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June 12, 2024

How to Pick Memorable Images for Your Content?

Creative visuals and image optimization are the rocking factors to improve content marketing. But, how to choose memorable images for your content?

Most people think that by just filling content with images can make content engaging.

Which is wrong.

The best way is always to use at least one image or more than one images in your content that complements to your post to headings.

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Images should make it easy for readers to identify the sections of essential pieces of content and effectively spread the idea.

Now the question is what type of images are memorable and how you should include them in your content?

Here is How?

How Many Images Should Content Have?

When it comes to picking memorable images for your content, most of the people have a common question, "How many images I should use in Content or blog post?"

The answer is: There is no defined number for images you should include in your content.

Images should be there to make the communication easier.

Adding a whole lot of images in your content will not help as long as they are not relevant. Or leave an impression.

Too many images can turn off the readers' interest in your content.

The number of images depends upon the following factors:

Topic
Audience
Content type

If you are writing for beginners, then you need to add more images to explain steps. The best example of this is wikiHow.com.

If you are writing for the advanced or experienced audience, then you do not need images to explain steps. You only need images to tell the idea.

Also, focus on the impact of the images you are using in your content.

If you are writing for entrepreneurs, then you may not need images. the big reason is that entrepreneurs do not work themselves, but they outsource the work and control the quality.

Picking memorable images is a tedious task.

Tip: First focus on your audience, understand buyer personas, etc.

It's the time to skyrocket your content marketing strategy by picking memorable images for your blog post.

Stock Photos:

Stock free Photos: How to Pick Memorable Images for Your Content: eAskme

Stock photos work as a big time saver for most of the bloggers or marketers.

There is no issue in using high quality, topic-specific, free stock photos as features image.

But are you adding the stock photos in body content?

If yes, then you should stop doing it.

Stock photos work amazingly as featured images, but they are completely useless when using in the body content.

Body content is for users and adding stock photos will not help to improve the user experience.

Rather than using generic stock photos you should use screenshots or creative visuals.

Stock photos in body content can bring negative impact.

TakeAway: Stop using stock photos in the body of your blog post

So what yo use then?

Here is the answer.

Tutorials, walkthroughs, and Screenshots:

The best quality of memorable images is that they are thought-provoking and actionable.

Tutorials, walkthroughs, and Screenshots are the best types of actionable content that you can use to improve communication.

Here you should remember that best way to share tutorials is by showing them.

Using thought-provoking images creatively show what you want to share.

To make the images memorable highlight the critical areas or points.

Use tools like Evernote or Skitch.

Adding walkthroughs and screenshots will help it easy for readers to digest your content.

TakeAway: Use actionable images.

Gifs:

Gif's are interesting, entertaining and creative ways to energize the boring content.

There are tons of Gif's available online that you should use, but only when necessary.

Remember: Gif's are not for every post or every content or every audience.

Use them wisely to add funny and entertaining factors to your content.

Add Gif's to your content only for informal posts.

TakeAway: Use Gif's to spice up boring content.

Custom Visuals:

Finding memorable images is not an easy task. If you are not able to find one, then create one.

When finding images, you may encounter tons of generic, boring, overused and cited images.

Creating custom visuals is the way to make memorable images for your content.

By adding custom visuals to your content, you will bring uniqueness and more opportunities to build backlinks.

At eAskme also, I have used many custom visuals and find out that they perform better than the stock photos.

If you look at the content marketing campaigns, you will find out that the images used in such campaigns are custom, unique and branded.

TakeAway: If you want to add memorable images in your content then start creating custom visuals.

You can hire freelancers or use infographic tools to develop images for your next blog post.

Final Words:

Content with no-images can load faster, but it will miss one of the engaging ingredients.

Adding images in content add more flavor, boost social sharing, traffic, and engagement.

Avoid adding stock images to your blog post body. Use engaging and practical images relevant to your content.

Walkthroughs, screenshots, and tutorials are the best ways to use memorable images blog posts.

If you are still not able to find a creative visual, then develop custom images using Photoshop or other tools.

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May 15, 2024

Complete Blogging for Money Guide in 2024: Everything You Need to Know

in: Blogging Blogging Tips Guides Make Money Blogging

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We have already talked about what is a blog for those who don`t know it. Blogging is something that is I always enjoy, and it is my passion. Blogging for money is not just work, it makes me feel happy and boost my knowledge and confidence.

This made blogging my full-time professional career. After three continuous years of professional blogging, it becomes more and more exciting day by day.

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The Ultimate e-Book Guide!

in: Blog Promotion Blogging Blogging Tips eBooks Guides Writing Tips

Writing is an art and when it come to write an e-book, even the great writers can fail. Writing e-books take time, efforts, dedication, knowledge, skills of writing and promotional skills. Many get confused. Which is the correct one. ebook or e-book.

Well the correct one is e-book.

The same goes for email. Or should I say e-mail. Yes last one is the correct word.

Does e-books fascinate you?

I think most people are fascinated and want to know more.

Self published e-books are actually even better than the printed version. E-books started about the same time as the Internet started with it.

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Do you know the history of the e-book.?

You do?

Good thats great, but let me tell those who don't know about it.

It was invented in the year 1971. The man who invented e-book received an amount of $100 000 000 for his time spent on the computer.

