Top 10 Mommy Bloggers to Watch for in 2012

November 22, 2011
mommy-blogger

In the past few years, it’s no secret that blogs created by moms for moms have taken over the web and are continually gaining popularity amongst cyber-parents everywhere. For those performing a juggling act centered around a home, school, work, soccer practice (and the list goes on!), you know that it’s nearly impossible to even [...]

10 reasons why you should be using Google+

November 15, 2011
google plus

Google+ has attracted critics and fans from its very first day of release. Since this summer, Google+ has attracted tens of millions of users, weathering harsh criticism from detractors and proving that it’s a major contender in the social networking market. But even with the large user base, many people approach Google+ with suspicion. I [...]

How to Monetize Your Content

November 1, 2011
monetizing content

Once you’ve got content up on your websites, the most natural question is: How do I monetize this content? The ideal kind of income is passive; where you set up the mechanism and let organic actions (clicking, following a link, entering contact information) bring you cash without you having to be actively involved. There are [...]

How to Keep New Viewers Reading Your Blog

October 25, 2011
new blog readers

Being a blogger is a little like being a salesperson: You have to sell yourself quickly and convincingly to an audience that has heard a million stories before yours and doesn’t have the time to listen to you. New bloggers especially face the challenge of keeping an audience’s attention long enough to persuade them to [...]

How to Build Links After the Google Panda Update

October 11, 2011
google panda

Anyone who knows anything about search engine optimization (SEO) knows the incredible value of link building. Back in the day, before the Google Panda update, linkbuilding was so easy it was practically a joke. You would simply go onto any spam or content farm site, write a joke of a post (perhaps with some high [...]

6 Steps To Increase Guest Posting Volume On Your Blog

September 29, 2011
blog relationships

A great way to make your blog more of a hub for readers is to invite guest bloggers. Guest posting is a win-win situation for you and the guest contributor because you both get something for nothing: You get free content Your guest blogger gets free traffic However, before you go off in a rampage [...]

Cheating the Google Gods; Why Article Marketing Simply Doesn’t Work

September 14, 2011
article-marketing

What is Article Marketing, and Why is it Doomed? A fellow named Matt Cutts has been working for Google for a few years, and he is now the head of Google’s Webspam department. In a recent video he spent some time describing what article marketing is, and what’s wrong with it. According to Matt, article [...]

Defining Your Blogging Self

September 7, 2011
blog voice

Finding your blogging voice can be as difficult as finding your “group” in middle school. You’re trying to find out where you fit in, what allows you to be you, how to best define yourself. And just like in middle school when you tried to fit in with the “popular crowd”, it’s easy to try [...]

5 Tips for Bringing Your Visitors Back

August 30, 2011
website-visitors

As I’ve learned from over 10 years of online marketing, the Internet is a changing game. While bringing in new visitors every day used to be a viable tactic several years, ago, the best way to increase your website’s overall traffic and your revenue stream is to get a steady array of returning visitors. Think [...]

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