How many times have you heard the saying “Content is King”? One hundred, two hundred, or maybe three hundred times?
I would have to admit that I’ve heard people say this too many times to count and now I often cringe when I hear it repeated as the “golden secret answer” to blogging success. Are you kidding me? If blogging could be summed up as “content is king” I would be a trillionare by now!
Can you really rely on content being king?
In a nutshell. No.
Just say you have created fantastic content and you are really happy with it. You feel great about what you have done and now relax and sit back, waiting for the floods of traffic to find you. Some people stumble upon it accidentally, others see it appear in your RSS feed. After your post has ran through your RSS feed and front page you are sure people will continue to see this content for years to come.
Wrong!
Wake up and smell the roses or just simply come to your senses! (probably easier to do) Successful bloggers are always promoting their content on Social Media sites, Video sharing sites, other blogs, and so on. This is not a secret, but people still say that “Content is King”.
Social media is the here and now and SEO is for the long run. I am not saying SEO lasts forever; I am just saying it lasts longer than relying on nothing at all.
Brian from Copyblogger.com says “If you have no people on your side, your content isn’t king… it’s just a lonely loser with delusions of grandeur.” This is a quote from an article discussing the fact that Content could not be King without a Kingdom.
I agree that content can pull you out of the water if you already have a huge following, but otherwise it will not even keep your Blog afloat for long.
What other factors make up a successful blog?
Do you simply build a business and wait for customers to find you? Hell No!
The other side of the equation is marketing, and without this, you might as well be selling electric heaters in the Sahara Desert.
As well as having absolutely fantastic content, far better than any of your competition, you will also need a few extras such as:
- Social engagement: This is good and bad as it is easy to create so called social engagement, but good if you have the real thing.
- Interaction: Again this can be good and bad as it is getting harder to tell the difference between spammers and real people. Also how do you know I am not making all the comments myself? (not that I would have time but it could happen)
- Search engine optimization: I know you do not want me to go on about SEO again. I seem to be obsessed with it. See my SEO checklist to learn more.
- Blog post promotion: Yes this is one thing that many webmasters never complete. Generating traffic for each new post is the difference between a successful and a dead blog.
Do you need SEO to have great content?
No. But you need SEO to help your great content get found. People often presume that they do not have to optimize for the search engines, however sometimes Webmasters forget that there are real people searching for real content in the search engines.
It’s a catch 22 situation. Search Engines are non human machine like THINGS but the human’s are using them. All of what the Search engines shows the humans depends on the overall human response to the content.
- Do humans visit your content as a result of a search engine query?
- Are they engaged with your content enough to stick around and comment?
- Does your content inspire them and move them to share your content through their social media outlets?
- Blog layout. Can your visitor see the content immediately when they land on the page? (this is the latest algorithm update)
You can get your content into a great SERP (search engine ranking position), but to stay there you will need to employ this package deal:
- Great content. Exactly what the human wanted to see in the results.
- Relevant content that fits in with the topic of your website. People do not want to take advice about “caring for cats” from a dog lover’s website.
- SEO both onpage and offpage, so the search engines can see what your content is about in the first place.
- Obvious social media buttons to allow content to be shared easily.
- A decent search volume for your keyword with the least competition.
It is your responsibility to get your website posts in a position in the search engines where the right visitors find your content.
Some people spend too much time concentrating on creating content for the search engines, when in actual fact, the search engines only care what the humans want. If I were you I would be studying my SEO checklist and start becoming a search engine optimization expert as SEO helps you create great content in the first place. Its a viscous circle.
So what can we do?
If you are sitting back and wondering why you are not getting any website visitors or why your blog is not making any sales then you need to look at how you are promoting your content. I have clearly stated that building a WordPress website is extremely easy, but making this website successful is hard work. If you are one eyed and think that content is king then you might be in trouble. It’s like having a car without petrol to drive it. What good is that?
