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3 Quotes 3 Days challenge:Why fairytales are important for children

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on February 19, 2018

Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.”

― G.K. Chesterton

When you have a child life literally revolves around them.Whatever we do seems to be centred on them.

When Bushra Nausheen nominated me for the 3 day 3 Quote challenge I was lost. So many quotes .

Then I won the #Addatales.

It was fairytale. Now I wrote fiction once in a blue moon literally.This with a help from a friend was a big surprise.I realized this was a sign to say thank you.

Fairytale in blogadda #Addatales

My daughter listens to fairy tales at bedtimes.Not because Einstein told us .But because she loves them.

It helps her learn about the power of being good.

About the power of dreams.

About believing in prayers.

Above all believing in yourself.

Teaching children life’s lessons are one of the more challenging jobs as a parent.

But making them realize that the power is inside them.That their choices will make their life.

Fairytales teach us about happiness ,optimism and health.

It teaches children that people can choose to be good or bad.

That not choosing is also a choice.

That all dragons, inside or outside need to be killed.

What are your favorite fairy tales?Have you slayed any dragons?

Please share in the comment below.

Mompreneur’s blogging journey :Keyword hacks when you don’t have time(part 7)

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on February 19, 2018

Are you busy .Can’t get a grip of Google keywords.

I was in the same boat.When I started blogging my baby was 2 and a half year old and I was working full time.I read keywords are important.

I had used Google keywords for a few of my posts.

But the problem was ,could I do it before every post?

For a mompreneur that’s impossible.

But the truth was I needed to learn about keywords.

I wanted my readers to find me.

That’s when I researched and found out the hacks.

Read quicksprouts.com for details about all topics related to SEO and keywords.

It’s a favourite.

Now what worked for me.

Blogging is writing in vaccum

You need to give signals.

That’s your keywords.

Where do you give signal?

At traffic lights .Right?

Your posts in your blog,social media specially Pinterest works great with keywords.

When someone searches for those or related keywords google sends them to you.

But google keywords takes time to get a hang of. Especially for busy moms

Don’t worry you will get it soon. Just keep at it.

Till then I will tell you 5 hacks to make keywords quicker.

#Hack 1

First 3 Qs

Who are you writing for?

The audience persona.

Have an image in your head.

That makes your blog human.

Now what are your interests?

What do you write about?

Your blog should have around 10 to 15 quality posts which are your pillar contents. Write what you love otherwise it’s boring.

Make it valuable to your reader by

Making them happy: Fiction

Making them take action: nonfiction writers.

Then you start aiming for keywords 1 post at a time.

# Hack 2

Think of the topic you are writing about Write it.

Now think of a long sentence which a reader may search for the topic

Type that in the Google search box.

Don’t press enter .See what google is showing.These are gold.

Now Press enter.

Do it on your laptop.

Look at the top left corner.

It shows you the no.of search results.

Aim for 50000 to 50 lakh.

That’s a good number. You want this to be a popular enough topic without being difficult to rank for. Now, look at the bottom of the search result.

A box shows you a few, readers also searched for topics.

Write these down.

Use it mixed in your primary keyword.

Google ranks you higher when you use related terms.

#Hack 3

Does the page show ads?

That means it’s a popular topic.

#Hack 4

Check their Alexa rank.

That will give you an idea about how easy will it be to outrank it.

#Hack 5

Use Quora to see what readers are looking for.

Really useful for nonfiction.

Bonus tip

Use the Yoast SEO PLUGIN. But don’t cry if it’s not always green. You write for your audience and search engines will find you.

What are your keyword hacks?

Comment below to let me know.

Mompreneur’s blogging journey:Why I love Stumbleupon (part 6

By Dr.Amrita Basu(MBBS,MS) on February 16, 2018

StumbleUpon is the greatest source of my site traffic just next to facebook.But facebook is erratic and changes rules whenever they want.They can because they are the boss.

But stumbleupon is nice.It plays fair.

If you want your blog traffic from Stumble, you can’t stumble only your pages.You have to Stumble and like others.
Otherwise Stumbleupon penalizes.

For inspiring you my traffic pic from Stumble.
My account is quite new from March.

The numbers are not very high but good.But they are good if you consider the value -effort curve.

You can’t stumble and like more than once.Have a good selection of your interests.
Your interests are important, as stumbleupon will try to show more options to your liking.
It’s a great site for organic social traffic.

How to find your friends on Stumbleupon?

Guide for app users:

Click on stumblers

Human icon on right upper corner

Find your friends by @stumble handle, Twitter or facebook

How to find your friends on StumbleUpon 1

How to find your friends on StumbleUpon 2

You can’t stumble your pages?

Check these criteria before adding a page to StumbleUpon:

Your account must be over 24 hours
Profile picture
Do you have a minimum amount of Stumbles? (Exact limit not known)
Have you liked,disliked,commented on various of your interests?

If not stumbleupon will not let you add pages.

Can you use StumbleUpon to promote your web page?

It’s fine to post your pages on Stumble ,but don’t do it all at once.Follow 1 of your post ,10 of other rules.Otherwise stumble is angry????

StumbleUpon helps people share and discover interesting actionable content.

You are allowed to add your best content to StumbleUpon. But there are limits in place.You can’t like and Stumble more than once.

There are rules about how many times you can add a page from a single domain (it’s a secret which they are not sharing) .

If you approach or reach that limit, you will be identified as spammer and they will put you in stumble jail.No clue about bail.

Forum links show they don’t answer!
If you have a commercial web page , you may only use StumbleUpon to drive traffic if you are using their Paid Discovery service.

Please know that if your account shows unauthorized promotional activity.Its again stumble jail.

It may be suspended or terminated.Indefinitely!

The posting limit will remain in place until you use the Stumble more to Like, Dislike, comment and add a wider variety of web pages.Show variety.

How does stumble help?

The best is if you get people to Stumble from your blog pages.

That tells Stumble that it’s organic.

What can cause problems in stumble?

Not useful content
Non original content
Too many ads in your web page
Slow site speed

Stumble wants your site to load within 3 seconds

Have I covered everything?

Comment below to let me know if you have awesome stumbling tips.

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3 Quotes 3 Days challenge:Why fairytales are important for children