How to Use Pinterest to Generate Traffic to Your Site

Any blogger or internet marketers that leverage the power of social networking site will always be a step ahead in traffic generation. We should always make use of early bird opportunity whenever any new social networking site comes on board.

Pinterest is the third largest social networking platform. It started with a unique concept and became popular in no time. According to research, pinterest drives more traffic than YouTube, Google plus reddit and LinkedIn all combine.

If you have been wandering on how to use pinterest to generate more traffic to your blog, today I will be giving you 5 tips to follow to drive massive traffic to your blog.

But before that, if you are not on pinterest already, join from here

Now follow these 5 simple steps and see your traffic grow by the power of pinterest

#1        Make YOUR blog Post Pinnable

This can be achieved in many ways, you can either add pin it button individually to all your blog post to make it possible for each post on your blog to be pinnable or you add pin it button to social sharing widget on your blog. This can be floating, above or below post so that anybody that visits your site will have the opportunity of sharing pinning your post before or after reading it. Another easy way of adding pin it button to your blog is directly from the pinterest site on your dashboard, where you will add all your blog details and other necessary things. I will be sharing this later.

#2        Make Your Pinterest Board Attractive

After you have signed up, spice up your pinterest board with attractive pictures related to your niche, and even unrelated one that will make it look more attractive and professional. Pin as many attractive pictures as possible to your board. Write a little about yourself in your about section, write something about what you do and do not forget to include your blog description in the description box.

#3        Write Your Pin Description

Whenever you pin any post to your pinterest board, make sure you write a description about the pin. This will make it easier for your fans to have an idea about your pin and eventually make it easier to pin. A short description of your pin will go a long way in ranking your pin but do not overdo it.

#4        Pin Your Best Blog Post

You don’t have to pin all your blog post at a time, do it one after the other, but most importantly, pin your best blog post for best result. When you pin your best blog post on the board that has gotten audience already, this will make it go viral and generate more traffic to your blog, this might help you I getting other blog post pinned by this visitors. Always try to give them the best and they will keep coming back.

#5        Get Your Fans involved

Ask your fans and friends to pin interesting pictures to your board, ask them to also pin directly from your board to their own board. When you pin and they re-pin, there is power in that viral process, if their own friend also re-pin your pin see how far it will reach. This is why you must make it attractive and simply the best.

Conclusion

Do not over look the power of pinterest, if you do it right, you will get the right result. In my next post I will be talking about how you can add pinterest button individually to your post and make it pinnable. Stay tunned.

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7 Must Know Writing Tips For All Bloggers

There is tons of advice out there from different people and sources on how to be a good writer, some will tell you how to write a good post title, some will give you idea on how to write a good content, others will tell you how to use proper English. All these are very important, but two things is the most important; I call them passion and consistency. Your audience is not only on what you write but how often you write on your blog. Have this in mind that you will only get loyal followers if you have this few tips I will be discussing below.

Passion

Are you blogging because you love blogging? Why did you choose that niche? Do you have passion for it? All these are the question you need to ask yourself, if you answer yes, then the rest of it will be simple. Be passionate about what you do.

Write Frequently

It will not be a good idea if you just write two or three post in a week and put a stop to it until next month; you have to keep up with blog readers. Your readers demand a certain level of regular post updates. You must learn how to write consistently, do not expect your blog to survive on its own, do not abandon your blog and expect to keep your readers, it will not work that way. Come up with a plan, if you cannot post daily, make it three times in a week like Monday, Wednesday and Friday or four days including Saturday leaving Sunday out to prepare and research for the week ahead.

Write Clearly

Junky post will do you no good, jargons and junky content will chase your readers away. Whatever it is that you have chosen to write about, define your points clearly and make it plain to in a simpler form. Keep your content clear and simple because your audience cut across people of different levels, do not expect them to be all intelligent and talented who are familiar with what you are writing. Learn how to write in a simple and clear form, and remember this, if you must use big vocabularies; be sure that the meaning is reflected in the context of the post so that your readers will get lost in the process. 

