At Problogger yesterday, Darren Rowse wrote a post about mindsets that hold bloggers back from success. After naming a few, he gives the secret of many bloggers' success: So what is it that sets some bloggers apart? It's simple really: they get things done. They don't allow what's going on in their minds to distract...
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Over on my company blog today, I announced the launch of a new blog network. It's not another "the laziest way ever" way to use PLR articles and auto-blogging to exploit a "loophole" and build a 10,000 site AdSense empire in three clicks. Instead, it's designed to help people who want to have a fulfilling,...
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Blogging is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. 10% of the time, you're inspired to write about something. The other 90% you're sweating over the fact that you haven't got a clue what to say. It's no wonder most blogs fizzle and die after the first few posts. Finding sources of inspiration is one of the...
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In Shawn Collins' FeedFront Magazine, Nick Usborne wrote: We figure that if we take a list of a few hundred long tail keyword phrases, we can write an article around each, and then make out like a bandit with free search engine traffic. Realizing how much work is involved to do that, we may start...
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Let's face it. Some subjects are boring. Even to people in the industry. Either there's nothing new to say, or even the new stuff is boring. Right? Maybe not. Stanford Smith posted an article at Copyblogger titled The Freakonomics Guide to Making Boring Content Sexy: It's easy to write about certain topics, like celebrities, or...
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