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Blogging
Everything you need to know to setup a blog for success, from choosing a platform and publishing your first post
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How to earn money from your website through affiliate marketing, brand sponsorship and more.
WordPress
WordPress how-tos for bloggers covering updates, news, plugins, themes, development, speed and security.
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The latest social media news, updates and strategies for growing your following and increasing your engagement.
SEO + Traffic Generation
How to optimise your blog for search engines, so that you can get as much relevant traffic as possible and increase your page views.
Blogspot
Using Google’s blogging platform? Here you’ll find a number of posts on how to setup your blog, edit your theme and grow traffic to your site.
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Starting a blog
- How to start a blog in 2022 – 5 step beginner’s guide
- Why you need a website and a blog (not just a social media platform)
- How to find a niche for your blog or business
- New to blogging? 5 ways to find new readers and build an engaged audience
- 35 things to do after installing WordPress
- Complete guide to moving from Blogger to self-hosted WordPress without losing Google rankings
- How to properly move from WordPress.com to self hosted WordPress.org
- Web Host Providers for WordPress users [affiliate links]
- Hosting 101: complete guide to purchasing hosting for your blog
- How to install and setup self-hosted WordPress in 4 easy steps
- How to publish posts and pages on Blogger
- How to properly use labels as categories on Blogger
- How to restore your Blogger blog, template and posts from a backup
- How to backup your entire WordPress or Blogger/Blogspot blog
- How to edit CSS and tweak your blog design on Blogger
- How to choose your blog content and topics
- An Overview of WordPress, Blogger and Other Blogging Platforms
- Beginners Guide to Using the WordPress (Hosted .COM) Platform
- Beginners guide to the Blogger platform
- How to pick a name for your new blog
Building a blog
- How to create Custom Post Types on WordPress
- How to safely update WordPress, Themes and Plugins
- 10 essential tips for securing your WordPress website
- How to create a child theme on WordPress (and why you should)
- How to automatically set your featured image on WordPress
- How to access your WordPress files via FTP using FileZilla (for beginners)
- How to choose and install a WordPress theme
- Automatically backup your WordPress site for free using UpdraftPlus
- How to easily check and update the PHP version of your WordPress site
- 7 common WordPress errors (and how to easily fix them)
Growing a blog
- SEO basics for beginners: improve your website’s Google visibility
- How to start an email list in 3 steps (so you can send newsletters today!)
- Google’s Title Update – what it means for your site
- 15 apps for planning and scheduling your Instagram content
- Creating a media kit for your blog and social media
- Passage-based indexing – even more ranking updates from Google
- Should you be aiming for the Featured Snippet spot on Google?
- Google Page Experience and Core Web Vitals Explained
- Getting started with SEO? Here’s how to increase traffic to your blog
- Is keyword research really dead in SEO?
- What is Search Intent? Why does it matter for SEO?
- Using Google’s new Nofollow, UGC and Sponsored Link Attributes (Guideline for bloggers and content creators)
- Knowing the search terms people are using to find your blog for SEO
- How to create a sitemap for your WordPress blog (and why you should!)
- Moz is updating Domain Authority, here’s what is changing…
- How to correctly use heading tags in blog posts for SEO
- 7 SEO action steps for bloggers wanting to grow their traffic (modern techniques)
- Google to Penalise Sites with Pop-ups and Intrustive Advertisements
- How to SEO your blog posts on WordPress – video walkthrough with FREE checklist
- How to SEO your blog posts on Blogger – Video Walkthrough with FREE checklist
- How to find and remove broken links on your blog
- Why did my Domain Authority (DA) go down and how do I improve it?
- What you need to know about domain authority and how to check DA Score
- How to make sure your site is mobile friendly to avoid dropping in search results
- Accept sponsored content? Understanding NoFollow Links
- How to reduce your blogs bounce rate
- Adding the alt text attribute to image tags for SEO
- What is Good SEO? Fighting SEO Myths
- Promoting your blog with social media
- Keyword Research: Step by step to finding keywords for more targeted traffic
- Beginners Guide to SEO – Understanding Search Engines + Keywords for SEO
- SEO success from SMX West
- Increase blog traffic with these SEO tips
Blogging tips
- Promote blog posts with social media
- How to prepare for a blog holiday or break
- Essential design tips to attract readers
- Are you a no-reply Blogger?
- Why you should stop hating Google Plus
- Find the original source of any image (and see who’s using your images!)
Backup blog
- How to backup your entire blog including design, posts and images
- How to restore a backup of your blog
Design tutorials
Blogger tutorials
- How to find code in Bloggers HTML editor
- Remove shadows and borders from your blog content or navigation
- Create a circular date header for posts
- How to move date of post below post title
- How to add a custom font to Blogger
- How to create a blog share button with HTML grab code
- How to move and remove the header gadget
- How to fix the reply button on Blogger comments
- Remove spaces between post images on Blogger
- Add pin it button to your blog images
- Show post summary with thumbnail
- Customise the read more jump link
- Fix missing posts and images in Blogger dashboard
- Re-arrange the information (author, comment link, date) in post header & post footer
Navigation on Blogger
SEO tips
- Increase blog traffic with these SEO tips
- How to set up Google Authorship on WordPress
- How to set up Google Authorship on Blogger
- All about search engines, SEO and keywords
- Steps to researching keywords for your blog
- How to create and submit a site map
WordPress Tutorials
- How to add a signature to WordPress posts
- How to add a custom font to WordPress
- Fight comment spam on WordPress
- Security tips for WordPress users