Blogging
Blogger Interviews Which Are Truly Useful
These days, I see a lot of blogger interviews. I get asked to be interviewed quite a bit, too. And one thing really stands out to me…
Most interviews of bloggers are incredibly unoriginal and boring.
Being on my side of the interview, I get asked the same basic questions over and over again. It is rare that I see anybody ask something truly unique. Usually, the question is asked more for me to do all the legwork and brain dump, all so that the blogger can name-drop me and hopefully get me to retweet their post. Problem is, if I keep answering the same questions, then bringing those answers to my audience is boring because they’ve heard it all before.
How to Leverage Another Blogger’s Audience to Build Your Business
This is a guest post by Srinivas Rao.
After interviewing over 100 bloggers for their success strategies and tips, I find myself becoming more and more strategic about everything I do.
One of the biggest temptations you will have as an early stage blogger is to continually strive for the attention of any really big blogger, just so you can get your name out there. While this approach will work, it’s kind of hit or miss and it’s not very strategic. It’s like throwing spaghetti against the wall to see what sticks and maybe the owner of the blog will be interested in working with you on something going forward.
However, if you start getting strategic about how you do this, you’ll have much more success in leveraging a bigger blogger’s audience to build your business.
5 Surefire Ways to Attract More Attention to Your Blog
This is a guest post by Yolanda A. Facio.
Getting readers to your blog who stick around isn’t enough. You want them to keep coming back and you want them to tell other folks about you. Here are a few ways you can start to attract more attention and get people talking.
Post-Blogworld 2010 Brain Dump and Wrap Up
So, I’m back in my office after several days in Las Vegas for Blogworld 2010. I just turned off the two membership drives I was running while I was away, and now it is time to gather my thoughts and post a little “brain dump” about the event.
This was the best Blogworld event so far. Rick, Deb, Dave and the rest of the Blogworld team did a fantastic job with the event and everybody who went should take a moment to thank them. Pulling off an event this size is no small task.
6 Cornerstones For A Killer About Page On Your Blog
Most bloggers realize that they need an “About Page” on their blog. However, that doesn’t mean it is done very well.
After looking at a LOT of blogs over the course of doing blog evaluations, I often see that the “About Page” is under-utilized and not set up correctly.
See, it isn’t that there is single right way to do it. However, the page has to be written by taking into account the typical mindset of a new arrival on your blog. And, that is…
Why Buy A Premium Forms Plugin For WordPress? [Gravity Forms]
Gravity Forms. Perhaps you’ve heard about it. It is a premium Wordpress plug-in which allows you to create forms for your blog.
Gravity Forms was on my “someday maybe” list for awhile. I checked this site out and thought, “Hmmm…. that could be cool. Their website sure is purty.” 
Then, a couple weeks ago, I went ahead and picked up a copy and gave it a whirl.
So, the question is, why bother with a premium Wordpress plug-in to do forms when there are a bunch of freebies like Contact Form 7 out there?
3 Simple Steps To Running Your Blog Like A Business
This is a guest post by Srinivas.
For any blogger that intends to make a living from his or her blog, there comes a time when the necessary shift from blogger to entrepreneur must happen. In fact I remember Darren Rowse writing somewhere that his wife gave him 6 months to turn this “blogging thing” into a real business. The results speak for themselves. Almost every A-list blogger, including David will tell you that at some point you have to start treating this like a real business.
The problem is that most bloggers don’t have a clue how to run a business. The reason is most of us have always worked for somebody else, so we see something like blogging with its low barrier to entry and think “Sweet. I’m going to make money blogging.” Let me share some interesting quotes from some extremely successful bloggers that I’ve interviewed:
Blogger, Do You Know Who You Are? Cuz We Don’t.
Who are you? Do you know?
When people visit your blog, do they know?
Lately, I’ve been doing some things to really learn more about YOU. It started with my quick offer of consulting sessions. So far, I’ve talked to 3 people. I’ve got a BUNCH of them scheduled for next week. Also, this last weekend, I ran that weird survey.
Are You A “Teacher’s Pet” Blogger?
This is a guest post by Laura Roeder.
Remember what it meant to be the “teacher’s pet” in school? The term describes a kid who is sucking up to the teacher, a kid who is more interested in pleasing their teacher than their peers.
Being the teacher’s pet may have gotten you ahead in school, but it can be hugely detrimental to the success of your blog.
When I switched gears to social media consultancy, I decided I wanted to start a weekly newsletter as a marketing vehicle for my business. Knowing the important of consistency, I was fully committed to never missing a single week so I decided to plan out an editorial calendar ahead of time. (You should do that for your blog as well, but that’s a whole different post!)
How To Stand Out In A “Me Too” Society
This is a guest post by Robb Sutton.
If you have been around the web long enough, you have seen that everything has already been said, done and hashed out time and time again. There are a few light bulb style new ideas that hit every now and then, but for the most part…we are operating in a “me too” environment, and that makes it difficult to stand above the rest and realize success through this medium we call blogging. So there you sit…with your blog…looking for attention. Where do you start and how do you get it?
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