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.

Tom Seo Guy

Blogger Interviews: Tom Shivers – The SEO Guy from Capture Commerce

I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Tom Shivers a few weeks ago, and you can listen the the audio podcast of the interview, on his SEO blog Capture Commerce in this post How to Blog Successfully – Tips from Ileane Smith. Now I get my chance to ask the questions and in this interview we get the inside scoop on Tom, as he shares his blogging journey with us…continue reading…

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JustRetweet Keeps Twitter Sharing Simple

The first thing that attracted me to JustRetweet was the name. I love simplicity and that’s exactly what the site offers – an easy way to find stuff you want to share and retweet it with one click. I have been using the site as an antidote to my growing Triberr fatigue and so far, I like it a lot.
The JustRetweet interface isn’t fancy but it works. Everything you need to know about how the site works is on the rules page. Visit the home page to follow the three simple steps to joining the site…continue reading…

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WordPress Plugins

10 WordPress Plugins You Can Install Today To Improve Your Blog

With thousands of WordPress plugins to choose from, finding the best ones is not easy. We all want a blog that’s optimized for the search engines, our visitors, and ultimately our business. Based on these three objectives, here are 10 of my favorite WordPress plugins you can use right away to make your blogs function a lot better …continue reading…

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6 Reasons Why You Might Fail As A Blogger – and How To Change Them

Building a successful blog can be a difficult task for a blogger, even though there’s loads of information out there about blogging. But while there is much information about how to build a successful blog, there isn’t much information about some of the major causes of failure. This article is about some of the most common reasons for failure among bloggers and how to overcome them, read through and see which applies to you…continue reading…

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blog interviews

Increase Engagement and Build Relationships with Blog Interviews

I hope you’ve had the chance to read some of the blog interviews I’ve conducted here on Basic Blog Tips. Interviews are like a hybrid blog post – on one hand it’s like a guest post, but on the other hand, not really because the interviewer picks the topic. The reason we all enjoy blog interviews so much is because they are a great example of those successful collaborations I’m so in favor of, and the “engagement” that we all seek to have on our blogs is pretty much built in by nature.

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Keyword Research for SEO

3 Critical Tips to Consider With Off Page SEO

We will all probably agree that search engine optimization is very important when building a successful website or blog and off page SEO is a big part of this. We can break search engine optimization into two easy sections, on page and off page optimization. On page SEO is what you do on your site and off page SEO is basically the back linking you do that points to the On page work you have done. Of course we can get more technical than this, but why bother? When it comes to off page search engine optimization there are some critical tips to consider…continue reading…

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4 Ways to Build an Attractive Character in Your Blogging Niche!

Have you ever noticed that most of the successful bloggers have some sort of attractive element at play in their blogging efforts? Some might be good looking sure, but beyond that, most of the good ones have some sort of redeeming quality that has people thinking – “wow, I wish I was like that!”…continue reading…

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