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, I’ve managed to put together a list of prizes that encompass everything you need to become a blogging superstar.
Here’s the complete list of lip-smacking prizes that could be yours… Keep reading this post »
No more “read more”
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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 home page neat and clean.
2) It entices your visitors to click through your to continue reading your post.
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 you talk about what’s hot, by proxy you’ll become part of the heat. 
The good news is that even if you have a very niche-specific blog, you can benefit from this strategy. All you need to do is hunt down the stories that will resonate with your audience, or find a way to tie in a particular story to your niche.
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, but for clarity’s sake we’ll call him John) had listed his blog for sale at SitePoint as a publicity stunt.
I’m blogging this t-shirt
Been there, done that, blogged about it and now I’ve got the t-shirt.
It was love at first sight. The minute I saw this cool new t-shirt, I knew I had to get it. But why? Well, for starters the t-shirt is just as cool as it can get. The motto makes a strong statement by letting the world know of my evil intentions and to top it all off, white text over black never really goes out of style.
Want one too huh? Get yours at ThinkGeek.
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 genius.
