Many bloggers are concerned about branding, credibility, and being perceived as an expert over getting a lot of raw traffic. Of course, they don’t mind getting traffic but for various reasons, they choose to focus on those other elements. As such, they don’t do a lot of SEO because they think that SEO is a […]
Sunday Morning SEO: Learn From Your Successes
I’m a big fan of learning from successes. A general piece of advice in many fields including blogging is that you can learn a lot from failures, but I think examining the things that have worked is a much better use of your time. Failures just teach you what not to do, but then you’re […]
Sunday Morning SEO: The Psychology of Link Building
The best link builders have figured out why webmasters link to other sites. Armed with this knowledge, they are able to build the toughest links and gain a big SEO competitive advantage over their competition. While the psychology of link building can be complex and nuanced, I think you can simplify it somewhat with a […]
Sunday Morning SEO: How Keyword Research Improves Your Writing
I sometimes hear bloggers say they don’t do keyword research. They have various reasons for ignoring this fundamental SEO strategy. They say it’s too boring and laborious. They’re afraid it will make their writing too wooden and stiff. They believe it stifles their creativity as a wordsmith. They want to focus on their writing without […]
Sunday Morning SEO: Link Building With the Cold Call Guest Post Method
I’ve argued before that writing guest posts is the best SEO strategy for bloggers. But how can you implement a guest posting campaign that’s both efficient and effective? In this post, I’ll share my favorite method of guest posting that’s given me a lot of link building success. I call it the “Cold Call Guest […]
Sunday Morning SEO: Using Google’s Spam Report to Fight a Cloaking Scraper
A couple weeks ago, I published my regular post on a recurring event in my niche. The event was a product release that comes out about once every three months. Typically, I rank right away for the relevant keywords because most of my competitors are not very knowledgeable about SEO. However, this time I did […]
Sunday Morning SEO: How to Discover Your Most Linkworthy Content
In my last post, I talked about checking your stats to find out which posts are attracting links. Then, you can use that information to create similar content and earn more links. In today’s post, let’s look step-by-step at how to actually discover your linkworthy content. I’ll be using Google Analytics since it seems to […]
Sunday Morning SEO: A Simple Way to Create Linkworthy Content
Creating content that attracts links is one of the most efficient ways to build links. Link building is usually a time consuming task so anything that makes it easier is a welcome strategy. If you read about linkworthy content, you’ll often find articles about the qualities the content should have. For example, some SEO experts […]
Sunday Morning SEO: 3 Great SEO Articles For Beginners
I came across 3 great articles about SEO that are especially helpful if you’re new to the field. Also, these articles are great if you’re confused about SEO. The search industry can be a confusing one because there are many spammers spouting off misinformation to get more sales. But the articles are solid and contain […]
Sunday Morning SEO: 3 Golden Rules of Guest Posting
From the early days of the blogosphere, savvy bloggers realized they could get traffic and links by offering free posts to other bloggers. The bloggers receiving the posts were happy to get free content. It was a classic win-win situation. This strategy of guest posting is not only effective for SEO and referral traffic, but […]