Content Table

0. Welcome to the Guide
1. What is a blog
2. What pages should a blog have
3. Choose a Niche
4. Store your blog
5. Blogging software
6. Blogging Tips and Tricks

A few blogging tips and tricks

Here are a couple tips and tricks to get you going after the basic and more extensive articles. This latest post will include a couple tips about every topic around blogging.

General

• After you read this article: Don’t be afraid to make faults. Just do it.
• Focus on content because content is king.
• Use Feedburner to keep track of your subscribers and use Google Analytics as your statistics program.
• Staring at your statistics three hours a day will not get you more visitors, focus on writing and promoting.
• Tag your posts to keep things organized for your readers.

Writing

• If you aren’t familiar with the English language, learn. Writing in English will get you in potential much more exposure then all other languages together.
• Use a spell checker and a translating tool. That will improve your writing.
• Proof-read. Always remember to read your article over and over again, edit what you don’t like and read again. You will get a better article.
• Write quality headlines to get the attention from potential readers.

Search Engines

• Do not add your site to the add-your-site pages on Google, Yahoo! and MSN. Just Write quality content and get links from other sites, that will get you in the results.
• Focus on Google. Do not forget Yahoo! and MSN, but Google will bring the most traffic in, so optimize your blog for that engine.
• Install search engine optimizing (SEO) – friendly plugins to improve your visibility in the search engines.
• Try to get as many links to your blog as possible. You can do so by link-exchange with bloggers in the same niche or writing great content that people would love to link to.
• Read SEO-blogs from time to time.
• Write awesome content + do a bit search engine optimizing = #1 spot
• Optimize your URLs: we call those Permalinks.
• Use h1 tags for your article title and h2 for keyword-rich subtitles

Network

• Try to network with bloggers in your niche. They are people just like you and me who need to focus as well. If they get a nice appreciation comment from time to time, they are happy. They might link to your blog or a blog post.
• Make friends. Friends will help each other if things do not run smooth.

Comments

• Reply to the comments you get. Remember those people have busy days and they took the time to reply to your article; make sure you pay them to back to answer their question or by saying thanks.
• Comment on other blogs with a constructive and on-topic reply. You network, you might get a link to your blog (DO-follow blogs) and you will get some visitors as well. What do you want more?
• You should install a do-follow plugin yourself and post about it. You will get more quality comments because people get something back for their efforts.

WordPress Theme

• Install a search-engine friendly theme.
• If you installed WordPress (Ofcourse you did!), search the themes directory of WordPress. Or get the best themes from wpthemez.
• Don’t forget accessibility and usability.
• Keep your sidebar clean. Remove what doesn’t add any value to your readers.

Promotion

• Try to reach the Digg homepage with your articles. This will send in a lot of traffic.
• Promote web-related tutorials on Pixel2life and Good-Tutorials.
• Add your articles to Article Directories.

End of Lesson #6

You are ready for the stage. You have learned the basics of blogging and you are ready to start your own blog in a very interesting niche. I hope to see many new blogs out there and make sure you send me the link over!!

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