by Ace Concierge | Virtual Assistant | Dec 8, 2020 | Blogging, Content Marketing, Guest Blogger
I have seen quite a bit blogging-wise over the past 12 years.
Although I did not create my current blog until 2014, I began blogging in 2008. After ups, downs, and in-betweens I spotted a few rock-solid fundamentals all pros seem to follow.
Imagine your blog as a spectacular, 30 room mansion. Mansions need granite-like foundations to hold the weight of the massive dwelling. Otherwise, a collapse is imminent.
Bloggers need to build their blogs on rock-solid fundamentals to lay the foundation for a professional blogging career. Unfortunately, most bloggers ignore these fundamentals, watching their blogs collapse sooner than later.
Blogging does not need to be hard, painful, or outright difficult. Expect to face fears along the way. All growth occurs outside of your comfort zone. But also prepare to have fun, to free yourself, and to enjoy helping people as you follow these simple blogging fundamentals.
Blogging becomes easier if you follow basic steps for a long time.
Take these 5 steps to lay a rock-solid foundation for your professional blogging career.
1: Blog Mainly for Fun and Freedom
The great Steve Jobs explained how passionate entrepreneurs get ahead while everyone else quits. People who use logic alone observe poor results and quit because it makes sense to quit if you make no money.
Passionate, fun-loving, freedom-seeking visionaries see the journey through to become wildly successful. I never once considered quitting during my 15,000 blogging hours online because fun and freedom fueled me. What happened when three visitors a day visited my blog in 2008? I kept blogging because fun – not blog visitors – drove me to blog. What happened when I made peanuts through my blog for a long time? I kept blogging because freedom – not money – drove me to blog.
Skills, exposure, and credibility earn you money. Skills, exposure, and credibility eat up 1000s of blogging hours of creating and connecting. Blogging mainly for fun keeps you blogging when the money does not arrive. Make the work, the reward. Blog for fun and freedom primarily to get through the early blogging struggles we all face.
2: Invest Money in Resources from Pro Bloggers
Professional bloggers possess:
- 5000 to 10000 hours of experience
- Observational abilities far beyond amateur bloggers
- A vast storehouse of knowledge
Pro bloggers pack these absolute golden nuggets into their:
I wrote and self-published 120 plus eBooks to give bloggers resources for getting through all the obstacles I faced on this long, fun, freeing and sometimes challenging journey. Investing money in pro bloggers resources lets you leapfrog the most painful blogging struggles because pros tell you NOT to do that stuff. Even better? Pros tell you what to do from day 1 as a blogger to position yourself to succeed.
Feel free to follow pro blogs but know this; pros publish their best work for pay because….that is why they are pros!
3: Create Helpful Content
Write and publish helpful content. Gain reader trust. Earn credibility. Help people for free to help people for pay, later.
Content serves as a qualifier. Imagine being a life coach. Readers who find your blog consider hiring you but need to see through your blog content that you are:
- Credible
- Trustworthy
- Experienced
- Skilled
….before investing money in your coaching services. Some life coaches only publish generic quotes on Instagram as the sole source of their digital footprint. Would I invest $3500 on someone who knows how to copy, paste, and gussy up an IG formatted photo?
Blogging generously builds your skills, exposure, and credibility. Skilled, credible bloggers with massive exposure become highly successful in their niche. Word counts and blog post frequencies vary; aim to publish one, 600-word post weekly at a minimum.
Solve common reader problems. Resonate with your audience.
4: Befriend Top Bloggers in Your Niche
Imagine yourself alone sharing your blog posts on:
- Twitter
- Facebook
- LinkedIn
Imagine 15 blogging buddies sharing your blog posts on:
- Twitter
- Facebook
- LinkedIn
- Their blogs
Blogging buddies sometimes email your posts to their email lists, too. Imagine blogging buddies inviting you to guest post on their blogs. Picture blogging buddies submitting valuable guest posts for your blog.
Connected bloggers succeed. Everybody else largely fails because lone wolf bloggers seem to be on the outside, looking in.
Comment genuinely on top blogs from your niche. Promote top bloggers from your niche on social media and through your blog. Ask for nothing in return. Earn their trust. Gain their respect. Build a large blogger buddy network. Amplify your reach by allowing your blogging buddies to grow your traffic and profits passively.
5: Open Multiple Income Streams
Income streams serve as profitable containers holding your:
- Skills
- Experience
- Know-how
- Problem-solving abilities
In essence, income streams are receiving vehicles. Readers trust you based on your content. Readers hire you and buy your stuff to access your premium products and services. You receive money in the exchange.
