13
2020
How to Sell Your Content and Create a Separate Source of Income
As a publisher, you produce content because you want it to be seen. Generating traffic for that is the first aspect here. At the same time, you also want to optimize the ads on your site in order to maximize your monetization potential. Hence, figuring out how to monetize the traffic becomes the second aspect. You can’t just be tossing up random ads anywhere hoping for the best to happen. It takes the right tools […]
9
2020
4 Reasons Why You Should Start a Blog in the New Year
At a recent Christmas party a friend asked me a series of rapid-fire questions about blogging. “Do you think I should start a blog this year? Or have I missed the boat with blogging? If blogging is still relevant, how could it benefit me? I guess I’m trying to work out… why should I start a blog?” My friend isn’t the only one asking these kinds of questions. At the start of every year a […]
4
2020
Pro Blogging Tip: Stop Being Lazy
A few moments ago I felt a little fear in the worthiness department. One neat little episode showed I still feel a tiny bit unclear or unworthy in some regard. This is OK; virtually every human being feels unclear, not worthy and not deserving at least a LITTLE bit because we get programmed with these fears as kids, from most people around us. Either I could get angry, upset, annoyed or embarrassed about the emotions […]
26
2019
1 Incredibly Powerful Concept in Making Money through Blogging
Just about everyone can use an infusion of cash during an emergency. Knowing where to turn when something out of the ordinary occurs is important. Fortunately, there are lenders who offer loans for emergency In many instances, they can process loan applications quickly and have the money in the client’s account in 24 hours or less. For finance and money bloggers, this can be a perfect opportunity to not only get some new traffic and […]
26
2019
Should You Blog Anonymously or Use Your Real Name?
This post is based on episode 122 of the ProBlogger podcast. One of the decisions you face when starting a blog is whether or not to use your real name. It can be a tricky decision, because there are pros and cons to whatever you decide. You can choose anything from ‘no anonymity’ through to ‘full anonymity’. For instance, you could: Blog under your real name and promote it prominently on your blog. This is what I […]
19
2019
How to Handle Critical and Attacking Comments from Blog Readers
How do you deal with criticism? When you put yourself out there as a blogger, the feedback you get isn’t always as constructive as you’d like. It can even verge on being an aggressive or personal attack. While I’ve only experienced it a handful of times in my blogging career, it can be difficult to deal with. So what can you do if it happens to you? Well, you can always look at the bright side. […]
17
2019
Blogging Tip: How Should You Pitch Companies?
Why? 100%, you focus on scarcity. Where your energy and focus goes, grows. Focus on scarcity. Tune in to scarcity. Aka, no money. Aka, no clients. Have you ever seen bloggers who seem to kill themselves for 18 hours daily and do not make a cent. Said bloggers work harder and harder and harder to see 0 dollars. But after working even, harder, and not seeing paying customers buy their courses and eBooks, a light […]
12
2019
Why 2020 Is the Right Time to Reinvent Your Digital Strategy
Mark Zeni Next-generation technologies are affecting the way businesses can get value from the information they generate and process. The global pace of change is growing rapidly each year and 2020 can be a truly disruptive year. Let’s find out what opportunities innovation gives, what risks you should consider, and what concrete steps you can take to benefit from the upcoming changes in the digital world. Obviously, people have never had so many powerful technology […]
12
2019
Are Blog Comments Still Worthwhile … Or Are They a Waste of Time?
A decade ago, new bloggers were often advised to leave comments on other blogs to start building traffic to their own blog. But is it still worth doing? For years, there’s been a lot of debate in the blogging world about comments. Plenty of big blogs have disabled (and sometimes re-enabled) comments on their blogs, often due to spam or the time spent moderating comments. With the rise of social media, many readers turn to […]
5
2019
How to Rekindle Your Blogging Enthusiasm
Have you hit a slump in your blogging? Perhaps you haven’t posted anything in weeks or even months because your enthusiasm for the topic has gone and you’re finding it hard to be consistent. Or maybe you have been posting regularly, but are now starting to feel fed up, exhausted, or even burned out. Here are six ways to turn things around. #1: Take a Proper Break from Blogging If your blogging enthusiasm has been waning […]