My REPORTS are already FREE so you only need to sign up here if you are:
- Serious about building websites and making money.
- An action taker!
- Not a time waster.
- A positive person.
This post was written by...
mitz – who has written 197 posts on Lets Build Websites.
I am addicted to internet marketing and making money online. Who wouldn't want to live that life? I started out with one website as a hobby and now have over 20. Building websites and making money online is not that hard. You have to actually take action to make money...that is the biggest hurdle! :)
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hi Mitz
hmm, I like you way to expalin it, how about google algorithm? I’m a blogger, How many times post content in a week?
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Hi Antur
2 times a week is good but more is better. Content is magic and the search engines love fresh stuff.. But to push it along you need to link build to your content too!
You are right the almost natural ability for your site to rank with WP is amazing without having to do much. But you need to be well rounded in your marketing approach and use more than just content, seo and social media.
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Your strategy for wordpress website is good.i full agree with you content is not only the king. & i dont think so we need seo to content writting. we just asumed that what kind of content we uploaded in our website…else your post is awesome , must be helpfull for internet marketers.
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Social engagement and SEO are also important not only for the success of blogs but for websites as well. No one will care to read your post if you will not promote it to your target market.
I’m always trying to improve my Wordpress website, thanks for posting helpful information like this. About to read your SEO checklist.
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SEO is surely needed to support your content. If proper there isn’t proper SEO then there is a very high chance that your content will be lost in wilderness.
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Hi Bishwajeet
Yes your content will be lost in wilderness if you have no SEO…
Great article you have here. Having great content is a major key, and I believe webmasters often forget about the user experience. However, content alone may not be adequate. It is all about diversity. Good content and solid link building are the way to go.
Yes mitz,
I agree that with content comes great seo tricks along with social media engagement.I always seen my blogger emphasizing on content being the King,but never come across a post against it.
Thanks for sharing your views on the need for Content Optimization.
Just like any other off line business, there isn’t only one factor which affects its viability. Although content has a huge effect on the quality of a website, you need to use special tools to make it known to the blogosphere.
Nice article Mitz. Thanks for bringing it up.
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Until the search engines are able to recognize degrees of content quality, content will not truly be king. I know of many sites that do quite well by all measurements with mediocre content…………details:- http://www.newuknews.com/
Your entry this time exactly what I need to increase quality traffic to my blog.You mentioned quite real scenario about the online content’s ability for being king. I liked the way you said , what if you have made a great content but not promoted…Thank you for sharing…..
Oh boy do I know it takes a ton of work just to put out one post! You have to write the content, make sure it’s the way you want it, add the images, make sure you didn’t screw anything up, then after you hit the Publish button? That’s when the real work begins. I have to make sure to get it out on twitter, google, and facebook (you do have a google + account now eh?). Then I have to make sure it was posted on other places like technorati. Then… it just keeps going trying to promote it to try and generate some interest.
The latest Google Privacy Policy change was a great example of having the perfect storm for my site. I generated 22,000 impressions and (I know… I’m new) 250 visits that first day!
I think another important thing to do is write what is currently relevant so you can get traffic to your site that way as well. If your writing about something that happened last year – forget it – your article is bound to get lost in your archives never to be read.
BTW – I enjoyed your Building Links on Old Pages article – I find myself going back to older articles that are still getting some traffic and either tweaking the SEO – adding some relevant links/information – and possibly adding some deep links to products people might be interested in purchasing.
Thanks!
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I agree that SEO is so extremely important in helping get your content noticed. I’m always trying to improve my Wordpress website, thanks for posting helpful information like this. About to read your SEO checklist.
Content King plus SEO Queen Equals Millions Of Traffic!
You’re absolutely right! Super informative, funny, helpful, awesome, cool, etc. contents would be a waste in the cyberspace if it doesn’t have authority. I mean how can that content be read if it is not indexed by the search engine. How can someone make a link on that wonderful post if no one can ever read that one.