Income stream ideas include:
- Writing and self-publishing eBooks
- Offer coaching services
- Offer consulting services
- Offer freelancing services
- Create audiobooks
- Write and self-publish paperbacks
- Create courses
- Sell sponsored posts
- Sell advertising space
Note; money only flows through step #5 if you spend 1000s of hours following steps 1-4. Skipping even a single step adversely affects your income potential.
Conclusion
Blogging is a fun, freeing journey for bloggers who follow the fundamentals I noted above. Be ready to venture well outside of your comfort zone to go pro. Be generous, patient, persistent and trusting. Be hyper-aware of any stingy, impatient, non-persistent, doubting traits you picked up as an employee, or from the general public.
Blogging gives you what you give blogging.
About the Author
Ryan Biddulph can help you become a successful blogger at Blogging From Paradise.
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by Ace Concierge | Virtual Assistant | Jun 25, 2019 | Blogging
You’ve been blogging for a while but you’re not seeing the growth you crave.
Traffic is starting to grow, but you’re not able to convert those visitors to regular readers (yet.)
You know the importance of building an email list, but your conversion rates just aren’t where they need to be.
So, let’s fix that, shall we?
In this post I’m going to share 5 powerful conversion hacks that will help you convert those one off visitors into regular readers. Your blog will grow faster as a result.
Let’s get started:
1. Build targeted landing pages for your lead magnets
What is a landing page exactly? A landing page can technically be any page on your website that someone lands upon.
But, what I’m talking about are conversion-focused landing pages. This type of landing page stands apart from every other page on your blog.
It has no navigation. No distractions.
It’s a single page with a single conversion goal. In this case, to sign up and download your lead magnet.
Here’s an example that I created for FunnelOverload.com:
So, why should you bother with a landing page when you probably have opt-in forms on your blog already?
Landing pages convert better than any other type of opt-in forms. By a significant amount.
The example above hasn’t been split tested and was built in a rush for a new website. And it converts at over 30%. Crazy right?!
And one of the great things is that you can get very granular with who these pages are for. You can create one for each lead magnet, or you could create one for each type of person that may want to download your lead magnet (or, each audience persona.)
Now, how exactly are you meant to create one of these landing pages?
If you use WordPress, this is really easy because there are a bunch of cost-effective landing page plugins available.
Alternatively, you could use a stand-alone landing page tool to build your pages, but these are usually a lot more costly.
Once you’ve built your landing page, you can start off promoting it by doing the following:
- Add a link to your social media profiles
- Share a link on your social networks
- Add a link to your navigation bar
- Create unique Pinterest graphics to promote your landing page
But, by far the most effective use of conversion-focused landing pages is to use them as part of a sales funnel together with paid traffic.
2. Offer category targeted lead magnets
Lead magnets are a great way to get more people on your email list. But can you take them a step further?
Yes, you can!
You may have heard of something called the content upgrade technique. These are just post-specific lead magnets). But, this isn’t what I’m talking about here.
You won’t need to create incentives for each one of your blog posts. Wow, that’s a lot of work!
Instead, I’m talking about creating lead magnets for each of the main topics you talk about on your blog. In your content management system (e.g. WordPress), they can be arranged by category.
Here’s the big question: What sort of results can you expect?
It depends on a lot of variables. Your copy, your offer, your content, and a few more things.
But, when I tried this for an agency I used to work for – the result was a 300% increase in email sign ups.
Here’s how to get started:
- Take note of up to 5 main topics you cover on your blog
- Make sure they’re organised by category
- Create a lead magnet for each topic/category (you can use PDF versions of the post, PDF’s with bonus tips, templates, or checklists)
- Create opt-in forms for each category
- Add your opt-in forms using a tool that supports category-level targeting (Thrive Leads or ConvertPro are solid options, if you use WordPress)
- Integrate your email provider
The part where this gets tricky is integrating your email provider. With some email providers, it may mean creating several different email lists.
Or, if you use the Thrive Leads plugin, you can integrate a transactional email service and it will email the lead magnets for you.
Another option is to use an email marketing service like ConvertKit because they have a unique way of handling email sign up forms. For every form you create, you can assign a lead magnet by providing a URL or file download.
You can customise the confirmation email, and once a user confirms their subscription, they get access to the download.