It was in Illinois at the Materials Lab, yes their university. On the Xerox Sigma-5 mainframe. His name was Michael Hart.

But don't just assume wow that's a lot of money. He tried very hard to worthy of this money. He created the idea of e-books.

His words were "the greatest value created by computers would not be computing, but would be the storage, retrieval, and searching of what was stored in our libraries."

This was the start of a project known as Project Gutenberg.

This project now makes more than 50 000 e-books ready for free use.

Now after all this time it is very easy creating an e-book.

Just open your word processor, write transport digest your preferred format. And make it available for people.

Whether it is writers, marketers, bloggers, businesses. Yes let's face it, anyone that wants to read your content.

But to make sure of success you have to remember quality.

If it isn't quality then don't even try it. So lets deal with a questions you may have.

Is it ideal to write an e-book?

First thing to consider is it narrow enough.

The idea of e-books is a shortened version of a subject. It should be focused on one main thing.

That makes an e-book ideal. Creating an e-book that covers everything isn't as effective, unless you cant give the shortened version.

When you write an ebook it also help you to learn how to organize a research paper.

The idea of an e-book is a time limit.

Is the e-book favored for longer times.

As with most things in life. Things change and some become irrelevant.

Will your e-book last that long?
What about a topic that will stay for a longer period of time?

The good news about e-books is it can be updated as times changes.

But it is good to remember that changes should be kept to a bare minimum.

Not a complete change.

This way you can get new interest in your e-book.

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An example is if you have an e-book that you share if people subscribe to your posts, it is an effective and eye catching idea to say your e-book is updated as people may have been hesitant on subscribing because of an outdated version of your free e-book.

Do you have enough content material?

As I said earlier it is important to remember that an e-book shouldn't be too long. But there is the flip side to this.

Nothing worse than a very short e-book. So do you have enough material for your chosen topic?

What about a new fresh perspective, nothing quite ever competes with that.

Example say you want to write an e-book about Amazon.

It is pretty basic to most people.

We know that. But you have to find ways to make reading this e-book interesting.

So what can help you?

Helpful factors.

Remember to use words that is powerful to encourage conversion.
Remember there is a difference between fiction and non fiction.
Always a great idea to use keywords and remember to optimize e-book descriptions.
Make sure you know about the pros and cons of your e-book when comparing with other authors.
Do you know how to make your description in HTML stand out.
Be careful of giving away too much of your e-book description. Don't spoil it. It is meant to be a teaser that makes readers want to read.
If you can answer all this. You are ready to start your new e-book. Even if you have never written an e-book before.

But remember that you alone will know what you want to write about.

You alone know what to say as well and only you will know how much details you want to give.

Before starting to write.

Think about it, you don't want to start with no words.

As mentioned before an e-book shouldn't be to long, but also not to short. So how long is an e-book then? I guess it depends on your given topic.

Can range from 20 to 150 pages. Whether it is fiction vs non fiction.

Remember your audience.

Is the idea a quick e-book or will a longer e-book be acceptable.

Also where will you publish your e-book.

Only you have these answers.

If the idea is to use your e-book on your website.

Then you can make it as long as you prefer. You can use your own price or make it available for free.

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But if you want to use Amazon, as an example. It means it cant be given away for free.

Yes you will have to charge for your e-book.

This also means you have to consider the length of your e-book. If this is your preferred method it may be fine.

After all, you worked hard on your e-book. But for someone who wants to buy an e-book they consider the quality and length of your e-book.

For readers it about this one thing. If I can get the e-book for $4.99 and I can get the same type of e-book elsewhere for $0.99.

Then why pay more?

Many readers don't care about how long it took you, how hard it was. For them it is about the time they are spending and what they get in return for it.

If you don't give what they want.

You wont make sales on your e-book.

This is just something to keep in mind when you want to write your own e-book.

Choosing your topic.

Thats the wonderful thing about e-books. You can choose from most if not every topic. It is up to you. Yes, you're personal choice.

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Your own stuff in writing.

If it a topic that you know about. You have enough experience to write about it.

Then why not?

You have the knowledge, You share the knowledge.

What about a topic like How to master keywords research in just 7 days, By Gary Smith. Now Gary knows that some courses are done via video or a webinar.

But what does Gary use? PDF, So with this in mind it is an effective e-book.

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Why did Gaurav consider using e-book?

Students eager to learn can work at their own pace
Convenient times is always great for students, unlike a webinar.
Lots of screen shots can be used to help explaining and any given examples.
The format used is easily used by almost everyone.
Not forgetting that Gary used keyword research, which he shared with his audience, in such a way that they can benefit from it.

Or what do you do when there is already so many e-books about your area of expertise that your e-book wont even make any impact anywhere.

Then write about things you feel very passionate about.

Using someone else's stuff.

Now this a very dangerous area. Very tricky indeed.

Thats where words like plagiarism and copyright infringement comes in.

So don't consider this way. It is not advisable.

You can also use online plagiarism checker for college students for this.

The idea is when you want to use someone else's work. You want to make it yours.

Meaning you want to add more details. That you know the e-book can benefit from.

If the idea is to to generate leads then why not give away your e-book?

People love free stuff.

Free is such a good word to your audience.

