CategoryMiscellaneous Blog Tips

@jonathanguinn asks: “I am new to internet marketing and am struggling to find my niche. Maybe some pointers about that would be helpful.” There are many factors to consider when choosing a niche. I’ve written about many of them in this post – but for me a lot of it ...more

@jimgoldstein asks: “one things I see bloggers struggle with is blog spam. When self promotion goes to far. “ I agree Jim. There are different kinds of spam – the main stuff we see is the auto-generated stuff that fills our inboxes and hits our comment filters but then there ...more

@SmallFishMedia asks about “How To Boost Credibility And Presence Online As A Blogger” Let me compile a little list of comments on this questions: it takes time to build credibility with people. Don’t rush it work at having a presence not just on your own blog but in other relevant ...more

@SmallFishMedia asks – “What can you do to make your blog more of a community?” There are many things that you can do to build a sense of community on a blog. Here’s a short list of ideas that come to mind: Take the lead and be the community that ...more

@PopularWealth asks – “I’d like to see geo-domain blogging addressed since you ask Darren. I think geo domains, and “local” sites are getting hot again” I’m no expert on this topic but I do think that there is something to it well worth exploring from my own personal experience. My ...more

image by Jeff Bauche Yesterday I wrote about being a ruthless blogger and named a number of areas that I find helpful to have more harsh boundaries in with the hope of it helping me become more productive and focused as a blogger (and as a result provide a better ...more

The session that I participated in as a panelist at SXSW is now available here. It’s a panel so it covers a fair bit of ground and includes information on ad networks, affiliate programs and other topics associated with making money online.

Sometimes to grow your blog you need to be ruthless – otherwise you’ll become distracted, unproductive, lazy, unfocused and or lose your passion for blogging. Here’s 7 areas that I’ve found myself becoming more and more ruthless in in my blogging: Image by LLimllib 1. Declare war on comment spam ...more

I was reading through an old notebook last week and came across a quote that leapt out from the page at me. It was partly because it was written in CAPITALS and had arrows pointing at it – but partly because of what it said. “Probably the best place to ...more