Sidenote: I won’t go into GDPR here since I’m not a lawyer and most lawyers would likely disagree on what’s necessary. That said, it’s important to ensure you are completely transparent about what people are signing up for. Just so we’re clear, this isn’t legal advice, okay? 😉
3. Add social proof to establish your authority
You’ve probably seen examples of social proof all over the web.
We’re talking about testimonials, trust logos, and any data that a company shares that makes it look impressive.
Here’s why these trust indicators improve conversions:
On a psychological level, we assume that if a bunch of other people are taking one course of action, that it’s the correct course of action to take.
Now, when you display powerful examples of social proof, it can help to establish you as an authority, and build your credibility. In a nutshell, it gives people more of a reason to listen to what you have to say.
And in a world where we’re all vying for the same spot-light as countless other bloggers – social proof matters.
Now, what can you do with social proof?
Whether you’re adding testimonials, or trust logos, prime places to add this social proof include:
- Homepage
- Service pages
- About page
- Opt-in forms
- Landing pages
- Sales pages
- Order pages
It’s also important to note that social proof can actually be positive or negative. Display something noteworthy and you’ll create a positive sense of social proof.
When it comes to negative social proof, it’s typically an issue when displaying numbers. For example, if you have social media widgets that tell people you have 10 followers, what you’re actually saying to them is “hardly anyone followers me and you probably shouldn’t either.”
4. Use contrasting colors for your calls to action
If you want any of your readers to complete a specific action, you’ll need to display a call to action. Otherwise known as a CTA.
This will typically come in the form of button. Whether it’s attached to an opt-in form, part of some sort of call out box, or on it’s own.
The only problem with most buttons is they don’t stand out. This is because there’s no contrast between other colors in the design.
So, if your blog uses a lot of blue in it’s design – don’t use blue for buttons. Use something with more contrast such as red or orange. In my brand color guidelines I like to refer to this as the “action color.”
Here’s an example:
While this example isn’t from a blog, this page from 20i.com illustrates my point perfectly. Notice how the green buttons contrast the rest of the design?
If you’re not sure what color buttons would still match the rest of your design, while standing out, consider grabbing the hex code for one of the colors from your design.
Then type it into a free tool called Paletton.
You can then use that tool to find a number of colors that you can use.
5. Split-test your opt-in forms & landing pages for maximum conversions
The web is full of best practice advice that will help you improve conversions.
But, it’s important to understand that best practice isn’t always right. It plays on the law of averages.
Think of it like the foundation to a house. Every house needs a foundation, but there’s a lot of building to do afterwards.
So, when focusing on improving conversions for any element of your blog, use best practice as your starting point. Then run tests to further improve your conversions.
WordPress plugins like Thrive Leads and ConvertPro will take care of this for your opt-in forms. And some landing page builders have this functionality built-in (Leadpages and Unbounce are great examples.)
But, if you want to split-test your landing pages and don’t have the functionality built-in, you can always use Google Optimize – there’s a bit of technical setup to deal with but you can get started for free.
Wrapping it up
Growing a successful blog is a marathon. Not a sprint.
Regardless of what stage you’re at, these ideas will help you move those conversions in the right direction.
Now, it’s time to take action. There’s no better time than now.
About the author:
Adam Connell is a content strategist with a background in SEO and email marketing. He used to manage the content marketing efforts of international brands. Now he teaches bloggers how to get noticed at BloggingWizard.com
by Ace Concierge | Virtual Assistant | Aug 16, 2016 | Blogging, Small Business
Before I get into the things you should be doing if you want to blog like a boss, I want to take a moment to thank Suzie for inviting me to be a guest author on her blog. Since this is my first time here, I’d like to take a moment to tell you a little about me and how my blogging journey got started.
I had been in Corporate America for over 15 years. My last job was working for a telecommunications company as a sales manager and coach leader for a team of service reps.
The pay was great, the benefits were even better and I was making my way up the ladder but it came with a price.
I was working 12+ hours a day and I was never around for my family. And when I was home all I wanted to do was rest. Eventually, my health was also affected. In 2005, I was diagnosed with depression, anxiety and mood disorder.
Needless to say, I had to make a change and quick.
I finally resigned from my job in 2007 and began working from home taking on different jobs and projects until I found something I really wanted to do.
Then in 2011, I decided I wanted to become a blogger and share what I learned about working from home and the different ways there was to do so.
I had no clue where to begin. I had no writing skills, had no idea how to build a community, I didn’t even know what blogging in general was. And what the heck was a WordPress? Talk about wet behind the ears, I was the poster child for it.
