Blogging

Behind The Scenes on Creating Videos For This Blog

Videos rock and I recommend you do them for your blog. They allow a level of connection with your audience that you really can’t get through the written word. But, for some, it may be daunting to create a video. So, I thought I’d tell you a little about how I do it.

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Is Blogging Doomed? Why A-Lister’s Are Quitting and Dan Lyons Is Just Plain Wrong

We are most definitely in the midst of an evolution of the blogosphere. The recession is causing reality to hit home. Some of the A-List bloggers are leaving the business. What’s going on here?

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The Secret To Attracting More Comments On Your Blog

Blogs that don’t get any comments from the readers look rather dead. It is negative social proof. If somebody comes to the site and they see no comments, their impression is likely to be that the blog must not be that good. So, how do you battle this? What’s the secret sauce?

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6 Tips For Converting Blog Visitors To Subscribers

Bloggers like numbers. Big numbers. Yes, we want a lot of traffic. But, we also want the usual status indicators: (1) Big RSS count, (2) Big Email List, etc. So, how do you go about converting a random visitor to your blog into a subscriber who will continue to come back? Here are some simple [...]

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Eight Things to Avoid in Your First Month Blogging

This is a guest post from Mike, a new blogger at Mike’s Life , a blog he started just over a month ago. His objective is to become a full time blogger and to stave off the bankruptcy he is facing in his off line business. Here he shares with us some of the mistakes [...]

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The Future of Making Money As a Blogger Is…

It is the dream of almost every blogger out there to be in a position of making enough money to be able to make that your job. Many bloggers, though, find themselves struggling to get to that point. And 2009 isn’t going to make it any easier.

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Is “Make Money Online” The Secret To Traffic?

A few days ago, I talked about the hidden x-factor and why some blogs seem to “make it” while so many others don’t get that much traffic. This inspired a reader to post a comment which I think is an awesome topic for a post. Essentially, should we just all start talking about making money [...]

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How To Never Run Out of Content For Your Blog Again

We all know that the most successful blogs get updated quite a bit. I usually recommend to people to post once per day. At the bare minimum, a few times per week. But, how do you maintain such a constant stream of fresh content without driving yourself crazy?

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7 Tips For Blogging Your Way Out Of Your Full-Time Job

While there is a lot of great advice out there for how to start a blog and get it off the ground, there is one very simple truth about it – it takes time. Finding that time can be frustrating if you have a full-time job.

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The Art of Recycling Blog Content

If you are a serious blogger, chances are you’ve written quite a lot of really good content for your blog. That content gets attention for a little while, then it falls into the blog archives and ends up all but forgotten. What a waste! But, you do have some tactics at your disposal.

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