How To Get More RSS Feed Subscribers For Your Blog

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">We all know, importance of blog subscribers over one time visit. Blog subscriber helps you to keep getting returning visits, and your blog traffic will grow over time, as long as your RSS subscriber count is increasing. Now, I never recommend you to stick to Feedburner only to get more subscriber, infect I have shared a list of must have subscription option for bloggers. Here at ShoutMeLoud, I use Aweber<em>, Feedburner, and Jetpack Email subscriber</em> as main options to subscribe to blog updates.<br /> <img alt="Get More RSS Feed Subscribers" class="aligncenter wp-image-104111 size-full" height="350" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/Get-More-RSS-Feed-Subscribers.jpg" title="Get More RSS Feed Subscribers" width="640" /><br /> RSS is the best way to notify your reader when you update any post. More number of RSS subscriber means you will get more clicks when you update any post. If you are new to RSS, I recommend you to read and learn: What is RSS?<br /> <h2>Tips to increase RSS Subscribers:</h2><div class="note"><strong>RSS Subscription Placement:</strong></div>The placement of RSS Subscription Icon is very Important , the user can land on any page of your Blog , So make sure the RSS Icon should be catchy and should be easily visible to the user.<br /> The Placement of the RSS subscriber icon is very important.<br /> The best Placement option is at <strong>The Top of the page</strong>.<br /> Sidebar of the page is most Common choice and most appropriate one.<br /> Another good placement suggestion is placing the  RSS subscription option at the end of the post.<br /> <div class="note"><strong>Description of The Blog:</strong></div>The Title Bar Should have something about the Blog, as related user will get to know what it is about, and then they can quickly subscribe to Your RSS Feeds.<br /> Some short and Intelligent words will be catchy and attract the targeted audience.<br /> <div class="note"><strong>E-Mail Subscription Form:</strong></div>E-Mail Subscription Is still one of the widely use subscription method used by most of the user.<br /> So a subscription Box ( Not just the link) Is a better idea.<br /> A Clear Subscription box On the <strong>Right sidebar</strong> or at <strong>the top of the page</strong> is highly recommended in a way to Increase your Subscription Count.<br /> Instead of cluttering your sidebar with lots of social widgets. Placing a prominent RSS subscription box along with an icon will help your users to subscribe to your RSS feeds easily.</div>

How To Get More RSS Feed Subscribers For Your Blog

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How To Add WordPress.com Follow Button on Self Hosted WordPress

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="Follow Button On Self Hosted WordPress" class="aligncenter wp-image-116891 size-full" height="380" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Follow-Button-On-Self-Hosted-WordPress.png" title="Follow Button On Self Hosted WordPress" width="700" /><br /> Are you looking to get new readers for your blog? Today I will be sharing a new trick that can help your blog to reach out to a new range of audience.<br /> Do you know <strong>WordPress.com Follow button</strong> is a widely used way to subscribe to a blog?  And you can use this button on your self-hosted WordPress blog also. For newcomers, you can read my earlier guide on the difference between WordPress.com & self-hosted WordPress, and how to migrate WordPress.com blog to your own hosting.<br /> This article is for all those bloggers who have an existing self-hosted WordPress blog and in the next 5 minutes, you will add a new way for your readers to subscribe to your blog. <strong>WordPress.com follow button</strong> is available only for WordPress.com users and users who are using Jetpack plugin on their blog. Before I share more details about it, you should know about Subscription option offered by JetPack WordPress Plugin.<br /> <ul><li>You can learn everything about JetPack plugin here.</li></ul>Jetpack plugin offers a module call Subscription, that makes it easier for your readers to subscribe to your blog. Once you have activated the module from JetPack >Settings, you can configure the settings from Discussion page. At the bottom, you can enable the option to add a checkbox after comment.<br /> <img alt="Jetpack Subscription settings" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-116872" height="307" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Jetpack-Subscription-settings.png" width="675" /><br /> This option will let your blog commentator subscribe to your blog updates & comment notifications. Here is how the option looks like on live site:<br /> <img alt="Comment notifications Jetpack plugin" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-116873" height="238" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Comment-notifications-Jetpack-plugin.png" width="642" /><br /> You can view your subscribed users by going to Jetpack >Site Stats & at the bottom you can see how many people have subscribed to your blog using Jetpack subscription. Here are the stats from ShoutMeLoud:<br /> <img alt="How to view jetpack email subscribers" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-116874" height="196" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/How-to-view-jetpack-email-subscribers.png" width="362" /><br /> You can click on blog or comments to see the subscriber details. Now, this is where things get more interesting & I got this idea of adding WordPress.com follow buttons. When I was checking the people who have subscribed to my blog using Jetpack, I realized about 5K out of 22K are WordPress.com users. (rest of them are subscribed via email).<br /> <img alt="WordPress.com followers" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-116875" height="407" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/WordPress.com-followers.png" width="675" /><br /> That’s pretty solid stats there and knowing that WordPress.com got a great user base, don’t you want your content to be promoted or marketed there?<br /> You can read more about Jetpack subscriptions <a href="http://jetpack.me/support/subscriptions/" target="_blank">here</a> & <a href="http://jetpack.me/2012/01/17/how-to-view-your-email-subscribers/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /> <h2>A Quick Word about WordPress reader:</h2>Beloe section is useful for you as a blogger & as a blog reader. After the demise of Google reader, the hunt for a good reader is always on. Feedly tops the list, and WordPress.com have a feature call reader. You can use reader option to subscribe to any WordPress.com blog or any other blog with RSS feature on. None the less, you can also import your RSS feed list (OPML file) to WordPress.com reader. <a href="https://wordpress.com/following/import/" target="_blank">Here is the link</a>.<br /> <img alt="WordPress com reader" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-116876" height="348" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/WordPress-com-reader.png" width="675" /><br /> As a end user, you can read post by going to WordPress.com (You need to log in) or you can read it on WordPress iOS or Android app, or you can also get instant notifications for new blog posts. In fact, I’m subscribed to some of the blogs via WordPress.com, as it sends instant email. Of course, all the delivery options can be configured <a href="https://wordpress.com/me/notifications" target="_blank">from here</a>.<br /> The point is <strong>Jetpack subscription options & WordPress.com follow button</strong> can help you reach to a great audience now & in coming days. This is a good time to make sure people can subscribe to your blog via Jetpack subscriptions or WordPress.com follow button.  Learn more about <a href="https://en.support.wordpress.com/reader/" target="_blank">WordPress reader here</a> & about f<a href="https://en.support.wordpress.com/following/" target="_blank">ollowing feature here</a>.<br /> <em>Note: Jetpack subscriptions can be call as Feedburner alternative as we have limited control over the delivery of the content.</em><br /> <h3>How to Embed WordPress.com Follow button on your self-hosted blog?</h3>The only requirement here is: Your blog should have Jetpack plugin enabled. If you are fulfilling the case, head over to follow button generator page <a href="https://developer.wordpress.com/docs/follow-button-creation/" target="_blank">here</a> & create a WordPress follow button for your blog.<br /> <img alt="WordPress com button generator" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-116879" height="581" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/WordPress-com-button-generator.png" width="675" /><br /> You can configure few options such as to <strong>show follower count & to show blog name</strong> or not.<br /> <em>Tip: If you have less than 100 followers, I would suggest not to show follower count at this time.</em><br /> Now copy the button code, and go to <strong>Appearance> Widgets > Add a text widget</strong> & paste the code. You can place it anywhere in your sidebar widget or even after your blog post by editing the theme file. If your blog reader is logged into WordPress.com account, they can follow your blog with single click. If not, they are prompt to login without leaving your site. Since this button is familiar with all WordPress.com users, chances of them clicking to this button is higher.<br /> <em><strong>Bonus Tip:</strong> You can comment on related niche blogs on WordPress.com & try to get users from there. Place the WordPress.com follow buttons on your sidebar & you are more likely to convert them into the subscriber.</em><br /> From the stats point of view, I can’t share much data as it’s not possible to see how many people have subscribed using only follow button. Anyhow, this button hardly take any space on your blog, and can do wonders in term of getting new readers to your blog. I don’t see any reason for not using this subscription option on your blog. Do try this, and let me know how many new subscribers you have got.</div>

