10+ Best Articles on Blogging
The most useful articles and videos on blogging from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 Blogging Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on blogging by Refind users in 2023.
Videos
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The Best WordPress SEO Plugins in 2019 (It’s Not Yoast)
Find out how to build the perfect SEO setup on Wordpress with our list of 5 must-have plugins. Subscribe ► https://www.youtube.com/AhrefsCom?sub_confirmation...
Self-Publishing vs. Traditional Publishing: Which You Should Choose
Self-publishing and traditional publishing can both work for writers, but the key is to pick the right option for your book, situation, and goals.In this exc...
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How to promote a blog post: the ultimate guide
So, you’ve written an awesome blog post that provides lots of value…now what? How do you get it in front of the right eyes, and as many pairs of eyes as possible? Promoting your blog posts the right way is just as important as writing amazing content. After all, if no one sees your content, it’s all for nothing. In this latest ultimate guide, I want to show you how to promote a blog post so that you generate traffic. You’ll be able to find all kinds of free and paid promotional strategies and I’
How to blog today
From the archives You must always think of your blog as if you were starting it now, not in the past. The world is different. There was no Twitter in 1994. Twitter wasn’t usable until last ye…
How to Generate Content Ideas With These 3 Awesome Tools
Knowing the questions that people ask on different social platforms, forums, and Google search can help you establish your next piece of content.
How to start building an audience when you don’t have any audience yet
We started Hacking UI with zero followers, zero readers, zero people who knew what Hacking UI was, zero people who cared, zero people on…
How to Use Medium: The Complete Guide for Marketers
Read our growth hacks, how-tos, and a complete overview on how to successfully use Medium for your digital marketing strategy and blogging.
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles on blogging—all under 10 minutes.
A blog post is a search query to find your people
How to find your people by being super specific and enthusiastic with your writing.
«If you do this, Karlsson says, “You will write essays that almost no one likes…. Luckily, almost no one multiplied by the entire population of the internet is plenty if you can only find them.”»
Twenty years of blogging
May 08, 2023 at 20:05 Tags Blogging , Personal This blog has now been running for 20 years! Twenty years... a significant chunk of a human's adult life; while so many things in my life have changed…
Everything a Beginner Blogger Needs to Know for 2023
The beginner blogger guide to blogging for 2023. Discover how much a beginner blogger can earn and six steps to get started the right way.
Matt Yglesias and the secret of blogging
How to be a successful content entrepreneur
Why Substack?
A message for you, the readers, about me and Substack
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on blogging.
How to grow your newsletter audience
A guide to promoting your Substack, from the former head of comms for Substack
The Ultimate Guide To Creating Evergreen Content For Your Blog
Want your posts to keep bringing traffic to your blog for years to come? Then you should be creating evergreen content. And here's how to do it.
Blogging Statistics and Trends: The 2018 Survey of 1000+ Bloggers
We’ve asked 1000 bloggers to tell us how they do it. How long is a typical blog post? What does it include? How is it promoted? Here is the complete report of blogging statistics, trends and insights, showing what bloggers are doing and what works now.
Is Anyone Going to Get Rich off of Email Newsletters?
Venture capital has finally come for the least sexy communication style.
Blog Post Ideas: Maximize Your Reach with the Right Topics
A blog is only as effective as its posts. In this Whiteboard Friday, Rand offers six paths you can take to make sure your posts resonate with your audiences.
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