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Write for Humans First Search Engines Second



With so many blogs out there it seems more and more difficult to keep with them all. Blogs pop up everyday discussing various new things and touching upon old news topics that from a different angle than its competitor. With so many blogs what do you do to stand out?

You can get up on your desk and kick and scream to get people to see your blog but you need to be creative with your writing. It is no surprise that search engines read words. They don’t care about how great your design is or how pretty those photos on your layout are. It doesn’t matter to a search engine that your blog is severely outdated design wise. A search engine is kind of like Pac Man, they run around eating and feeding off words. The better your copy and text is within your writing the better chance you have of being found by some searching. When I say this I don’t mean you have to be an English major for search engines to find you but rather tie in keywords and phrases specific to your industry in the title and body of your blog post. I know for many this creates a road block for creativity but unless you have a following you will find that you are the only one reading your blog and that doesn’t do anybody any good. When introducing your industry keywords and phrases into your writing style it is important to continue writing for humans first and search engines second other it will be difficult for readers to read through your posts. If readers have a hard time reading through your blog posts they will simply not return to read anymore. You have to take a quality approach when trying to optimize blog posts.

Remember that it doesn’t matter how pretty your blog looks in order to get traffic. It comes down to the writing and use of keywords to get search engines to find your posts. Once you have built up a following you can go back to getting creative with blog post titles and copy.

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If Your Blog Hasn’t Made You Rich Yet, Don’t Panic!



With online marketing efforts it is important to remember that most things you do online will require patience and time. No matter what industry your are venturing into it is important to remember that online marketing is a building process and it will require more than just slapping up a blog post here and there to generate income or even traffic. Remember you need traffic to your blog before you can even think about monetizing your blog.

You have launched your blog and now you must create roads for your visitors to make it to your blog, aka links. It is just as important to link build your blog as it is your main website. You have to treat your blog like an entirely separate website sometimes in order for people to start landing on it. It is always important to use your industry’s keywords in your text and your titles in order for the search engines to get them ranking for your traffic to find you. It is important to realize that the launch of blog doesn’t equal the success of a blog. A blog is like a brand and it takes time and lots of hard work to really generate a true following. Unless you are an expert in your field or you have an established company and organization it will take some time for people to find you. Starting off by submitting your blog into directories like blog catalog will help you increase awareness and traffic but it will not be your final stop. Websites like this are only the beginning. It is important to write in your blog frequently and keep your material fresh, unique and witty. Nobody wants to feel like they are reading last week’s newspaper. I know that sometimes it gets difficult to reach for new editorial that will peak people’s interests but dig deep and brainstorm. Often times it is easy to resort to brainstorming on paper and trying to put together topics ahead of sitting in front of the computer and jotting down ideas for blog posts. This will keep you from stalling in front of the keyboard and staring aimlessly at your monitor trying to figure out what to write when it comes time to sitting down at your desk.

The moral of this story is to stay patient, keep your eye on the prize and keep writing witty and interesting optimized posts. Over time you will generate visitors and traffic but often times it takes months if not years.

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