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How To Submit Your Blog To Apple News Publisher

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="Become Apple News Publisher" class="aligncenter wp-image-116958 size-full" height="380" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Become-Apple-News-Publisher.png" title="Become Apple News Publisher" width="700" /><br /> With iOS 9, Apple is all set to launch Apple news that is similar to <a href="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/flipboard-traffic-blogger-brand.html">Flipboard</a>. As a blogger & publisher, you can <a href="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/submit-your-blog.html">submit your blog</a> to be a part of Apple news app. By submitting your blog to Apple news, you will be reaching out to millions of iOS users (iPhone, iPad & iPod). I have just finished <strong>submitting ShoutMeLoud to Apple news</strong>, and you can do that too.<br /> In this tutorial, you will learn how you can submit your blog to iOS 9 news app. You can read the review of the upcoming app <a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/2947012/software-news/hands-on-with-news-in-ios-9-apples-response-to-facebook-and-snapchats-content-platforms.html" target="_blank">here</a>, which will give you a fair idea of how your content will be displayed.<br /> <h2>How to become a publisher at Apple news:</h2>The process is easy & you can submit your blog in the next 5 minutes.<br /> <ul><li>Head over to Apple news publisher page <a href="https://www.icloud.com/newspublisher/" target="_blank">here</a>.</li></ul><img alt="Apple news publisher" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-116948" height="425" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Apple-news-publisher.png" width="566" /><br /> <ul><li>You can login with your <strong>Apple ID</strong> & if you don’t have one, click on Signup at the bottom to create one right away.</li></ul><img alt="Login to Apple Publisher account" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-116949" height="411" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Login-to-Apple-Publisher-account.png" width="462" /><br /> <ul><li>Once you are logged in, you need to accept the End User License Agreement for News.</li><li>Next step is to setup the Publisher information, which is pretty straight-forward.</li></ul><img alt="Apple news publisher information" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-116950" height="323" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Apple-news-publisher-information.png" width="675" /><br /> <ul><li><strong>Create new channel:</strong> This is where you will add the information related to your blog or news website. You can create different channels if you have more than one blog.</li></ul><img alt="Apple-Publisher-Channel" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-117121" height="330" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Apple-Publisher-Channel1.png" width="675" /><br /> <br /> <ul><li>You can click on Specify territories to make your content available on specific countries only. By default, all countries are selected. Use this feature if you don’t want your content ton be visible in certain territories. Click on Submit</li><li><strong>Submit RSS feed</strong>: This is the final step where you need to submit your blog RSS feed. This is not mandatory but I recommend to fill it up. You can follow this guide to create an RSS feed for your blog. Soon Apple is coming up with <strong>Apple news format</strong> that might replace RSS feed feature from the submission process. (More on this in upcoming artcile).</li></ul><img alt="Add RSS feed to Apple" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-116953" height="270" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Add-RSS-feed-to-Apple.png" width="675" /><br /> <ul><li>Click on next, and last step is to add your brand logo. Here is the requirement for adding logo:</li></ul><ol><li>Full-color transparent PNG</li><li>Required height: 256px</li><li>Recommended Width: up to 2048px (8:1)</li><li>Maximum width: up to 2560px (10:1)</li><li>Complete logo guideline <a href="https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/documentation/General/Conceptual/News_Publishing_Guide/SettingUpYourChannel.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40015407-CH8-SW4" target="_blank">here</a>.</li><li>This is not mandatory but I highly recommend you to complete this step for higher brand visibility.</li></ol><ul><li>Once done, <strong>Apple news publisher team</strong> will review your submission in few days. You will also get an email after the successful submission.</li><li>If you have multiple blogs, you can click at the top & click on create a new channel to add more blogs.</li></ul><img alt="Submit Multiple blog to Apple news publisher" class="aligncenter wp-image-116952 size-full" height="188" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Submit-Multiple-blog-to-Apple-news-publisher.png" width="452" /><br /> As a blogger, I’m pretty excited to see my blog reaching out to a wider audience with the help of Apple news app. I will share the stats & more details once iOS 9 will be launched & ShoutMeLoud starts getting traffic from Apple News app.<br /> Update: It took about 12 hours for the review & ShoutMeLoud is now live in Apple news app <a href="https://news.apple.com/TcO6SiwPxSbuMyIGNXzwjVw" target="_blank">here</a> (link will work in iOS 9)<br /> <img alt="Apple news submission" class="aligncenter wp-image-116972 size-full" height="675" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Apple-news-submission.jpg" width="640" /><br /> <h3>Important information about Apple news publisher:</h3>Here is one important announcement from Apple which I saw after submitting my first blog:<br /> <blockquote>We’re working on bringing you a brand new format you can use to create signature content for News. With Apple News Format, you’ll be able to create beautifully crafted layouts with custom typography, rich photo galleries, videos, and animations. Author once and News will optimize your content for all iOS devices. You’ll also be able to connect your existing content management systems to News, and get access to a rich suite of tools for measuring user engagement.</blockquote><ul><li>You can monetize your content on Apple news using iAd. The revenue distribution is 70% to you & 30% to Apple.</li><li>You can also keep 100% revenue by selling your ads directly. I don’t have enough detail as of now on this part.</li><li>A company, a publisher, a Blogger can submit their digital property in Apple news.</li><li>Every channel has section that you can use to organize your content. You can have a separate section for your categories. If you use this feature, you need to have a minimum of two sections.</li><li>Currently, they are accepting submission from English language only.</li><li>Your RSS feed needs to be full & not partial. Read more about RSS <a href="https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/documentation/General/Conceptual/News_Publishing_Guide/RSSBestPractices.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40015407-CH13-SW1" target="_blank">best practices here</a>.</li><li>You can read more details about Apple news <a href="https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/documentation/General/Conceptual/News_Publishing_Guide/index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40015407-CH3-SW1" target="_blank">publisher & FAQ here</a>.</li></ul>For now, you should leave everything & submit your English blog to Apple news. It would hardly take 5 minutes, and I’m assuming that Apple news will be a game changer for many publishers in the coming days.</div>

