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Most smart blogger you've seen online and maybe wished to be like probably had that one time in their blogging career where they made mistakes. Mistakes aren't just there for fun of it but because most times we learn from them. Blogging can be complicated, so you want to make sure you’re doing things right and below are 10 blogging mistakes you've made or you are still making; 1. Blogging without direction Have you ever read your blog posts wonder if you are blogging or just blogging?  So many bloggers go into blogging without having an insight of what blogging really is and why they are into blogging. Do you just blog because you've heard of the money others made or you probably just want to show your writing skills? The first blogging mistake you should avoid is blogging without a purpose. Know what you will excel in, know why you blog and define your target audience. 2. Copying Contents from other blogs This is probably an act performed by many bl...

Truth is, most times your first blog posts aren't as cool as the ones that follows suite...Most times New bloggers get confused over what they want to blog about and end up posting an amazingly horrible blog post which could become an item of ridicule even to you... So basically, after you’ve set up your blog , you’ll need to start writing posts. Your first blog post serves as the primary basis of your blogging business . But sometimes we get it wrong. having and amazing first blog post doesn't really determine your blogging career or lay the proper foundation for success but it does matter a lot...  Most times our first blog post isn't always mind blowing, but you want your first set of visitors to come back to your blog after reading your first article so you try to make it as catchy as it can be... After creating a new blog or installing WordPress, all most bloggers wish to do is to publish anything just to let the world know that they’re online. It's not really cool...

2016 came like it was never gonna end, Here now we are in the last day of the year, 2016, whether horrible or adorable as the case may be... Here and now I want to review my presence online in 2016! I don't know how your moments were in 2016  but I've got moments I would want to and not want to share... some things are better left unsaid... I started this blog roughly on August this year (2016) I hope by the same time next year (2017), I Would have achieved a whole lot of stuff with it...Although I was able to do some stuff apart from just blogging to making some bucks by writing for another blogger... I tested my writing skills and it was cool but I still had to struggle with procrastination! trust me it's evil!  2016 taught me not to hide in the dark... trust me, there's no reason to keep hiding out. It's really not hard to regret.  Actually the whole lot I learnt this year isn't as much as I wish I could learn... but it is still cool to take one step at a tim...

A good amount of traffic comes to a blog post within the first day, after it gets published. You can get lots of traffic to a blog post not withstanding when the post got published, but often, a good amount of traffic comes to a newly published post if you promote rightly... Thus, it's important to promote your blog posts and increase traffic their immediately after you publish. This is particularly important for posts whose relevance dwindles overtime but this  practice should apply to all your blog posts. Below are 15 ways you can promote your blog posts immediately after they get publishled so as to increase traffic to them quickly. 1. Share Your new posts to twitter Twitter is a very popular social media platform, thus it is a perfect place to share a link to your blog posts as soon as they get published. There so are many tools that enable you to automatically publish a link to your latest blog post on your twitter account but you can also share them manually. Als...

  It's obvious that every webmaster wants to give more exposure to his blog, and there are various ways one can increase his/her blog exposure and also improve traffic.  When you submit your blog to blog directories, Your blog will be exposed to lots of new audience. Traffic from blog directories are highly targeted and you will be generating good number of backinks to your blog.  Here is s list of verified blog directories where you can submit your blog.  Before you begin submitting your blog, to make the take easier, note down the following aspect of your blog. Name of the blog: URL of the blog: Feed URL of the blog Description of the blog in 2-3 lines This will make the submission task easier. List of the websites  http://www.anoj.org http://www.bedwan.com http://www.bestbusinesswebdirectory.com http://www.bizzdirectory.com http://www.blogarama.com http://www.livepopular.com http://www.marketingwebdirectory.com http://w...

I  have written a brief overview of what you should know about vlogging and this post centers on the steps and guides to starting a vlog. You can read my previous post which introduces you to Vlogging if you are just hearing this for the first time... Setting up a vlog is a hundred times easier than setting up a blog, here you don't need to worry about getting a custom domain name or hosting your blog on a server (if you don't want a blog for your vlog)... The basic requirement to starting a vlog is a gmail acount...  before we go over the steps in setting a Vlog, let's take a look at the necessities needed before creating your vlog. 1. A good camera you definitely need to get a camera with great picture quality to shoot your videos and your smartphones and laptops can do just that in case you aren't ready for a new product... Just make sure your device's picture quality is high... 2. Good Audio Quality Since you Will be doing a lot of taki...

We definitely know the importance of search engine traffic and getting high quality backlinks to your blog is one of the best ways to skyrocket your blog's rankings and get better search engine traffic and results. When building  backlinks, you need to keep the quality of links and anchor text variation in your mind. Also, instead of creating mere backlinks to your homepage only, start building links to internal pages.  In here, we will be listing some ways you can get quality backlinks to your blog. Note; Google hates spam and it gets rid of sites using spammy or paid ways to build links. 60 Ways to Boost Blog Backlinks 1. Submit Guest Post to Other Blogs. 2. Post comments on dofollow blogs and make sure these blogs are relevant to your niche.  3. Create Relevant Threads in Forums and Link to Your Blog Posts 4. Link to Your Blog in Your Forum Signatures  5. Social bookmarking can also be considered as backlinks. You should link from the foll...