Quick, what’s the point of a headline? Is it… A.) Get people to click? B.) Make a promise to the content? C.) Pique curiosity? D.) All of the Above? Obviously, the answer is D. But the question is, how do we get a headline to do all of…
Category: Blogging
22 Tips To Prevent Your WordPress Blog Being Hacked
How To Avoid Your WordPress Website Being Hacked Whether or not you use security measures now within your website or blog or not, the fact of the matter is that you will soon use online security is a very real issue and many people forget to…
10 Ways To Improve Blog Security (so that you don’t get hacked)
Every day, experienced hackers and nasty plagiarists flood the internet to look for security loopholes on websites. If they find your blog vulnerable, they may do anything from installing malware to redirecting your traffic to their own sites. In spite of the thousands of hacking incidences…
Why Most Websites Fail
A couple weeks ago, we here at Income Diary decided it would be a good idea to see what our readers websites were like, and offer them free critiquing at the same time. This has given us a really good advantage when it comes to give…
How to Build a Brand for Your Business
What is a Brand? I’m going to put this as simple as I can: A brand is consistant message of who you are. It’s your business’ identity, and should be the same over all of the branding you do, whether it’s Facebook, Twitter, Google+, you website,…
10 Blog Post Creation Tips Every Blogger Should Follow
I’ve published over a thousand blog posts over the past few years and every time, I learn something new about blogging. A lot of blogging is down to common sense, write a blog post and then look at it and ask your self, why wouldn’t I…
10 Embarrassing Mistakes I Made As A Beginner Blogger
Introduction There’s a learning curve with everything new, and blogging is no different, in fact, the learning curve with blogging can be pretty big if you don’t know what you’re doing. It’s not as simple as starting to write and finding your feet from there, it’s…
10 Blogging Mistakes That Are Costing You Traffic
Did you just start your blog because you were impressed by the numbers of visitors quoted by A List Bloggers? Well, you are not the only one. When you read about people getting millions of visits on their website and thousands of leads through their blogs…
13 Expert-Level Blog Design Tips for Beginners
Blog design can be as simple as installing a theme and adding a few widgets. But if you take your blog seriously and you want it to visually stand out, the first step is understanding the principles of design. Once you understand what makes a good…
3 Surprising Similararities Between Building A Business and Playing With Legos
Ever wonder how you could reach a lot of people online very quickly? That’s what this article is about, but first, a very serious question: How much did you love Legos as a kid? Walk down memory lane with me for a moment. Legos are a…
How To Start An Internet Business Pt 1 – Target Market
This is a question, we are often asked: How Do I Start An Internet Business? Whether you’ve been attempting to create a business for years and have just been completely overwhelmed or you’re making your first attempt at creating your own online start up, a road…
How We Use ManageWP to Protect & Manage Our WordPress Sites
When our websites go offline, I receive a text, letting me know that I need to do something about it. This text saves me thousands of dollars every year. I’ll tell you how I set this up shortly, but first, let me tell you about one…
20 WordPress Plugins for Successful Internet Marketers
Every day I’m always thinking to myself “how can I make my blog better”… I would be silly not to. The more time, effort and money I put into it, the better the site will be. It’s amazing how a WordPress Plugin can make such an…
How to Land A-List Interviewees for Your Blog
Part of the reason I’ve been writing about interviewing and publishing the last couple weeks is because we have a big project underway here at IncomeDiary. The focus of the project is landing the best advice from the top A-lister interviewees. So far we’ve landed Neil…
Blogger Profile: How Neil Patel Makes Millions with Quick Sprout
For a part-time blogger, Neil Patel is pretty successful. Patel’s main focus is KISSmetrics, a mid-sized company that helps businesses track important online metrics. His business and marketing blog, Quick Sprout, is really more of a side project. But that hasn’t stopped Quick Sprout from exploding…
20 Mistakes Bloggers Are Still Making
Today I’m going to cover some of the biggest mistakes bloggers are still making. Most of these fall under the category of “structural” or “conceptual.” Chances are, if you’re a novice, you’re guilty of at least a couple. Don’t stress, this post will set you on…
Create A Perfect Blog Post, First Time, Every Time!
The Perfect Blog Post Formula! The start, middle and end: an autopsy of the perfect blog post. You would think that writing a blog post is straightforward, wouldn’t you? Just bang out the words, hit ‘publish’ and make a coffee! What’s the big deal? After all… There’s…
10 Blog Posts that Made an Everlasting Impact on Me
It was a cold winter afternoon in 2008. I was sitting on my then-girlfriends’ couch with a laptop when I came across something that would change my life forever. A blog. I was never much of a reader, but there was something about this platform that…