I blogged a few weeks back about guest blogging being a great way for beginners to enter the blogosphere. Another low risk strategy is to blog for free. New bloggers often have a couple of reservations before they embark on their blogging journey, one of the most common is ‘how much will it cost me [...]
Blogging Tips
Ever since I launched Puxee back in January there has been one question that I have been asked countless times, “How Much Should I Charge For My Blog Ad Space?” It is often the first question that crosses a bloggers mind when they decide to try selling ad space on their blog, if you set [...]
Since I launched Puxee back in January I have gone out of my way to interact with new bloggers and network with new people every day. One of the best ways of doing this is to find blogs that have great content that I enjoy reading and to interact with the blog owner. This allows [...]
I have worked with a few different blogs/bloggers over the past couple of weeks and it has opened my eyes to tragic problem that seems to be affecting businesses that are new to blogging. Over the past 6-12 months there has been a big uptake in blogging by businesses looking to build their brand online. [...]
I’m lucky enough to blog for a living, both on my own blog and as a freelancer on many other blogs. It’s a fantastic job to do, but the amount of work that goes into blogging often isn’t recognised. A decent blog post will take me a couple of hours of researching, sourcing other content, [...]
Traffic is an important factor if you want to succeed as a blogger, it is effectively the blood pumping through your blog keeping it alive. In many ways you can have a great blog, great content, great design and the right attitude, but without traffic your blog is simply wasted talent. I want to share [...]
I get asked the same question a lot in interviews and discussions, the question: How Do You Make A Successful Blog? Should be an easy one to answer right? I have worked on some well established blogs, I have run blogs for over 5 years and I have been fortunate to be able to generate [...]
It is often said that successful bloggers have a passion for their niche and for blogging. This stems from the belief that if you do not have a passion for both then your blog can fall away over time as your interest gets taken up by other passions. Bloggers who have a passion for what [...]
4 Types Of Backlinks To Grow Your Blog
by David Shaw on 22nd Mar 2011 · 18 comments
Backlinks have been at the core of Search Engine Optimisation for many years now and they are set to stay there for years to come. However, many bloggers still put little importance and effort into obtaining backlinks for their blog. The silly part is that it is extremely easy to develop 10-20 new links back [...]