I’ve been a freelance writer since 1993. Last year, I started to do SEO writing, and my days have changed tremendously. Following is an account of a day in my life of an SEO content writer.
SEO Writing: The Daily Rundown
7:00 am -9:00 am: I set my alarm to get up at this time now because I’m not a morning person. “Before SEO,” as I’ve come to think of it, I would climb out of bed sometime between 7:30 and 9:30 am.
I never used to get up by an alarm…
Do you have a blog?
You don’t?
Then what the h-e-doublehockeystick are you doing hanging around a site called “Blogging Tips?” Oh, you are planning to start a blog soon. Really? How long have you been planning that? About as long as you have been dreaming about what the your name will look like on the cover of your first novel. Forget about the fact that you haven’t even written a line of dialogue.
If you are reading about blogging, then you should be a blogger. There is absolutely no justifiable reason why…
If you happen to be the type of blogger who finds that one blog just isn’t enough, you could be juggling several blogs that demand constant feeding. Here are some tips on multitasking for multiple blogs.
Create a Blogging Schedule
This can be crucial. If you just post on whichever blog whenever the mood strikes, you may find that a blog or two gets neglected. That’s especially true if you, like many bloggers, do your blogging on top of a full time job and/or raising children.
Be sure to create a blogging schedule,…
Having a clear idea of who the ideal reader is for your blog’s content might be just what you need to take your blog up a notch. If your blog is new, I know you might be thinking I’ll take anybody I can get! But hear me out. Read through the whole post, and then decide for yourself if you think the idea has merit. It works for me, and I think it can work for you, too. What’s the secret? I’ve created a Profile of my ideal reader.
Demographics
In business and…
Happy New Year! Okay, I know it’s a bit late, but I missed last week due to illness and I didn’t want to miss spreading the cheer. Did you make resolutions? Have you broken them yet?
I don’t believe in new year’s resolutions. I prefer to consider establishing new habits. That way I’m looking at ways I can improve by adding things to my life rather than focusing on negatives that I want to remove. Sort of a “glass is half full” way of improving myself.
Anyway, last July I quit smoking…