In order to promote it, there’s a lot of ways to do if you’re just starting to have readers on your blog. Visiting blogs and adding serious comments like this one that I write is one of the most effective ways on driving readers to your wonderful content.
When you have these readers, some of them would add a link on that post. And that will give the credit or back link to your post that search engines love.
This way, commenting is one of the most effective ways. Believe me! I have proven this myself and saw that my traffic just sky rocketed even my blog is just new.
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I am glad it all works for you Kee G! Stick with what works and the main thing is to keep taking that action !!! I love action takers!
Great writeup Mitz. My belief is that as long as the internet is about sharing information in one form or another, content will always be king. It cannot be otherwise.
Ellie
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You tell ‘m Mitz!
So many people always saying “Content is king”, blablabla. Next time somebody says “Content is king” ask them “are you making any money from your site? And if you do, is content all you focus on?
Btw. I googled it and there is actually nobody selling heaters in the Sahara, what a golden opportunity, no competition at all.
I will call it “Sahara heaters”, and our catchphrase will be “Sahara heaters, we are the reason the Sahara is so hot!”. $$$$
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Oh yeah what a fantastic idea! I would love to feel the heat in the Sahara! We could make millions!
Maybe add a free bag of “Sahara” sand to make the experience even more authentic
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Indeed, content is very much important in the world of blogging. Viewers and visitors in your site will be mostly to visit it often if the posts are always interesting. More so, with thorough site campaigning to get more traffic and backlinks can support the “kingdom”.
I would be so much happier if content in fact was king. If I could just devote my time to creating new content for my blog rather than wasting time doing mindless SEO work and social interaction, I would love it. Instead I spend more time doing those things than actually putting out quality content. Oh well. I guess things can never just be that easy.
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ha ha .. .really that’s very very true .. 100% i’m agree with you
keep rocking with interesting articles mate 
we are waiting for new updates
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Content is very important yet promotion is still needed so that it can be read by others. Remember that we should always make a way to share and syndicate our content!
Interesting post. On the flip side, of course, is if your content sucks your readers will never come back. I have been to a few sites that somehow rose to the top of the Google, only to find no useful content, just a bunch of ads. Those sites barely got a 2 second once over before I clicked the back button and was gone forever. Knowing that those sites could get to the top without content sort of proves your point, but keeping the reader around to view your actual content, get them to come back, post a comment and even click on ad – that is why content must be important to your site.
Just my 2 cents.
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I never said you could create just any old content.. That will not cut it because when people visit the site they leave, therefore the high ranking does not last.. If people stay and love your content then you have completed the intended task in your eyes and in Googles.
I definitively do not say that you can create junk and survive in this business.
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Thanks for clearing that up. I had not heard of SEO until recently, and am learning and reading all I can find on the subject. Who knew having a web page could be so much fun. New things to learn and try out all of the time!
I have to say that I admire your work ethic. The dialogue and interactions you share with your site visitors is impressive… and no doubt propels your site far beyond what well written content alone can do. I have seen so many well written articles and blogs languishing on page 5 that there is no doubt in my mind- good content alone simply won’t cut it.
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I’ll second that, Kevin – it’s largely the conversations that will KEEP visitors coming back, time and time again. The blogs that thrive seem to all have that in common – lively, healthy conversations in their comments’ sections. Mitz does a lovely job here!
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Thanks Kevin and Holly
I love a good conversation and I love it even more when someone can bring in other points that I never realized myself. Everyone’s opinion counts here and I admire people for having their own. After all, this is how I learn, by listening to what other people are saying and absorbing it. I am a sponge for information.
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I’m reminded of an adage from a mentor who used to say, “Everything is content.” By that, he meant that every single item on the page (or video/broadcast) was relevant. “Remember that you start with a blank page. Then you start putting stuff on it.” That could be pictures, art work, graphics, text, etc. We learned that how people related to that, responded to it or communicated about it told us how good we had been at “telling the story.” After all, the mag or site does not live just for the sake of it. At its most basic, you want to share; at its most commercial, you want to make money in order to continue sharing. So, we learned that what we say is important, but how, when and where we say it will provoke some sort of action (even inaction means something).
