CategoryMiscellaneous Blog Tips

This guest post is by Jane of Find All Answers. Have you ever asked yourself, “Why does it always happen to me?” I am sure you have. It always happens. Whenever you have a shiny goal for your business project, or whenever you want to start a new business, you ...more

This guest post is by Rick of www.morebettersmarts.com. Filtering software may be blocking your blog from being accessed on government computers. When I first put my blog online, I discovered that my friends on the local military base were prevented from viewing it by the government’s filtering service, Blue Coat. ...more

This guest post is by Peter G. James Sinclair of MotivationalMemo.com. “How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.”—Henry David Thoreau I often reflect on the lifetime of experiences that I’ve tasted since landing on planet Earth to find myself in ...more

Today I received an email from someone asking what my “methods” are for building an online business. That’s always a tough question—particularly because I got the sense that it was asked by someone looking for an easy and quick answer. Here’s my response. I’d love to hear what you’d have ...more

This guest post is by Stephanie Foster of Home With the Kids. I did something recently I haven’t done in a long time. I took a vacation from my blogging business just about entirely. For once on vacation, I didn’t spend the evenings making up for lost time. I didn’t ...more

Do you put off doing things on your blog that you know you really should invest time into? I do. Yesterday I was out walking and found myself thinking about my “I’ll do it one day” list. It struck me that there were a lot of things on that list, ...more

Yesterday I shared a little exercise to help bloggers gain clarity around the branding of their blogs. The idea was to simply list what you want your readers to think and say about your blog. Today I thought I’d share a followup exercise—one that I also do on my own ...more

Skip the Backstory and Take me to the Free Video and MindMap! In 2002 I started my first blog without even the hint that blogging would be anything more to me than a hobby. Over the years that have followed I began to see the potential of blogging to make ...more

This guest post is by Joseph of Blog Tweaks. I know a guy who went on a backpacking trip in Ghana. One leg of his trip stood out—a five hour bus ride from Kumasi to Cape Coast. This particular ride started at 4:30 a.m. Yes, that’s crazy early, but it ...more