But you have to remember that you have to promote your e-book.

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If you consider this free e-book give away on your website. You have to promote it.

So here is a few things you need to consider.

Building your mailing list.
If you want to generate leads this is an effective way. When email is used in marketing your site. It gives higher ROI than you would find in any other marketing channels.

And how does it work?

Just give away something that is free.

But you want their email address in return. Its direct. Its personal. Its effective.

Give away that e-book of yours.

After doing research Hubspot found that e-mails that offered something free had 2 times better responses than e-mails that offered webinars.

Which means you want your Call to action rate to improve. You just offer a free e-book.

Demonstrating and building your authority

If you are thinking about doing this. An e-book can help you build can help you in your preferred field. Especially if you are still working on getting stature.

Yes I know you can use Twitter ot your blog. But it wont last as long in social media changes.

But as we talked earlier your e-book should be able to stand the test of time. So your readers can always go back and use it as reference.

Which is why your e-book must have the best quality. So don't think about a fast and quick e-book.

Selling e-book.

You may do it just for the thrill of having your e-book sold. Or seeing your own page on Amazon. Many consider this a career.

Yes it is admitted that the publishing barrier is so low.

Many have successful stories from e-book writing. It can be that you just use Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing or any other platform and BAM you are a bestseller.

But not just that. A millionaire one week later. But if it was that easy.

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Don't get confused. Doing this as a career takes very hard work, diligence, work, talent, lots of patience, perseverance and much more.

But if you want to write a few helpful e-books and make it available then that low barrier is your friend.

So what platform should be used in publishing your e-book?

If you think about Amazon. Then why not? If you are going to use all your energy and time in creating a great e-book.

Then why not make sure it is available on the biggest sites for best selling e-books.

But if you feel you want to do it yourself. You can do that too.

Is it good to consider using an external platform. Yes, why not. Just be prepared to promote your e-book.

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Now what format should be used for your e-book?

There is many different formats for e-books. If you want to make sure it isn't only readable on computer it means you have to think of a variety of formats.

MS Word - It can be a good format. But doesn't mean you should. It can be seen as a backup? But Not really ideal.

PDF - PDF can be seen as a more convenient way for your readers. It is effective in design. So it is a better option

ePub - Now this is where we start using words like premium format. As it is XML-based. It can be used on more devices, like Kindle Fire, Apple iBooks, ePub via Kindle Direct Publishing, Sony Reader, Kobo Reader and more.

Mobi - It was made by a French company named MobiPocket, but when Amazon bought the company the format was moved to Amazon's Kindle.

This was a few examples of e-book formats that is available.

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Using e-book tool building

As we all know programs are released and improved to make the process of creating an e-book easier. But in honesty it is already easy.

You only need a few to make your e-book. Examples like Microsoft word, Calibre, Sigil, Kindle previewer, Scrivener.

Using Microsoft Word

If you want to write an e-book then it is without any doubt admitted that great features for building content. All that is needed is use the correct format.

Just the click of a few buttons and you are done.

But if you want ePub format? That is where Calibre comes in.

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Using Calibre

If you want to save as an ePub format. Then Calibre is ideal. It is free to download so its more convenient. It can convert Word docs to ePub.

All you need to do is use your Word document in Calibre, as a book then you can simply convert to ePub format.

You can edit your ePub. But not viewed as user friendly.

Which brings in Sigil.

Using Sigil

Its free. If you want to edit ePubs you will find its very easy.

If you did as mentioned before. (Converted your word doc to ePub using Calibre) Now you can open it with Sigil. It allows you to edit HTML.

You also get the advantage of split screen. With this feature you can see HTML and your text at the same time.

Convenient, isn't it?

Once you find you are happy with your ePub.

You can make it ready to be available to readers.

Either direct or what you choose as your distributing platform. But if you have a mobi file in mind.

Using Kindle previewer

It is actually neat. You can preview your e-book on different Kindle platforms before you upload.

Just open your ePub ot will be changed to a mobi file.

So it means you have an extra platform for your readers. This tool is free.

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Scrivener.

Now this is a different way of handling e-books.

Theres a course available to train on using it. Entire posts get made with Scrivener. It gives you word targets.

Also you can see word counts at a quick glance.

But this isn't free software. If you use the trail version there is a few that gives the usual 30 day trial.

But a word of advice.

Even though your ePub may look good in one format. It may look awful in another format.

So if you know HTML you are at an advantage.

So if you are someone that doesn't know HTML you should consider your book formatting being done professionally.

Using Photoshop

Remember that readers do judge a book by it's covers. So the fact is.

You need a great cover to make your e-book much more attractive to readers.

If you know how to use Photoshop. You can make awesome covers.

Canva

If you find that you are challenged in graphic designing.

You will adore using Canva. There is a variety of things that makes Canva great. it is free and has tons of templates.

Headers for Twitter, Covers for Facebook, infographics e-mail headers and lots more.

Also, there is lots of graphics that is free. But there is images that does cost, but even those aren't expensive.

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But if you are still wondering you can consider a professional cover. It is cost effective and lots of times it is already made.

But it also means the cover is exclusive.

So if someone buys it. No one else has the right to use it.

Distribution of your e-book.

If you are thinking of using PDF format then you have the benefit of using it on your site directly or by e-mail.

