Top 24 Bloggers and Their Blogging Tips – Infographic

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On : 8/30/2015

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What is something all bloggers love? Blogging tips. What do bloggers hate about blogging tips? Every blogger on the blog sphere has some tip or the other to offer. What does this mean to you? Well it’s like watching an awesome sitcom – you just have to keep watching episode after episode, year after year. The blogging tips may be good but you have to keep weeding out the junk or time gobblers.

So what is the solution? You need expert blogging tips that are hand-picked. Even the expert blogging tips take time to read, what if the tips are in an elegant infographic that is like an awesome painting? Now you are talking…
Buckle up, enjoy the fun ride and check out this Infographic on YourEscapeFrom9to5.com which lists 24 Blogging Tips by 24 of the top bloggers in the world. The panel of experts include Adam Connell, Amit Shaw, Amy Lynn Andrews, Ammar Ali, Ana Hoffman, Brian Clark, Chris Brogan, Corbett Barr, Daniel Scocco, Darren Rowse, Glen Allsopp, Ileane Smith, Jane Sheeba, Jeff Goins, John Chow, Kiesha Easley, Neil Patel, Pat Flynn, Rand Fishkin, Sue Anne Dunlevie, Yaro Starak, Ramsay Taplin, Rob Cubbon and our very own Zac Johnson; who are at the top of the blogging food chain. One tip from each of these experts make up this epic list of blogging tips.

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1. Adam Connell – Provide Additional Content to Get More Social Sharing or for Subscribing

There are plenty of blogs and websites that provide free eBooks for signing up. How can you stand out from the crowd? Provide premium content of course. The advantage of providing additional content like checklists or PDFs are:

• These can be updated easily unlike some eBooks that rarely get updated.
• You can ask viewers to socially share your blog post to get access to the premium content specific to a post. You can see examples of this in Adam’ site.

When you start out the premium content area will be small but it can grow over time and become a huge library. BloggingWizard.com

2. Amit Shaw – Your SEO Rankings May Suffer with the Wrong Web Host

We all know website speed depends a lot on the web host. A slow website or blog may lose search engine rankings because of a slow web host as Google now takes load time into consideration when ranking pages. It is important to select your web host with this important SEO consideration in mind. Choose a host that is fast, reliable and provides good up-time. iTechCode.com

3. Amy Lynn Andrews – Use a Tool to Manage Your Usernames and Passwords in a Central Location

Use online tools like LastPass or 1Password to store your login credentials all in one place. Your online journey will open many doors and you need to keep all your keys safe. AmyLynnAndrews.com

4. Ammar Ali – Host a Contest or Provide a Giveaway

You can promote your contest or giveaway and build traffic to your site or even collect email subscribers. Contest ideas could be to provide free hosting, a theme, a plugin or even advertising space on your blog. Contests are a great way to promote a brand and increase awareness. Hopefully the participants get something useful at the end of the contest. AllBloggingTips.com

5. Ana Hoffman – Find Your Own Voice and Personality

A voiceless blog is a useless blog as it does not have personality or unique voice. Use your voice and tone to stand out from the crowd. Don’t be afraid to put forward your opinion. The worst that could happen is someone may leave a negative comment. Take heart, this person read your post and you always have control over which comments to approve. TrafficGenerationCafe.com

6. Brian Clark – Begin with the End Goal

Imagine starting a road trip, can you get to your destination without defining it first?  The same is true with a blog. You need to have an idea of what the end goal is. Is blogging a hobby or do you want an income? What is your first goal? What is the end goal? These are questions only you can answer. CopyBlogger.com

7. Chris Brogan – Your Reader’s Time is Precious

Do not waste your viewer’s time. Post only time worthy content. Link out to the best content and not with an attempt to get a link back. Keep it short and get to the point. ChrisBrogan.com

8. Corbett Bar – Plan Your Content on a Weekly Basis

Set aside some time every week to think and plan your content. Write down topics and directions for each piece of content. Each piece of content should be treated like a small piece of the puzzle. All the pieces put together should tell a story. Fizzle.co

9. Daniel Scocco – Grab Viewers Attention with the Intro

Write an awesome intro to get engagement and attention up front. If your intro sucks your content will sink. Did you know most visitors to a website just scan through? If you have an awesome intro you can turn the scanners into readers. Having an eye catching image when the page loads will also help the scanners take note. Dailyblogtips.com

10. Darren Rowse – Spend 90% of Your Time Doing and 10% of Your Time Learning

New bloggers focus on creating and marketing their content. They tend to forget or postpone learning. If you don’t learn then you are not going to get ahead. In other words spend some time each and every week on learning. This not only applies to new bloggers, it also applies to bloggers who have been in the game for some time. You don’t want to become extinct, do you? ProBlogger.net

