Since I slacked on my roundup last week, you're getting two this week. They're not even identical. Lots of great content about blogging this which I think you'll appreciate as these entries will give you a really good idea about blogging. You will learn about some basic rules to consider before starting a blog, what America's most famous CEO can teach us about blogging and how to write web content for both humans and search engines. Good stuff. Happy Friday.
15 Things to know before starting your blog
Neil Patel runs a pretty famous blog called QuickSprout, and he's also a very nice guy. This week he enlightens readers about the things he wishes he had known before starting a blog. Here they are:
Don’t blog about news
Pick a niche
Pick a big niche
Be passionate
Don’t burn yourself out
Make money
Don’t spend too much on a design
Have a unique design
Write detailed content
Respond to every commentor
Build relationships with other bloggers
Pick the right blogging platform
Don’t write for Digg
Tell your story
It’s not about you
What Jack Welch can teach us about blogging
Two people I admire greatly are Brian Clark (Copyblogger.com) and Jack Welch (Former CEO of GE), both for different reasons. This week one of Brian's writers wrote about what Jack Welch can teach us about being a successful blogger. Good stuff. Read on.
Writing content for humans and search engines
Here's a great article about the topic of writing SEO content for both humans and search engines. With the ever increasing importance of search engines, you'd be a fool to publish web content without thinking about the implications on your search engine rankings. But you need to make sure that, most and foremost, the content is useful to humans. Here's a good article on the topic.