In order to attract viewers to your website or blog you must have interesting content that is well written, especially nowadays with the increase in Google vigilance over the quality of articles. When starting out as a content writer you must follow certain guidelines that will help you upon your journey to becoming an SEO expert.
 

It is not just about providing a few keywords, sentences and links with meaningless effort so that you can generate views for your blog and subsequent businesses. Thought and research must go into your writing along with a joy for providing information to others. Here are a few things that will help you become an expert in SEO:
 

1. Listen – Having an ear to the ground is vital in becoming an SEO expert and aware of the industry you are embarking on. Keep informed in SEO news by reading about it daily on such sites as www.searchengineland.com,   www.searchenginewatch.com and www.searchenginejournal.com. These will provide you with key elements to fulfilling your full potential in SEO management.

2. Talk – Engage in conversation with other SEO experts and content writers on forums like www.webmasterworld.com. This will allow you to gain an insight into the important aspects of article writing such as generating positive reviews and coming up with new and interesting ideas to write about. Once you create a rapport with others you will start to see them recommend and follow your blog. This will lead to more experience and increased job opportunities.

3. Get your hands dirty – Don’t be afraid to take on new clients. New projects mean new challenges, new experiences, opportunities to try various things and new ideas. This can only benefit you in your future career and improve your ability to write interesting and engaging information. A successful reputation breads more successful opportunities.  Once you have a foundation for being a competent SEO content writer you can build off this and improve your skills and knowledge regularly.

4. Fight for your rewards – Be that Analysis Ninja – as Avinash Kaushik, the digital marketing evangelist, would certainly agree that you need to be smart about measuring and tracking websites’ success – use custom segments, alerts, learn how to make the best use of the analytics tools you have etc. Without proper analysis all your SEO bullets will miss the target. You need to be one step ahead of the competition in both quality of content and relevance to the public.

5. Love what you do – Build steady relationships that can act as a support system for you and your writing, love SEO, love your customers and love Google. Real growth takes time and patience so be steadfast in your resolution. If you don’t enjoy writing content then you are in the wrong business. It will become harder and harder to generate influential material if your own interest doesn’t come across to the reader. The enjoyment you receive from presenting your writing to others will be reflected in the quality of your articles.

 
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