What if your blog disappeared? Not because of some hiccup or snafu. But because your free blogging service decided you were doing something wrong and simply shut you down? That’s what happened with Tumblr users recently: The protections afforded by intellectual property law have immensely benefitted technology companies, but that doesn’t mean that they’re not…
Category Archives: Blogging for Beginners
How to Start a Blog and Hangin’ with the Big Girls
I got invited to be on the Cher Rue show, an online show for “big girls” who love the way they are and who are really dedicated to serving that market. And I’m just a total interview whore so of course I said yes. We had a lot of fun, as you’ll see if you…
The Simple Secret to Writing Better Blog Posts (for New Bloggers… and Beyond)
This is a guest post by Melinda Brennan Newbie bloggers tend to have two main questions. They’re either asking “How do I set up my blog?” (technical issues) or “What do I write about?” (subjects and topics). But what trips up so many new bloggers is something they never expected in the thrill of setting…
5 Simple Ways to Increase the Reach of Your Blog
This is a guest post by Henri Junttila. We all want our blogs to be more popular. There’s a lot of content out there that will help you with just that, but what they often lack is personal experience. The 5 simple ways I am about to share are strategies I myself have used to…
The Blogger’s Guide to Brain Surgery
How many times have you heard about blogging: it’s not brain surgery? As in, it’s not supposed to be that hard. Problem is, most of what you read about blogging makes assumptions you don’t know. Imagine trying to read something about better blog SEO and you don’t know what SEO means. And in the post it…
Six Ways To Get People Tweeting About Your Blog Launch
This is guest post from Sid Savara and Srinivas Rao. “Success always comes when preparation meets opportunity” – Henry Hartman How many blogs do you have? Just one? Multiple? Are you already planning on launching another this year? Many of us will launch multiple blogs in our careers. There are many places you can look…
What is Blogging?
What is blogging, really? Absurd as it seems, I think this is worth exploring, even if you’ve been doing it for a while already. We all have our conceptions about it, and you’d be surprised at how many ways there are to look at it. So humor me as I go over some various ways…
7 Things (and 3 Questions) Professional Coaches Must Know Before Starting to Blog
This is a guest post by Christine Livingston. So, you’re a coach and you’ve started to hear about blogging and social media. You see other coaches – me, for example – embracing this weird new world, and you wonder whether it’s really something you need to be getting into or not. Here’s a run-down on…
Evaluating Blog Niches According to Emotional Pull
David Risley’s been releasing some great free content on the way to launching his Blog Masters Club, which I’m a compensated affiliate for. If you haven’t downloaded the Six Figure Blogger Blueprint, do that, but also check out today’s video on the Psychology of Blog Niches. I really like how in this video he talks…
The Blueprint to Six-Figure Blogging (Free Download)
If you’re struggling to make your blog succeed, you should know David Risley has just released a free guide to real money-making blogging, called the Blueprint to Six-Figure Blogging. I suggest you go grab it immediately. Making money from blogging is no joke. People succeed at it all the time. If you haven’t reached your dreams…
Recent Acts of Guest Postery
Guest posting rocks. I wrote a couple guest posts recently that I’d like to share with you. Is This Magic Word Missing from Your Marketing? over at Blog For Profit. BfP just redesigned on Headway and it’s lookin’ pretty sweet. To celebrate the relaunch, Grant asked for guest posts and I was happy to oblige…
The Ultimate Guide to Blogging Income
One of the most powerful leaps you can make for your own success is to stop thrashing around making all the same mistake as everyone else, and start educating yourself. I don’t mean educate yourself by reading random blog posts here and there (unless they’re mine, of course ), but by engaging in a structured,…
WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org – The Definitive Overview for Business
Do you feel as though blogging is more complex than it’s been made out to be? When you’re new to blogging, choosing a blogging service or software is overwhelming. Many people never even learn that there’s a version of WordPress you can put on your own domain. The dot com version of WordPress is the…
The 10 Smartest Things You Can Do to Promote Your New Blog
This is a guest post by Christian Russell. The beginning phase of a new blog is the most fun, isn’t it? You’ve come up with a great idea. You’ve done your research, and you are confident that your new blog idea is going to rock. There’s a market, there are people spending money in that…
How to Brand and Name Your Blog
There are three ways to pick a name for your blog: Personal Keyword Brand Personal: Naming Your Blog After Yourself Seth Godin’s blog does not have a name. It doesn’t need to. I mean, he’s Seth Freakin’ Godin. That’s the name that matters. It’s just Seth’s Blog. Some people are their brand: Seth Godin, Chris…
Should You Have a Blogroll?
