The article was updated April 2017. Please post comments to add up-to-date tips and tools Optimize your images for search engines: Use keywords in alt text, text around the image, file name, page title; Set up separate search-engine-accessible image folder; Use reasonable image file size (here are wordpress plugins to optimize images). Limit number of…
You may know that I used to do business from far away, I had no way to meet my business partners and contacts in the real world, but despite that I was fairly well-connected. So here’s my recipe to building connections online: reaching out to niche influencers through social media. Whether you are trying to…
[Updated: August 19, 2017] Last year we announced our new kid: Viral Content Buzz [Update: Currently ViralContentBee.com]. A few more recent reviews from other members of Viral Content Buzz: Viral Content Bee: Blogging Tool Review Boost Your Social Media Traffic With Viral Content Bee Viral Content Bee – Promote Your Blog Post [Free Platform] We’ve…
I love tools. Moreover, I love simple ideas that may have dozens of practical uses, like a Swiss knife (as my friend likes to put it). In today’s quick tip series, I am sharing a tool that combines two of my passions: automation and multi-purposefulness. I’ve been a long time user of Paper.li. I am…
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Note from Ann: You may have noticed that I seldom publish guest tips, only when they are very practical and to the point. This one is useful and many website owners overlook this. Even if your website has a strong and high quality link profile, not necessarily it will appear on Google’s first results. Your…
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Keyword research is still an integral part of content creation, mostly because search engine rankings are unarguably (and possibly sadly) the best source of free traffic… but also because it’s a huge source of inspiration showing you what people in your niche are interested in and what hasn’t been covered well enough yet. Speaking of…
If I have learned anything since I started this blog is to find anything in Google almost momentarily. I can quickly find the source of a quote, the original image or the official documentation for anything. At college they used to say that you don’t need to (and you cannot) know answers to all questions:…
