WGC 014 - How to Start as a Blogger with Mike Alton

Show Notes:
https://webgrowthcode.com/oom-014-how-to-start-as-a-blogger-with-mike-alton/


 


Mike Alton is on the podcast today to share his best tips on how
to start as a blogger and the steps to become a better
writer.  We hear about the best steps to walk through the
process and get your content found.


Find out about why short blog content is worthless and the 5 part
Writing Framework that will easily help you create more. 
Find out how to get multiple blogposts out of your podcast
transcripts and a bunch more today.



Show Notes with Mike Alton


01:20 - The Social Media Hat was Mike’s first blog that resonated
with an audience online.


06:45 - JLD was on the podcast in episode 4 here and talked about
how you know you’re in the right niche.


08:25 - Google Keyword Planner and SEM Rush are tools that help
with analytics for your blog.


10:10 - Mike’s blogging planner to help organize your content.


16:00 - Mike has a blogging boot camp where he teaches blogging.


31:30 - the content pyramid is a great structure for your stuff.


35:30 - How to create epic content and organize it as part of the
content pyramid.  The bootcamp is where you can find more of
this information.



You can Mike at Blogging Brute here.



Bullet Points for Blogging:  


The less the dollar amount the higher volume of keywords you
need
The 5 piece framework for writing a blog
Use your transcript to change into blogging content
You can use a VA for transcriptions



3 Tiers to changing a podcast or video into a blog


Level 1 - Description of the podcast with a player


Level 2 - Do Level 1 and add the transcript below


Level 3 - Summarize and explain and organize what was described



Content Pyramid Strategy 13 pieces of content or blog posts


Top - The shiny tip or the thing we want to sell  and this
is also the word that you want to rank #1 for on google. 


Mid - Come up with three main topics that fall within the primary
topic (These 3 should be pillar pieces of content within your
website).


Bottom - The bottom is the interviews or the news stories. 
Create 3 pieces of content for each of the mid pieces of content.



Top Tip - Mike uses Evernote and I love trello for recording
idea. 



Top Tool - Wishpond integrates Landing pages and pop ups



Resources Noted in the Show


Mikes blogging planner


 


Quote:  “Nobody is Born Being a Good Writer.”



Transcript and PDF link



Conclusion with Mike Alton


Mike Alton talks about how to become a better blogger and how to
prepare for producing a great blog post.  He shares the 5
Paragraph framework that will help you understand blogging.


Show Notes:
https://webgrowthcode.com/oom-014-how-to-start-as-a-blogger-with-mike-alton/