Your business and your blog are very tightly linked together because the direction of your business is also the direction of your blog. Your blog is your main marketing channel and you’re going to use it to communicate with the people who need your help. You need to understand your customer and solve a particular…

If you can’t see the video in your email or reader, you can watch it here. Nearly all of my clients live too far away for me to ever meet with them in person. Feelgood Eats author Sue Bette has been living in California but is moving to Vermont in a few weeks. She was…

The Wealthy Freelancer is the newest successful client project of mine. Steve Slaunwhite, Pete Savage, and Ed Gandia are all successful freelance copywriters in their own right. Each one has a thriving business. Steve and Pete are published authors. The three combine forces in a team blog that features other contributors, as well. They hired…

The more I do blog consulting for a living, the more I am convinced that blogs are, in many ways, a key ingredient in the recipe for a successful small business nowadays. Blogs accomplish so much more than static sites ever could, and they do it so easily. Natural chef Sue Bette offers personal chef…

Can you make a lot of money with AdSense on your blog? Well, like most things in life, that depends. I’m not going to give you any silly unrealistic happy-talk about it, but yeah, you can make decent money with AdSense on a blog–if you choose your niche wisely and write great, informative content. Case…