About Matt Smith

Matt Smith is the founder and editor of OnlineIncomeTeacher. He is a Professional Blogger, SEO Consultant & Web Developer, running a number of sites from the UK. Connect with him on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn.

MaxCDN Review – Why We Use MaxCDN

May 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
MaxCDN

Many of our regular readers will know that we recently updated the site to a new look, but as well as that, we made a lot of backend changes to try to speed up the site a bit.  More and more importance has been put on website speed, of which is becoming a major SEO ranking factor.  For that reason alone, we wanted to look at ways in which to try and speed up the site and we found MaxCDN. What Is MaxCDN? MaxCDN is a Content Delivery Network (also known as a Content Distribution Network) that … [Read more...]

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Why I Love Feedly – The Best RSS Reader

May 15, 2013 By 8 Comments
Why I’ve Fallen In Love With Feedly

Not too long ago, Google announced that it was retiring Google Reader (officially ending on 1st July 2013).  For many people, this probably wasn't a big deal, but for those who regularly used Google Reader, this was pretty devastating.  I was one of those people, though since then I have found a great replacement that I feel is even better – Feedly! Why So Sad To See Google Reader End? A big part of being a blogger means you have to keep up to date on what’s going on in and around your … [Read more...]

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New Look OIT – Switching To The Genesis WordPress Theme

May 13, 2013 By 15 Comments
New Look OIT

Welcome to the new look OnlineIncomeTeacher! (Fanfare)  I hope you like it as I have spent quite a bit of time getting it ready over the last couple of weeks.  For this post, I thought I’d go over the changes that I’ve made to the site, why I decided to switch to a Genesis WordPress theme and more importantly WHY we decided to change the site at all.  Hopefully it may help you with your own website redesign. Why The Change? I had quite a few people ask me why I was planning to change … [Read more...]

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SEO PowerSuite Review – The Complete SEO Tool

April 17, 2013 By 2 Comments
SEO PowerSuite

If you are a regular reader of this blog, then you will know that I talk a lot about SEO and the importance of optimizing your site to rank well in the SERPs (Search Engine Result Pages).  Recently, I have been playing around with some new software that I've been using for the site and I wanted to let you know about it.  It’s called ‘SEO PowerSuite’ and it is a full set of SEO tools that you can use to monitor and improve your website. I thought it would be good to put together a … [Read more...]

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Top 50 Blogs About Blogging!!!

April 8, 2013 By 41 Comments
Blogs about Blogging

I've said it before and I'll say it again - "Blogging is a community!"  We do just as much reading of other people's blogs as we do writing (if not more).  So, following on from the success of the Top 50 Earning Blogs I put together, I thought it would be good to put together an epic list of the top blogs about blogging available online. Both new bloggers and experienced bloggers should find this list useful.  There is a lot of inspirational sites and bloggers here that you can get to know … [Read more...]

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Clair Trebes Interview – Taking Your Local Business To The Next Level

March 26, 2013 By 8 Comments
Clair Trebes

Blogging is becoming much more important for both online and offline businesses.  Many local businesses are having to get online to find new business and raise their profile, particularly now that competition is so fierce on the high street.  I thought that it would be good to chat to someone who was promoting their own local business online, which is why I have lined up a special interview with Clair Trebes! Clair runs her own site ‘ThisIsClairTrebes.com’, as well as managing the … [Read more...]

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How To Plan Out and Write a Blog Post

March 8, 2013 By 12 Comments
Write a Blog Post

Today, I thought I would share how “I” write a blog post for my site.  Now, there are many different types of posts (be it; tutorials, reviews, interviews, top lists, etc.) that you can write, but I find that I tend to plan out and write them all in a similar way.  Everyone is different and will have their own approach to their writing, there is no “right” or “wrong” way to write a post, but I thought it would be good to share my own method to either help you or give you a … [Read more...]

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John Banks Interview – Being A Part-Time Blogger

March 5, 2013 By 10 Comments
John Banks

We have done a few interviews on this site with professional, full-time bloggers, but what about part-time bloggers.  The vast majority of people who blog do it in their spare time, therefore I thought it would be a good idea to chat to someone who was doing just that.  That’s why I have lined up an interview with John Banks! John runs a number of sites in his spare time, including a marketing blog ‘JohnBanksBlog.com’.  He is a great writer (having written posts for us here) who … [Read more...]

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Google Authorship Guide – How To Get Your Picture In Search Results

January 28, 2013 By 42 Comments
Google Authorship

In the last few weeks, I have had quite a few people ask me about ‘Google Authorship’ and how they can set it up on their own site.  Therefore I thought it time to put a post together to try and answer those questions and help you to set it up for your own site. What Is Google Authorship? When you have been searching for content on Google, have you noticed that some results have portrait pictures next to them? This is Google Authorship!  This means that an author has claimed a … [Read more...]

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SheerSEO Review – SEO Software

January 22, 2013 By 19 Comments
SheerSEO

If you are a regular reader of this site, then you will know that I have talked about the importance of SEO (especially On-Page SEO & Off-Page SEO techniques) for your site quite a bit.  SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is an important part of getting your website seen by the search engines and ultimately getting them to send you traffic.  This is why you should spend time looking at and analysing how to improve the SEO impact of your website. Research has shown that approximately … [Read more...]

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