But of you are thinking of more formats then there is a few options available.

Dropbox may not be ideal but it works.

Because every file has its own link. This way you can just provide the link to your readers.

Whether it is used by e-mail, social media or your site. But there is down side with Dropbox.

Many readers find it difficult to load it onto their device, So you should give instructions beforehand on this.

Using e-mail to Kindle

With Kindle you can e-mail an e-book. All that is need for readers is to attach their preferred format(ePub , mobi) and send it to Kindle on the e-mail address given by Amazon.

Now to promoting your e-book

To see any results you have to promote your e-book.

No matter who you are, if you don't promote, you wont get readers for your e-book. So now there is a few options on promoting your e-book

Social Media is a very effective way of letting people know about your e=book. But don't just do it once.

Do it many times.

You can also market by e-mail. Let your subscribers know about the e-book.

Use your e-mail list to spread the word.

Consider Facebook ads. Truth is Facebook does have lots of potential. As it is your goal you will find it will generate leads.

Then there is Twitter ads. But make sure what you want before you pay any money.

Edit your e-book.
You have to realize there is nothing worse than typos or bad grammar. So make sure you edit your e-book before publishing it.

There is the option of doing it yourself. If you know you are good in writing and editing.

But if you aren't sure you can use a professional editor. But make sure to look around before hiring an editor.

Last thoughts:

There is no wrong or right way for writing an e-book. Nor is there an perfect way to publish your e-book.

The power is always in the publication.

What you write about and how you write. Your cover and your publish formats.

Your preferred platforms for publishing.

Yes it all plays a part. But the success depends on you.

This ultimate guide of ebook will help you to write and get your ebooks publish if you follow these tips.

If you still have any question, feel free to ask me via comments.

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April 08, 2024

Common Blogging Mistakes

in: Blogging Blogging Tips

Blogging is a passion. We are writing this article for newbie blogger, who just dreaming about being a billionaire within matter of days. We all do mistakes when we do things, and we should learn from those mistakes. Same way a newbie blogger also do mistakes but if you can learn from your mistake then your mistakes can be milestones to your success. Here we will see the list of blogging mistakes that newbie bloggers usually make.

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Common Blogging Mistakes To Avoid :

There are many mistakes that new bloggers make, some you can avoid but some till happen.

Lack of Knowledge

In 90% of cases a new blogger start blogging without the basic knowledge about blogging and the topic. I always recommend you to first get good knowledge of the topic on which you want to create a blog. If you do not have valuable and specific content then you blog can`t survive longer. Cover each and every single topic related to your niche, so when a visitor come on your blog, he find it useful and never go on anywhere else.

Damn Design

Newbie blogger have habit of adding more and more widgets, plugins and ads, which make your visitor suffer to see your content because it increase page load time of your blog. Blog should have neat and clean design, less ads and quick and awesome navigation. Do not mess up with the design of your blog.

If you want to make money from blog, then you should also be ready to make some investment. Buy premium theme, like Elegant theme for Wordpress.

Copying Content

This is the most common mistake that bloggers do by copying content of other sites without permission or without giving credit. People do not like to read same thing again and again which can be a big failure. It also bring you bad name. So to be a successful blogger, write content in your own way and in your own tone.

Lack Of Patience

Blogging is all bout patience and passion. It take time to create readership, get traffic, become a brand, have lots of fans etc. You want to have success, then you should have patience.

Blogging About Multiple Niche

I always prefer to work on niche blog as they are proved to be most profitable. If you keep lots of different topics like blogging, politics, supports etc together on one blog, then it make your readers confuse as the very next post they will find against their interest. So always Blog on one niche.

Create a good business plan, choose a niche, create a blog and work extensively on it.

Blogging Without Goal

If you have no goal, you can never get success. When people make goal mostly they decide to make money in millions. But I recommend when you start a new blog your first goal should be getting readership, as it is one of the most important part to get continuous traffic.

Without Basic SEO Knowledge

You want your site on first page of Google, but you don`t have knowledge of search engine optimization, then how will you do it. It help you to get traffic for blog from search engines and search engines help your old posts to get continuous traffic, You should focus on good SEO tips and learn basics which will help you to get your blog rank in Google.

Basic seo includes optimized post titles, search engine friendly posts, submitting sitemap, keywords, meta tags etc. You should learn how to do keyword research and How to do Keyword research and how to do On-page optimization of articles.

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Lack of Communication

If you can`t communicate with your readers, than you can`t make your blog a brand and also your visitors won`t turn into readers. It is needed that you keep communicating and helping your readers

Frequency of Updates

Many times I have seen new bloggers complain that they are not getting traffic and when i look on their blog I always found that they are not updating their blog regularly. if you don`t update your blog, you don`t give anything new to readers, they will never stick to your blog. We all like to know new things. So focus on writing for your readers. Ans always give them something new to read and discuss.

Bad English

English is the main part of your blog, until you not blogging in some other language. If you write blog in English, chances are that your blog get famous faster than blog of any other language. But when you write you have to focus on proper English, never make mistakes in writing words, create proper sentences and focus on grammar.

Grammatical Errors

Grammatical errors creates bad impression in your blog readers. We all want to give our readers something to remember, don`t make them remember your bad words.

