In my post about web community building and participation I mentioned making friends and contacts. I think this is an important and much overlooked factor. For people who work online, usually from home, it can be a terribly solitary and lonely existence. Over the years I have had the good fortune to meet some great ...
Category Archives: Blogging
Blog Critique: Take a Peck
In August Ben Cook ran a competition to win some great blogging prizes, including a subscription to the Blog Mastermind program, a copy of Aarons SEO Book and a critique from me. The winner was announced as Jason Peck so here is the critique :) Jasons blog is called Take A Peck ...
Posting Tactics for a Well Rounded Blog
Useful and interesting content is not all you should be creating for your blog. At the same time you need to be building your blog in other ways. Your content can attract new visitors, can help retain the visitors you have, and can bring you in links. Here are some tactics you can use:Flagship ...
How Do You Make Money Blogging?
One of the question themes I get asked about most is making money with blogs. While this isn't a "make money online" blog like Darrens or Johns, it is still something I know many of you care about. While I never talk about how much I earn it is no secret that my money ...
Why Your Blog is Like Ice Cream
I love ice cream. You could say I am an ice cream fan. One of the wonderful things about ice cream is the huge variety of styles and flavours. Something for everyone, right? Remind you of anything? From the title of this post you can guess ...
Is Blogging a Good Way to Make Money?
Is blogging a good way to make money? It might surprise you, it might even disappoint you, but I don't recommend it. A friend is looking to make some money fast. His business is slow and needs to make up the shortfall. He asked about blogging, and I told him that wasn't the answer. I suggested ...
What is a Blog Carnival?
What is a Blog Carnival? A Blog Carnival is a list of reader-submitted posts all on one theme. Sometimes a blogger will host the carnival on their own blog each time the carnival runs, other times the carnival will move from blog to blog and be hosted by another person each time. Why Take Part in a ...
What is Your Blog About Really?
As you might have already read, I find Scott Adams Dilbert Blog endlessly fascinating. I don't always agree with his "philosotainment" but it is always entertaining. In a recent post he told a story about how readers determine what your theme is ... Readers tell you what your comic is about, regardless of how ...
Is it OK to Leave Links in Comments?
A great discussion is happening over at the Authority Blogger Forum started by Khalid about leaving links in comments. Head over and leave your thoughts?Personally I agree with the excellent first answer by DazzlinDonna I would only leave a link in a comment if it was necessary - such ...
Don’t Fall For It!
Just lately I have been the target of some pretty clumsy linkbait attempts. A couple of readers prompted me to look at one particular blog where the author on three separate occasions (that we know of) has goaded me to react. First of all this makes me super grateful for my loyal readers. Not only did ...
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