Ultimately, the job does not end when you deliver a page or product. Rather, it’s only just begun. It’s not enough to just “put something out there.” Thanks for so deftly explaining the information cycle.
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Yes in the real business world many businesses fail as they sit and wait for the business to come to their door and some webmasters do the same thing.
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Remarkable things here. I am very happy to peer your post. Thank you a lot and I am looking forward to touch you.
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I also agree that it is sad that the content is not the only king. But the time now is not so romantic as before, because of the SEO. And in order to survive we must adjust:)
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This is not true..SEO is a beautiful art. It is like creating a masterpiece. One day you will think of SEO as a romantic past time and smile.
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Hey Mitz, You really got right to the point. I have heard content is king for as long as I can remember. I heard it so much I became obsessed with it. Now I am on the path to recovery and working hard to get my website seen and read. I appreciate your candor and am heading to your “10 Point SEO Checklist”.
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Hi David
If the answer were so simple then all writers with great content would be famous. You do not need to be a fantastic writer and I am living proof of this.
Glad you have seen the light.
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Hii Mitz
this is true content is not everything, the customization and many other factors are also play important role in building a best one. Really nice post keep it up. Thanks for sharing it.
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Hi Prakash
Thanks for stopping by. Glad you liked the post!
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Hubpages is good if you have no skill at SEO and what an easy platform to create single page articles. You can earn using Google Adsense (and Hupages Ads), Amazon and eBay – you share the revenue.
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For starting up a new website. One should focus first of the contents and the look of the site. Like you said, content is not King but in my opinion, before doing any offsite SEO, the contents of the site should be worthy enough for promotion. Promoting something that lacks value will only put down the site and many of the first time visitors will not come back. And of course, as you said, engage and interact with the community that you are building.
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I agree it is a waste of time to promote junk…That is why you need to package deal.. Great content, and all the rest… One does not work without the other.
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The best system would be the one where content is the only king ! but i can dream…
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Yes I was a dreamer thinking I could just create good content! I soon found out it was not to be.
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Hey Mitz… Honestly from my side ..in the Intial reading i thought you would be covering everything in the similar way like others do but eventually i got to know that I was wrong. You mentioned quite real scenario about the online content’s ability for being king. I liked the way you said , what if you have made a great content but not promoted! I am strongly agreed with your point of social media engagement. Although it’s very easy to set up the social media networks with lots of people but it’s effectiveness depends upon how many users actually interact and engage with you and share their opinions about your content. The Idea of catch 22 situation is quite awesome, i would love to include it in my Speech for my monthly conference meeting! Thanks Mitz!!
Yes I love the catch 22 situation. Please feel free to use anything you wish!
That’s what it is here for.
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You’re speaking my language! Content alone will do nothing for you if your site is ugly, no one knows you exist, and no one reads it. Likewise a gorgeous website design won’t do much for you in your content stinks and no one can find you. And… If you jump right into marketing, you may get a lot of one time visitors who don’t come back because your site was lacking.
I believe your first focus needs to be in creating a site that looks amazing and has killer, compelling content, and your second needs to be in promoting your site everywhere possible and getting the word about about the value visitors can find on your site.
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Hi Jennifer
Yes I agree, of course, with everything you said! It is a delicate balance that you need to find and it all has to be done to become successful.
Well all the way along I have heard that content is the king and now someone says its not well its good for a change. Keep blogging.
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Ha Ha Ha I like to think about things differently. I personally have had hundreds of great content pieces simply ignored because I did not do the whole package.
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Well agreed Mitz but all the points that you have stated will work only if your content is good so you cannot say that content is not the king.
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I said Content is not the only king! IT all works together or you have nothing but wasted effort.
