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    Increasing RPM

    Optimizing Your Most Valuable Content for Better RPM and SEO

    You may have noticed from our Go for Teal content that formatting your content to better reflect how people consume content online is a recurring theme. Techniques such as writing shorter sentences and paragraphs, using headings, formatting posts like an outline, and adding more images all help keep users engaged. Today,…

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    Social Media

    Building an Instagram Account that Your Audience LOVES to Follow

    Instagram, love it or hate it, is a key player in the social media game. With the ever-changing algorithms and fickle fans, I completely get that Instagram can seem like a fruitless way to spend your time. Why Instagram is still important To play devil’s advocate, Instagram is a great place…

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    Go for Teal

    Improve RPM and SEO with Headings

    When writing for the web, remember that readers will be skimming, not reading every word. On average, your users will read only about 20% of the content on your page. We’ve talked about online audience behavior at length in the past, and it’s why both Google and Usability.gov encourage you to…

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    Traffic Growth

    What Does Mediavine Cost?

    One of the common questions our amazing support and marketing teams encounter when speaking with prospective publishing partners is “what does Mediavine cost?” In a word, nothing! But in the interest of optimizing word count for SEO and user experience… The mere thought process behind asking that question implies an assumption on…

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    Interview

    Publisher Interview: Kyle James of Rather Be Shopping

    Mediavine publishers are simply the best. Yes, we may be biased, but we’re also honest. Whether you want to know about capsule wardrobes from fashion blogger Alison at Wardrobe Oxygen, family travel from Andzrej of Wanderlust Storytellers or world-class quilting from Becky of Patchwork Posse, chances are pretty good that a Mediavine…

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    Interview

    Publisher Interview: Alison Gary of Wardrobe Oxygen

    At Mediavine, we are one big family. We work with content creators from all niches, and we love catching up with them to learn what is working for them, to hear their blogging stories and, in general, to get to know them even better! At Mediavine, we are one big family. We…

  • Content Upgrade Challenge

    Mediavine Content Upgrade Challenge | Part 3: Sharing Your Work and Tracking Your Growth

    Hiya, friends! Can you believe we are already at Part 3 of the Mediavine Content Upgrade Challenge? If you missed the first two parts, or perhaps are like me and just really love to binge a series, it’s not too late to get started on optimizing your posts for the gift…

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    Create

    Mediavine Launches Create by Mediavine®, A WordPress Plugin for Content Creators

    Update: The Create WordPress plugin has been acquired by one of its original engineers, John-Michael (JM) L’Allier. Now independently managed, Create remains in active development and continues to serve publishers under JM’s leadership. If you have any questions, please visit https://create.studio or email support@create.studio. Mediavine recently launched Create by Mediavine®, a custom WordPress…

  • General Blogging

    Mediavine Content Upgrade Challenge | Part 2: Optimizing Your Posts

    Welcome, welcome to our second installment of the Mediavine Content Upgrade Challenge! I’m taking a quick break from answering emails to give you guys a bit of a walk-through on specific things to look for when you are doing a self-audit and want to make your content work its very hardest…

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    General Blogging

    Migrating to WordPress

    Changing blogging platforms is a big decision, and not one to take lightly. Our publisher Laurence Norah of Finding the Universe made the switch from Blogger to WordPress earlier this year, and offered to share his experience with us. Changing blogging platforms is a big decision, and not one to take…

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    Interview

    Publisher Interview: Andrzej Ejmont of Wanderlust Storytellers

    Mediavine publishers are world travelers. We love telling their stories and learning about where they’ve been, and who they travel with. Mediavine publishers are world travelers. We love telling their stories and learning about where they’ve been, and who they travel with. Back to Blog • Back to Blog • Mediavine…

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    General Blogging

    Introducing Create by Mediavine®

    Update: The Create WordPress plugin has been acquired by one of its original engineers, John-Michael (JM) L’Allier. Now independently managed, Create remains in active development and continues to serve publishers under JM’s leadership. If you have any questions, please visit https://create.studio or email support@create.studio. Today is a big day at Mediavine, as we…