Tag: finding readers

Do you feel like your blog has reached a plateau? Maybe your readership has stalled, subscriptions seem to be maintaining momentum but not growing, and you’re having trouble squeezing more value out of your already-loyal customer base… What should you do? There are a number of ways to kick yourself ...more

While it’s not new, I’m often surprised by the way bloggers use—and mis-use—social media. Each of us has our own blogging journey, and we use different tools in our own unique ways. Yet there are still quite a few very common errors that I continue to see bloggers making as ...more

There’s a lot of information on the web, including ProBlogger, on how to maximize Pinterest to get traffic to your site. Between tutorials on how to optimize Pinterest as part of your social media marketing strategy, Darren’s own experiment on Pinterest, how to create Pinterest-worthy graphics, and how to run ...more

This guest post is by Jarom Adair of Solopreneur Marketing. “You lazy, ungrateful, good-for-nothing blog!” You stare at the 0 comments accompanying each of your most recent posts. “All you do is sit around all day. I’m the one doing all the work around here!” Blogs are supposed to bring ...more

This guest post is by Jeff Foster of WebBizIdeas. Many people who blog want their image to appear next to their listing in Google’s search engine results (SERP) when either they publish a post, their guest contributors publish a post, or when they guest post on other sites. What is ...more

This guest post is by Andy Crestodina of Orbit Media. Analytics are great for seeing your site’s performance, but we can’t usually peek into other people’s web stats. However, there is a tool that gives you a view you may not have seen before. It’s called Google Author Stats. Embrace ...more

This guest post is by Valerie Wilson. Quick: Picture that bad choice for a prom or bridesmaid’s dress years ago. Or the haircut that your mom made you get—the one that looked like a Tupperware bowl had been placed on your head. The one that didn’t go over very well ...more

This guest post is by Lisa Angelettie. For many years, there were bloggers who could follow a few basic SEO rules, publish a post, wait for Google to spider and rank it, and watch the traffic flow in. In fact, many of these bloggers made a living primarily from the ...more

This guest post is by Garrett Moon of Todaymade. There are so many variables to a great blog post. There’s the topic. There’s the writing style and overall quality. But few things compare to the headline. After all, your headline is the first thing that your readers will see, and ...more