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If you’ve been following my series on blogging for profit, you’ll now have a high quality blog with a growing audience in a well-defined niche. But how do you turn that into revenue? In this final post in the series, I’ll examine that question. I’ll explore the options for monetizing your blog, and identify what our […]
To many, Twitter is the scariest and most overwhelming of the social networks. Yet, it is a powerful B2B marketing tool that just about any business should take advantage of – as long as you use it correctly. We’ve talked about how to use Instagram to generate leads on this blog, but this article will focus instead […]
A blog is nothing without great content. You can spend all the time you like configuring social media, adding advertising, and sharing your content. But if that content isn’t great, you won’t get an audience. So far in this series about blogging, we’ve identified the importance of having a niche and looked at configuring your blog […]
In the first post in this series about blogging with WordPress (and making money from it!), I looked at how you can find a niche for your blog if you want to make money from it. In this second part, I’ll walk you through the process of getting your blog ready to go. You may […]
It’s the mother of all cushy jobs, isn’t it? Start a blog, find an audience, and watch the dollars roll in! I’m sure everyone who runs a blog sometimes dreams of quitting the day job and becoming a full-time blogger. Except full-time blogging isn’t as easy as it seems. Like so many “dream” jobs, the reason […]
If you want to write articles about trending topics, then trying to keep up-to-date with everything happening in your niche can be a full-time job in itself. Fortunately, there are tools and techniques available that can help make this process easier. Content about trending topics is beneficial because you know that what you’re writing about is […]
After 14 years of blogging with MovableType, Andy Baio has relaunched Waxy.org on WordPress. Baio’s media and technology blog has been a continual source of original content about life on the internet and how it affects our culture. The migration includes 472 posts and 15,891 entries from his sideblog Waxy Links. Waxy.org played a small part in WordPress.org’s early history. …
If you use WordPress for blogging you almost certainly want more reader comments. Posts that get a lot of comments feel successful, while those that fail to generate a conversation sometimes feel like wasted effort. Comments are a form of validation. They let you know that your readers are engaging with your content and that your writing is worth responding …
Having different contributors to your blog is a good thing. It allows different voices to be heard; different perspectives. But what if their content misses the mark? What do you do if the writing is great but the content isn’t resonating? Keyword research is one way to address this issue. Visitor surveys are another. Basically, the more feedback you can …
