OK, this might be a sensitive question, but do you include images with your blog posts?  If you don’t – and I know many people still don’t – you are losing out in so many ways. Images attract the eye, and people are more likely to click on them  to view more posts.  In fact, images on FaceBook get 43 percent more likes that text posts, according to Hubspot. Images drive home a point in another medium, and some people respond better to visual information. Images convey a lot of information.  Read more [...]

When it comes to choosing a phone, it can be quite difficult at the best of times. Throw in your obsession with game playing, and that’s a whole different story. People want to know that they can get the practicalities of a phone such as texting, internet, phone calls and a camera as well as something that will enable them to satisfy their need for gaming. For those of you who want a smart phone that will give you access to the gaming world, but that will also be kind to your pocket, the Samsung Read more [...]

From social media to SEO, the world of online marketing can be confusing for new bloggers to navigate. The following are a few common mistakes that could cost you potential readers. By learning how to recognize them, you can avoid them and market your blog more effectively. 1. Not Having a Goal Before you even write your first post, you should have a clear goal or target audience in mind. One of the most common mistakes made by new blogs is to throw up as much content as possible to try and Read more [...]

It sounds almost contradictory, but blogging can be a very lonely business. Bloggers may spend time talking about subjects dear to their hearts, giving deeply personal social commentary, or reporting on industry events, but the actual act of sitting down and writing a blog is a completely solitary one. Sure, we talk with our followers online, and live a life offline, but – for most of the time – we are isolated from our fellow bloggers. That is why blogger conferences and exhibitions are so Read more [...]

Just like the old SEO saying, “Having the right profitable long tail keyword brings in the right niche money”. But we know that without a deep understanding of long tail keywords you might never really know how to find a profitable long tail for your niche site. So what exactly are they? Long tail keywords are a certain type of keyword that has at least 3 or even up to 7 words in a given phrase. These keywords constitute 70% of all searched terms in the whole search engines; this means, Read more [...]