You’re in excellent company when using WordPress as your tool to publish content on the web: from famous bloggers to news sites such as Bloomberg Professional, TechCrunch; celebrities such as The Rolling Stones and Katy Perry; and websites for famous brands such as Disney, Microsoft and the Whitehouse.gov. And if you’re curious about just which other famous personalities and brands are … Read More
How to get your WordPress website to appear in Google Answer Box
The advent of Google’s Answer Box aims to provide users with an immediate full answer to their search query. This coveted spot on top of Google’s Search Engine Results Page can, according to Advance Web Ranking, cause the top-ranking result to drop to a CTR (click through rate) somewhere between a 15% and 20% CTR, compared to a CTR of … Read More
Top 5 ways to monetise your WordPress Site
Your WordPress blog or website can be used in a variety of ways: from providing strategic content for your visitors, serving as a means of optimising your site through WordPress SEO to providing an additional means of revenue. We take a look at the top 5 effective strategies for monetising your WordPress Blog and website. Affiliate Marketing Affiliate marketing can … Read More
8 WordPress SEO best Practices
While many people think that WordPress is SEO friendly by default, there are a number of steps required to maximise your WordPress SEO opportunities. We take a look at WordPress SEO best practices to help your website and web pages rank on Google Search Results Pages (SERPs). 1 – Tags and Categories in WordPress When adding your blog content on … Read More
11 of the most popular types of blog on the internet
So, you’ve decided to start blogging. Great. We also get it that you may be faced with the decision of the kind of blog you want to write, asking yourself what are the most popular blogs out there? And while there are many blogs on the web covering different industries, interests and experiences, you need to create a blog on … Read More
8 key pages to include in your WordPress Blog
A blog site provides an ideal place to enable your visitor to connect further with your brand and blog content. If you are a new blogger on the block, these pages can help you provide more information about who you are, establishing a meaningful context for your writing. We take a look at the 7 key pages to include in … Read More
6 key things to consider when choosing the best WordPress theme for your site
A search on the web for the best WordPress theme for your brand will bring a multitude of different options. In fact, according to codeinwp with a 50 -60% share of the global CMS market, WordPress has reigned as the most popular CMS for the last 7 years. However, with all this information and options, as a beginner, you may … Read More
Why we stopped using premium themes for WordPress projects
Commercial WordPress themes or premium themes were once considered the gold standard. These themes made WordPress web designers lives much easier by allowing them to create great looking websites for customers rather quickly. So why on earth have we stopped using premium themes? Let me start by saying that I am in no way bashing the premium theme market or … Read More
5 secrets to writing an irresistible introduction for your blog
Anxious about the first sentence of your blog? As marketing genius Seth Godin says, “I define anxiety as experiencing failure in advance.” In other words, give yourself (and your blog a chance) before getting stuck in the doom and gloom of worrying about your writing and creating self-fulfilling prophecies in the process. The introduction to any piece of writing sets … Read More
5 strategies to create a great headline for SEO and your audience
Think of a newspaper headline – enticing the masses to buy the paper and read further, acting as a teaser which invites you to find out more information. Titles can be used effectively to generate emotional affiliations, resonance with a particular subject and just plain curiosity, tempting your reader to read further. We take a look at 5 key elements … Read More