Guest Blogger
What is Google +1 … and What Does it Mean for Your Blog?
This guest post is by Jacob of BlogRevolter.com. On March 30th, Google announced the release of its latest addition to the search engine, a small button called the +1. As with any Google announcement, there are always going to be implications—both great and not so great—for the average and professional ...more
Search Engine Optimization
How A Few Tweets Led to a 370% Increase In My Traffic
This guest post is by Tom Meitner of The Practical Nerd. The other night, I found out author/marketer Chris Brogan was in town. I am a big fan of his and his book Trust Agents, so I wanted to go meet him. I’m not going to go through all of ...more
Blog Promotion
Are You Protecting Your Blog’s Most Valuable Asset?
This guest post was written by Neil Matthews of WPDude. Are you protecting one of the most valuable assets of your blog—your email list? The majority of us rigorously backup the content of our blog, but do we give the same thought to our email lists? Why back up your ...more
Blogging for Dollars
Launch a Brand New Blog … with Authority
This is a guest post by Jane from Problogging Success. Launching a new blog today is not the same as it was a few years back. Things were a lot easier and diluted in the past decade, but now, the competition is dense, given that thousands of blogs are launched ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips
The Four Os: a Four-Step Guide to Successful Blogging
This guest post is by Adam Best of FanSided. I spent the previous decade figuring out how to “make it” online as a writer. Led Zeppelin’s “Ten Years Gone” comes to mind. Eventually, with the help of my brother, I made a bit of a splash on a Kansas City ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips
7 Tips for Bloggers with Learning Disabilities
This guest post is by Leigh Stevens of whereapy. If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid with regard to external things. —Epictetus “Are you stupid? You sure look stupid. Everyone else in this room handles this level of work. If you can’t do simple ...more
Writing Content
3 Ways to Use Twitter Favorites
This guest post is by Ryan Barton of The Smart Marketing Blog. Until I began receiving notifications of Twitter followers “favoriting” my tweets, I admittedly hadn’t thought much of the Favorites feature. Some use it as a reminder to follow-up on a tweet’s topic. Others favorite a tweet they find ...more
Social Media
Three Blogging Lessons from Leonardo Da Vinci
This guest post is by Martyn Chamberlin of Two Hour Blogger. It was getting late. The sick old man sighed and set down his brush. Learning back deeply in his chair, he gazed at his painting. No matter how hard he worked, he couldn’t seem to finish it. It was ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips
Google’s Panda Update—the Lessons I Learned
This guest post is by Kevin Sanders, of strongandfit.net. Things were going well over at my fitness blog. I was not an A-lister, but traffic was steadily increasing. I was starting to get ranked for several lower competition keywords. Organic traffic was improving. Then suddenly my search engine traffic dropped ...more
Search Engine Optimization