What is a Magic Blog Post, and why should you care?
Is there a “Magic Formula” for creating a blog post that will guarantee that it ranks high in the search engines for the keywords you are targeting on your home business blog?
Well, almost! Nothing can guarantee those kinds of results, but as with anything else, following ‘best practices’ is key to your success in blogging for home business!
Recently I attended an Internet Marketing Masters Seminar that completely blew my mind! The speakers totally spilled their guts about what works to dominate the internet for your niche. I was left with incredible strategies to implement, and I just KNEW I had to share them with YOU!
Melanie Milletics and Jason Develvis
I was particularly inspired by one of the teachers, a young man by the name of Jason Develvis. Jason has worked smart online for years- and despite the fact that he looks like a kid : ) , Jason knows his $tuff!
Jason taught us exactly how to create a blog post that ranks high in the search engines and is in fact so ‘sticky’, you will own your key word phrase! Simply follow the formula below when writing your blog post, and you will be halfway there. The second part is The 6 Step process to drive traffic to your Blog.
Magical Blog Post Formula
- Use a question as the title of the blog post
That way, when someone types into the search engine “How do I …”, they find your answer! - Start the post with a story. Any kind of story… real, or imaginary!
- Reiterate the problem, or restate the question you are addressing. Remember, your post provides VALUE, something to help the reader solve a problem (like, how to get blog traffic!).
- Give a short, bulleted list of solutions or steps to the solution.
- Explain the solution and the steps to implement it.
- Give a resource that can help them to get bigger, better, easier, faster results.
- Add an internal link and an external link to your keyword/ keyphrase.
An internal link is a link that links back to another page on your blog that is relevant to the blog post. An external link will link it to another site on the net that is relevant.
The “Magical Blog Post” is half of the solution to the problem of a blog that sits without any traffic. The other half is “The 6 Step Process to Drive Traffic to Your Blog” . When you create your blog posts with the Magical Formula, then drive the traffic, you can be certain you are working with the strategies that internet experts use to rank in the search engines.
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Twitter Updates
Hi Melanie,
Thanks for sharing! It’s always helpful to learn new tips on blog posts. This formula you outline is really cool. It actually makes writing easier.
Great article, Melanie and great outline!
Your formula is very simple for anyone to follow.
Thanks!
Janet Legere
List Building Expert
Founder Earth Friendly Biz
Hi Melanie,
Thanks for this info. This is very helpful.
Katherine
Thanks Melanie,
This is something I find of great value and I cannot wait to write my blog today so I can implement this into it…IT IS SO EXCITING….I absolutely love building a business on line and the excitement it brings when you RESULTS. See you on Tuesdays webinar.
Thanks again,
Sherry Prince
http://building-for-success.com
Hi Melanie,
Trevor says hello from Germany!
Thanks for the information!
Where did you get this fantastic blog site?
Just of to a wine party!
Bye
Thanks
Trevor
hi, Melanie,
its yvonne- it’s an ‘honor’ to see & be able to
read your-articles: you are ‘truly-an inspiration-to me”
between you and mike dillard-are the best!!!!~~~~~~““`
I am glad to receive your emails!and from mike dillard &
ann seig! i am trying to follow you (3) cause some-day
i will be as good as you all are and be able to help-out
others!
skype:yvonneholmes1
http://twitter.com/yvonne66
http://yvonneholmes.buildingonabudget.com
yvonneholmes66@gmail.com
thank-you
mike, ann, melanie
yvonne
Hi Melanie! We do know each other, just this is a pen name I use (mysterious LoL). Wanted to say great post and also ask you a question, “Why don’t you code your external links within your posts to open in a new window?”
I see so many people make this mistake and it’s just a simple addition of coding (or in the case of a wordpress blog choosing the “target” from the drop down menu if you don’t like coding from the html view).
My reason for saying this is I just clicked on the University out of curiosity, but when I was done looking I’d completely left your blog perhaps never to return. Also I didn’t get past any potential “first page” (don’t even know yet if there is more, since I wanted to BACK arrow first and leave my comment.
Granted, I could have right clicked and opened it in a new window. But not everyone knows they can do that on a clickable link.
I’m sure you work to get and keep traffic. Not doing this is a huge mistake (in my book).
Just a simple bit of coding – in fact I would recommend it for the internal links, too, this way I (your reader) can stay on course with the current post, yet reference to the other if need be without “losing my place.”
Okay, sorry LOL! Just really enjoyed your tips – they all make perfect sense and I use them (off and on).
Stop on by and say hi sometime!
I am so on it! Thank you Diane!
This sounds like some great advice that blends right in with attraction marketing. The ability to solve problems is very valuable in any niche!
Thanks for the post!
Chuck
http://networkmarketingidea.com
Good advice Melanie (as usual) you got me with the word “magical”very good, I like it. I will try it, seems there are a lot of “Attraction Marketing” fans here.
Thanks Melanie!
Hi Melanie,
Thanks for the great information on blogging!
It’s much easier to learn from someone like you than trying to figure it all out ourselves…
Have a great day!
Robert Garcia
Hi Melanie,
This is awesome information!
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Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Keep them coming and keep on teaching Melanie!
HI Melanie
This is a great post Mel cant wait to give a try I love coming
here because you make everything so simple with the step by step
instructions keep’m coming Mel.
Talk soon
Hi Melanie,
Thanks for sharing this great information.
How simple it seems when laid out like this.
I’ll be checking in on a regular basis.
Keep up the good work,
Andrew.
Hi Melanie,
I’m new to Internet Marketing, currently being taught by Alex Jeffreys.
One of his students Alexis Salaam wrote about The Magic Blog Post and I wanted to find out more.
This simple structure is definately something I want to put into practice.
Thanks ….. Hope I can help you sometime.
John
Hi Melanie,
That’s a handy tip for posting. I think a lot of people are going to find it makes a big difference.
Thank you.
Neil
Awesome info Melanie!
Let’s keep in mind that Google is also ‘rumored’ to analyze your content to classify the level of education it is targeted to. This DOES seem to have an impact on the SERP’s in my testing, so write at the level of your targeted audience.
Check this cool tool out while you’re optimizing your blog posts! Google Website Optimizer
Blessings always,
-Joe
Thats interesting Joe. Wonder how they manage to do that… and what ‘level’, my writing is at!
Mel,
Great resource! I’ve been employing your strategies for a couple of weeks and have seen my traffic increase steadily every, single day.
As it does so, too, does my rankings on google.
Thanks so much for posting this sort of info. I suspect I would have been out several thousand dollars if you didn’t
Best,
Jacquie
See it working
Hi Melanie,great advice on this post as you usually do, Your not only as cute a bug in a rug, your very intelligent. Where do you put it all? I enjoy your blogs and info you produce and some I have used and worked fine for me. Thanks for that. Have a great prosperous life.
Roger Cole
Hi Melanie, again 4 kidos for an excellant blog as always. I don’t know if its right or not, maybe you can answer this. Is it a good thing to use the title of your blog some how in the first couple of sentences, also to use them some how in your first keywords? Hope I’m not way off base here cause I’ve been doing it for sometime.
Good Work Melanie
Hey Roger,
Yes, your keywords should be in your title, and in the first couple of sentences