Melanie Saxton

MARCH 7, 2023

As an author myself, as well as a book editor, ghostwriter, and literary marketer, I’m not sure how I could reach local, national, and international clients without the power of a WordPress blog! As a content creator and SEO writer, I populate my author clients’ WordPress sites with keyword-rich, optimized pages and blog posts.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 10, 2010

On the other hand, if your blog posts are getting ignored, it’s likely that you are solving your own problems and not your readers. Now think of five posts that you can write for each of those problems. Sit back and look at your list of 55 blog posts. That looks like a solid editorial calendar for 2011, doesn’t it?

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Content Powered

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The average length of a good blog post seems to be increasing every year. Back in 2011, when Google released Panda and changed content marketing forever, blog posts ranged from 300 words to maybe 1,000 from a particularly ambitious marketer. So how long should it take to write one of these blog posts?

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ProBlogger

JUNE 10, 2012

This guest post is by Stephen Pepper of Youth Workin’ It. There are so many articles out there on how you can come up with new blog post ideas, but do any of the suggestions actually work? After an hour, we had over 100 new blog posts ideas. Let these frustrations become passionate posts.

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ProBlogger

MAY 11, 2011

So, if you’re ready to put your news out there, here’s some basic steps to re-writing your blog post into a press release. To get started, take a newsworthy blog post and…. Unlike most blog posts, it’s not commentary, a how-to guide or a numbered list. 31, 2011) – [First sentence starts here.]”.

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Content Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Brand marketers will be completely replaced by an AI algorithm that will generate four blog posts, two infographics, a white paper, and a weekly podcast that starts with, ‘Hey guys, I’m soooo excited for this week’s episode.’ – Ron Tite , CEO, Church+State. @AllisonWert Click To Tweet.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 20, 2011

Blog posts that attract comments. Another rockin' post from Men With Pens! Copyright 2006 – 2011, All Rights Reserved. You’re in business. You’re supposed to change lives. People are plunking down money for this – they want results. They want web copy that sells. Design that gets attention. Courses that teach them.

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Contently

MARCH 14, 2023

How Featured Snippets Help Readers and Your Rankings When you come across a word or phrase that needs some explanation, that’s an excellent opportunity to land your blog post in Google’s featured snippets section. A featured snippet may also answer a common question that many people search for answers to.

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Copywriter Collective

AUGUST 20, 2024

Look: In 2011, I placed product-defining and short-term keywords in my texts and used those keywords as anchors for backlinks. Say I write a blog post about cars. about the number of specific keywords you place in your article. With that in mind, SEO writers change the approach to choosing and placing target keywords in content.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 26, 2011

Think of the half-written blog posts you won’t finish. Another rockin' post from Men with Pens! first appeared on Men with Pens Copyright 2006 - 2011, All Rights Reserved. Some hang on out of a sense of frugality, to save money… which costs them on several levels. And some have emotional attachments.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 25, 2012

That means you’re looking for a topic that: You can cover in 3,000 – 4,500 words (around six blog posts in length). Tip: If you find that a particular point needs lots of research, it might be best as a blog post or even a separate ebook.). Use bullet points and bold text, just like you would in a blog post.

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Content Marketing Institute

OCTOBER 26, 2018

million blog posts per month. With other CMS platforms contributing new content, the volume of new material added to the web each day now exceeds 2 million posts. They will also name you in a blog post on their site or in a guest post for a major media outlet, and they may include your link.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 23, 2011

Being a writer isn’t just about knowing how to construct a great sentence or how to format a blog post so that readers can engage easily. She blogs over at Aliventures : if you want to get more writing done, start with her post How to Write Thousands of Words Every Single Week. Another rockin' post from Men with Pens!

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Men With Pens

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

And of course, if you’re failing at your blog right now and want to get better, this blog post from Men with Pens is going to rescue you. When she’s not working on her books or her blog, she’s often thinking in a Starbucks cafe and socializing with people on Twitter. Another rockin' post from Men with Pens!

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Introduction On 8 December 2008, I published my first blog post on www.TheCreativePenn.com. I left my job to become a full-time author entrepreneur in 2011 and I’ve changed my business model several times over the years as technology, new service providers, and a growing market have expanded our options as indie authors.

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Neil Patel

JANUARY 7, 2021

If you own rights to intellectual material, it’s against Google’s terms of service for someone else to take that information and post it on their site. This policy can apply to some of the following: Plagiarized blog posts Copyrighted business processes Product information and data Patented products and services.

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Buffer

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The ones I’ve seen used most often to track content performance are: Page views This is usually the biggest traffic number — the number of times a landing page or blog post on your site has been viewed. In 2014, we published 422 articles — eight blog posts a week! It was (and is!)

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

After all, the advice made sense: Have a blogging schedule, and stick to it. Write blog posts and publish them according to this rigid schedule and provide readers with a steady stream of constant blog posts. Think about it: When you first sign up to receive new blog posts, you’re excited. Dependable.

