The essence of Blog Marketing
After you are done with optimizing your blog HTML and content, the next step to take is to get the word out and let the world know about your blog! This is what blog marketing is about, and the key to do this is really simple, and I can sum it [...]
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Because of the sheer size of the archives of some blogs, and the amount of content in blogs, blogs do very well in getting visitors from search engines. In fact, I would dare to say that blogs are one of the best platforms for you to target and capture search engine traffic.
For [...]
Get started with your WordPress blog
In the previous session, we had a long day, and I showed you exactly how you can create your blog from scratch. We got the WordPress installation right from WordPress.org and then uploaded it into your server – no shortcuts, no wildly scripts to help you. You did it!
Now before [...]
Hosting and Domain
First you have to get your hosting and domain!
There are a couple of them out there, and if you have one that you prefer, good. Make sure it is reliable though, because you don’t want to have your readers coming in expecting to find your blog but getting a server maintenance message! If [...]
The importance of planning
The importance of planning can never be emphasised more. Like going to war, you will need to strategize, you will need to know where your enemies’ weaker points are, you will need to know when to strike.
The Internet and the World Wide Web is a ferocious battlefield.
Let’s try this. Say you want [...]
Blogging Terminology
It is critically important that we understand some terminology before we are able to move on. Some of these terms are very specific to blogs, and some are more general. Whatever it is, here is the whole lot of terms we’ll be covering today.
* A-List
* Author [...]
