The Bare Minimum You Should Do With Every Blog Post You Publish | Ep. #563

<p>In episode #563, Eric and Neil lay out what they do with their blog posts and how it helps them succeed. Tune in to hear some great blogging tips! </p> <p><strong>TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES:</strong></p> <ul> <li>[00:27] Today’s Topic: <em>The Bare Minimum You Should Do With Every Blog Post You Publish</em></li> <li>[00:38] Neil thinks he’s published 6,000-7,000 blog posts.</li> <li>[00:57] Neil always has a simple checklist for writing blog posts.</li> <li>[01:12] When using <a href="http://buzzsumo.com/">BuzzSumo</a>, you need to look at what has worked in the last year.</li> <li>[01:33] Go after social traffic and search traffic (<a href= "https://www.semrush.com/">SEMrush</a>).</li> <li>[01:52] Come up with better headlines, outline the post, then complete it.</li> <li>[02:11] Go above and beyond and be super thorough.</li> <li>[02:21] Add custom images from stock photos or graphs.</li> <li>[02:31] Email everyone you link out to in your post.</li> <li>[03:00] Reach out to everyone who shared similar articles and direct them to your article.</li> <li>[03:38] Take the article and put it into <a href= "https://ahrefs.com/">Ahrefs</a> and see who links to it.</li> <li>[04:05] Eric’s strategy: automate the process of sharing to your social channels using Zapier.</li> <li>[04:39] Blogging Checklist is a great plug-in for <a href= "https://wordpress.com/">WordPress</a>.</li> <li>[04:55] Have a word count, image count, source count, etc. and put it on the checklist.</li> <li>[05:24] Think about how to upgrade or repurpose your content.</li> <li>[05:43] That’s it for today!</li> <li>[05:45] Go to <a href= "http://www.singlegrain.com/giveaway">Singlegrain.com/Giveway</a> for a special marketing tool giveaway!</li> </ul> <p><strong>Leave some feedback:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>What should we talk about next?</strong> Please let us know in the comments below.</li> <li><strong>Did you enjoy this episode?</strong> If so, please leave a short review.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Connect with us:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href=