Archive for May, 2006

10 Principles of highly effective blogging

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

I thought I'd rise to the challenge and respond with a post concerning Problogger's Writing Project, which is a group effort to outline truly effective blogging methods. While the basic ideas may vary, I would still expect that this might result in numerous similar posts, but we'll see. ...

Marketing’s Magic T Method

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

There's an interesting post by Steve Rubel concerning The Magic T Method of Marketing. The concept can be summed up by one paragraph in the post: Ok, my example is hoky for sure. But you get the idea. Use the mainstream media to build reach and social media to build ...

The long sales page - does it close more sales?

Sunday, May 21st, 2006

Internet marketers are big fans of the "long sales page". In fact, you see it almost every time someone's selling a product for over $60 or so. I personally cannot stand the long sell page, but I know there are a ton of them in use for a ...

Blogging versus babbling - running out of material

Saturday, May 20th, 2006

Darren Rowse made a nice post about running out of material on your blog. It's not hard to imagine how this can happen, especially in a narrow niche. But as Darren points out, the argument is not as easy as you'd expect. I guess one of the ...

5 reasons blogging is the best job around

Friday, May 19th, 2006

If you're considering blogging as a source of future employment, I think you're making the right decision. Not every blog will be successful enough for the webmaster to earn money, but ones that do are worth their weight it gold. Here's 5 reasons blogging is the best job ...

Commitment to blogging is paramount

Thursday, May 18th, 2006

If you don't believe in the concept and validity of blogs, it's doubtful you'll be able to keep committed for long. Blogs are merely a CMS, sure, but they represent a step towards two way communications that isn't available on less interactive platforms. But, since blogs are part ...

Don’t take yourself too seriously when blogging

Tuesday, May 16th, 2006

It's important to blog, but it's not life or death. If you act like your very life depends on blogging, you might be too uptight to really let loose. If you find yourself in this too-tight state, then smoke some crack cocaine or drink a lot of alcohol ...

Is there an invisible hand holding you back?

Sunday, May 14th, 2006

Negativity has a weird way of creeping up on us, if we're not careful. The other day I found myself referring to search engines and saying "there's an invisible hand preventing a few of my sites from doing much better". The statement sounded odd when I said it, ...

Is blockquoting by bloggers plagiarism?

Saturday, May 13th, 2006

I caught a snippet of a conversation this week online that mentioned the blogger thought that all blockquotes were plagiarism. This view point suprised me, especially in the context of a linking to a page with full attribution. I can't for the life of me find the original ...

With blog links, it’s quality over quantity

Friday, May 12th, 2006

One of the big things you always here about blogging is: it's a relatively easy sphere in which to get links. This is true, but needs a qualifier. What blogs provide you with is a chance to write to an elite audience, that isn't normally available to you. ...