Why WordPress is a Good Choice for your Website!

When creating a website, it’s important to choose a really good content management system. WordPress is one of the best systems out there. Below is 5 reasons why WordPress is a good choice for your next website.

1. POPULAR
There are close to 50 million WordPress websites in the world. With that many users, this suggests that they are doing something right.

2. LOTS OF THEMES
There are so many themes to choose from, there is something to fit with every style of site, from professional to fun and funky.

3. EASY TO UPDATE
So many people choose WordPress because it’s so user friendly and updating is so easy.
If you’re not the best person in the world in technology, you’ll still be able to do it.

4. CUSTOMIZABLE
WordPress also has loads of options that allows you to customize its themes so you can get your website to exactly what you’re looking for.

5. MULTIPLE USES
There are also lots of different things you can do with WordPress. You can also start a WordPress blog to further enhance your online business. Have everything in one place, by linking your WordPress website to your social media, such as Twitter and Facebook.

MAC•JAC Graphics and Web Design can help you get started. In just a short amount of time, we can have a website up and running. As part of your package, we will train you fully so you can maintain the website yourself.

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Want to Increase BLOG Traffic?

21 Tactics to Increase Your BLOG Traffic.

1. Target Your Content to an Audience Likely to Share

2. Participate in the Communities Where Your Audience Already Gathers

3. Make Your Blog’s Content SEO-friendly

4. Use Twitter, Facebook and Google+ to Share Your Posts & Find New Connections

5. Install Analytics & Pay Attention to the Results

6. Add Graphics, Photos and Illustrations (with link-back licensing)

7. Conduct Keyword Research While Writing Your Posts

8. Frequently Reference Your Own Posts and Those of Others

9. Participate in Social Sharing Communities

10. Guest Blog (and Accept the Guest Posts of Others)

11. Incorporate Great Design Into Your Site

12. Interact on Other Blogs’ Comments

13. Participate in Q+A Sites

14. Enable Subscriptions via Feed + Email ( and track them)

15. Attend and Host Events

16. Use Your Email Connections (and Signature) to Promote Your Blog

17. Survey Your Readers

18. Add Value to a Popular Conversation

19. Aggregate the Best of Your Niche

20. Connect Your Web Profiles and Content to Your Blog
Example: YouTube, Facebook and Flickr

21. Be consistent and Don’t Give Up

MAC•JAC can help you get started on a wordpress blog and get traffic looking at your website right away, all at an affordable price. We work with any budget and will have you up and running in one day. Hundreds of templates to choose from. WordPress is very user-friendly and we will always be there, to help solve any problem you may come across.

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1. Facebook Business Landing Page design
2. Business card design
3. Logo design
4. Postcard design
5. Flyer design 

15 places to include keywords on your website/blog.

Here are 15 places to include and use keywords or keyword phrases on your website or blog.

1. Use your Keywords and/or keyword phrases in your domain names.

2. Use keywords and/or keyword phrases in the URL of your website pages.

3. Use keywords and/or keyword phrases in the <title> tags of your web pages.
This is probably the most important place on your website to use keywords.

4.  Use keywords and/or keyword phrases in the meta description tag of your website.
Great place to include also your phone number and a strong price guarantee.

5. Use keywords and/or keyword phrases in the first sentence of the first paragraph of your website page.

6. Use keywords and/or keyword phrases sprinkled throughout the body of copy on your web page. Remember about keyword density range. That is, how many times your keyword phrase appears throughout the body of copy.

7. Use keywords and/or keyword phrases in your website’s navigation bar.

8. Use keywords and/or keyword phrases used in hyperlinks in the body of your copy pointing to internal pages of your website or blog.

9. Use keywords and/or keyword phrases in the links pointing back from your articles.
Don’t just use links pointing back to the home, have them pointing to other interesting spots on your website.

10. Use keywords and/or keyword phrases in the links pointing back from your press releases. Example: If you have a 900 word press release, you can easily get 9 keyword rich hyperlinks pointing back to 9 different pages on your website using your preferred keyword phrases.

11. Use keywords and/or keyword phrases in your blog commenting efforts. When commenting on a blog, fill out the “Name”, “Email” and “Comment” portion fo the form on a blog. When entering your name, you’ll use your first name with a dash and a keyword phrase.  Example: Name: Julie – custom graphics and web design.

