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How to Get More Followers on Pinterest.

 

How to get more followers on Pinterest. One important strategy, especially if you have a low number of followers.


Are you new to Pinterest? Is your follower count small?
Is your follower count not growing? Do you need to grow your followers in order to build your business?

If you are new to Pinterest, you may be finding it difficult to grow your follower count
There are tried and proven ways to get followers on Pinterest and I will share one good article with you further down. 

You need followers that are engaged in order to scale any business and engaged followers are key to your success, as opposed to just huge numbers. Numbers do help but I do follow those who have been my mentors and their audience is relatively smaller, compared to others who have incredibly large numbers of followers.

So it's okay not to have followers in the hundreds of thousands. Obviously, their numbers will work in their favour. However, if you get the right followers, you can also be successful. 

If you are a blogger, your aim will be to get more traffic and backlinks to your blog. This is just a beginning strategy to kick-start your blog.

You can also watch the video here


How I grew my Pinterest followers quickly


There are many good tips to grow your followers, especially in the beginning stages. I will focus on one strategy.

Here's what I did to get followers in the early stages:

  • Find your niche in the Search Bar.
  • Select any board from the Search Bar.
  • Go to the board's followers to search for pinners.
  • Find 10-15  pins from a board for your niche and repin.
  • Then follow all the people, following either the board or the pinner.
  • Follow Pinterest limits for following people. (20 new followers if you are new, and after a few months you can increase it to 40-45 every eight hours.) 
  • Now you pin from your website, boards, or YouTube channel.
  • Make sure you have a Pinterest-sized pin from your website. Pinterest will generate picture options for your YouTube channel, if you do not have one.
  • Your pictures will now appear in their feed. 

Eventually, you will grow backlinks to your website or YouTube channel.

Make sure you only pin from niche or niche-related pinners.



More Ways to Get Pinterest Followers

I would highly recommend reading this comprehensive article on how to get more followers on Pinterest.  












8 Powerful Strategies to Write Compelling Meta descriptions

8 powerful strategies to write compelling meta descriptions


 Why do you need to write compelling meta descriptions?

Meta descriptions are super important text that appears under your title when someone searches for a keyword or phrase online. 

They are the HTML elements that tells us the content of the webpage. Based on this meta description, the reader will make a decision whether or not to access that webpage and read its content. 

It plays a significant role in on-page ranking. It is the last thing I do, just before I publish. It should compel the searcher to want to click on it. 

It's simple to find the meta description of any page you may come across. Just right-click on the page and a drop-down will appear. Select "view source" or "view page source" and you will be able to see what the page ranks for, or the snippet telling you what the page's content is about.

If you don't write a meta description, search engines may pull some text, at random, from your page. This may not be in line with having the most compelling meta description for your web page. 

For purposes of ranking, all that a search engine, such as Google, expects of you is to write a one-line sentence, describing each page on your website. 


8 Powerful Strategies to Write Compelling Meta descriptions

Don't just add keywords. I use Blogger for this blog and there is a separate section for keywords. Lists of keywords do not compel any curiosity to read the webpage content. 


A big mistake is to use the same meta description for each page. You are virtually telling e.g. Google that each of your web pages is identical and it will not give any relevant information when someone does a search. Even if someone clicks on one of your links, the webpage content will not match the meta description.


Although you will read by some content writers that it is a summary of your webpage, don't just write a summary. Make it compelling so that you gain the interest of the reader. Google can read and summarize your page, but it wants to know more information ie. what is it that you feel is compelling others to read your content. 


The ideal length is 119-135 characters. Aim for the best user experience with this length. Too short or too long just don't get as many clicks. 


Increase clicks to your webpage by matching your keywords in your meta description with a query search term. This takes some research to see what people are searching for. I usually research all keywords, headlines, volume, and CPC with each blog post. 

If you need a planner to store all this information, I have a Keyword and Headline Planner that makes all your planning easy. You can read what the planner includes in this post. I love having it on hand for easy reference and easy planning as all my data is there. 