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Yes, probably this expression can be heard all over the world, but everywhere people pay attention on the fact that it should be qualitative and interesting
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True Melissa.. But I am saying Content is not the only king?
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Nice points Mitz, Promotion of the content is really important, even more then creating a good content. If nobody is there to read it then the whole purpose is gone.
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Yes very true Sanjeev. That’s how to grab success and keep it.
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Amen to that Mitz, lol
Sometimes it’s hard to just wait and hoping your content will be viewed especially on web design niche. You need to keep on hustlin’ and working to reach your audience by then you can tell that you content is king.
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Yes I would love to stop having to keep on hustlin’ but it never ends!
The system just gets clearer though which makes everything easy.
It is not easy to be a popular blog, if no one is supporting. Your entry this time exactly what I need to increase quality traffic to my blog. I need to add the effort to write the best content and seo as you suggest.
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Yes it is all a package deal. You need to create great content and then get people to see it!
Guess who suggests content is king and who suggests content isn’t king? The answer usually depends on the job of whomever is answering the question.
It seems PR people lean towards giving content the crown. Social media professionals give social the monarchy. And so on.
I also agree that having content alone will not get you anywhere! You put in a lot of work and then it’s not found in search nor do you have subscriber base. In the end all your effort in writing a blog post is wasted…
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Yes you are right that there are different crowns given from different people..Never thought of it like that!
Certainly, the process of content creation should be followed by a great number of actions, among which are all the things you mentioned above. Actually, this post can be a perfect tutorial for any blogger
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Hi Amanda
Yes there are many actions to complete the whole process.. What a bummer!
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Without content, there’s nothing to optimize FOR the search engines – nothing for readers to find when they get there. So content is still king, but maybe seo is his queen. (Actually, I think seo is more like an ambassador, building the bridges that bring people together.) The one thing that’s for sure is that they work well together; better together than apart.
(The CommentLuv link below is not mine – it belongs to Abhi Balani, and is his entry into Jane Sheeba’s blogging tips contest. I’m sure he’d be thrilled if you’d drop by and say hello – in fact, wish him a happy birthday! – and maybe leave him a comment or share his post if you like it. Thanks in advance!)
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Hi Holly! Nice to see you here!
Unfortunately I have to disagree.. I do not believe there is any King in the blogging business as you need the package deal to succeed. Content becomes a worthless piece of hopeful writing when you have no audience to see it..It is sad to waste that effort.
Hi, Mitz! I get your point, but SEO has nothing to do but stand around skulking, if it has no content to work on.
And many of these “arguments,” fun as they are, really depend on what your blogging goals are.
Once upon a time, blogs were not intended to be glorified billboards to push $47 products, but rather platforms from which to share knowledge, writing, and opinions. Such “hopeful writing” was passed around by word of mouth. Search engine “rankings” were determined organically – by how many real people actually chose to read one page over another, JUST because of the content that appeared on it. Had we never gotten fun stuff such as “pay for placement search results,” there would be little need or motivation to “trick” search engines into ranking one thing over another. Good content would naturally float.
But now there’s so much horrific, well-optimized content out there – it’s a bit like sending off “hopeful writing” to a publisher. You’d THINK the odds of getting published were astronomical. But really, the odds are better than they ought to be, if the writing’s good. The hopefuls never stop to realize, before getting completely discouraged, just how much BAD content gets thrown over a publisher’s transom in a game of ding-dong-ditch by people who can’t spell, can’t write, can’t format a manuscript properly, and think Ye Olde Gothic Script in 8pt type looks “really cool.” No, I WISH I were kidding about that last bit, but I’m not.
Of COURSE SEO is important and useful – I’ve really never said otherwise, even when I was being argumentative about it and – well, saying otherwise. But as you point out, there’s no king in “this blogging business.” I’m just kind of sorry it’s turned into a business, more than an art.
