42 Writing Jobs for Bloggers for the Week of 3/18/12

March 26th, 2012 No comments »
42 Writing Jobs for Bloggers for the Week of 3/18/12

42 writing jobs for bloggers have been listed in the About.com Blogging Forum in the Writing Jobs for Bloggers folder. A wide variety of topics are included this week such as fashion, dogs, technology, entertainment, and more. This week's list of writing jobs for bloggers even includes an opportunity to write for an iPhone and iPad blog. Be sure to check out my list of the best iPad apps for blogging! About.com ...[continue]



3 Amazing Stats on Twitter’s 6th Birthday

March 24th, 2012 No comments »
3 Amazing Stats on Twitter\

March 21, 2012 was Twitter's 6th birthday, and to mark the occasion, the first sketch of what would eventually become Twitter was published on the Twitter blog along with three amazing stats about its growth: There are more than 140 million active Twitter users. 340 million tweets are published each day. 1 billion tweets are published every 3 days. If you're not already using Twitter to build your online audience and drive traffic to ...[continue]



Watch Out Overly SEO’d Sites – A Google Algorithm Change is Coming for You

March 22nd, 2012 No comments »
Watch Out Overly SEO\

If rumors are true, then new changes are coming to Google's search algorithm that will penalize sites that are overly SEO'd. In other words, sites that use keywords too frequently or have an excessive number of incoming and outgoing links will be targeted in this next algorithm change. This news shouldn't come as a surprise. Google has never liked sites that try to 'game the system' by paying for links or ...[continue]



55 Writing Jobs for Bloggers for the Week of 3/11/12

March 18th, 2012 No comments »
55 Writing Jobs for Bloggers for the Week of 3/11/12

55 writing jobs for bloggers have been listed in the About.com Blogging forum in the Writing Jobs for Bloggers folder. This week's list includes writing jobs with USA Today, LA Weekly, and Consumer Reports! Some writing jobs for bloggers also require that you have skills as a journalist or copywriter. Make sure you read the following articles to brush up on those skills: 5 Things Bloggers Can Learn from Copywriters 5 Things Bloggers ...[continue]



WordPress SEO Tips to Increase Search Traffic

March 17th, 2012 3 comments »
WordPress SEO Tips to Increase Search Traffic

As a follow up to my post last week where I shared my 60-second blog post SEO tips, I want to share some WordPress SEO tips this week that are easy to implement on your blog and can have positive effects on your search traffic. Follow the preceding link for all the details. Note that some of these SEO tips can only be implemented by bloggers using the self-hosted version of ...[continue]



Excellent Kindle Books for Beginner Bloggers

March 14th, 2012 No comments »
Excellent Kindle Books for Beginner Bloggers

If you like to read books to learn how to do things, and you have a Kindle eReader device, then why not pick up a book about blogging? There are  many blogging books available, so to make things easier, I put together a list of five Kindle books for beginner bloggers. The books in this list teach you how to create a blog, build an audience, make money, and more. There ...[continue]



61 Writing Jobs for Bloggers for the Week of 3/4/12

March 11th, 2012 No comments »
61 Writing Jobs for Bloggers for the Week of 3/4/12

61 writing jobs for bloggers have been listed in the About.com Blogging Forum in the Writing Jobs for Bloggers folder. This week's list includes multiple opportunities to write for the Village Voice and NJ.com. If you want to brush up on your blogging skills before you apply for a writing job, check out my list of 5 great Kindle books for beginner bloggers! About.com Web Logs[continue]



60-Second Blog Post SEO

March 10th, 2012 No comments »
60-Second Blog Post SEO

If you do nothing else to boost search traffic to your blog posts, do the five things listed in my 60-second blog post SEO guide. You really can make a difference in the amount of traffic your blog gets from search engines if you use the five tips in that article. And if you have more time to spend on SEO, check out the list of the top 10 SEO tips. What's ...[continue]



How to Get Free Products to Review on Your Blog

March 8th, 2012 No comments »
How to Get Free Products to Review on Your Blog

If your blog is about a topic that lends itself well to product reviews but you're not getting any offers for free products, then read my tips to get free products to review on your blog. There are a number of ways that you can convince businesses to send you free products for review, but you need to take some specific steps first. For example, you need to make sure you ...[continue]



55 Writing Jobs for Bloggers Listed in About.com Blogging Forum

March 5th, 2012 No comments »
55 Writing Jobs for Bloggers Listed in About.com Blogging Forum

55 writing jobs for bloggers have been listed in the About.com Blogging Forum in the Writing Jobs for Bloggers folder. This week's list includes opportunities to write for The Huffington Post, GigaOM and Treehugger! Polish your blogging skills by reading the articles below and increase your chances for landing a high profile writing gig! Over 100 Blogging Tips How to Make Your Dull Blog Content So Much Better Bad Blogging Habits You Need to ...[continue]