Power words will give your meta description a great boost. You can try to include up to 3 power words, as long as it seems natural and not keyword-stuffed. To read about Power words, go to words and phrases that convert


Try to include emotive words in your meta description as ones that have emotions have higher click-through rates. In other words, try not to be clinical and dry(or robotic).


Last of all-just have one! Even if it's a basic one. Anything is better than nothing. 


I hope this post has been helpful to you! 

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Planner for Bloggers

 
Planner for Women who Blog- The Marketing Bible

Planner: The Marketing Bible for Women Who Blog

This planner can store all your important business information and keep it on hand for easy access. It is filled with inspirational marketing quotes to develop your business mindset.

If you are like me, you like to have a hard copy of the information you need handy while you're blogging. No more remembering where you're information is, setting up tabs, etc. 

I know there are great organisation tools online but, for me, nothing beats a hard copy that you can touch, pick up, read, and refer to at any time, without having to open the computer. 

How many times have you come across a great idea, blog, or marketer/blogger and then forgotten to write it down? This planner will make simple things like these noted, easier to refer to.

Here is what you will get in The Marketing Bible: 

86 pages and 

Pages dedicated to
  • new skills to focus on
  • professional development activities planned
  • Vision page for writing, drawing, or cut/pasting your dream
  • people I follow and their online addresses
  • great posts to read
  • apps to try
  • my go-to resources/tools
  • weekly tasks
  • monthly tasks
  • achievements to celebrate
  • business expenses
  • social media tasks
  • and more!
And don't forget the Mindset developers- the best marketing quotes from successful bloggers and marketers. They will keep you on track with how you do business- the important elements and mindset to have in a growing business. 







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Free Writing Apps


Free Writing Apps


This post is dedicated to providing you with free writing apps that help bloggers and authors write better, faster, and more efficiently.


What are the free writing apps?

1. hyperwriterai.com 

You type in a basic idea and they will create paragraphs of content. You can integrate it with the Chrome extension, and Google Drive.

2. QuillBot.com

It gets your input and it will rewrite it in the tone and style. It modifies it to make it smooth and amazing. 

It is especially good if you have a sentence or passage that you think is not expressed well. 

It will rewrite it to be more coherent and cohesive. It will perfect the language, tone, and style of your content. 

3.Frase.io

It helps you write better content faster. It automates the process and allows you to study your competitors' content and make it better. It can give you a guiding outline to make your writing better and faster. It has a free trial. 

4.Ubersuggest

It helps you decide on what content you should produce. It helps with keywords, catchy headlines, what is getting a lot of links, and viral ideas.

 It has a free version but the paid version is super helpful, without being super costly. It is a great alternative to Ahrefs, which is much costlier per month.

5.Hemingway Editor

It helps you write content that is easier to read. Its one tab saves all your tabs and you can reference them back in one click. 

Hemingway Editor can improve your writing style by giving suggestions on how you can make long sentences shorter and more concise.  It also gives advice on redundant or overused words.

It has tools that flag revisions and edits that your copy needs. Hemingway Editor will teach and train you to write in a straightforward manner  https://hemingway-editor.en.softonic.com/

6.Grammarly

It fixes spelling and grammatical errors. It has a paid version where it suggests better alternatives for sentences and passages.

 It "reviews spelling, grammar, punctuation, clarity, engagement, and delivery mistakes. It uses AI to identify and search for an appropriate replacement for the error it locates." Wikipedia

7. Word Tune

It is more than a spelling and grammar checker.  The link below will give you access to the Chrome extension.

"Wordtune is an AI-powered writing companion that understands what you’re trying to say, and suggests ways to make your writing more clear, compelling and authentic. "

8. Thesaurus

It does grammar corrections and synonym suggestions. and it is also a plagiarism checker.

 
Free writing apps to help with content writing

How to get an ebook and niche blog posts from one app.

9. Scribble-this is a paid app with great reviews.

 You can reverse engineer this tool as it will create an ebook on your topic and then you can break it down into separate posts, creating a tight niche. 

You can find out more on Scribble. 

