The following is a guest post by Akinduyo Eniola. Akinduyo is a content marketing expert and blogger at Guruscoach, where he helps develop effective content strategies that generate leads for businesses. This post focuses on ways to increase followers on Instagram. Without a doubt, we can all agree on the power of social media lately. […] The post 11 Amazing Ways to Increase Followers on Instagram… Organically! appeared first on SideGains ..read more

In this post I’m looking specifically at Google Analytics reports. For those who don’t know, Google Analytics is an online suite offered by (erm) Google. It provides reporting and analysis tools to help you understand your web traffic. It’s invaluable for pretty much any website or blog owner since it’s highly detailed and free to […] The post 20 Underused Google Analytics Reports for Deeper Insight appeared first on SideGains ..read more

The following is a guest post by Courtney Rosenfeld of Gig Spark, a useful resource for those taking their first steps towards the gig economy, either to supplement their income or as a way to fulfil their dreams of small business success. Many business-minded individuals are recognizing the benefits of having a side hustle or […] The post Small Business Success & Self Care – A Guide to Making Things Work appeared first on SideGains ..read more

One of the best reasons for choosing to run a blog on WordPress are the opportunities to extend it through the many thousands of plugins available. In this post, I’m presenting a list of essential WordPress plugins for bloggers, as chosen by independent users in a recent survey I’ve carried out. These are not plugins […] The post 28 Essential WordPress Plugins for Bloggers: Tips from WordPress Users appeared first on SideGains ..read more

The following is a guest post by Matt Wilson from The Work-from-Home Depot. Matt has worked remotely for several years and has a setup that allows him to be productive and efficient and truly enjoy his time in the “office”. He created Work-from-Home Depot to assist individuals and teams in making the transition to remote […] The post Use Experience & Leadership to Take Advantage of Remote Working appeared first on SideGains ..read more

I’m documenting a fix to a problem I’ve fixed on the SideGains blog today. It relates to the native WordPress search function that pulls both pages and posts into the results page… I want to exclude pages from WordPress search results to show only posts. Why do I want to do this? Since my pages […] The post How to Exclude Pages from WordPress Search Results Without Plugins appeared first on SideGains ..read more

It doesn’t matter how far along we are in our blogging journey, there’s always something to learn. Attitudes change, new technologies emerge and new strategies surface as a consequence. Learning then should figure near the top of every blogger’s agenda, irrespective of how long they’ve been running a blog. With this in mind, this post […] The post The Best Books on Blogging: 22 Picks from Business Owners & Marketers appeared first on SideGains ..read more

Should HTML Sitemaps be a Part of Your SEO Strategy? At one time, HTML sitemaps were seen as an important on-domain SEO component. They helped search engines like Google spider content and attribute PageRank across your across your domain. Google used to be very specific about HTML sitemap SEO benefits. You can see this in […] The post The HTML Sitemap & SEO: Do HTML Sitemaps Still Have a Place? appeared first on SideGains ..read more

Everyone’s favorite “look at me” platform Instagram is also a great place for bloggers looking to grow their online footprint. However, Instagram is unlike many other platforms when it comes to links. In this discussion I’m looking at how to add clickable links on Instagram, which is a problem many people can’t see their way […] The post How to Add Clickable Links on Instagram appeared first on SideGains ..read more

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: visitors are oxygen. Without traffic your blog will stop breathing! In this post I’m going to help you not only breathe but flourish by outlining how to increase blog traffic. As I go through each of these methods, I’ll provide links to specific strategies or useful […] The post How to Increase Blog Traffic in 5 Proven & Powerful Ways appeared first on SideGains ..read more