How Personal Experience Helps Me Blog Better

This guest post is by Kiesha of WeBlogBetter. Have you ever wondered how some bloggers never seem to run out of post ideas? They always manage to escape the dreaded writer’s block unscathed; they’re always full of inspiration. Ideas overflow and pour onto the page as they type feverishly. They’ve tapped into a mystical stream of never-ending stories. What if I told you that you could tap into the same power? Everything you’ve already learned and experienced can be used to create infinite and original...

The Goal Post: Why Goals Matter More than Ever

Image by Iguana Jo. Overheard in Vegas at BlogWorld Expo: “I just started a blog and I’m excited to see where it will lead me.” Have you ever said something like that? When I started out, it was certainly something I remember telling a friend. Nobody really knew where the medium of blogging would lead—we were all quite happy to let thing evolve and see where we ended up. There was actually some sense in this approach: blogging was still evolving,...

Does Your Site Hold Up to the Window Shopping Test?

Window shopping can be a disillusioning experience. A beautiful display can pull you in, only to lead to a shop with a bad selection and lousy customer service. Which makes it less fun to pop back onto the street to continue the search. Online businesses have window displays too — or at least a good counterpart. If you’re doing business online, you may be surprised to know that your window display could be making promises that your store doesn’t...

Foursquare or Whrrl – Where do you Check-In?

I am a check-in junkie. I’ve tried Gowalla, Foursquare, Whrrl, Facebook Places and WeReward. I’m sure there are some other ones too and everyone has their favorite or hates them completely. There is the argument that you post your location then bad things will happen to yourself or your unprotected home. You just can’t go living your life in fear, that is ridiculous and my mind completely shuts off when someone comes up with that argument. Bad things happen whether you check in or not. That aside...

Tim Gunn’s Top 5 Tips for More Stylish Content

A little over a year ago, Brian Clark gave us a What Not to Wear guide to blogging. Brian laid the groundwork for the inherent value in talking about what’s not working. And if you haven’t read the post, clickity-click and get on that — and here’s why: We don’t change a damn thing when we’re right. Being “right” makes us do exactly the same thing, time and time again until it become rote. Habit. But being wrong … ah — dawning recognition. When...

Inside the Life of the Other Kind of ProBlogger

This guest post is by Paul Cunningham, blogger, internet marketer, and author of How to Become a Successful Freelance Blogger, I bet that you could easily name at least a dozen blogs that dispense blogging tips to other bloggers. The so-called “blogging blogs” vary in many different ways, but they all tend to give out the same basic advice: start a blog, build your audience, monetize, and maybe one day you’ll reach that six-figure income that defines you as a “problogger”. But what about the...

Medical Monday: Looking to Reach Women about Healthcare? Don’t underestimate the Power of Blogs

Women and Healthcare Blogging Women remain (arguably) our most influential consumers - especially in the healthcare space. Not only do women make up a significant portion of consumers overall, they are also a driving force and key influencer behind many of the purchases men make. When it comes to healthcare, this is no exception (and if the men are anything like me it may even be more of the rule). As a result, marketers spend a lot of time studying...

Does Your Business Card Leave a Lasting Impression?

What makes a good business card stand out from the crowd? Last week I wrote an article on my blog over about “How to Create a Memorable Business Card“. The point of the article was the let your mind get creative and to come up with a really unique idea for your next business card. After all, once you leave from a conference or networking session and have a bunch of business cards in your pocket from everyone you met, most of the time these are...

How to Beat “Invisible Content Syndrome”

If you had known how hard it would be when you first started your blog, would you have done it at all? You had a topic you cared about. You thought you had something to say. And you had $10 to register a domain name. But you’ve been writing (and writing and writing) and it’s all just words into the void. No readers. No tweets. No stumbles. No comments. Just … silence. I hate to break this to you, but you have Invisible Content Syndrome. Fortunately,...

5 Ways to Monetize Your Blog Without Selling Out

Last week at Blog World Expo, I had conversations with literally hundreds of bloggers about their blogging. It was interesting to see some of the themes that emerged as bloggers shared their challenges, problems and fears. One of the recurring conversations that I had revolved around bloggers’ fear of being seen as sell-outs by readers when they started to monetize their blogs. On numerous occasions this past week I’ve chatted with bloggers who’ve been so scared of the potential reader reaction...