All I knew is that I wanted to show people who wanted to leave Corporate America that it was possible for them to create something they can call their own and do it from home.
My first two years I’ll chalk up to a learning curve. It was longer than I had anticipated but I allowed myself to soak up all there was about blogging and make those newbie blogger mistakes so I can learn from them.
I followed some fab bloggers who showed me the ropes like writing in my own voice, how to write great content that really gets people hooked, how to optimize content for search engines without it coming across as robotic and I learned what it took to build a solid, engaging community.
That’s the condensed version of my story and here I am today on my fifth year of blogging.
How to Blog Like a Boss
The basics I mentioned above are all important and every blogger should learn how to do, right? But what if you’re ready to take your blog and your blogging skills to the next level and blog like a boss?
There is more to it than that. Much more and I’m about to explain.
If you’re at this point in your blogging journey, there are certain things you must do if you want to blog like a boss and be considered as one by your visitors and even your peers.
I put a list together and came up with these ten. If you want to blog like a boss, you want to:
- Bust out with awesome, valuable content for your visitors.
- Blog consistently. Whether it’s daily, weekly, or once a month; decide what your posting schedule will be and stick to it.
- Engage with your visitors and followers on your blog and social media. Remember, without your visitors, your blog posts will never be seen or read.
- Reply to comments on your blog post and social media posts.
- Introduce tools and resources to help visitors and followers.
- Recommend other bloggers for visitors to follow. You can do this in a round-up type blog post. Here is one I did that’s titled 18 Boss Bloggers You Should Be Following Now.
- Share the work of fellow bloggers.
- Always be willing to help a visitor or fellow blogger.
- Be genuine. Blog in your voice and don’t try to be like other bloggers. Trust me, your visitors will see right through it.
- Continue to learn the latest blog trends and improve your writing skills.
And there you have it.
Is there a rule in place that says you have to do these things? Of course there isn’t but if your goal is to someday make money with your blog then yes, you should strongly consider doing these things.
If you’re asking yourself does doing what’s on this list work, take a look at the top bloggers in our community – some who you may be following – and you will notice they not only talk the talk but they walk the walk. And they’ve set the bar for bloggers like you and me who want to grow up to be like them – and their success proves that it does.
There isn’t a 100% guarantee. I’d be misleading you if I said there was. But if you add these ten things in your blogging plan and do it consistently, in time you will see the magic start to happen.
What I can guarantee is if you don’t do these things, they can become the ten reasons why your blog visitors don’t stick around.
Over to You
Thanks so much for letting me share what I think are the most important things to do if you want to blog like a boss. Now I’d like to hear from you, dear reader.
What are you doing to blog like a boss? If it’s something that isn’t on this list, I’d sure love to read about it. Let me know in the comments section below to continue adding to this list.
By the way, if you’re a new blogger and struggling in this area, I can show you exactly what to do to become a boss blogger. I laid it out all on my new eBook called How to Become an Expert Blogger and Blog Like a Boss In No Time available on Amazon.
Guest Author Bio:
Hi there, I’m Cori. I’m a blogger, freelance writer and I do a little web design on the side. I left my job in Corporate America so I could work from home and be with my family.
Now I blog about the different ways to make money from home with anyone who is ready to leave Corporate America and create something of their very own.
I also love helping new bloggers improve their skills. I recently published an eBook titled How to Become An Expert Blogger and Blog Like a Boss In No Time to help new bloggers go from just a blogger to a boss blogger in no time.
I’d love to connect with you. Follow me on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram. And stop by my blog Not Now Mom’s Busy for the latest about blogging and making money from home.
by Ace Concierge | Virtual Assistant | Sep 30, 2015 | Blogging, Content Marketing, Delegation
What is the simplest tool to help you grow your business?
Besides a Virtual Assistant of course?
It’s your blog.
As a direct communication outlet, your blog helps you to reach your target audience and engage on their level, on their terms. It is THE most valuable piece of company real estate you own so you need to make the most of every post beyond a simple one click, social share.
Leveraging the power of social media platforms is the shortest route to your prospects. It’s not enough just to write rich and relevant content that solves pain points and answers the most sought after questions. You must take the extra steps to reach your target audience by promoting and sharing your blog on a variety of social platforms.
