
5 Intellectual Property Laws about the Internet Bloggers Need to Know
This is a guest contribution from JT Ripton, a Freelance writer from Tampa. Intellectual property law protects much of the content that you enjoy on the internet. Though you aren’t always required to pay to enjoy this content, that doesn’t make it free for all types of use. Since many ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips

Blog like Hemingway: 5 Writing Tips to Improve Your Blog
This is a guest contribution from Victoria Elizabeth, writer for the Ometria Blog. If Ernest Hemingway were around today, he would have made an excellent blogger. From online news sites to individual industry experts and straightforward enthusiasts, people are using blogs as a way to attract consumers to their goods, ...more
Writing Content

Branding your blog is difficult, or is it?
This is a guest contribution from Olivia Rose How much time have you spent on the branding of your blog? If you haven’t branded your blog, you may not realise what you’re missing out on. Branding a blog is extremely important but it is also a bit of a nebulous concept ...more
Blog Design

How To Stop Your WordPress Blog Getting Penalized For Duplicate Content
This is a guest contribution by Felipe Kurpiel, an internet marketer I came across this topic by accident. One day I was monitoring my analytics data I noticed a big drop on my traffic stats and I didn’t understand why. Actually, I had a hint because I was starting to interlink my ...more
Blogging Tools and Services

How I Stopped Waiting to Become a Writer, Quit My Job & Launched My Dream
This is a guest contribution from Jeff Goins of Goins, Writer. It took me six years to become a professional blogger. And four and a half of those years were spent waiting. For years, I read blogs, bought books, and watched videos about ordinary, everyday people making the colossal shift ...more
Case Studies

Have You Ever Had a Blogging Mentor or Coach?
I’m regularly asked if I have a blogging mentor or coach – or if I’d consider being one for someone else. I’ve never had a formal coach or mentor myself although there have been plenty of people who have given me advice along the way. I have not offered any ...more
Reader Questions

4 Tools for Creating a Bulletproof Idea Capture System
This is a guest contribution by Charles Cuninghame is a freelance content writer. Have you ever experienced the terrible frustration of remembering you’ve had a great idea for a blog post or e-book you’re writing, but not being able to remember exactly what the actual thought or idea was? ‘ Don’t ...more
Blogging Tools and Services

20 Quick Tips on Writing Great Blog Posts
In preparation for an interview on writing great blog content, I jotted down some ‘quick tips’. While they are all short I hope that they might spark some ideas – enjoy! Tell your story – it is what makes your content unique Share how you feel – it will take ...more
Writing Content

The Why and How of Split Testing for Bloggers
This is a guest contribution from Michael Johnston, co-founder of MonetizePros.com. Split testing has become an absolute must for anyone running an e-commerce site or driving PPC traffic to a landing page. The benefits of disciplined experimentation have been well documented, and any serious e-commerce company has embraced split testing ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips