
Feeling Lost? Let a Blogging Roadmap Lead You to Success
This guest post is by John Davenport of Phogropathy.com. It’s been said countless times in the blogging world that in order to be successful we need a plan. But how do we create this plan in a way that will help us reach our goals? Do we scratch it onto ...more
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Social Survival for Bloggers: a Peek from the Inside
This guest post is by David Leonhardt of Zoomit Canada. Zombie accounts at Reddit are increasingly frustrating content creators on the internet. A “zombie” account is an account that appears to be active to the user, but to nobody else, usually as a punishment for that user submitting his or ...more
Social Media

13 Steps to Being the Worst Blogger on the Planet
This guest post is by Karol K of ThemeFuse. Being the best blogger on the planet is just so mainstream. Why would you even aim for that?! Why not aim for something much easier to achieve, and be the worst blogger the world has ever seen? As I’m sure you’ve ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips

12 Blogging Lessons I Learned From Maxim Magazine
This guest post is by Tom Treanor of Right Mix Marketing. Maxim magazine. It’s banned in my house (unless it’s used for research purposes). With its revealing covers, dependence on taboo topics, and issues jam-packed with girls, booze, and cars, you’d think researching Maxim magazine would lead to a wasteland ...more
Writing Content

AdSense Release Toolbar for Chrome Users: Ideal for Stats Junkies
If you’re an AdSense publisher you’re probably used to the AdSense stats shuffle. You know it – constant logging into your AdSense reports to check how earnings are going. Today AdSense released a little toolbar for Chrome users that makes checking your latest figures a breeze. Install it and with ...more
Adsense

Pageviews are Good. Pagereads are Better.
This guest post is by Paula Pant of Afford-Anything and Greg McFarlane of Control Your Cash. Have you noticed how so many blogs are just … terrible? There’s no polite way to say it. The writing is garbage, the design inelegant, the content inane. A bird pecking at a worm-scented ...more
Writing Content

What’s the Secret to Monetizing Social Media?
This guest post is by Neil Patel of KISSmetrics. Have you been able to make money from social media? Has your effort and time on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and your own blog paid off? If you’re like most bloggers, you probably realize it’s not so easy. However, no matter ...more
Social Media

3 Lessons On Blogging from My Son… the Artist
Our kitchen table is in a perpetual state of creativity. Marker pens, sketch books, glue sticks, and paint sets are make their permanent home there because my five-year-old son (X) is a self-declared Artist. While there are some challenges with living with an Artist… (last night I almost broke my ...more
Writing Content

5 Reasons Why Dai Ling Ping is Going to Win On YouTube in 2012
This guest post is by David Edwards of A Sitting Duck. I’ve just passed three years on YouTube and I’m really happy with what I’ve achieved so far. But over the last few months I’ve become mates with a guy who owns one of the fastest growing channels in the ...more
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