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P.S. I’m laughing over here – you know some old-timer, older than me, is going to come point out that before “blogs” as I knew them first even existed, there were server weblogs – basically just status reports.
Holly Jahangiri recently posted..Good Blogger And A Good Blog: What Are The Signs?
Unfortunately Holly, I am a business person at heart.. This website is about building websites to make money but this is not sad, as there is some kind of art and beauty in everything, even that. Any skill you have can be an art, especially if the person loves what they do.
I like to think that I have well optimized content, maybe not so much on this blog, but definitely on others I have. Yes I SEO to the hilt but I dare say that hardly anyone would notice. I make sure the content has the right info and stands out beyond the SEO.
I think the good old days are gone and will continue to go. Maybe one day everyone will have great content so it will all come down to how you promote it. After all that is what google is pushing.
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I should clarify, Mitz – what I meant by “sad” isn’t that there are business blogs. But some day, the fact that the balance is so heavily weighted towards them is going to backfire. It’s going to be as if TV were nothing but commercials. When programming is dull or non-existent, isn’t it MORE important that the commercials be entertaining? (Yet, conversely, entertaining commercials – those with better content – are more expensive to produce, so companies only want to put them where there are lots of eyeballs – e.g., the Superbowl.) Who’s going to tune in JUST to watch commercials? I’d rather read a book or go for a walk. So I did say that with business in mind – business isn’t bad, but if that’s all the blogosphere has to offer, it becomes a closed audience and a shrinking one, at that.
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Thank you for more information. I liked very much the structure of this post: first, the factor make up a successful blog, then the tips; plus, that´s a pretty good piece of original content, I don´t think I ever found something put this way on the topic. And I read a lot!
Based of what I had read other blogs Content is really a king and definitely that’s what they do. For me, it is not always content is a king because there are things that we need to do aside from creating great content. By the ways, I get your point Mitz and I agree with you. I learn something and thanks!
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Hi Annette
Yes many people say that “content is king” like it is going to solve some kind of problem but you are right, there are many things that we need to do aside from creating great content!
I’m certain the first thing I learned from you was “Content is great”. I think it was in your videos where you took me around to fill out the categories, permalinks, etc.
You have shown me how to write relevant content for people and SE’s and I have stopped writing for ME! I think a lot of people do this and do not realize it, until they either read what they just wrote or read something on another blog or website.
Of course this is time being wasted, because now you have to go back and edit, which is taking away from promoting your site or your writing.
Personally, I think content=$$, and if implemented as a real person talking to your reader, you will be KING or QUEEN…. Thanks QUEEN MITZ! ! !
I’ve been snow-plowing and just started a new project (in case you were wondering why you haven’t heard from me..lol), which I posted a link to on my site so people can watch everyday until complete.
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Hi Bryan
Yes I love content but I do want people to think that this is all there is to blogging.
By the way nice website..I checked it out.. I think I see an Elegant themes link that is not an affiliate link..??Maybe I am seeing things..
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Thank you Mitz…that means a lot!
WOW ! What an eye you have, I found the link you were referring to. Thank you!
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“If you have no people on your side, your content isn’t king… it’s just a lonely loser with delusions of grandeur.” – just loved that quote summed up a lot.
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Well yeah!!! This is so true..i love it too!
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You have some really great points here. A successful blog has much more than content. It has a great blogger behind it. but now a day the more you socially engage with other the more your blog will get reputation and the main thing we can’t also ignore quality as if quality is good other people who come from social site will became regular visitor and all
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Yes very good tips here Rohit! Thanks for sharing..
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Good post… I agree that content isn’t everything. It would be more accurate to say: Content is like a president who can win the election after working really hard on the campaign, BUT without support of the people, President Content won’t stay for a second term.
But… Content is King sounds a lot more eloquent
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Well said Liz! I like it!
Great article, Mitz ! I have found all of these factors can easily give me a headache. The SEO process is vast and complicated at times, especially with Google constantly making changes. Social networking does seem to be very key in gaining exposure and rank these days. I feel it is like with anything else in life, we get out of it what we put in to it and the hard work really can pay off. Keep up the hard work, everyone. Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts.
