Posts Tagged Blogging

If you've blogged for any amount of time, you've seen them: comments that strangely have no substance at all. There are words there, yes, but why did someone take the time to type something that really adds no value? It's called comment spam, and the more popular your blog is, the more of it you get. "But wait," I hear the spammers saying. "I actually took the time to write ... Keep reading »

You'll never get rich blogging. 18 months ago that was the very first thing I wrote on this blog, and I still think it's true. However, that's no reason not to make some money from your blog. Depending on what you're blogging about, even 10,000 to 15,000 monthly visitors could earn you $5,000 or more annually. Not enough to quit a job on, but who couldn't use an extra $416.67 every month? So what I want ... Keep reading »

That's the title of one of the best articles I've ever read and you can find it over at Meta Best Blog Win. Great advice in a great format. A big thanks to Free Lancer for pointing it out.

Developing a sense of community among your readers not only helps your readership grow faster, but it also keeps people coming back more often. I realize, though, that some of you would rather only your mother read your blog (and through a feed reader no less), so for those readers I'm excited to present two quick, easy ways to make sure your blog grows very slowly. Don't Respond to Comments This one works great! ... Keep reading »

Most of the blogging business models you read about sound great, but aren't actually grounded in reality. Yaro has one tonight that's worth a read, though. Check out How To Launch a Niche Blogging Business.

Last month I wrote about how important it is to learn from others who are already successful. Well, this month I decided to make that a little easier for you to do. Here is a roundup of all the posts I've found so far where bloggers listed their earnings for October. Click the dollar figure to see their details. Shoemoney (~$30,000) Direct Ad Sales: 50% Affiliate: 30% Other: 20% John Chow ($23,448.59) Direct Ad Sales: ... Keep reading »

I wrote last week that you can learn a lot by looking at the public stats of those who are already successful. Well, an article in Sunday's San Francisco Chronicle reveals that A-List blog TechCrunch makes $240,000 a month with about 1.25 million unique visitors. That's $0.19 per visitor. You have to dig deeper into those stats to get the real story, though. The 1.25 million visitors comes from comScore, who in ... Keep reading »

When trying to drive traffic to your site, bloggers are your best friends. Not only can they drive some great traffic with just a mention on their site, but when they link to you search engines take notice. Right now, nothing beats a good link from a blog. So how do you get them to mention your site? Get Their Attention If you've got a great site, this might be all you have to ... Keep reading »

You may have run across the scheme circulating now that allows you to quickly move up in the Technorati Favorites ranking if everyone plays along. Darren weighed in on that yesterday, and now he's clarifying his position after receiving quite a bit of negative backlash. Keep reading »

Alright, I know many of you are dying to make some money with your blog despite my advice to be patient, so I figured I'd throw you a bone today and list the top 10 blogs that I've found about making money by blogging. First, though, this was a surprisingly hard list to come up with -- partly because I tried to limit it to making money with blogs in particular (not just any website), but mostly because most people who start a blog about making money online do it to make money online. That don't actually have a ton of experience doing it, so they're not going to be able to teach you much. It only makes sense if you think about it, though. If I know how to really make money online, am I going to spend my time telling you, or am I going to spend that time making more money? Keep reading »