How do you write a blog post? How do you get it from concept to published, promoted piece?
Here’s my 30-step process for getting your ideas in front of the world!
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The Ultimate Blog Post Promotion Checklist
You’ve done it.
You’ve come up with an incredible idea for your audience. You’ve chosen the perfect eye-catching images. You’ve created social media-friendly title graphics. And you’ve used your SEO Jedi skills to make Google love you.
In short, you’ve crafted an amazing blog post. And you want the world to see it!
But just how do you get the world to take notice?
Get the word out with these 22 ways to promote your blog post!
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Get Noticed on Google: Easy SEO Tweaks with Big Results
Want to demystify Google? Here you go: Google wants to know exactly what your blog post is about so that it can show it to people who are looking for exactly what you deliver.
Enter SEO, or search engine optimization.
If you want your amazing content to be read, you need to be found. And to be found through Google, it’s essential that you devote some energy to your search engine optimization.
SEO sounds as though it takes a lot of time and a ton of technical knowledge. And while there’s plenty to learn about the fine points of SEO, tackling the basics couldn’t be easier.
If you’re looking for some fool-proof adjustments you can make to your website that will have you reaping SEO rewards for a long time, well, you’re in the right place.
Here are four quick ways you can take your blog post from invisible to optimized:
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4 Free Graphics Tools for Bloggers with No Design Skills
Blogging guru Jeff Bullas reports that “articles with images get 94% more total views.”
Whoa!
If the idea of attempting to create a halfway decent blog image has you mopping sweat from your face, chin up. Even people with no eye for design can easily and quickly put together stunning images that get eyes on your blog and drive traffic from social media.
And you can do it for free.
Here are four invaluable tools for creating blog graphics that enchant your readers and get results.
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Need Ideas? 30 Blog Posts Your Readers are Craving
Are there tumbleweeds blowing through your blog’s editorial calendar?
You’ve been able to come up with your own blog post ideas, but you don’t have enough to fill your calendar.
You need more content ideas!
If you’re suffering from writer’s block and need 30 days of blog post ideas right now, you’re in the right place. No matter what your industry or niche, you can use all (or most) of these blog post structures.
These tried-and-true formats are just what your readers need.
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Incredible Upgrades & Extras to Get from Your Freelance Writer
Finding an amazing freelance writer is hard work.
You’ve got to know where to look. You’ve got to know how to choose just the right person. And you’ve got to make it happen quickly. After all, you’ve got a business to run!
So what’s even better than finding an amazing freelance writer?
Finding a writer who can handle your content needs single-handedly.
An incredible freelance writer offers more than just a once-and-done blog post for you:
- She expertly manages your content creation process so you don’t have to deal with the details.
- She even offers you additional services so you don’t have to spend time going out and finding other types of freelancers.
Here are some of the included extras and optional services to request from your writer:
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Find a Freelance Writer: Identifying an Amazing Partner for Your Content Creation
You needed to find yourself a freelance writer, but you didn’t know where to find her. Now you know exactly how to connect with a pool of quality, professional writers.
So it’s time to choose your writer!
You want a professional who can give you exactly what you need for your business. Someone who’s a joy to work with and who goes the extra mile to understand your audience.
How do you find that perfect person?
Here’s your action plan for sifting through a pool of candidates to find an amazing partner for your writing needs:
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How to Find a Freelance Writer Who’s Perfect for You
You know what you want — an amazing, professional freelance writer who will be a joy to work with and who knows her stuff.
You have no idea where to find her.
Don’t panic.
Awesome freelancers want to be found . . . and they make it easy for you to find them.
Here are six easy and incredibly effective ways to track down freelance writers who are worth their weight in gold:
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Byline Power: Why You Should Credit Your Blog’s Writers
Is your blog not feeling the love?
Sure, you have visitors, and you’ve got some bloggers cranking out content . . . but there’s no excitement. Your readers aren’t passionate about your content. Your writers aren’t enthused about working with you.
Give your blog the shot of adrenaline it desperately needs! If you’re looking for an insanely easy fix to people’s lackluster response to your business blog, just do this:
Slap a writer byline on every blog post.
Sound too good to be true? Here are some seriously invaluable, nearly immediate consequences of attributing your blog’s posts to their authors:
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14 Places to Find Stunning, Free Photos for Your Blog
Images are critical to your blog’s success.
In his blog on QuickSprout, online marketing guru Neil Patel hammers home the importance of images:
- Content with relevant images gets 94% more views than content without.
- Tweets with images on Buffer receive 150% more retweets.
- Images are the number 1 most important factor in optimal social media content.
Photos in particular attract attention, set a tone, and evoke emotion in your audience. You can use them to enhance your blog’s formatting or create shareable blog post title images.
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