How To Unleash the True Power of Blog Commenting

This is a guest post by David Murton.

Blog posts are rapidly becoming more like forum threads, in which an original poster offers an idea or a question and interested readers respond. As a blog or website owner, you can take advantage of this paradigm shift by actively commenting on blogs within your niche. As more individuals obtain broadband connections, the audience for blogs (and their potential traffic levels) increases. A successful blog commenting campaign can increase traffic levels for your site and cause other site owners to view your site as an authoritative source.

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4 Ways To Bring In A Cash Influx In The Next Week

One of the coolest things about internet business is the flexibility.

When you have a regular job, you pretty much get paid the same no matter what the heck you do. Your best bet is to make the boss happy and hope for a raise. When you’re an internet entrepreneur, it is really up to you whether you sink or swim. With that kind of flexibilty and responsibility comes the power to give yourself a pay raise whenever you want one.

So, what could you do if you want a quick influx of cash?

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Can Technology and “Technique” Take the Place of Relationships?

I’ve said it many times, but this whole blogging thing is a really a people business. Focus on people and awesome things happen. Today’s post is from Mark Aylward and he talks about this. It should be a reminder for ALL businesses, but is important for bloggers as well. Content isn’t king – relationship is. So, I’ll hand you off to Mark..

I started blogging about a year ago, and one of the things that I realized after a while was that I was so caught up in the logic of search engine optimization, keyword research, and the use of anchor text links, that I had lost my voice.

What I mean by that is that my personality and humanity were taking a back seat to technology and “technique”.

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Is Your Email List Really Small? Read This Now.

They say that size matters. But, I think how you use it is more important, no?

Now, get your minds out of the gutter…. I’m talking about email lists here.

It seems that many bloggers have a really bad habit of under-valuing their email lists due to size. You read tips about email marketing, or read other people’s stories of using their email lists to make good money. Then, you look at your own list…

Not so big. Maybe under 100 people? Doesn’t really measure up, as you see it. Then, perhaps, you think the following thought (which is suicidal, really)…

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22 Rapid Tips On Email Marketing For Bloggers

If you have a blog and you’re not building an email list yet, then please, just pack up and go home. As many times as people like me have repeated this advice, if you’re still not doing it, just give up. It’s OK.

For many of you, however, you probably do have an email list. From there, it is just a matter of how to use it effectively.

So, I thought I’d prepare a quick, rapid-fire list of tips for you on email marketing. Here we go…

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Are You A Business Opportunity Seeker?

You might have winced at that question just now. These days, the words “business opportunity” just don’t have the ring to it they once did. Instead, we think things like MLM, pyramid schemes, and disguised affiliate programs where you make somebody else rich and get screwed.

I see some of these things. They advertise as if you’re “starting your own business”. There are promises of thousands of dollars per month with just a few hours of work per week. They parade success stories of people who quit their job and now make more money at home than they did when working. Come to find out, all you are is an affiliate for them. You’re selling THEIR stuff. You’re using some cookie-cutter affiliate site which you’re supposed to go market. In some cases, you actually have to PAY THEM to get started with this.

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Setting Things Straight About “Nano Continuity”. Is It Hype?

So, as my readers know, I’ve been promoting Ryan Lee’s Nano Continuity product for the last week or so. During that time, I have observed some comments that are a bit off the mark, IMO.

Some are just looking at this as more hype – slapping a new label on something and acting like it is something new. Others seem to think the entire world has changed. Others seem to think a nano continuity program is merely slashing your price.

I never promote anything I don’t believe in. I’m not a hypey guy, either. So, I’m going to use today’s post to clarify some things about nano continuity.

Sound good? OK, then.

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Forget About Selling Ebooks. Here’s Something Better…

So, let’s do a tiny bit of math here. Yeah, I know. But, this is the fun kind of math.

So, a lot of bloggers think about selling an ebook to make money. They’ll drop a brain bomb into a word processor and turn around and offer it for some low price.

Let’s say $17. Nice round-about price which ends in 7. Heheh…

So, you go through all this work and you make some sales. Let’s say you manage to sell 100 copies. Gross revenue $1,700.

With me? Cool.

Here’s the problem…

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Is “Nano Continuity” The Future of Blogging?

I really had no idea when I wrote that post that it would resonate as much as it did.

One of the things I talked about in that post was how the Apple App Store is affecting the mindset in the marketplace. The small micro-payments that people are paying for apps is creating an entirely new business model – one based off of small, micro payments rather than huge ticket prices. It also resonates with people because, obviously, people like the lower prices.

Which brings me to the idea of “nano continuity”. Could this, indeed, be the very embodiment of what I talked about as the future of blogging?

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Lessons From XXX: What Porn Can Teach Us As Bloggers And Marketers

Yes, that’s right. There are things we can learn from the world of online porn.

Check this out, and yes, I’m going to want your input at the end of this post.

See, online porn has long been a trend setter in the world of online marketing. What you see them doing eventually becomes mainstream (they also make mistakes that we can learn from). For example, the evolution of online video was driven very much by the world of porn. In an indirect way, the growth of broadband probably was driven by this… because, well, in those days, why else would somebody need high speed except for porn?

People like Brad Gosse might refer to that as the “good days” of online porn. Money was flowing. They were setting trends.

Then, it all changed…

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