Karan Singhal

3 Ways To Engage Your Blog Community

These days, offering your readers an immersive experience is just as important as answering their questions.

Actually, many bloggers think that as long as you provide information, you’re writing engaging content, while in reality, these things are two completely different aspects of providing awesome content.

Engaging content is all about interest.

Case Study: What A Single YOUmoz Guest Post Has Gotten Me

If you don’t already know, on June 30, 2010, my first YOUmoz guest post ever was accepted. I bet a lot of people are questioning if a guest post on their blog is really that powerful, with all of the restrictions they place on linking and self-promotion by guest posters. And since I can’t find a case study that really talks about the results of a YOUmoz guest appearance on the web, I’ve decided to give one to my readers.

First of all, here’s the article: 25 Ethical Tips That Will Skyrocket Your Search Engine Rankings – Share, retweet, digg, whatever. Just make sure that the stream of traffic I’m still getting from the post turns into a large river again.

Mini-Post: Why Search Engine Traffic Is The Best Kind Of Traffic

With the internet’s transformation from a place for information to entertainment, people have begun to question whether search engine traffic is really the kind of traffic that leads to conversions. This post is here to put an end to that question.

Let’s backtrack. What is the end goal of search engines? To satisfy users with results that fit what they’re looking for. Simple. Never forget that. Because search engines are only there to serve people.

Yes, Google, you are a public servant.

The Golden Rule For Writing Stellar Content

Every blogger wants amazing content. They want it to bring in search engine traffic. They want it to promote itself. But writing powerful content isn’t as easy as it seems.

Writing content is more than just research. And it isn’t just about writing as much words as possible. It is about providing value for the reader, but even that’s not the most important part of successful blog copy. Yeah, I said it.

Don’t get me wrong. What the reader gets should be placed first. And that’s what this “new” method is all about.