If you're good at writing then you can become a freelance writer and make money out of it. But if you're totally new to freelancing then you may be confused…
Link building is the process of building inbound links (also known as incoming links or backlinks) to your website. And post Google Panda and Penguin Updates it’s all about increasing the quality and not the quantity of your backlinks.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Link Building Strategies are changing after every Google Algorithmic updates. For instance, after Google Penguin, SEOs were focusing on Guest Blogging and then Google’s Matt Cutts wrote on his personal blog that Guest Blogging is done.
Link Building
I published a blog post about the various link building strategies after the first Google Penguin update. But as Google began to push more algorithmic updates everything SEO began to change and now it’s all about user experience. So the new definition of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) could be User Experience Optimization (UXO).
Social media has grown a lot over the past few years and is still exploding like never before. And that exactly is the reason why marketers are allocating more budget for search engine and social media marketing campaigns.
Social media marketing is the process of gaining website traffic or attention through social networks.
If you already have a strong SEO strategy then integrating social media with your existing campaigns will yield the best results.
101+ Social Media Resources, Tips, Strategies & Tools
The purpose of this social media handbook is to curate some of the best social media marketing resources for you. And if you are also looking for more internet marketing resources then check out my other marketing handbooks.
Social Media Marketing
So, here is a list of some of the best social media resources --- for bloggers, marketers, and everyone else --- that I have collected over the past several months.
Content marketing is everywhere and it's actually the new SEO (sort of). And that exactly is the reason why internet startups are spending a lot of money on content marketing…
If you've been following Minterest for some time, you might have noticed that I haven't published any blog posts related to "Email Marketing" till date. The primary reason is that I do not have a newsletter... yet. In fact, I do not like email marketing, as I consider 90% of the email marketers are spamming (including the so-called marketing gurus).
Email Marketing
But it's also true that email marketing is more important now than ever. It's like we live in a new era of Email Marketing 2.0. That exactly is the reason why your favorite blogs and websites are too keen to collect your email so that they can add you to their email list. Email is the best way to communicate directly with the customers because 91% of Internet users check their email at least once a day.
Email marketing moves the conversation about your business to a more personal environment – the in-box. — Copyblogger
Let's say you're a blogger and is starting a new business. So in that case you can send an email to all your readers and say about your new venture and can even offer something valuable that regular customers won't get.
There are a ton of web hosting companies on the web and countless web hosting comparisons, reviews, coupons and deals of those hosting companies also exists. And almost all of the bloggers recommends at least one web hosting company of their choice.
The problem is, the web hosting provider recommended by 'Blogger A' could be the worst rated hosting company by 'Blogger B' or vice versa. Again, a good percentage of the bloggers or the "best web hosting reviews and ratings" are biased.
For instance, HostGator.com is among the Top 10 Web Hosting Companies (actually at #2) by PC Magazine in 2015 and its Editor Rating is EXCELLENT(Screenshot) --- when it's easily one of the worst rated host in 2015.
And recently I noticed that an 'award-winning' blogger was promoting a Black Friday deal of a web hosting company that he otherwise loved to hate. Then again, there are bloggers who is hosting their website with 'Host A' but they are promoting 'Host B'. You know why? Affiliate commissions. Period.
Web Hosting: Everything (Almost) You Need To Know
Today, I just wanted to give you my personal perspective about "web hosting". And no, I'm neither going to write an individual review of a host nor going to recommend a specific host.
Instead, my goal is to discuss several aspects of web hosting plus compare some of the most popular web hosting companies (with a price comparison chart). I believe you can choose a web hosting plan by yourself once you go through the entire article.
I have organized the article into different sections to make it more readable and here you go:
What You Need To Know About... --- Click To Scroll
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is evolving. And the good thing is... you no longer need a ton of backlinks to rank higher on search engines. In fact, all the Google algorithmic updates that happened over the past several years were to filter out low-quality websites.
For instance, there was an algorithmic update to penalize content farms and websites that were engaged in spamming. And there was another update to penalize web pages with slow loading speed or one with lot of ads.
Here is a comprehensive list of SEO resources that I have collected over the past several years. I have made sure that only the best resources that are comprehensive and simple to understand remain in this list. And to make it easier to consume I have organized all the resources into the following categories and sub-categories.
There are a ton of web hosting companies on the web and countless web hosting comparisons, reviews, coupons and deals of those hosting companies also exists. And almost all of the bloggers recommends at least one web hosting company of their choice.
The problem is, the web hosting provider recommended by 'Blogger A' could be the worst rated hosting company by 'Blogger B' or vice versa. Again, a good percentage of the bloggers or the "best web hosting reviews and ratings" are biased.
For instance, HostGator.com is among the Top 10 Web Hosting Companies (actually at #2) by PC Magazine in 2015 and its Editor Rating is EXCELLENT (Screenshot) --- when it's easily one of the worst rated host in 2015.
And recently I noticed that an 'award-winning' blogger was promoting a Black Friday deal of a web hosting company that he otherwise loved to hate. Then again, there are bloggers who is hosting their website with 'Host A' but they are promoting 'Host B'. You know why? Affiliate commissions. Period.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is evolving. And the good thing is... you no longer need a ton of backlinks to rank higher on search engines. In fact, all the Google algorithmic updates that happened over the past several years were to filter out low-quality websites.
For instance, there was an algorithmic update to penalize content farms and websites that were engaged in spamming. And there was another update to penalize web pages with slow loading speed or one with lot of ads.
Here is a comprehensive list of SEO resources that I have collected over the past several years. I have made sure that only the best resources that are comprehensive and simple to understand remain in this list. And to make it easier to consume I have organized all the resources into the following categories and sub-categories.