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Recently I went to the Connect Now conference and had the chance to hug Darren Rowse, meet Gary Vaynerchuk and hang out with my social media friends. One year ago, I didn’t think I’d be able to accomplish something so awesome. Skellie was one of the people that made this ...more

I asked this question over on Twitter on the weekend and it was fascinating to hear the answers and see some of the thinking behind what different people do. I thought I’d run it as a poll and open it up for some wider discussion here on the blog. n ...more

guest post by Kelly Diels When I was wondering how to create an effective, money-making review site, I thought of Robb Sutton. Robb Sutton’s review site, Mountain Biking by 198 “pulls in thousands in review product every month” and in the last 15 months has received over $100,000 dollars worth ...more

guest post by Kelly Diels I have been blogging for almost ten months. I quit my job – a really, really good job – last week. Today, I made $10,600. In one day. (Okay, not really in one day, but today I collected two cheques for writing projects that I ...more

guest post by Kelly Diels In November, I rebranded and relaunched my blog. I screwed up, I suffered, I sniffled, I refuted the advances of a pervy tech wizard. And I thought: I’d better track my results to see if this was worth it. This better have been worth it. ...more

In this post Jade Craven shares her thoughts on 30 bloggers worth keeping an eye on in the year ahead! Update: You can now follow all these guys from the one twitter list! Check out Blogger To Watch. 1. Dave Navarro Follow @rockyourday Dave was featured as one of tomorrows ...more

I’m having a rule-following problem. As in, don’t want to follow them. Which rules? These ones: Use snappy titles containing a question, the words “How To” and jarring adjectives. Do not be cute, arty, or poetic. Copy-write. Read the titles on the cover of The Enquirer or Cosmo and do ...more

By Johnny B. Truant I’m going to go out on a limb and say that affiliate marketing is the easiest way to make money online. You don’t have to create a product or develop a service, you don’t need huge amounts of focused traffic the way you do with AdSense, ...more

A Guest Post by Greg Hayes from Live Fit Blog. Do you subscribe to the idea that blogging is an art form? I do. Britannica Online defines art as “The use of skill and imagination in the creation of aesthetic objects, environments, or experiences that can be shared with others.” ...more