Happy New Year 2013: Thoughts, Plans and Ideas for Your Blog

Within few hours, a year is going to pass and I look back to think about what I have accomplished.

I’m satisfied.

And you?

Do you already have plans on what to do in 2013?

Plans About New Year 2013

I have many projects – both offline and online – and without entering (for now) in details, I summarize by saying that I want to keep growing my business and my income, in order to improve the quality of my life.

Sometimes the changes are scary, but if you follow your instincts, then you know you are doing the right thing.

There are people who do not change anything in their lives, because they are scared of what can happen.

And so there are bloggers who are afraid to change something in their blogs.

Changes are good if you feel positive. If you want to grow your blog, then you need to keep improving it.

And in order to improve, sometimes you need to make changes.

Google has made some big changes during 2012 and the webmasters know that SEO game is changed.

Read three of my best articles of this year about SEO :

- SEO Borderline: 28 Ways to be Penalized by Google ;

- 18 Reasons Why Your Blog is Losing Rank in Google :

- How to Rank Better in Google : 12 Blog Habits You Should Avoid.

I think in the future, social signals will be even more important than today in order to rank well in search engines.

New social networks will open.

And if you think about it, link building methods are really different today than the past.

Read : The Evolution of Link Building and The Importance of Social Signals

Guest posting ruled this year, for anyone who wanted to build safe and quality backlinks.

I have started my guest posting campaign since a couple of months, after 2 years that I started blogging without any guest posts. And the benefits in terms of online visibility and rankings have no price.

The best part of guest posting is the relationship you can build with the blog owner, in my opinion.

And I think guest posting will continue to be the safest method to build quality inbound links during 2013.

What does Matt Cutts and Google think about guest posting?

Watch this video.

If you want to guest post for Free MAKE MONEY Advice, visit this page and read the guidelines.

What about traffic?

If you need to check new and old ways of bringing more traffic to your blog, be sure to read these articles :

- 11 Ways to Increase Traffic to Your Blog ;

- 10 Fresh Tips to Increase Traffic to YOUR Blog ;

- 3 Free NEW Ways to get More Traffic ( Did YOU Know this ? ) ;

- 15 Tips to Market YOUR Blog ( and Have More Traffic ) ;

- 25 Basic Traffic Tips for New Blogs ( that YOU Should Check ) ;

- How to Get MORE Traffic and MORE Comments to YOUR Blog .

Ideas for Your Blog

If you do not have much time during the holyday, you can check these ideas for new content in your blog.

1. Compose a selection of ‘Best Posts of the Year”.
2. Propose a series of lectures on the hottest topics of 2012.
3. Add new pages in your blog with categorized content .
4. Update your archive page : this is a useful page in your blog!
5. Invite guest posters with a targeted action: “it’s time to write!”
6. Create a blog series – tutorials, guide, lists posts.
7. Write about your upcoming product release.
8. Share the LOVE! Promote your friends or other bloggers you admire.
9. Do not forget to ask your readers what they would like to see in your next article.
10. Read your blog comments, they might show you some new good ideas!

And if you do not want to work, take a moment of relax, so you can come back with new energy.

Take your time to think about your goals.

Make a plan for the next year for your business. For your life.

Are you prepared?

Yes?

So now you can celebrate…

Only few hours left to New Year 2013 : are you going to party or are you going to spend the time relaxing?

(I know some people who decided to go just to sleep before midnight…).

Whatever will be your choice ,

I want to make you my best wishes for a fantastic 2013 and I hope you will reach all your goals during the new year.

All the best!

Erik 

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