8 Things to Customize on Your Premium Blog Theme
Although many themes tell you they are ready to go right out of the box, there are usually still a few basic things to tweak. Here are eight of the common items that usually need to be fixed on premium blog themes. 1. Your Affiliate Link in the Credits Let’s...
Huge List of 150 Compelling Headlines for Your Blog
Over the years I have been compiling a list of headlines that I found compelling. I thought I would share them with you so you can keep this list close by when you are coming up with headlines for your blog posts. # Tips To Simplify ______________ Greatest _________...
Pros & Cons for Various Types of Content Creation
Content development is the foundation for any good internet marketing strategy. The content type and quality will determine how well the content is perceived by the readers. There are many ways you can create great content for your website, but it is important to...
5 Online Marketing Skills Learned While Blogging
Although a lot of bloggers may not consider themselves Internet marketers, they have likely developed many valuable online marketing skills. How? Through simply promoting their own blog and latest posts. I know that many of my online marketing skills can be directly...
Live from Blog World Expo 2010: From Blog to Book
This post are my notes from the live session at Blog World Expo in Las Vegas. Please forgive me if I misspell anything or if some of the notes don’t make sense, as I am trying to gather as much information from each speaker as I can. Quick Facts on the Session...
5 Mistakes That Will Crush Your Blog’s Growth
A blog’s growth depends on how well you rope in new visitors while keeping the existing readers satisfied. If you take blogging simply as a hobby, you may not be really worried about whether its popularity grows or not. But if you are planning to turn your blog into a...
Using Weekly Features to Better your Blog
The internet has evolved to a point where blogging has become both a thoroughly researched and thoroughly mainstream affair—everybody blogs. Even novice bloggers know that great content is the key to a successful site, but what exactly “great content” means can be...
The Future of Video Blogging
Video blogging or “vlogging” is becoming a very popular online trend and most internet users will agree that video blogs are popping up in every niche and industry. According to recent statistics from internet giant YouTube, more than 65% of U.S. based internet users...
How Can SMBs Use Blogging To Improve Local Sales?
Of late, there have been a lot of attempts by small businesses to get visibility on local searches – and not without reason. Local SEO is very rapidly replacing the traditional Yellow Pages primarily because it is simpler, faster and more accurate. Under these...
Google Webmaster Tools – 6 Key Pieces of Information
If you feel like you have been missing out on some valuable information in your Google Analytics, you’re in luck. Most of it has probably been hiding in Google Webmaster Tools all along, waiting for you to unlock it! Not to mention with Google+ Review, there is...
Social Media Marketing or Content Creation: Which Comes First?
While creating a Facebook Fan page, Twitter profile, and LinkedIn profile, YouTube channel, Flickr account, etc and then using those social media networks is technically “creating content,” for the purposes of this post, when I speak of “content...
Making the Most Out of Guest Blogging
There have been a lot of great posts that talk about guest blogging and show you the value of reaching out to other authoritative blogs in your industry. However I thought I would take a different angle on this post and talk about what makes your guest post stand out...
Blogging Best Practices on How to Engage your Reader
The quickest way is not always the best way to attract readers to your blog, taking a hot news topic and going against most of the world’s opinion on a current political situation always can start up a tornado of debate, and rebuke. This is not going to make any money...
Blog Marketing Strategies: That Makes People Click
Blogs have become the communication tool of the next generation. They no longer need to spend a lot of money if they want to communicate with the masses. They are well equipped with the tools in their PC. While this is true, it also has its own share of side effects....
4 Reasons to Provide Video Transcripts
More and more often, I am finding blog posts that are nothing more than a video with little to no text details. As video blogging becomes more and more prevalent, I think it is a great time to look at four reasons why video transcripts should be included in the blog...
How to Optimize an E-mail Generating Newsletter
Newsletters can make an accidental or first time visitor, who has come to your site because they saw something of interest to come back again as an interested reader. So long as they keep their subscription to your newsletter, you will have a consistent reader who will return to your site.
