High quality content is the most important factor for determining the long-term success of a blog. However, many bloggers just publish whatever they happen to come up with at the moment they want or need a new post. If content is critically important, why not put more effort into planning and creating? Having an effective […]
Blogging as we know it is changing. Evolving. Are you ready? Do you feel confident that you know how blogging is changing so that you can best position yourself to take advantage? I’d like to share with you my personal perspective on the changes I see happening. Blogging is becoming more than text This first
Be honest with yourself, how many times have you skipped reading a link love post by your favourite blogger? You’re not alone; many others, including myself, do the same thing. Why? Because we read blogs looking for content that will engage us not lead us to a bunch of links. I understand bloggers create link
Last week I lost my blog; in fact, I lost two. Seems a bit careless, doesn’t it? But it wasn’t my fault. Here’s what happened. On Friday I posted to Get Paid To Write Online and everything was fine. On Saturday, my host had an unexpected maintenance timeout; on Sunday my sites were suspended. Not
Most bloggers like to change their blog theme from time-to-time to maintain a fresh look for visitors. Ideally, you’ll probably want to make major changes to your theme every 1 or 2 years and not constantly, but that is a topic for another discussion. If you use the most popular blogging platform, WordPress, you have
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The past two weeks I posted about SEO topics of Google Page Rank and using some older Best Practices when marketing your web site. I also want to give you a reminder of Rule #1 for blogging: Don’t forget your readers! One way for a blog to move up the search listing is to focus on a few keyword
About a week ago I opened my mailbox to discover a booklet of coupons from Ralph’s, the grocery chain that operates here in Southern California. About 24 pages long, the booklet was filled with coupons for “green” products like organic nuts and soy milk (and — ahem — bottled water). It was printed on hard-to-recycle
One of the biggest trends in technology today is increased seamlessness between all of the different tech tools that you use. VoIP technology is a main player in creating wireless seamlessness because it connects phone calls through your computer to let people reach you at home or on your cell phone via one number. And
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As a blogger, I’ve found a lot of inspiration for things I have written by reading the comments in the blogs that I read. I have learned a lot of new information from the commenters who keep up with the latest developments, and I have quickly learned who to listen to, and who typically gives
A big part of blogging is figuring out what to blog about, and blogging about what’s hot in your niche could increase your traffic and win you some Diggs and Stumbles. Would you like more readers? Then keep reading as I reveal four ways to discover popular content for your blog. 1. Browse Message Boards,