Blogging Alone

"One and one can be Eleven". Same in Blogging if you blog alone you work hard and it took lot of efforts to promote. But when you blog with community, then you have a wide group of bloggers to read, give tips and suggestions, improve your blogging and promote your blog.

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Not Sharing Quality Experiences

People always love to read miracle and extraordinary things that have happened to you. Even I like to read what strange or wonderful happen to other bloggers or in their lives. These real life experiences also motivate people and they keep visiting your blog more. Blog about issues and how you fixed them share your achievements.

Overconfidence

"Overconfidence is killer of Great Mind" : Gaurav Kumar

I always love to learn, you never know when your worst friend can teach you best lesson. Always keep your mind open for new ideas and always appreciate everyone. Learn from everyone and it will help you keep improving. When we talk about Blogging, learning is very necessary to be a successful blogger.

Lack of Visual Media Presence

Images on your blog represents the topics of your post and also your blog. Use catchy images that are related to your blog. Never use copyright images and images always show what your post is all about. Also create video channels on Youtube, get more YouTube subscribers, create your own videos and start promoting.

Lack of Social Media Exposure

Social Media Is one of the most important factor of SEO for bloggers. It now only bring you lot of traffic but also help you build a large number of readership effectively. Facebook is the king of social networks, but still there are many other popular that you should use like Google Plus, twitter, etc. Use Social sharing buttons on your sites or blogs, as it will improve sharing of your pages which in turn improve your blog traffic.

Neglecting Backlinks

Backlinks from high authority sites are the best way to improve your blog`s Pagerank. Only focus on Dofollow backlinks from High quality sites. The best way to do it is by Guest posting.

Read: Importance of backlinks for your blog

Subscription option:

Give your visitors option to subscribe your blog. the more subscribers you have the more traffic you get easily.Use facebook, feedburner, Email subscription, twitter profile etc to give options to your readers to subscribe your blog in which way they feel comfortable.

Linking out

If you are linking to other sites, make sure that you are linking to authority sites. it will help you in terms of SEO.

Accepting spam comments:

Many new bloggers forget the importance of comments and keep accepting every comment they receive. This is not a good habit. You should avoid spam comments as they are bad for the reputation of your blog.

Benefits of Writing Guest Post

About page and contact page:

I always love to read about and contact page of every quality blog. An About me page help readers to know about the plot of the blog and contact page give them option to contact you directly. These both pages are necessary for a successful Blog.

Final Words:

So this is the list of common Blogging Mistakes. Blogging is a lifelong process of learning and sharing. Work for your reader, choose the topic of your interest, write with quality information and you will find that people start following you. I hope these Blogging mistakes help you to find out that what you should avoid doing. Learn from your own mistakes also. If you like this article, don`t forget to share on Twitter and Google plus. Happy Blogging!

Your WordPress Blog Crashed, Now What? 4 Steps to Take Right Away

in: Blogging Wordpress

The exact amounts of money and traffic you lose because of your website downtime depend on many factors. But judging by the stats coming from Forrester Research, Information Week, and other sources, the total losses will amount to ‘a lot’. Worst of all, having your WordPress blog crash will affect your credibility, especially if it happens often.

Joomla vs. WordPress

For a blogger, any black mark on their reputation can literally bury a career, so it’s essential to get your website back up right away and prevent the problem from happening again.

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The most important thing to do before you start looking for restore a WordPress blog after a crash is to set up a monitoring system that will alert you when this happens. This way you will be constantly aware of website’s condition and will be able to act on a moment’s notice. You can easily set up an alert using uptime monitoring programs like DownNotifier or Pingometer.

How to Restore a WordPress Blog After a Crash (and Prevent Future Problems)?

1. Find out if it’s a hosting problem

The crash is most likely caused by your hosting if:

You see an error page with your host’s branding.
The page times out or shows server error.
You get alert of a non-PHP error that you don’t understand (hosts might have error codes of their own).
You get a 500 or 404 error but the index.html, index.php, and home.html files are present in the website folder when you access it via FTP.
You get an Error Establishing Database Connection message or a blank page.

If that’s the case, contact your web hosting immediately. It’s common for bloggers to use shared servers, so problems like this might happen if you use an unreliable provider. If that’s the case and you aren’t satisfied with the support service you get, your first action after that should be to find a trustworthy budget hosting. There are many of providers like this and some of them even assist with moving your website.

2. Access the WordPress backend

If the issue isn’t caused by the hosting, the first step to restore a WordPress blog after a crash is to access the backend using the address example.com/wp-admin. Try to login there and if you succeed, backup all your important files before disabling all plugins and resetting the theme to WP default.

The vast majority of WordPress blog crashes are caused by plugins of themes. Usually, an updated version cannot integrate into your scheme, which brings the entire website down.

If you get a PHP error alert, look at the file paths listed. The problem plugin should be the first one. Rename it using FTP and reload your website a few times. Once it goes back online, you’ll be able to disable the faulty plugin and find a replacement.

Important Note:You’ll get a list of plugin errors the first time you visit the Plugins page after the website is back up. Make a screenshot immediately or copy it in any other way as there will be no other chance to see it. This is the list of deactivated plugins that you’ll need to get back up.