7 Ways Your Blog Can Have a Competitive Advantage Over the Rest
Odds are, you are not the only blog in your niche, so standing out from the crowd is important. That can be a hard task to accomplish, especially when there are hundreds of other blogs, all trying to get exposure and traffic. So what can you do to rise above your...
Grow Your Twitter Following Through Guest Blogging
There are many reasons for guest blogging, such as getting exposure and backlinks for your website, positioning yourself as an authority in your niche, and so on. Can increasing your Twitter following be a benefit of guest posting? Absolutely! So what do you have to...
What WP Plugins is StayOnSearch Using?
First of all, I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year. This is the first post of 2011 and I am really looking forward to another outstanding year of high-quality content, new guest bloggers and feedback from our readers on how we can continue to deliver...
Tumblr Continues to Climb the Blogging Ladder, Now with 15-million Users
It seems strange how WordPress remains silent and calm with the recent news that Tumblr is catching up with them. Tumblr, presently ranked as the 3rd most popular blogging platform and the 34th most-visited website in the United States, has just passed the 18-million...
7 Reasons Why No One is Reading Your Blog
How many repeat visitors to your website or blog do you really have? If the latest statistics show that nobody’s coming back to your site for more than a perfunctory second look, chances are there is a problem – or multiple problems. Here are seven likely reasons why...
How Safe is Your Blog from Fatigue?
Working from home has become so glamorized that most keen entrepreneurs entering into it don’t really quite understand the realities of running a blog. I remember the dangling carrots that initially caught my attention. They went something like this: “… become...
Make Money Blogging: 6 Ways to Monetize Your Brand New Blog
Whenever you are looking to make money online, one of the first ways you probably consider is creating a blog and monetizing it. Please keep in mind that most monetization methods are based on two main things – traffic and trust. Once you build these up, the...
Writing a Great Review Post to Generate Sales
One of the best ways to make money through affiliate product marketing is by writing reviews. But there are a few keys to make your review be the one that people want to buy from. 1. Try and Love the Product I know, there are people who can review a product based on...
Emailing Templates, Pen Names, and Link Building
Guest posting has flooded the blogosphere faster than anyone thought it would in the last two years. The sudden rise of the use of the tactic of guest posting raises a lot of questions and concerns. How Should You Treat Guest Posts? The Panda wave sent a lot of...
Content Marketing That You Need to Avoid at Any Cost
Content driven marketing as it seems has caught the imagination of the marketers as Google has rubbished almost all the traditional linking building methodologies. In fact, it is now being treated as a crucial tool for social media marketing as well. But since most of...
7 Reasons Why You Need a SEMrush Pro Account
If you are an Internet Marketer, you have undoubtedly heard of SEMrush. SEMrush has probably the most comprehensive data set on the web, when it comes to keyword research and competitive intelligence. Yes, there are plenty of free SEO tools available (including...
Blog Monetization Models: Turn Your Blog into a Money Making Machine
Blogs can be a great way to earn revenue, but not without the effort of building site credibility, valuable content, and a readership. This is why the majority of blogs fail! Most people who manage blogs don’t have the patience or frankly the time to maintain...
10 SEO Bloggers To Watch in 2010
Darren Rowse from ProBlogger recently wrote a blog post encouraging people to write a ‘Bloggers To Watch’ post, to promote bloggers in your prospective industry. I thought I would do my due diligence and make a list of 10 SEO bloggers I feel you should...
Using Multiple Blog Monetization Strategies to Increase Your Income
There are many bloggers out there who make a full-time living off of their blog. Of course, like anything, it doesn’t come without a lot of hard work and dedication. How much money you make from your blog is determined by most importantly…traffic! If...
5 Ways to Improve Your Guest Blogging Strategy
As mentioned several times before on this site and others, guest posting is a wonderful way to engage in a genuine and effective link-building strategy. Still, not many who first embark on the guest blogging process completely understand how it works. Here are a few...
10 Affordable Search Engine Optimization Tips
Search Engine Optimization doesn’t have to be costly, you just need to know some SEO Basics. Search engine optimization is the science and art of marketing and publishing information that ranks high for chosen keywords in the search engines. Most search engines show...
A List of Useful Twitter Stats and Analytics Tools – Just for You!
