Blogging Tips - Part 2

Professional Blogging Resources

SEO, SMM, And Link Building Resources

There are many search engine optimization, social media marketing, and link building tools available. Some are maintained more often than others. This is a short list of the blogging tools that I use on a consistent basis. I will be adding more soon.

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Search Engine Optimization Tools

You can never have enough sources of free search engine optimization tools. Each of these sites have giant libraries of useful SEO tools.

Keyword and Competitive Analysis Tools

Successfully, building blogs, breaking into new niches, developing competitive strategies all hinge on how well you understand the market or niche. What are the keywords for the niche, which are competitive keywords and which are longtail. Who is your competition? How can you be more competitive with them? These tools will make keyword and competitive analysis easier. They will make your blogging life easier.

Link Building Tools

Webmaster Tools

Webmaster tools are like SEO tools you can never have enough resources for them.

Firefox SEO And Social Media Extensions

There are literally hundreds of SEO and social media extensions for Firefox. Unfortunately many of them are not regularly updated. The Firefox extensions listed here seem to be updated on a regular basis.

Visualization Tools

Visualization tools track clicks and movements of readers through out your site. The end result is the creation of a heat map or similar visualization of reader activity. All the tools listed here have a free subscription service.

Blogging Internet Forums

These are some of the best places on the Internet to learn about blogging and to meet like minded bloggers. Networking with other bloggers is key to becoming a successful blogger.

How to Become A Successful Blogger

12 Reasons To Start A Local Niche Blog

February 10, 2008 | 6 Comments »

Many bloggers concentrate on as wide an audience as possible. The more the potential readers there are the more the greater the potential for success. Creating a blog focusing on a local niche is often over looked because local niches are viewed as having to small a pool of readers. Local niche blogs have huge potential. If money alone is not a motivating factor here are 12 other reasons why you should start a local niche blog and tap into an ignored market.

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10 Rules For Creating Killer Link Posts

February 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The link post is the most widely used type of blog post. It is also often the most abused type of post as well. Just slapping links on a post page with little or no commentary is does not satisfy your readers motivations for subscribing to your blog. . Follow these ten rules for creating killer link posts. And, you will create link posts that your readers will love. Fulfill their motivations for reading your blog by creating link posts they will feel satisfied reading.

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Your Ultimate Digg Resource

February 10, 2008 | 5 Comments »

This is a resource post containing over 50 articles about Digg, written by some of the best social media marketers. Understanding how to successfully participate in sites like Digg is key to a successful blog. Not knowing the pitfalls of participation can have unintended negative consequences.

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Your Ultimate StumbleUpon Resource

February 10, 2008 | 16 Comments »

StumbleUpon is by far the best social media site for gaining exposure for your blog. But, like all other social media sites there is a learning curve for successfully participating. This is a resource guide containing over 70 articles covering different aspects of participating in StumbleUpon. Read these articles and you will know how to avoid the pitfalls and learn how to be successful with StumbleUpon. Adding value through your participation is key to your success.