12. Use keywords and/or keyword phrases in your forum signature file.

13. Use keywords and/or keyword phrases in your Pay-Per-Click ads.

14. Use keywords and/or keyword in the titles and tags of your Video Submissions.

15. Use keywords and/or keyword in your bookmarked URLs. Social bookmarking can give some really quick engine benefits and increase rankings in the immediate future of your website.

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40 ways to get your blog “Google-ranked” in 30 days?

The keys to building a successful blog run from good content to good contacts. There are lots of ways to expand your blog community and develop quality rankings at the same time.

1. Use wordpress to build your blog.

2. Have a clear purpose or message.

3. Use a conversational tone.

4. Provide a “Tell Your Friends” link on your blog.

5. Study the competition.

6. Practice SEO basics. (Use keyword-rich title tags, descriptions and only link to quality sites.)

7. Keep your blog posts relevant, natural, accurate and current.

8. Use 40% keywords / 60% non-keywords in your blog post titles.

9. Submit your URL to blog directories. (There are paid and free directories you can use, just google
them to find more)

10. Create blog categories that contain keywords.

11. Remember, CONTENT IS KING. Write something that is new, useful and relevant.
Don’t forget to regularly update older posts.

12. Keeping blogging and vary the blog topics, content length and posting times.

13. Use guest bloggers on your blog. Add links from their blogs and establish your site’s link community.

14. Don’t use duplicate content.

15. Recognize your posters with a “thank you” and include their name.

16. Ask to be a guest blogger on other related blogs. Don’t forget to leave a back link.

17. Send a personal thank you email to people who have commented on your posts.

18. Don’t place ads on your blog posts.

19. Use publishing authorities to help build credibility on your posts.

20. Got a fantastic looking blog/website, submit it to design galleries. This will help expand the site’s reach and who knows, get you some recognition for having a great site.

21. Ask contacts to promote your blog content.

22. Focus on ranking for 3 key words or phrases to start. These keywords should appear in your title tags and within the site’s content.

23. Purchase ad links on relevant niche sites.

24. Participate in your link community.

25. More people are on-line Monday thru Friday so blog post then to maximize exposure.

26. Write content for various experience levels. For beginners to advance.

27. Cite the sources of your content. This adds credibility. It also provides a trail for a reader interested
in reading more.

28. Connect within a market or topic segment.

29. Poll your readers. Everybody’s got an opinion.

30. Provide a survey, which allows buyers to rate your services and products.

31. Write about popular brands or celebrities where possible. Name brands get picked up by spiders.

32. Offer free stuff to give away. Free still works on the web. Free is nice.

33. Answer questions on Google groups, this helps build credibility and shows your expertise. Be sure to leave your back link.

34. Add images and video content to your posts.

35. Use QA sessions on your blog.

36. Syndicate content outside of your blog. Use sites like “Ezine”. Post your piece and pick up in-bound links to your blog for your effort.

37. Submit industry or topical news to general news sites. This adds credibility and another back link.

38. Link amongst your related blog posts using the keywords you’re optimizing your blog for as the anchor text.

39. Keep the tone, style and topicality of your blog consistent for the first two months until spiders get it. Then you can branch out your topics to expand reader interest.

40. Use helpful networking tools including LinkedIn, MeetUp and MyBlogLog. These sites provide real world contacts. When available, leave your back link.

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Successful Blogging with these 5 elements.

Follow these 5 elements listed below for successful blogging. These elements will ensure you are on the right track from the moment you create your first blog.

1. Personality
Write you first blog so it reflects your personality and about who you are. Start by telling a story. Make it personable and interesting.

2. Opinion
Don’t be afraid to post your opinions in your blog’s overall subject matter.

3. Participation
Don’t just post a blog and forget about it. If your readers leave a comment, don’t forget to respond to that person. Make your readers feel important  by talking with them, not just at them.

4. Value
Write about something that is useful and interesting to your readers. The blog needs to add value to the reader’s lives, ensuring them to stay and take the time to read what you have to say. Post something that is unique and in your own voice, with your own opinions and in a conversational manner.

5. Availability
Make sure to update your blog frequently. Don’t just blog post and disappear. Readers will keep coming back if you are reliable and they will count on you for useful information. Otherwise they will look elsewhere.

MAC•JAC Graphics & Web Design can help you start blogging from a new wordpress website. We provide training to help you get started. Our website packages are affordable and we work with anyone’s budget.

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Remember, blogging not only helps potential customers see you as a professional, but it also helps build trust.
Also, blogging will help give your website that extra boost in google ranking. 

When it comes to websites and blogging – CONTENT IS KING

If you win, I win.