Social media continues to play a very active role in most brand’s marketing strategy due to the expansive reach and opportunities for engagement. This being the case, your content marketing is paramount to driving your online success and revenue. In fact, it generates 3 times as many leads as traditional marketing at cost of 62% less. Blogging retains its space as a key component in your marketing blueprint as the centralized community to keep your audience informed, educated and wanting more. Your content and blogs help to showcase how your products and services solve challenges, answer questions and make life a little less complicated.
- Blogs give websites on average 434% more indexed pages and 97% more indexed links. (Inbound Write)
- Brands that create 15 blog posts per month average 1,200 new leads per month. (HubSpot).
- B2B companies that blog only 1-2x/month generate 70% more leads than those who don’t blog. (HubSpot)
Smart Insights found that 33% of marketers gave social media a medium to high rating as being a cost effective marketing channel, versus 19% for display advertising.
Social media is still by far the most universal approach to connect and distribute information. [Tweet “93% of bloggers share their content on social networks. Orbit Media”]
We’re living in a saturated marketplace of digital overload with millions of data bytes flowing down stream so if you want a little playtime on the raft, let me toss you a lifeline, direct from Mike Allton at The Social Media Hat.
Strategic content distribution is the spider web to disseminate information and capture attention and further drive higher conversion rates. There’s no roll of the dice, passing Go or collecting $200.00 without some time, effort and creative work.
Mike’s post “Blog Promotionology, The Art & Science of Blog Promotion” is a comprehensive checklist of the best (IMHO) blog promotion tools and tactics. Yes, as Mike states, it is a science but the return on investment pays off with:
- Increased traffic
- Readers
- Wider exposure
- List building
- Online authority
- Relationship building
- Credibility
- Connections
- Lead generation
- Revenue
Make it easy for your target audience to search and find you online. Remember, at this very instant, people are searching Google for answers and you may be the solution BUT if you aren’t effectively promoting your content, you won’t be able to connect and serve.
Mike’s secret sauce of Blog Promotionology ensures greater success in reaching your target audience not simply because you are adding your post to networks but with each link, you are impacting your SEO to bring your site higher in search rankings and algorithms. Something we all strive for.
Don’t be your own best audience any longer. Grab the wheel and take the necessary steps to drive your posts into the hands OR tech devices of your intended market. They want to hear from you.
Download Mike’s Blog Promotion Checklist and once you’ve digested the essentials and scratched your head about where to start or how much time it make take away from your business, get in touch with your Ace and let us help take your blog promotion to the next level.
Don’t leave it to Chance.
What you do after you create your content is what truly counts. Gary Vaynerchuk
by Ace Concierge | Virtual Assistant | Jun 18, 2014 | Blogging, Small Business, Social Media
Social media experiences exponential growth on a daily basis and with active users in the millions, you need to figure out how to get a little more exposure and engagement. Stand above the noise and be memorable.
It isn’t enough just to create a few profiles, start a blog and schedule content, you need to be an active use, participating in the ongoing, real-time conversations. It can be overwhelming a times but the payoff is there.
Your blog is the signpost for your company and you work hard at creating just the right content to feed and satiate your audience. Many laborious hours can go in to writing your content. Solving the pain points and delivering value, but what do you with it? Are you seeing a return on your investment?
Social Media Examiner offers up some great tips and tools to help streamline your blogging process to flush ideas, brainstorm, generate topics, optimize your posts and even find free images. You can’t go wrong. Know the Erogenous Zones of Your Blog Post and get started today and tap out some successful blog posts.
There seems to be an art, a science to writing the “perfect” blog post. Buffer outlines it for you with clear succinct tips to ensure your success. After you’ve worked on your perfect post as shown below with their 7 suggested elements, your next step is to work on your strategy for increased social shares.
The 7 essential elements of a perfect blog post
- Headline: the 6 words that count most
- Storytelling hook
- Fewer characters per line at first
- Featured image
- Subheads for scanning
- Content and the 1,500-word sweet spot
- Soundbites for sharing
In Easy Steps to a Winning Blogging Strategy, Canva answers the questions below and gives you 5 easy steps to kick start your blogging strategy. Having a strategy is extremely important for the success and exposure of your blog. You can’t simply grab a digital pen and start writing. Your content and message could simply fall through the cracks, wasting your time, energy and efforts. Establish your goals; know your audience; develop original content, use an editorial calendar, tell a story, don’t merely push products/services and incorporate a variety of distribution channels not just your social media networks. With a little knowledge and deeper understanding of the process, you too can have the opportunity to see greater success with your blog and social media.
