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You may be wondering whether right now is a good time to start a blog. And while I would like to tell you absolutely – I obviously love to blog and have helped thousands of bloggers get started and make improvements – if I’m being honest, the answer is actually “probably.”You should probably start a blog in 2019.Probably – not because of blogging itself, but more about what’s best for you.Despite claims that no one wants to read long-form content, or that all content will be delivered via video, the fact is, Blogging is still an extremely viable and effective medium for creating content and building an online business.Yes, you actually can make money – real money – by blogging.Whether you will drive traffic and make money from a blog depends on a number of factors unique to you.What do you want to blog about?Who is your target audience?What are the money-making opportunities for you?What is your competition like?You can follow my guide on “ to get help with the technical aspects like setting up hosting or WordPress, but that already assumes you’ve made the decision to go forward.What if you’re still wondering? What if you aren’t sure whether your idea for a blog is really filled with as much potential as you dream it is?Wouldn’t it be nice if you had a checklist or worksheet to help you figure out if your blog plan has merit?For that matter, do you need an actual plan? (Hint: if you want to make money, that means your blog is a business, so yes, you need a business plan.)So to me, the question of ’should you start a blog in 2019’ is answered by taking a close look at your idea for a blog and doing some homework. You need to take the time to research your idea and verify that it has potential, both from an interest and a revenue perspective.Every day people are starting new blogs, new podcasts, new YouTube channels. Some of them find success, yet many fail.Why?What’s the difference between the creators who succeed and the ones who give up after trying for a while?I don’t think it’s persistence, though that certainly helps. Any business based around the creation of content is going to take a little time to get going.I don’t think it’s platform, despite what the Wix or Squarespace commercials may claim. Studies have shown that it makes no difference from an SEO perspective or performance analysis what platform you use (as long as it’s not some free platform you have little control over).I definitely don’t think it’s luck – bloggers can make their own luck!There are definitely exceptions and circumstances, but the majority of bloggers who fail lacked one crucial element: A Plan.Not just a business plan, though that’s important, but a Blogging Plan. A plan where they’ve thought through all of the important aspects for starting a blog:Niche ResearchAudience ResearchMonetization OpportunitiesLegal Structure & RequirementsIn short, they’ve verified their idea and created a plan for success.And I’m going to help you do that too.I have created a Blogging Startup Planner that you can download, print out, and complete. It walks you through each and every step and question you need to consider if you want to start a blog in 2019.From thinking through your Why to making sure you have all the necessary registrations and licenses in place, this planner is your first step to starting a successful blog.The Blogging Startup Plannerincludes worksheets, checklists and guides to take you through:Why Do I Want To Blog?What’s Your Story?Who Are You?Mission StatementKeyword ResearchTopic BrainstormingAudience WorksheetMonetization ResearchWhat Are Your Goals For Your Blog?SWOT AnalysisFinancial AnalysisBusiness Name WorksheetDomain Name ResearchSocial Media Handle ResearchStyle GuideSite StructureBlog Post BrainstormingWorksheetNew Blogging Business ChecklistMarketing PlanFinancial PlanExit StrategyPlus pages for Notes & Ideas, and a complete Guide that walks you through every aspect of the planner.Rather than spend time and money starting a blog and just hoping it will work, this planner will help you determine if 2019 is the year you really should start a blog, and then how to start it the right way.For instance, the SWOT Analysis will walk you through the process of considering your own Strengths and Weaknesses and how you can leverage or address those ahead of time. And then you’ll think about the potential competition you’ll be facing and how you can differentiate yourself!Once you’ve taken the time to research your idea and you’re ready to proceed, the New Blogging Business Checklist will help you tick the boxes toward a successful launch.The information and guidance poured into this planner is what I would normally schedule multiple coaching calls to walk you through – and you can hire me at $200 per hour if you really want that kind of help – but you can work through the Blogging Startup Planner on your own for a fraction of that costThe Blogging Startup Planner is available now for a special introductory price of just $14 for the first 100 new bloggers that purchase. Save yourself months and months of time and hundreds of dollars by making sure that you should blog, or that you should blog about what you’re thinking of blogging about.Blogging Startup PlannerBlogging Startup Planner ContentsBlogging Financial AnalysisHow To Use The Blogging Startup PlannerThis is a resource I wish I had been able to use when I first started blogging in 2007. Instead of wasting years writing about far too many topics, I could have done some initial research and found that I needed to narrow my niche significantly.I put this set of printable worksheets together for you to save you from issues like that. Instead of winging it, your Blogging Startup Planner will make sure you’re pointed in the best possible direction to achieve your goalsHave a great New YearsBest regardsOrlando Ayala jr

Ask your friends if they have a 2019 calendar they are not using.That's the simplest way of getting a 2019 calendar. If you only want January, you can just use the first page, which will be January.Now January of 2019 was only good for the beginning of 2019, which was a yrar ago.I cannot help wondering if you actually are seeking a calendar for the coming year (2020), and just automatically wrote the current year.lf you want calendar for 2020, you can go into most stationery stores and pick one up.Google has a calendar app that will track any important dates for you. I have been using this app for years now, and am satisfied with it.There are free calendar blank forms. You can print as many of these as you please, then just write in the correct dates.

