Creating engaging headlines is the most important part of copywriting. It’s also the most fun. Don’t be afraid to put a significant amount of mental energy into your headlines… Your title is what audiences recall, even more so than the content itself. It’s what’s displayed in…
How To Google-Proof Your Website
I know, kind of a strange post name, right? Who would want to “Google-Proof” their website? Don’t you want Google to love your website? The answer is “Yes,” of course you do. What I mean by “Google-Proofing” your website is simply protecting yourself from Google’s algorithm…
25 SEO Tools For Successful Blogging
Blogging is a time-consuming process because you need to maintain several routines on a daily basis. The optimization aspects like keyword research, content sharing, backlink analysis etc, takes much time and effort. Consequently, many bloggers get overwhelmed and give up instead of embracing the tedious tasks necessary for blogging success. I’m sure at…
10 Blog Post Marketing Steps to Take Immediately After You Publish
Last week I wrote 10 SEO Blog Post Publishing Steps that Most Bloggers Forget. The post did well: 100+ Tweets, 50+ comments (half mine), and Michael even told me, “when I saw it, I was like, this is what I like.” One reason that post did…
The Ultimate On-Site SEO Guide for Your Online Store
eCommerce Search Engine Optimization – The Ultimate On-Site SEO Guide… As bloggers and Store Owners we want to make our websites appeal to both search engines and users. A search engine ‘looks’ at a website quite differently to us humans. Your website design, fancy graphics and…
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…
10 Traffic Tips
What You’ll Learn: The two things Michael thinks about when writing an article How to turn a traffic spike into recurring traffic The post that was so successful Michael had to turn off the comments The biggest traffic mistake bloggers make 10 Traffic Tips from Michael…
Chris Elwell Interview – Optimizing Your Blog For Search Engines
Could you describe what you do and how you earn your living Chris? I’m the President of Third Door Media. We educate internet and search marketers. We also provide marketplaces that connect buyers and sellers of search engine marketing related products and services. You run the…
How to Write Epic Blog Posts that Rank Well
You too can write blog posts that rank well… Through 34 posts, I’ve learned a lot about writing great online content – particularly content that ranks well with search engines. I’m proud to say that many of my articles show up on Google’s front page (for…
16 Ways to Speed Up Your WordPress Website Today!
Speeding up your website is the only guaranteed way to get more traffic and make more sales. In 2010, Google confirmed that site speed is one of over 200 indicators that impacts search rankings. Their data shows that when pages load slowly, people spend less time.…