May 19, 2012

Get a Free Blog Review AND Win a $100 Blog Tweak

Update: Entries to this contest are now closed. The winner for the basic blog tweak has been selected. The winner is … drumroll … Melanie from Solo Mompreneur! Woohoo! She’s chosen to have a subscription form installed on her About page (which happens to be one of the most effective pages for capturing e-mails). If you’re still interested in a blog review, feel free to leave a comment. I’ll get to as many of the reviews as I can, but even if I’m not able, someone else might offer advice.

Would you like to receive a free blog review and be entered to win a $100 blog tweak?

Now’s your chance. [Read more...]

Why Your Blog Shouldn’t Be About You

Many people make the mistake of writing their blog about themselves.

They think that blogging is the act of an author writing about himself, so they post about how their day is going or about what food they’re eating.

Here’s the bad news: unless your name is Ashton Kutcher, your blog won’t be popular if you only write about yourself. [Read more...]

7 Easy Ways to Improve Your Blog’s SEO

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is all about tweaking content so that it ranks well in search engines.

The first step is to write content that will resonate with readers, and the second step is to optimize the content for search engines.

Once you know that basic premise, you can move on to learning how to optimize blog content for search.

So how do you optimize blog content? And how do you get your blog to rank higher in Google searches?

Here’s how: [Read more...]

What Bloggers Really Need to Know About SEO

What is SEO, anyway?

SEO stands for search engine optimization, and it represents the game that website owners play with Google, attempting to land higher on the first page of search results.

There’s a more technical definition than that, but trying to rank higher in Google searches is basically what it comes down to.

So is that possible to do? And if yes, how do you do it? [Read more...]

5 Tips for Writing Significantly Better Blog Posts

Whether you just started a blog or you’ve been at it for awhile, there’s a good chance that your post writing can get better.

The good news is that writing is a skill that can be improved, and, contrary to popular belief, it’s not something that only a select few are born with.

Yes, some are naturally born writers, but if you’re not part of that club, with a little coaching and a lot of practice, your writing can significantly improve.

Not only can your writing improve, but your blog post writing can improve as well. [Read more...]

7 Ways to Write Compelling Blog Post Headlines

If you want to improve as a blogger, you’ve got to learn how to write better headlines.

Compelling headlines make the difference between getting noticed and not getting noticed online.

So how do you write more compelling headlines? And what makes the difference between a smashing headline and an average one?

If you’d like to know the answer, you’ve come to the right place. This post is a collection of seven ways to write smashing headlines that will get your writing noticed. [Read more...]