{"id":749,"date":"2012-10-02T17:17:03","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T16:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dave-nicholson.com\/blog\/?p=749"},"modified":"2012-10-17T10:05:25","modified_gmt":"2012-10-17T09:05:25","slug":"is-there-such-a-thing-as-the-ultimate-blogging-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dave-nicholson.com\/blog\/is-there-such-a-thing-as-the-ultimate-blogging-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Is There Such a Thing as The Ultimate Blogging Guide?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey guys,<\/p>\n<p>OK, so is there such a thing as &#8216;<strong>The Ultimate Blogging Guide?<\/strong>&#8216;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-753\" title=\"The Ultimate Blogging Guide\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dave-nicholson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/the-ultimate-blogging-guide500.jpg\" alt=\"The Ultimate Blogging Guide\" width=\"500\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dave-nicholson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/the-ultimate-blogging-guide500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dave-nicholson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/the-ultimate-blogging-guide500-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Well, until recently I would have said not, you would probably need to grab a few different guides, choose the best content from all or them and then decide how to implement it all yourself.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s back up a little here and answer the more important question&#8230; <strong>Why do You Need to Get a Blog Online?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve mentioned some of the main benefits of having a blog in an <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dave-nicholson.com\/blog\/how-to-set-up-a-wordpress-blog-in-5-minutes-from-scratch\/\" target=\"_blank\">earlier post<\/a><\/strong>, but just in case you missed it here&#8217;s a few benefits of having your own blog:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Having your own blog is <strong>great for search engines<\/strong>, search engines love WordPress blogs, giving you <strong>INSTANT organic traffic<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<strong>2.<\/strong> Having your own blog is great to <strong>build your brand name<\/strong>, your brand name is very important, as people need to <strong>trust<\/strong> you!<br \/>\n<strong>3.<\/strong> Having your own blog is <strong>AWESOME for list building<\/strong>, and we all know how <strong>IMPORTANT<\/strong> that is!<br \/>\n<strong>4.<\/strong> Having your own blog is a great way of providing <strong>great content<\/strong> for your subscribers, just like I&#8217;m doing right now!<br \/>\n<strong>5.<\/strong> Having your own blog is a great way to <strong>communicate to your subscribers<\/strong>, just like I&#8217;m doing now!<br \/>\n<strong>6.<\/strong> Having your own blog is excellent for linking to all your other sites and also other peoples sites, for <strong>back linking and additional traffic<\/strong>, kinda like a central hub.<br \/>\n<strong>7.<\/strong> Having your own blog is a great way to <strong>generate passive income<\/strong>, from products you recommend etc. We all love passive income! <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dave-nicholson.com\/blog\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_smile.gif\" alt=\":-)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s just a few off the top of my head, trust me, there are <strong>LOADS<\/strong> more great benefits!<\/p>\n<p>So I&#8217;ve shown you just some of the <strong>MASSIVE benefits<\/strong> of having your own blog online, now my earlier question&#8230; is there such a thing as &#8216;<strong>The Ultimate Blogging Guide?<\/strong>&#8221; should be smacking you in the face! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>As I said earlier, until recently I would have said there is no such thing as &#8216;<strong>The Ultimate Blogging Guide<\/strong>&#8220;, but only yesterday my very good friend Daniel Sumner released what I consider to be the Best Blogging Guide&#8230;EVER!<\/p>\n<p>He spent the better part of 18 months creating this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dave-nicholson.com\/special\/bloggers_roadmap\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>AWESOME guide<\/strong><\/a>, and you can see that reflects instantly as soon as you first set your eyes upon it.<\/p>\n<p>OK, so you may be thinking I&#8217;m a tad biased as Daniel is a good friend of mine, but I can honestly say to you that is <strong>NOT<\/strong> the case here, I <strong>ALWAYS<\/strong> tell it like it is, if Daniel released this and it was rubbish, I&#8217;d say that, and he&#8217;d tell you that himself!<\/p>\n<p>But I can honestly say that this really is the <strong>Best Blogging Guide&#8230;EVER!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Check it out for yourself <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dave-nicholson.com\/special\/bloggers_roadmap\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a><\/strong> and let me know your thoughts. (special 40% discount link)<\/p>\n<p>Please feel free to &#8216;<strong>like<\/strong>&#8216;, &#8216;<strong>tweet<\/strong>&#8216; or <strong>share<\/strong> this post if you found it useful, and please let me know what your thoughts on Blogging, blogging guides and of course, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dave-nicholson.com\/special\/bloggers_roadmap\" target=\"_blank\">The Bloggers Roadmap<\/a><\/strong> are! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Regards,<\/p>\n<p>Dave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey guys, OK, so is there such a thing as &#8216;The Ultimate Blogging Guide?&#8216; Well, until recently I would have said not, you would probably need to grab a few different guides, choose the best content from all or them and then decide how to implement it all yourself. 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