The Importance of Pictures in your Blog Posts
on Aug 19, 2009 in Getting Traffic blog blogging images using pictures in writing As you may have noticed, I’ve started putting at least one picture in every blog post. I started doing this at first, simply to add some flair to my posts, but now, I’ve realized how many benefits this really gives me. Now, I never do a p...

The Key to Consistent Quality Posts
on Aug 18, 2009 in "How To" Tutorials Content is what separates the contenders from the pretenders. Creative and informative posts are what make a blog successful. But you need more then just quality content, you also need it on a very consistent, constant basis. A site that publishes on...

Turning Casual Viewers into Dedicated Readers
on Aug 17, 2009 in "How To" Tutorials growing your readership how to get traffic return visitors One of the most important parts of any blog, is turning casual viewers, into dedicated readers. The vast majority of visitors to your site, will not return. No matter how many visitors your site averages a day, the ratio of return visits, to new visi...

The Keys to Online Success
on Aug 14, 2009 in "How To" Tutorials Lists How to Blog key make money blogging Make Money Online success I’ve compiled a list, of the different characteristics, attributes, and skills, that I think are the essentials for a  blogger to be successful. I hope you find this list enjoyable and helpful, but most of all, inspiring. Feel free to comment...

Riding the Waves of Page Rank
on Apr 8, 2009 in "How To" Tutorials SEO Page Rank PR Waves When I started this blog in the winter of 07, the blog quickly got a PR of 4, and it stayed that way until I stopped for the summer and it dropped to a 2. In the fall of 08 I started again, and the PR remained a 2 all the way until January-February w...

House Keeping Issues
on Apr 7, 2009 in Rants And I’m back… who knows how long I’ll be back for, but for now I’m back. I know the irony was killing you, of my leaving after writing a post about bloggers leaving. In case you were wondering, I kind of did that on purpose. At least you...

Back from the Dead Bloggers
on Feb 3, 2009 in "How To" Tutorials About a month ago I wrote  a post called RIP bloggers, which became fairly popular. It was a tribute to a list of blogs  that I read, that had died out, either from time, tiredness, or moving on to bigger projects. Well I can now happily claim,...

What Britney Spears can Teach us about Blogging
on Jan 29, 2009 in "How To" Tutorials Interviews with Famous People Blogging Tips britney spears How to Blog Yes that’s right Britney Spears. Continuing with my series on what famous people can teach us about blogging, I saw an article with the search engine results for yahoo.com, on the top searched terms/names of 08. Britney Spears was the winner. B.

What Joe the Plumber can Teach us About Blogging
on Jan 23, 2009 in "How To" Tutorials Interviews with Famous People Blogging Tips Joe the Plumber Viral Effect Joe the Plumber was a guy made famous by John Mccain and Barack Obama during their presidential campaigns. They both kept referring to how they were going to help Joe, and the people like Joe, to have a better life. Whether you enjoy politics or not,...

Thoughts on Guest Posting
on Jan 20, 2009 in "How To" Tutorials Every now and then I get these killer article ideas. When I get them, I have a great mental battle, trying to figure out if I should post the article on my blog, or try and get it on like problogger or dailyblogtips or something. The question I alway...