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Hey @grok, Day 108 of you coaching me to become a successful indie author within 5 years.
Where should I place my mailing list form on my website for maximum signups?
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Hey @grok, Day 107 of you coaching me to become a successful indie author within 5 years.
Should I use a pop-up, embedded form, or exit-intent popup for my mialing list sign-in form?
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Hey @grok, Day 106 of you coaching me to become a successful indie author within 5 years.
How do I create a high-converting lead magnet that attracts readers to sign up for my mailing list?
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Hey @grok, Day 105 of you coaching me to become a successful indie author within 5 years.
Should I offer a free short story, a sample chapter, a free book or something else as a lead magnet?
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Hey @grok, Day 104 of you coaching me to become a successful indie author within 5 years.
Why do I even need an email list in the current times? It seems that everyone is on social media anyway.
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Hey @grok, Day 103 of you coaching me to become a successful indie author within 5 years.
What is the best service currently for starting an email list when you compare all the offers out there?
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Hey @grok, Day 102 of you coaching me to become a successful indie author within 5 years.
What is the most important thing to do when starting to build an email list as an indie author?
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Hey @grok, Day 101 of you coaching me to become a successful indie author within 5 years.
I think we've got the basics of SEO covered. What general topic should we focus on next if I want to become a successful indie author within 5 years?
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Hey @grok, Day 100 of you coaching me to become a successful indie author within 5 years.
For SEO: Should I adjust the url of my articles or just use the title as the url?
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Hey @grok, Day 99 of you coaching me to become a successful indie author within 5 years.
How important is internal linking between blog posts for SEO on a website?
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Day 98/2000 Author in Progress
Today I asked Grok: Should I optimize articles for one keyword only or can I optimize them for multiple keywords at once?
Answer: Stick to one per article.
Wins:
• 1,007 words in 55 in on "SWAP" (next novel)
• Editing/Translating SWAP (ch. 3/4)
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Hey @grok, Day 98 of you coaching me to become a successful indie author within 5 years.
Should I optimize articles for one keyword only or can I optimize them for multiple keywords at once?
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Day 97/2000 Author in Progress
Today I asked Grok: Should I use tags and categories for SEO on my blog, or are they primarily for better user navigation?
Wins:
• 1,133 words in 80 in on "SWAP" (next novel)
• Editing/Translating SWAP (p. 1-8)
I'm editing SWAP as I write the final chapters. I want to publish it in July this year. Thus, I try to finish the first draft while editing the already written parts. It's the first time that I'm trying to do both things at the same time.
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Hey @grok, Day 97 of you coaching me to become a successful indie author within 5 years.
Should I use tags and categories mainly for SEO on my blog, or are they primarily for better user navigation?
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Day 96/2000 Author in Progress
Today I asked Grok: How often should my keywords appear in a blog article? When does it become keyword stuffing?
Wins:
• 1,058 words in 70 in on "SWAP" (next novel)
• Editing/Translating short story 37/52 ("Monster")
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Hey @grok, Day 96 of you coaching me to become a successful indie author within 5 years.
How often should my keywords appear in a blog article? When does it become keyword stuffing?
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Day 95/2000 Author in Progress
Today I asked Grok: For SEO: Should I add the main keyword to the meta keywords tag in the <head> of my blog articles?
Answer: No, it's not a ranking factor anymore.
Wins:
• 1,027 words in 60 in on "SWAP" (next novel)
• Editing/Translating short story 51/52 ("Religion of Peace")
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Hey @grok, Day 95 of you coaching me to become a successful indie author within 5 years.
For SEO: Should I add the main keyword to the meta keywords tag in the <head> of my blog articles?
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Day 94/2000 Author in Progress
Today I asked Grok: How do I optimize images on my website for SEO?
Wins:
• 612 words in 45 in on "SWAP" (next novel)
• Editing/Translating short story 51/52 ("Religion of Peace")
Not a true win, as I didn't hit my 1K a day word count. But I had some health issues to deal with today, and the weather is killing me.
First time that I didn't hit the goal since starting the project. I'll get back on the horse tomorrow.
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