A blogroll is a list of links to other blogs you read and like. Many blogs have them, and they’re one of those “bloggy” things that make blogs what they are. Many bloggers create them without much thought going into who’s on it or how the blogroll serves the readers of the blog. Some blogrolls…
How to Set Up A Blog (For the Long Run)
Wouldn’t it be great if you could start something knowing that you couldn’t fail? When you first get into blogging, you’re faced with a dilemma: the more you learn, the less likely it is you’ll get going and commit. The less you learn, the more likely it is you’re going to just take the plunge–but…
How to Decide What Your Blog Should Be About When You have Many Interests
Are you interested in many different things, and have a hard time choosing just one? If so, you may feel it’s impossible to ever have a great blog about a single subject. Well, who says you have to have a blog about a single subject? The conventional blogging wisdom says that you should choose a…
How to Sell from Your Blog (The Ultra-Basics)
If you can’t see the video in your email or reader, please watch it on the blog. I believe anyone can sell from their blog. Selling products (like WordPress SEO Secrets) or services (like Blog Consulting) from your blog will make you far more money than AdSense. In order to sell from your blog you…
How to Get Started Blogging: Crash Course in 2.5 Hours
Free video streaming by Ustream If you can’t see the video, watch it on the blog Last night I spent over 2 hours dropping knowledge on blogging for a live audience. How? Ustream. Ustream is for live broadcasting over the web. You can record your broadcast for later, as you can see above. We covered…
Why Blog Marketing is Cheap Marketing
Blog marketing is marketing of a business with a blog, and it’s about the cheapest form of marketing you can do. You don’t need to spend any money on expensive print, radio, or television advertising where you have no idea of its effectiveness. With blog marketing, you don’t even need to spend money on internet…
Why Can’t I Be You? Why Comparisons Are Bad For Your Blog Health
This is a guest post by Alex Fayle of Someday Syndrome. Envy and jealously thrive in the blogosphere despite the usually glowing messages of support that fly back and forth. Every time someone announces achieving a new level of social media success, outwardly many people say “Yay!” and inwardly say “Why isn’t that me!?!” That’s…
Blog Conversion ‘Splained
If you can’t see the video, watch it on the blog. In this video I ‘splain all about blog conversion. The two resources I mention in the video are Aweber for managing email lists and the Thesis theme for WordPress.
Blog Pages, Posts, Categories, and Tags… HELP!
When should you use a blog page instead of a post? How do you know what should be a category versus a tag? After this post, you will know exactly what to do. I’ve received questions about this from readers and clients this week about pages vs. posts and categories vs. tags, so I wanted…
Flavors of Internet Marketing Explained
Affiliate Marketing Affiliate marketing is the marketing and selling of products and services online for a portion of the profits. By becoming an affiliate for a product or company, an affiliate marketer (called an affiliate) can use the producer’s marketing resources (such as ads and email copy) to sell the product or service. Affiliate links…
The Blog Launch Formula
The Top 10 Ways to NOT Launch a Blog
Write a bunch of posts but never tell anyone you have a blog. Write one post, tell everybody you started a blog, then don’t write anything for a month. Fill your blog with every conceivable form of cheap advertising so that it drowns out your one lonely little post. Do not think about what your…
Recent Blog Launch? Submit Your New Blog Here and Jumpstart Your Blog Traffic!
Note: Comments on this post are now closed. This post had 135 comments and 25 Trackbacks (Trackbacks are still open). This is much better than the first one of these I did last year. If you check out some of the comments you’ll see people really benefited. But at this point, it’s time to close…
How to Begin Blogging When You Don’t Know Where to Start
Guest post by Dave Navarro. You know that building an authority blog is a powerful way to create a steady stream of new business. The right posts, the right content … it can all position you to have your best year ever. But what do you do when you’re not a writer at heart –…
My Newest Ebook – How to Start a Business Website and Hire a Web Designer
I’ve been secretly slaving away on a new ebook that’s now ready: How to Start a Business Website and Hire a Web Designer. It’s written for beginners. Rather than present an overwhelming set of choices and options when it comes to getting a website and hiring a designer, I present only a few of the…
