This is a guest post by Mary Jaksch of A-List Blogging Bootcamps.
Many bloggers dream of adding a membership program to their blog. And with good reason. A membership program can create raving fans, will make your blog stand out, and can even create a great revenue stream. But most membership programs fizzle out because the creator made one or more of five critical mistakes in creating and running it.
In the last couple of years I’ve set up two successful membership programs, the A-List Blogger...
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
How Your Blog Can Score You Free Travel

This guest post is written by Anthony from The Travel Tart.
When I first started my travel website in 2009, I just wanted to get my travel writing out there, because I was frustrated with the way traditional media worked. Little did I know that having an online presence would lead to opportunities for press trips to all corners of the globe, and I did this from scratch!
In 2010 alone, I went on press trips to Fiji, the United Kingdom and South...
How to Instantly Kill Laziness and Boost Blogging Productivity
Something terrible happened.
I got lazy and stopped attending to my daily writing and reading duties as an online entrepreneur.
On one of my blogs I haven’t written a single post since December 2nd.
To say I’ve dropped the ball is a massive understatement.
What the hell do you do when you have a few sites going that have tons of potential and are even gaining momentum, but suddenly, a mad scientist injects you with the lazy bug?
Do you just sit there and watch it all go down?
If you want to ensure...
Effective Free Link Building Strategies

Backlinks are one of the most important factors to consider when you are trying to get a good rank in search engines for your blog or website. Backlinks are often called Seo fuel and they are the most important off site optimization methods. In this article I will tell you some effective methods which can be used to build backlinks fast and easy.
Content
If you have unique and quality content then people will probably link to you. If you are looking...
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This guest post is by Celestine Chua of The Personal Excellence Blog.
Earlier this year, I launched a challenge called 30 Days To Live a Better Life (30DLBL) on my blog. This is a 30-day challenge where participants complete one task a day, for 30 days in the month, that will help them live a better life. When I created 30DLBL, it was breath of fresh air—I’d not seen any such personal development challenges around at the time, and it was fun to do something different rather than just write articles...
The Sure-Fire Approach to Monetizing a Blog
TweetIt can be frustrating building a blog for months only to discover it is almost impossible to monetize it when you try to do so. Many people start a blog because they want to make money from it and it won’t be a good thing to see all their efforts wasted.
As far as monetizing a blog is concerned I made a lot of mistakes I’m not proud of and my main reason for writing this article is to make sure those who read this article don’t make the same mistake. This article will be giving you some...
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Don’t Be Paralyzed By Media Consumption in 2011
“I will be a producer, not a consumer.”
Late last year a friend shared this resolution on Facebook. It caught my attention as being a great resolution that I think every entrepreneurial blogger could do well to have.
Have you ever been paralyzed by consumption?
As I write this post, it’s 11.49 a.m. on Monday morning.
This morning, I returned to my computer after a weekend off with the intention of jumping into some solid blogging. My plan was to start early (8.00 a.m.) and whip out at least five...
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