Watch your Spelling and Grammars

For most people, I know this will not be an issue, but for the sake of the few among others, let us do justice to this fact once and for all. Not all of us can spell correctly; that is a fact. And most of us that thinks we are good when it comes to spelling, we always get caught when someone else vet our write ups. On the other hand, we are a professional in English language, so grammatical errors are something we have to expect, but it must not be too much. My advice is this, any word editor that you might be using I advice you do a spell check at the end of every write up before posting and make sure you also check for grammatical errors. If you use Microsoft Word, always make use of the spelling and grammar button. (Shortcut is F7 for Office 7 and above)

Manually, check that you did not mix up any word and make sure you read you post (possibly) aloud before posting it.

Tag and Category

Tagging and categorizing your post is very important, this one of the way a new reader will find your blog. Come up with tags and categories that fall within the keyword and context of your content. This will help you show in search result and eventually bring you new followers.

 Use Picture

As I always say ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’. Having a picture in your blog post, there is tendency of you having more blog readers than not having it at all. A funny image at times that is in line with your content will do the magic, but do not spoil it by using irrelevant pictures that will scare away your readers. If your image is great, there is greater chance of your post being picked up in social media most especially pinterest.

Read Regularly

If you can read a lot, you will be able to write a lot. Not just that; good content will not be farfetched from your blog. Before you venture into any topic, make sure you read a lot about it, have a broad knowledge about the topic, read other related and authority blogs to get ideas and content will never be your problem.

These is where I will stop for today, when I first started writing, I always find it difficult to come up with content, but I have overcome that now, what I am fighting now is time, because I write about many things and I manage more than one blog. I will be sharing with you in the future how to manage your time effectively for those that write a lot under tight schedule.

Mind you this are not ground rules. There is still a lot of things you will have to learn on your own. So do not stop learning until you reach that height of satisfaction.

I hope this helps. Feel free to drop your comment in the comment box to increase the list.

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Top 5 Tips on How to Write a Perfect Blog Post

As it is widely known, posts are the life-line of any blog and how well a blog will thrive in the face of competition depends solely on the quality of the content that it has.

There will be flood of traffic to any blog, when such blog has got perfectly written post. There are some factors you need to put into consideration when writing your blog post. A well composed post is not just about the quality of the content; it’s far more than that. Format, design and post layout also play an important role.

Listed below are the 5 top tips of high importance

1. Plan, Research and Gather Data

Before writing a blog post, there must be proper planning and research on the intended topic, after identifying the topic, research and gather as many data as possible, read articles from different authors, relate multimedia images and videos. Proper researching will help you in creating a well crafted, perfect and highly informative blog post.

2. Pick a perfect post title

Your post title is the only thing that people see in search engines, it is the post title that appears in search engines results, social media sites, RSS feeds and others, it must draw readers’ attention, otherwise, all the time and efforts that you have invested on the content of your blog will be a waste.

3. Make a list of points and make them crystal clear

Your post formatting and organization is very important. Your blog should start with an introduction that will cover the important questions that lies in the heart of the readers and let them know that up to the task, what they stand to gain in your blog, let them have the feel that they are in the right place and that you have answers to whatever question they may want answers to. Stay on the topic, do not deviate. Make your blog post concise and clearly to the point.

4. Add multimedia

A single image they say is worth a thousand words. Chart, graph, snapshot, diagram or an image will further clarify the content of your post. If you include an image at the start of your post, this gives your readers an insight into what they are about to read. Mind you, too much or unnecessary image in a post will affect your blog layout, it may piss off your reader and eventually affect your traffic.

5. Call to action

At the end of every post, it is always advisable to drive your readers to perform an action, tell them to subscribe to your blog, let them know how valuable their comment is.

Your own opinion is welcome

All the points I have listed above are based on my knowledge and I am sure I am still learning, your suggestions and additional points will be appreciated. Help us increase the list, drop yours in the comment box below. Thank you.

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How to Create Facebook Fanpage

Facebook page wonder

Whenever traffic is been discussed, the power of social networking sites cannot be overlooked, it has a great effect. It can increase the traffic of your blog or website exponentially; this I believe is an essential factor for a blog’s success. If you want to leverage on the power of facebook to get more traffic and visitor, you will need to make a Fanpage for your blog.

