Blogging Tips Archives - Rick's Daily Tips

10 tips for starting and writing a successful blog

Posted on May 23, 2020

Have you been thinking about starting a blog?

Do you already have a blog but you’re having a hard time getting people to visit it?

The truth is most anyone can start a blog these days, but attracting visitors who like your posts and want to come back to read your latest stuff on a regular basis isn’t easy.

That being said, starting your own blog and writing posts that are interesting and useful to your readers can be done if you follow a good plan.

What follows is my plan for running a successful blog. In order to make it easy to follow and understand, I have written it as a series of tips: [Read more…]

Q&A: Can you recommend a good, but affordable microphone for recording my podcasts?

Posted on May 9, 2020

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Question from Felicia: I have a blog that I’ve been posting on three times a week since November 2015.

I’m really happy with the success I’m having with it and now I want to try my hand at podcasting to supplement the blog posts.

Can you recommend a good podcast-quality microphone that’s affordable?

I’m hoping to spend $100 or less but I’m willing to spend a little more than that if I have to in order to get a decent mic that’ll last for a good while.

Rick’s answer: [Read more…]

10 tips to prevent your WordPress blog from getting hacked

Posted on May 7, 2020

WordPress blogs are constantly being targeted by hackers, and the problem is getting worse all the time.

It seems that the miscreants of the world have nothing better to do than try to make the lives of others miserable while exploiting the hard work of legitimate bloggers to “earn” some ill-gotten cash for themselves.

Keeping a blog safe from hacking attempts gets more difficult every day as the hackers become ever more determined and sophisticated.

That being said, there are a number of things you can do to help keep your blog safe and secure from the miscreants of the world. Here are 10 tips that can help prevent your WordPress blog from getting hacked: [Read more…]

Q&A: How can the company behind WordPress afford to let bloggers use it for free?

Posted on May 4, 2020

Question from Harry B.: Maybe you can answer a question for me Rick. I’ve been wondering about this for a long time.

About three years ago I paid to have a website built for me, and the lady built it using WordPress.

In all this time I’ve never been asked to pay anything to keep using the WordPress program.

I was just wondering how they make their money since they let us use their software for free?

Rick’s answer: [Read more…]

One simple change that could boost your blog’s page views by 50% or more!

Posted on April 28, 2020

Are you a blogger who is looking for ways to boost the number of page views on your blog?

If so, I’m going to tell you about one simple change you can make right now that could potentially boost both your blog’s total number of monthly page views and the number of pages viewed per visit.

I’ve been using this strategy on my blogs for a while now, and the total number of pages viewed has risen by over 50% from what they were before I started doing it.

The best thing about this strategy is it requires hardly any extra work on my part. Yes, it does take me about five minutes longer to write each new post now, but that’s nothing really considering the benefits derived from so little extra work.

Now that I’ve (hopefully) piqued your interest, here’s my secret… [Read more…]