CategoryBlog Promotion

Yesterday’s task in the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Challenge was to write a ‘list post’ on your blog. Hopefully you’ve had a chance to write that up and publish it by now. Today we’re going to take that post and attempt to drive some readers to it. ...more

Today I received what seemed like a fairly generic email from the website Dummies.com. I won’t republish the email (I’m not into that) but it was a fairly generic ‘could you link to our website’ type email asking for a link because they’ve redesigned their site. It even included a ...more

Today I was reading a post on CopyBlogger by Dean Rieck on the importance of using email to grow a blog and it struck me how many bloggers still don’t fully understand the power of email as a way to grow their blogs. I’m not going to rehash all of ...more

With so many blogs revolving around the theme of “make money online”, John Robinson of JWRmedia focuses on ways you can improve your blog through branding, marketing and optimization which will allow you to establish a name for yourself and gain Internet success. Why are there so many unsuccessful websites ...more

This post belongs to a series on how to grow your blog once it gets past launch phase. Many bloggers that I chat with tell me that their blogs hit plateaus in terms of traffic after around 6 months of blogging. They launch with enthusiasm, great content, significant time invested ...more

The Writer blogs about money and writing at The Writer’s Coin. His goal is to become the Michael Lewis of the personal-finance world—always writing something interesting and entertaining. That’s his goal, anyway. Image by meagen You can’t read a post or a blog about “being a better blogger” without some ...more

In this series we’re looking at 9 things that bloggers need to work on once their blog moves out of ‘launch phase’ and into maturity. Today I want to focus upon the topic of SEO (Search Engine Optimization). While SEO is something that is well worth while focusing upon right ...more

This week we’re looking at a variety of tips for helping medium sized and somewhat established blogs to grow to the next level. Yesterday we looked at building upon your strengths and successes – today I want to look at the topic of turning first time readers into loyal ones. ...more

This post belongs to the ‘taking your blog to the next level‘ series which looks at tips for bloggers whose blogs have got a start but want to take it up a notch. Read the intro here. Analyze why Readers Come to your Blog….. and then Build on It The ...more