A Successful Method Of Offline Blog Promotion

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...

I was talking with Darren Rowse of ProBlogger on Ustream a couple of days ago and he let slip his secret to coming up with creative post ideas when he is experiencing "blogger's block". The Secret Darren shared that he subscribes to over 700 different feeds.  Most of us could never imagine subscribing to any more than 50 or 60 feeds, let alone 700. I subscribe to only 27 feeds and that can get out of hand if I don't check it for a day or tw...

Seth Godin is one of the biggest internet entrepreneurs today.  He runs a very successful blog and has written numerous books (my favorites being The Dip and Tribes). Seth Godin is a person who gets it.  He gets the fact that you have to treat your readers respectfully and personably.  You have to give them an experience they will remember.  A sort of Buzzmarketing technique. He says, "One opportunity that’s underused is the idea...

I just read a blog post over at John Chow.com talking about a new plugin for Wordpress that allows you to create a BANS store. BANS stands for Build A Niche Store, and it's geared toward Ebay affiliates that are interested in setting up a store to sell items through the Ebay affiliate program. An Old Idea The BANS stores have been around for some time and ebay affiliates are making good money from them.  But the BANS software cost $97.Â...

Bloggers come to me all the time asking how I can write so often when they have trouble writing at least once a week. Some say it's passion. Some say it's hard work and long hours. Some say it's luck. I think it's a little bit of everything mixed together. I also think that sometimes... it's all a bunch of B.S. Whoa, stop! I know what you're thinking. I'm going against what every blogger who's successful is saying. It's not what yo...

When you start you journey into blogging, and want to see yourself making good money from it, you often first start reading other blogs that will teach you what you should do, or the kind of blogger that you need to be to make it. Something you don't hear as often are the things you shouldn't do, or the type of blogger you shouldn't be. I wrote a post some time ago that outlines why you'll never make money blogging, so I thought I'd fol...

This is a guest post by Ashley over at BossSanders.com.  Besides her personal blog, she operates a very successful maternity and baby blog that reaches thousands of readers daily.  These are her thoughts on the social media platform, Twitter. Twitter, a social-networking site based on 140-character blurbs, has successfully confused millions of internet users around the world. "How do we use it?" "What's the deeper meaning of this ...

Have you ever changed things on your blog? Maybe you've added some affiliate programs, or changed others. It's good to change these often to get the best bang for your buck, but never let them go unnoticed. A Nice Example My wife, Ashley, over at BossSanders.com updated the entire look of her blog. She also added some affiliate programs in her sidebar to try to make a little money. And while the entire face-lift for the blog may not...

I often hear people say, "If I had more time, I'd do this." or "I've got so many other things going on, there is no way I can do that." These are all just excuses to make yourself feel better about not getting something done. How many of you will make time to watch television every night? How many will make the time to go out to the bar or club at night to party with your friends? These are the same people who will always say, "I just d...

I spent the past two days working on a blog post about what to include at the bottom of each post, and for proof that I'm not perfect, I completely left out the most important element (right after the call to subscribe). So, while in a panicked state, I'm writing this post to let you in on the left out secret. Read the first half of this post here. The Ever Popular Related Articles Adding related articles to the end of your blog post wi...

If you'll notice below each post of my blog, there are links that allow you to perfom different actions.  And you're probably asking yourself, "How do I choose which options to use there?" There are bloggers that don't put anything because the endless options that exist create frustration and confusion. There is an old saying I like to use when deciding what I want to add and how much I want to add. "The confused mind does not buy," Simp...