How To Submit Your Blog To Apple News Publisher

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How to Delete an Account from Google Analytics

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="Delete an Account from Google Analytics" class="aligncenter wp-image-117672 size-full" height="380" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Delete-an-Account-from-Google-Analytics.png" title="Delete an Account from Google Analytics" width="700" /><br /> Have you had a blog which is no longer live but the account is still on Google Analytics? Do you want to clean up your GA account? If so, read on and learn how to do it.<br /> Google Analytics is a free website stats program which is recommended for every blogger and website owner. It gives you great details about where your traffic is coming from and how users are interacting your website/blog.<br /> For a long time I have created numerous blogs apart from ShoutMeLoud to try new things online, and over that time many of them have been deleted as they didn’t work out the way I had anticipated. Even though the blogs are deleted, their accounts are still in my Google Analytics which simply adds unnecessary junk to the account.<br /> Today when I logged into my Google Analytics account, I noticed many of these domains. I considered getting rid of them, and realized that the process is easy, but not well documented online in a manner that is easy to follow.<br /> This tutorial will help you to get rid of all Analytics accounts which are not in use any longer. Here is a the uncleaned view of my Gooogle Analytics account:<br /> <img alt="unused Google Analytics account" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-117658" height="550" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/unused-Google-Analytics-account.png" width="678" /><br /> My goal here is to get rid of all of the properties under any account which I am no longer using. Here is the step-by-step guide to getting it done.<br /> <h2>How to delete unused Google Analytics properties:</h2>You can follow this guide to delete a Google Analytics account or a property under any account. Remember, you can have any number of accounts under your Google Analytics, and every account can have any number of properties.<br /> To get started with this, login to your Google Analytics account and click on Admin at the top:<br /> <img alt="Google analytics admin guide" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-117659" height="280" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Google-analytics-admin-guide.png" width="670" /><br /> Referring to the above image:<br /> <ol><li>To access the Admin panel in Google Analytics</li><li>To navigate between different accounts</li><li>To navigate between different properties under your accounts</li></ol>If you notice at the bottom of #2, you see an option called “Trash Can”. You can use this to restore any deleted Google Analytics properties.<br /> In my case, the goal is to get rid of a few properties (domains) which are under an account called ShoutDreams blog network.<br /> <img alt="Google analytics property settings" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-117660" height="301" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Google-analytics-property-settings.png" width="388" /><br /> Click on Property Settings under the property you want to delete.<br /> Note: Property Settings is an important part of your web analytics, as you can enable demographics and interest features as well as a few other important settings.<br /> <img alt="delete analytics acocunt" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-117661" height="253" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/delete-analytics-acocunt.png" width="670" /><br /> At the top right you will see the option to delete an account (click on “move to trash can”), and after a confirmation you will be able to delete your account.<br /> <img alt="delete website from Google Analytics" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-117662" height="413" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/delete-website-from-Google-Analytics.png" width="645" /><br /> When you delete an account or property from Google Analytics, you will be able to restore it within 35 days from the date of the deletion. This is useful for any user who has accidentally deleted his account.<br /> <img alt="restore deleted Google analytics account" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-117663" height="259" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/restore-deleted-Google-analytics-account.png" width="670" /><br /> <br /> Pretty easy, isn’t it?<br /> This trick is useful for any webmaster like myself who may be using Google Analytics to manage his web analytics. If you haven’t integrated Google Analytics into your blog yet, I suggest that you follow these guides and do so right away. In the long run, it will benefit you greatly. I have also listed a few Google Analytics tutorials which will help any beginner or intermediate user to get more accomplished with Google Analytics.<br /> <ol><li>What is Google Analytics and how does it work?</li><li>How to add Google Analytics to your WordPress blog</li><li>How to increase website traffic using Google Analytics?</li><li>Analytify: Best Google Analytics dashboard WordPress plugin</li><li>A custom Google Analytics dashboard which you should definitely use</li><li>Google Analytics JS bookmarklet: you will love it</li><li>How to find your blog demographics using Google Analytics </li></ol><div class="tm-click-to-tweet"><div class="tm-ctt-text">7 Awesome Google Analytics Guides You Shouldn’t Miss</div></div>To sum it up:<br /> To delete a Google Analytics profile:<br /> <ol><li>Click the Admin tab at the top right of any Analytics page.</li><li>Click the account that contains the profile you want to delete.</li><li>Click the web property from which you want to delete the profile.</li><li>Use the Profile menu to select the profile.</li><li>Click the Profile Settings tab.</li><li>Click Delete this Profile at the bottom of the page.</li><li>Click Delete in the confirmation message.</li></ol></div>

How to Delete an Account from Google Analytics

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Why You Need To Edit Old Posts on Your Blog : Practical Tips

