Working as an author, especially a self-published one, requires being a jack-of-all-trades. You need to be able to promote, manage a website (which incorporates a lot in itself, i.e. design, seo, etc), write, establish connections, and the list goes on and on.
Articles are a great way to connect with readers and promote your writing. They’re also handy for establishing yourself as an expert in a particular field, and optimize your websites find-ability. Articles can be used to provide links to your site, increasing its SEO value in the eyes of King Google. If you don’t know what SEO is, here’s a handy article giving a basic explanation.
As a general premise for articles, Google loves articles 300-500 words long, a minimum of 250-300.
Keyword Saturation:
For every 100 words, mention your keyword 3-5 times. Doing so subtly to avoid breaking readability takes time, but it will improve your articles ranking in Google. Over doing it and stuffing your blog posts with keywords will actually shoot your page ranking down the drain. Try using the same words or exact phrases people will search.
Grammar:
Keywords should be grammatically correct with their usage. Incorrectly using keywords and jamming them everywhere possible will annoy both readers and search engines. Articles should read well, provide information with the least amount of marketing pitches for your book, website, etc, and focus more on providing good content for readers. Sound natural, talk as you would to one of your friends.
Hope this helps guys. Cheers!
♡eM
/ February 26, 2013You are a Jack of all writing trades!
Jeremiah Walton
/ February 26, 2013I try to be! I hope you found this article useful. Cheers!
yerennyca18
/ February 26, 2013Thank you so much for this! It’s extremely helpful and helps me grow as a writer.
Jeremiah Walton
/ February 26, 2013No problem at all! I’m happy it helps.
Rahburt
/ March 4, 2013Hey Jeremiah. This was simple and useful, thanks. I wrote a blog on some SEO strategies also if you are interested.
Jeremiah Walton
/ March 4, 2013Awesome, SEO is something I’m always learning more about. I’ll check it out. Cheers!
Rahburt
/ March 4, 2013sweet, hope you learn something too. here it is: http://socialmediabar.com/seoscience