I am an affiliate for Scribble and I will get a small commission if you purchase this ebook creation software.


More free writing apps


10.  CoSchedule Headline Analyzer


This will help you create engaging and compelling headlines that will grab the attention of the reader. This tool will analyze the effectiveness of a leadline by checkings its balance of words and use of power words.


11. Cliche Finder 


It helps find repetitive words and overused words or phrases that don't add value to your content. 


12. Hubspot Blog Ideas Generator 


You enter keywords or ideas in your niche and Hubspot will generate 5 ideas to write about. 

13. Dropbox Paper 


It is similar to Google Docs but offers a crisp white interface, with crisp fonts and some editing options. 

14. Zoho Writer


This is a reliable cloud app, also similar to Google Docs. Great if you prefer a white interface. It has all the features that Google Docs has, and allows for collaboration and integration with others.

15. Focus-To-Do

This is a Windows app that can be used both on your computer or phone.  I use it to STOP me working as I want a healthier lifestyle!  I don't know when to stop when I start something. 
 
It combines Pomodoro Timer with Task Management, designed to motivate you to stay focused and get things done. 

 You can  organize tasks into your to-do lists, start focus timer and focus on work & study, set reminders for important tasks and errands, check the time spent at work. 

It's the ultimate app for managing Tasks, Reminders, Lists, Calendar events, Grocery lists, checklist, helping you focus on work & study and tracking your working hours.

More information about free writing apps

To find out more about how to write better and tools that can assist you with writing and reasearch, the pros and cons of some tools, you may be interested in this article on SEJ_Search Engine Journal

Hope this post has been helpful.

Which app are you using? Are these new to you? Any apps you think are worthy of a mention? 


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Marketing Tips






Do you want to learn better marketing skills?



Do you want to know what are the 4 best marketing tools for entrepreneurs?


  The best 4 marketing tools that are recommended by top marketers and  cover a range of important functions for your business are:

Answer The Public.

You can find out what people are searching for and it gives you some insight into how their minds work by taking note of how they are asking questions, variations in needs and wants through their questions, and you have the opportunity to answer them. 

Quora is similar. 

Unsplash


You can get many images that you need for marketing for free and delivered to your inbox. 

If you are a blogger, I highly recommend this post, 5 Best Feminine Stock Photo Sites.

Hunter.com


This site will give you the email of any website owner. This is particularly useful when you are focusing on link building, and getting in touch with the owner. 

Google Data Studio


You get all your analytics in one place for free. Clients can also get live access if you need to provide reports to them. 



What are the best 5 Ai platforms to check out your SEO, your competitor, and help you write better content? 


  • MarketmuseA team of SEOs, content strategists, marketers, engineers, and data scientists on a mission to improve content across the internet. 
  • Clearscope- Clearscope helps you produce content that's highly relevant to what people are searching for.
  • Seoscout- opportunities to improve your organic search traffic. It analyzes your content and compares it against your SEO.
  • Grammarly-Compose bold, clear, mistake-free writing 
  •  Ubersuggest. If you get the Chrome Ubersuggest Extension, you can use it for free. When you are on a website, click on the U button and you can get all the SEO data.



How to develop great marketing skills


What are the 5 best free, ethical digital marketing courses?


Best free ethical digital marketing courses

These 5 marketing courses to learn marketing skills are highly recommended as:

  • They are ethical
  • They have great authority
  • They are reliable in content, updating when necessary.
  • They avoid the academic route as they do not give generic advice. 
  • They focus on execution. 

  1. Google's Fundamentals of Digital Marketing. It has 26 modules of 40 hours duration. You get certification upon completion.
  2. Optinmonster Digital Marketing Training-email marketing 
  3. Neilpatel.com Courses. Free training on everything and assignments and cheat sheets given.
  4. PPC University by Wordstream. PPC is one of the most effective and efficient ways to get paid traffic. You can learn how to get paid traffic and fast results, using PPC. 
  5. Copyblogger's Internet Marketing for Smart People.  
Copybloggers Internet Marketing for Smart People integrates all the skills you need to build an online business.
It has the best fundamentals to catch people's attention. 
It helps you reach and target new audiences. 
It teaches you how to persuade people with words.  




