Guest Blogger
Content Creation: How to Steal Your Way to a Successful Blog
This is a guest contribution from Iniobong Eyo. You can admit it. You think the headline is outrageous. Is he in his right mind? In fact, you’re surprised – or even shocked? But you’re reading this anyway. Because it got you thinking: How can I steal my way to content creation ...more
General
How to Get Paid for Freelance and Brand Work on Time, Every Time
This is a guest contribution from Blogger Legal LLC. In our experience, bloggers tend not to be very familiar with their rights when they enter into a contract with a company. It’s understandable; companies will throw five-page contracts full of legal jargon at you, when all you want to know ...more
Blogging for Dollars
The Best Typography Tools To Make Your Blog Super User-Friendly
This is a guest contribution from Leona Henryson. As a blogger, you might spend several hours working on a single post. You search for topic ideas that are trending and relevant to your followers. You spend time researching and narrowing down your topic even further. You write your post, then ...more
Blog Design
How to Create Unique Content to Build Your Blog’s Authority
This is a guest contribution from Julie Petersen. With so much information on the web these days, the competition for high-quality content is strong – and it’s growing. You can’t always introduce new topics to your target audience, since influential bloggers have already written tons of content on the issues ...more
General
5 Irrational Fears that Keep Bloggers from Being Successful
This is a guest contribution from Brian Lang of Small Business Ideas Blog. According to an article in the NY Times, 95% of blogs get abandoned within four months, and blogging has a higher failure rate than even restaurants. Yet, an estimated 172,000+ blogs are started every day. Succeeding with blogging ...more
General
6 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started My Blog
This is a guest contribution from Will Nicholls. It was a little over two years ago when I first went online and bought my blog’s domain name. I wanted to announce it to the world and get started straight away, but instead I spent the next 6 months developing and filling ...more
Blog Promotion
Tips on Building and Maintaining a Great Relationship with Readers
This is a guest contribution from Dan Goss. When it comes to blogging, nothing is more important than your readership – if you’re publishing the best content in the world with no-one to read it, you quickly get into a Zen-style conundrum. If a tree falls in the forest and no-one ...more
General
Case Study: How One Trick Can Help You Gain 200+ Links from Badass Sites
This is a guest contribution from Emily Johnson. Do you consider all specifics of your content and audience when it comes to promotion? The thing is, entertaining content and useful content are far from the same. When your niche is popular and loved by millions, you have no problems with ...more
General
5 “Research-Backed” Ways to Earn More Social Traction for Your Blog
This is a guest contribution from Ashlea Green. Whether you’re a professional blogger or just getting started, gaining social traction for your posts is one of the most crucial tactics for getting your blog noticed and read. Hence the coined expression “content is fire, and social media is gasoline.” The majority ...more
Blog Promotion