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The 8 steps you need to follow to GROW your blog

Once you’ve finished writing your article there are some easy steps you can take to make sure you’ve given yourself and your article the best opportunity for prime exposure.

1. Ensure you’ve included an appropriate number of images in your article

1. Use the Images section to filter, search and select images relevant to your article category
2. Feature image
3. Insert an image every 3 paragraphs to break the writing circuit
4. Place your images in different designs and sizes to improve reader attention. This indicates purpose, as well as improving general article aesthetics
5. Include Alt Text for all your images

2. Have you included all your SEO inputs?

1. Meta Title
2. Meta Keywords
3. Slug
4. Meta Description

3. Check your Google Preview

1. Are you happy with the way this looks on Google?
2. If you’re not, make changes to your SLUG

4. Have you used Sources?

1. Add credibility to your work by using Trending Articles to refer to and cite publications from some of the best media houses on the planet

5. Ready to leak your work?

1. Choose to simultaneously leak your article across as many social platforms as possible
2. You can even download to PDF or DOC

6. Publish Preview

1. Review your tags and ensure they are relevant to your article

7. Take note of the reference points you have used to corroborate your content

8. Ask your connections and network to like, comment and share your article

What’s most important is that you are enjoying sharing your knowledge and expertise through and within the Leakd ecosystem.

Your input is invaluable to the creation of a community built on empowerment and inclusion.

I can’t see my publication on Headlines…

A cornerstone function of leakd is to provide our Authors and Entrepreneurs broad, unadulterated, exposure to their expertise, experience and knowledge.

While we strive to include everyone on the Headlines page, our algorithm rewards (in no specific order):

Active users

You can become an active user by frequently writing and publishing your first article, or importing any existing publications you have.

Collaborative users

Collaborative users read, follow, share and engage with content on leakd.

Engaged readers

Authors and Entrepreneurs spend countless hours creating, publishing and sharing their content. To return the favour, we reward users who actually invest the time to read quality Leakd stories.

High-quality content

The Editor features a range of tools and resources to help Authors and Entrepreneurs accelerate their careers and passions.

After years of research, trial and error we handpicked the absolute necessities in publishing your own blog or article.

With that in mind, we prioritise articles that have incorporated Leakd tools in their publications.

Cited content

Today, information is free and easily accessible, and while that is excellent, it does breed pools of misinformation.

To prevent the sharing of false data and misinformation, we remain bullish about showcasing publications that include citations and references to our selection of trusted media outlets.

After all, we want to support our readers by providing them with an experience of the highest quality through expert-written content.

Our mission is to ensure our Entrepreneurs and Authors access much needed exposure without having to fight clutter and chaos of establishing a third-party blog.