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Customer Engagement & Retention

Tuesday Tutorial: Making a Blog Post in WordPress

Consistent blogging is an important part of effectively using your website to get quality traffic and good search engine placement. Here is a step by step tutorial on how to make a blog post:

Step 1:

Login to your website by typing http://yourdomainname.com/wp-admin

The page will look like this:

Step 2:

After logging in, Click the “Write a New Post” tab.

Step 3:

The page will now look like this:

Start Blogging!

The best news is, when you get to this point, it’s very similar to typing a document in Word.

Important things to be aware of:

  • The Title of the Blog Post will also be the URL of the post (ie. if the title is How to Make a Blog Post, the URL will be http://www.yourdomainname.com/how-to-make-a-blog-post.html) If you want your blog posts to be recognized by search engines and catch the attention of new visitors, use good keywords in the title of your blog post.

Recently bloggers tend to shorten their URLs inasmuch as their posting become totally boring. I won’t click /2008/06/27/google if I see only the URLs (like, say, in an email) but I will click google-files-for-bankruptcy…

  • If you write quite a bit of content but aren’t ready to have it seen by others, click Save on the right of the screen. This will keep the blog post a draft; you can come back, make adjustments, and when you’re ready, “Publish” the blog post so other readers can see the post and make comments.

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Website How To's

Doing What You Love to Do – Part 2

When you love it, breathe it, live it every second…you work hard and your work smart because it’s your passion…you’ll be happy and you’ll make more money! – Gary Vaynerchuk

Well, do you believe this or don’t you?

If you don’t, just stop reading right now, don’t comment and keep working the 12 hour day for a boss that you hate…

Or, take it to heart and “HUSTLE!” (as Gary Vee is famous for saying).

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Digital Presence & Marketing Strategy

How to Get Advertisers on Your Blog

gary vaynerchuk on getting advertising for your blogDoes Gary Vaynerchuk really know what he’s talking about or is he just loud and obnoxious?

Before you answer that question, watch this AWESOME VIDEO about how to make money with online advertising: (to get the password, sign up for our Free Email List)

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Customer Engagement & Retention

Why Planned Blogging Pays Off

Does Darren Rowse really love blogging?  How does he make so much money online just blogging?

If you’ve had these questions like I have, or if you don’t know who Darren Rowse even is (shame on you), read on!

One of my favorite blogs to read is ProBlogger.net by Darren Rowse.  Not only is his content clear and easy to follow, but he also is proof that if you blog about what you are passion about, the money will come!

He recently started a new blog about Twitter tips.  Here are a few highlights:

One of the things I’ve been working on over the last few days is a editorial calendar of sorts (or at least the beginning of one)…

darren rowse speaks at blog world expo 2008Why an Editorial Calendar?

As many of you have read, blogging with consistency is crucial to your success!  By creating an editorial calendar at the start of your blog, you can blog with purpose, direction and a focus.  I’d say one of the hardest things about consistent blogging is writers block: you get to a point where you’re not really sure what to share with your readers.  A calendar can help with this since you have a direction and want to follow a system for success.  Remember, it’s never too late to implement these tips for your online business!  Start Now!

Here’s more on why this “calendar system” is effective for Pro Bloggers:

What I’ve been working on in the last day or two is a list of posts that I want to publish. This way I’m setting more of the agenda for where the blog will go…(bold added)

I’ve also been thinking through a few regular ‘types’ of posts that I want to feature. For example I want to interview some top Tweeters on how they use Twitter. I also want to try doing to do some user reviews. Having these consistent types of posts will hopefully help readers to know what they’re getting and will help develop a rhythm for the blog.

I’ve talked to clients about this a lot and need to practice what I preach – have theme days – ie. Free T-Shirt Friday, Monday Madness, whatever.  This gives readers something to look forward to.

So, I commit today to plan, plan, plan for Moller Marketing, the Utah Tourism blog, and others:

“If you fail to plan, you plan to fail!”

Darren sums it up best with this direct statement about success online (bold added for emphasis):

Being successful at something is very hard if you don’t know what you want to achieve. It’s much easier to hit your target…. if you know what it is.

So, what’s your blogging plan?