Christopher Jan Benitez

Christopher Jan Benitez helps small businesses achieve their goals through his freelance writing services. Outside of work, he has a passion for professional wrestling (it's still real to me, damnit) and constantly craves for Philadelphia cheese.

Greater Traffic and Clickthrough Rates

How to Increase Google Search Click-Through Rate for Greater Blog Traffic

Bloggers are trained to create optimized content that will rank them on Google organic search. In particular, they need to rank on any of the top three positions for their target keyword. In the cut-throat world of organic search, you’d be hard-pressed to find ways on ranking at the top for your target keyword. But instead of clawing and scratching your way along with hundreds and thousands of your competitors, it’s best to focus on improving your CTR instead!

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Every Blogger Should Use WordPress

Pros and Cons of WordPress: Should You Use It for Your Blog or Not?

There really is no right or wrong answer when it comes to choosing a blogging platform. At the very least, however, you need to make sure that you’ll be using the best blogging platform, whether it’s WordPress or not. However, the sheer fact that Basic Blog Tips runs on WordPress is an indication of how good of a platform WordPress is! WordPress is an excellent platform to build your blog on. However, it’s far from being a flawless one. For every advantage WordPress has to offer, there is also a disadvantage that makes bloggers think twice about using it.

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Why Your Landing Pages Suck

Why Your Blog’s Landing Pages Suck (and How to Fix Them)

The success of your blog rests on your landing pages. Also referred to as sales pages or money pages, their main goal is to convert visitors. Whether your purpose is to increase your email list, turn visitors into customers, or any goal that requires your audience to commit to your desired action, your landing page must fulfill it. It’s okay if your landing page isn’t converting the way you want it to. What’s important is what you do once finding out that you can improve your landing page conversion rate.

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Make Your Blog Safe from Online Threats

How to Keep Your Blog Safe from Online Threats

Your blog is your most prized online possession. It is the platform where you can establish credibility with your audience in your niche. At the same time, it is not uncommon for bloggers or brands to encounter threats in the online space. It can be due to something you published or the success your blog has accrued throughout the years. Nonetheless, these threats escalate to something much worse if you don’t take proper action against them.

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Do You Know These 15 WordPress Security Tools

15 Security Tools for WordPress Blogs

WordPress is undeniably the most popular Content Management System or CMS that helps DIY-bloggers build the site of their dreams. Unfortunately, its popularity also made it vulnerable to numerous security exploits. Plugins, for example, can be compromised due to code vulnerabilities and cause harm if installed to your WordPress blog. Keep in mind that what makes WordPress great is the amount of resources available for you to customize the platform. The good news is that you also have access to tools that can tighten your WordPress site’s security. Find 15 WordPress Security tools in this article.

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7 Reasons Your Blog Is Not Converting

7 Crucial Mistakes that Explain Why Your Blog is not Converting

The traffic that comes to your site is redirected from places like search engines that often offer web users some options. Therefore, your blog must be capable of grabbing the attention of a potential reader immediately with the headline, subheading, and titles of posts. However, merely driving traffic to your blog is not enough. You need to increase the conversions to profit.

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What’s a Landing Page and Why Should I Make One for My Blog

If you are new to blogging, then you should know that a landing page is where traffic from search engines, ads, social media, and other external links are directed. In truth, blogs are pointless if the bloggers behind them do not have plans for reaching a broad audience. Remember that blogging can be sweeter if you can build a large following and monetize your efforts. In this article you’ll learn about using a landing page can help point you in the right direction.

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