Blogging Tutorials

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

Basic WordPress SEO Tips

Basic WordPress SEO Tools at Your Fingertips

You set up a blog. The design is great, your selected niche is perfect, but … visitors just won’t start rolling in?! Why is that? Thing is, you need to also do SEO. Yeah, I know what you may say. You’re already building links and doing a whole lot of other sorts of things. What you may have not done is making sure that your WordPress site is properly fine-tuned in terms of on-page SEO and your WordPress setup in general. It goes without saying that building links is a primal must for every single blogger, but at the same time you may be leaving money on the table just because your WordPress is not setup as it’s supposed to be. Why not get the biggest bang possible for your buck? That’s exactly what the post is about.

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The Revamped Scoopit Interface: Sharing Ideas That Matter Even More

I’m a long time fan and supporter of Scoop.it and quite honestly I think it’s the best content curation platform available on the web today. Scoop.it took the initiative to gather together a select group of people who they knew they could count on to provide honest and unselfish feedback. These folks are on top of their game when it comes to content curation and they are passionate and committed to surfacing the most relevant, useful ideas for the topics they care about most.

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How to Easily Take Daily Action On Your Blog Promotion Efforts

Blog promotion is one of my favorite things to do as a blogger, next to creating content. Of course, I don’t engage in or particularity like all blog promotion tactics, especially the ones involving monotonous, tedious tasks that don’t substantively aid in the longevity of my blog traffic. If I’m going to put time into blog promotion, I’m going to make sure that my efforts have “sticking” power! In this post I want to share with you a simple system that I follow to ensure that I’m always actively taking daily actions toward promoting my blog.

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How NOT to Get Your Guest Post Accepted (and 3 Steps to Take Instead)

So, you have written your guest post and you then decide to submit it to a big blog. Unfortunately, your post is rejected and you feel bummed. If you feel that you have been rejected for nothing, you should check these following points first before sending criticism back to the blogger who rejected your post:

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How to Track Site Search in Google Analytics

What Do People Search For On Your Blog? Find Out With Google Analytics

Having a search box on your blog helps your readers navigate your site. People are searching for terms that are related to the solutions they are looking for and hopefully you’ll have content to fill the need. Set up the Google Analytics Site Search so that you can track what people search for and gain insight into your readers intentions.

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5 Tips to Help You Start Promoting Affiliate Products Like a Pro

Even if you have your own products for sale, it’s a fantastic idea to promote affiliate products that you’ve used in the past, and that you know will help solve a problem for your blog’s readers. By using these 5 tips you can start promoting affiliate products that provide solutions and solve problems that your blog readers need help with. In the meantime you can earn a nice commission on the side.

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