The increasing popularity of blogs is directly related to the growth of internet users worldwide and the fact that starting a blog used to require significant technical skills. With over 7.5 millions posts being published daily, it's much easier than ever to create a blog. While the average blog post is approximately 1,200 words long, longer posts perform better in search engines as well as social media. We'll be discussing some statistics that bloggers should know and then we'll show you how to use visual storytelling to help your blog attract readers.
70% of bloggers earning over $50,000 per year promote their blogs actively or very actively.
While most bloggers with high incomes actively promote their blogs and only 21% do this passively, the majority of them are active. These bloggers tend to be more focused on marketing than content. They are also more likely have a podcast, publish case studies, and make videos. Those who earn $50,000 a year are twice as likely to do keyword research than those who earn less. What do high-earners do for their blogs to promote themselves?
A recent study revealed that only 2/3 people blog for income. The remainder do it for personal reasons. While 60% of all bloggers make no money from their blogs, 31% make a good living through their blogging. People who make $50,000 annually or more often sell products to their followers. Analytics helps them understand their audience. They can improve user experience and make deeper connections.
Only half of bloggers who are lower-income promote their blogs only minimally.
Over seventy percent (over 70%) of bloggers with higher income promote their blogs minimally. Only one-fourth of bloggers who are lower-income use social media for blog promotion. 70% of bloggers with high incomes are active promoters, but less than half are. This statistic shows that they should be promoting more of their content.
Blogging is not just about using social media for promotion, it also involves SEO to generate traffic. They employ 343% more methods of collecting email addresses than bloggers earning less. More than half of the bloggers make at least $50,000 a year, and they know their audience intimately. In fact, bloggers who are successful spend 3.6 times as much money on content writers as bloggers with lower incomes.
Visual storytelling can be one of the most powerful tools for a blogger's toolbox.
Bloggers can make powerful storytelling tools by using visual elements. Your visuals should be used to support and enhance your main message. Remember to keep your story simple and easy to follow. Include infographics in your content. Canva, Venngage Growth Geeks, Fiverr, and Venngage are great tools to create high-quality infographics.
Good storytelling requires images and videos. Let go of keyword optimization and take time to appreciate the visual beauty. To create amazing content, you can also use the free tools. If you don’t feel confident using these tools I highly recommend taking a break. If you don't feel confident in your graphics, you can hire a professional to do it for you.
Food bloggers make 42% of their revenues from ads and only 10% from affiliates
While most food bloggers make their money through advertisements and sponsored content, affiliate marketing can also increase their income. These affiliate programs often rely on the independent content created by food bloggers to draw attention to particular products or services. Home Chef's affiliate programs are focused on meal plans and easy to follow recipes. They also retain full control of their content and manage their affiliate programs.
Although food blogging used to be more lucrative, competition has increased. Food bloggers now compete for their readers' attention, raising their expectations and increasing output. Food bloggers may become obsessed with keeping up to date with technological advances. A food blogger must also deal with ever-changing SEO challenges. If you have a passion for food, consider starting a food blog.
FAQ
What will it cost to rank high in search results?
Costs of search engine optimization will vary depending upon the type or project. While some projects will only require changes to your website's existing content, others will require you to redesign everything. There are also ongoing monthly fees covering keyword research and maintenance.
Will A Content Strategy Help Me Get Better Ranking?
Content strategy refers to the planning of how much content your company will produce in a given time. It contains keywords and information about your company, such as topics. This plan is essential to ensure you don’t create too much or too few words before you begin writing.
How can I increase my Facebook traffic?
Facebook offers several different ways to increase traffic to your website. Facebook ads are one way to get more traffic. You can target specific audiences with Facebook ads based on their interests, location, and demographics. You can even set a daily budget and see which posts perform well.
How often should my website be updated?
There are many options for updating your website. One method is to use the Content Management System, or CMS. Here, you can easily edit all of the content on your site without having to touch any code.
Another way is to use a plugin that automatically updates your website. You can buy these plugins through WordPress stores or install them yourself.
WPtouch and Yoast are two other free plugins. You can test various methods and find which one works best for your needs.
SEO still considers link building relevant.
Link building will continue to be important, but the way you approach it today is very different from 10 years ago. How businesses find customers and make sales is the biggest challenge they face today. That's where search engine optimization comes into play.
Nowadays, businesses need to use social media, and content marketing strategies are also very important. It seems that link building is not as effective as it once was because Google penalizes websites with too many links pointing back at them. This makes sense because if you're linking to many other sites, there's probably nothing original on yours worth looking at.
All of these factors indicate that link-building is not as effective in ranking your website.
Statistics
- Sean isn't alone… Blogger James Pearson recently axed hundreds of blog posts from his site… and his organic traffic increased by 30%: (backlinko.com)
- Deleting those 10k pages is one of the main reasons that he improved his site's organic traffic by nearly 90%: (backlinko.com)
- A 62.60% organic traffic boost to that page: (backlinko.com)
- And 90%+ of these backlinks cite a specific stat from my post: (backlinko.com)
- If two people in 10 clicks go to your site as a result, that is a 20% CTR. (semrush.com)
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How To
What you need to know about duplicate content and SEO
Duplicate content can be a problem for webmasters and search engine operators alike. There are two types. External and internal duplicates. Internal duplicates occur when multiple pages within a site contain identical content. External duplicates happen when a page contains similar information to another URL.
Internal duplication is when multiple pages contain similar text or images. This happens due to poor copywriting skills. Poor copywriting means you're not creating unique content for each webpage. When you do this, you create internal duplicates.
External duplication is when one page has similar information to multiple URLs. If you have two pages that are identical to each other, such as a product listing all of your products or a category listing all of them, you have external duplication.
Google does not penalize websites for duplicate content. It will penalize sites who attempt to manipulate the algorithm to rank better. You should not have duplicate content on your site.
Link building is the easiest way to modify Google's algorithm. Link building involves creating links between your website and other websites. These links are unnatural and may lead to Google devaluing your website.
You can avoid link manipulation by using these methods:
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Avoid low-quality links (those from spammy sources).
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Using anchor texts that are relevant to your website.
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Create unique content to each page of the website.
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High-quality content.
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It is important to have a domain name that is memorable.
Let's not fret about duplicate content. Instead, make sure you have unique content on each page of every website. This will ensure that you rank higher on search engine result pages.