By Chris on Nov 13, 2007 in Blogs, Hints & Tips | Comments Off
Over at the Blog Herald, Lorelle shares ‘Three Lessons That Will Change Your Blog’ The lesson which struck a chord with me most was lesson 2 – Blog Like Your Life Depended upon it: How would your blogging change if you blogged as if your life depended upon it? For some, especially those who turn [...]
By Chris on Nov 13, 2007 in Blogs | 2 Comments
Here’s a quick and easy question for you – which feed do you read first each morning? I’m a Mac Nerd, so my first read (almost without fail) is John Gruber’s Daring Fireball. What about you? Do you have a favourite feed to start the day with? A news site maybe? Or perhaps a Technorati [...]
By Chris on Nov 12, 2007 in Blogs | 2 Comments
ProBlogger Darren Rowse makes the point that he would still blog, even if he had enough money that he didn’t have to: “Five years ago when I started blogging (5 years this month actually) I did so on a whim to see what would happen. The thought that it’d end up being a full time job [...]
By Chris on Nov 12, 2007 in Blogs, Featured, Hints & Tips | 1 Comment
To make any sort of money in blogging, you have to have readers. Regular readers are great, wonderful even, but there is value in the one-off visitor. Increasing your readership is not just about your (presumably great) content. I’d say about 40% of blogging is marketing. There are plenty of tips out there on marketing [...]
By Chris on Nov 10, 2007 in Blogs, Featured | 4 Comments
This is the first in what will be a series analysing some of the larger “make money online” blogs. For many, Darren Rowse’ Problogger is the quintessential example of making money from Blogging. Problogger is well written, with good content which people want to read, is monetized well, and is well known – both on and [...]