How to Get Interviewed (Even If You Are Not Well-Known in Your Niche)

When people talk about interview link building, they mostly talk about expert interviews, you interview experts on your blog in the hope that they will then share your interview and link to it. But doing the opposite also works. If you have interesting hobbies or any kind of expertise, there are likely dozens of blogs and podcasts that would be happy to interview you and you may find getting interviewed easier than finding experts to interview. ...

July 3, 2019 · 10 min · 1935 words · Benjamin Houy

The Best Way to Come up with Catchy Blog Post Titles

Copywriting legend David Ogilvy once said that “on the average, five times as many people read the headline as read the body copy. When you have written your headline, you have spent eighty cents out of your dollar.” That’s great news because it means a great blog post title has the power to attract lots of readers to your blog and to help you build your business. Unfortunately, it also means that nobody will read your article if the blog title sucks. Luckily, creating a great blog post title is not as hard as it may seem. ...

May 22, 2019 · 18 min · 3759 words · Benjamin Houy

A Day in the Life of a Full-Time Blogger

Search “blogger working” in Google Image and you will see thousands of smiling bloggers working on their laptop while drinking coffee in a trendy coffee shop. And while these things can definitely be part of a blogger’s day, they are only the visible part of the iceberg. Blogging isn’t just about drinking coffee, traveling to beautiful destinations and relaxing on the beach, it’s also about answering emails, fixing technical glitches and all sorts of invisible tasks. ...

May 15, 2019 · 10 min · 2081 words · Benjamin Houy

How to Write a SEO Title Google and Your Visitors Love

Writing a SEO title (also called page title or Google title) is considered difficult because you are writing for 3 main audiences. Visitors coming from search engines. Search engines. Visitors from social media. And writing a SEO title that ranks high on Google and gets shared on social media can often feel like mission impossible. Luckily, it turns out it really isn’t as difficult as it sounds. All you need to do is follow a few important rules. ...

May 8, 2019 · 10 min · 1942 words · Benjamin Houy

A Bittersweet First Blog Income Report

The internet is full of success stories and my 6-figures language-learning blog French Together could be considered one of them But things don’t always go as planned and every business experiences ups and downs. April was definitely in the down category for me and that’s great because it means the first blog income report I ever published will be full of valuable lessons about blogging. Grow With Less The story of Grow With Less (and why I switched niches 3 times) Grow With Less had an interesting start and changed a lot over the last few months. ...

May 7, 2019 · 9 min · 1730 words · Benjamin Houy