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="Editing Old Posts Is Important" class="aligncenter wp-image-117754 size-full" height="380" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Editing-Old-Posts-Is-Important.png" title="Editing Old Posts Is Important" width="700" /><br /> <em><strong>Blog posts are like wine: the older they get, the better they become!</strong></em><br /> One of the lesser known things about any popular blogger is; that they spend as much time editing old posts as they do write new posts.<br /> Particularly after the Google Panda algorithm rollout it’s essential to keep all posts of your blog relevant and up-to- date.  Personally, Every month I update at least 20+ old posts to make the posts ready for today.<br /> <img alt="edit old blog posts" class="aligncenter wp-image-103821 size-full" height="609" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/edit-old-blog-posts.jpg" title="edit old blog posts" width="640" /><br /> In this post I will list the reasons why it is so important to edit old blog posts, and the benefits of doing so. You will learn practical tips on how to keep editing your old posts & what other things you should take care along with it.<br /> So let’s go ahead and first understand why you need to start working on your old posts now.<br /> <h2>Top 5 Reasons for Editing Old Blog Posts:</h2>Your blog could be a news blog, a tech blog, a fashion blog or a blog in any niche. Your visitors can land on any of your posts from search engines or via referral. If you have a post which might be a year old or more, it may contain information that is not currently relevant.<br /> The visitor who lands on the outdated or irrelevant information will hit the “close” button and move on to other options. You just lost one valuable visitor who could have become your reader or even your subscriber. At the same time you also missed an opportunity to earn money. Moreover, your blog’s bounce rate will increase and the average time-on-site will be low.<br /> By keeping your old posts updated, you not only turn a visitor into a reader or subscriber, but you also improve one decaying part of your blog. (And your blog is your personality, after all!)<br /> Let’s look at the sorts of things that need to be edited in old blog posts, and why they needed refreshing.<br /> <div class="note"><strong>Typos</strong> :</div>It is always important to proof-read an article to make sure that it is error-free.  Most of the time we proof-read after writing a post, and then we publish it. When I look at a post that was written a year ago, and I sometimes find that they are full of silly mistakes, such as those related to grammar or spelling. Typos are a big turn-off to anyone reading your article, and when you revisit your old posts and read them with fresh eyes after time has passed, you are more likely to find those silly typos. You can also use this free Chrome add-on call Grammarly to help you in proof-reading. Here are few more resources which you can open in a new tab for further reading:<br /> <ul><li>How to better proofread an article in 6 simple steps</li><li>8 point checklist before hitting the publish button</li></ul><div class="note"><strong>Images</strong> :</div>“An image is worth 1,000 words.”  I have followed this mantra from day one of my blogging career.<br /> Back in 2009-2010, I used to use any image from sites like Flickr or other similar sites. Now it is important to me to have an image that aligns with the topic of my post. A relevant image will encourage readers to read and share the post on their favorite social media platforms.<br /> Additionally, my old images are usually of excessively large (ex: 1024*768), and my post content width is only 670 Px. Having an oversized image also affects the loading time of the post as well as the search engine ranking. What I do now and suggest that other bloggers do is download the image and re-size it to the size I need for my post, and use ImageOptim (or another image compressor) to reduce the overall size of the post.  The idea here is to make the picture web-ready.<br /> Make sure you also rename the image to make it relevant and search engine friendly.<br /> These steps will help you to significantly improve the overall SEO score of your post.  You can refer to this guide to learn about how images improve the SEO of your post.<br /> Additionally, if you have used a screenshot of a website or anything else in your old post, it might now be outdated. Adding a new and updated image will give new life to your old post.</div>

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How to Use Flipboard to Get Traffic to Your Blog