What are some effective ways to increase the traffic on a website as of 2019?The most effective ways to increase traffic to your website in 2019 really are a little different than people would think.Once you’ve read this answer from start to finish, you’ll have 5 Proven (and unexpected, especially #3) techniques to increase the traffic to your website in 2019.A Twist on SEOIt’s getting harder and harder to rank normally with SEO - and let’s be honest, it’s been a long time since that was easy.You can’t wait forever to get results, but everyone else is doing it, so you have to contribute to your site’s SEO somehow.Besides, with VEO (optimization for Voice Search) on the horizon, it’s time to catch up in your SEO.Let’s jump right in.Step 1: Shift your focus.Whether you are in one of the most competitive niches out there, or one of the least competitive, Shift your Focus.Typically in SEO, you look at popular keywords your customers would search that are related to your business/industry, product, or service.Let’s say your in the Essential Oil Space. Essential Oils have steadily increased in popularity over the past 5 years, and are now a pretty competitive space.At least, that’s if we’re to use search traffic as a reliable indicator. See the following Graph of Search Traffic for the term “Essential Oils” over the past 5 years from Google Trends(Notice the peak around Christmas time each year - FYI, decent gift idea)Now, Essential Oils are a crowded space. Unsurprisingly, this means it’s hard to rank for the term Essential Oil. What to do?Execute the Underdog SEO Strategy: Rank for more Difficult Keywords by Ranking for Long-Tail Keywords first.What are Long Tail Keywords?Courtesy of Hubspot:A long-tail keyword is a keyword phrase that contains at least three words (though some say two or more is considered long-tail). Long-tail keywords are used to target niche demographics rather than mass audiences.So Long Tail keywords are keywords related to the root keyword (essential oils), but are more specific and targeted.One of the tools in my SEO arsenal is Moz Pro, and one of my favorite uses is the Keyword Research.Lets start Broad and Non-Longtail:Moz gives us a Ranking Difficulty of 46/100. Believe it or not, Moz actually says that a Difficulty of 45 and above should be considered Unrankable, or very difficult to rank for.Now, I’m not interested in going into business selling essential oils, so I can’t tell you how hard it might actually be to rank organically.What I can tell you is that if you wanted to rank for the term “Essential Oils,” we’re currently pursuing this example with the best strategy for doing so.Let’s keep going!What I didn’t screenshot was Moz’s suggested alternative keywords:List of Essential OilsList of Essential Oils and their usesPrintable List of Essential Oils and their usesLet’s plug these in and see what our results are:Obviously search volume went down, because Longtail keywords are more specific. Fewer people are searching them because most searches are more broad. Simple.There are some other things there like Organic CTR and Priority - ignore those for now and focus on Difficulty.Difficulty went from a 46 to a 37 - not bad. But for Moz’s tool, the closer we get to a 15 or lower (AKA “fairly easy to rank for”, the better.Let’s try another:Again, our monthly volume went down, but so did our Difficulty.If you’re worried about how low the monthly volume is getting, just imagine what it would be like if you got to the Top 3 search results for this term - or even the lauded 1st Position!Roughly 33.3% of searchers will click on the first result, so between 67 and 167 (33.3% of 201, and 500, respectively) people should click on your site.Over a year this could add up to as many as 2000 people from only one long-tail keyword.If you started off with no organic traffic, you could be on your way to rockstar-dom with just this strategy alone - and we’re only on #1.But wait, there’s one more to try in Moz:since it’s cut off - “printable list of essential oils and their uses”Now that’s a longtail, huh?Search volume went up, interestingly - and bonus, Difficulty dropped by another 10 points.What started out as a 46 Difficulty Keyword now has an entry-level 23 Difficulty Longtail keyword.If I were planning to rank for Essential Oils, this is likely one of the longtails I would start out with.The #1 search result for the query “printable list of essential oils and their uses” is currently found here: Top 150 List of Essential Oils With Free Cheat SheetI would probably Create a similar List and call it something likePrintable List of 201 Essential Oils and their UsesIf you care to check out their list, you’ll notice it’s in Alphabetical Order.I might try categorizing it by the things they’re supposed to treat.I’d even do more research and find out if it’d be worthwhile to