Blogging Tips

As you may know by now, Twitter is here to stay. I remember when Twitter was introduced to the public a whileback. A whole crop of analysts jumped the gun and claimed that Twitter was overrated, and there was no point behind it. But the truth of the matter is, in a very short period [...]

I did mention a few posts ago that you need to provide unique value to your users to expect anything out of your blogging efforts. When you think about it, there are millions of blogs out there that are trying to get some traction in the huge World Wide Web. But this is where the [...]

I had a post a few days ago about how you should start your list building process right now in order to create an asset for your business that gives you not only financial security but also business security. Remember, you can ALWAYS duplicate the site, no matter how cool it looks or how technologically [...]

I remember when I started blogging a while back. I thought to myself, I am just goint to put Adsense in front of my readers, and they are going to click on them, making me a fortune while I do my favorite job in the world. That didn’t quite work out for me a couple [...]

If you own a blog, you probably know how important it is to build a community behind it. One way to that is by encouraging your users to comment on your posts. Comments not only allow you to keep your users engaged, they can provide you with invaluable information on how to improve the overall [...]

You may have heard this question before: “Build it or Buy it?” That’s goes around a lot in business schools. In essence, you want to figure out if you are better off making something (a business usually) from scratch as opposed to buying an existing solution. The same concept applies to blogs as well. You [...]

When you hear the phrase “blog monetization,” the first thing that comes to mind is making actuall money from your blog. But sometimes, you make money as a result of your blog and not directly from it. For instance, Google Adsense could be a direct way to monetize your blog. You put ads up on [...]

Blogging is all about having fun and also providing valuable content to your users to keep them coming back for more. But nothing is done for free really. You can’t expect to make a living out of your blog if you don’t plan on how to monetize it. Many professional bloggers have 4 or 5 [...]

Now this is the mother of all questions when it comes to blogging. How often should you really post to your blog? A lot of beginner bloggers, only create a post a week or so, which is absolutely fine. But when you have one post a week, you are in a serious disadvantage to your [...]

I remember when I started blogging. I was so excited that I wanted to write about everything and anything. Of course, my goal at the time was to make as much money to be able to quit my daily job and start a startup. I worked 10 hours a day at a great company and [...]