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February 9, 2021 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

5 Common Newbie Blogging Mistakes and Solutions

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Many bloggers struggle to gain traction with their audience. The problem is that they are making the most-common newbie writing mistakes. But you can avoid them, and get your blog off to a strong start. Learn what these mistakes are and how to avoid making them in today’s post by Jay Artale (@BirdsOAFpress). Once you […]

Filed Under: Writing for the Internet, Writing Posts/Chapters Tagged With: blog, blog a book, blogging, blogging mistakes, newbie blogger, solutions, writing mistakes

December 8, 2020 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

Why Bloggers Should Aim for Quality Over Quantity

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Back in the day, you could write and publish a lot of blog posts every day or week because most bloggers wrote short. That didn’t mean their posts weren’t valuable; they were. Today, though, the Google algorithms look for longer posts, which makes it much harder to publish frequently and still provide value. So, what’s […]

Filed Under: Success Strategies, Writing for the Internet, Writing Posts/Chapters Tagged With: blog, blog a book, blog post frequency, blogging, blogging a book, quality, quantity

January 15, 2019 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

Growing Hybrids: Effective Blog Post Titles

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Today, you have about seven seconds to get someone to stick around long enough to read your blog post. That’s why your post title is so important. In this post, professional writer Jodi Webb (@wordsbywebb) discusses the fine balance between creative and boring titles and how to write ones that make a visitor want to […]

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August 7, 2018 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

Should You Write Short or Long Posts when Blogging a Book?

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Are short or long blog posts best? Good question. The online world changes constantly. More often than not, Google dictates those changes, including what it takes to get your site into the coveted #1 Search Engine Results Page (SERP) spot. What doesn’t change is the impact blog post length and publishing frequency have in achieving […]

Filed Under: Writing for the Internet, Writing Posts/Chapters Tagged With: blog post length, blogged book, long blog posts, SEO, SERP, short blog posts, visibility

May 8, 2018 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

Start with a Bang: How to Begin Your Next Blog Post

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How you start your blog posts determines if a visitor to your site stays around to read the entire piece or leaves seconds after arriving. Getting readers to stick around is important if you want a successful blog and, potentially, a book deal.  That’s why today freelance writer and ghostwriter Dan Kenitz (@buildwithwords) provides tips […]

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March 13, 2018 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

Three Tips for Formatting Your Next Post (So It Gets Read)

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Bloggers—especially bloggers who are or aspire to be authors—often make the mistake of focusing on writing over post formatting. Even if they produce excellent and valuable content, poor formatting can cause their posts to go unread. In this post, freelance writer and ghostwriter Dan Kenitz (@buildwithwords) provides three formatting tips to help bloggers, writers, and […]

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January 2, 2018 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

How to Identify the Posts Your Competition Isn’t Writing

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You want to drive traffic to your site by becoming highly discoverable via Google and other search engines. But to do that, you need to do more than focus on keywords or keyword phrases. In this post, freelance writer and ghostwriter Dan Kenitz (@buildwithwords) explains how to identify the posts you need to write to […]

Filed Under: Comparing Keywords/Website Ranking, Publicizing Your Blog, Success Strategies, Writing for the Internet Tagged With: blog post, blogger, blogging, competition, Google Analytics, keyword phrases, keywords, SERP

December 12, 2017 by Nina Amir 5 Comments

The Best Ways to Use Anchor Texts for Better Blog SEO

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Writers who become bloggers don’t always consider search engine optimization (SEO) when they write blog posts. If you are one of those writers who writes posts and hopes they will attract readers, its time to pay attention and begin practicing some basic SEO strategies. Today, freelance writer and ghostwriter Sanjay Bojan (@sanjaybojan) provides some basic […]

Filed Under: Building a Better Blog, Links and Linking, Writing for the Internet Tagged With: anchor text, backlinks, blogging, hyperlinks, link strategy, links

October 31, 2017 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

Why Quality Content is Worth More than Just a Green Light

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Bloggers know they need to improve the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) of their posts and pages. To accomplish this feat, they often look for a green light from a popular plug-in. Today, Lee-James Bovey (@LJBovey) offers a different view on getting automated approval for your SEO efforts. If you are a blogger or content writer […]

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November 15, 2016 by Nina Amir Leave a Comment

How to Engage Your Whole Brain When You Blog

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Are you right brained or left brained or whole brained? Do you have any idea what that even means? As a blogger and writer, your success does not depend on upon the side of you brain you use most. However, it’s possible that your ability to use both sides of your brain—even at the same […]

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