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Category Archives: Blogging
Is “Blog” Declining in Search Popularity?
In the podcast shared below, WordPress Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy talks about a question she gets all the time: “What are we going to do about the fact […]
Can You Take the Summer off from Blogging?
There’s a lot packed into “summer.” That one word is bursting with floral shorts, cold glasses of lemonade, fireflies blipping in the darkness, white sands and tropical beaches, cars brimming […]
Top 5 Rules for Choosing Bloggers
We know how it is. You had a blog built into your website because you really expected to write a blog post each day. Maybe you even wrote a post […]
Blog Post Popularity
A client recently asked about blog post popularity at her website. She’s a hands-on client, and often suggests topics for us to write at her blog. Yet she continues to […]
Sort of Blogging
Regular blogging, whether you use that term or not, is a reliable key to successful content marketing. Create several high-quality articles every week and over time you will show up […]
The Content Bubble
There’s been talk lately about the Content Bubble — the problem of excessive content on the internet. I’m inclined to agree. I think that removing all the spammy websites and […]
The Abandoned Blog
See if this sounds familiar: you read, heard, and/or decided that all companies need a blog, so you included a blog when you had your website built. You wrote every […]
Blogging for Your Medical Practice
Blogging is an excellent tool for your medical practice. It’s terrific for patient education, it builds authority for your practice, and it does more for SEO than anything else you […]
Accessible Coronavirus Information
The internet is now the top source of medical information for Americans. Coronavirus is the top healthcare issue searched online. There’s a huge amount of misinformation about COVID-19 online. These […]
How to Pay Your Blogger
Many years ago at a conference, I gave a talk about blogging and a blogger asked, “How do you get money for blogging?” “I send out invoices,” I cheerfully explained. […]
Blogging vs. Social Media
Blogging used to be social media, back before we had social media. Copyblogger argued that it should continue to be considered part of the social media arsenal for some good […]
Should You Be Blogging about COVID-19?
Healthcare websites are talking about COVID-19, of course. News sites are doing so, too. But if you’re in a different industry, you might be wondering whether your blog should be […]
How Long Does Blogging Take?
Regular blogging is the single most effective SEO tactic. It increases traffic to your website, helps you establish thought leadership, and lets you show up for an essentially unlimited number […]
The Blog Posts Nobody Reads
50,811 people have read the blog post on Bunsen Burner Day at our lab site, FreshPlans. 21,725 have read the post on Jack and the Beanstalk lesson plans, and 16,729 […]