
How Successful Blogging is Just Like Surviving Highschool
This guest post is by Josh Sarz of Sagoyism. Do you ever feel like it’s high school all over again? I’m talking about blogging. The whole “turn over a new leaf, do something great, do epic stuff, get famous” sense of it all feels like high school. You know that ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips

25 Reasons Why Google Hates Your Blog
This guest post is by Belinda of The Copy Detective. Your blog is a good read. Everyone says so. Although “everyone” is really just people you already know. Like your Mum. So why isn’t your blog being found by other people? The millions and millions of people hungrily consuming blog ...more
Search Engine Optimization

2 Different Tales of Blog Growth
“What was ‘the tipping point’ for your blog?” This question is one that I’m regularly asked in interviews, and it is one that is challenging to answer. The assumption behind the question is that there is often some kind of event that pushes a blog into the limelight. The reality ...more
Case Studies

6 Fatal Symptoms You’re in the Wrong Niche
This guest post is by Martyn Chamberlin of Two Hour Blogger. “What should I write about?” It seems such a silly question. Of course you know what to write about! In fact, you could argue it’s even impossible to write about the wrong thing. That’s like ordering the wrong iPod! ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips

10 Ways Multi-blog Authors Can Stay Creative and Generate Great Posts
This guest post is by Jo Gifford of Cherry Sorbet Creative. Keeping fresh and creative is key to keeping on top of the game when writing different blogs across various sectors, and for various clients. Working with efficient workflows, time management and organization all help to keep that valuable information ...more
Writing Content

8 Reasons Why Students Should Blog
This is a guest blog post by Michael White of Musings of a PR Student. Students should be worried about their job prospects. I am. Competition is rife and the top advertised jobs receive hundreds of applications. Our work experiences are not just being challenged by a surge of candidates, ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips

Un-dull Your Blog Posts: Four Fiction Techniques to Try
This guest post is by Harry Bingham of Writers’ Workshop. Most blog posts are dull. They might be well-informed, offer interesting insights, teach useful things—but they can do all those things and still be dull. Although readers do come to blogs to learn, they are only ever two clicks away ...more
Writing Content

How to Write Irresistible Blog Intros
This guest post is by Andrea Wren from Butterflyist.com, Did you know that I like to have sex on roller coasters? Yes, there’s nothing that does it for me more than wondering if my partner will puke at the point of, um, no return. Okay I’m fibbing. I can’t even ...more
Writing Content

Your Social Media and SEO Game Plan for 2012
This guest post is by Herman Dias of SEOsoeasy.com. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you will have heard about the Google Panda update and what it did to many low-quality websites last year. It was more like a Google sniper attack on all the spam and rubbish sites. ...more
Search Engine Optimization