When it comes to creating viral content, there’s no reason to reinvent the wheel. If you aren’t seeing the kind of interest you’d like in your blog posts and articles, read on to learn more about the processes that we use to build traffic to a website through the …
How to Build a Following on Your Blog
Blogging can be a great way to build your professional reputation and reach additional prospects for your products or services. But despite what you might expect from all of the “Overnight Blogging Success” products being sold online, blogging isn’t a quick and easy path to riches. Instead, it requires …
Understanding Your Site’s Audience
Running a successful website is about more than just good design and well-written content. While these elements are important, they only represent one side of the equation in the relationship between you and your readers. In addition to doing your best to provide good content and a pleasant site …
Essential WordPress Plugins to Maximize SEO
Plenty of webmasters today are building their sites on the WordPress platform – and with good reason! Not only is WordPress free to install on your own hosting account, it’s easy to manipulate, leads to faster indexing in the search engines and offers an unprecedented number of design options for …
Post-Panda Update Quality Indicators
Although it’s likely that the full impact of Google’s “Panda” update hasn’t yet been felt, it’s safe to say that this algorithm change has dramatically altered the playing field when it comes to search engine optimization. What has become clearer than ever is that Google is looking to promote sites …
How to Dramatically Improve Page Load Times
It’s not exactly a secret that page load times have long played a role in search engine rankings. Actually, it’s not a secret at all, considering that Google employees Amit Singhal and Matt Cutts announced that fact on the Google Webmaster blog back in April 2010: “You may have heard …
How to Brainstorm Great Viral Content
As soon as you receive a link to a new piece of viral content, I know what goes through your head: “I could have thought of that.” And it’s true – information goes viral when it more vividly depicts or proves something that many have suspected but never proven. But …
How to Write for the Web
There are as many ways to write as there are writers – but there are still some tips and tricks that work no matter what you’re writing! Here’s an outline of what I see great writers doing and recommending, as well as what works for me! See if you have …
How Blogging Has Changed Over the Years
How Blogging Has Changed Over the Years The world of blogging has come a long way since moderated newsgroups gave birth to the famed (but no longer operational) mod.ber forum that broke from the message-board mold by posting summaries of other discussions from around Usenet. The term blog (short for …
9 Jobs to Do to Build Your Personal Brand
Building a brand is a huge job, whether that brand represents a huge business or one individual. As an individual, you have both the advantage and disadvantage that everything you do becomes part of your brand. Being able to define and stay true to yourself might seem easier than constructing …