Hope you did not forget what Google plus page can do for your blog or website? For details read How to create a page on G+ for your blog

Back to what I was discussing, the following steps will help you, just follow it keenly and get it done.

• ·         Sign in to your Facebook account

• ·         Click here to create your page

• ·       Select your desired category; I suggest bloggers should either use brand or product, artist, band or public figure

• ·         Change the name to your blog name or the appropriate name you may choose to use.

Add Display picture as your logo

It is always advisable to add logo or display picture as your image in the facebook Fanpage. To do this, simply hover your mouse pointer to the default image of the page, an option will be shown to you where you will change the profile picture of your Fanpage. Click on the option and add any picture you like either from your computer or external storage device.

Auto post to Facebook Fanpage 

Update your Fanpage with your blog post manually can be tedious and time consuming, if there is a way to auto post your blog post to your facebook Fanpage and get your fans engage, it will saves you time and give you extra time to do some other things.

Now follow these simple steps and let’s get it done with

        i.            On your facebook Fanpage, click on edit page button at the top right corner

      ii.            Next, click Apps, then click  “Go to App” link just below Notes

    iii.            Submit your feed URL

*Something similar to this*

http://www.loadedtips.com/feeds/posts/default

Or simply add /feeds/posts/default to your blog URL and that becomes your feed URL.

Congratulations, you don’t need to manually update your Fanpage with each and every post anytime you post on your blog, your facebook Fanpage will be updated automatically.

Keep your fans engaged on your blog

Engaging your fans on your page will give you edge and portrays you as authority on your niche. Apart from posting your blog update on your page, another trick to keep your fan engage and at the same time get more likes is by uploading interesting pictures to your Fanpage, then tag your fans in this picture, the picture will go viral on your fans wall, their friends will also see it and eventually get more likes from them.

Hope this was helpful? Let us know your views by dropping your comment in the comment box.

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Create a Page on G+ for your blog

For bloggers looking for extra taffic and more visitors to their blog, social media has been and will always be a great tools and sources  for traffic and more visitors.
For a very long time everybody has been using facebook fanpage but think it is high time we try out something new.

Since the launch of Google plus pages for brands and business by Google plus team, litle has been done wth this tool; while looking into the reasons why this is so, the only reasonable conclusion made was the popularity factor of Facebook compare to Google Plus.
Innevitably, here is a fact, Google plus pages allow brands, blogs,website or business owners to create an official page and interact with their fans, followers or customers.

Today, I will be sharing with you how to create Google+ page for your blog or brand.
All you need do is follow these simple steps.

1. Login to your google+ account and open this link
2.Choose the desired category as applicable to your blog or brand
3.Fill in the neccessary and required information for your page
4.Fill in your blog, website or brand description.


If you have followed these steps very well; congratulations, you have successfully set up your page, now to bring your page to life, follow the instruction at the google plus page on how to put the badge on your blog and share it to your fans.
I hope this helps. Let u hear your views by commenting below. Thanks. >3

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Thank you for sticking with us all this while

Thank You So Much

I believe in this popular saying that what is worth doing at all is worth doing well; if words are enough for showing my appreciation, i would have just say it, David Thomas once said and I quote "Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the biography of souls." I hold you in high esteem for staying with us up to this very moment despite our irregularities and shortcomings. Permit me to say this.....thank you a million times.

What Really Happened?

Our intention was not to start this and stop half way before we even achieve our aim of joining the fold in the first place, it was not part of our plan to stop this blog abruptly, but something happened that led to something and then to something; but all thanks to you our loyal readers and subscribers for your kind word of advice and gesture towards reinstating our blog back, all thanks to you.

In the first place, we thought of broaden our scope of blogging in other to serve you better, this was our first challenge,  we wanted to change our domain name to a more generic name that will cover almost all aspect of blogging and personal development other than just making money online as we use to be. It took us sleepless night to come up with a name that is not in use anywhere on the web to avert copyright infringement. After the combine effort of this blog contributors and other silent partners, we came up with the name and other registration procedure was taking care of.

