Smart Blogger

MARCH 14, 2023

If you want a simple, thorough roadmap for how to start a blog… …and you’re tired of wading through 20,000-word “ultimate guides” packed with filler and fluff… You’ve come to the right place. With over 4 million readers, we’re one of the world’s biggest websites about writing and blogging.

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Income Diary

MARCH 31, 2024

Here is a list of some of the best affiliate programs for 2021 and beyond. Seek out the best training you can find, ask for recommendations and BUY it! Affiliate marketing can be an excellent way to earn passive income by promoting products and services you love and believe in. Affiliate Marketing Sounds Easy? But times have changed.

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Income Diary

APRIL 29, 2024

What You’ll Learn: What a good blog post has in common with Walmart The three types of epic posts I write Why quotations are your best friend Why I use two separate Word documents to write epic posts. Lists Readers love top list posts because they’re easy to read and they rank the best of the best. What Makes a Blog Post Epic?

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Smart Blogger

MARCH 7, 2023

Looking for the best grammar checker in 2023? The Best Grammar Checker Software of 2023 Grammarly Ginger Hemingway Editor After the Deadline WhiteSmoke LanguageTool ProWritingAid Google Docs (or Microsoft Word) (Bonus) Head-to-Head Comparisons 1. You’ll need to upgrade to Grammarly Premium to gain access to Grammarly’s best features.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Joanna Penn writes non-fiction for authors and is an award-nominated, New York Times and USA Today bestselling thriller author as J.F. You still publish on other platforms and third-party stores, but now you’re truly an independent author. You can listen above or on your favorite podcast app or read the notes and links below.

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The Hoth

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

If you want your website to appear on major search engines like Google, you’ll need an SEO-friendly website with keyword-rich content, optimized metadata, and high-authority backlinks. Securing a top spot on Google (top 5) or other search engines is the best way to generate loads of organic traffic for your website. Why does it matter?

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The Hoth

OCTOBER 25, 2022

In reality, old posts are arguably the best to optimize. . So remember – do your absolute best to keep your blog posts updated for the sake of your domain authority. . It’s because you have the added benefit of 20/20 hindsight. Of course, I won’t ask you to just take my word for it. How to discover which posts to optimize.

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Content Hacker

JANUARY 12, 2023

But that’s a problem that the best AI tools for blogging can solve. And it starts with the best AI tool for blogging I’ve ever found. This matters, a LOT, because long-form content is the real authority builder. Why Content at Scale Is the Best AI Tool for Blogging. Why Content at Scale Is the Best AI Tool for Blogging.

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 23, 2023

How do you keep up with everything you need to do as your author business grows? Patricia McLinn discusses her challenges with a big backlist of books and a mature indie author business. How do you decide what to focus on as the industry changes — and you change, too? So welcome back to the show, Pat.

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Backlinko

MARCH 24, 2023

And I can tell you from experience that longer content does tend to rank best in search engines. I’m competing against giant authority sites like Moz , Yoast … even Google! In this post, I’ll show you EXACTLY how to get higher rankings in Google. What is Google Ranking? Why is this important?

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Morgana Best explains why selling direct is so important for an author business, and some of her tips for implementing a Shopify store. Morgana Best is the ‘USA Today' Bestselling Author of over 50 cozy mysteries. You can find Morgana Best at MorganaBest.com and on Twitter @MorganaBest. Welcome, Morgana.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 26, 2013

At first glance, Joomla isn’t the best platform for blogging. In fact, with the help of a few free extensions, it can rival some of the best blog platforms out there. It lacks core functionality that comes standard with WordPress, so why not use WP in the first place? Author information. Why even give Joomla a chance?

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 13, 2014

With social proof comes authority, and all the benefits that it has to offer. And authority is an awesome thing to have because most of us are inclined to trust authority figures implicitly. If you’re a WordPress user, there are plenty of plugins on the market that will allow you to create your own landing page.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 13, 2013

That is the best way to analyze the source of any problems. I run my blog on WordPress and one of the few essential plugins I use for SEO is WP SEO by Yoast. If you are using this plugin you just have to go to the plugin dashboard and then click on Permalinks. Once you do that just check the box to “Remove ?replytocom

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Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

At the click of a mouse button, you can install an SEO plugin and open doors to higher productivity levels. The best part is that your articles and videos will be available on all devices for reading later. I assume many of you are also Google Chrome fans. In this post, I’ll share 15 Chrome extensions that are useful for marketers.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 10, 2012

author credits. You can see bottom-corner graphics in this old design of SEOBook.com’s blog : In contrast to the above, it’s hard to distinguish where posts in WordPress’s Toolbox theme start and end, for lack of such graphic hints. This guest post is by Gab Goldenberg of The Advanced SEO Book.

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Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

So naming just one as the definitive “best overall” option is impractical. This guide will help you choose the best content management system for your website. Wix Shopify WordPress Drupal Squarespace TYPO3. How to Choose the Best Content Management System For You. What will you be using it for?

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Commenting—not spamming, but giving out your genuine thoughts and views about a particular blog post—will help you to develop an excellent relationship with the author of the article. So you need people in the blogosphere. Blogging has evolved so far, so strongly, and in an awesome way because of relationships. Everyone knows this.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 17, 2013

It’s no secret that the subject of podcasting has been a buzz for quite some time. In fact, some say that although there have been solid podcasting networks around for years and years, it’s only just in the last 12-18 months that the idea of starting a podcast, especially as a blogger, has become something that we’d even consider. Smart, huh?!

