Guest Posts

All of the guest posts on Basic Blog Tips are in this category. I also included a post highlighting all of my guest posts.

Keyword Research for SEO

The Only Guide You’ll Ever Need for Keyword Research

64 Comments / Blogging Tutorials, Guest Posts / /

Keywords and keyphrases are the bread and butter of Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Ranking for one particular keyword over the other could mean the difference between thousands of organic visitors a month and millions. You probably already know a couple of places where keyword research would be beneficial, like choosing keywords and keyphrases to generate blog post entry ideas, or to build ecommerce sites around. Keyword research however, goes a little more into detail than that. Here we’re going to show you some unique tools to find popular search terms and how to rank highly for your particular niche keyphrases.…continue reading…

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Get more traffic

Why Commenting and Social Media Suck As Traffic Sources

115 Comments / Blogging Tutorials, Guest Posts, Social Media / /

Most of us have written about driving traffic through various traffic sources like Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Blog Commenting, Guest Posting and SEO. Yet, we have to spend our time based on the type of traffic we need. We can divide traffic into various groups based on different factors such as visitor loyalty (visit length and bounce rate), based on sources (direct vs referral) and based on their visit (first time visitor vs returning). In this article, we will talk about what the several traffic sources are best and how we can use them to achieve our specific goals with traffic (for the purpose of this article, your goal is to drive more new visitors to your blog).…continue reading…

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5 Great Reasons to Buy a Premium WordPress Theme for Your Blog

67 Comments / Blogging Tutorials, Guest Posts / /

Why Would Anybody Invest In A Premium Wordpress Theme? This is one of the most common questions buzzing in numerous minds and many believe that the free ones are mostly good enough and there is no use investing in a premium WordPress theme. One must remember that if free WordPress themes were as effective as it is thought to be, why would premium WordPress themes ever exist? Yes! Premium WordPress themes do have their own set of advantages and for those who have invested in one, you definitely know how much better they feel now.…continue reading…

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An Open Letter to Link Builders and Their Virtual Assistants

46 Comments / Blogging Tutorials, Guest Posts / /

There are many bloggers who openly vent their disdain for the quality of some of the guest post submissions and requests from link builders coming their way, but my problem is with a step before that- your prospecting email (or as I like to call it, the fishing trip). Whether you are a blogger looking to gain back links from guest posting, you’re a content writer doing SEO work on behalf of your clients, or you’re a virtual assistant assigned with the task of vetting potential link building opportunities, you’ll have a lot to gain from paying attention to the points below. Here are my biggest pet peeves with emails requesting a link to my site that have me (and I’m sure many other bloggers) heading for the delete button in no time flat.…continue reading…

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Marketing Your Blog

How To Market Your Blog Internationally

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There are numerous considerations and strategies that a blog author should consider when marketing their posts. However, the majority of bloggers do not to take into account the various factors that are involved with marketing internationally. This piece will go over three crucial tips that every blog writer should factor into their online marketing strategy.…continue reading…

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how to evaluate a website

How To Evaluate A Website To Maximize Your Potential

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Blogging without any goals is kind of like jumping in the car to go on a roadtrip without a destination or even a roadmap. You would get lost pretty quickly if you just jumped in the car and took off after browsing some blogs on traveling, yet this is how most people go off into running a blog.
So, before you jump head first into blogging, you should slow down, think your way through the problem and define what you want out of your blog…continue reading…

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