Articles About Blogging

When it comes to growing your website’s visibility and increasing traffic, one of the most effective strategies is blogging. Your blog serves as more than just a platform to share insights; it is a powerful SEO tool that can drive organic traffic to your site when used correctly. A critical component in making this strategy…

Blogging has truly revolutionized the way we live today. There is really no limit to what one can do after reading information found in a blog. Think of the last time you researched something online – did you find the answer in someone’s blog? Personally, I am hoping that reading my blog has provided some…

It can feel like you’re talking to yourself sometimes when blogging. You sit there typing, and sharing content with your readers but they don’t talk back! The good news is that it doesn’t have to be this way- blog conversation should actually involve some two-way dialogue for the most part so start looking into how…

Everyone wants better Search Engine Optimization (or SEO for short) on their pages of their websites. When your webpage is optimized for search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc., you will improve your chances of ranking higher. Your placement in the results will be closer to the first page, possibly attracting more traffic to your…

[Note: this post was originally written on Digital Maestro – the content is too good and important to simply delete!] Even if you do not know what a gravatar is, you need one! Every round of the Ultimate Blog Challenge, folks always ask about how they can have a picture of themselves appear when they leave a blog…

As a blogger, it is important to maintain your site regularly! For many people, this simply means writing a post every day (or whatever their blogging schedule is set). This is true for the blogger who just started out this past week. But once you have about 10 posts up and visitors come to your…

Writing from scratch requires a lot of time and energy. You outline some posts, but then you feel like it’s just not right, and you decide to delete it. Some days, generating ideas doesn’t come easy. On those days, re-generating does. Sometimes, the things we want are already around us, we just don’t see it…

A common question that always seems to come up is, “How often should you post new content to your blog?” It is a good question without a definitive answer, one answer that fits for everyone. With that said, here are my thoughts. Blogging is a great way to disseminate information and share it with folks…

With all the different social media platforms available today, it’s easy to focus your marketing time here because it’s generally less time-consuming to engage from your computer than it is to attend real-life functions and talk to people in your community. However, if you depend solely on social media for your marketing, you’re missing a…

Let me come right out and say it—I am guilty of what I am about to write about! So make sure you do as I say, not what I did. Just like an abandoned home pictured here, visitors to your website may feel that you have let your site dwindle away, and they may not…