What are you About?
Blogging Does your Blog have an about page? Most likely it does? If someone happens upon your blog they might want to know who is behind the blog post they just read or more importantly what the blog is about. The about page is one of the easiest ways for someone that has no idea who you are or ever been to your blog to get the scoop quickly and easily. Its your job to take the time to put together a nice page describing all this. Before I go any further I want to address a problem I see on a lot of blogs out there. People are installing WordPress and not taking the time to clean up after the initial ...
Continue readingBlogging To Close Sales
Blogging 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 ...
Continue readingBlog Traffic – Use Article Marketing to get Thousands of Readers each Day
Promote your blog 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 ...
Continue readingBlog Posting Rates: 6 Things to Consider Before Lowering Your Rate
Blogging 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 ...
Continue reading5 Warning Signs You Are in SEO Denial
Search Engine Optimisation 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 ...
Continue readingLinks Roundup – Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Links 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 ...
Continue readingWho’s Your Blogging Idol?
Blogging As a blogger myself, I can’t help but have my own set of “blogging idols” which are my inspiration in terms of being a successful problogger myself. These blogging idols of mine are very far from each other’s topics but the way that they dealt with their blog makes them the success that they are today. Here are some of my “blogging idols” and why I consider ...
Continue readingDon’t Forget RSS Awareness Day on May 1st
Around The Blogosphere Most bloggers are interested in increasing the number of subscribers to their blogs. It makes sense: more subscribers = more loyal readers = more links = more page views = higher rankings, better advertising and more! While bloggers understand the value of RSS, many blog readers do not. That’s why Daily Blog Tips decided it’s time to educate the masses with RSS Awareness Day on ...
Continue readingKeeping Up To Date With Blogger’s Features
Blogger In recent months, Blogger have added quite a few new features to the system: scheduled posts, Google Gadget integration and a dynamic blogroll are among the freshest and best upcoming features for this popular blogging platform. So if you use Blogger to publish your blog, how can you keep updated with the latest news and discover new features as soon as they become available? In this post, ...
Continue readingReview of TNX Text Ad Network
Reviews TNX is a text advertising service which has been online since September 2007 (although it’s still in Beta). Although the site is still relatively new, it’s built up a large membership and has proved particularly popular with bloggers. What seperates TNX from a lot of other ad companies is it’s point system, which is unimaginatively called TNX Points. Remember the old game shows ...
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