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 15, 2012

Then you will want to at least submit to quality ones like Alltop (free), Best of the Web Blogs (fee required), and Technorati (free). Become a guest author. Search Google using queries with the keyword of your niche plus “submit guest post,” “guest post guidelines,” “guest author guidelines,” “guest post by,” and so on.

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Neil Patel

JANUARY 7, 2021

Schoology – Best for K-12 education D2L Brightspace – Best for higher education Tovuti – Best for selling online courses Looop – Best for SMB employee training Docebo – Best for enterprise learning Sensei – Best LMS plugin for WordPress.

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Neil Patel

JULY 2, 2021

It’s like a mysterious black box, and very few people know exactly what’s inside. Google’s next job is to figure out how to best match and display the information in its database when someone types in a search query. However, the good news is that search engines are actually pretty easy to understand. Scaling becomes a problem, though.

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Buffer

JULY 21, 2020

How brands are using Unsplash as a new visual marketing channel Unsplash is one of the best places to find free images. Remarkable brands are more than a logo. They are a collection of images and feelings and connections. Often experienced through social media.) Take Nike for instance. You associate Nike with getting things done.

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Neil Patel

MARCH 30, 2021

Though SEO may sound complicated, it’s easier than you think; especially if you understand that writing for people, and not search engines , is a best practice. Though SEO may sound complicated, it’s easier than you think; especially if you understand that writing for people, and not search engines , is a best practice.

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Neil Patel

MARCH 28, 2023

These days, if you’re looking for one of the best platforms to reach your customers, then Facebook could be your answer. Driving customers—not just visitors—to your landing page is the best way to make sales. However, with so many online options, where do you go to find potential leads? Wait a second, though.

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ProBlogger

MAY 29, 2017

Using CoSchedule as a Blogging Tool. In today’s episode, we’re going to take a deep dive into a tool we’ve been using on ProBlogger for the last 18 months that has been incredibly useful for our team both as an editorial calendar tool but also to help us with our social media promotion of content. Her top 10 features of CoSchedule. Facebook group.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 2, 2010

WordPress makes it super-easy to publish your own content, and even easier to import and display content from other great sites around the Web. Whether you’re displaying feeds from similar sites or aggregating news from around the world, importing feeds means taking advantage of the best that the Web has to offer.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Yet, using a blog to monetize your audience through quality content marketing, audience engagement, and relationship building is a slow burn at best. You can still make a great living with WordPress. And the best part is, you don’t even have to have a blog. WordPress users need support. But that doesn’t matter.

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ProBlogger

JULY 21, 2011

I improved opt-ins by 18% simply by trying out different sign-up boxes. Once you find out what the best performing form is, use it all the time. In fact, they start from less than zero because they often don’t even understand what social media is or have never had a website. Add a Facebook Like button to your Thank You page.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 28, 2013

This guest post is by Gab Goldenberg, author of The Advanced SEO Book. The advertorial uses the Problogger-brand-orange in the advertorial title and the light-blue of the related content box above the advertorial, having it blend in easily with the rest of Problogger content. What happens when someone comes to the end of your post?

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 3, 2012

I did some research and found out that WordPress was a highly recommended platform. I read blog posts about it, I read explanations about it on the WordPress website, I watched videos on YouTube. When the download ended, I clicked on that box to open the file, which contained lots and lots of lines of code.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 21, 2012

I had an entire page that showed my search box and nothing else. Another page showed my mailing list sign-up box and nothing else. in my robots.txt file, put there because it’s part of the robots.txt file that WordPress recommend in its codex. Are you making the same mistakes? Are you sure? Mistake 1: Thin or shallow content.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

This guest post is by Jeff Starr, co-author of the book Digging into WordPress. Injecting a dose of Ajax into your WordPress-powered site is an excellent way to enhance functionality and streamline the user experience. The WordPress login/registration screen is a perfect example. WordPress + Ajax = Awesome.

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Neil Patel

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Do you want more organic search traffic to your site? I’m willing to bet the answer is yes – we all do! Organic search traffic is critical for growing your website and business. Some research claims around 53% of your site’s traffic can be attributed to organic search. Well, you’ve got two choices. Trust me, I’ve been there before – not fun.).

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Content Marketing Institute

MARCH 8, 2018

Josh Bernoff , author and a contributor to the Harvard Business Review, surveyed 550 businesspeople in 2016. Your team has created, socialized, and measured content in just about every possible way … except for one of the most important metrics: how your audience is engaging with the words. FergalMcGovern @VisibleThread. Click To Tweet.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Blogging is not only about putting together 400-2,000 words of text and publishing them on your WordPress site. As a blogger, you can choose from a much bigger variety of possible blog post types (and content in general). Let me be honest and admit that I’ve wanted to compile this sort of list for a long time. Wikipedia-style post.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

(The current record is 9 balls for 55 seconds.) But if you juggle with other people, you can keep more balls in the air for longer. And this podcast is all about how you can make your blogging a more collaborative experience. Links and Resources for How to Accelerate the Growth of Your Blog with Collaborations: Further Listening. Starting a Blog.

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