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I agree Chris..Your efforts will pay off! mine did!
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Amen brother to that! As Mitz is famous for stating “Don’t Give Up”, “You can do it’!
Oh it’s good to see another landscaper around here!
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Hi Mitz! Great post and I agree with you all the way. I also think it’s important to have the right connections and collaborations so that your stuff gets more exposure to the right audience. I’m glad you quoted Brian from Copy Blogger because he’s one of the best content creators out there and he knows his stuff. Thanks!
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Um hello Ileane!!! You are the queen of connections and collaborations.. LOL You tell everyone about everyone.. I seriously don’t know how you find the time to connect with all the people you do.
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Hey, Boo!
Mitz is right – it’s impressive how you make the rounds (and I know how busy you are). It always makes me smile to see your smiling face looking back at me, Ms. Ileane!
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Hi Mitz,
I am currently trying to effectively ‘SEO’ my own site at the moment, and i have always been told that it is always down to creating unique content and posting it to your blog and other article submission sites such as Ezine. And that’s coming from experienced SEO bloggers too!
You’ve certainly gave me a great helping hand here Mitz, i owe you one!
Michael
All of what you say is true. Now all you need to do is take action over and over.
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Hello Mitz!
You are always so helpful and generous. Thank you for shedding light on this complicated subject. There are many controversial opinions on that, but your knowledge and experience showed me a new way of thinking and working on my blog. Thanks Mitz!
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Hi Nick
Maybe I am just a mad scientist?? Sometimes that what it feels like when I start analysing the simple things and then make them difficult. I can’t help but dig deeper.
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I love the king content picture. Nice work! It really says what it means and I’m sure lots of people will want to borrow it.
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Hi there Mitz, another thing content has been king for some time now but people still insist that it is ( I don’t know why). In this day and age there is so much more to take into consideration when it comes to ranking of site. just attacking one area alone like SEO, social media, fresh content etc is not enough. For your blog to succeed online today you have to have a bit of everything in your blog.
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I agree! Of course great content is a must in this business, but this content alone won’t be enough.
hiii mitz
really after reading this article i can say that Content Is Not The Only King Of WordPress Website Building! nice article thnx for sharing it with ……i will also share it with my frnds nice article gud one
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Thanks Vishvast.
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Hi Mitz,
I understand what you mean, people thinking differently, some are think that content is king because if we got the content first, then we can promote them with social media but if not, we can’t do anything.
So on my view, content is still king.
Ferb
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Sure thats fine but we all know great content alone will not make your blog successful. Some people don’t know that they have to promote their content and keep doing it..
I think to get your site noticed initially some SEO and self-promotion is necessary. This will ensure a steady increase in traffic. However once your site gets a decent amount of traffic content becomes more important. An excellent site offering great information, tools or services will maintain high traffic on its own.
No I don’t believe this.. I have a website that is up to 14,000 uniques a day and I always have to promote it. If I do not the targeted visitors eventually drop off which leads to low conversions, even lowering the Adsense ECPM. There is never a time to stop promoting.
I thought content is it, Because it is the body and head that contains a ideas which you do understand.
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Me too! I always say the Content is King. But of course it does not stop there. We have to do something to promote the posts! Especially social media which has greatly affected search results of logged in users of google!
SEO, is also very important. And all of the things Mitz has included are important too!
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Yes what you say is true..:)
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I’ve noticed that certain “magic” posts of mine get the SEO just right and get a lot of traffic. If SEO weren’t such an art, I could do it consistently. Still, when a page is an SEO star, I go back improve the content, mostly the links, and continue to promote. Then I add related articles and link to them. Mitz, I know exactly what you mean about one page setting the stage for website content. I got lots of hits for a Swiss Army knives page, so what the heck, I wrote more posts and pages with related content and aff links.