11. Glen Allsopp – Target the Busy Bees and Give Them Bite Sized Content

The majority of people are busy and they do not have time to read a 6,000 word articles. They want something quick and actionable. Why not target this kind of busy group of people? Think about the fast lanes in the freeway, fast checkout at the super market or even fast food. You can use images and Infographics to catch this group’s attention. Whom do you think this Infographic is targeted at? ViperChill.com

12. Ileane Smith – Create a Number of Articles on the Same Subject

Ileane is NOT talking about spinning the blog post into multiple posts. She is talking about creating a series of posts. This gives you the chance to dig deep on a topic and demolish it. You can create a series of 3 or 5 posts, build up anticipation and promote the series of posts. You can build up to the last post of the series and create excitement. BasicBlogTips.com

13. Jane Sheeba – Your Sales Page Should be Accessible from Any Page

Jane is NOT referring to selling in every page, she is merely saying your sales page should not be hidden. If you are wanting to make money with your blog your website visitors have to get to the sales page. Make sure you don’t overdo it but make it visible. ProBloggingSuccess.com

14. Jeff Goins – Create Posts that are Not Complete and Ask Readers to Complete It

This is the quick fire combination of user engagement and guest blogging. Beware the story can go in any direction but you do have some control as you are in charge of approving content and comments. GoinsWriter.com

15. John Chow – Find and Use a Plugin that Displays Related Articles

A plugin that displays your internal related posts is the best internal linking and cross promotional tool you could have in your blog. When viewers get to a post from the various traffic sources they may not read your other posts. When you show related posts you are significantly increasing the chances of them sticking around. You can also display your most popular posts. JohnChow.com

16. Kiesha Easley – “White Space is Sexy in Blog Design.”

“Don’t clutter it by using every widget under the sun.” Well said Kiesha. This also applies to ads on you site as well. Make sure your blog is not cluttered and has a good amount of white space. WeBlogBetter.com

17. Neil Patel – Always Publish Posts between Mondays and Thursdays

Avoid Fridays and Weekends as these days generally have about 15% to 20% decrease in traffic and social sharing. Test what works for you. If you are getting the most traffic for articles published on Friday so be it. QuickSprout.com

18. Patt Flynn – Create a Get Started Page and Showcase Your Unique Selling Proposition

Most new bloggers start with an ‘About’ page and then straight into content mode. Anyone wanting to know about your site needs a starting place. This page is not about you rather it’s about the viewers. Provide some details as to why your site is different or unique among the many blogs in your niche. SmartPassiveIncome.com

19. Rand Fishkin – A Title that Makes People Click is More Valuable than One with Many Keywords

Your objective is to get people to click on the title so they consume your content. The whole content cycle starts with a click. If there is no click then there is no action, no tweets, no comments etc. Moz.com

20. Sue Anne Dunlevie – Network with Fellow Bloggers

Your content’s visibility depends on your network. The bigger the network the more the reach. It may be daunting to approach fellow bloggers especially if they are authority bloggers. Go to them with a WOW piece of content. Do not send them each and every piece of content you produce; they did not sign up to your mailing list. Make sure you value their time and your WOW content will get attention. You can also reach out to upcoming bloggers and not just authority bloggers. SuccessfulBlogging.com

21. Yaro Starak – Use Author Bio Box to Call for Action

Even if you are the only author in your blog you can still have a call to action like sign-up to my mailing list or follow me on twitter. The call to action is even more important if you are guest blogging in an authoritative site. The author bio is very powerful as it is prominent in every page of content you produce. It makes a final reminder to the viewers to take action. Entrepreneurs-Journey.com

22. Ramsay Taplin aka Blog Tyrant – Send People who Comment for the First Time to a Thank You Page

The thank you page can have a list of your popular pages and an email opt-in form. Another tip from the Blog Tyrant is to use a plugin so people who leave a comment get notified via email. The default WordPress feature for this sucks big time so better use a plugin for this.
BlogTyrant.com

23. Rob Cubbon – Generate Content Ideas and Promote Your Content to LinkedIn Groups

LinkedIn is an underutilised source for both traffic and ideas. LinkedIn also has a large pool of talented professionals, so tap into their wisdom and leverage the groups they hang out in. RobCubbon.com

24. Zac Johnson – Run Your Blog Like a Business

If you intend on making money with your blog then it is a business. A business needs time and money upfront. It will also have down times. Record you income and expenses and keep an eye on the bottom line. The expenses can run wildly and add up if not kept under check. Blogging.org
To cook like a chef we need to follow their recipe. Similarly to blog like a pro we need to follow their tips and tricks. Regardless of how many tips you read if you don’t use them, then you will be invisible in the ever so crowded blog hemisphere. So take action and create a list of tasks that need addressing in your blog. Keep an eye on performance when implementing the tips as some have performance impacts. The tips are not one size fit all so choose wisely and pick what is relevant for you. Don’t put it off as later never happens. Take one tip at a time then aim and shoot, reload and keep going.
Keep the spirit of blogging alive and happy blogging!
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