Avoid online plagiarism

The topic of plagiarism has crossed my path on a few different occasions recently, and it’s come to my attention that people just seem to think there are different rules when it comes to the internet.

Tactics for using hyperlinks in your blog posts

Hyperlinking keywords is a step in the right direction to making the website a force to be reckoned with when people type a common search into Google.

Analyzing your blog statistics

One of the important things to look at when you’re determining what worked and what didn’t on your blog is your statistics.

Grab attention with great headlines

Any journalist will tell you that a headline; a simple few words, holds as much importance as the body of an article. When writing a blog, the headline or title is of equal importance.

Make your blog come alive with photos

You might think that it’s only your actual blog content that is going to get people to stop by and read, but images play a big role, too. They can help make your blog posts appear more professional and attractive, but that’s really only a small portion of their benefits.

Getting the stats on your blog

All bloggers, whether business or casual use a statistics measuring tool with their blog, after all, it’s pretty cool to see just how many people are interested in what you’ve got to say, no? The complexity of the tools varies, with the most basic allowing you to simply see the number of page views for each blog post. The more complex ones can tell you everything from how readers came across your blog, to the countries that your readers live in.

Scheduling posts for your blog

Few bloggers recognize that blog scheduling is breaking rather than making a blog.

How to pick topics for your blog

Since I can’t tell you WHAT you’ve got to write about, I will provide you the process I go through with my clients determine which direction I should go with each of the posts.

Keep your business blog RELEVANT

Last week’s post focused on choosing or understanding the two main writing styles you can use for your blog. That post went into incorporating the personal into your business blog – this one will focus on what I like to call Read More >

Adding a personal touch to your business blog

When writing each blog post you can make them personal or topical – or any combination of the two.