I’m not the biggest fan of discussing “tricks” when it comes to talking about blog growth. Sometimes, however, there are a few tidbits of info that can have a big impact on your subscriber numbers, and when that’s the case, it’s worth talking about. Today I’d like to reveal 3 tips I’ve been … [Read more...] about 3 Incredible Blog Growth Tricks (and How I Got on Lifehacker)
Top 5 Google Analytics Reports for Bloggers
As most bloggers know, Google Analytics is a powerful (and free) way to track your blog's web metrics. Unfortunately, it was designed with AdWords advertisers in mind, so it comes with a lot more information than most bloggers need. Cluttered as it is with campaign and landing page reports, you … [Read more...] about Top 5 Google Analytics Reports for Bloggers
The Blogger’s Guide to Google Webmaster Tools
Ever wonder how Google sees your site? Ever wish you could click a button and correct all of your site's search engine woes? As it turns out, you can, at least to a certain extent. Webmaster Tools is a free product from Google that allows you to interact with the world's most (in)famous search … [Read more...] about The Blogger’s Guide to Google Webmaster Tools
Reignite Your Passion for Blogging
Writing content and promoting your blog several times a week, every week can take its toll, especially when success takes time and patience to achieve. Many bloggers begin to lose interest. As their enthusiasm wanes, they may be stricken with the dreaded blogger's block, allowing their post … [Read more...] about Reignite Your Passion for Blogging
Blog Plagiarism Q&A
We bloggers generally pride ourselves on uniqueness and creativity. We get a rush when we see others linking to our posts and reading our feeds, since it usually means that they find value in what we have to say. Unfortunately, not everyone who reads your blog does so for legitimate reasons. Some … [Read more...] about Blog Plagiarism Q&A
WordPress Blog Maintenance Checklist
Wordpress is a fantastic application. It's clean, fast and feature-full. It generally works pretty flawlessly. But, being the curious humans that we are, we inevitably start to play around and change things, which can cause problems. We get crazy installing themes and plug-ins that will make our … [Read more...] about WordPress Blog Maintenance Checklist
6 Actionable Tips to Really Improve Your Blog in 2021
Enough of the quasi-motivating "New Year posts" which promise you the world but show you no actions to take. This post is just gonna give you the facts; no B.S. about "taking charge" of your blog's success, just stuff you need to get done to rock it in 2012. So, how about you stop reading the … [Read more...] about 6 Actionable Tips to Really Improve Your Blog in 2021
Increasing Your Blog Traffic with SlideShare
If I were to ask you about expanding your content marketing efforts for your blog, and chose you to pick a single "untapped" platform, what would you say? Obviously it's not things like Twitter or Facebook, and even videos on YouTube are getting utilized by more and more bloggers each … [Read more...] about Increasing Your Blog Traffic with SlideShare
Case Study: 5 Effective Ways to Build Links to Your Blog
You don't need to know much about SEO to realize links are the golden road to blog promotion. But how do we go about getting them? Which link building methods produce the best results? … [Read more...] about Case Study: 5 Effective Ways to Build Links to Your Blog