Almost every “blogging blog” out there and about 97% of all blogging guides ever written state that one should always choose quality over quantity; one should write great content.
How does one do that though? What does it mean to write a great blog post? Hmm?
Well, there are a few qualities of great blog posts that set them apart from meh blog posts. Continue reading “The Five Essential Qualities of Great Blog Posts”
What’s the second most important part of your blog post after the headline?
The introduction, of course.
Imagine just how disappointed you’d be after spending an insane amount of time to come up with a killer title for your post, only to lose readers within the first paragraph or two. A great headline mixed with a lame opening is like getting stuck on a roller-coaster ride seconds after it starting.
So, here are five easy ways to open your post that will capture the reader’s imagination and make them want to read more.
Continue reading “5 Fantastic Ways to Open a Blog Post like a Boss”
There’s usually a right way and a wrong way to do something. That’s just in case you want to keep it simple, because there’s a wrong way, slightly less wrong, slightly better, and so on…
Some ways lead nowhere at all. They only exist in order to provoke anger.
The truth is that if you want to know how to become an effective blogger, then it’s important to read the following words carefully. Your future as a blogger depends on it.
Continue reading “The Three Most Underrated Blogging Tips Ever”
What I love most about blogging is how confusing the process seems to be. Beyond having to consistently produce quality content, you also have to network with other bloggers, take care of various social media accounts, guest blog, interview, connect with your readers, and feed your brain with as much information as possible.
And this got me thinking…
What exactly matters most when it comes to building an audience? Should you prioritize content creation over networking, or is it the other way around? Should you try to balance them both, feeling like you’re walking on tightrope on a daily basis?
Well, the truth is that this is an impossible question to answer. Sorry.
What I do know is that how you treat your readers matters an awful lot. So much so that the way you answer to the following questions can make even the most brilliant content you share not receive even a single like:
Before we get too far into the topic, let me be clear: I don’t always reply to comments or e-mails. Some days I can’t respond, some messages are not worthy of a response, some messages don’t make much sense.
So I’m not perfect. Far from it.
But I’ve got to tell you that even though I always give 100% when it comes to creating content, if I don’t interact with my readers for any period of time, my views and comments tend to drop significantly.
Continue reading “The Art of Blogging for An Audience”
If you’re blogging now, and it feels like no one gives a damn about your words, if it feels like an uphill battle you can’t possibly win, then you’ve already given up.
Even if you keep posting content.
Even if you keep reading other blogs and networking.
Why?
Continue reading “[Blogging Mindset] Don’t You Dare Give Up Before You Quit”
What are you going to do in 2020 to push your blog to the next level?
Are you killing time or seizing it?
Do you focus on the opportunities or the adversities?
What are you doing to make the most out of this brave new year?
Now’s the time to think bold, to aspire, to fight, to become the blogstar you’ve always knew you could be.
That’s why I’ve decided to share with you 10 ideas to get you started on your journey towards the top of the blogging world.
Continue reading “10 Tips to Take Your Blogging to The Next Level in 2020”
Blogging is defined as the act of writing for an audience. As much as we’d like to deny it, no audience, no blog.
But how do you build one?
How do you find readers? How do they find you?
Most bloggers I interact with struggle with this. And it’s heartbreaking, because one tends to lose the motivation to blog when no one’s reading.
No motivation quickly becomes no inspiration.
And once you’ve become creatively bankrupt, the sensible thing to do is to quit.
I don’t want you to quit. That’s why I’ll share with you four simple steps to build an audience for your blog.
Continue reading “Take These Four Simple Steps. It's All You Need to Do to Build an Audience”
Admit it. You’ve asked yourself this question at least once since you started to blog. Maybe even twice.
Perhaps you ask yourself this question every single time you write your heart out, only to get little to no traffic. No comments. You’re not getting the kind of feedback you were hoping for when you decided to blog about your topic.
To make matters worse, you’ve done all the things popular bloggers say to do, like publishing great content and commenting on other popular blogs and getting accounts on Twitter and Facebook, but no matter how hard you work, no matter how many different techniques you try, nothing is working.
So you ask yourself…
Where did I go wrong?
Is it possible that you have chosen a topic for your blog that no one gives a damn about?
Are you simply wasting your time trying to keep your blog alive?
Well… let’s find out.
Continue reading “Did You Choose the Wrong Topic for Your Blog?”
When I launched my first blog, in April 2012, if you wanted to rank high on Google, all you had to do was create a ton of backlinks. If you wanted more followers on Instagram, you followed-unfollowed lots of people. If you wanted more Twitter followers, all you had to do was to set up a bot to follow thousands of users a day, while liking and even retweeting all the tweets in a specific hashtag.
Basically, there was a time when growing on the web was employing all kinds of hacks and shortcuts.
But try these techniques today and you will realize they they don’t work anymore.
And you may think that’s unfair. You see all your competitors, with all their followers, ranking on the first page of Google. It’s unfair because you the same hacks they used don’t work anymore.
It’s a brave new world out there, and even though there are some who still cling to the old ways, the truth is that hacks and shortcuts don’t work anymore. You’ve got to do something different.
Continue reading “Sorry! Hacks and Shortcuts Don't Work Anymore.”
For those of you who don’t have the time to read through this blog post: blogging is a conversation. You blog as often as it takes for it to still be a conversation.
Okay, now let me explain.
Continue reading “How Often Should You Post?”