add that feature to the title, like this:Printable List of 201 Essential Oils, Categorized by their UsesThis is called the Skyscraper Technique.Moz Pro costs money, but don’t worry, I’m not out to make an affiliate commission here.Here’s a tool that’s totally free that I sometimes use - from what I’ve seen it’s just as good.It’s called UbersuggestOne difference you may find is that Ubersuggest can give a radically different Ranking difficulty than Moz - initially I thought this was an inaccuracy, but I now believe Uber and Moz just use different scales - a 45 to Moz seems to be more like a 75 to Ubersuggest.How to Choose Your Longtail KeywordsUse another free tool, Google Search Console, to find out what Keywords your website already ranks for.What you really want are Long-Tail Keywords that are related to the keywords you’re ranking for. As I said though, if you aren’t ranking for anything yet, that’s okay too - you can still start by trying to rank for long-tails.Ranking for Long-tail keywords first makes it easier to rank for the difficult keywords you really want in the long term.2. Facebook GroupsI wrote an answer earlier today about this.In it, I cover:Why Facebook Groups workHow Facebook Groups work for generating businessthe Steps you need to take to make Facebook Groups work for YouSee the answer here:Devin Beverage's answer to What are some of the most effective ways for small businesses to leverage Facebook Groups for advertising?Since I covered so much in the above answer, I’m not going to spend too much more time elaborating here - but I will supplement that answer by saying what I did not explicitly say within it:Facebook Groups can generate you any kind of traffic you want.Traffic to…Product PagesBlog PostsYour Instagram account to gain followers, etc.3. Build a Brand - (hint, you can start here on Quora)Building a brand is more important than ever in 2019, in SEO and in general.Why are Brands important?Brands are important because they appeal to humans in fundamental ways. We are wired for stories, and brands are exactly that: stories.Google’s also putting more emphasis on Brands for search.Brand Strategy is the practice of differentiating potentially fungible products or services by wrapping them with an engaging narrative.Fun-gi-ble/ˈfənjəbəl/- able to replace or be replaced by another identical item; mutually interchangeable.Does that sound crazy?Think again.Starbucks could have charged 1.20 Euros for a coffee, but then they created a compelling brand story, and now they’re clocking in at 88% higher prices for largely the same product. And they’re thriving.Boom.Now, to the Quora part — and I’ll lead with this: Quora is far from the only place.It’s important to find your audience. Your audience might not be predominantly on Quora. Maybe your audience is on Pinterest. Maybe they’re on Reddit. Maybe they’re on Tumblr.How do you build a strong brand?Apple’s Think Different campaign was more than just mis-using an adjective as an adverb.Just kidding - there’s no such thing as proper grammar in ad copy. You write what people are likely resonate with.Some grammar-nazi’s had a field day, but people resonated with ‘Think Different’Fortune favors the bold. So be bold.The easiest way to be bold and stand out is to do things no one else is doing.If you’re in a crowded auditorium where everyone’s struggling to get attention, you don’t get it by yelling along with the chorus.But what if you Yell “Fire!” instead?Unless there’s an actual fire, it’s not advisable to do this, but consider how similar the reaction might be if you yelled “Mashed potatoes!” instead.These are silly examples, but consider what your competitors are doing. Do the opposite - and Stand Out.Funnily enough, an easy way to stand out is just to provide more value than anyone else is providing. This can take a number of forms.If we’re talking content, lets say we’re doing printable lists like the Essential Oil example from earlier.My Skyscraper Technique Plan for dominating the SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages) involed the following:Outnumbering the number of oils covered by an additional 51.Making the name of the list / webpage closer to the search term so it’s easier to find, and easier to choose (since it’s already familiar) when it shows up in results.Categorizing the oils by use, so that someone looking for an oil to help with headaches doesn’t have to scan the whole list - especially once it’s printed out.If you’re a consumer interested in a printable list of essential oils and their uses, which list do you want?A List of 150, Alphabetically ordered? Or a list of 201, categorized by what you use them for?Something else I could do is give more than the few sentences for each oil, like that other website does.All of this is providing more value.No, seriously, I’m getting to the