CategoryMiscellaneous Blog Tips

Earlier in the week on my personal blog (infrequently updated) I wrote a post entitled – What do I do? The idea of the post was to try to explain to friends and family members what it is I do in my business. It came out of a conversation with ...more

Almost every time I do an interview about blogging I’m asked some variation of this question: What tips would you give a beginner wanting to make money blogging? It’s always an interesting question to answer – particularly when you’re asked to limit your tips to just a few sentences so ...more

Guest post by Annabel Candy from Get In the Hot Spot If you’re into blogging then you might as well aim to be the best blogger you can be. There’s no point trying to be a D-list blogger or you might up even lower down the alphabet than that. Of ...more

a guest post from Larry Brooks of Storyfix.com With apologies to the character named Pinhead from the Hellraiser movies, who uttered that line as he was about to slowly fillet a helpless victim just for grins… … maybe you’re taking yourself too seriously.  I know I was. My blog is ...more

This is completely off topic…. but then again it’s not…. An hour ago I just launched a new eBook on my photography blog – it’s called Transcending Travel and is a guide to Travel Photography. Every time I mention my eBooks I am asked for tips on how to put ...more

A Guest Post by Bradford Shimp from All Business Answers A few months ago, I started a podcast on my blog. It was a bit of a counter-intuitive move for me, since I am generally the shy guy in the room. It has turned out to be great for me ...more

Earlier in the week I wrote some advice for those wanting to pitch bloggers by making your pitch a win/win/win one. Not only do you need to get something out of it but so should the readers of the blog and the blogger. Today I want to flip this over ...more

A guest post by Jodi Friedman from MCP Actions. Do you have contests on your blog? Do you ever wonder why so many blogs are doing contests now? One of the reasons is that, when done right, they are a win-win scenario. You can increase your traffic and readership, create ...more

Over the last 18 months my blogging business has undergone a real shift in the way that I’m making money. While I first reached a six figure annual income 4-5 years ago based almost completely upon advertising revenue – in the last 18 months I’ve transitioned my business to close ...more