Blogging is often an exciting yet utterly overwhelming experience. Whether you are just
starting out as a blogger or you have been at it for a while, you will often find yourself wondering about the rules of the game.
How can you optimize SEO? What is the best sort of
headline for your post? What
hashtags to use?
Well, cheer up! We here at
WoWblogging are going to help you navigate the world of blogosphere deftly and easily by
sharing our experiences. We are a group of bloggers who have learned through many years of trial and error some of the
best practices in blogging. And we are sharing them with you
ABSOLUTELY FREE! All you have to do is stay tuned to this space and you can pick up some tips and tricks that will turn you from a mere blogger to a star blogger.
Some Useful Tools for Smart Blogging Experience
These tools will enhance your blogging experience.
● Quora: This is a question-and-answer website, you can search any keyword you want to write an article in your blog, here you can get lots of content ideas.
● Evernote: You can make quick notes from any time. It supports Windows/Android/iPhone.
Blog Topic Generator: Put your keyword and it gives you lots of topics related to that keyword
● Portent Title Maker: Enter the some specific keywords in this tool and it will generate appropriate titles for you.
● Grammarly/Ginger: It spot your spelling mistakes, sentence structure and more (you can also use it as addon)
● Pixabay/PhotoPin/Unsplash: You get free high-quality Photos, Illustrations, Vector graphics
● Google Keyword Planner: Free tool for keyword research
● Semrush: For competitor analysis
● Google Analytics: It gives the report of your traffic also real-time view
● Google Webmaster Tool: The best free tool for submitting your blog to google search engine, analysing your best-performing keywords, search appearance, back links etc..
● Feed burner: Free tool for Email marketing, send newsletters to blog subscribers
● SumoMe: Free heat map for your blog, it helps you to analyse which location the visitors click more on the page. There are many sub tools available in this.
● ZohoMail: It helps you to create free domain specific E-mail ids
● Wunderlist: You can manage your TO-DO list easily Support both Mobile and PC
Some of the most commonly asked questions about blogging:
Q. Which blog platform can I use?
A. Again, that depends on your budget and preferences. You could do it absolutely free on Blogger or with paid host via Wordpress. For a newbie, "
Blogger" is the best platform to get start, because everything you get is for free, in the case of WordPress you need to spend for hosting. Start with blogger and when u begin to earn money from your blog, migrate to WordPress if you want.
Q. What do I blog about?
A. Well, that entirely depends on you. You could write about the climate on Mars but the key is to write it engagingly. So pick a topic that you have mastery in, your audience will enjoy reading and you can generate new material often.
Q. How often should I blog?
A. How often you should blog depends on your convenience. However, the key is not how often you blog but how consistent you are. You could blog just once a week but ensure that a blog goes out
EVERY WEEK...on the same day preferably. People are more likely to come back to blog if they know that they are going to get something new without fail every week.
Q. How often should I update my blog?
A. That depends on you really. If you are looking to ace the blogosphere, then you should ideally be posting
at least 2-3 times a week. Some people even like to post every day. This might be great for you if you find that you can only function effectively as a blogger if you write something every day. But if you find it hard to write often, you should post at least once a week.
Q. Can I republish content from another blog or websites?
A. You can republish content if you have permission from the original author. If the author refuses, DO NOT republish the post under any circumstances as you could get into
serious trouble for it. Also, you can re-post (
giving credit and preferably a link back) without the explicit written permission from the author
Q. What is the minimum length of blog posts?
A. Many bloggers have tortured themselves endlessly wondering how long/ short their blogs should be. But the truth is, there is not a definite answer to this. Some people write blogs that are less than 100 words long while others write blogs of more than 1500 words. Each has its own merits and demerits. But if an we had to put a number of words for an optimum blog, it would be
about 500-600 words.
Q. What type of blog theme/template is the best?
A. Know your purpose and choose the template according to that niche. There are so many types of theme/templates are available in the market but most of them are complex design, it may look very good on the screen but it might not be the best for functionality, that leads to
quick exit of readers from your site. So
go for simple rather than making a fancy in your theme. Search engines and readers always love quick loading websites, if you have a simple and quick loading design search engine will definitely rank you up and readers can navigate easily. Use
Gtmetrix.com or
Google page insight tool to check page speed and loading time of your blog.
Q. How to make money from the blog?
A. Once your blog reached a good amount of daily traffic you can
apply for monetizing. Keep in mind: You can achieve better traffic only by
writing quality articles, write to attract the audience, not for search engines. Most of the newbie bloggers are fail in this point, they write lots of articles but they don't care about quality. Be frank 1 high-quality article is enough than 100 poor quality articles. Once you achieve this you can apply for monetizing platforms
Google Adsense,
Yahoo/Bing Contextual ad network,
Infolinks,
Chitika or
Affiliate Marketing. These are the best networks to start earn money from your blog.
Q. Can a new blogger make money instantly?
A. Yes, with few conditions! be consistent be persistent and be patient, show your 100% of efforts to building up your base.
Maintain daily blog posting as your habit and you can easily start to generate income within 1-2 months.
Q. How to optimize my blog for SEO?
A. If you are using a blogger platform, the overall structure is pre-set for search engine optimization, so you need to care only mere things for SEO. Use
internal linking,
Use rel=”nofollow” tag on low-value links, optimize images, update the outdated articles, find high-quality keywords for your article using AdWords tool, choose
high-quality keywords.
If you are in WordPress platform there are lots of plugins available for SEO(
Yoast SEO), Use search engine friendly permalink, use tag clouds.
Q. How can I achieve better traffic for my blog?
A. Write articles daily and maintain a good quality to convince search engine as well as the audience. The search engine is capable of
drive lots of targeted traffic to your blog. If you have unique and rich content search engine will definitely find you and drive the readers. So update your blog frequently and share the article in
social media platforms after publishing.
Q. From where I get help for blogging?
A. You can't survive by urself, you need to find some helping hands for the successful blogging experience.
● Read E-books (There are lots of free blogging E-books are available on the internet, just google it)
● Join bloggers forum and you can ask blogging queries there, also you may get the connections with the expert bloggers.
● Find successful bloggers and ask your concern with the, most of them are answer you (go with professional way)
● Use google search
● Depend Youtube for video tutorials
You can write your doubts in the comments section below and we will try our best to answer them all.
Conclusion:
We have tried to answer all the basic questions any novice blogger will have. If you have more, don't hesitate to write to us. We are always ready to answer your questions and help you out. And if you would like to get more tips to ace the blogosphere, don't forget to hit the subscribe button.
So let's get blogging!