Quora thingHow do we start building a personal brand on Quora? Providing quality content, answering questions people in your Audience have.Why am I here?I own a Digital Marketing Agency covering everything from Facebook Ads, SEO, SEO Optimized Content Writing, Website Builds, and more.I love what I do, so these are questions I’d answer anyway!What do I expect in return? Nothing. If you like what you read, I’d appreciate a comment and upvote.If someone needs additional help I’m happy to do all I can for free, and if someone decided they needed more help than I could provide for free, I’d be happy to see if my firm is a fit.However, I give without expectations:I don’t expect to receive a check in the mail for my answers.I don’t expect you to hire my firm just because I answered your question.I don’t expect a round of applause for knowing what I know - I just want to help.What is your website about?Dog Training? IT? Maid Services? Web Hosting?Whatever it is, find where your audience already is.This will be easier for some than others - almost anyone could use maid services, though your clientele is probably slightly higher end than the audience for dog training (anyone with a dog, especially new dog owners).I answered a question yesterday regarding Social Media, and in it I cover finding the network where your audience congregates.Are they on Facebook? Make a Group.Twitter? Create a hashtag and tweet valuable content.Instagram? Promote an account that people want to follow.Consider checking out my answer - feel free to scroll straight to the section on Social Media and Finding Your Audience.Check out my answer here: How important is social media to a business, especially small independent ones where it’s hard to get a following?Bottom Line: Find Your Audience, and provide them Massive Value.4. SEO Twist 2More SEO?! Technically yes, but this time we’re going Off-Page…We’re headed into Link Building territory.How do we attract more website traffic? Raise your site’s reputation in Google’s eyes.The best way I know to do this is through building links from related sites in your same industry. Not just related sites, but preferably authoritative sites with high reputations.How can we do this? What if you’re a brand new site, just starting out?The short answer that you’re probably already sick of hearing is: Give massive value.High quality, in-depth videosAnimated Infographics - a new take on a classic strategy. The below video from the Museum of Natural History is definitely on the longer side, but the extent of your own animagraphic could be from 0:12 to 0:55, or even much shorter.A much simpler example:Offer Valuable Tools for free - especially if they usually cost moneyJust refer to a tool I recommended earlier - Neil Patel’s Ubersuggest.According to Neil, he “loses” $150,000 per month by offering Ubersuggest for free - but he says this isn’t a real loss, because he gains more traffic from Ubersuggest than any other source to his site right now.Why do all of these things “for free”?When you provide original and authoritative content on a topic -Especially if it’s a video (that probably took writing, camera equipment, a good microphone, practice, editing, etc.)or an animated infographic (that either invested your own time and skill in, or your investment in someone else who took the time and skill to create it)people notice. Everyone needs good content to post, and it’s hard to create it all yourself, which is why even big brands will repost other site’s content.You can even supercharge this process by sending your content to these other related sites and offer for them to use your content for free - meaning they don’t even have to stumble across it themselves and ask permission.Just make sure you get credit for it.5. Facebook AdsI wrote an Answer on this topic too - just yesterday, so it’s fresh.See here: What’s the best free way to send traffic to your Shopify shop?Note that this is the only thing I’ve mentioned that you necessitates spending money.If you want to learn how to do Facebook Ads yourself, you can keep your costs as low as it costs you to run the ads themselves.If time is your most scarce resource right now, but you have money to invest, consider hiring an agency to run Facebook Ads for you.See my Answer about the effectiveness of Facebook Ads - the example case is an ecommerce site, but Facebook Ads work well for generating traffic to all kinds of websites.That’s all for me - for now. I hope it helps.What did you think of my answer? I’m open to any constructive criticism.What still isn’t clear? I’m happy to elaborate further :)P.S., if you’d like more help, I’d be happy to get on the phone with you for a few minutes and discuss these strategies, and more for generating more website traffic.I’m not charging anything, just looking to help if it’s needed. :)Dev Bev, Dev Bev Co