CategoryMiscellaneous Blog Tips

This guest post is by Tania Dakka of Fit Freelancer. Yes! Your great idea for the post you want to write on the density of the Himalayan fog and its effects on mountain goats has finally hit! And it’s only 3:18am! Woohoo! But tomorrow morning, that content isn’t going to ...more

This guest post is by Nick Thacker of livehacked.com. I first started blogging in 2009, and I had to learn the hard way. I chased every shiny object there was—the informational products that were going to hand me the blueprint to strike it rich overnight, the newsletters promising me the ...more

This guest post is by Natalie Webb of Leave Me to My Projects. You try telling Martha Stewart she needs to pick a niche. So why is everyone in the blogosphere telling you that doing just that is the key to achieving any level of success in blogging? True, it is ...more

This guest post is by Natalie Webb of Leave Me to My Projects. You started your blog because you were passionate. You wanted to write about everything you love. You wanted to inspire people with your passions and your well-rounded knowledge in all of your areas of expertise. You wanted ...more

It’s standard professional blogging wisdom that to succeed in blogging, you need to choose a niche. This is a point that I’ve made many times, and it’s advice I still stand by. That said, there are many, many bloggers out there with multi-topic blogs who aren’t about to “niche down” ...more

This guest post is by Alden Tan of Alden-Tan.com. So you got your blog started up. It’s time to put everything in place. You start to study the market and conduct all the research needed. You read up on other blogs, scout forums, and buy an ebook that’s supposed to ...more

This guest post is by Nicola Ibberson of Little House In Town. We’re always told in life that we should distinguish between those things we “want” and those things we “need.” The general idea of this is that we need to prioritise the things we do and things we buy ...more

This guest post is by Mike Holmes of the Simple Strategies for Startups blog. You don’t need me to tell you about Pinterest do you? I’m pretty sure you’ve heard all the media outlets singing its praise: the fastest growing site its user base is mostly female its breakthrough rise ...more

We often hear the word “authority” mentioned in blogging circles, particularly in discussions around building a loyal following. At its most basic, authority is about knowing what you’re talking about, and who you’re talking to. If you think about it, this is a key to rich exchanges in the real ...more