Michael Brig

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[Michael Brig @michael_brig]

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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[Michael Brig @michael_brig]

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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[Michael Brig @michael_brig]

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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[Michael Brig @michael_brig]

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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[Michael Brig @michael_brig]

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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[Michael Brig @michael_brig]

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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[Michael Brig @michael_brig]

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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[Michael Brig @michael_brig]

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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[Michael Brig @michael_brig]

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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[Michael Brig @michael_brig]

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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[Michael Brig @michael_brig]

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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[Michael Brig @michael_brig]

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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[Michael Brig @michael_brig]

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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[Michael Brig @michael_brig]

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 &lt;head&gt; 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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