Blogging: 5 Ways You’re Doing it Wrong!!!

Are you blogging and not receiving traffic, social shares and conversions? Be aware of the five mistakes bloggers and businesses make below:

#1 Your Writing is Impersonal

Your blog is not meant to be a college research paper, dissertation or some long and arduous manual, bogged down with industrial jargon. Be yourself! Let your personality shine through by writing as you would speak. This establishes that you are a person and not a programmed robot or mindless drone, regurgitating statistics and facts that can be found on Wikipedia. Be creative and use emotions including: humor, compassion and empathy in your writing, when applicable. These techniques will make your blog posts more personable; engaging further reading and repeat visitors.

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11 Answers to Why WordPress?

WordPress is currently the leading software available for bloggers. It is free, well-designed and easy to navigate through. Due to it’s rapidly growing popularity, tens of thousands of web developers have produced themes and plugins that work with WordPress, many of which are completely free to the user. If your business or eCommerce site runs on another platform, you should still opt to utilize WordPress as your blogging software and here’s why:

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Blog Big or Go Home

Blogging is the foundation of your content marketing business plan. Therefore, it is imperative that you understand how to captivate the attention of your audience and keep them coming back for more. Here are 14 tips that will help get you on your road to success:

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How Do I Find My Topic?

When writing content for your blog, it can become overwhelming at times regarding the subject of topic. For example, if you are an eCommerce site selling Blue Widgets and need to produce 8 on-site articles monthly (to drive traffic to your site and engage prospective customers to make a purchase), how do you curate content to talk about the blue widgets without becoming repetitive and boring? Let’s take a look at 3 ways to help you find the right topic:

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