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Content Marketing Institute

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

In 2011, it raised over $6 million to study the landscape of how to create “human-free stories” (such an oxymoron to say). Please note: All tools included in our blog posts are suggested by authors, not the CMI editorial team. No one post can provide all relevant tools in the space. In 2013, it raised another $11.5

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Smart Blogger

JUNE 17, 2024

Granted, some of those “Medium” searches could be for the TV show of the same name that starred Patricia Arquette from 2005 through 2011. You write a short blog post. Searching for guest blogging opportunities on Twitter follows a similar routine: Type “guest post”, “guest blog post”, “guest article”, etc.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 22, 2012

Here’s what you need to do: Write a blog post about why writing is important to you and your business. Write one blog post article of at least 450 words on why writing is important to you and how better writing skills would change your business or your life. Link to www.damnfinewords.com once in your post.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 6, 2011

A business owner writes a blog post admitting being nearly broke, facing bankruptcy, having no clients and basically going under… And they support the person. Just throw up a blog post about how you’re struggling hard to make ends meet, and offer a huge sale, discount your services, beg for clients, or post a donation button.

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Neil Patel

APRIL 3, 2023

In fact, this has been known since Google’s announcement in 2011 , and their reiteration of this as a ranking factor in 2020. We’ll also share relevant data we’ve collected on refreshing content from our very own blog, as well as 14 benefits you may receive as a result of updating your old content. (and Let’s break this down.

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Content Marketing Institute

JUNE 27, 2018

Since its 2011 launch, Scoop.it! Please note: All tools included in our blog posts are suggested by authors, not the CMI editorial team. No one post can provide all relevant tools in the space. @AaronOrendorff #tools Click To Tweet. If you’re unfamiliar, Scoop.it! When you’re on Scoop.it!,

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Further Resources on How Procrastination Stopped Me Writing a Million Dollar Blog Post. How to Start a Blog. 10 Surefire Ways to Overcome Blogging Procrastination. At the end of 2010, I hadn’t done it and I came to write my goals for 2011 and actually found this in another notebook.

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Content Hacker

OCTOBER 25, 2022

When I started what was to be my content marketing journey in 2011, I had NO idea what kind of explosive growth was in store. Websites with 400+ blog posts receive more than 2x the traffic of blogs with 301-400 posts. This is from a Hubspot study in 2015 of over 13,000 blogs. Incredible, right?!

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 3, 2025

I often cite my first arriving in India in 2011 as the reason I wanted to write. Someone who's like me in 2011, in the back of that taxi, totally overwhelmed, tasked with finding a missing person in this city that they've never been to. When I left my original consulting job in 2011, I took a massive pay cut. Luke: Thank you.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 21, 2011

His latest published tool for world domination is GhostBloggers.net - An online marketplace where you can buy and sell unique blog posts. Another rockin' post from Men with Pens! How to Measure Your Success first appeared on Men with Pens Copyright 2006 - 2011, All Rights Reserved. Want to keep up with him?

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 8, 2012

Here’s what you need to do: Write a blog post about why writing is important to you. Write one blog post article of at least 450 words on why writing is important to you and how better writing skills would change your business or your life. Link to www.damnfinewords.com once in your post.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 9, 2012

He constantly strives to enhance his creativity and enjoys writing blog posts like this so he can remember to do things like sleep and eat. Another rockin' post from Men with Pens! How to Supercharge Your Writing by Changing Up Your Personal Life first appeared on Men with Pens Copyright 2006 - 2011, All Rights Reserved.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Once I helped edit a small business owner’s first blog post. All it took was her sending out a tweet saying how nervous she was about sending off her first guest post. I offered to edit the post, and she took me up on my offer. Another rockin' post from Men with Pens! I edited it and then we both forgot about it.

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Men With Pens

MAY 14, 2012

It’s been even longer since you’ve actually ENJOYED writing a post. Writing a blog post shouldn’t take days. And there are fun, easy writing techniques that can help you feel inspired, motivated and even electrified to blog. One good blog post? Another rockin' post from Men with Pens!

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Copywriter Collective

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Quality long form content One of my first blog posts was 106 words. SEO traffic is often 50% of the attention for a blog post. Over half this blogs traffic comes from organic search. This leading to the rising trend of blog posts and articles that are sponsored. No visuals and no sub-titles.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 9, 2013

Here’s how to enter the contest: Write a blog post about why writing is important to you and your success. Write one blog post or article of at least 450 words on why writing is important to you and how better writing skills would change your business. Another rockin' post from Men with Pens!

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Men With Pens

AUGUST 26, 2012

When I read the blog posts I wrote pre-Damn Fine Words, I’m surprised. Post by Claiborne Ashby Claiborne Ashby (also known as Clay) is a copywriter and web content writer focused on green and environmental companies. Another rockin' post from Men with Pens! What was I trying to say?

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Men With Pens

AUGUST 23, 2011

That blog post might earn you a new book to read in peace. Another rockin' post from Men with Pens! How to Fuel Your Motivation with Your Values first appeared on Men with Pens Copyright 2006 - 2011, All Rights Reserved. And you’ll find that fire you need to fuel you up. And that project you just won?

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 30, 2011

If you are after more variety, I’ve included links to other round-ups at the end of this post. Do you know of someone that has really stood out in 2011? Let us know in the comments, or create and link to your own list post. 2011 was the year he spent working hard, and getting attention. Maria Popova.

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