Most of the bloggers i know who are experiencing success promoting products or services don’t embrace the “hard sell” approach. Many of these people would chafe at the notion of actively trying to manipulate visitors, and would rather just focus on creating quality content that gets noticed.
Whilst i agree posts are great for driving traffic and credibility, sales will certainly be enhanced if you have a strategy for dealing with people once they arrive on your blog, and that doesn’t mean breaking out the hard sell. Experienced online retailers like Amazon…
You’re a new blogger. You have no capital to invest in advertising your blog. You’re doomed, right?
No, you’re not.
There’s a great way to get traffic to your blog which is not only free, it’s also much more effective long term that advertising.
It’s article marketing.
Article marketing is essentially a free form of advertising, where you write articles of between 300 and 600 words for other bloggers, article directories, and Web sites. All the articles you write for others contain links back to your blog in your “bio”, published at…
Even though my blog posting rates are listed on my site, clients sometimes ask for lower rates. Following are the guidelines I use to determine if how/when/if to lower my blog posting rates:
6 Things to Consider Before Lowering Your Blog Posting Rates
1. Topic/Niche: Some topics are general in nature while others are more technical. For example, a recent client I acquired owns a few sites. He hired me to do some blog posts for each of them.
There’s not a lot of information available on one of the topics, while…
I am often surprised how often I encounter writers and bloggers who don’t know what SEO is, don’t want to know what SEO is, or think they don’t have time to learn about SEO. Yes, the writing of a post should be your first priority, as should writing in a clever and engaging manner to hook readers. But those readers need to find you before they can get hooked.
So here are a few signs you are in SEO denial:
- You don’t know what SEO is or what it stands for. In…
The Joel Comm Saga
After getting reviews of his Adsense Secrets ebook from many top respected bloggers, Mark Wielgus realised he was scamming everyone by signing them to a subscription of $29.95 a month.
David Peralty followed this up a few days later and advised people not to buy the adsense secrets book and I agree 100%. He has since issued a grovelling apology but for me it’s too little too late. Yet another internet author who has wrecked his reputation by trying to get a few extra bucks.
Daily Blog Tips has an…
