By Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen on Saturday, March 6, 2010
Since only 1% of readers comment on blog posts (1 in 100, as per ProBlogger Darren Rowse), bloggers need lots of traffic to get lots of comments! But, there are other ways bloggers can get readers to comment on posts…as revealed by these eight tips for bloggging…
Here’s a great question from one of my readers:
“I follow my stats and know people [...]
By Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen on Thursday, December 31, 2009
These tips for marketing your blog posts are from experienced Suite 101 writer, Mark Solomon. He uses over 70 marketing techniques to make his blog posts more popular – and here he shares five big ones!
Before the tips, a quip:
“Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you [...]
By Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen on Wednesday, August 5, 2009
You want to increase your blog readership, right? These eight tips for promoting your blog are unusual and effective! The more readers you have, the more you’ll enjoy blogging and writing…and the more money you’ll make as a blogger.
If ProBlogger Darren Rowse was starting out in blogging right now, he said he’d use these five strategies together [...]
By Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen on Thursday, July 23, 2009
These tips for maintaining more than one blog will help you become a more organized, better blogger. Many of these tips are applicable even if you just have one blog – and they’re especially important if you’re considering starting a second or third blog!
Here’s my inspiration for this post:
“How you maintain your five blogs and [...]
By Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen on Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Choosing the best free WordPress theme for your blog is one of the biggest decisions you’ll make as a blogger — especially if you want to earn money blogging! I’ve created and maintain six blogs on WordPress; here are my tips for choosing the best free theme for your blog.
Before the tips, a quip:
“Blogging is an art, [...]
By Susan Johnston on Thursday, July 9, 2009
Hosting guest writers on your blog is a great way to give yourself a break from blogging and give your readers another perspective, says freelance writer and blogger Susan Johnston. But, guest bloggers don’t give you the freedom to take a total vacation from your blog!
“I thought I’d have a break when I solicited guest [...]
By Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen on Sunday, July 5, 2009
Most bloggers have a stockpile of old blog posts languishing in the cellar, all dusty and cobwebby. Here are five ways to make your old blog posts popular again – without rewriting them!
Before the tips, a quip:
“Genius is the art of taking pains.” – Claude Hopkins.
Isn’t that great? Taking pains will make you a successful writer [...]
By Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen on Thursday, June 25, 2009
My three Quips and Tips blogs are linked by blog buttons or widgets; here are nine tips for creating your own blog button or widget on WordPress – plus three reasons why a widget could be important for your blog!
Before the tips, a quip about writing that totally applies to blogging:
“Write while the heat is in you,” [...]
By Susan Johnston on Thursday, June 18, 2009
Freelance writer and blogger Susan Johnston – The Urban Muse - shares five tips for increasing your blog readership, which are proven effective!
“Making money from blogging requires you to do only two things: drive a lot of traffic, then maximize the income from that traffic,” says blogger and “dot com mogul” John Chow.
Monetizing a blog isn’t [...]
By Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen on Monday, May 18, 2009
I make money with my blogs, and so can you. These tips for blogging for writers will help you monetize your blogs so you can actually earn a living as a blogger and writer. It’s all about developing passive sources of writing income and finding your writers’ voice. Here’s what I recently learned about making money on my blogs — [...]