“ProBlogger Podcast: The Benefits of Your Blog Being Mobile-Friendly” plus 1 more

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ProBlogger Podcast: The Benefits of Your Blog Being Mobile-Friendly Posted: 05 Jul 2015 01:05 PM PDT Today is Day 6 in our 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Challenge There’s no denying it – the time has come where you’re going to lose traffic if your blog is not optimised for mobile viewing. Whether that dip in traffic is due to Google penalising non-mobile-friendly sites by not featuring their content in mobile search results thanks to their “Mobile Friendly Update” (otherwise known as Mobilegeddon), or because your reader isn’t having a pleasant reading experience and will click away to another blog where they do, you may never know. But the time is now to get your site mobile-friendly and capitalise on the fact that mobile traffic is outnumbering desktop traffic at breakneck speed. Now this is one of the challenges in the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog series on the ProBlogger Podcast that might not be able to be completed in a day, but it’s something you can make a start with today, at least. In this episode, I ask you to look at your blog on a mobile device from your readers’ perspective, and I give you some questions to ask yourself as you look. I also go through a few options to help you transition if you blog on WordPress, with links in the show notes to a few of my favourite sites and plugins. If your blog is already mobile-friendly, we go through a checklist of things to do to make sure your reader is getting the best mobile experience possible. You won’t want to miss it. Click here to listen to day six of the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog series on the ProBlogger Podcast. Further Reading: How Design impacts Blog Readership Google’s Mobilegeddon: The Best Excuse to Repurpose Old Content Design Trends of 2015: How Your Blog Can Adapt Five Lessons we Learned from Mobilegeddon – Forbes.com Five Benefits of a Mobile Website – E Reach Consulting Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger ProBlogger Podcast: The Benefits of Your Blog Being Mobile-Friendly The post ProBlogger Podcast: The Benefits of Your Blog Being Mobile-Friendly appeared first on @ProBlogger.

31DBBB Day Five Challenge: Email a Blog Reader Posted: 04 Jul 2015 01:00 PM PDT Welcome to day 5 in the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Challenge. You can find today’s challenge here. There’s nothing like a personal touch in any kind of business, and that includes blogging. When service goes above and beyond, or when a blogger takes the time to notice and acknowledge their readers, it can result in ongoing loyalty and goodwill. In the early days of my blog I would always email readers who left a comment to thank them and let them know I’d responded. It was always met with surprise and gratitude, and I know to this day some of those commenters still read ProBlogger today. It’s the kind of gesture that people are pleasantly surprised by and it is one of the absolute most simple things you can do (and that’s why many people don’t!). It may be too slow for some – converting readers one at a time – but that one connection can have a lasting impact and it’s often in ways you can’t even see yet. So reach out to your readers. Follow them where they are on social media. Chat. Create a community. Today’s episode will show you how (and in ways you might not even have thought to consider). Click here to listen to day five of the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog series on the ProBlogger Podcast.  Don’t forget to let us know how you’re going with the challenges – you can do so by leaving a comment on todays show notes page here. If you missed yesterday’s post about analysing other blogs and finding gaps you can fill, go here. For all other podcast episodes, go here. Further Reading: Further reading is further watching today, as Pat Flynn from Smart Passive Income tells us how to turn casual readers into raving fans. He gave this presentation as the keynote speech for the ProBlogger Training Event in 2014 and it turned the whole room into raving Pat fans: Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger 31DBBB Day Five Challenge: Email a Blog Reader The post 31DBBB Day Five Challenge: Email a Blog Reader appeared first on @ProBlogger.

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ProBlogger: Be a Better Blogger by Reading other Blogs like This

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Be a Better Blogger by Reading other Blogs like This Posted: 03 Jul 2015 01:03 PM PDT It’s day 4 of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog where today’s challenge is to take a little time to do something that I wrote about last year that has the potential to transform your blogging! And what is it, you ask? Today you’re going to be analysing another blog It’s as simple as that, and it really only takes 10-15 minutes, if that’s all you have to spare. It really does help you see what’s happening in your niche, where your blog fits, and maybe where you can fill a gap or do something better based on what others are doing or not doing. In today’s 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Podcast, we give hints and tips on how to do this successfully – how to fully give analysis to blogs, and the questions to ask yourself as you do so. I recommend 15 minutes today if is your first time, and to have a look at everything from their content, tone, post style, post frequency, etc to wider things like design, incentives, mailing lists, audience, and calls to action. It’s a huge list, so remember to bring a notebook and a pen! Spending this time daily can help you differentiate what you're doing and who knows – even stumble upon a winning idea that helps your blog stand out from others in your niche. As I say in the show – don't be so caught up in what others are doing that you forget to be unique. Maintain the focus and be yourself. Click here to listen to day four of the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog series on the ProBlogger Podcast. If you’ve missed the podcast yesterday, it was all about thinking outside the square to create great blog promotion strategies. Tune in tomorrow for a brand new topic! Further Reading: The post this episode is based upon – Spend 10 minutes a day doing this, it will transform your blogging Jeff Bullas gives us The 6 Simple Step Checklist for Analyzing your Competition on the Web 7 Sneaky Ways to Use Twitter to Spy on Your Competition on Kissmetrics (it’s not as bad as it sounds!) Create “pages to watch” on Facebook so you can keep track of how they work their social media Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger Be a Better Blogger by Reading other Blogs like This The post Be a Better Blogger by Reading other Blogs like This appeared first on @ProBlogger.

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