Archive for the 'General' Category

The King of professional blogging is probably the Australian blogger Darren Rowse. He's one of the first people to write about professional blogging, as well as running his digital photography school blog, and being seriously involved in b5 media. When he asks a question, people take him seriously. Recently, in response to Seth Godin, Darren wrote a post about whether there is a new breed of bloggers who are blogging primarily for the money, and whether ...

With all the rave about niche blogging and linking only to related sites, bloggers are overlooking a powerful marketing tool. Sure, its great to get targeted niche traffic but some niches are universally appealing to most readers. Some of these universal niches include: Personal Finance, Career, Parenting, Education, Health and Fitness, Self-Improvement. etc. If your blog belong to one of these niches, there's a technique that I call "blurb exchange" that may be useful to promote your blog traffic. What's a blurb? A blurb ...

A couple of weeks ago, I was approached by a blogger whom I greatly respect about a freelance writing position for a software company's blog. I checked out the company and felt that I could do a good job writing for them, so we started our negotiation process. One of the first question that came up was how much do I want (the gig is paid per accepted post). Since I haven't consulted for ...

Each month, I will be doing a short review to say thank you to all the readers, contributors, and referrers. Contributors Thank you to the following individuals for contributing content to Blogthority: Paidtwice of I've Paid For This Twice Already... Plonkee of Plonkee Money Top Referrers I am thankful for every visitor sent. Although I can't list all referrers, I'd like to list the top 10 here: My Two Dollars Moolanomy Inside AdSense Quest For Four Pillars The Financial Blogger ProBlogger Being Frugal Gather Little By Little uberdose 2.0 Small ...

Over the past few weeks, my friends and I wrote about different aspects of blogging and how to position your blog more successful. In this post, I would like to take a step back and talk about how to start a blog. Specifically, I will discuss how to start a self-hosted WordPress blog since we already established that it's one of the best platforms to start on. Photo by rocatis via Flickr Please note the discussion ...

One of my favourite metablogs, Skelliewag, recently published a post saying that, in blogging, your writing style is not as important as your ability to get your ideas across, and that traditional print writing style can be a hindrance in blogging.   Photo by incurable_hippie via Flickr I think Skellie is half right. Blog writing style is different to the various print writing styles - it's usually shorter for a start. If you're writing an informative post, it ...

In my "12 Essential Companion Accounts for a Successful Blog" article, Lisa from Greener Pastures asked: "I am on the free Blogspot Software, but I notice everyone keeps mentioning Wordpress. Could you talk more about this? I'm thinking I should convert, but wanted to keep my budget on this project as minimal as possible." Instead of answering by saying why Wordpress is good, or why Blogspot (Blogger) is bad, I have asked a few of my friends ...

Each month, I will be doing a short review to say thank you to all the readers, contributors, and referrers. Contributors Thank you to the following individuals for contributing content to Blogthority: Paidtwice of I've Paid For This Twice Already... Plonkee of Plonkee Money My Two Dollars of My Two Dollars Four Pillars of Quest For Four Pillars Top Referrers I am thankful for every visitor sent. Although I can't list all referrers, I'd like to list the top 10 here: Moolanomy My Two ...

Every blogger starts at the same place - a theme you chose and your first article. But once you start writing and getting your groove, you will want to do more for your blog to help promote it and follow it's growth. Although there is a ton of advice available on what every blog should have, these 5 items that I have chosen are a good place to start if you are just starting a ...

If you hit publish, have every expectation that your work will never die - especially if you'd rather that it did. Wisebread - A Case in Point Just the other day, a group blog that I subscribe to, Wisebread, posted an article about a photographer's business model. Essentially, one of the writers had paid for professional photography and then - despite the terms of the agreement - made copies of the prints. Like copying and sharing music ...

If you are planning to start a blog to make money on the web, you need to read this. I am not referring to people that have some tangible products or services to sell and want to start a web site as the digital storefront. I am talking about entrepreneurial people who felt that they can make money online by putting together some blog posts along with affiliate links, Google AdSense and ...