Posting

I've been suffering a bit from writers block lately. Every blogger will tell you that it's very hard to stay focused on one topic for years. Things get old and boring kinda quick. That's why most blogs crash and burn.

I've been surfing around and compiling a list of my favorite and inspiring blogs and posts. I stumbled on this one called Essential Posts that Every Blogger Should Know. Great stuff in there. Lots of other helpful information on the North East blog. Good stuff.  

Having great content is not enough. With the explosion of blogs, you are just a small fish in a huge pond...why should anyone read your blog. Most of my favorite blogs I read because I like the writer's tone and what they have to say.

So, how should I write my blog posts? I will try and tackle that question today. Below are 20 tips for better blog posts.  read more »

A lot of bloggers feel they need to post every day. This is not really the case. Don’t post, just to get something posted. Post something that will be valuable.

It’s better to post once a week if they are great posts. But seven mediocre posts doesn’t benefit anyone. You also don’t want your blog to get stale.

It’s up to you to find the happy medium. Keep your posting in line with your schedule. Don’t over do it. Just post great articles, even if it means less frequency.

Yeah, right. After having my blogs for over a year now, I’ve definitely discovered how much work it can be. It really can get challenging to come up with ideas to write on multiple topics. Especially every day.

So, I’ve compiled a list of things I’d Rather be doing than blogging:

* Spending time with my family
* Playing frisbee with my dog
* Playing my guitar
* Riding my bike
* Drinking beer
* Cashing my AdSense check
* Pulling my teeth out with a vice-grips  read more »

What is link bait you ask? Great question. Link bait is basically just creating a site that people naturally want to link to. You Tube would be a great example. They went thru the roof in like 2 weeks!

SEOmoz posted his slides from a presentation they did at SES. Check out the slides http://www.seomoz.org/2006/sanjose-linkbait.html, lots of great information here.

You too can turn your site into a link bait site.

Copy Blogger wrote a great article titled 10 Sure-fire Headline Formulas that Work http://www.copyblogger.com/10-sure-fire-headline-formulas-that-work/. I love this article. I plan on using all of these ideas in my next posts. Matter of fact I’m using it already in this post!

1. Who Else Wants [blank]?
2. The Secret of [blank]
3. Here is a Method That is Helping [blank] to [blank]
4. Little Known Ways to [blank]
5. What Everybody Ought to Know About [blank]

Go over to Copy Blogger and read 10 Sure-fire Headline Formulas that Work. It’s definately a good read.

Here are twelve steps to better blog posts. Proven tips to help you write better blog posts.

1. Keep your posts short. Two or three paragraphs at the most. The shorter the better. If an article is short, the search engines can easily identify what it is about. Therefore you rank higher in the search engines. If you have to, break longer posts up into part I, part II, etc.  read more »

Article submission sites are becoming more popular. The idea is you write an article, submit it to an article submission site and they publish it. When readers read the article, they follow the link back to your site. Depending on the site, you can usually gain quite a bit of traffic this way.

Now, www.articler.com has taken article submission in another direction. Articler actually shares their AdSense revenues with the article submitters. So not only do you get traffic back, you get a portion of THEIR adsense revenue. Not a bad idea.  read more »

When blogging…Content is King. When blogging you need to come up with solid content that is keyword rich and has a strong messages for your visitors. Make your site the source for information in your industry.

Meaning, you want to be the expert in your niche. You want enough original fresh content on your blog, where other bloggers will link to you…because you are king.

Don’t steal any content. Make sure you give credit to everyone. Google will ban your site if your information is stolen. Trust me on this one. I know people who have been banned by not crediting their source.

When you first start blogging, the ideas will come fast and furious. It will seem fun, exciting and easy. Then 6 or 7 months into your blog…bam! writers block.

This has definitely happened to me. Then you think to yourself how the heck am I going to keep this up. Suddenly, your blog seems like a chore.  read more »

Google loves sites that have fresh content and are constantly changing. It’s important that you post to your site consistently and frequently. It’s amazing to watch the traffic on a stale blog plummet.

If you haven’t posted to your blog in over a week…it’s stale. You have to remember that content is what is driving people to your site. You want it to be fresh and always changing.  read more »

It is very important to have the keywords in the proper place when writing for your blog. Keywords are the words that people will be using to find your article.

So for instance if I was writing an article on Blog Network. Blog Network would be my keywords.

So when I go to write my article there are 4 major places to put my keywords:

Title
First Sentence
Sprinkled throughout your article
Last Sentence  read more »

I often get asked the question, how many articles should I have on my blog? The answer to that is, there is no answer. The more the better. I’ve heard a blog with 200 articles is pretty decent. But why would you ever stop?

You always want to post to your blog. Google loves sites that have fresh content. In a perfect world, one article per day would be ideal. But if you can’t do one a day, just remain consistent.

If you stop posting to your blog, it will get “stale” and the traffic will start to taper off.  read more »

There definitely is a science to writing for a blog. You want to entertain your readers as well as be informative. If you are too dry or boring, no one will want to read your stuff. But if you are goofy, sarcastic and ad a little bit of your own sense of humor to your writing. More people will read it.

Don’t ramble on too long. You want your posts to be about 300 to 500 words. Don’t write a book each time. Remember, that when people are surfing and searching for information, they skim and want to find things quickly and easily.  read more »