Category: New Jobs, Extra Income & Making Money
How Much Do You Need to Retire?
Many times when planning for retirement people focus on maximizing contributions. It’s often assumed that by doing so everything about retirement will fall into place. That may be so, but how do you know if you’re succeeding until you’ve defined your target? When it comes to retirement, the targetâ is a credible income number, as in how much will you need to live the life you want to live, taking into account your expected living expenses, sources of income, and the effect inflation will have on it. You can do that by going through some steps. Figure out how much income you’ll need in retirement To keep the calculations simple, many financial planners advise using a simple method, such as 80{6f482cd57796f86e9ad1be82bcf1dcf19049bb2b279893497447a8f8ed9023fd} of pre-
Tips to Boost SEO with Question Keywords Optimization – Why & How!
As per Internet live stats, around 2 Trillion search queries are made every single day. And In all those, nearly 8{7dabfd103aa443fce219eea47f0f346a11a54ce587a1a0cbb74f06b9f7a304ca} is phrased as questions. With metrics like this, it goes without saying that optimizing your sites for question keywords can be a massive benefit to your SEO strategies. Done right, you can generate tons of traffic, earn good Links, and easily convert traffic to a sale. Yup, it’s well worth your time to optimize your content to use more & more question keywords. But hey, here’s a question: how to do it? How can we better ready our contents for Question keywords? Come, let’s find out in detail. Tips to Boost SEO with Question Keywords Optimization – Why it really matters? With the rise of voice search,
Face Your Fears and Become a Better Blogger
The post Face Your Fears and Become a Better Blogger appeared first on ProBlogger. This post is based on episode 54 of the ProBlogger podcast. This week I want to talk about fear. Not about eliminating it or ignoring it, but rather about recognising, harnessing and overcoming it so you can use it to your advantage. Whether you’re a blogger, podcaster, live streamer or social media user, chances are fear has held you back at some point. Here are some of the most common fears I’ve heard over the years: “What if nobody reads it?” “What if I hurt someone with what I write?” “What if I don’t write as well as I think I do?” “What if people laugh?” “What if I say
13 Tips for Building Authority and Influence
The post 13 Tips for Building Authority and Influence appeared first on ProBlogger. This blog post is based on episode 235 of the ProBlogger podcast. Starting a new blog can be a bit of an uphill battle. You need to create lots of content, and then use that content to bring traffic to your site. But what’s even tougher is building authority and influence in your niche. After all, why would people believe you’re an authority in your niche when you’ve barely talked about it? Sure, you may know a lot about your chosen niche. But talking about how much you know and what you’ve achieved doesn’t seem to cut it anymore. These days anyone can call themselves an expert, and so people expect
The Best Way to Brand Your Blog
The post The Best Way to Brand <em>Your</em> Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. This post is based on episode 206 of the ProBlogger podcast. So you’re about to start a new blog. It might be first, or it might be one you’re setting up to try something new. And you’re just about to buy the domain name for it. But now you’re hesitating, because you still haven’t decided whether your new blog should have a personal brand or a business brand. Sound familiar? Even if you already have the domain name, you may still be wondering which way to go. Just because you have a business-related URL doesn’t mean you can’t give it a personal brand, and vice versa. So this week I want
Smartarget: Improve User Engagement And Sales Without Coding
User engagement is one of those terms that are very fashionable in the world of Inbound Marketing and you have surely heard of it many times. But do you know its true meaning? Engagement is the ability of a product (a brand, a blog, an application) to create solid and lasting relationships with its users by establishing a link between the brand and the consumer. The more we know about the user, the more we can implement better tactics to ensure that this relationship is solid and lasting. Engagement can be measured in different ways, with repeat purchases, repeated visits to a site, or in web statistics through elements such as bounce rate and residence time, number of pages viewed per user, time remaining on the web
Starting a New Blog for Your Quarantine Hobby? Here’s How To Name It
With extra time at home in 2020, many people have taken up a new hobby. If you’re one of them, you might be thinking about starting a blog to share your newfound expertise and interest with other people. Often, the hardest part of blogging is getting started—especially deciding on a name. Choosing the right name will help you connect with your intended audience, and maybe even drive enough traffic to your site that you can turn your hobby into a side hustle. With a smart name generator like Namify, you can breeze through the name selection process and choose a unique title for your blog with an available domain name. Read on to learn how you can use Namify to find the perfect name. Understanding Namify’s Keyword Tool
Top 8 Email Marketing Tools For Small Businesses
If you are reading this post, I’m sure you know how important is to create a mailing list to retain the loyalty of your blog users. It’s essential to weave a deeper relationship with your subscribers, communicate and get to know them better. There is nothing more wrong than using your mailing list just to communicate the release of your latest article. Your subscribers should be treated as privileged: you have to give them added value! Send exclusive content, new discoveries, case studies or your future plans. This helps to establish a really deep connection between you and your readers. This post at WHSR suggests to always have something to offer in you emails, whether that’s a freebie or an idea or an opinion, always
The Secret to Writing Effective Sales Copy
The post The Secret to Writing Effective Sales Copy appeared first on ProBlogger. This post is based on episode 105 of the ProBlogger podcast. This week I want to talk about writing sales copy. Now chances are you’d much rather write a blog post than try and sell something. You may have even become a blogger so you can avoid writing sales copy. But it’s an important skill to have, especially if you plan on monetizing your blog by selling products or services. And I’m going to talk through a little exercise that will get you in the right frame of mind for writing it. Selling without the sleaze If the idea of selling makes you feel sleazy, you’re not alone. At one point I worked in sales
7 Habits of Lucky Entrepreneurs
The post 7 Habits of Lucky Entrepreneurs appeared first on ProBlogger. This post is based on episode 45 of the ProBlogger podcast. How many times have you heard or read about an entrepreneur’s latest opportunity and thought, How lucky were they? And yes, in some instances it may well have been luck that gave them that opportunity. A simple case of being in the right place at the right time, and all the planets coming into alignment. But while some people believe luck is random or based on personality, I believe you can increase the chances of lucky things happening to you by creating conscious habits. And today I want to talk about some habits you can develop to grow your own luck as a blogger and entrepreneur. My
5 Things Your Small Business Should Outsource as it Grows
If you’re like many small business owners, you were the only employee who clocked in on opening day! Startup entrepreneurs often have to handle every aspect of running a business on their own. However, as sales grow, the time you spend being the chief marketing officer, head accountant, and supply chain manager starts to take away from the time you can spend on delivering great results for customers. Especially when your business scales up quickly, dividing your attention between too many tasks can impede your growth. With a little more capital, now’s the time to find ways to outsource some of your efforts and refocus on your company’s core competencies. Read on to learn the five best operations for small businesses to outsource. 1. Content and Organic Social
