Let me begin with an anecdote. Mary was actively involved in community service. She became the president of United Way of King County ? a non-profit community organization – in 1975. Mary would...
Creating a good looking site and listing it in a CSS gallery has become a reasonably well known strategy for getting traffic. Being a designer I have had the chance to try this technique quite a few times and...
Many bloggers have lived through this scenario: they start off their blog with a flurry of posts, with a lot of enthusiasm. But once that enthusiasm dies down, posting slows to a trickle, with every real post...
Tomorrow’s Star Bloggers Talk About Bloggin
Well, growing traffic will take patience, and you won’t get a flood of new visitors overnight (at least, not without some luck). But you can do things that will start to get you noticed, and start to get some...
Too often bloggers focus on themselves – blogging is a form of journaling, right? – or on making money, on advertisers, on marketing, or on social media. As a result, if they attract a reader, they...
“Simplify, simplify, simplify.” – Henry David Thoreau (who would have made an excellent blog writer) How much of your blog is actually useful content, compared to stuff about your blog, about your cat...
Here’s the deal: you are your own brand, and your blog is the product you produce. The way people think about you will change the way they think about your blog. If your readers perceive you as an...
First, you need to realize that all the time you might spend checking your blog stats and optimizing your ads and redesigning your site and optimizing it for search engines and submitting it to high-ranking...
Keeping a posting schedule consistent can at times be a little taxing. There are those days when you don’t feel particularly inspired or driven or perhaps you simply don’t have the time. Hopefully you will...
Let me begin with an anecdote. Mary was actively involved in community service. She became the president of United Way of King County ? a non-profit community organization – in 1975. Mary would passionately tell...
Many bloggers have lived through this scenario: they start off their blog with a flurry of posts, with a lot of enthusiasm. But once that enthusiasm dies down, posting slows to a trickle, with every real post matched by...
Well, growing traffic will take patience, and you won’t get a flood of new visitors overnight (at least, not without some luck). But you can do things that will start to get you noticed, and start to get some traffic...
Too often bloggers focus on themselves – blogging is a form of journaling, right? – or on making money, on advertisers, on marketing, or on social media. As a result, if they attract a reader, they have...
Here’s the deal: you are your own brand, and your blog is the product you produce. The way people think about you will change the way they think about your blog. If your readers perceive you as an authoritative source...
Keeping a posting schedule consistent can at times be a little taxing. There are those days when you don’t feel particularly inspired or driven or perhaps you simply don’t have the time. Hopefully you will have had the...
There are millions of blogs out there, and getting noticed amid the cacophony of such a noisy and active crowd is the key problem for any new blogger. In January 2007, I started Zen Habits, and at first I thought there...
We might spend some time pondering the direction of our careers, our families and our personal development, but what about the direction of our blogs? With the New Year fast approaching, I want to share a short...
I’ve mentioned “Business Models” a few times now, I even have a category of posts under the name, but what is a Business Model? A model is something you use to depict or understand something much bigger. So remember in...
I have heard quite a few business ideas in my time and I have had more than my fair share. Through it all I have realised one thing. Ideas are cheap. In fact they are a dime a dozen. Everyone has ideas and I would even...
Today – October 15th ? is the very first annual Blog Action Day. As the international dateline passes over the world, over fifteen thousand bloggers will be waking up to prepare and post about the environment on...
Online opportunities are not created equal. Although access to the Internet is open to everyone, and the cost of publishing your thoughts are minimal, language gives a huge advantage to those who have learned English as...
It’s again the time of year when people start planning their vacations. But not everyone: most bloggers can’t even dream of taking a break. In many ways, bloggers are like entrepreneurs, and the most serious ones...
Finding good domain names can be a difficult thing to do, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Follow these simple steps, and find that perfect domain name. Finding domain names is getting harder by the day and is...
The ability to talk with a network of bloggers — and maybe even some high profile ones — is an incredible boon for any blogger. Dialogues with other bloggers can result in good advice, answered questions, links...
Every blogger would love to wake up on Christmas morning to find a few gifts under their tree. Whether you go with Word Press, Typepad, or something in between, this holiday might provide an opportunity to reflect on...
Despite the fact that blog themes abound all over the web, strangely blog design on the whole isn’t exactly the pinnacle of aesthetics. So it’s nice to come across blogs that are slick, sharp and sound in their design...
From 2000-7000 Readers in Five Fast Weeks.After the rocketing success of those two first weeks, momentum continued our growth to just over 3000 readers in what was only our third week of existence. For a few moments it...
Liam Cavanagh