What is this platform going to do for your brand? Are you selling products? Are you building a community? Is it about building awareness? And most importantly, who’s it for? Canva
Adam Connell of Blogging Wizard has some sure fire tips to get you more social shares and traffic. It’s time to leverage your social shares says Adam and he explains why:
- Leverage social proof to get better results
- Your visibility may reach new heights
- The opportunity to generate more traffic on your blog can skyrocket
- Your engagement can go through the roof
The Blogging Wizard offers up 100+ tips to get more social shares in: 100+ Bite-Sized Tips To Get You More Social Shares (And Traffic) He covers it all: Twitter, Google+, Facebook, Pinterest, and more. Don’t miss out on his fabulous suggestions to grow your audience and get more shares with your engaging content. Adam is a wizard!!
“A business blog is important because it is the optimal choice for your content marketing hub. In today’s content-driven world, while you may view yourself as a marketer, you’re really a publisher. You have to provide relevant content for your prospects, customers and the public, who spend over 10 hours a day consuming media.”—Joe Pulizzi, Content Marketing Institute
How do you stand above the crowd? If you have a favorite tip or tool, please share with our community.
by Ace Concierge | Virtual Assistant | Jun 3, 2014 | Blogging, Content Marketing
That sounds virtually impossible. Insurmountable even. Who the heck can truly write “remarkable” newsworthy content in such a short period of time? I know and read about many who do and on a daily basis. Personally, I labor over many of my posts; no matter how many other ones I read stashed full of tips, tricks and recommendations for curating, newsjacking and writing.
The pressure’s on and you must produce a blog post. “Ugh” you say.
Sometimes you experience writer’s block, the dreaded blahs or why reiterate what’s been said time and time again. You know you’ve got game but it can still be a struggle to create something mammoth, something so rich that your audience will be shouting and sharing your post from the rooftops. Or, at least a few social channels.
[Tweet “Writing with your readers in mind, you must author up some compelling content.”]
One of my core beliefs of effective content marketing is to deliver content people actually want. Publish stories they actually will enjoy – to read and to share. Michael Brenner
Maintain originality, enticing your audience to hang on to every word, be inspired or educated with your twist on your hot topic. Remember, you aren’t writing for yourself, but your readers, those in need; those hungry for your content. When you know where they are, how they prefer to consume content, speak their language and solve their pain points, you will have initiated the first step toward:
- Educating them
- Generating authority
- Instilling trust
- Nurturing relationships
- Developing credibility
- Building your community
It’s just the first few bricks of your foundation.
Whether you are creating content for new prospects, current customers, industry analysts or someone else entirely, the real purpose behind those efforts should be to build a higher level of trust between the consumer of the content and the brand creating it. Dan Newman
Customize your content marketing strategy and tactics to target your unique audience. While there are allegedly many best practices and beliefs as a single monster sized umbrella for CM, you should experiment and create your own plan based upon your buyer personas, their needs, your industry and your budget as well. If you want different results, change the experiment.
Track and measure your efforts to determine what works.
And what works today, may not work tomorrow, but keep at it. It takes time, effort and creativity but with a little ingenuity and a genuine interest for your audience, writing can become second nature. So they say.
Blog Writing Tips
- Set aside some time each week
- Use an editorial calendar
- Be consistent
- Remember: quality over quantity
- Eliminate distractions
- Keep a swipe file of ideas, interesting articles, hashtags, circle of influencers and favorite websites/blogs
- Have a list of curation/news sites
- When you outline your post, know what questions you want to answer
- Organize your content
- Write a captivating intro
- Use headlines and subheads
- Include a CTA!
- Visuals count
- Use anchor text both internal and external
- Remember your tags, descriptions and SEO
- Take breaks to refresh and energize
- Edit
- Proofread
- Proofread
- Proofread
Expand your knowledge and understanding with:
The Research and Science Behind a Perfect Blog Post
Know the Erogenous Zones of Your Blog Post
39 Blogging Tips From the Pros
10 Content Marketing Lessons from Social Media Examiner
What Blogging Tips Are You Missing?
47 Content Marketing Tools To Help You Save Time And Get Better Results
Content Marketing Minds: 1 Genius, 3 Minutes, 9 Vital Concepts [VIDEO]
53+ Free Image Sources For Your Blog and Social Media Post
How to Write a Blog Post Outline: A Simple Formula to Follow
Back to you: what tips and tools do you suggest to help others with their blogging efforts and time management?