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Being Clean: Good for Your Health, Feelings, and Getting Good Things

We all kind of know that being clean is good for us. It just feels better when things are tidy and we are clean, right? This paper will talk about all the ways being clean helps us. It’s not just a feeling; it’s something people have known for a long, long time, and smart people have studied it too. Being clean can help you stay healthy, feel happy, and even help you get good things in life. Section 1: Being Clean Helps Your Body Stay Strong The biggest way being clean helps is by keeping your body healthy. When you keep yourself and your things clean, it’s like having a shield that protects you from getting sick. People knew this a long time ago, and doctors today know it’s super true. Subsection 1.1: Tiny Germs and How to Stop Them Being clean is mostly about fighting tiny little things called germs that we can’t even see. Doing simple clean things every day is a great way to stop these bad tiny germs that can make us sick with all sorts of things, like colds and flu. Doctors say tha...

10 absolutely simple steps for error proofing your blog

Everyone knows content is the king👑. But what will happen if your content has errors in it? Typos are the worst of the lot👀.  In fact, there are 10 more common mistakes, which you can explore in this lovely blog post -  https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/most-common-writing-mistakes/ .  Now that we have established the kind of errors and how difficult & necessary it is to write impactful content without any mistakes, here is a 10 step checklist Double-check your content with  Grammarly . Read your content aloud. If possible, have someone else listen to it. Remove fancy words or jargons.  Eliminate passive voice. Use very few adverbs. Shorten sentences over 20 words.  Keep paragraphs to a maximum of 5 sentences. Double-check links in the blog post Look for spelling & word errors - there could be mistyped words such as form instead of from. Ensure the tone of voice for your brand is maintained all through the post. These are 10 simple steps...

17 powerful email subject line hacks for success!

Many digital marketers struggle with their emailers. According to a survey, 95% of all marketing emails globally are not even opened! And when it comes to emails being opened, the entire responsibility, is on subject lines and to some extent the preheader text of the email.  So here are 17 simple yet effective email subject line hacks for you 😀 Personalise - seeing one’s name in a subject line helps catch the attention and improves open-rates -  https://help.campaignmonitor.com/personalize-emails-with-subscriber-custom-fields   A/B test subject lines for every email -  https://help.campaignmonitor.com/ab-test-your-email-campaigns   Avoid spam trigger words in your subject line - here’s a list of such words for reference -  https://blog.prospect.io/455-email-spam-trigger-words-avoid-2018/   Try to use [brick brackets] - and if relevant use Numbers or Percentages. They increase the probability of opening the email. The brackets help capture attention a...

20 valuable Blog hacks that actually attract traffic!

These are some thoughtful tips and hack to increase traffic to your blog.  Reading time for the blog - This is key in prompting people to click through to read a blog. Some readers prefer shorter blogs and others who long a long one which explains in details. Reading time is a hint towards the length of the blog. Click to Tweet/Click to share on social media channels - Readers rarely come across great posts. When they do, share them with their friends. Having 'click to share' option helps get shares. Keeping these as sticky buttons could be helpful, as the intent to share can happen at different points of your blog. Research on the topics and the ideal blog length for it - Before we start writing a blog post, it is essential to research on trending topics. This helps you write on issues which are worth your time and the reader's attention. Best way to do topic research, as per me, is by collecting featured snippets and people also ask questions. These are headlines of the ...

5 ways to get better at making awesome - Life Decisions

We take 100's of decisions every day. Our thoughts and actions are so fast that we really do not think twice on most decisions.  These range from simple things such as what to wear to where to invest our money.  Just think about it.  Do you really think much about buying a pen worth Rs5? Do you go look for a specific brand? The grip on the pen, etc. Not really, right? And if you are doing that as well, then my friend, you are going to start experiencing - Decision fatigue.  So we keep taking these decisions, most of which, we do not even think twice about. Will such decisions be affecting our life in general? No. But imagine, if you start looking at life-changing tasks as the small ones. You end up deciding on them in a split second and not really accounting for anything. That could result in some bad decisions. The impact could be massive! So this blog is an attempt to give 5 ways using which you could take better life-decisions.  Look for  long term benef...

Help yourself on to the path of a bright future!

The current human mind is a miracle of ignorance! Are we using our minds in our day to day life?  Do we do things consciously?  How much of our work is muscle memory or habit?  How much brainpower do we use?  What is some mind usage increasing techniques?  How can we go back to ancient times - where humans could process much more information? Everyone knows about the benefits of good habits and also about Decision fatigue. Good habits help us automate and do good things without thinking. And decision fatigue will make us do wrong things even for simple activities. The most common suggestion provided by people is to cultivate as many good habits as possible. So that most of the good things can be done on auto-pilot and have less of decision fatigue. Thereby freeing up your mind to better focus and make the right decisions.  I have a problem though with the above suggestion.  I like the part of setting up good habits. I also agree that to some extent we ...

Audience-first link building strategy - the fastest way to get links

In the world of SEO (Search Engine Optimisation), links hold the crown jewel status.  These are the units that build your online reputation.  In simpler words, the more number of links to your website, the better your chances of ranking for your content on Google search.  Is it really that simple? All that Google cares to rank a website's authority - links? Though it sounds simple, it is not.  Let me explain with an example. You want to buy a car for your family of four.  What are your next logical steps? You go to Google search or other search engines and look up for best family cars. You are likely to get results which showcase a set of cars ranked based on parameters for different family types. From this list, you will understand what car would better suit your family. Ideally, you will shortlist the category and do a more refined search now. Like, say, best SUV family cars. Now, you will get more search results. From these, you will further refine your perc...