Archive for the 'Blogging' Category

Blogging has an intrinsic occupational hazard. Because you’re working on the Web, the world’s biggest distraction you can fritter away more time than you realize. Here are some great tips about being more productive in your blogging… Like using an ordinary kitchen timer to bring you back to reality, saving time by working offline, and [...]

Becky McCray asked for help so I decided to pass this along. This blogger has the added challenge of cerebral palsy and wants to use the winnings to make her blogging go a bit easier. Hi everyone, I would like to thank you all for being such enthusiastic supporters over the past year, particularly with [...]

Blogging is like Jogging says blogger Mark Roberts here and here. Except for the sweat and shin splints I guess. But in other ways like 1. Having a strong sense of self – sort of like continuing to job no matter how foolish you think you look to other passersby. 2. Have lots of ideas [...]

The biggest question bloggers have it seems is how to make money from blogging. Bloggers flock to articles about how to generate revenue from their sites. Increasingly putting up a blog and slapping on some pay per click ads DOESN’T do much unless you just have scads of traffic. Most Blogs don’t have it. Selling [...]

Blog awareness and usage results from FastCompany * The blog reader is male 31-32 ears, Caucasian, has at least some college education, makes $54k * People read blogs to be entertained and get the latest news. * Many things will work in the blogosphere — trying to attract a small number of passionate people. * [...]

Here’s the report from the Blog World Expo here and here and some other places. Some interesting comments… The future is richer media. We’re getting more into video. Opening the door federating sites together and inviting blog brands that match verticals. Cooperating on content and business issues. 2008 seems huge to me for the whole [...]

This is an interesting article at the Washington Post. It hits a nerve with bloggers because even though blogs are proliferating faster than bacteria, the number of blogs being left dormant or shut down monthly are skyrocketing too. The only ones that don’t go away are all the Spam Blogs…. They’ll stay around just hoping [...]

With all the companies selling “blog advertising” out there, a new phenomenon has hit bloggers – ad theft. Advertisers will promise a hefty payment per post and then, after the work of writing has been done, they’ll deny the post and usually quibble about spelling errors, punctuation errors, or that – God forbid – there [...]

I have been studying up on ways to market content online. If you’re going to make a living doing it, at some point the free content you give away needs to translate into paid clicks, sold ebooks, or some time of revenue transfer! Some bloggers or content producers don’t want a way to earn money [...]

Is blogging “dead”? Have you missed the “Internet Gold Rush” already? Brian Clark – Copyblogger -  has released a new free report on how to stop playing the internet games and start making some money online. His report Teaching Sells shares what he’s learned since starting as an online information publisher in the 90′s. Here’s [...]