John Chow has released his August 2007 income report, and it is pretty amazing. The summer is usually a rough time for bloggers, as advertising income drops to record lows, but not for John Chow as August saw him bring in $17,828.61.
To put that into perspective, that is half a year of my income, generated [...]
One of the smartest posts I have read recently comes from JohnCow.com called “We Got Fired!” where Bob writes about spreading himself too thin, and getting rid of certain projects. What is ever better is his usage of a point system to decide what stays and what goes. It is a little difficult to be [...]
Darren Rowse, as part of his 31 Days to a Better Blog project, posted about finding a sponsor for your blog, something he has a fair bit of experience with.
He gives some great tips in the post, but one stood out to me more than the others:
If you have a smaller blog and haven’t had [...]
Over on Blogging Tips, Kelby Carr has put out a post that gives some details pertaining to the Google Sandbox.
I didn’t realize how many people did not understand the concept of the Sandbox. The Sandbox is basically a zone that a new site sits in until Google decides it is quality, and should be properly [...]
A crazy long title from Darren today with his view on how commenting on other blogs can hurt your blog’s brand.
Most of them have to do with being lazy, or spamming, but they are still great things to keep in mind when you are commenting on someone else’s blog.
2. Excessive Self Linking - The practice [...]