The Benefits Of Co-Blogging

Can you imagine what kind of traffic and profit a blog would generate if Jeremy Shoemaker, Darren Rowse, John Chow, and Brian Clark all got together and co-blogged on it? I'm picturing the biggest and most popular blog the world has ever known! Co-blogging, even if the authors aren't big names in the industry, are marketed and maintained better than a single authored blog.  And I believe that as more and more people start becoming interest...

Call it "womb awe" or even "womb worship" but it's not simple envy. I don't remember even wanting to be a woman. But each of the two times I have been present at the birth of one of my children, I have been overwhelmed by a sense of reverence... It was quite suddenly, the first day of creation; the Goddess giving birth to a world... Like men since the beginning of time I wondered: What can I ever create that will equal the magnificence of this ne...

Twitter is a great social media tool that is rapidly growing in popularity.  In fact, I was watching the news a couple of days ago, and the weather forecaster asked the viewers to send them a message on Twitter or Facebook if they saw a tornado. This new way to instantly communicate with anyone in the world is truly a great advancement in technology and allows for a much more flexible and convenient way of doing things.  And our dependency o...

I’ve seen a lot of bloggers jump into the blogosphere and there seems to be a certain cycle of life they follow. First, they start out timidly, not sure of what they’re doing. They make their first post then leave their first comment. Second, they begin leaving more comments and when a few people finally start visiting their blog they begin to get a full taste of the wonders of blogging and they love it. Third, they become addicted. ...

In yesterday's post for the series "Building A Better Blog In 30 Days", I showed you how hosting a giveaway or contest on your blog would increase your traffic.  So it's only fitting that today I explain in more detail on how to effectively run a blog giveaway. There is actually more to running a successful giveaway than sticking a great product on your blog and telling others to comment. At least until you're very well established among the ...

If you're like any other blogger that is looking to be successful, then you already know the best way to achieve that goal is to be everywhere. Your blog, your brand, and you, need to be seen in as many places on the web as you can manage.  Multiply that number by 5 and you may be at a 10th of the percentage you need to really be successful. How do you continue to put yourself in front of your audience? I've already talked about many of the w...

In the spirit of a down-turned economy, I've had my advertising rates slashed up to 50% off for the last couple of months.  With prices this low, I'm practically giving spots away! Beginning February 1st, those advertising rates will resume at the normal rate and you'll no longer be able to advertise on Steven-Sanders dot com for so cheap. If you advertise with me in the next 10 days, you'll be locked into that same low rate for the life o...

Everyone wants to be rich. Although most people think being rich is about having money, rich is a description for everything but money. Rich relationships lead to much more than money.  They lead to success, fulfillment, and wealth. Jeffrey Gitomer said this in his book, "Little Black Book of Connections", and I tend to agree with him on all levels.  Most especially when it comes to success through blogging. Successful Connections Equ...

I was reading a post yesterday by Jeremy Shoemaker where he was showing off a shirt sent to him that had the Google Bowling Team logo on the back. I thought this was awesome because I love bowling.  I'm even a big enough nerd that I have my own bowling ball. So with excitement I searched for Google Bowling Team on Google (of all places).  But what I found surprised me.  I instantly realized that there is more to the term Google Bowling t...

When it comes to driving readers deeper into your blog (also known as making it sticky) there are many methods to choose from.  I've covered 8 of them in a single post, but I believe one in particular deserves a complete post of its own. Sneeze pages! What Is A Sneeze Page A sneeze page is simply a particular type of blog post that gives your reader a way to explore some of your older blog content.  A way of "sneezing" them into all types ...

Most of the time, as bloggers we all get caught up in trying to further our reach and increase our success in every online way imagineable.  But how often do we think about offline methods of promoting our blogs? For centuries, offline promotion has been extremely successful.  Only in the last 10 years has online promotion of any kind started taking off in a major way.  In fact, online promotion has only just recently become the biggest and...

For the past week or two I've seen quite a few bloggers creating landing pages for their blogs.  Most of these are geared towards Twitter, but you can create them for any social media website you wish. Over the holiday season I took some time to create my own Twitter landing page, and I am currently working on a landing page for my other social media profiles. What Is A Social Media Landing Page? Landing pages were originally created with t...