For many people, it is not the blog that brings about a change in the person’s life, but instead the secondary benefits of blogging. Secondary benefits include book deals, invitations to speak at conferences, free products to review, and even employment opportunities. I haven’t yet experienced most of the above list, but I have watched [...]
One of the things that happens to bloggers far too often is writer’s block. People run out of ideas, and almost always it is because they did not plan ahead. Once you select a niche, you need to spend some time mapping out your ideas, goals, and things you need to do. For this site, [...]
With many well known bloggers, you might notice them going off on a tangent from time to time. John Chow writes about his meals at restaurants, and over on Shoemoney you might run into posts about fighting. These off topic posts have created a decent amount of flack for both bloggers, but at the same [...]
This is just a quick reminder on the importance of choosing a hosting service when you are creating a new blog. Don’t under estimate the bandwith requirements of your new blog because you’ll never know when it will hit or miss. It’s better to be sure than be sorry. Here’s the story. When I created [...]
Daily Blog Tips is currently running a very useful posts on 101 Ways to Promote a New Blog. Although most of the tips are proven to work in promoting a new blog, some actually are easier said than done. It’s a great list and I would have to commend the guest blogger for coming up [...]