To Keyword or Not To Keyword?

“To keyword or not to keyword,” Have you thought about this question?

Of course you’ve thought about this question.

Any novice has and will explore articles that offer tips for bloggers. And you will find that every other article you’ve read has referred to the importance of using keywords.

So, here I am adding my very own two cents to the pot.

First, stop screaming at the newbie’s who don’t even know what a keyword is let alone its significance

You have to admit some articles that explain how to use keywords speak to you as if you are already ‘blog savvy.’

When I started blogging I’d seen references here and there about keywords. But I didn’t put two and two together right away.

I figured it was something I’d get around to eventually. So I made a note to research it at another time. All I wanted to do was writing. So that’s what I began to do.

Through further exploration and research I found that blogging could also be profitable. I found that I could actually make additional income from blogging.

How cool is that?

Unfortunately, it’s not one of those situations where if you write—they will come. You have to get people to come. There are several avenues that you can explore for this purpose. But the one avenue that kept popping up was keywords.

So I took out that sticky note that read, “research keywords” and got to work.

Keywords help you get found in google. And we know how important it is for google to find us. It also helps google adsense place the appropriate ads on your blog.

Are keywords certain words that you can only use?

The answer is, “No.”

It’s any word or phrase that you frequently use throughout your article. Adding your keyword in your title is even better. Actually, it’s key.

Yes, some keywords are more popular than others as well as more profitable. But that’s covered in “Intermittent Key wording.”

The goal is to actually put out good articles with great content while trying not to be obnoxious with your use of keywords.

So the question remains, “To keyword or not to keyword?”

Of course!

Whether you want to blog for money or blog to be heard you still have to get traffic to your website. Keywords will help you get there.

You’re on the right track if you’ve figured out what are the keywords in this article?

How Not to Have a Heart Attack from Blogging

Blogger Russell Shaw technology blogger out of North Lauderdale, Florida died in March of 2008 from a heart attack. In December 2007 Marc Orchant another technology blogger died of a massive heart attack as reported by the New York Times.

Is it conceivable that you can have a heart attack from writing? It’s ridiculous you might think. But yet in still here we are with the reports of bloggers having heart attacks.

Is it possible? Yes it is and here’s why:

Some people blog for the wrong reasons. They hear how bloggers such as John Chow made over $30,000 dollars in a month. Or the infamous copy of Jeremy Shoemaker’s check from Google adsense for $132,924.97.

The potential of making that type of money is irresistible. Some dive in immediately with the hopes of overnight riches.

But the first question they need to ask is: Would they blog if they were never paid a dime?

Okay, let’s do some math. We’ll start with an example of a go-getter. The go-getter has 5 different blogs on various topics. They write a minimum of 7 articles a week, per blog, giving them a total of 35 entries per week. This gives them a total of 140 articles per month. And you can see how easily the numbers become astronomical as the number of blogs goes up times the number of entries. Ask yourself can you juggle family, work, yourself and blogging without giving yourself heart palpitations?

You can if you follow some of these suggestions:

• Start off slowly. Get your feet wet don’t dive in head first.
• Determine how many times per week you will make weekly contributions to your blog.
• Make a commitment to write that minimum each week.
• Adjust accordingly. Increase or decrease at your discretion.
• Set time limits

If you are a newbie blogger such as me there is a technical side of blogging you must learn. I can be very stubborn when it comes to figuring out how to do something. So I would find myself spending hours linking from website to website trying to figure out how to do certain things.

Then one night at 3 am I said to myself, “Stop! You started blogging because you wanted to start writing again. But you’ve just spent the last three hours trying to upload an html file and figure out what a sitemap was.”

I was upset with myself for wasting all that time. Because the more I researched the more confused I became.

So now I set time limits. I designate certain days when I’m allowed to learn the technical side of blogging. And I get one hour to learn as much as I can. When the timer goes off I must walk away. I have to even leave my office for awhile so I won’t be tempted.

I hope that some of theses suggestions help you set boundaries so that if doesn’t affect your health.

I would love to hear some tips that fellow bloggers might have. Feel free to leave me a comment.

Until next time Happy Healthy Writing!