Blogging Tutorials

Tips and tutorials to help increase your proficiency with free blogging software from Wordpress.com and Blogger.

Google Analytics 101 for Bloggers

Getting Started with Google Analytics Just for Bloggers

Google Analytics is one of the most powerful free tools that Bloggers can use to gain insights about the flow of traffic on our blogs. We can see where people are coming from, how long they stay and what page they’re on when they leave. We can even use Google Analytics to do experiments and run split tests (for free). In a nutshell, Google Analytics can play a significant role in evaluating the success of our websites because of this: We are able to determine outcomes. We can find out if people are taking us up on our Calls to Action. We spend lots of time carefully crafting those CTA’s but do we know how effective they are?

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Guest blogging Mistake

You Must Avoid this Calamitous Guest Posting Mistake

I thought back to the 30 or more guest posts I churned out entirely unrelated to making money online. I covered a variety of topics. Great. I showed my range. But making money online focuses on hyper targeting prospects. I get no bonus points for displaying my range. I do not build my list by covering topics outside of my niche. I find the spare opt in or 2 but rarely do these folks join my gifting team or ask for my consultation services. Nope. I screwed up. Big time…

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Full Time Blogger

10 Lessons from the Guest Blogging School of Hard Knocks

In this post-Panda and Penguin search landscape, one much talked-about topic when SEO specialists gather together for a virtual drink is guest blogging. Guest blogging, as you may already have read from several different sources, is perceived as a way to rank high in the search engines, mainly because guest blogging is all about content. And with compelling content, social media sharing comes into play. Given the many algorithm changes that have been happening of late, social media, as some blogging and SEO experts claim, is the new SEO.

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SEO Trends

Rising SEO Trends That Impact Your Internet Marketing Campaign

This article, based upon the latest SEO trends consists of various upcoming and ongoing marketing strategies. Considering these points, one can enhance the visibility of his website in the search engines. Let us have a look at the different key SEO trends that we can expect in the year 2013 and the years to come:

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12 Steps to Blogging Success

12 Steps You Must Take to Quickly Become a Successful Blogger

I returned home a few weeks ago from a 2 year working holiday of Southeast Asia. I have conquered my frustrations and more importantly I am helping an increasing number of bloggers do the same thing. Decide to become successful now. Become so excited about living your blogging dreams that you cannot possibly think of quitting your blogging exploits. You can do it. You can succeed. I believe in you and I’ll share with you 12 steps you must take to get the ball rolling and become one of the most successful bloggers in your niche.

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Five Things You Can Do To Double Your Blog Traffic

5 Things You Can Do To Double Your Blog Traffic

There are a good number of blogging tips blogs online today, but only a handful of them get noticed or generate a significant amount of blog traffic and readership. Not every blog goes on to become another “Basic Blog Tips” or “ProBlogger”. Even though many bloggers find they can earn a fair amount of money, for most of us we can’t make as much as the big A-list bloggers. Moreover to create a big authority blog, you need to do a lot of hard work. When I say a lot of work, I mean writing quality content, driving a great deal of blog traffic, building high quality links and making connections with other bloggers in your niche. In this post I am going to share 5 simple strategies that you can use to double your blog traffic in 2013.

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blog commenting

Transform Your Blog To A Real Discussion Board Through Blog Commenting!

In this post, I want us to see how you can turn your blog to a real discussion board thereby encouraging repeat visits and improving your SEO through a positive increase in page impressions, return visits, page views and time on site. I’m not going to dwell on how to get more comments or why you don’t get comments. Instead let’s discuss what needs to be done to get your readers coming back for more interaction and blog commenting.

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