CategoryMiscellaneous Blog Tips

One of the challenges that many bloggers face once they become established and grow a profile in their niche is that they become the target of ‘pitches’ – or people emailing to ask them to do ‘stuff’. These ‘pitches’ can be on any number of fronts including: announcing new products/services ...more

What impact does being featured in a mainstream media publication have upon a blog? Skellie asked in comments about what type of traffic a mention in a mainstream media story can bring into a blog. I answered in the comments on the post but thought it might be something worth ...more

It was a little over 24 hours ago that everything hit the fan around the blogosphere with Google’s Re-Ranking of hundreds of blogs. It’s been an interesting day since I first posted about it with a number of interesting experiences coming along with it including: Calls from 3 journalists (one ...more

Yesterday I was interviewed by an Australian Financial Review journalist about how the falling US dollar is impacting my business. There’s not much to say except that: 95% of my income comes to me in US dollars. 5 Years ago when I started experimenting with blogging for money the US ...more

Building Credibility is something that is well worth working on as a blogger. We live in a world where people are increasingly suspicious of information that they’re presented with (particularly online where there’s a lot of dubious information going around) so when people find a credible source of information they ...more

This post was written by Aditya Mahesh of BlogOnExpo, a free digital conference for bloggers that will feature sessions about blogging and interviews with Darren Rowse from ProBlogger, RandFishkin of SEOmoz, and others. The conference kicks off on December 1st, 2007. You have a successful blog. You post on a ...more

Click To Play play_blip_movie_432379(); Over in my question box reader JoLynn Braley asked me: “Was there a time when you first started blogging that you became despondent and thought about quitting? If so, what happened that gave you the confidence to keep going?”

Mani got my attention with this post today – What would you do if you owned ProBlogger.net? There’s some great answers in the comments section – would love to hear more of your ideas! PS: I actually think it’s a good question to ask others about your blog. In fact ...more

So you want to be a famous blogger? Cartoon Blogger Dave Walker has the secret on how to do it: Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons. via Blogging Expertise