{"id":15172,"date":"2010-09-16T00:02:56","date_gmt":"2010-09-15T18:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/?p=15172"},"modified":"2020-04-11T20:03:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T14:33:58","slug":"seo-optimize-blog-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quickonlinetips.com\/archives\/2010\/09\/seo-optimize-blog-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"13 Lucky Ways to SEO Optimize Blog Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you write SEO optimized blog posts?\u00a0I\u2019m an online marketing coach. I show small business owners how to better market their services on the Internet. My daily activities are filled with teaching and showing my clients how to do SEO and Social Media techniques so their businesses can get found online.<\/p>\n<p>I love teaching. I feel like a tremendous helper. It\u2019s in my DNA to help other people.\u00a0With that stated, I am proud to share this article with you. Humbly put, it is my most helpful article I have ever created.<\/p>\n<h2>Write SEO Optimized Blog Posts<\/h2>\n<p>This article will provide a blueprint for your blog writing. It will help you write SEO optimized blog posts. There are 13 lucky tips to follow. Save this article and open the file every time you write a blog post in the future. It will get your website optimized.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Place a long tailed keyword your business competes for at start of title<\/h3>\n<p>Keywords are what get you found online. It is important that you know what your keywords are. And these days, your keywords have to be more specific. The competition is too high. If you don\u2019t know what your keywords are, you\u2019d better find out.<\/p>\n<p>A couple examples of a keyword compared to a long tailed keyword are:<br \/>\n<em>Internet Marketing &gt; Internet Marketing for Small Business<br \/>\nMassage Therapy &gt; Prenatal Massage Boulder, CO<br \/>\nCopywriting &gt; Copywriting for website sales page<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>2.\u00a0 Make your title &#8220;Catchy.&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>How many times have you heard this? (I\u2019ve heard it close to 1000 times.) It\u2019s old and boring but even today, it remains true. You have to write a title that will grab your reader\u2019s attention. Blog readers scan for what catches their eye. You have to have titles that are captivating; something that will make your reader\u2019s eyes get large because they\u2019re so eager to \u201cdive in\u201d to your blog post. Can you write something that would create an addiction? If so, you have a catchy title. On a scale of 1 \u2013 10, 10 being the most catchy, what would you rate the title of this article?<\/p>\n<h3>3. Limit your title to 40 text characters<\/h3>\n<p>It keeps things simple and to the point, but more importantly, the whole title will show up in the search engine results pages.<\/p>\n<h3>4. Review your title and ask \u201cDoes this fill a specific need?\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>People search to get their needs met. What need is your article title fulfilling? At this point, I hope you\u2019re understanding how utterly important blog post titles are!<\/p>\n<h3>5. Organize the body of the post into three parts<\/h3>\n<p><em>Part 1<\/em>&#8211; Introduce the need mentioned in your title.\u00a0 Be clear and concise.\u00a0 If you have astory related to the topic, share it.<br \/>\n<em>Part 2<\/em>&#8211; Exploit the major issues involved with the specific need of the topic. Here is where you share the major concerns \u2013 dissected.<br \/>\n<em>Part 3<\/em>&#8211; The resolution. Provide the answer or solution. \u00a0Add details. Answer the reader\u2019s questions for them.<\/p>\n<h3>6. Create subheadings typed in bold text<\/h3>\n<p>Just like I have done for this blog post.<\/p>\n<h3>7. Include your reader in the discussion<\/h3>\n<p>Write your post as if you\u2019re writing directly to a very interested friend.<\/p>\n<h3>8. Bold and\/or link \u00a0keywords<\/h3>\n<p>Share the link love and highlight your most important points by bolding the text.<\/p>\n<h3>9. Keep your post to a 300 word limit<\/h3>\n<p>Blog posts are meant to be short and sweet. Stop sugar coating by being redundant.<\/p>\n<h3>10.\u00a0 Summarize the main points in three sentences<\/h3>\n<p>Make sure your reader didn\u2019t miss your main points. Add your keyword in the summary.<\/p>\n<h2>11.\u00a0 Include your call to action<\/h2>\n<p>A reader is 100% more likely to do what you tell them to do if you actually tell them to do something!<\/p>\n<h3>12.\u00a0 Match the tags to the keywords your article is about<\/h3>\n<p>Sometimes they are called categories. Sometimes Tags. It doesn\u2019t matter, just put your keywords here.<\/p>\n<h3>13. Promote the heck out of the new blog post<\/h3>\n<p>Submit your RSS feed to the blogosphere. This incredible list of where to submit your RSS feed will help your new blog post get optimized.<\/p>\n<p>As noted in the introduction, use this article as a resource to help you write SEO optimized blog posts. \u00a0By following these steps, you will notice your URL climb the search rankings for the keywords you are competing for.<\/p>\n<p><em>Reid Peterson is the founder of <\/em><em>growthinharmony.com<\/em><em>, an Internet marketing coaching program for small business owners. 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