Get The Basics Right

Good advice. There’s no substitute for a little hard work and a plan of action.

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Alright Simon, geeze this is getting crazy!

You must be in a secret cult of the Permalinks because it seems like I am getting haunted by this everywhere I go.

My permalinks are ugly and I need to fix them soon. This is just one more kick in the butt I see to get it done. Thanks.

You are right about the basics and that is what I am working on doing right now, the basics….or course while commenting and building relationships with bloggers like yourself.

Peace to the bloggers!

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My basic strategy involves posting everyday. It doesn’t get any more fundamental than that. If you want a lot of visitors post frequently and consistently because people want to see new content.

Adam

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@Adam – That’s truth. I’ve noticed that if I post every day I get more traffic.

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I agree, that’s why I always say that life without Google feels good I mean, we care too much about SEO, Google and search engines sometimes. Going out, writing good contents and getting involved in the community is what will get you traffic and Google traffic will come. Then it’s time for some SEO and optimization. As you said, get the basics right.

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I agree when you post everyday you get more traffic because people like to see fresh new content whenever they visit your blog but be careful with this as too much content may become hard for your readers to keep up with so it’s always better to balance things.
Thanks for the good advice Simon.

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Nice tip. I guess this is where information overload comes in where a person wants to make money from his blog and is getting a ton of info about making money but he doesn’t even have his blog yet so he shouldn’t dwell w/making money at first.

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Did anyone else notice he didn’t mention content?

Yes you have to write somewhat consistently. You do not have to write daily, especially in the beginning….considering you have lil-nil readers anyway.

As Simon said (basic) SEO, link building, keywords, relationships…are the very basics you need to be concerned with.

That will bring the readers for which you can start writing even more for if you wish.

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Sorry for not mentioning content, but I was really referring to SEO, although I was also referring to the basics of everything, including content (just generalizing)

keeping it simple and sticking with the basics will lead to success on the internet… once you got it down, just rinse and repeat… that is how you make money online

No apologies my man. I was pointing out to those that seemed stuck on going post crazy, that that is not necessary in the very beginning….I thought you may have even left it out on purpose for that reason.

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“It seems that everyone wants to skip the basics and get stuck into the advanced techniques, ”
There is a portuguese saying that fits this perfectly. Those people like to “put the car in front of the bulls!” .p

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That what most people think, success come in just one night. The truth is, it doesn’t work that way.

Getting the basics right; sounds like a very good idea, and very good advice. Of course, also writing good content should be one of the basic steps. Good job.

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Good content, maintaining the post frequency, social networking, SEO – all are considered basics these days

Cheers,
Ajith

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indeed. sometimes it’s difficult to do these basics on a continuing basis. nothing terribly dramatic to be done, just similar steps of a plan, over and over, until results appear.

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I agree, starting with the basics and getting them down is the best idea. I myself am also guilty of attempting advanced techniques to try and ‘fast track’ my success, hopefully I have learned from my mistakes now (although I still make them )

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many people are talking about 301 redirect may i know some thing more about that …

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I think you need to understand and master the basics before you can start with advanced stuff. Learning the basics can take you a long way!!!

Andy

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I also doing same things, 12hrs/day. But no results? what is the reason. I think there will be some tricks you are using which you don’t want to tell.

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So true. I have been guilty of this myself. But the last little bit I make sure I stick to the 80/20 rule for the “work part” of my day, then if I want to try something “fancy” I do it after work hours…lol

P.S. As a response to Christmas 2008, if you’re doing the same things and not getting results, especially with the article marketing (building links) adjust your keyword targeting, you’ll see results faster.

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“If you just get the basics right and do those small one percenters than you will achieve far more success than diving into the deep end without knowing how to swim”. Spot on I just do the basics and for the last 9 onths without reward, but now google can see I am working hard with no black hat.

Your dead on, article sender took some time to get up and running. I also manage the technology for http://www.webmasterradio.fm. It seems there is always more to do. Best of luck with the new site.

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Yeahh, it’s all about the basic. Want to success online just play save and doing basic SEO are enough. But, if we could play a little in grey area more success will come

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John Chow offers a free ebook that is pretty much a step by step guide to setting up a successful blog, starting with the setup to how to monetize. The most valuable tidbit in the book concerns changing the .htaccess to redirect to the WWW.

there’s a plugin that does this for you in wordpress

It takes a long time to build a presence on the net involving lot of hard work and effort. Build content for your readers and not SEO. However, as you say, basics need to be adhered to such as correct titles, headers, etc… Get a basic understanding of on page and off page SEO and you wont go far wrong.

Hi Simon,
That’s a good message you’re sending to everyone that there’s no shortcut for success. It relies a lot on passion, self-belief and simply learning and improving yourself. I think you got all these qualities too when I heard you say: “school’s out, now I can get back to my blog” ….not the exact words though.

Peter Lee

@ Peter – school does come first, so i guess its all about prioritising