Why Being a Better Writer Affects the Performance of your Blog
June 26, 2008
Amrit Hallan from Content Blog writes today about how improving your writing can improve the performance of your blog - Image by The Trial.
Why are writers banned and persecuted in undemocratic countries? considering the written word is stronger than the entire governments and the ruthless forces they wield upon their masses. Effective writing can awaken civilizations and trigger unprecedented uph…
Paris Hilton Slams Media in Blog Post
June 26, 2008
Paris Hilton is using her MySpace blog to counter stories about her she says are not true. Paris writes that, “These stories have gotten out of control and I want to clear some things up.” In her latest post titled “Sick of Rumors,” Paris says a New York Post story that she tried to buy a dog from a pet store to use in a photo shoot is false.
Hi guys, hope you all had a great weekend! I just sh…
Former Blog-Basher Patrick Goldstein is Blogging
June 26, 2008
L.A. Times journalist and entertainment writer Patrick Goldstein now has a blog called The Big Picture. Goldstein once angered the blogosphere with an spread called Beware of Blog and Defamer gives him the blog-hater label. Like many journalists Goldstein is now blogging himself - Mediabistro suggests he try it in his underwear.
The LAT hopes to put Goldstein’s knowledge and sources to work in …
Becoming Obsessed with Any One Aspect of Your Blog - How to Let Your Blog Go #9
June 26, 2008
One of the most common ways that I see a blog ‘go under’ is when the blogger gets distracted from the overall task of blogging by one separate aspect of blogging.
Here’s the thing - for a blog to become successful you can’t just work on one aspect of it - there are many tasks to work on as it grows. These include writing substance, engaging readers, watching what’s …
Whose Blog IS that?
June 25, 2008
Today Lightening talks us through the process of deciding whether to monetize her blog and how she involved her readers in that process.
I recently went through the process of deciding whether or not to monetize my personal blog Lightening Online. Personal Blogs seem to be a whole different ball game when it comes to monetization.
Some folks have VERY strong views about the ethics of earning mone…
Having a Lack of Original composition on Your Blog - How to Let Your Blog Go #8
June 25, 2008
This week we’ve been looking at a variety of ways that bloggers let their blogs degenerate. Today I want to talk about something that has the potential to kill a blog very quickly - the lack of original subject matter or ideas.
that is a mistake that many bloggers fall into to numerous degrees. At one extreme we see bloggers simply scraping and republishing the feeds of others and slapping…
How to Optimize Your AdSense Performance [VIDEO]
June 25, 2008
Two Australian AdSense team members, Mel Ann and Tim, have put together a good introductory guide to optimizing AdSense.
It’s not advanced but whether you’re just starting out with AdSense it’s worth a watch.
Orginal post by Darren Rowse
Using Facebook Pages to Promote Your Blog
June 24, 2008
Today Mike Henry explores Facebook pages (as opposed to profiles) and how they can be use to promote their blog, business, product or profile.
Darren wrote a post recently on <a href=”http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/05/28/12-tools-and-techniques-for-building-
relationships-with-other-bloggers/”>12 tips for building relationships with other bloggers. They are all great tips that coul…
How To Promote Other citizens’s substance and Drive Traffic to Your Own Blog
June 24, 2008
Much has been written on the topic of how to utilize social bookmarking and networking sites to promote your own blog posts. Submitting your posts to sites like Digg, StumbleUpon and Reddit - posting about your posts on Twitter and Plurk….
All of these techniques can work to drive significant traffic to your blog - however there’s another tactic that can be quite almighty that I…
Reinvesting in Your Business - How Much?
June 24, 2008
A fairly common question I get is how much should I reinvest in growing my business every month? There’s really no easy reply to the question and it depends on quite a few factors but I’ll do my best to outline a few ‘profiles’ that you might fit.
You Have a singled-out Site Sales Page for a Product > $10
You have a faraway pitch, a few testimonials, and eventually gathe…