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Good luck, take care, and thanks for taking the time to read my post. 


 

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5 Best Feminine Stock Photo Sites





Where can you find quality feminine stock photo sites?

I have compiled a list of what I consider to be the best stock photo sites, offering feminine style photos for female entrepreneurs.

Personally, I have used Pixistock and Ivory Mix, especially Ivory Mix as I have other websites too. 

I thought that this list of 5 gives you a good choice, without being overwhelmed with too much information. 

Below are some examples of their work, with links to their home pages. 

Stock photos are so customizable and when you add your titles and descriptions, I do not believe it confuses the search engines (as one blog post recently stated). 

 I'll leave that with you but there is definitely a place for stock photos, as it is not possible to do our own photography, with all the other jobs that need to be done. 

I am an affiliate for Ivory Mix and stand to make a small residual if you purchase from this site. 


#1 Stock Photo site 






Images from girlbossstock.com


#2 Stock Photo site 



Image of stock photo from styledstock.com


#3 Stock Photo site 


Image of stock photos from hautestock.com



#4 Stock Photo site 




Image of stock photos from pixistock.com

Image of stock photo from pixistock.com



#5 Stock Photo site 



This particular pin earned many shares and is still popular today. 

I like Ivory Mix as Kayla gives you incredible value, not just with her beautiful photos.

She offers great freebies as marketing advice in your inbox, as well as monthly photo freebies. She also offers free courses and guides too numerous to mention here. 


Image of stock photo from ivorymix.com





Image of stock photo from ivorymix.com



If you want more in-depth information,  you can visit the site Ivory Mix,  or read my detailed post-Free Stock Photos For Bloggers 

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How to get subscribers on Youtube

 
How to get subscribers on Youtube

Simple tactics to get more subscribers to your Youtube Channel 

Video introduction:



To read all the tactics to getting free subscribers on your youtube channel:


I have some simple tactics for you to use if you are thinking of starting a Youtube channel.

These simple tactics will help you grow subscribers in your first year much faster than any other strategy, and give long-term gains.

It can surpass Youtube Ads which may only get a low number of subscribers, with short watch times. (Authority used: Neil Patel/Ubersuggest)

Tactic One:


Preparation is key with this strategy.

Basically, you need to release one video per day to get great results.

To make sure that you can be consistent with this strategy, I would recommend 10-25 videos prepared beforehand, depending on whether you work at home or if you are still in the workforce. 

If you are still in the workforce, I suggest you have more videos done so that there will not be any disruptions to putting out a video each day for a prolonged period of time. 

It will take time but, if you are also a blogger, you need time for other jobs. So if you prepare your videos well beforehand, you will be consistent in your output on your channel. 


Push out new content by repurposing your online content, or new content. 


Find out what your audience wants and doesn't want. What are you getting responses to, subscriptions, and good watch times?


Tactic Two:


Do keyword research and put the right keywords in the title and in the description.

Put keywords in tags, at the end of the description. Use lots of them.

Don't forget your call to action- you can have a call to action in the middle of your video and at the end. Within the first 30 seconds of your video, you need to tell people to subscribe. 

In the first 10 seconds, use your 'hook' to keep people watching. This will be related to solving their problem. 

Make sure you have relevant links beneath your description.



Tactic Three:


Send out an email blast for each video.

Promote your videos on your social channels.

Message people on social platforms, using DM's, not just wall posts. Get more personal. 


Use the data from your first month to see which videos were most popular, which ones got more subscribers, and watch time.

After a month, you can slow it down to about 3 times a week so you can then focus on higher quality content for your subscribers who are now aware of your work.

You can now focus on where the greatest interest was in your videos.

I hope these tactics are helpful for you and good luck! 











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How to Get More Followers on Pinterest.

  Are you new to Pinterest? Is your follower count small? Is your follower count not growing? Do you need to grow your followers in order to...