There are lots of ways to become a better blogger, but few ways are as good as one-on-one time with bloggers who have been very successful. Of course, securing time with the likes of Aaron Wall and Neil Patel is a pipe dream for most people. They're succesful in part because they don't get distracted from the main thing -- and that main thing usually doesn't involve talking to every single person who wants to talk to them. So ... Keep reading »
I'm frequently asked some form of this question: I want to make a living online, but I'm just starting out. What's the number one skill I should develop? There are many skills that you can make a living online with -- there's no magic combination -- so I think I've answered most often that you should just try out several different things and see which you like and are the best at. However, I have realized that there is indeed one skill ... Keep reading »
Andrew points to a Wall Street Journal article today about how Google is looking into a number of ways to maintain profitability during tough economic times and speculates: As Google struggles to keep its earnings growing, another place the company will look is to squeeze its content partners. All it has to do is dial back the revenue share it provides to content publishers. That includes domain name owners. Since Google has essentially killed ... Keep reading »
Chris is going to try site flipping and Jay has posted 5 Reasons Why Flipping New Sites Is Better Than Keeping Them. Those are two good posts amongst all the noise about site flipping from people trying to sell you training programs on their "secret techniques," and good posts are hard to find on this topic. So as someone who's both bought and held sites and bought and flipped them, I wanted to give you my perspective on site ... Keep reading »
I routinely write things free-form as the thoughts roll out of my mind and then save them to come back to later and polish up. I found this one today as I was going through my drafts and was amazed to find that a) I had written so much as it fell out of my head and b) that it was just a few days short of a year ago. I've already kind of answered the question for me in ... Keep reading »
Amazing themes that you can download for free is one of the biggest reasons why I love WordPress -- and every week there are more and more available. Smashing Magazine regularly compiles lists of some of the best, but as with anything on the web the landscape is always changing. Themes come and themes go. So today I wanted to create a list of my favorite free WordPress themes that are available right now. I'll also ... Keep reading »
If your site was deleted from the Google index would anyone other than you notice and care? That was a quote from Aaron in "How Does the Algorithm View Your Website?", and nothing has ever rang more true to me. See, I had a site in the same mold as so many others that I had had success with. It was a very easy model for making great money: find a ... Keep reading »
In an interview about his new book in the latest issue of Fortune, 50 Cent hits on exactly what's wrong with 95% of independent online businesses: People...live too much in the now. They go for what makes them comfortable right then instead of the future. His co-author continues: Whenever he has a business decision, he doesn't concern himself with the upfront money; he's thinking three years down the line. Too many ... Keep reading »
When you're trying to make enough money online to quit your day job, few things are as helpful as spending some time talking with someone who's done it. Alan LeStourgeon from Affiliate Confession is one of those guys -- and one of the good ones. He was kind enough to take some time right in the middle of packing for his vacation to let me interview him about ... Keep reading »
Many people believe that if they show only partial posts in their RSS feeds that more people will come back to their site to read the whole thing. Dumb. Let's suppose for a second that your content is as good as Shoemoney's or Aaron Wall's. Know what they found when they went to partial feeds? Same thing that everyone finds. People hate it, and they let you ... Keep reading »
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