7985 Words)
When I started my first online project, I was extremely passionate about it, and I had really high hopes for it to become an authority widely recognized among the webdesign world. But I realized really fast that you can’t just build a website in 5 minutes, throw it onto the interweb and wait for a huge crowd to come visit it. Of course, this website was my first “baby” online, so I was thinking: They will understand how great my website is! The thing is, a lot of people around the internet are thinking …
Be a Kid Again and Make Your Blog Stand Out
Starting a new blog is always exciting. Designing a cool theme and choosing the colors makes you feel like a kid again, opening up a new box of paints. But like any new toy, the novelty soon wears off. Instead of blogging with enthusiasm, creating that fun, exciting content you did in the beginning, your blog is beginning to sound like it’s being written by a robot. Oh, to be a kid again and put the fun back into blogging! How To Put The Fun Back…
Blogging Isn’t All There Is to Blogging
Most successful bloggers didn’t get that way because they just sit there and blog all day. Their business may have started with a blog but now its grown into so much more. Yours will, too, as soon as you understand that blogging isn’t all there is to blogging. Step outside that comfort zone and there’s a whole world of opportunities out there. When you make that first sale on your blog you’re going to be hooked. Maybe you already are. You’re finally…
How To Rank Well Your Inner Pages In Search Engines
Your homepage is usually the highest ranking page on your blog, but take a look at it, what do you see? Generally, all you see is a list of blog posts accompanied by a few snippets of text. Most bloggers think that just raising the rank of the homepage pulls all the inner pages up, as well. However, that’s not really how it works. In fact, if…
How To Turn Every Post Into A Sticky Web For Readers
Your homepage is usually the highest ranking page on your blog, but take a look at it, what do you see? Generally, all you see is a list of blog posts accompanied by a few snippets of text. Most bloggers think that just raising the rank of the homepage pulls all the inner pages up, as well. However, that’s not really how it works. In fact, if …
What’s Your Long-Term Blogging Strategy?
Contrary to what all those ebooks tell you, nobody sets up a successful, money-making blog in one weekend. In fact, if you’re like me and a lot of bloggers I know, you’ll set up a few blogs before you finally start hitting your stride. It takes months to develop a strong, loyal following and it sometimes takes a couple of years to start earning a predictable, full-time income. You can, however, help the process along if you have a long-term blogging strategy. They key to building a successful blog that produces long-term income…
Your Blog is Your Portfolio
Maybe you have the best job you could ever imagine. Your boss is wonderful, you make good money, and you really love what you’re doing. But what if something better came along? I know it’s hard to imagine right now but – What If? Of course, you can’…
Are Bloggers Losing Money by Not Selling Sponsored Posts?
When you get right down to it, every post on your blog is a sponsored post. You’re either making money with affiliate links or you’re earning ad revenue. In the end, somebody is paying your to blog otherwise you wouldn’t be doing it. That said, the next question is…
What Are The Alternatives to Google AdSense?
You’re not the first person to ask, “What are the alternatives to Google Adsense?” and between you and me, my answer is, “Just about anything is a better alternative to AdSense!” But, I know, that doesn’t really answer your question. Since we’re talking about your business here you’d probably prefer I turn off…
Want To Make Your First Website?
As soon as your friends and family learn you’re making money online they all want to know how to make their own website. After the third or fourth time you sit somebody down and try to teach them the process you’ll realize that most people have no intentions of following through and you’ve just wasted a lot of time and energy. …
Blogging Isn’t All There Is to Blogging
Most successful bloggers didn’t get that way because they just sit there and blog all day. Their business may have started with a blog but now its grown into so much more. Yours will, too, as soon as you understand that blogging isn’t all there is to blogging. Step outside that …
How To Rank Well Your Inner Pages In Search Engines
Your homepage is usually the highest ranking page on your blog, but take a look at it, what do you see? Generally, all you see is a list of blog posts accompanied by a few snippets of text. Most bloggers think that just raising the rank of the homepage pulls all the inner pages up, as well. However, that’s not really how it works. In fact, if all your ingound links point to your homepage, you’re wasting a lot of link juice. Building the rank of your homepage is important. But the …
Be a Kid Again and Make Your Blog Stand Out
Starting a new blog is always exciting. Designing a cool theme and choosing the colors makes you feel like a kid again, opening up a new box of paints. But like any new toy, the novelty soon wears off. Instead of blogging with enthusiasm, creating that fun, exciting content you did in the beginning, your blog is beginning to sound like it’s being written by a robot. Oh, to…
WordPress SEO: Get Insane Traffic From Google (7985 Words)
When I started my first online project, I was extremely passionate about it, and I had really high hopes for it to become an authority widely recognized among the webdesign world. But I realized really fast that you can’t just build a website in 5 minutes, throw it onto the interweb and wait for a huge crowd to come visit it. Of course, this website was my first “baby” online, so I was thinking: They will understand how great my website is! The thing is, a lot of people around the internet are thinking …
Improve Your Conversion With A/B Testing
In the blogging world the word “conversion” can have several meanings but what it boils down to is this: Are your visitors doing what you want them to do? If you tell them to subscribe are they handing over their email address? If you tell them to visit your blog are they showing up at your door? If you tell them to “Click Here” do they do it? If not, you can imporve your conversion rate with a little A/B testing. The Importance Of A/B Testing The Internet is littered with abandoned…
When To Update WordPress Immediately, and When Not To
If you’ve been using WordPress for any length of time then you’ve probably seen that little message on your dashboard telling you there’s an update available. Should you click it or not? Should you do it now or should you wait? Is it safe? Is it complicated? And what happens when you do? What does a WordPress update do? Behind that pretty WordPress theme is…
How To Improve Google Rankings for Your Older Posts in 5 Easy Steps
Every award-winning athlete will tell you, you’re only the champion until someone comes along who’s better than you. And someone will always come along, it’s only a matter of time. Your award-winning blog posts are the same – they’re only going to stay at the top of the index until one of your competitors comes along and writes something even better. And it’s…
Three Niches I Would Get In If I Had Time
Ask any blogger who’s been at it a while and I’m sure they’ll all tell you they have something on the back burner. We all do. But we’re also smart enough to know that we’d have to take time away from our business if we want to start something new. We remember how much time it takes to get a new blog off the ground. Anyway, here are three niches I would get into if I only had the …
What Will Happen To My Blog When I Die?
No one likes to think about death but we all know it’s inevitable. And not to sound like I’m trying to use sensationalism to influence your decision, but you never know when something dreadful might happen. Your demise isn’t the only thing you need to be concerned about. What if your incapacitated for an extended period of time. What happens to your blog –…
How To Make Money Online Using Expired Domains To Set Up Pay Per Post Blogs
At some point every blogger decides it’s time to start making some money online. They may have started their blog to talk about their wedding plans or build up an online resume, but eventually they start to think ‘Hey. There oughta be some way I can make money with this.’ Well, there is. You can set …