My SEO strategy was just to include as many commonly searched words in my posts as possible. For example, in my Idea Napkin posts, I included the words "anxiety," "app," and "relief" as many times as I could. I also googled "anxiety relief" and tried to keep track of the most used words in the top search results. I tried to incorporate these terms into my posts as well. I did not tend to focus on the blog titles for SEO, which I probably should have done.
2) Keywords
Like I said in number 1, I used keywords that I believe to be the most commonly searched terms on Google. I also searched for things such as "calming app" and "stress relief app" and tried to notice the words that those search results were using and tried to include those in my posts as well. At the beginning of the semester, my keywords were more general because my business idea was not as refined. Towards the end of the semester, it became more specific and more frequent.
3) Social Media
Unfortunately, I did not use social media as much as I should have to promote my blog. I did share it on Twitter and got a few people to visit, but most people ignored it. However, I wish I would have shared it on more platforms because social media can be used as a huge driving factor to get viewers of your page. I think people really underestimate the power of social media in this regard. Once you share something, it could reach literally millions of people.
4) Most viral post
My post that received the most views was my Idea Napkin No. 1. I think this was mainly because I tried to use as many commonly searched terms as possible in my post. I tried to tailor it to people searching for stress or anxiety relief tactics, and I think it worked pretty well.
5) Did I make it to the first page of Google?
When searching the terms "anxiety relief" and "stress relief app," I unfortunately did not make it to the first page of Google. However, when I searched the name of my blog I was on the first page. I think if I had tailored my blog post titles a little more to SEO, then I would have made it on the first page with both searches. I think I I would have used social media a little more to my advantage I would have made it as well.
Wow it seems that you tried really hard to make it to the front page of google, but I think you choose topics that are very common written on, so finding your own market for that must have been a difficult task to overcome. I personally wrote about smaller ventures and lesser known topics, and I was on the front page ( just some food for thought) . Come check out my blog at http://stephenclegg.blogspot.com/2016/04/google-gold.html
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