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Thursday 31 March 2016

Best blogging tool for bloggers and freelance writers

What are the biggest problem bloggers and freelance writers like you and me, face in our day to day blogging or writing job – Quality of blog post or writing.

 
Best blogging tool for bloggers and freelance writers

  

This is the biggest concern; any blogger or writer faces every day. Quality may depend on many factors like knowledge of the topic, research on the topic, data available, storytelling and ability to write.


You may be thinking, why the hell, “ability to write”, is a factor here. Here ability to write is related to, “Grammatical error free writing” and this is more important if you are a Non – Native English writer like I. Grammar is the soul of any Language. It shows the richness and diversity of language. Grammar gives us the ability to express in the correct manner in that particular language. Here English is that language.

There may be several times, you might be confused between American English and British English.  For example - Favorite and Color (American English) or Favourite and Colour (British English), very simple difference but very confusing every time you go for writing.


So, what is the solution of this big problem – Grammarly App.


Why Grammarly – According to their about us page on their website

Grammarly is the world’s leading automated proofreader. It checks for more than 250 types of spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors, enhances vocabulary usage, and suggests citations.




You may have heard this before and quite possible some of you may be using this simple but powerful proofreading tool. It is not only helpful in grammatical error checking but also, a great tool for Plagiarism checking.

This tool is available as a chrome browser extension and also as a native app for Windows operating system. The Tool is available for free to perform basic correction of the grammatical error with weekly performance report by mail. 

Grammarly tool has a Premium version too, which performs advanced actions like:

1.      Grammar Check – This is the best thing for non-native English writers like you and me, we don’t need to worry about grammar instead we can focus on the quality of content.



2.       Plagiarism Check – We all know the consequences of plagiarism and the bad name it will bring for us. This may happen due to ignorance also, better to check it for plagiarism before posting.








3.      Spell Check – This is the most important thing in writing; a single letter can change the whole meaning of a word or a sentence.




4.      Proofreading Tool – This is an overall tool which checks for more than 250 advanced errors due to various combinations of grammatical errors.




An online proofreading tool like Grammarly is the best tool available for bloggers or writers to focus on writing instead of grammars or any other errors.


You can get a free Grammarly account or if you have a free account, get the free premium account to check, whether it’s useful for you or not.


Over to you:

Do try & share your thoughts on its usage and capabilities. Do you use any other proofreading tool; tell about that in the comment section or on Twitter.

If you like this article, please share this with your friends and community members.

Thank you! 







Monday 28 March 2016

Growth Hacking and SEO

Hello Friends, on 21st March 2016, I was discussing Growth Hacking and SEO with my friend and #SEOTalk (a weekly twitter chat on Monday, 8.30 pm IST / 3.00 pm GMT) host, Malhar Barai 

Here is a transcript of Q&A on Growth Hacking and SEO discussed during the chat.




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Growth Hacking and SEO 


Q1. What is Growth Hacking? And can it be applied to SEO.


A1 #GrowthHacking a/c to @aginnt, one whose passion & focus is pushing a
metric through use of a testable & scalable methodology #SEOtalk

A1b #GrowthHacking is all about implementing data backed marketing strategies
for Growth. This can be applied to SEO. #SEOtalk

A1c For #SEO, off page optimization is the best place where we can try
#GrowthHacking but never ever indulge in grey/black hat SEO #SEOtalk


Q2. What are some growth hacking strategies for SEO.

A2 #GrowthHacking activities for #SEO can't be done in silos, it has to be aided by
#contentmarketing & #smm #SEOtalk

A2b Getting quality Backlinks, ranking for certain keywords and domain authority
is the main goal. #SEOtalk

A2c Guest blogging is the best way to get quality Backlinks, Joel from @buffer did
150+ guest blog in 9-month #SEOtalk

A2d long tail keywords are key to get top SERP ranking in contested market, All of
this going to affect domain authority too #SEOtalk


Q3. Are there some tools to help SEO growth hacking?

A3 for long tail keyword research @semrush, @moz open site Explorer,

keywordtool.io, @epictions, @buzzsumo #SEOtalk

A3b Monitor Backlinks, colibri.io, ahrefs, Google Analytics (yes it works and free
too), kiss metrics #SEOtalk





Q4. How do you know, your SEO growth hacking strategies working or not.


A4 Three metrics 1. Domain Authority 2. Page Authority 3. Quality Backlinks from

Top Domain Authority Will decide, whether your strategies working or not
#SEOtalk

A4b DA & PA, you can check on various tools, any score above 50 on a 1-100 scale
will be quite good #SEOtalk

A4c 1 Backlinks from Top DA site like huff post is more valuable than 5 Backlinks
from low DA sites #SEOtalk


Q5 What are your personal tips on SEO growth hacking.

A5 Always check referring links & build good relationship with them, provide

more data about you to get more Backlinks #SEOtalk

A5b Use #Influencers outreach to get mentions and Backlinks #SEOtalk


Q6. What expert or blog is a great resource for SEO growth hacking.

A6 The original #GrowthHacker @seanellis and his @growthhackers, Growth

Marketer of @uber - @andrewchen #SEOtalk

A6b some great resources from @neilpatel @sujanpatel @kevanlee @moz
@semrush


Bonus Q7. On Twitter's 10th birthday, does twitter has a place in your seo
growth hacking. #Twitterlove.

A7 #Twitter has a special feature, pinned tweet, through which you can get

sustained quality referral traffic #LoveTwitter #SEOtalk

A7b #Twitter is that place, where you can post your #content several times to get
clicks & quality Traffic. Use this wisely #SEOtalk


Over to you :

Which resourced do you find most valuable on Growth Hacking and SEO, do share in the comment or on Twitter :)




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