CEO, Bloggle
One of the most effective ways for increasing visitors and sales for your Shopify store is by adding a blog. So it’s no coincidence that Shopify provides a built-in blogging feature directly on the platform.
In this article, we will demonstrate how to use Shopify’s native blog editor to create your own blog posts. As a bonus, we’ll help you elevate your blog posts through the use of Bloggle, our very own blogging app.
With Bloggle, you can:
Let‘s first go over the process of adding Shopify’s default blog to your store.
1. Log in to your Shopify account.
2. Navigate to Sales channels>Online Store>Blog posts.
3. Click Manage blogs.
4. Click Add blog.
5. Complete the following steps:
6. Click Save.
Your Shopify blog is now ready for publishing content.
Shopify‘s blogging engine doesn‘t provide a direct way to design the layout of your blog category page. You can tinker with visual settings for individual on-page elements, but you’re stuck with the default layout. Fortunately, Bloggle provides you with the necessary tools for creating and editing the layout of your blog.
Let’s now cover how to install Bloggle in your Shopify store.
1. Navigate to the official bloggle.app homepage.
2. Click the Install Bloggle button in the top right.
3. Log in to your Shopify account when prompted.
4. Click Add on the Bloggle Shopify App Store page.
Bloggle is now ready to use.
Bloggle provides several settings which you can customize to give your blog a unique look. To access the settings:
1. Click Apps from your Shopify admin dashboard.
2. Select Bloggle from the list of installed apps.
3. Click the Blog Layoutbutton from the Bloggle Dashboard page.
The Blog Layout page provides the following customization options for your blog:
Once you’ve finished customizing the layout, click Save. Alternatively, click Save & Publish from the drop-down menu to go live with the changes.
Creating a blog post in Shopify is very simple, and therein lies the problem. Besides the basic formatting options, there‘s not much here to help you optimize sales.
That said, it‘s useful to know how to make a basic post as a point of reference for further customization through Bloggle.
Let‘s go over the steps to add a blog post on Shopify.
1. Navigate to Sales channels > Online Store > Blog posts.
2. Click Add blog posts.
3. Provide the following details:
4. Click Save.
If you set visibility to visible, the post will be published.
Additional blog post actions:
You can delete the post by clicking Delete blog post.
To really make your blog posts stand out, you’ll want to switch to an advanced editor like Bloggle.
In contrast to the default editor, Bloggle comes with an extended list of customization options, as well as a live preview window. Bloggle is also the only editor on Shopify with built-in Search Engine Optimization (SEO) support. As you add content to your posts, Bloggle will analyze it and provide suggestions in line with current SEO best practices.
To demonstrate Bloggle’s features, we’ll walk you through the process of creating a post.
1. Click Apps from your Shopify dashboard.
2. Select Bloggle from the list of installed apps.
3. Click Create New Article from the Bloggle Dashboard page.
4. Select a template. Bloggle provides a number of prebuilt templates, or you can start with a blank template. You can also start with a saved template, if you’ve created one previously.
5. Click Next.
6. Add post settings:
7. Choose content creation method:
8. Click Create Article.
Your post is now ready for editing.
To import a blog post in Bloggle from your Shopify blog:
1. Click Import Article from the Bloggle Dashboard page.
2. Use the search bar to find the post you wish to import.
3. Select the post from the drop-down suggestion menu.
4. Click Import in Bloggle.
After importing finishes, you can edit the post using the editor.
To add content to a blog post in Bloggle:
1. Switch to the Contenttab in the top-left of the screen.
2. Click Add Content.
3. Switch to the Bloggle blocks tab.
4. Select a block from the following categories:
5. . The block is automatically added to the post.
Each block type has a customization menu for setting different parameters. The menu has two tabs:
The Content tab is unique for each block type. For example, the Heading block has the following parameters:
The Design & Margins tab is the same for each block type. Use it to define the block’s:
Once you’ve finished editing the block, end by clicking Save and Exit.
You can also save the block for future use by clicking the Add to favorite button.
Bloggle can improve the conversion potential of your blog posts with the help of the nifty product block feature. The feature allows you to quickly add product listings, CTA buttons, email subscription forms, and other advanced elements to your posts.
To add a product block to a blog post:
1. Create a new blog post, edit an existing one, or import one from Shopify.
2. Switch to the Content tab in the top-left of the screen.
3. Click Add Content.
4. Switch to the Bloggle blocks tab.
5. Select the Products category.
6. Select one of the available product blocks:
7. Customize the product block using the Content menu:
8. Continue editing the post or click Save and Exit to finish.
To change the settings of a Bloggle post:
1. Switch to the Settings tab in the top-left of the screen.
2. Select setting category:
3. Click Close.
Bloggle comes with a built-in SEO suggestion engine. This analyzes the content and layout of your posts to ensure compliance with SEO standards, and provides helpful suggestions on how to improve your post SEO.
Additionally, your can easily change your blog title and meta description and see how it will look in the Google search results.
You can access SEO suggestions by clicking the SEO button to the right.
You can define the focus keyword for the article here as well as view suggestions for improvements. Suggestions are divided into color-coded groups:
As a final note, you can enable SEO markup in the preview window by clicking the Show SEO Tags button in the top right. This will highlight content components with issues or areas that need improvement.
Once you’ve finished editing your post, you can save it as a draft, publish it immediately, or schedule publishing for a later date.
Once the post is completed, click the Back button in the top left, next to the article title.
Blogging is an essential component of any sales strategy on Shopify. To this end, we’ve covered everything you need to know about blogging on Shopify, including how to make beautiful, SEO-optimized posts with Bloggle.
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