Archive for October, 2006

What Happens When Your Blog Traffic Dies?

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006

That's the question I pose today. What do you do when your blog traffic is low? What kinds of measures can you take? Better yet, is there any reason to fight low traffic? Or maybe you'll be better off in the long run shutting down a ...

How Many Blogs Can You Handle?

Monday, October 9th, 2006

That's something worth figuring out. I admit I used to think "the more blogs the merrier", but in reality, managing multiple blogs is a very tough road to hoe. As time wears on, and you have to produce more content each day, you struggle to find it for ...

Calculate Daily Blog Earnings: Use A Moving Average

Friday, October 6th, 2006

I touched on some new ideas I'm having concerning monetization and valuation of blogs. The emphasis I'm placing is on individual bloggers. First, I suggested a way to determine the profitability of a blog, as well as keeping a record of the time you spend blogging as a ...

99.9% Of All Bloggers Will Die In Obscurity

Friday, October 6th, 2006

There are 1.6 million blog posts made daily (the last I heard). Think of that staggering fact. Of these 1.6 million posts, it's safe to say that many are forgettable. Some will outshine others, and will go on to such "mighty accomplishments" as making the first page ...

You Can Now Ping Google When Your Blog Updates

Thursday, October 5th, 2006

If you update your blog often, you probably want to let Google know. And know you can, by pinging away. Today we're launching the Google Blog Search Pinging Service, which is a way for individual bloggers and blog platform providers to inform us of content changes. Blogging providers who syndicate ...

Blogging End Game - Do You Have A Plan?

Thursday, October 5th, 2006

Imaging blogging for years and years on end, with no sight in end. Frankly, I can't. That's why you need to decide on an "end game" as soon as you can. The best bet to determine your end game, is to run your blog exactly like a ...

Keep A Record Of Your Time If You Blog

Wednesday, October 4th, 2006

How many people out there keep a time sheet of their blogging efforts? I can't hear you! I mean, I really can't hear you...I'm blogging. But anyways, I bet not everyone does this, myself included. Why? Blogging is an activity, unlike other, and yet similar ...

Traditional Media Is Perceived As More Trustworthy Than Emerging Media

Monday, October 2nd, 2006

We've tossed this topic around before, and the results of a recent article in Adage won't change much of what we've said. The traditional media is still perceived as being more trustworthy than the emerging media. The traditional media has, of course, had a heckuva lot longer than ...

Determining The Profit Potential Of A Blog

Monday, October 2nd, 2006

If you're targeting niches to blog about, and you're serious about increasing your blog earnings, then one key you need is to figure out just what the best way is to pick topics. And when I say topics, I really should say topic, because the more focused you are, ...

The Neighborhood Your Blog Is In Determines Your Potential Income

Sunday, October 1st, 2006

Would you build a mansion on this street? In the real world, most people want to live on "the other side of the tracks" in a nice big house in a luxurious neighborhood. Some of them have to settle for living in squalid conditions, but they dream of better days. ...