Without measuring your progress, you can never ensure whether your marketing efforts are headed in the right direction, right? A wonderful micro-blogging service, Twitter happens to be a powerful tool to promote your brand, products or services on the internet. And...
How to Generate Extra Cash from Your Top Exit Pages
While I work for websites, one of the most important statistics that I keep my eyes on is the exit pages. Yes, it’s extremely important to know from which pages on a website or a blog people are exiting most. Exits from web pages can be both ‘positive’ and ‘negative’....
How to Find Your Blogging Sweet Spot
If you’ve been blogging for any appreciable length of time, you’ve probably experienced the joy of ripping the wrapper off your brand new blog and imagining the places you’ll go. You’ve probably also experienced the feeling of sitting before the blog and wondering,...
Six Outbound Linking Tips for Free Blog Promotion
Generosity is a great virtue. Even in terms of blogging, you can use this virtue to promote your blog for no cost at all. One way of showing your generous side to niche bloggers is by linking out to their blogs. However, many bloggers complain that they see little or...
How To Write Content Your Readers Will Actually Read
Blogs have become the lifeblood of many businesses. The articles we generate are a way to educate and/or train clients and customers, while crafting our image and building credibility. The key to any successful blog is, of course, its content. The popular quote states...
The Power Of Stories (To Engage With Your Audience)
People love stories. We humans are curious in nature, and by using stories in your marketing messages you can engage with your audience a lot better. Take the 2 scenarios below for example: Scenario 1 Susan exclaimed: “Yes! I’ve finally made it!” After a continuous...
Blog Post SEO: How to Search Engine Optimize Content
The opening keynote at Blog World Expo was Scott Stratten of UnMarketing, who wanted to convey the fact that “people spread awesome” in terms of content, and that there are five things that “stop the spread.” Number three in this list was...
5 Secrets to Create Eye-catching Headlines for Your Blog
As a blog owner, you should know that the successful headline will increase readership rapidly for your blog, which should be eye-catching first, then grab the attention of these prospective readers. Headline, as the first impression of your article, needs to describe...
Where to Find Inspiration and Passion for Blogging
Sometimes it can be hard to sit on the computer and force yourself to write a high-quality blog post. I’m sure the bloggers out there can relate to this and know exactly what I’m talking about. You are sitting there, spinning your wheels, trying to...
Ensure Smarter User Experience Using the Right Analytics Tools
Do you know where your site is positioned in comparison to the other sites in your niche? Have you any idea what is exactly missing in your business strategy? If not , then you are missing out a vital element. User engagement is the key to successful business. So its...
How to Lower Your Bounce Rate Using Google Analytics
Once you’ve built your website or your blog, the first thing you will want to do is bring in a lot of traffic by optimizing it for search, acquiring traffic generating links, and sharing it on social bookmarking and networking sites. The more traffic you can...
5 Steps For Maximizing Content For Massive Backlinks
Are you leveraging your content to the fullest extent? Are you maximizing your contents visibility and backlink opportunity? So many people who create/publish content don’t realize that even one piece of content can equate to hundreds/thousands of backlinks and...
Key Tips You Can Use to Design Your Blog
In order to build something upon it, you should lay a firm foundation. Apart from what kind of content you offer your audience, you should also pay careful attention to what we call ‘visual branding’ of a blog. A well thought-out blog design can instantly create a...
Lowering Your Bounce Rate: What to Analyze
Clients always seem to ask what bounce rate is. I wanted to explain what bounce rate is, the factors that determine bounce rate, how you should analyze it, and in what cases you should take action to lower your bounce rate. Defining Bounce Rate A Bounce is simply a...
Improve Your Content Marketing With Infographics
Content marketing plays an important role in attracting customers to your product/service. One of the best ways to improve content marketing is to use infographics for driving more visitors to your website. According to the Survey, the fastest growing content format...
Using Your Front Line Employees to Fuel Your Content Marketing
In my 12+ years in the Internet marketing industry, I don’t think I’ve ever come across a company (in any industry) that couldn’t benefit from launching a business blog. SEO thrives on the consistent production of quality, engaging content. You’ve probably heard the...