Have to agree with Doug’s commitment to quality. When posts get Likes and Stumbles it feeds my enthusiasm for pleasing the reader with content. I started writing humor pieces and wrote more when readers got a kick out of them.
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I think there’s a lot of different factors when creating a successful blog and content is one of the big ones. Organic visits won’t be repeat visits if your content sucks. If you have great content and great SEO… That’s the recipe for success.
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Yes I love creating recipes that are successful. I taste as I go along until I get it perfect!
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Content and marketing should work together in the best possible way. Let’s just say that they are the king and queen of blogging. Both important. Without the good content, marketing is a waste of time.
You have some really great points here. A successful blog has much more than content. It has a great blogger behind it. A great blogger pays attention to their audience and SEO, not just on content or money making.
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Hi Kharim
Yes you have a successful blog so you know what it takes!
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The fact that the content is not the only king is a little bit sad, because seo is somewhat easily learned by just about anybody who is willing to read about the topic enough whereas good writing skills you have or you don’t. Don’t get me wrong: you can of course improve your writing skills indefinitely, but you have to have that something in you as innate. There’s just too much crap out there that rank well but in the end doesn’t provide anything useful.
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I do not think proper SEO is easy. It is an art to use SEO and have great content at the same time. As for the junk in the search engines, these pages are getting found and taken out. Soon it will be a complete waste of time to create junk content.
You’re right: proper SEO is not easy. Actually, far from it. Nevertheless, you are more likely to become a SEO wizard than an excellent writer. I might be wrong, though.. Anyway, my point was that with mad SEO skills you can get – ok, rephrase, might get – even rubbish rank well. And by rubbish I mean all those copycatish articles headlined something like ’5 easy steps to SEO orgasm’ and so on. I mean, the same thing over and over again. And yes, not that easy to come up with unique content these days. Still…
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I would agree that it is a bit sad that content isn’t the only king. But SEO is a hard thing to master. I think many can be decent at it, but to be great is very difficult.
I know what you mean, William. I’m a writer too. It’s sad, but it’s also true. Brilliant content which are fantastically written will still go unnoticed unless something is done to promote them. I’ve had to learn this too.
The one thing I disagree with you about, is that SEO is easy. I think that some people have a talent for writing and some for the more technical side of things (SEO included). SEO and other technical things don’t come easy to me. I think the two are separate but equal. And while people can train for both, the people who have a natural propensity towards something will do it better. The trick is to get both right, but this can be difficult.
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Well I am from the other side…the technical side…I am learning to write.
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The folks who think content is king are the dreamers like me who are strong on content and weak on the other important blogging skills. Until the search engines are able to recognize degrees of content quality, content will not truly be king. I know of many sites that do quite well by all measurements with mediocre content. I work hard on content quality, because it’s what I’m best at, not because I believe it’s truly king. Thanks for the insights!
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Yes I love creating the great content too.. But when I realized there was more to it I exploded my business. It is amazing what you can do when a post is promoted. You can start anytime on any post. I would pick the best post you have and do some post promotion and watch the results through Google Analytics. I have done this to many pages and my best one gets 4,000 uniques a day. This is one post, not an entire website. Of course now that I see a post can pull this much traffic, the next step is to create an entire website around the subject.
I understand where Dou is coming. I too held the belief that content was king. We were expecting to come to our site, but the truth is, we were “out-promoted” by other coffee sites.
But you know, determining if a content is valuable is really up to the reader.. If you believe that you have great content, then all the more reason that you should promote and have as many people (or your target market) read/see it.
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Yes that’s right !! If you believe in your content and your products then promote it..You will be surprised with the outcomes.
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I would say that this is a good strategy though because even if you get all of the other SEO techniques perfect…if someone comes to your site and isn’t interested by your content, that person is just going to leave to find something better. Which hopefully would be your site. So now that you have great content, you can put a bit of effort into SEO and you should be good to go.