
6 Killer Writing Tips from a Great-Grandmother of a Copy Editor
This guest post is by Aman Basanti of Ageofmarketing.com. Meet Ailsa Campbell. Ailsa is a great grandmother of an editor (pun intended): she’s been teaching English longer than many of us have been alive. Needless to say she knows a thing or two about writing well. Here are Ailsa’s top ...more
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Don’t Drive Your Blog Distracted
This guest post is by Chris The Traffic Blogger. I can tell you a thousand ideas I have on how to be creative and when/where to write, but I struggle to create a list of times when you shouldn’t write. Most authors advise that you create articles during the good ...more
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Are You a Generous Blogger?
I know what you’re thinking. “Of course! I’m a lovely blogger! I’m always giving stuff away—advice in my posts, free chapters from my ebook, whitepapers, time, and a whole swag of fun fun fun on my Facebook page!” That’s great—and certainly generous—but what I’m talking about is something different. A ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips

5 Brilliant Things You Can Do with an Inactive Blog
This guest post is by Tristan of Infographic Academy. If you’ve been blogging for any length of time, the odds are good that you have an inactive blog or two (or *cough* a dozen *cough*) sitting around. Maybe you wrote only a few posts before you realized that your calling ...more
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Getting Un-Panda-lized: One Blog’s Response to Google’s Panda Update
This guest post is by Ethan of OneProjectCloser.com When Google rolled out the first Panda update on 23 February 2011, we saw our site traffic plummet by 40%. I learned about this four hours after quitting my day job to become a full-time blogger. I don’t regret the decision for ...more
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The Secret to Feeding Your Family with a Blog
This guest post is by Russ Henneberry of Tiny Business, Mighty Profits. It’s every blogger’s dream: to take something you created and generate enough money to take care of your obligations. But time is running out. The time bomb is ticking. Generate sales, or die. With each second that ticks ...more
Blogging for Dollars

Six Proven Secrets to Blogging Success
This guest post is by Abby Larson of Style Me Pretty: The Ultimate Wedding Blog. I write a wedding blog. Before you start running for the hills, now that you know I focus only on girly things, know that I also happen to have a smarty pants husband who is ...more
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3 Reasons Why I Don’t Worry About the Competition
I was recently asked who my blogging competitors were. I struggled to find an answer to that—not because there’s nobody else blogging in my niches, and not because I’m not aware of other bloggers in my niches, but because I don’t really worry much about them. There are three main ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips

Think Twice Before You Use News as Inspiration
This guest post is by Greg McFarlane. If there are already 100,000 posts out there that express a particular viewpoint, what’s the point of adding a 100,001st? Look for a different angle. If you can’t find one, then resist the temptation to rehash conventional wisdom, and go unearth yourself some ...more
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