3. Update everything

If you’re lucky and the problem is caused by having one old plugin crashing the site after an update, the Update Everything route should fix all your troubles.

Be sure to have a backup before you start updating. You might need to do it manually, depending on how much of your website crashed.

4. Contact an expert

If it’s not a hosting issue and the methods listed above don’t help, contact an expert as soon as possible. There are many ways to restore a WordPress blog after a crash, but they will require understanding of code and inner workings of the platform. Without those, your attempts at fixing might only make the situation worse.

March 29, 2024

3 Best Ways to Improve Your Content for Maximum Benefits

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One of the oldest sayings in the world of blogging is “Content is the King.” But as it is too old, it has lost its significance. There is a new factor that will help brands and businesses to rank higher in SERP.

There was a time when even the sitemap was ranking in search results.

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At that time, the content was the most potent source to please search engines.

Even some people were re-purposing the oldest content and generating revenue from it.

But time has changed now.

With the advancement of Google algorithms and focus on the user, satisfaction has changed the Face of SEO.

Content is Not the King (Not Anymore):

Random content cannot rank in Google anymore.

Google algorithms like Panda is hitting hard the content moving around keywords.

Now the focus of Google is to rank the content that accurately pleases the user and satisfies his need.

Tip: Google is ranking content according to the level of user satisfaction.

So the new term “User satisfaction” has become the utmost priority.

But, you cannot satisfy the user without content.

This means now the content is the source that pleases the customer, and the customer is the king.

This is the time when of need to think of redesigning your content strategy.

Today, I am sharing the 3 most effective yet simple ways to improve content for maximum benefits.

Understand Your Target User:

Google ranks content according to what a user is interested in or what he wants to do.

To make sure that your page stays at the top position on the first page, you need to understand the goal of your visitors. Find out what they want to do and what their purpose is.

You may want to find out all the words and queries that the user is entering to find the best result.

Including such terms will help to boost the word count and create authoritative content.

Your focus should be on “What the user wants.”

Then list the words that will influence the user to find the article better than others.

Remember: When using LSI keywords or long-tail keywords, you should not ignore the importance of your readers.

Readers or visitors are more important than search engines.

Storytelling:

Add the art of storytelling in your content.

Blend creative content with memorable images to create highly engageable content.

Images, infographics, and videos will improve communication, increase social shares, and ranking in search engines.

Always write meaningful content and, at the same time, include useful images.

Your images should help the reader understand the material in a better way and should improve their experience.

Use images not to display keywords but to display solutions.

Your images should be showcasing steps or solutions.

To the Topic:

When writing content, do not get carried away.

No matter how small or big your topic is, it is essential to stick to the subject throughout your content.

This will keep the visitors engaged else; they will find it confusing to coop digest your content.

Also, add a call to action in your content.

A focused article increase authority easily and improve ranking quickly.

Final Words:

These are 3 of the most effective ways that I have discovered to improve my content.

You should also follow these to be better and rank your content by helping others.

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How To Drive Site Traffic With These Easy Steps?

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One of the most important assets any company can have is its website. It is your organization’s identity in the digital world and can have a direct impact on your company’s overall performance.

In general, the more people that see your website, the higher probability you will have of converting more people to become future customers.

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But how exactly can you do that? Especially when all your competitors are fighting for that top spot on search engine results!

This is where coming up with a game plan for driving more site traffic comes in handy. And it is not nearly as hard as you may have once thought.

In fact, with a bit of agency support, a systematic plan that supports your business goals, and some creativity, you will be able to break through the crowded digital landscape and get more people than ever before to visit your website!

To support you in your efforts, we have put together all the essential steps you should follow.

Conduct Keyword Research:

This one may seem pretty straightforward, but there is the real science behind selecting the right keywords for your SEO results.

This is often why it is best to engage an agency proficiently in the world of keywords and can develop an overarching strategy based on their research.

Your keywords should always be relevant to your content and fit in as naturally as possible.

The placement of your keywords is equally important, meaning you should be strategic about where they go—whether in the meta description or your opening paragraph.

If you do not engage in an agency, you should at least use online tools to research the keywords that other companies in your organization are using.

Other important components of keyword research include understanding the click-through cost for keywords and what does and does not work for other companies in your industry.

Produce Great Content:

Most people will reach your website through either content they find online or through a search engine.

But to inspire them to click through, you need to engage them first and make your content as memorable as possible.

Content that is deemed as both useful and insightful is often rewarded in SEO rankings.

So make sure that you create a blog section on your website and create posts relevant to your industry and the services or products you offer.

The other key to producing great content is the frequency in which you do it.

You want to make sure that you are frequently producing great content.

So do not just do one or two great blog posts; call it a day. Instead, create at least a dozen and then schedule them to get posted once a month, so your frequency remains consistent.

Be a Guest Writer:

Another great way to garner interest from potential consumers is by appearing on websites they already trust.

You can do this through a backlink in an article on their website. But do not just do this for any webpage.

Make sure that wherever you appear as a guest, it is in one way or another relevant to you and your business.

Activate Your Social Media:

Love it or hate it, social media is extremely important for generating more website traffic.

If you can get creative in how you engage and reach new audiences on social media, you can successfully get them to click through to your linked website as well.

Many consumers research a company’s social media page before deciding whether or not they want to make a purchase.

