1. You wish Blog SEO was this Easy.

2. Pick a popular keyword or a phrase and write about it in your post. Ask yourself "What would my audience type into Google to find my blog post?" The keyword doesnt have to be just one word, it can be two or three keywords strung together, like basketball statistics. 3. 2. BLOG CONTENT: When youvedetermined your keyword(s),pepper them into your blog post.If youre writing a piece onbasketball statistics, and youdont mention "basketballstatistics" in your blog post, thenGoogle is going to have a hard timedisplaying your blog post for"basketball statistics"-relatedsearches. Right? Right. Stick witha keyword density of 5-7% (e.g. Ifyou have 100 words, mention yourkeyword 5-7x).* Tip: If your keyword is 2 or morewords, they dont have to alwaysappear in order (but it helps). 4. OK, this is technically two different types of blogoptimization, but its cool; the title and URL are closely-related. When you include your keyword in the title, it willalso appear in the URL (e.g. "Why CRM is like basketballstatistics" www.yoursite.com/why-crm-is-like-basketball-statistics) What you place as your post title will appear asthe Title Tag its the webpage title at the top of yourbrowser and is THE most important SEO signal that youhave direct control of. * Tip: Google will cut off your title if its too long, keep thepost title less than 79 characters (including spaces). 5. Social signals are becoming a much larger piece of the Google puzzleand its crucial to getting your blog post in front of as many people aspossible. The wider the net, the likelier youll catch someone interestedin what you have to say. Share it out on your Facebook wall, your Twitter,your Google+, and LinkedIn. * Tip: If youre hardcore into page views and have no shame, youre notlimited to sharing the blog post on just your Facebook wall. Ask yourfriends to share. Find related Facebook groups or pages (join or like)and share it on their wall, too. Now, youre a social media animal. Promote your blog post on Social Media 6. Have a friend with a personal website? Does your grandma own a tumblr? Askthem to include a link to your blog post. And when gammy links to your blogpost, make sure she uses the keywords you selected in step #1. E.g. check outmy granddaughters basketball statistics blog post. LOL External links are theholy grails of overall SEO, not just blog SEO, and is the reason why Googlesalgorithm is years ahead of any other search engine. Dont be discouraged ifyou cant find websites to link to you its not easy. Beg, Borrow and Steal to Get a Link * Tip: External links are important, but so are internal links. The next time youwrite up a blog post, link out to your old blog post using the targetedkeyword(s) from step #1.When it comes down to it, there are dozens of ways to optimize for blogSEO. If you follow these best practices, we cant promise you a ton of traffic,but youve covered the major steps in maximizing your blogs search enginevisibility.