Blog building and website creation can be a time consuming and somewhat lonely task. There are so many things to handle, from site design to backup and recovery to obtaining or developing fresh content and more. If you are suffering burnout – wondering how you can possibly attend to everything for daily operations and still […]
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Beware Of “Guest Blogging” That Can And Will Ruin Your Site
Given the huge Google Penguin update in the Spring of 2012 and the rolling Panda updates that occur once a month, guest blogging has become the #1 way for people to acquire backlinks to their sites. The SEO industry has gone into overdrive to ping all bloggers whether they can guest post their “free and […]
Read MoreHappy Thanksgiving Yakezie Network!
Aaah, Thanksgiving is in the air! This is such a happy and exciting time of year. Black Friday’s coming, the snow has started to fall in the mountains, ski lifts are opening, persimmons are all over the farmers markets (YUM), and people are headed home to spend time with their extended families. It’s also the time […]
Read MoreSurviving Google Updates: Thin Content Is Out, Thick Content Is In
Finally, a part of life where being thin isn’t better anymore! I’ve been spending some time reading about the interesting world of niche and “authority” sites lately. I never would have delved so deep if Google had never laid the smackdown. Everybody kept talking about the latest carnage, so I just had to pay attention. […]
Read MoreHow To Increase Traffic To Your Site
As the Yakezie Network is a network of personal finance bloggers, it’s easy to get lost in our bubble, especially when we first go on our journey. The first people we reach out to are bloggers in our genre who hopefully reciprocate. Other bloggers are going to be the ones who help get your name […]
Read MoreThe Yakezie Network Is Open For Business
The Yakezie Network was created in December 2009 as a way to help new and old bloggers alike grow their platforms, connect with others, and become the best bloggers possible. Over the years, the Yakezie has become the largest, most collaborative personal finance network on the web. It takes eight months on average to get […]
Read MoreTo Grow Your Blog Beware Of Groupthink
I’d like everybody to take a look at their most frequent commenters and ask yourselves some questions: * What is the gender makeup split? * What is the gender split who comment? * What is their socioeconomic background? * What percentage are bloggers vs. non bloggers? * Do they always agree with what you are […]
Read MoreI’m Not Supposed To Be Here…
Hi, my name is Dominique, and this member post is severely late. I narrowly missed my chance at being a Yakezie member in the last class, and now I almost blew my shot for the Epsilon class. I need to get my life together. Let’s start this post over… Hi, everyone my name is Dominique, […]
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