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Update: After applying all the tips mentioned in this post, I managed to drive 3K+ traffic on a single given day. See below screenshot for proof & read on to do it for your blog:<br /> <div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_118680" style="width: 550px;"><img alt="Flipboard traffic effect" class="size-full wp-image-118680" height="397" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Flipboard-traffic-effect.png" width="540" /><div class="wp-caption-text">Flipboard traffic effect</div></div>Flipboard, which was started as a magazine-style feed reader some time back, is now one of the top choices for feed reading and content discovery on various devices (smartphones, tablets and desktops).<br /> I have previously featured Flipboard in my post on best blogging apps for iPad, and today I will be sharing how you can drive traffic from Flipboard.<br /> Back in 2013, Flipboard was reported to have 90 million users, which is an astonishing number. Remember, these users are people who are using Flipboard for content discovery and for reading that content.<br /> Flipboard was started as a simple app to enhance the reading experience of mobile users.  Flipboard has gone through various iterations in the past few years, and is now a full-fledged product for consumers or for webmasters like you and me. I can’t promise how much traffic you would be driving from Flipboard, but when I was going through the most recent version of their app, it appeared promising toward the possibility of allowing me to ditch my existing similar apps like Zite and Prismatic in exchange for  Flipboard.<br /> <img alt="Drive Traffic From Flipboard" class="aligncenter wp-image-110526 size-full" height="350" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Drive-Traffic-From-Flipboard.jpg" title="Drive Traffic From Flipboard" width="640" /><br /> <h2>How to market your blog using Flipboard:</h2>Flipboard is taking the route of the proven growth hacking technique (content curation) to take it to the next level. From being a simple content reading app, they have progressed to becoming a more personalized reading app. Flipboard now allows you to read content from your social-media timeline, subscribe to any feed, and follow any topic created by others. Most importantly, Flipboard let’s you create your own Flipboard magazine for content curation.<br /> The power of Flipboard for business is in the simplicity of following any person on Flipboard or following a magazine created by them. The idea is not unique, but the way Flipboard has integrated these features within their app is appreciable.<br /> Note:  Flipboard is no longer a mobile-specific app, as they have launched a web version as well. So even if you are not a Flipboard app user, you can take advantage of their recently launched website for desktop users, and use it for your marketing or reading pleasure.<br /> <br /> Let me show you the exact steps you need to take when using Flipboard to get traffic or give exposure to your business:<br /> <strong>Magazines are the powerhouse to get Flipboard to work for you:</strong><br /> If you are not new to content curation, getting started with Flipboard magazine will be as easy as pie. If, however, content curation is a foreign subject to you, allow me to briefly explain:<br /> Content curation is a technique geared toward finding the best content from the web and consolidating it in one place. You can do it on your blog, or you can do it using any of the online content curation sites.<br /> There are people who are making money from content curation.  Here is a post where you can find a list of content curation tools.<br /> Back to Flipboard:<br /> To begin using Flipboard, download the Flipboard app onto your smartphone (or desktop). The apps are available for iOS, Android and Windows phone. If you choose to work on your desktop, head over to Flipboard.com and create your profile there.<br /> <img alt="Perfect Flipboard Profile" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-110533" height="1136" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Perfect-Flipboard-Profile.png" width="640" /><br /> Once your profile is created on any platform, you can select the topics you would like to follow. (As of 2015, they have over 34000+ topics!)<br /> I would suggest spending some time building your profile and setting up your Flipboard app.  Once you’ve completed all of this, the next step is to create magazines in your clipboard account.<br /> Magazines are the topics you want to create, on which you will be curating content. I recommend that you curate the best content from your niche, and also blend your own content to drive traffic to your site. If you are a popular brand, you can create a magazine with your brand name, as it would make it easier for people to follow your brand updates on Flipboard.<br /> <strong>How to create a magazine on Flipboard:</strong><br /> If you are using a mobile app, click on your profile to begin the process of creating a Flipboard magazine. If you are using the desktop version, go to editor.flipboard.com and you can create your magazine from there.<br /> For this guide, I’m using their desktop version as an example, so that you can follow the steps and create your own magazine right now.<br /> Click on “Create Magazine” and give it a niche name. It is best to use a clear topic-centered niche rather than a broad based niche. For example, “Affiliate Marketing for Bloggers” or “Google AdSense” as a magazine names would be far better than “Make Money Blogging”.<br /> <img alt="Create Flipboard magazine" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-110519" height="375" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Create-Flipboard-magazine.png" width="484" /><br /> You can create any number of magazines on your Flipboard account. I usually create a few magazines based on categories I publish on my blog. This way, I stick to my niche for reading, and also for curating content in the same niche. After all, content curation is all about establishing yourself as an expert in a particular niche.<br /> <div class="u_tubesubscriber_frame"><div class="video_subscribe" style="background: black none repeat scroll 0% 0%; color: white; display: block; margin-top: -8px; padding: 15px 20px 6px;"><h4 class="video_title" style="color: white; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; margin: 0; padding: 3px 16px 0 0; vertical-align: top;">Subscribe on Youtube</h4></div></div>If you are a brand or business, you can also have multiple Flipboard users contributing to the same magazine. This is useful for serious businesses to amplify the reach of their Flipboard magazine.<br /> <strong>Curating content:</strong><br /> Once you are done creating your magazines, it’s time to start curating content.<br /> The Flipboard smart phone app makes it easier for a user to add any content to a magazine he has created. If you are working on a desktop, you can use their handy bookmarklet to curate content from your web browser. You can also curate from your iOS device by adding a bookmarklet using this tutorial. Chrome users can <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/%2B-flip-it/fbmppankahdodchhioklnbcmohehhjoa?utm_source=editor" target="_blank">take advantage of their Chrome extension</a>.<br /> <h3>How to make Flipboard work for your blog traffic and business:</h3>Once you have completed all the steps mentioned above, you are halfway through the process of making Flipboard work optimally for you.<br /> Next comes the most exciting and challenging part of using Flipboard which is to curate content on a regular basis. This is when you begin to work toward giving readers a reason to subscribe to your magazine, which is how Flipboard will start driving traffic to your blog or to your business website.<br /> Here are few<strong> important tips for you as you learn to curate content effectively:</strong><br /> <div class="note"><strong>Curate evergreen content: </strong></div>I am a firm believer in the importance of producing evergreen content. When you produce evergreen content, your older posts remain relevant over time, and thus remain useful to new readers. For this reason, you never have to trash your old content, because your content, and your magazine, are evergreen (useful and meaningful over time).<br /> Once you have a grasp of the concept of creating evergreen content, you can avoid the time-intensive task of weeding out old, time-sensitive content, and the work you put into writing your posts (and creating your magazine) will pay off for a far longer period.<br /> <em>Note: You can curate the same post on different magazines created by you. This way you can have micro or macro magazines for your target topic.</em><br /> <div class="note"><strong>Follow topics:</strong></div>To utilize the content discovery feature of Flipboard (crowdsourcing), make sure you are following all relevant topics of interest to you. Also, check to see if any well-known people in your industry are on Flipboard, and follow them to discover quality content.<br /> <div class="note"><strong>Comment on posts:</strong></div>This is probably the most underused technique on Flipboard, but you can (and should) use it to get more eyeballs to your Flipboard profile. Flipboard lets you comment on any post that you are reading, and your comment is visible only to Flipboard users. You can use this technique to get more visitors to your Flipboard profile and to convert them into followers.<br /> <div class="note"><strong>Check your progress:</strong></div><img alt="Flipboard Magazine stats" class="aligncenter wp-image-110521 size-full" height="340" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Flipboard-Magazine-stats.png" title="Flipboard Magazine stats" width="640" /><br /> It is very important that you continually check to see how your Flipboard account is helping you to drive traffic, and how your Flipboard magazines are performing. You can go to <a href="https://editor.flipboard.com/" target="_blank">editors.flipboard</a> and click on “stats” to see how your magazines are performing.<br /> Here is my Flipboard traffic for last few days:<br /> <div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_118681" style="width: 694px;"><img alt="Flipboard traffic report Google Analytics" class="size-full wp-image-118681" height="231" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Flipboard-traffic-Google-Analytics.png" width="684" /><div class="wp-caption-text">Flipboard traffic report Google Analytics</div></div><br /> <div class="note"><strong>Promote your Flipboard Magazine or profile:</strong></div><img alt="Flipboard Follow buttons" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-110522" height="311" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Flipboard-Follow-buttons.png" width="640" /><br /> Most of the time you will be discovered by Flipboard users on the app itself (or on the desktop version), but you can also increase the number of your followers by using Flipboard buttons, or by sharing your created Flipboard magazines on your social networking sites. You can embed Flipboard Magazine on your blog, or you can display a Flipboard follow button to get more followers. You can also get a “follow” badge for your profile or for your magazine from here.<br /> Note: You can check out an example of a Flipboard profile and magazine here.<br /> <h2>Conclusion: Is Flipboard useful for bloggers and brands?</h2>Flipboard is a growing platform for consumers and publishers like you and me. They have grown from being a mobile specific platform to including a desktop version, and in my opinion they will only continue to grow.<br /> You would do well to start using Flipboard right away, and while it may take some time to arrange it for your optimal benefit, (depending on your visibility and quality of curation), it will ultimately help you to get traffic and exposure for your blog, business or brand.<br /> <ul><li>Useful link: <a href="https://flipboard.com/publishers/" target="_blank">Flipboard for Publishers and Bloggers</a></li></ul></div>

How to Use Flipboard to Get Traffic to Your Blog

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Can You Become The Greatest Blogger? [Quiz]

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="Bloggers Quiz" class="aligncenter wp-image-119999 size-full" height="380" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Bloggers-Quiz.png" title="Bloggers Quiz" width="700" /><br /> A quick Yes/no test to find out if you are or can become the greatest blogger in the face of the earth.<br /> Bonus Tip: Take a moment before answering Yes/No to any of the questions & read every question carefully to understanding underlying meaning.<br /> <h2 style="text-align: center;">Blogger’s Quiz – Level I</h2><em>Have you stopped using too many advertisements?</em><br /> <em>Have you stopped saying Yes to all paid review offers you get?</em><br /> <em>Have you stopped rehashing other news & started writing your opinions?</em><br /> <em>Do you understand that you are not journalist & you have your unique style?</em><br /> <em>Have you stopped using free or paid template, & designed one of your own?</em><br /> <em>Before you write a post, do you ask: Is it really valuable for anyone else but you?</em><br /> <em>Have you written a post & never published it because it was mediocre?</em><br /> <em>Have you stopped checking how many likes you get on your Facebook updates?</em><br /> <em>Do you understand that it’s important to reply to all comments, but all comments don’t deserve a reply?</em><br /> <em>Do you realize that everything you read is written by someone like you [Human]? </em><br /> <em>Do you agree: when you criticize a website, you are criticizing a living human?</em><br /> <em>Do You often end up burning the midnight oil?</em><br /> <em>Have you seen people copying your content/idea & you felt more happy than sad?</em><br /> <em>Have you started refueling your creative side? </em><br /> <em>“<strong>Blogging requires creativity</strong>“: Do you agree with this quote?</em><br /> <img alt="Blogging is creativity" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-119985" height="300" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Blogging-is-creativity.jpg" width="610" /><br /> <em>Do you realize that your writing is affected by the environment around you?</em><br /> <em>Have you written an idea on a notepad because you thought it’s brilliant?</em><br /> <em>Have you stopped </em>complaining about<em> every little thing?</em><br /> <em>Have you started making tough decisions in time?</em><br /> <em>Do you accept your mistakes even if that hurts?</em><br /> <em>Have you stopped blaming your parents for your failures?</em><br /> <em>Have you stopped feeling jealous & started seeing the creative side of others?</em><br /> <em>Have you stopped publishing daily?</em><br /> <em>Have you started hiring people who complement skills that you don’t have?</em><br /> <em>Have you started dressing up appropriately when going to events?</em><br /> <em>Do you still feel good when you get free goodies from a company?</em><br /> <em>Have you started noticing the pattern in everything?</em><br /> <em>Have you stopped selling your soul for quick money?</em><br /> <em>Have you started deleting emails without reading them?</em><br /> <em>Do you still write your articles?</em><br /> <em>Do you give credit to those who deserves?</em><br /> <h3 style="text-align: center;">Blogger’s Quiz – Level II</h3><em>Do you agree with this quote: “One bad apple spoils the bunch”?</em><br /> <img alt="One bad apple spoils the bunch" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-119984" height="320" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/One-bad-apple-spoils-the-bunch.jpg" width="500" /><br /> <em>Have you stopped watching Television?</em><br /> <em>Are you out of all toxic relationships?</em><br /> <em>Do you still speak to yourself in your head?</em><br /> <em>Have you stopped doing the same thing every day?</em><br /> <em>Have you started building your personal brand?</em><br /> <em>Do you believe you are a writer, marketer, thinker & yet just a Blogger?</em><br /> <em>Have you started listening more & speaking less?</em><br /> <strong>If your answer is yes to all of the above, you are moving in the right direction. If your answer is no, ask yourself why it’s no & is it important to make a change?</strong></div>

