I have been blogging for quite a while, and most of this time I used WordPress, as most of you guys. While I still think WordPress is an awesome platform, recently I rediscovered Blogger (not the free hosted service, but the CMS you can to host your own domains). I found that it has got many new features over the years, and that it might actually be an option to… Continue reading

Google+ might not be as large as Facebook (will it ever be?), but it is certainly gaining a lot of traction with the tech community. For one I already have more connections on Google+ after a couple of weeks using it than on Facebook after a couple of years.

Anyway a feature that you don’t have on Google+ yet is the search one. What if you want to find… Continue reading

You have something to say – something to offer this world that is unique, helpful, life-altering. The problem is no one is listening. It’s not that they don’t care about your blog, it’s they don’t even know it exists.

The issue isn’t what you’re saying, but how you’re saying it.

You need to make your content irresistible.

You know that nervous feeling when you finally hit the… Continue reading

We all want more traffic, more loyal readers, and more sales. I know I do. For most of us our blog is the precious stone we chisel our artwork into. We slave over making our website as good as we possibly can and don’t want our work to go unnoticed and unappreciated. I know exactly how you feel and that’s why I’ve put together 12 ways to compel your visitors… Continue reading

Marketing your blog and products is easier when you are like Daniel with a lot of leverage to pull people in to your blogs and sales pages, but not all of you have this much leverage. You need to find creative ways to get people interested in what you produce.

You need to do this by making whatever you do an event. If you are launching a new ebook… Continue reading

In a recent interview, Steven Spielberg, the famous Hollywood film director of hit films, Jaws, E.T. and The Color Purple, admitted to a strange habit. He said he liked to seek out distractions while working on a film.

“I’m more lucid about my own work if I have got something to distract me” said Spielberg of his peculiar practice. “I can be making a movie and then I can… Continue reading

At its core blogging is about sharing ideas and personal opinions. While bloggers may have ideas bouncing all over the place, a crucial choking point is trying to convey those ideas from our mind to paper.

Blogging typically requires generating loads of content, so if we can find a way to create that content at a more efficient pace it only makes our job that much easier.
Below are… Continue reading

If you enjoy writing and have great things to say, becoming a popular blogger is as simple as putting your content in front of others.

The best way to expose yourself is through guest blogging. Yet how many new subscribers should you expect from a guest post? Twenty-five? Sixty?

I recently Skyped a good friend, and in the course of conversation, he shared an alarming statistic: He had… Continue reading