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.

Interview with Kim Castleberry from Just Ask Kim

49 Comments / Blogger Interviews, Blogging Tutorials / /

My best advice is simply to get out here and DO it. Take action. In fact, take IMPERFECT action because its the only way to learn. Don’t be afraid of “failure” because there is no such thing unless you give up. Don’t make excuses for why you cant… make reasons for why you can! Be sure however, that what you are planning to create content on is something you are 100% passionate about and TRULY would do even if there were no financial reasons…continue reading…

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social bookmarks

Social Bookmarking Can Help You Establish Authority

67 Comments / Guest Posts, Social Media / /

Social bookmarking sites have been some of the largest traffic makers in the past 3 years. Major players like Reddit, Digg, and the new Chime.in offer instant access to hundreds of new stories, multimedia, and news updates every second for an online browser. This style of “instant information” has become very popular with high speed and fast paced internet users throughout the world. Reddit is showing their popularity by being currently ranked #47th for traffic on Alexa’s top United States websites.…continue reading…

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Understanding The Amount of Content You Need For Your Blog

65 Comments / Blogging Tutorials, Guest Posts / /

Most people buy newspapers every day. Would we bother to get a newspaper everyday if the same news and the same articles were printed each day? We wouldn’t. However, the reason you buy a newspaper everyday is that newspaper companies strive continually to bring you the latest every day. Apply the same theory to your blog content. If you don’t bother to upload new content, your visitors won’t bother to visit. If you upload content only periodically, your blog won’t be a newspaper to your blog readers. It will be a periodical magazine.…continue reading…

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Where Do You Get Your High Quality Graphics From?

98 Comments / Blogging Tutorials, Guest Posts / /

I’m going to show you a list of services that I use to get my high quality media from and it’s absolutely free (you just have to be a little careful because some of the items are licensed under “Creative Commons” and to use them you might have to leave a link back to the author, but most of them you can use absolutely free (licensed under: Free For Commercial Use), so just make sure you read the item’s license description…continue reading….

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Keep your head up

The Emotional Roller Coaster of Blogging “Keep Your Head Up”

86 Comments / Blogging Tutorials, Guest Posts / /

Hey we have moments when we go backwards so if anyone tells you blogging is easy they’re crazy! By far blogging has been the most engaging and interactive activity I’ve done online. If I was asked right now, Brian if you had to start over would you do it all again; I would say – yes. …continue reading…

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From Zero To #1 In A Month: 5 SEO Steps For New Sites

109 Comments / Blogging Tutorials, Guest Posts / /

In just five SEO steps, you can build a site that will lead the search results for its keyword by the end of its first month. The key is good preparation—so although you’ll see results quickly, you’ll still have to work hard for them.
Lately I have been writing about different methods I use to create websites built on solid foundations. It is a huge step when you first open your blog to the worldand preparation is the key. The blood, sweat and tears I mention in this article will pay off handsomely in the end. …continue reading…

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8 Mistakes That Make Your Blog Look Highly Unprofessional

88 Comments / Blogging Tutorials, Guest Posts / /

There are so many things to do with a blog, both in terms of design and textual content that sometimes, bloggers (particularly the newbies) get overwhelmed with the options and in desperation to make some extra cash, they make plenty of mistakes. If you are not very clear on the essentials of successful blogging, you can easily get into trouble and make your blog look unprofessional or less professional to readers. …continue reading…

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