Don’t Blog for the Search Engines Sake
You’ve heard me mention before about the great benefits that blogging can have on your search engine ranking. When you are writing your blogs, don’t write them for the search engines, write them for your readers. Remember the famous line from Field of Dreams, “if you build it, he will come.” That line is often […]
How long should a blog be?
It seams like a couple times a month I’ll get asked “How long should my blog articles be?” Your blog articles should be long enough to get your point across, and no more. Seth Godin, one of my favorite authors and bloggers has some short blogs. One of his blogs, http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2014/05/one-hit-wonders.html, was only 28 words. […]
Your Blogging Notebook
A common concern I hear from people when I encourage them to start Blogging is that they won’t be able to come up with enough topics to write about. At times, it can be a little tricky to come up with blog ideas. I’ve come across a couple of techniques that have helped me to […]
Multiple People Blogging
One of my favorite blogs to follow is SitePoint. They have blog articles that cover a really wide range of topics. One of the reasons that the blog is very successful is that they have many people writing the various blogs in all the different categories. A lot of times when I talk to people […]
Blogging Frequency
I always tell people that they need to have a good blog on their site. I’m yet to come across a company that wouldn’t benefit from a blog. One big concern people usually have about blogging is the frequency of their posts. I often get asked “Do I have to write something everyday?” My answer […]
Content Is King
It’s been said before — when it comes to an effective website, ‘content is king.’ I agree whole heartedly, content is king. But in website design, there’s a fine line to walk, with quality content on one side and visual aesthetics (eye candy) on the other. If you have too much of one and not […]
The Website Marketing Hat Trick
We’ve written a few posts in the past about how to market a website, but I thought it would be helpful to do one more, and bring all three aspects we’ve talked about together. When you utilize blogging,Social Media, and Email Marketing you can see a great return on your investment as you complete the Website Marketing Hat Trick. […]
How A Blog Can Help Your Search Rank
People ask me all the time – “What can I do to rank higher on Google?” Unfortunately, there is no silver bullet to ranking higher in Google and other search engines. One of the easiest and most effective things that you can do is blogging. Today I’m going to go through a couple of the […]
You Don’t Have To Sell Online To Be Online
In the past few months, I’ve meet with a few clients who have said, “I don’t know what I would do with a website. I don’t want to sell my product online.” Truth be told, that very well may be true. Perhaps your product is rather expensive and you worry about scaring customers away, or […]
