Boost Your Blog

If you aren’t creating good content, then no amount of outstanding SEO or amazing marketing will increase your traffic. Sorry folks, I have to speak the truth on this one. However, given that there is an incredible amount of information out there on how to optimize your content, I’ve decided for today to give you 10 resources on how to improve your content optimization efforts. Enjoy!

10 Resources for SEO & Content Optimization

1. Content & Search Engine Success Factors
2. 8 Ways for Writing SEO Friendly Content
3. How to Make Your Content Marketing & SEO 7X More Awesome!
4. Drive Your Own SEO CAR
5. Content Curation: Dos and Don’ts
6. 16 Examples of How to Use Non-SEO Friendly Content for SEO
7. SEO Knowledge: A Guide to Consolidating Your Knowledge
8. Content Curation: What, How, Why
9. SEO Copywriting Made Simple
10. SEO Content Marketing

I’ll be back tomorrow for Day 4 of SEO for Everyone. I’d like to Thank Thaleia Maher of Something 2 Offer for hosting this challenge as well as the other challenge hostesses who are helping to make this event possible. If you are interested in learning more about blogging, boosting your SEO or simply just want to say hi, please feel free to reach out to me directly.

See you tomorrow,

Martiel

 

 

Search engine optimization sounds fancy but it doesn’t have to be; I’ve made it super simple. Today you are going to learn about SEO Basics and the 10 fundamentals of what you need to optimize your site. I’ve organized this in a way that you can do one or all of these; it’s totally up to you.

To get started, simply check out the list below and find something you are ready to tackle. Most if not all of these fundamentals you can do in just a few minutes. Which means that in about an hours’ time, your site will be ready to go if you did all of them at once.

10 Fundamentals for Getting Started with SEO

1. Review all your page URLs. Make sure that your URL is as short as possible AND that you have included keywords in the page title, URL, and listed in the keywords area of your page.
2. Clean up your keyword list. Review what keywords you aren’t using or don’t use and see if there is a way you can make better use of your keywords on both posts and pages.
3. Update names of images. SEO also picks up on the name of your image, so make sure that it’s titled to match your post or page.
4. Don’t overuse keywords. This means, don’t try to insert keywords where they don’t belong in your title, body text, etc. because search engines will know it. Write naturally and insert keywords where appropriate.
5. Titles should be short and sweet. The standard I like to follow is no more than 65 characters in length.
6. Use the same name everywhere! No matter where you are, you should be trying to use the same name as your website. So if your website was Sewmantra, then all your usernames, IDs and so on should be that name too.
7. Use caution when using anchor links. Anchor links can be helpful, but if set up incorrectly they can tell search engines you are over doing it. If you want to use anchor links, read up on them and if in doubt, have a pro help you out.
8. Is your website mobile friendly? Check it out by visiting Browser Stack
9. Meta descriptions are important but not vital. Meta descriptions help readers find you but they do not help with SEO. It’s confusing, but they are paired with your search results so that readers can learn about what you offer. Use them; they are helpful to your readers.
10. Last but not least, SEO is many things… but it isn’t:

• about buying keywords
• a fast process
• hard once you know the basics
• as difficult as you think to be ranked high if you product good content.

I’ll be back tomorrow for Day 3 of SEO for Everyone. I’d like to Thank Thaleia Maher of Something 2 Offer for hosting this challenge as well as the other challenge hostesses who are helping to make this event possible. If you are interested in learning more about blogging, boosting your SEO or simply just want to say hi, please feel free to reach out to me directly.

See you tomorrow,

Martiel

This challenge is all about boosting your blog and giving information so you don’t have to hunt or seek it out otherwise. In this portion of the challenge and for the next 9 days, I’ll be talking about search engine optimization (SEO).

For many people starting out, SEO is scary, overwhelming, seemingly unnecessary and generally underutilized. While some will argue that SEO has its pitfalls, it does still have a place in helping drive traffic to your blog and your website. However, what you must understand it that SEO is just another aspect of how you attract your audience; you cannot rely on it solely. You can use it to increase your exposure on search engines, increase your ranking online and boost your online presence overall. As you begin this journey with SEO with me, I want to start by sharing 10 Tips/Lessons I’ve Learned.

10 Tips/Lessons in SEO

1. Use the free tools out there – there are several very awesome ones!
2. Google Analytics is great, but it isn’t the end all be all when it comes to tracking your efforts.
3. Simple, direct and straight-forward keywords that match well with your article will drive more traffic over time.
4. Your first paragraph matters most, but don’t go overboard with keywords; be natural about it.
5. Understanding the basics of SEO is a must before you attempt anything more advanced.
6. When you guest blog, never forget to offer some keywords to help boost the SEO of your host blog and your post.
7. The more links out there that are tracked back to you the higher ranked and more reputable your site will be considered by search engines.
8. The name of your image is a factor for SEO too!
9. Google is the biggest player, but don’t forget that Bing, MSN, Yahoo, and others are players too.
10. In the end, if what you post or share isn’t compelling, no amount of SEO is going to help you grow.

I’ll be back tomorrow for Day 2 of SEO for Everyone. I’d like to Thank Thaleia Maher of Something 2 Offer for hosting this challenge as well as the other challenge hostesses who are helping to make this event possible. If you are interested in learning more about blogging, boosting your SEO or simply just want to say hi, please feel free to reach out to me directly.

See you tomorrow,

Martiel