Is Your Blog Hosting Company Scamming You?

Finding the right website hosting service can be a hassle, especially if you're not sure about the kind of specifics you need. There are hosting companies that will offer you the moon for as low as $3.99 per month, and there are also hosting companies that will offer you the minimum for hundreds of dollars every month. You want to find some middle ground.  Find a hosting company that gives you more for less, but offers a reasonable package...

No matter how passionate you are about something, you'll alway find you need a little inspiration every now and then. Whether you're experiencing writer's block or simply searching for the hottest topic of the day to really help pull in those endless lines of visitors to your blog, you'll need a planned out approach to finding your inspiration.  Especially if you're looking for consistent results. So here are 4 resources you can use to fin...

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 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...

More bloggers are using affiliate marketing to make money online than we have ever seen in the past.  Which is why I get asked so often, how I hide my affiliate links. Not everyone believes in hiding affiliate links, but there are too many disadvantages if you decide against it.  Some that you may be unaware of yourself. The Advantages Of Hiding Affiliate Links There are some great advantages for hiding affiliate links.  For both ...

Andrew over at BenSpark.com is a friend of mine as well as a fellow Izea Insider.  He is having a giveaway on his blog.  You can try your hand at winning his "Big Box of Awesome" giveaway by going here. He is randomly leaking out the box's contents all over the web, and has just recently contacted me to let you in on one of the secret items. At first I got to thinking I should offer it to you for a price.  You'd have to leave a comment, ...

A big part of a blogger's life is attending at least one of the hundreds of blog conferences and social networking events put on every year by the big names in the online industry. Some of you have been going to these conferences for many years now, some of you may be going to your first conference in 2009, and some of you may not be planning on attending a conference at all. For those of you not ever planning on attending a blog event, I'v...

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...

I'm sure many of you may have been a little surprised and confused when you got a message in your feed-reader saying my blog feed was obsolete. I know because about half of you unsubscribed shortly thereafter. I want you to know that I'm back, and I should be here for a long time to come. The Problem I had my blog set up on shared hosting, which supported me until I started getting drastic increases in traffic, all within a two month ...

This is a guest post by Rachel Holmgren of AverageGal.com.  She is a mother of 2 and is on her way to becoming a very successful blogger. Here are her thoughts on the business of blogging. No Money?  No Problem! I know, I know, my reaction to that phrase would be the same.   You're thinking, "What are you talking about lady?  Having no money is a BIG problem!"  And the answer is, yes, you're right.  No money would be a big problem....

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 ...

There will by times when you really have absolutely nothing to write about, and you may miss your consistent blog post schedule.  It's okay.  It really is. Gary Vaynerchuk Says To Hustle A recent speech by Gary Vaynerchuk has him telling everyone that in order to make it, you have to hustle.  And while it's true, you shouldn't let it drive you to the point of insanity. I've had many blogs before this one, and I would often find myself...