Many things go into building a house before the first drop of concrete hits the soil, and before the first brick has been laid down. Surveyors pore over a prospective construction site and take measurements, confirming that there’s enough space for the construction, and that the ground is steady. They consider the surroundings, the views, […]
Category Archives: Blogging
19 Strategies to Help Turn New Visitors into Loyal Readers 109
Yesterday I wrote about loyal readers and how they can be a key factor in your blog or website’s growth. Today’s post provides 19 answers to the question: how can I help new visitors become loyal readers? Each point is not necessarily a complete answer in itself, and is best used in tandem with several others. The […]
9 Things That Drive a Blogger Crazy 229
I like blogging, but there are a few things about it that drive me a little crazy. Maybe you can relate? 1. Your daily traffic plummetsLinks and social media votes dry up and so does your incoming traffic. It will rarely disappear completely, but if you’re like me and don’t get a lot of search […]
Transforming your Blog into Really Big Business-556
The idea of blogging as a source of passive income has always seemed a little off to me (and others). In fact, I’d suggest that most bloggers earning significant money from blogging devote as much time to it as a part-time or full-time job. That’s not as close as we can get, though: passive income […]
Why Great Writing Doesnt Matter online 246
When I studied journalism last year I learned that your ability to write is largely irrelevant when it comes to producing hard news stories (e.g. a young male driver was killed last night when he collided with a passenger bus… those kinds of stories). The words you use are just a vehicle for what’s really […]
How we got 126,244 Facebook Fans 1216
Some of you may not know this about me, but I work full-time as the manager of Envato’s educational network, including FreelanceSwitch, Nettuts+, Psdtuts+ and 9 other sites. Each of our sites have had Facebook Pages for a while now, but they never really took off until I set aside the time to do an in-depth investigation on Facebook marketing strategies, […]
Ask the Readers Where are the Holes in your Leaky Bucket 175
As bloggers, webmasters and web workers, none of us are perfect at what we do. From the A-listers to the Z-listers, there are things we all need to work on. For the sake of illustration, try to think of yourself as a leaky bucket (hopefully something you don’t do too often). The little holes in the […]
How to Write the Perfect About Page by Numbers 150
New visitors to your site want to know straight away what your site has to offer them. A prominent link to an ‘About’ page says: “Want to know what this site is about? The answer is right here.” Usability should be conversational. A new visitor asks, internally: “What is this site about?” Your About page provides […]
How to Create and Publish Your Own eBook with a 0 budget 53
eBooks are books or pamphlets in a digital format. They’re a unique form of web content because they’re inherently portable. An eBook can be shared and spread far beyond your web presence. There are a number of ways bloggers, webmasters or any web user can leverage an eBook to achieve a variety of outcomes, from building […]
Why Value Rules the Attention Economy-178
“…in an information-rich world, the wealth of information means a dearth of something else: a scarcity of whatever it is that information consumes. What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients.”– (Herbert Simon 1971, p. 40-41) You’ll never read every good, relevant post in the blogosphere on any given day. You’ll […]