Blogging Tutorials

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

Get ready for Google Updates in 2014

4 Steps to Prepare Your Blog for Google Updates in 2014

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The much unplanned Google Page Rank update took place in December 2013 and it basically shocked (partially) the search engine communities around the world. This update is said to be the toughest or strictest for most of us; I saw several PR 8 sites dropping all the way down to PR 3 and brand new blogs achieving PR 2 and 3’s.

With that being said, what would possibly be the next ‘big’ thing Google had for us all in 2014? For once, Google is always changing their algorithms and it is proven multiple times that doing ‘what worked yesterday’ could probably not be the best technique after all.

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Which Matters More For Your Blog – Domain Authority or Page Rank?

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Does your head spin when a Google Page Rank update comes out? Both Page Rank and Domain Authority get harder to climb up as your number gets larger. With Page Rank it’s easy to get to 1 or 2 but to climb upwards is much harder. The same applies for domain authority. The smaller numbers are easy to climb up to but once you reach around 40 you may plateau unless you are doing things very well to continue to climb up the rank.

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7 Tools That Make it Easy to Organize and Simplify Your Blogging Life

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Let’s face it, blogging is a ton of work. You’ve got to keep up with your social media profiles, create and organize tons of content (both in written and video form), and you’ve got to market like crazy just to stay relevant. Some of you have children to take care of, day jobs to go to, relationships to maintain, and so on.It’s definitely a crazy blogging world we live in, but there’s a way to tone down the craziness just a little bit.You might be thinking that you’re already pretty organized (and maybe you are), but it’d be a mistake to think you can’t benefit from new ways to organize and simplify things.

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This Message is Being Brought to You by AWeber…Literally

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Most of what I’m going to share with you in this post, will benefit those of you who are using AWeber. But if you haven’t started building an email list yet or even if you’re using another email service provider keep your eyes peeled because there’s something in this post for you too. I’m not going to tell you how important it is for you to build an email list because I’m sure you have heard that a gillion times before, I’m also not going to give you a full blown tutorial on using email marketing or even AWeber. But what I am going to share with you are basic principles you can (and should) use in your blog posts, in your YouTube videos and podcasts, in social media updates and more.

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Highest Possible Return on Investment

Are You Getting the Highest Possible Return on Investment from Your Blog Posts?

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For the new age blogger, it’s a jungle out there… Unfortunately it’s never been harder to get the attention of your audience than right now. Distractions are everywhere. I would estimate about 97% of blogs (which are usually started with high hopes) end up becoming pretty much dead within 12 months. The main reason for this being the blog posts are dry, dull and boring. The writing usually lacks personality and sounds robotic. Or the topics have already been covered a thousand times before on the other “me too blogs.” There is a certain art to writing, that extends further than just trying to teach people stuff on your website. It’s more important than ever to utilise a combination of both information and entertainment in your writing. In a nutshell, you’ve gotta make it interesting…

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Video Basics: 5 Tips for Recording Outstanding Video Blogs

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Videos don’t have to be perfect but studies show that using videos on landing pages and in marketing materials bring in higher conversion for one thing videos increase the length of time people stay on your blog, giving your message longer to sink in.rates. In this post I will share 5 basic tips you can use to make outstanding video blogs to promote your products and services.

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Taking Maximum Advantage of Books: 5 Content Ideas for Busy Bloggers

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There was a time when I couldn’t care less about books. I barely read anything and I found the whole activity pretty boring. Fortunately things changed when I grew older. Once I finally realized the potential of books (especially the self-improvement ones), I really got sucked into the world of reading. Reading is beneficial for

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