Grading the Content Quality of Your Blog

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Chris Barber in blogging, copywriting, seo No Comments

If you asked 10 SEO experts what it took to get a website to rank well in search engines 9 of them will probably tell you great content. If you’ve been researching for a while you’re probably tired of hearing it. Even Google themselves consistently suggest creating “great content” and a spesific technique frequently mentioning is writing blog posts. Defining what makes high-quality blog content is difficult tasks, but we decided to give it a shot anyway… This is content that has limited intentions. Typically the creation of this content took little to no effort and is placed on a [...]

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Case Study: See Our Very Own Website Analytics

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Chris Barber in blogging, copywriting, Inbound Marketing, optimization, promotion, seo, Social Media No Comments

At Blog Hands we practice what we preach. How can we expect anyone else to believe in our process if we don’t? Just like what we offer our clients, our strategy starts with blog post writing and promotion… what better way to show you our process works than showing you our very own website analytics… Our Non-Branded Organic Search Traffic: We’re happy to report that our organic search engine traffic is up 998% over last year and continues to climb. Our Obstacles Like any internet marketing campaign there are some kinks in this graph, but if you do things right [...]

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Why Your Affiliate Site Needs a Blog with Great Content

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Chris Barber in blogging No Comments

Many people have built successful affiliate sites that bring in a secondary or even a primary income. Affiliate sites are one of the most simple types of online businesses to set up, and the Internet is full of advice about how to do just that. But not everyone is successful. In fact, the vast majority of people who start out with an affiliate site end up giving it up and not making money. The primary reason that affiliate sites fail is a lack of traffic, especially relevant traffic. And the best way to generate relevant traffic to an affiliate site [...]

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Overcome Writers Block with These Blog Writing Ideas

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Chris Barber in blogging, copywriting No Comments

Over the past year we shared some of the ways we come up ideas for our blog posts. From basic everyday ways we brainstorm ideas to more complex ways like using various tools to target what works for your competition. Based on the response we received from these posts we’ll continue to share our ideas with you. Here are out top 4 from the year… Get Ideas From Your Competitors Analyzing what’s working for others is one of our favorite ways to identify blog topics. It helps you identify what’s already working. Don’t overuse this technique because you may end up losing your [...]

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Where to Get Free Images for Your Blog Posts

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Chris Barber in blogging, optimization 4 Comments

Not every good writer or blogger is also a photographer. As a blogger, you’ve probably seen some beautiful blogs that have stunning original photography and wondered whether you should go out and take a photography class. While that is certainly a fine idea, there are other, quicker ways to get great images for your blog. Good images are important, because readers are immediately engaged when they see a good visual. You may not have to take photos, or even pay for them, but don’t forego images simply because you don’t know where to look for them. Free Image Resources There [...]

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Why Companies (and CEOs) Should Blog

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Chris Barber in blogging, Guest Post 4 Comments

This is a guest post from the new Norwegian edition of The CEO Magazine, if you’d like to know more about next month’s issue, check them out online for a preview of what’s inside. Blogging is a form of communication through a website where an individual or group of individuals create news posts, sometimes once a day or several times a day, about any topic. Blogging has evolved over the years, allowing many people to have a platform to voice their thoughts on the day or on news. In addition, blogs allow for comments from website visitors. These user comments [...]

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Blogging with My New Chromebook

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Chris Barber in journal 4 Comments

I got a Samsung Chromebook a week ago today and so far I say hallelujah! Okay, maybe that was a bit over the top, but so far I like it. I’ve been an advocate for netbooks even during its decline due to the popularity of tablets and have been steadfast in my advocacy. I use 3 different computers on a daily basis which has lead me to use cloud services that make my transition from computer to computer easy. This is why my transition to a Chromebook hasn’t felt that disruptive to my everyday computer usage. Lots of Power, Little [...]

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12 of the Very Best Places to Promote Your Content

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Chris Barber in Inbound Marketing, promotion 1 Comment

If you’ve had a website for a while you’ve probably created some videos, infographics, slide shows, whitepapers or other form of rich content. Placing that content on your website is great, but if you’re site doesn’t have a large audience it might never get seen. By promoting that content in the right channels you can get it in front of eager eyeballs. Below I’ve selected what I think are the very best sites to promote your content. These choices were made based on the search visibility of the site, the size of their active community and the potential of referral [...]

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