Category Archives: Blogging

Think Before Posting that Blog Article

Some people use controversy to draw attention to themselves and their blogs.  People love scandal and controversy.  Controversy can drive major traffic to your website.  There are even times when a blogger will unintentionally spark controversy that can result in a pile of unwanted attention. As a blogger, image is important.  You build a reputation from what you write about.  People will associate you with … Continue reading

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Becoming a Better Blogger

How do you distinguish yourself from the thousands of other bloggers online?  Everyone is looking for an angle and putting their spin on many of the same old topics but there are some having more success than others. Why are some bloggers successful and others struggling? Becoming a better blogger isn’t necessarily about having a gimmick nor is it about getting lucky.  It is about … Continue reading

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SEO Strategies for New Websites

Are you about to launch a new website and are wondering about some SEO strategies to use?  If you’re like many site owners you have your site online before giving any real thought about optimization. Everyday thousands of websites come alive.  Each new site brings new competition and often it’s the search engine optimization strategy employed that determines its success or failure. You have a … Continue reading

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Alexa Ranking Update

A few weeks back I started an experiment to increase my Alexa ranking here at Barry Wheeler – Blogging for Success after reading a thread on one of the internet marketing discussion forums. The original poster of the thread was concerned in not seeing an increase in their Alexa ranking.  Several others were commenting that the only way to increase the ranking was to get … Continue reading

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Blog Post Ideas

If you’ve landed here you’re probably looking for blog post ideas? Every blogger strikes writers block and struggles coming up with new ideas for writing.  Having an original post idea can be challenging and there are days when putting the pen to paper is extremely difficult. How do you overcome the inability to find new blog post ideas? For me there are some days when … Continue reading

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Marketing Your Blog with Guest Posts

An often overlooked portion of blogging is the marketing aspect.  Blogging isn’t just about writing content and hoping people find out about you.  If you are a serious blogger it’s like any other business venture and has to be promoted and marketed to be successful. Part of this involves networking with other bloggers as well as with your readers and there is no better way … Continue reading

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How to Increase Your Alexa Ranking

Are you fixated on increasing your Alexa ranking? Many bloggers are because Alexa is one of the metrics advertisers often use to measure the success of a website.  The higher the ranking for your site, the better perceived your site is in their eyes.  This could potentially mean more money for you from some advertising programs. Alexa is considered a highly unreliable metric with respect to … Continue reading

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5 More Tips for Beginning Bloggers

When it comes to blogging and building my online revenue stream I was a little late to the game.  Fortunately there were many successful bloggers readily providing information on how to build a successful blog. Rather than initially accepting what these gurus were saying I started doing my own thing and learning from trial and error.  I wanted to do things my way which ended … Continue reading

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Start Blogging by Focusing on Small Niches

Do you really care what I had for supper last night?  Are you really interested in where I went on vacation?  Many people get their start blogging by developing personal sites.  They wander through a variety of themes and topics of personal interest.  Novice bloggers want to accomplish everything with one site, write on a variety of topics and capitalize on every possible revenue stream … Continue reading

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Tips for Improving Your Blog and Engaging your Readers

Are you looking to improve you0r blog?  Are you looking at ways to engage your readers? Why not do both by having your readers suggest ways you can improve things or what they would like to see available on your blog? It’s a novel idea that has the potential to pay major social dividends for you. Barry WheelerBarry Wheeler is a blogger, novice SEO, geek … Continue reading

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