Category: Blogging
Need Blog Content Ideas? Ask Your Readers!
Over the last month or two, I’ve been writing an occasional series of posts offering different ways/places that you can find inspiration for new blog posts. In this, the final post of the series, let’s talk about the absolute easiest way to get new ideas: Just ask!
Blog Content Idea: Q&A Websites like Quora, Yahoo Answers, and Facebook Questions
If you’re struggling for things to write about on the company blog, there’s a trough of ideas to be had from question-and-answer websites like Quora, Yahoo Answers, Facebook Questions and others. This is part four in my very irregular series looking at places to find inspiration for any company blog.
Short on Blogging Ideas? Look at Your Analytics
Over the past few weeks, I’ve written about using Delicious.com and/or question-based keyword research tools for blog content ideas. There’s a more obvious source of content inspiration right underneath your nose: Your web analytics program. And it might be the best source of ideas. Know why?
In 2011, Online Success Is As Simple As This
Online success is not rocket science. If anyone tries to tell you that it’s complicated, ignore them. Whether you’re selling products online or generating leads for your service, success is as simple as this:
Use Question-Based Keyword Research for Blog Content Ideas
If one of my clients is a blogger, I always make sure to use two “keyword question” tools to help generate ideas for new blog content. While we tend to think that almost everyone uses Google or Bing to search for short phrases (like “bike store Columbus” or “repair a bike”), the truth is that [...]
Try Delicious.com for Blog Content Ideas
I bet you didn’t know that I built a successful blog almost entirely by using Delicious.com to get ideas for what I should be writing about. It’s true. Which blog I’m referring to doesn’t matter, but I’m not exaggerating when I say that more than half of my articles on that blog came from watching [...]
5 WordPress Plugins To Help Keep Your Blog Secure
To be clear: I am not a blog/website security expert. Far from it. Oh, you’re not, either? Perfect. Let’s share what we know and make each other smarter. Deal? I’ll go first. Here’s a list of five WordPress plugins that I always install on new blogs to help secure the blog and keep the bad [...]
2010: My Blogging Year-in-Review
I’m a believer in learning from the past, and that’s why I post annual review of what happened here on Small Business Search Marketing for anyone who wants to read. Actually, it’s mainly posted for me — sort of a bookmark of my progress as a blogger, audience builder, and so forth. As always, I’ve [...]
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