Many bloggers are concerned about branding, credibility, and being perceived as an expert over getting a lot of raw traffic. Of course, they don’t mind getting traffic but for various reasons, they choose to focus on those other elements. As such,...

I’m a big fan of learning from successes. A general piece of advice in many fields including blogging is that you can learn a lot from failures, but I think examining the things that have worked is a much better use of your time. Failures just...

The best link builders have figured out why webmasters link to other sites. Armed with this knowledge, they are able to build the toughest links and gain a big SEO competitive advantage over their competition. While the psychology of link building can...

I sometimes hear bloggers say they don’t do keyword research. They have various reasons for ignoring this fundamental SEO strategy. They say it’s too boring and laborious. They’re afraid it will make their writing too wooden and stiff....

I’ve argued before that writing guest posts is the best SEO strategy for bloggers. But how can you implement a guest posting campaign that’s both efficient and effective? In this post, I’ll share my favorite method of guest posting...

A couple weeks ago, I published my regular post on a recurring event in my niche. The event was a product release that comes out about once every three months. Typically, I rank right away for the relevant keywords because most of my competitors are not...

In my last post, I talked about checking your stats to find out which posts are attracting links. Then, you can use that information to create similar content and earn more links. In today’s post, let’s look step-by-step at how to actually...

Creating content that attracts links is one of the most efficient ways to build links. Link building is usually a time consuming task so anything that makes it easier is a welcome strategy. If you read about linkworthy content, you’ll often find...

I came across 3 great articles about SEO that are especially helpful if you’re new to the field. Also, these articles are great if you’re confused about SEO. The search industry can be a confusing one because there are many spammers spouting...

From the early days of the blogosphere, savvy bloggers realized they could get traffic and links by offering free posts to other bloggers. The bloggers receiving the posts were happy to get free content. It was a classic win-win situation. This strategy...