Archive for May, 2010
5 Reasons Why Your Blog Sucks
1. Your post titles suck.
As the saying goes, first impressions count. They count when you’re out on your first date, when you go for a job interview, and when you try to get a website visitor to read past the first line of your blog post.
Nowadays, with many visitors arriving at blogs through advertising [...]
Automate your blog commenting campaigns
An important aspect of blogging is that it is a two-way, peer-to-peer communication medium. To get your blog read by others, you must actively engage your readers and build mutually beneficial relationships with other bloggers.
One way to get others to know about your blog is to leave comments on their blogs. I regularly [...]
The gift of failure
Many people are afraid of trying new things because they’re afraid of failing. Perhaps we’re afraid to fail because we’ve been conditioned all our lives, by our parents, teachers, coaches, and peers, to avoid failing. Perhaps we’ve managed to achieve a track record of successes which we do not want to be blemished [...]
Hire a blogging coach?
Did you know you could hire a blogging coach who will teach you all the ins and outs of blogging and, presumably, help you become the six-figure-income “pro” blogger that you’ve always dreamed about? To me the idea of hiring someone to teach you how to blog seems a little odd; you don’t need to [...]