Keys for activating your social media include scheduling regular content, interacting with your audience, using relevant hashtags, having your website link in your bio, and sharing useful and insightful content!

Create Email Campaigns:

You will want to ensure that your email campaigns are simple, inspiring, and have all the correct links.

If you do it correctly, email campaigns can become one of your best friends in generating more website traffic.

It allows you to speak with potential consumers in a personalized way and entice them to click through.

It is also worthwhile to conduct a/b testing for email campaigns to garner insight for future campaigns on what tactics worked and didn’t work in generating more website leads.

Conclusion:

There are so many different ways to generate more traffic to your website.

With the support of an expert digital advertising agency helping you do this, you will see significant results!

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March 25, 2024

23 Step-by-Step Blogging Success! Complete Guide with +1 Bonus Tip

in: Blogger Blogging Blogging in Hindi Blogging Tips Guides Make Money Blogging Professional Blogger Tips

Blogging success is what makes a blogger stay in the blogging business for a long time. It is the push that a blogger needs during the hard times to stay strong and improve the blogging journey.

A blogger's life is full of ups and downs. Sometimes, it is because of decisions such as niche change, change in audience interest, domain change, or URL change. It can also happen because of algorithm updates, website errors, development issues, or even SEO mistakes.

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Every time you get stuck at any point or face some issue, you only have one thing to do, and that is to solve that issue.

To ensure that you are on the right way to becoming a successful blogger, you need to have a plan or follow the 23-step-by-step process.

Here is what you must do and follow to achieve blogging success.

23 Step-by-Step Blogging Success:

Step 1. Understand Blogging for Money

Do you want to become an A-list blogger?

If yes, then you need to understand the connection between blogging and money. How does blogging for money work? How does a blog attract money and clients? What you should do to attract more clients?

These are a few of the questions that you must answer before or during your blogging journey.

As a full-time blogger, I know that I need to make more money and invest more resources to be successful.

And, to make more money, the blog should appeal not only to my audience but also to my clients.

The blog that attracts the maximum target audience can easily attract a maximum number of clients and money.

For this purpose, you must think of an excellent blogging that is profitable for you and your clients.

You need a complete blog business plan for success.

Step 2. History of blogging

To earn blogging success, you need to understand its origin. I have compiled all the Blogging historical events in this infographic. Click the image to open the full infographic.

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Blogging was born in 1990. Till now, blogging has seen many changes. From a personal journal, it became a full-time career option.

Step 3. Understand Cost to Start a Blog

What is the cost of launching a blog?

Every business has a cost. Blogging is also an online business. Where you spend money to launch a blog and promote it. You also invest a lot of time.

But for many, money is always the topic to talk about.

The cost to launch a blog depends upon many factors, such as:

Type of domain name (General/Premium)
Type of web hosting (Free/Paid)
Type of Blog Template (free/paid)

You can launch a blog for free with free domain and hosting. But you have to face the limitations of that platform. Blogger is the best example of a free web hosting platform.

Those who would like to invest in blogging should start a blog on the WordPress Platform. WordPress is the best platform to launch a blog because of the customization, control, and plugins. But you have to spend money to buy a custom domain, web hosting, premium WordPress theme, etc.

A premium blog with customization can cost you between $100-$1000.

Now that you have decided to launch a blog, here are the things that you need to choose before launching your theme.

Step 4. Choose a Profitable Niche?

Success of your blog largely depends upon the niche and your interest in that niche.

First, you need to choose a profitable niche to earn money from it.

Second, you must have interest in that niche. If you choose a profitable blog niche, yet you do not have interest in that, then you cannot turn that blog into success.

Here is the list of most profitable blogging niche that you should choose.

After deciding the blog niche, next you need to choose the custom domain name.

Step 5.Choose a Reliable Web Hosting?

Premium or paid web hosting is always more reliable than free web hosting services. Your web hosting is also important for the SEO of your blog.

There are many premium yet cheap web hosting service providers available, such as:

BlueHost
Hostgator
Cloudways
BigRock
Hostinger
SiteGround
Dreamhost
A2Hosting

There are different web hosting plans, such as:

Shared Hosting
Dedicated Hosting
VPS hosting

In the beginning, you can start with a shared hosting plan and later move to VPS or Dedicated hosting.

Click here to understand the difference between Shared and dedicated hosting.

Most of the times, you get a free domain with web hosting plan. If not then you can buy domain from reliable domain service provider.

Step 6.Choose a Custom Domain Name?

The custom domain name is a domain name that you get when you pay the annual fee.

To choose a domain name, you need to take care of many things.

Here is the complete Domain Name guide that will help you select the best custom domain name for successful blogging.

When choosing a domain name, always take note of these tips:

Choose a blog name that is easy to remember.
Choose a domain name up to 3 words.
Always choose a top-level domain extension. (.com, .net, .org, etc.)

Buy a domain name from reliable domain service providers such as GoDaddy, NameCheap, etc.

You can also get a free domain name with hosting from services like Bluehost, Hostgator, etc.

After getting the domain, you should choose a web hosting.

Once you buy a hosting and domain name, the next job is to connect domain name with hosting. You can do it buy pointing your nameservers to web hosting servers.