Can You Become The Greatest Blogger? [Quiz]

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How To Grow Your YouTube Channel With vidIQ

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img alt="Grow Youtube Channel With VidIQ" class="aligncenter wp-image-122614 size-full" height="380" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Grow-Youtube-Channel-With-VidIQ.png" title="Grow Youtube Channel With VidIQ" width="700" /><br /> <em>Is your Youtube channel growing the same way your competitors are growing?</em><br /> I’m a Youtube publisher from last 4 years & I struggle with publishing new videos at regular interval. Publishing is not the only problem I have, as I find it hard to get enough (decent) views on my uploaded videos. I always wondered, is there any trick that I’m missing that is blocking my growth on Youtube.<br /> I use <a href="http://graphicaltube.com/home.php" target="_blank">GraphicalTube</a> to create converting cover image for all my Youtube channels (for $19 one can get unlimited access) & I use YouTube viral growth plugin to get more Youtube subscribers from video curation ( Got 2K Youtube followers in less than 60 days).<br /> Few days back, I came across this Youtube optimization tool known as vidIQ plugin that made me figure out what all is lacking in my channel and preventing its growth. Today, you will be learning about this awesome tool that I have started using recently, and I believe every Youtube publisher should use it. VidIQ is an enterprise-level tool that you can freely use for basic features & pro features for a nominal price. Even though, I have a pro account; you can always start with their free chrome extensions & later on upgrade when you see the great results as I did. More on this later, & for now let me show you how this cool piece of tech will help you to grow your Youtube channel.<br /> <h2>How to use VidIQ to grow any Youtube channel?</h2>VidIQ is great for an invidual publisher like you & me or for digital marketing agencies who manages Youtube channel for their client. Most of us are aware of basic Youtube video SEO tips like use Keyword in the post title, use detailed description & make the video engaging. This is a common knowledge that every Youtube publisher have, but there is more than that one can use to give more visibility to their Youtube channel.<br /> Let me first talk about their pro version which starts at only $10/month. It may sound too much for entry level Youtube publisher, but after learning about the features, you will also feel that $10 is a peanut price that we are paying for such awesome service.<br /> To start with, VidIQ is a video analytics & marketing tool for Youtube publishers. This tool analyzes your Youtube account and gives you meaningful insights that help you to make actionable decisions. It is more than just a Youtube SEO tool, as it offers you your video analytics to learn how users are interacting with users.<br /> Getting started with VidIQ is easy, as you need to connect it with your Youtube account. It will import all the videos to their dashboard, and from here all the magic begins. Have a look at the dashboard after it pulled details from all my Youtube videos.<br /> <img alt="VidIQ dashboard" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-122424" height="317" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/VidIQ-dashboard.png" width="700" /><br /> You can sort any column based on views, shares, likes & other parameters. This gives you a great overview of popular videos from your Youtube channel. The fun part begins here, as you can click on any of the videos & make changes in descriptions, tags & also the title. This is super handy when you are optimizing your complete Youtube channel or your’s client channel.<br /> <img alt="VidIQ video editor" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-122425" height="473" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/VidIQ-video-editor.png" width="353" /><br /> <br /> Personally, I bother less about description part as I always add it when uploading the videos. What I liked here is the Youtube tagging part, as this one thing could help you to get more views on every video that you upload on Youtube.<br /> VidIQ offers tag suggestion (You can use up to 50 tags) and using popular tags will help you to get unimaginable eyeballs to your videos. You add the first few characters & it would auto-populate the suggested tags. (See screenshot below)<br /> <img alt="Youtube tags" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-122426" height="439" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Youtube-tags.png" width="330" /><br /> Let me also share a smart way to take advantage of VidIQ youtube tags feature. This one even works for free users, but you need to install free VidIQ chrome extension. What this plugin does is, it shows you the tags used on any Youtube video that is not publicly available.<br /> After installing the above free Chrome add-on, all you need to do is search for videos related to the one you are uploading & open the video with most views or based on the popularity.<br /> This free add-on will show you the tags used by the video and also the traffic source that you can use for further outreach. See this video screenshot for better understanding:<br /> <img alt="Youtube video analytics" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-122427" height="441" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Youtube-video-analytics.png" width="700" /><br /> All you need to do is, use all the tags in your videos & it would significantly increase your video visibility. This is one of the many uses of VidIQ.<br /> <h3>Description campaign feature- Drive traffic to any of your landing page</h3>This is one feature that will make you grab this tool right away. How about you add a few line of text with a link on all of your video description?<br /> You might be thinking that it’s a tedious task to edit individual video description & you are not wrong. Any guy in the right state of mind would think the same, but this is where description feature of VidIQ makes this Youtube marketing tool remarkable.<br /> You can see the performance (Below) from one of the campaigns that I ran for 25 days:<br /> <img alt="VidIQ campaign" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-122429" height="207" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/VidIQ-campaign.png" width="700" /><br /> <br /> Clicking on Stop campaign will automatically remove your campaign text & links from all videos.<br /> There are many more features that I’m yet to explore such as competitors feature, where you can compare your Youtube channel growth with one of your competitors. Another feature call enables optimization that I will be testing in coming days.<br /> For now, you can create an account on VidIQ & import your channel for free to start optimizing all your uploaded Youtube videos.<br /> Create free VidIQ Account<br /> This was one unique tool that I found for Youtube publishers like you and me. If you know of any other tool like VidIQ, let me know in the comment section.<br /> Last but not the least, do share this post with your friends who upload videos on Youtube. It might help them to grow their channel & they would thank you later.</div>

