12 Startling Design Considerations For Your Blog

You probably read many blogs, books and other content that tells you how to build a great blog. Often this advice is contradictory! The opinions of bloggers are based on their experiences and what works for them. This blog included! So it’s refreshing to find some real empirical evidence that can tell us how people [...]

My Favored Affiliate Platform: PayDotCom

I expect that you will be wanting to make cash from your blog - why not convert your readers into customers for what is really a few minutes work and little effort?
Promote products that are relevant to your niche, and you could see the money rolling in.
Heck, I hate hype (with a passion), so I [...]

Choosing The Right Blogging Tools and Widgets

Blogging Tools and Widgets are almost always free. So why not pile them on and fill your boots with every tool and widget out there? ‘Less is more’ applies to blogs, too!
There are many free blogging tools on the market, but loading up your blog with all of the free accessories that you can find [...]

Is a Great Idea Enough Reason to Blog?

Is your idea strong enough to carry your blog to success?
Because there are so many blogs and web sites about blogs on the internet, it can be a real challenge to distinguish your blog from all of the others. Whether you are starting up a new website aimed at bloggers or whether you are looking [...]

How To Exorcise the Curse of Comment Spam

Comment Spam is a Pain in the Ass.
It consumes time and energy just dealing with it - that is - reviewing each comment and deciding if it spam, and then tagging it as spam.
If you’ve suffered it, you’ll know what I mean.
Thankfully, there is a Wordpress plugin that removes 99% of spam - Akismet (http://akismet.com/ [...]

How to Approach Learning Blogging Software

It’s real easy, if you take it easy!
Most blogging software is specifically designed to be simple to use and maintain, but even the least intimidating blogging system can feel very overwhelming to somebody who has not spent a lot of time learning the ins and outs of different kinds of software. Particularly for newer bloggers, [...]

Blogging for Profit Begins With a Long Term Plan

So you want to blog for profit?
You won’t be the only person dreaming of blogging for profit, and this goal is not far beyond the reach of someone with average intelligence, a willingness to work hard, and a basic grasp of blogging technology. However, very few people manage to reap the profits they want from [...]

‘The Roadmap To Become A Blogger’ report launched!

Yaro Starak and Gideon Shalwick have just launched their new report on how to become a blogger!
And it is amazing!
This is a totally free report 0 which sets out the future standard for blogs, and the news is that multimedia will be king. The days of successful pure-text blogs could be over!
Download the report [...]

If You Were Wondering What Your Blog Must Do, Then Listen To Seth Godin

Blogging… blogging… hmmmm…. what must your blog DO?
Well Seth Godin on his blog answers this question, beautifully. It’s all about making connections. His post (http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/11/how-to-make-mon.html  ) is the best I’ve read so far in succinctly explaining what, if you want to make money, you must do with your blog. Make a connection, make a [...]

The Three Types of Blogger

There are Three Types of Blogger. Which are you? Find out here…
There is the Rambler – this is a blogger who mutters their thoughts online without any real purpose other than to spread their thoughts. Ramblers are the schoolkids that share their love stories and fascinations with the latest band. They are the artistic types [...]