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Writing the Perfect SEO-Friendly Blog Post

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

angelina jolieFirst let’s define perfect. There’s Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Appetite for Destruction by Guns ‘n’ Roses and of course Tiger Woods.

In the organic search marketing world, perfect would be someone searching for something they need, spotting it in Google and coming to your page without skipping a beat.

Today we’ll show you how to:

  1. optimize your blog post until it’s as close to perfect as plastic surgery.
  2. use Wordpress to make your life easier.
  3. measure and refine your page’s glorious perfectitude using a powerful online tool.

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25 Tweetworthy Wordpress Articles Found On Twitter

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

twitter logo tA quick search on Twitter revealed these Wordpress articles that people are sharing right now.

Twitter is a great resource for digging into the current thinking of online communities – and finding the best blog content.

The number of times some of these posts were re-tweeted is quite surprising. Clearly, there’s some great writing in here.

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How to Build a Travel Website with Wordpress Themes

Monday, July 13th, 2009

passport stampIf you want to build a travel website then we’ve got a treat for you tonight. Gorilla Themes have just released their latest version of the Traveler Wordpress Theme. This allows you to get a travel blog or site up and running with hardly any effort or expense.

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A to Z of Wordpress Facts

Monday, July 13th, 2009

A to Z of Wordpress FactsLove Wordpress but not sure if you know as much as you should? Our A to Z contains the 26 things every blogger should know about the world’s greatest blogging platform.

Know nothing about Wordpress?

If you’ve heard all the buzz about Wordpress, but don’t want to wade through reams of web pages and tutorials to understand it better, then kick back and read our little list of Wordpress Facts and you’ll be up to speed before you can say:

“What’s the difference between Wordpress and a blind chicken walking naked through McDonalds?”

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5 Beautiful Wordpress Themes for Building a News Blog

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Wordpress Themes for News BlogsWant to build a news site? Like writing commentary on current events? News and magazine websites are a big part of how we discover and transfer information. In the past, only the major news networks and media giants could afford to create an online news destination, but now, with the advent of blogging coupled with the professional design of Wordpress News Themes, anyone can create a news site all by themselves.

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10 Funniest Moments in Wimbledon Tennis History – A Blogging Exercise

Sunday, July 5th, 2009

wimbledon-greatest-mcenroeJohn McEnroe is one of the world’s greatest complainers and his eruptions are the stuff of legend. Earlier in the week we walked you through building WimbleTube.com – a video blog about Wimbledon Tennis. Today we list the Top 10 funnies from the All England Club, including of course, the effervescent Mr. John McEnroe.

Typically with this type of blog post, we’d just reel off a list of x salient points. Today though we’re going to do a little more and add some more videos to the WimbleTube.com video blog based on this concept, and we’ll walk you through why creating a list post is a great idea.

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2 Simple Ways to Promote Your Blog – How Many People Have You Slept With?

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

sexual-partnersWhen you start a new pro blog or business website, it can take a while before your SEO efforts begin to pay off. Taking advantage of social knock-on effects (a mathematical look at viral marketing) can help give you a kick start.

that chart in the doctors office … a basic pyramid scheme where if you’ve been with 10 people … you’ve actually slept with 428,000

So what can I do before my SEO strategy takes effect?

Building a long term SEO strategy involves the creation of a solid base of content and some smart link building. While you do this, there are 2 simple techniques you can use to bring traffic to your blog, right from day 1.

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What is a Pro Blog?

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

What is a Pro Wordpress Blog?We received a question yesterday from one of our One Night Site users. Chances are there are others out there with the same question, so as part of our Ask a Pro service we’re going to share the answers with you here.

What is a Pro Blog? And what are the benefits of building one?

I’ll answer the question in 2 parts.

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14 Kick-Ass Wordpress Plugins to Make Your Photo Blog Rock

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

photo-pluginsPhotography blogs are probably in the top 3 most popular category when it comes to building a blog. Some people use services like Flickr for their photos, but nothing says professional more than having your own personal photo site. We’ll show you how to make the most of the photo plugins for Wordpress on your blog.

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How to Build a Pro Video Blog in One Night – WimbleTube.com

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

wimbletube.com was built in one night using the WooTube Wordpress themeToday’s post is a case study to show One Night Site in action. As the Wimbledon Tennis Championships are running right now, I thought it appropriate to combine timely content with our example.

Over the course of this article, we’ll create a professional video blog using Wordpress, while following the 14 steps. I’ll put a timestamp beside each step to show the ongoing timeline (although it’ll be delayed a little because I’m writing at the same time). If you want to set up a video website or blog like YouTube then this case study should be useful for you.

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