Tutorials get links, because people find them so useful. But there are many tutorials on blogs everywhere. How will yours stand out and become a must-have resource? In this article, I’m going to cover some important tips and techniques to help you make sure your next tutorial blog post is a killer resource that your …
Have you ever come across a great blog and subscribed to the feed but later discovered the blogger didn’t update often enough, so you unsubscribed to their feed? Nodding your head, aren’t you? Well, stop nodding and ask yourself, “Do I update often enough?” If not, only you can change that. All you have to …
If you want to make money as a blogger then you need to be able to exude confidence about your work. A confident blogger is able to write with authority about his subject which means that people are going to take what he says more seriously and be more interested in reading it (and telling …
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 …