Step 7. Choose a Premium WordPress Blog Theme?

Your blog design is an essential factor in making your Blog successful. Buy a premium WordPress theme from a Premium Theme Club.

Your blog theme must have the following elements:

Responsive
Load Faster
Matches Core Web Vital Scores
SEO Friendly
Easy Navigation

If you want to use Adsense on your Blog, then you should buy an Adsense Optimized WordPress theme.

Now that you have a niche, domain, and hosting, it is time to launch a blog.

Step 8. Launch Your Blog in 5 Minutes

Upload your theme on WordPress hosting to make the design go live.

There are many other important things that you need to cover at this point, such as:

There are thousands of WordPress plugins available for every job. But you do not need all of them. Only install the necessary for your WordPress blog.

AI is making it easy for you to create a WordPress Blog.

Now, you can create a WordPress blog in 60 seconds with Astra Starter Templates With ZipWP AI Website builder.

Step 9. Create About Us Page

Now, you are ready to create important pages such as:

About Us or About Me page
Contact Us
Disclaimer
Privacy Policy

Important pages contain important information about your blog and business. You need to optimize these pages and make them accessible to all.

After creating essential pages, you are close to writing a blog post. But it would help if you did not do that.

First, do some research.

Step 10. Keyword Research

Keyword research is vital in the blogging business. Research blogging topics and keywords.

Make an Excel sheet to note down the list of topics you want to cover on your blog.

On the next sheet, add essential keywords in front of the topic.

To find relevant keywords, you can use many keyword research tools, such as:

When using keywords in your blog post, always avoid Keyword Stuffing and Keyword Cannibalization.

You can also improve your keyword research with geo-targeting.

Now, you have the list of topics and related keywords. It is the time to write your first blog post.

Step 11. Write First Blog Post?

Writing your first blog post is one of the most important jobs of a blogger.

It is your blog post that attracts visitors to your blog and establishes your authority in the niche.

Here are the tips for writing amazing blogs on any niche:

Use keywords in the heading, title, and blog post.

Here is how to avoid keyword stuffing:

Use keyword density tool
Use Long Tail Keywords
Use user queries.

After writing the blog post, you should proofread it. If you are not an expert, then you can either hire an expert blog writer or a professional proofreader.

After completing the above steps you are ready to hit the "Publish" button.

Step 12. Create Social Media Profiles

The next thing after publishing the blog post is to attract visitors. In the beginning, when no one knows about your blog, the easiest way to attract visitors is by sharing your articles on social media sites.

Here are the most popular social networks where you should share your blog posts:

Facebook
X (Formerly Known as Twitter)
LinkedIn
Pinterest
Digg
YouTube
Medium
Reddit
Instagram
TikTok
Snapchat
Quora

Not only that, but you should also use SEO strategies to promote your blog. In the following steps, you will learn different tips.

Also, add social media buttons on your blog. Make it easy for visitors to share your content.

Step 13. Social Bookmarking Sites with DA/PA

Now, you are ready to share your blog posts on different sites for better exposure.

Social bookmarking sites are the sites where you can easily share your blog posts.

Here are some of the popular sites such as:

You can also use free social bookmarking software to automate the process.

Step 14. Blog Commenting Sites

You should also comment on popular blogs. It will help you build connections with other bloggers.

Write valuable comments on other blogs. It will inspire others to visit your blog and improve your blog traffic. You may also earn backlinks in the process.

Here is the tips to improve your blog comments.

Step 15. Free Blog directories submission

When sharing blog posts in different directories, focus on relevant, and targeted directories. With blog directory submission you will also earn free relevant backlinks.

Step 16. Free Press Release Submission Sites

Submit your press release on relevant press release submission sites to earn backlinks.

Step 17. Submit Sitemap to Search Engines

You should submit a sitemap to search engines to make it easy for them to index your latest blog posts. Crawling and indexing are essential to rank your articles in search results.

Step 18. Search Engine Submission Sites

Check the list of search engine submission sites to submit your blogs easily on websites.

Step 19. Create Android App in one minute

Make an Android App for your blog to make it available for Android users.

There are two ways to get an Android app for your blog:

There are sites that help you make a free Android app in just one minute.

Step 20. App Submission Sites

Submit your Android app on multiple websites to increase the number of downloads. The more people download your app, the more visitors you will have on a regular basis.

Step 21. Monetize Your Blog

Now, as you are promoting your blog post and start getting traffic. it is the time to monetize your blog.

There are many ways you can monetize your blog. But to be successful, you should choose a method that does not annoy your readers.

Step 22. Boost Email Subscribers

Building an email list is one of the must-do jobs for a blogger. Email subscribers become your local audience. They share their email id and name.

In return, they get notifications about new and vital posts. Share announcements with your email subscribers.

Step 23. Make Money with eMail Subscribers

You can also make money with your email subscribers. For this purpose, you need to divide your audience based on their interests.

Now, pitch the product, service, or ideas to the relevant audience, and it will generate sales.

Step 24. Search Engine Optimization

Optimize your blog posts to rank them in search results.

How to Improve Blogging SEO:

Conclusion:

Follow these 24 steps to turn your blog into a brand. These will help your blog grow its traffic, subscribers, social shares, and revenue.

If you still have any questions, ask me.

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