Once upon a time, Myspace made it so interesting for us as we were able to communicate with friends, colleagues, and create attractive pages that our connections thought were quite cool. Then blogs took over and the growth created copycats, followers, and eventually an entire industry servicing just that – blogs. Now there are online […]
Seven Ways to Increase Comments on Your Blog
Have you ever noticed how some bloggers get consistently high levels of comments on almost all articles that they write? If you are not getting similar levels of comments, you may assume that it is a matter of post quality or traffic numbers. But what if you read their posts and they do not appear […]
SEO Agencies Turn to Guest Posting: Google’s Chase Continues
In recent months guest posting has seen a dramatic increase in popularity. This is great to see. But how many of these guest posts are written for backlinks and how many really contain true value and meaning? It’s fair to say that most guest posts flying around out there are just excuses for backlinks and […]
7 Tips to Help You Deal with Caustic Blogging Criticism
“Your blog design is terrible. You fill your page with 3rd party ads and the blog post was worthless.” – Google Plus User I thought, “What an a-hole.” I stung from this criticism. Really pissed me off. Then 1 day later I made the exact changes I needed to make in order to attract a […]
My Guest Post has been published. What’s next?
You submitted a Guest Post on your favorite A-list blog and they accepted your pitch. So you beautifully hand crafted your post, added your links, checked your spelling and re-read it before sending it for publication (you should). Everything seems fine, and suddenly you receive an email with a notification that your guest post has been published. […]
How Important is a Blogger’s Online Reputation?
How important is a blogger’s online reputation, you may ask (especially if you are a blogger). Well, the answer is easy – pretty darn important! Readers want to trust the people they read. They want a kind of relationship. It’s a lot easier to forge one when the blogger has a good online reputation, which can […]