How To Grow Your YouTube Channel With vidIQ

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There are Two Types of Bloggers: Which One is You?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">We all know there are more than two types of bloggers, but in bigger context, it can be put it in 2 ways. There is no right or wrong here, but would love to know which one is you in below graphics?<br /> <div class="tm-click-to-tweet"><div class="tm-ctt-text">Do you make money via #AdSense or #Affiliate?</div></div><img alt="Adsense Affiliate" class="aligncenter wp-image-123514" height="561" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Adsense-Affiliate.png" width="700" /><br /> <div class="tm-click-to-tweet"><div class="tm-ctt-text"><a href="https://twitter.com/share?text=Do+you+blog+for+money+or+for+%23Passion%3F&via=denharsh&related=denharsh&url=http://www.shoutmeloud.com/types-of-bloggers.html" target="_blank">Do you blog for money or for #Passion?</a></div><a class="tm-ctt-btn" href="https://twitter.com/share?text=Do+you+blog+for+money+or+for+%23Passion%3F&via=denharsh&related=denharsh&url=http://www.shoutmeloud.com/types-of-bloggers.html" target="_blank">Click To Tweet</a><br /> </div><img alt="Daily Earning" class="aligncenter wp-image-123516" height="561" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Daily-Earning.png" width="700" /><br /> <img alt="Full Time Part Time" class="aligncenter wp-image-123517" height="561" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Full-Time-Part-Time.png" width="700" /><br /> <br /> <img alt="Lazy Active" class="aligncenter wp-image-123518" height="561" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Lazy-Active.png" width="700" /><br /> <br /> <img alt="Office" class="aligncenter wp-image-123519" height="561" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Office.png" width="700" /><br /> <br /> <img alt="Operating System" class="aligncenter wp-image-123520" height="561" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Operating-System.png" width="700" /><br /> <br /> <img alt="Original Copy Paste" class="aligncenter wp-image-123521" height="561" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Original-Copy-Paste.png" width="700" /><br /> <br /> <img alt="Themes" class="aligncenter wp-image-123522" height="561" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Themes.png" width="700" /></div>

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11 Best Websites to Improve Writing Skills in English

