Improving Your Blog’s Status Using Infographic Tools

December 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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The Internet is getting more popular by the minute. Because of its popularity millions of people are creating blogs as a hobby and a way to supplement their income. Many college students are starting their own blog in hopes of earning extra money while in school. Students spend a lot of money on commuting back and forth, textbooks and food, and that extra income is helpful.

Now blog owners are looking for ways to increase their search engine rankings by using Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Many people often struggle with learning SEO and tracking how well their blog is doing.

It’s beneficial to anyone with a blog or website to use cool infographic tools to track their blog’s traffic. Thanks to these cool infographic tools you can fix any of the text or content on your blog to significantly improve your ranking on search engines. Anyone looking to make a good living off his or her blog will want to take advantage of that.

Study your Keywords

Keep an eye on the keywords you’re using in your blog. There are programs that allow you to highlight your usage on the keywords and keyword frequency. Infographic tools will analyze your keywords so you can see what keywords work and what keywords don’t. It’s important to make sure the keywords you’re using are relevant to the type of blogs you’re writing.

Examine your Content

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Now that you’ve studied your keywords, the next step is to take a look at your keyword placement in your content. By using infographic tools for SEO purposes, you’re able to see your blogs the same way the search engine would. This is beneficial because it allows you to improve your keywords if you need to.

Find Related Words

You can use infographics tools to find related words in your content. These are two similar words that show up in a phrase together. You will also get the option to hide words like “to be.” Doing this lets you quickly see your dominant words that you’ve used in your content. Fix your content until the dominant words are your keywords.

Many people are turning to the Internet to earn an extra income. The biggest problem they face is learning how to really make money using different SEO techniques. By utilizing what cool infographics can do, anyone can quickly and easily boost their blog’s search engine rankings.

Like with college, it’s a matter of studying keywords, examining your content and making changes when needed to improve your ranking.

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Conducting an audience analysis before writing

July 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Example of how to capture different Audience T...

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Writers need to understand their audience before even attempting to write something. Audience analysis might sound frivolous and often a bit over-rated. But audience analysis is an important component of the writing process. It simplifies a writer’s objective on writing an informatory article.

What is audience analysis? Audience analysis is analyzing the tastes and preferences of a target audience to which the writer is writing for. It includes a set of parameters on which the writer will base the article on. The article’s writing style, information design, and presentation will depend on the results derived from the audience analysis.

Here’s how to perform an audience analysis.

Classify the audience

Who is the audience? Are they doctors, lawyers, truckers, chemists, hustlers…?

Knowledge

How much does the audience know about the subject? Are they totally unaware about the subject or do they have an intermediate knowledge on it? Or are they experts on the subject?

Demographics

What is the average age group of the audience? Where are most of them located? Which language do most of them speak? What food and clothing do they wear? How educated are they?

Interest

Why do I need to write for them? How can this help them? How will they help themselves with this? Do they even need this?

Medium

How do they read information? Do they read online, on print, or do they read at all?

Objectives

What is the expectation of the audience from the information you are writing for them.

Tailoring

How would I need to customize the content to meet their needs?

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Reading is feeding. Why reading is a writer?s fodder.

July 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Many writers do not read. Yet they are writers. It is quite surprising. You might have heard plenty of stories of writers who have not even read a full book in their lives. The reasons for this are many.

Writers are by nature imaginative. Another writer’s imagination might invoke awe in a non-writer’s mind, but it might not do the same for a writer. Because it might seem ordinary. It’s almost like saying why Michael Jordan might consider a slam dunk by another basket-baller a normal thing, while it is awe-inspiring for the spectator.Certain writers also feel that reading the works of other writers might destroy their original writing style.

Most writers want to think originally. But this is wishful thinking. Although there are writers who are original in their writing approach, most writers in the world work on inspiration. In most cases, knowingly or unknowingly, it is another writer’s work.

Reading is a writer’s fodder. When a writer reads a variety of information and a variety of books from various authors, a writer will not be influenced by anyone. A common mistake writer’s make is when they become loyal to only one medium of information, and one author. They do not seem to like many information sources, or read many books from many authors.

To become a better writer, writers need to feed themselves with various influences. There is no harm in doing so. The only harm will be to not get exposed to what other writers are writing. This would be akin to living like a lone hermit in fool’s paradise.

 

 

 

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Making your Blog Post more Research Focused

June 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment

No one can deny that the blogosphere is becoming increasingly crowded and competitive as each day passes.

Blogging is now a lucrative career for many people and a great career-starter for others. With new bloggers adding their voices to the blogosphere each day, how can you be sure your voice gets heard? One way is to make your blog posts well-researched so your readers trust your authoritative voice.

Here are some ways to make your blog post more research focused.

Use Your Credentials and Personal Experience

You started your blog because you had something to say about the subject. What makes you eligible to write about that topic? Make sure you have your credentials clearly listed on your blog. People are more likely to listen to a food writer who was classically trained in a culinary program or a photography blogger who regularly shoots for magazines.

Have you been published on your subject?

Do you have applicable education or life experience?

Incorporate it into your blog.

Well-researched posts don’t have to rely on book knowledge or scholarly articles. Your personal experience is just as important and it’s nice to have a mix of the two. Feel free to share personal experience, advice, anecdotes, or opinions. This will let your readers know that you not only know about your topic, but you’ve experienced it too.

Don’t be Afraid of Research

Don’t think of research as a dull afternoon in a dark library with a stack of dusty books. “Research” doesn’t mean ten-page term papers and dry, lifeless writing. It means learning about your topic. Though your local library is likely stocked with books about your blog topic, there are plenty of online research tools that allow you to access a world of research and references without ever leaving home. Better yet, online research tools let you quickly access the most current information available.

Use Pictures, Graphs, Charts, and Illustrations

Online readers despise giant walls of text. Break it up a little with pictorial illustrations. As an added benefit, images can make you seem even more credible and well-read. Don’t throw in off-topic charts just to make your posts look better, however; make sure your images have just as much to say on the topic as you do. When you’re adding images make sure you’re following laws and not accidentally ‘stealing’ photos.

Get Out and Do Your Own Research

If you can’t find any research about your intended topic, don’t give up. Take an active stand and do the legwork yourself. Create surveys to poll public opinion. Get out and interview people in your field or your community. Doing your own research will prove to your readers that you’re actively involved and interested in your chosen topic – you’re not just regurgitating the research of others.

Research is one of the best ways to generate new ideas for blog posts. What are your favorite go-to research tools?

Focusing on research is a great way to gain new readers to your blog. How will you boost your blog’s ratings with research techniques?

 

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