Blogging
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 tips that you should probably execute.
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January 2009 Blogging Income Report
OK, it’s that time again. Time to check in and see how I did last month as a problogger. So, let’s head over to Quickbooks and check it out.
In the month of January, I generated $21,129.30. I actually collected $15,297.41, with the difference being collected during the month of February (which is typical for a bulk of my advertising revenue).
The breakdown is as follows:
- Advertising: $6,122.40
- Affiliate Programs: $1,575.76
- Membership Fees & Book/CD Sales: $13,398.98
Revenue from the membership program was much higher than usual this month due to the promotion I did at the beginning of the month (full story in my report The Future of Blogging Income).
Almost all revenue was generated by PCMech.com, however even this site is beginning to generate a little bit of revenue by way of affiliate commissions.
And as I state every month, this is GROSS income. Expenses come out of this, so this is not my “take home pay”.
I’m also not looking forward to my income taxes this year. 
Stay tuned to David Risley dot com where I will continue to lay out how I do what I do and give my take on the world of problogging. I thank you all for being a reader!
How To Use Facebook to Market Your Blog
We all know Facebook is huge. Just how huge it is, though, is something to behold. The latest estimates I’ve heard is that Facebook is signing up around 450,000 new users – PER DAY. With those kinds of numbers, Facebook starts to stand out as one hell of a marketing opportunity.
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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 he made in his first month of blogging:
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Interviewed By Yaro Starak
Last night, Yaro Starak from Entrepreneurs-Journey.com posted an interview of your’s truly.
It was great to finally meet Yaro (at least via more than an email). I have been keeping up with Yaro’s blog for some time, well before I was an active player in this market. He is a really nice guy and knows his stuff. One of the things that I think really makes Yaro stand out in this market is that he is one of the seemingly few bloggers who actually understands marketing strategy.
Yaro is a success story of how coupling the power of blogging with true marketing skills can make a really good living.
Neither Yaro nor I could remember who contacted whom first or when, but I do remember at the time that Yaro was still traveling. He spent about 8 months traveling around the world and, during that time, he maintained his blog business from afar and on an incredibly part-time basis. That’s one of the beauties of internet business, though. Location flexibility.
Thanks to Yaro for the opportunity to share with his audience. And, head on over to his blog to listen to the interview.
Enjoy!
A Step-By-Step Blog Launch Plan and Roadmap
There are a lot of bloggers out there just getting started. They want to make it big. They want traffic. They want to make money. Great! Today, I make six figures per year as a professional blogger. It was a long road for me. What I thought I would do is share a quick, step-by-step approach to how I would start all over again, right now.
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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 online in order to get traffic?
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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?
I'm David Risley. I've been making my living as a blogger for over a decade. Blogging is my business and how I support my family. With this blog, I'm just gettin' REAL and telling you how this business works. 