The Big Challenge

After all this ordeal, when we thought all was set, the stage is ready for us to roll out, then the big challenge stroll in. Before i go further, this blog and other services we render is being done with a pair of PC ( a laptop and a desktop). Without Notice, the laptop main board packed up leaving us with no option of repairing, a week later, our desktop PC also crashed because of the work load it undergone within the week.

The Solution

Alright, what we did was to reshuffle ourselves, put our house in order and we fight it collectively, the team spirit to achieve success irrespective of any challenge was the tool that helped us. We rose up to the occasion and looked the challenge straight in the face. You too can do it, no matter what the challenge is, stand tall and look at it in the face.

The Final Part

The change of name; you might have been wandering for some weeks now about the change of name and domain name, well it is part of the developmental changes and plans to serve you better. Let me officially announce to you that the name of this blog has been changed from MAKEEASYMONEY to LOADED TIPS and simultaneously the domain name is now www.loadedtips.com.

We believe this wil help us cover so many aspect of blogging and finance and personal development which we hope will enrich you more.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them, we will leave to remember this. Thank you! Thank you!! Thank you!!!

If you have any suggestions or observations or there is anything that you want us to include in the changes, kindly drop it in the comment box.

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Search Engine Optimization for Beginners part 1

What is the use of a website or blog if no one can find it? Your website may be superb with excellent layout, but if it is not visible on the search engines, then it is all a waste of time, energy and probably your resources.

These tips will be in series because I have decided to dish out all what I have gotten during my research on Search Engine Optimization. So I will advice you stick to this blog and you might want to bookmark it so that you will not miss the update.

In this series, I will be telling you what SEO means and how it been used to get ranked in search engines.

A little Advice

Before we start looking into the meaning and function of Search Engine Optimization, you need to understand this fact: changes will not come over night, it involves a meticulous process and time consuming to get ranked on search engines through SEO. Don’t be in a hurry to see results, do not resolve to use black hat techniques, take it slow and steady, be steadfast and wait for changes to take effect.

 What is SEO?

SEO simply means Search Engine Optimization, the process of increasing the number of visitors by attaining higher position or level within search result when relevant keywords are searched for. We all believe that when people search for internet for a particular material, they seldom look passes the second or third page of search result. For an Optimistic blogger or webmaster, getting to the first page of Google or preferably the first result in the page will be our dream; so everything that makes this to happen is what we known as SEO. However to accomplish this, we need know how and that is the purpose of this series.

How Do I Achieve this?

I know that is what most of you are thinking right now, yes, let me tell you this, the first thing you need is determination to get to first page of search results, so that if all said and done you are now  on second page  of search results, then you will know you have little effort to put in. Now, let’s roll into business.

Get Proper Domain Name

As most people will say, getting a domain name is most tedious part of SEO, I was a victim too, but here is my simple advice, get a domain name that contains the right keyword you have in time or simply choose your domain name based on your niche, though you might find it difficult to get a domain name for the proper niche, probably it would have been choosing, but try and mix words to get your own, it might look ugly but domains with keywords always carry weight.

Choose the Right Keywords

In most cases, choosing the right keywords can be straightforward or very problematic depending on the circumstances at hand, you would want to do all you can to avoid generic keywords because you will find it difficult to get optimized for them. Try to pick keywords that are very specific to your niche, and you will be amazed. Research your keywords and know which one will probably get the most searches and go for it.

Content is King

The popular saying that content is king is nothing but the truth, it always comes first, whatever keyword you have chosen or the domain name you have registered; you will still need solid content to back that up because you won’t be able to keep your visitor without good content.

Having good, relevant content is the most important aspect of SEO. Your content needs to be suitably useful for the people who you’d want to find your site. You need the content to make sense to the reader. The content needs to appeal to people and make them come back for more.

Do your research very well, do not copy and paste content from other website, throw in keywords and make it original, make it appeal to people so that they will want to come back for more, a very good and relevant content is the most important aspect of SEO. Use a suitable content for the type of people you want to find your site.

Conclusion

I hope you find this helpful, digest on this for now, we will continue from here next time.

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