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Improve-English-Writing-Skills.png"><img alt="Improve English Writing Skills" class="aligncenter wp-image-128000 size-full" height="380" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Improve-English-Writing-Skills.png" title="Improve English Writing Skills" width="700" /></a><br /> We, humans are the most expressive creatures in the world, even the most introverted! We make use of both spoken and written words to convey our message across. The art of aptly describing what’s on your mind boils down to your writing or speaking abilities. While writing plain English is no challenge, eliminating the nuances from one’s writing to get the message across adequately is a challenge for many. While the best of the writers can capture the attention of readers with their succinct description of events, most of them struggle to find words or phrases to perfectly fall in place with the content.<br /> Writing aptly is a skill and it goes beyond the simple use of grammar in your prose. While grammar forms an essential aspect of writing, there are more aspects of writing which must be taken off while working on it. Overuse of cliches, adverbs, bulky phrases, etc is some of the examples of poor writing and something which needs to be addressed. Writing is a form of art and like every other form of art, it takes time and perseverance to see through the toughest challenges you face while writing.<br /> <h2>11 Awesome Websites to Help Improve English Writing Skills</h2>Improving your writing skills broadens your horizons in both your personal and career-related pursuits. To help you improve writing skills in English, we have collected some of the best web-resources dedicated to this mission. Here are the top 11 Best Websites to improve your writing skills in English.<br /> <div class="note" style="font-size: 20px;">1. <a href="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/grammarly-review.html">Grammarly</a></div><img alt="Grammarly" class=" size-full wp-image-127890 aligncenter" height="315" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Grammarly.jpg" width="640" /><br /> Grammarly is easily one of the best online resources to significantly improve your vocabulary and writing skills. Grammarly is basically an online word processor, which goes beyond your ordinary word processor in correcting your English mistakes. Grammarly fixes over 250 types of English errors, which the Microsoft Word application could not correct. The app also suggests synonyms for your chosen words to improve the context of the phrase.<br /> <ul><li>Check out detailed Grammarly review</li></ul>Since Grammarly app is also available for your web browser, you can simply install the extension and have Grammarly edit all of your Emails, social media posts or any content that you create from your web browser. The spell-checker and vocabulary enhancer are the standout features of Grammarly that will definitely make you a better writer over time. Although Grammarly is offered as a free installation, a premium plan also does exist which costs around $29.95/month.<br /> <strong><a href="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/recommended/Grammarly/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Visit Website</a></strong><br /> <div class="note" style="font-size: 20px;">2. Grammar Girl</div><img alt="Grammar Girl" class="aligncenter wp-image-127891 size-full" height="315" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Grammar-Girl.jpg" title="Grammar Girl" width="640" /><br /> Grammar Girl is one of the best web resources to help you improve your writing skills online. Although now renamed to QuickandDirtyTips, Grammar Girl is how this blog is known well. Mignon Fogarty, who is behind Grammar Girl, is a very well-known personality with different books and mobile apps to her name. Grammar Girl offers short and friendly tips to help you improve writing skills on the web. All the complex Grammar questions are answered adequately and interestingly by Grammar Girl.<br /> Learn everything about English Grammar, from punctuation, vocabulary, writing style and other tips needed to make you a better writer. Although QuickAndDirtyTips now does cover a wide range of topics, Grammar Girl was solely dedicated to the act of making English grammar easy for everyone.<br /> <strong><a href="http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl" target="_blank">Visit Website</a></strong><br /> <div class="note" style="font-size: 20px;">3. The Purdue Writing Lab</div><img alt="Purdue OWL" class="aligncenter wp-image-127892 size-full" height="315" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Purdue-OWL.jpg" title="Purdue OWL" width="640" /><br /> Universities often have their very own writing centers on-campus to help people with their writing skills. Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab, or better known as the Purdue OWL is an online writing center dedicated to the mission of helping people with their writing skills. Purdue OWL provides users worldwide with their writing resources and guides. This website targets all of the common English grammatical queries arisen by people with their second language as English.<br /> Tackling issues like Writer’s block, development of an outline, thesis writing, proofreading, etc are some of the topics covered by Purdue’s OWL. The website also is home to the APA and MLA style guides which are used worldwide for publishing thesis and dissertations. Divided into two sections – General writing and the Writing process, both of these cover issues that most of the people face while writing in English.<br /> <strong><a href="https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/" target="_blank">Visit Website</a></strong><br /> <div class="note" style="font-size: 20px;">4. Thesaurus</div><img alt="Thesaurus" class="aligncenter wp-image-127894 size-full" height="315" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Thesaurus.jpg" title="Thesaurus" width="640" /><br /> The Thesaurus is one of the vital tools that every good English writer has in their arsenal of tools for writing better. Building on your vocabulary is essential in becoming a better English writer and Thesaurus offers just that. Thesaurus helps users in becoming a better writer by providing alternative words and phrases to perfectly expressing yourselves in written English. Thesaurus offers the best collection of synonyms and antonyms that you could use to improve your vocabulary while writing in English.<br /> Whatever your message might be, if you are looking to simplify your written English, Thesaurus will come to your help often times. This website also has a collection of some of the most overused words that you must avoid in your written English. Sharpen your English skills with this one powerful online and mobile application tool.<br /> <strong><a href="http://www.thesaurus.com/" target="_blank">Visit Website</a></strong><br /> <div class="note" style="font-size: 20px;">5. Hemingway App</div><img alt="Hemingway App" class="aligncenter wp-image-127898 size-full" height="316" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Hemingway-App.jpg" title="Hemingway App" width="640" /><br /> The Hemingway App is a wonderful web-based and desktop standalone software to help you edit your written English. The Hemingway App tackles a lot of nuances in English writing, like very complex sentences, uses of passive voice, overuse of adverbs, and much more. The standalone desktop software for Mac and Windows costs $9.99.<br /> Note: This tool is also listed under ShoutMeLoud’s Mega Blogging tools list<br /> The Hemingway app also provides a readability score for the entered text, which you could use to analyze the structure of the content you’ve written. Using Hemingway App, all of your wordy sentences are highlighted in yellow and extraneous content highlighted in red.<br /> <strong><a href="http://www.hemingwayapp.com/" target="_blank">Visit Website</a></strong><br /> <div class="note" style="font-size: 20px;">6. Writers Digest University</div><img alt="Writer's Digest University" class="aligncenter wp-image-127901 size-full" height="315" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Writers-Digest-University.jpg" title="Writer's Digest University" width="640" /><br /> If you are looking for professional online workshops to improve your English writing, Writer’s Digest University have the best of them. Writer’s Digest University initiative provide users with online workshops to improve their fiction, non-fiction, short stories and freelance writing work. Offering 76 online workshops across a huge range of topics, Writer’s Digest University’s courses come at a hefty price. With courses starting from $139 to going as high as $700, these courses will help you achieve the levels of a skilled writer.<br /> Taught by professional and published authors, Writer’s Digest University offer some of the best online workshops. You can also browse through Writer’s Digest blog to receive latest updates and tips on writing better for free.<br /> <strong><a href="https://www.writersonlineworkshops.com/" target="_blank">Visit Website</a></strong><br /> <div class="note" style="font-size: 20px;">7. Grammar Book</div><img alt="Grammar Book" class="aligncenter wp-image-127903 size-full" height="315" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Grammar-Book.jpg" title="Grammar Book" width="640" /><br /> Grammar Book is another one of the best online resources to help you improve your writing skills. From punctuation rules to grammar quizzes and blog posts, Grammar Book has it all. The Grammar Book’s blog gets constantly updated every Tuesday with a new blog post about a grammar issue. Participate in the Grammar quizzes to improve your English grammar skills.<br /> This website also offers ‘The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation’, to help you become a better English writer.<br /> <strong><a href="http://www.grammarbook.com/" target="_blank">Visit Website</a></strong><br /> <div class="note" style="font-size: 20px;">8. Readability-Score</div><img alt="Readability-Score" class="aligncenter wp-image-127904 size-full" height="315" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Readability-Score.jpg" title="Readability-Score" width="640" /><br /> Your writing has to build a connection with your readers, or there is no point in your writings. Take any of your favorite articles on the web, these articles have the best prose and text layout, which only make you read more. Readability is an aspect of writing which many writers fail to take note of. No matter how grammatically correct maybe your sentences, taking the readability factor into consideration is essential in writing better English.<br /> Readability-score is an online resource that helps writers calculate the readability scores of their entered text. On a scale of 0 to 100, this tool rates the content you entered for its readability factor, the higher your score, the better is your content.<br /> <strong><a href="https://readability-score.com/" target="_blank">Visit Website</a></strong><br /> <div class="note" style="font-size: 20px;">9. Aztekera Passive voice checker</div><img alt="Aztekera Passive voice checker" class="aligncenter wp-image-127905 size-full" height="315" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Aztekera-Passive-voice-checker.jpg" title="Aztekera Passive voice checker" width="640" /><br /> Content in English is broadly classified into two types – Active and Passive voice. The active voice is the one that is more concise and straightforward. Use of passive voice more often hampers your written English to a huge extent. Aztekera offers a free online tool that helps you look out for the ‘To be’ verbs, that make up a passive voice phrase. Use this tool to eliminate the passive voice phrases in your writing.<br /> The excessive use of passive voice might be the reason for the non-persuasive tone of your writing. Get rid of such form of writing using Aztekera Passive voice checker tool.<br /> <strong><a href="http://www.aztekera.com/tools/tobeverbs.php" target="_blank">Visit Website</a></strong><br /> <div class="note" style="font-size: 20px;">10. Grammar Monster</div><img alt="Grammar Monster" class="aligncenter wp-image-127906 size-full" height="306" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Grammar-Monster.jpg" title="Grammar Monster" width="640" /><br /> Grammar Monster is one of the most resourceful tools on the web to help you with improving your writing skills. Whatever might be that you are trying to learn regarding English grammar, Grammar Monster has it all. With free resources in punctuation, apostrophe’s, commas, prepositions, adverbs, adjectives, etc., Grammar Monster features hundreds of articles across all of the said topics.<br /> The easy-to-learn chunks of information presented on Grammar Monster make it one of the best online resources to improve one’s writing skills. Available entirely for free, anyone can make the most of the basic and the higher level English grammar skills listed on this website.<br /> <strong><a href="http://www.grammar-monster.com/" target="_blank">Visit Website</a></strong><br /> <div class="note" style="font-size: 20px;">11. Pro Writing Aid</div><img alt="Pro Writing Aid" class="aligncenter wp-image-127907 size-full" height="315" src="http://www.shoutmeloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Pro-Writing-Aid.jpg" title="Pro Writing Aid" width="640" /><br /> Pro Writing Aid is one of the industry-standard text editing software, available as a free version for web interfaces. Edit your text online for up to 3000 words with their free web tool. Pro Writing Aid features some of the key aspects to a powerful text editing tool. This tool checks the entered content for plagiarism, usage of vague/abstract words, alliteration analysis and more, in addition to the regular spell-checking and other grammar tools.<br /> Used by professionally published authors and editors, Pro Writing Aid is the best tool to amplify your English writing skills.</div>

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