Creating a good headline is an important part of blogging. It helps with SEO through keyword usage and it help with reader retention as it entices your visitors to read more. You have less than three seconds to catch a reader’s attention so a great headline really is essential to gain people’s longer term attention. [...]
April 26, 2012 By 7 Comments
3 stages that lead to successful blogging
There are over 200,000 new blogs created each and every day. Yet less then 0.001% of those will last longer then 3 months. Perhaps you know the feeling, you start with excitement for the new project researching great themes for your blog and brainstorming names. You spend time creating your first blog post, which is [...]
March 12, 2012 By 13 Comments
Finding Niche Ideas – 5 ways to generate ideas
[box type="yellow"]This article is part of a series on how to ‘make money blogging‘. Click here to read all articles in the series.[/box] What is a Niche Before starting any venture, you have to decide which particular group of customers, or market you will service. Dentists for example serve people who are conscious about oral health. Business [...]
February 29, 2012 By 18 Comments
Increase blog traffic by appearing active – What Blogs and Dance Floors have in common.
Hello there! In this article I want to explain how just making your blog active can help you increase traffic and why it all comes down to appearing to be popular. Appearing to be popular is important if you want a mass following, because people tend to follow others. That is why films and new [...]
February 1, 2012 By 4 Comments
Creating Social Proof on your site – February Challenge update
[box type="yellow"]This post is an update to my year long challenge for this blog. Full details can be seen here: Dee Kumar’s Blog Challenge [/box] Since restarting this blog over the New Years break, I set out my ambitious plan to reach 50,000 page views by the end of the year. Each of my goals [...]
January 28, 2012 By 5 Comments
Organizing your blog – The art of keeping your readers engaged
[box type="yellow"]This is part of a series of posts on how to Make Money Blogging. Be sure to read the other free articles in this series.[/box] Organizing your blog Almost all blog software works in an identical way: Super easy so that anyone can do it. Organizing you blog is no different. All it takes [...]
January 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
How to choose a name for your website
Eastman Kodak, or simply Kodak to you and me has an interesting tale of how its name came be. George Eastman the founder was very fond of the letter K, so much so that he is quoted as saying ‘it seems a strong, incisive sort of letter’. Bizarre but there we go. He asked his [...]
January 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
What is an RSS Feed and how does it work?
[box type="yellow"]This post is part of the Make Money Blogging guide. Be sure to read the other 30+ parts of this free series.[/box] What is an RSS Feed and how does it work? RSS is a very common word that is bounced around the Online community. RSS really stands for : Really Simple Syndication – [...]
January 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
What Makes a Good Blogger?
[box type="yellow"]This post is part two in my complete guide to blogging series. In part one we took a look at What is Blogging and in this post we move onto discussing what makes a good blogger.[/box] The vast majority of new blogs will fail within a year, often because they start with the wrong [...]
January 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
What is blogging – A beginners guide
[box type="yellow"]This is the first post in a my complete guide to blogging and where better to begin then with the first question :’What is Blogging’. This 30+ part guide will give you all you need to know about getting started with blogging, from setting up a blog to making the blog work for you. [...]
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