Last month, I went to a fairly hugemongous blogging conference. Besides getting to meet many blogging friends in real life, which was a lot of fun (read getting to see a bunch of middle age folks singing karaoke like no one was watching) the most valuable thing I got out of the conference was the […]
SEO
The Easiest WordPress Yoast SEO Plugin Tutorial for Bloggers
As a blogger, you hear a lot of talk about SEO, sometimes you get it, sometimes you don’t. (If you don’t, it’s Search Engine Optimization – getting the search engine crawlers to see what you want them to see, determine you are an expert in your field and to stick you up there towards the top […]
3 Ways to Reduce Your Bounce Rate on Your Blog
Bounce rate is how many people come to your blog and leave without clicking on anything. Why should you care? Bounce rate is a metric. Metrics are what search engines use to decide if they should send readers your way. A typical blog has a 70-90% bounce rate. To be successful you should shoot […]
Don’t Get Hacked, Update Your Plugins
Last week we found out that WordPress SEO by Yoast had a security compromise. Messages were blasted out everywhere, Update Your Plugins! (Actually you should be okay, because the issue was so severe WordPress.org did a forced update for everyone.) But you still should update your plugins! This brings up a very serious topic I […]
5 Ways To Rock Blog Post Titles
Content may be king. But if you can’t get that content in front of people, then it doesn’t matter one lick what it says. Without the right headline, no one may ever read your post. No matter how amazing and informed and funny it may be! That’s the awful truth. On average only […]
8 WordPress Plugins Every Blogger Should Know About
What is a plugin? A plugin is a bunch of code, that, when added (plugged in) to your WordPress site, gives it a ton of functionality it did not have before. The great thing about WordPress plugins, is that they take an already amazing site, that you created, and make it better without you having […]