Join The Blog Boost Giveaway!

The buzz has already started and people are dubbing this exciting giveaway “a blogger’s dream come true” and “an instant star-maker”. And with good reason… On September 20th, one incredibly lucky individual (plus 3 additonal winners) will receive thousands of dollars worth of the most coveted prizes a blogger could possibly desire. After talking with some close friends, pulling some strings and twisting a few arms,... [Read More...]

No more “read more”

The “read more” tag is one of the most heavily used features in WordPress. However, very few bloggers actually take the time to customize it to their benefit. For the few blogging newbies reading this: the “read more” tag is a small snippet of code that you can use to show only excerpts of your posts in the front page of your blog. This is a very useful tool that serves two important purposes: 1) It keeps your blog’s... [Read More...]

Trendy blogging for big traffic

One of the quickest and easiest ways to get traffic to your blog is to actually write about stuff that people want to read. Yet, very few bloggers actually do it. If you blog about “what’s hot” in the on-going global conversation, there’s a bigger chance for your blog to be talked about as well. Especially if you are able to provide an interesting point of view or put an interesting spin to the stories you blog about. When... [Read More...]

Battle of the bloggers

I’m talking about the Conn/Cow Controversy. Is it a publicity stunt? Is it a real competition? We’ll all find out sooner rather than later, but the fact remains that the resulting case study could turn out to be a very valuable lesson for new bloggers trying to learn how to make money online. It all started a few days ago when Garry Conn published on his blog an exposé about of how the owner of JohnCow.com (his name is still unknown,... [Read More...]

MarketingFactor has launched!

Would you like to learn how to make money online? This brand new blog will show you exactly how to do it. Who am I? (And why should you listen to me) Hi. My name is Miguel Alvarez. I am a web entrepreneur from Cancun Mexico and I’ve been making a living from marketing online since the mid 90’s. Listen, I won’t flash big checks in your face or brag about my earnings. It’s just not my style. But I will tell you this: Over the... [Read More...]

Is Mark Joyner a moron?

Watch out! Mark Joyner – the father of mind control marketing – has decided to make a big splash in the blogosphere. And it’s worth your time taking a good look at how he’s going to do it. In a very bold move (typical of him), Mark is calling himself a “blogging moron” and at the same time releasing a free course about blogging. While most marketers would consider that to be suicide, I consider it to be sheer... [Read More...]

What is RSS?

RSS is a content syndication technology that millions of people are using daily to quickly and easily stay up to date with their favorite websites. It is an acronym that means “Rich Site Summary”; but most people like to say it stands for “Really Simple Syndication”. Hundreds of thousands of webmasters are setting up “RSS feeds” on their sites. These feeds allow you to receive their latest news and information... [Read More...]