Seeing Your Blog Home Page As Real Estate

by Stuart McMinigal on August 24, 2010

What I see day after day is Blog pages which do not optimize their home page in order to reap the rewards in terms of opt-ins and making money. When selecting what to use on your Blog’s home page you need to take a business view – where can I place my newsletter subscribe area [...]

Staying Focused and Avoiding those Distractions as a Blogger

by Stuart McMinigal on August 19, 2010

We’ve all done it, sat down in front of the PC screen with the intention of writing or doing something for your Blog and realised after an hour you are yet to start. I for one do this a lot of the time, I sit down with the intention of writing a pre-planned post and [...]

SEO The 5 Basic Fundamentals

by Stuart McMinigal on August 17, 2010

As you may have already noticed or have been told by several other Bloggers, getting noticed by search engines is not an easy task, it can take several months to reach a good spot. Most people who own a Blog have a set list of keywords that they work with, this is a good tip [...]

Make Your Sidebar Blog More Interactive and Useful

by Stuart McMinigal on August 15, 2010

Add an Opt-In to Your Newsletter
Adding a simple opt-in widget to your sidebar is the prime location, it catches the attention of your Blog readers. Using most email marketing services you have the options of altering the looks and design, for example, I use Aweber which provides a great array of designs. With the large [...]

When Should I Monetize My New Blog?

August 13, 2010

The question I had to ask myself when I started my first ever Blog was, when should I monetize this Blog? It is a hard decision to make and one which most Bloggers vary with opinions, my opinion is that it depends on what type of Blog it is and whether it will get popular [...]

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Using Forums As A Key Marketing Component

August 11, 2010

Forums are a part of my everyday routine, I enjoy being active and contributing within several of them. Not many people enjoy forums and are unaware of the traffic opportunities it can provide. What with the popularity of Facebook, Twitter, Digg, Stumbleupon and several other Web 2.0 sites, forums have been pushed to the back [...]

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102 Tips To Promote Your Brand New Blog

August 9, 2010

Starting a Blog could not be easier, but getting your Blog out there and telling the internet world about it is the daunting part. There is several ways in which to promote your site, but what you need to do is to break down each area into sections. Breaking down each area into tasks and [...]

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6 Things To Know When Starting Any Blog

August 7, 2010

Nowadays there are thousands of different types of Blogs floating about the internet, if you are looking for some information there is no doubt you will end up stumbling across a Blog. Many people do tend to fail after a few dismal weeks of Blogging, where others have been successful in finding financial and a [...]

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How Easy is it to Start a Wordpress Blog?

August 5, 2010

The simple answer to this question is, that it is incredibly easy. I have set-up numerous Blogs using Wordpress, and it couldn’t be easier, I am not the best at coding using PHP and HTML and this is why I chose Wordpress, it eliminates the need for you to need to know any of it. [...]

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Is Aiming to High Good or Bad?

August 4, 2010

Are you aiming High Enough? Only you can answer this question about yourself. Right at the beginning of any project I start, be it a Blog or piece of University work, I plan and sort my aims/goals out.  Having a clear set of aims allows you to create a path in order to reach these, [...]

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