Avoid Blog Burnout: Unplug. Regularly.

This site covers how to start a blog, build traffic and make money blogging. If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Yes, this is yet another voice chiming in on the NY Times story about bloggers dropping dead from stress… but with a twist.
See, I don’t […]

How A Blogging Routine Can Help You

The key to making money with your blogs is using your time effectively to generate strong content and network with your peers. Here are 10 tips to help you do that in less time.

Where Did The Time Go?

All too often, I start my days by stumbling to my computer, coffee cup in hand, well before the sun is up. Then, after checking email, I realize my coffee is cold and shuffle out of my dungeon-like office only to see that it’s mid-morning and I have nothing to show for my time.
Were […]

AdSense Policy Change

If you’ve been using Google AdSense to monetize your blog, you need to be aware of recent changes in the program’s requirements. Specifically, AdSense publishers are now required to provide a transparent privacy policy informing users that third-party advertisers may use cookies and/or web beacons to collect info and serve targeted ads.
JenSense has a detailed […]

Use A Calendar To Schedule Regular Features

Tired of wondering what you should blog about? Use an editorial calendar to schedule regular features and watch your traffic increase.

6 Simple Steps To Changing Blog Hosts

In response to my invitation for you to request topics for future entries, Pam asked for information about moving her WordPress blog to a new host. Assuming that you’re keeping the same domain name and moving from one self-hosted site to another, it’s a surprisingly simple task that can be accomplished in 6 […]

Why PPC Banner Ads Don’t Make Bloggers Money

I confess I’ve never been much of a fan of banner ads at the top of blogs. I consider them an impediment to readers — visual clutter, if you will, between a reader and what they came looking for.
Interestingly, you won’t find them at the top of the truly big money-making sites like ProBlogger or […]

Know Your Readers To Retain Them

Why do your readers visit your blog? Is it for your content? Or have search engine queries led most there by accident, their visits never lasting more than a few seconds?
There are advantages to knowing why readers read your blog as Wayne Liew explains in this morning’s must read.

From PR0 to PR3 Overnight

I’m almost hesitant to mention this since I never know when to trust whether a G-bar update has really “taken” (much like George’s post-workout shower in Seinfeld).
After waiting three days now, I figured it might be time to point out something: I went from a post-October 2007 Google-slap PR of 0 (Zero) to PR3 […]

Treat Your Blog As A Business

I received the following email today from a fellow blogger (who asked not to be named) in response to my entry on how to write paid reviews worth reading.

Kate, I get the part about more information in reviews and all but if they’re only paying $7 how am I supposed to pay my bills AND […]

How To Increase Readership While You Sleep

This morning’s must read entry is from Moshin at Blogging Bits.
Do you know I have picked up 50 new subscribers during previous two weeks?
That’s probably not very interesting. What’s interesting is that I haven’t posted anything in the past two weeks! (because of illness)
I bet now I’ve got your attention, eh?
He got my attention, […]

Audio Ads And Earning Money At Readers’ Expense

Intent on turning their blogs into money-making endeavors, many bloggers are now turning to audio and video ads as a way to generate income. Recently, I’ve seen several reviews praising this form of advertising, including a plug in today’s Wall Street Journal.
The principle is simple: advertisers bid how much they want to pay to […]

Readers Have Limited Attention Spans

Even if your blog design isn’t like a bad comb over the fact remains that 75% percent of internet users will not view or return to a page that takes longer than 4 seconds to load. Seventy-five percent.
Those huge spikes in traffic which come from someone submitting your site to StumbleUpon, Digg or BloggingZoom are […]

What Are They Saying About Your Site?

When someone else links to your site, it’s always nice to send a “Thank you” either by email or a reciprocal entry linking to something they’ve written, too. Unfortunately, incoming trackbacks are a notoriously unreliable way to keep track of who’s been linking your site.
So when I was reading David at Houmah.com’s page today, […]

5 Quick Ways To Improve Your Traffic Today

Sundays are notoriously slow times in the blogosphere, with many bloggers choosing to give their fingertips (and brains) a day of rest. Even if you’re one of those who like to skip a blogging day now and then, there are still ways you can improve your traffic without sitting down to write an entry.
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