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3 Reasons Why You Will Get Rich Slowly In This Niche

July 24, 2011 by Guest Author 46 Comments

Just to clear things a bit right from the start, by this niche I mean the blogging, making money online, Internet marketing niche(s). Yes, assuming you will put in the same amount of work, this niche will earn you less that pretty much any other niche out there that is not addressing an Internet guru audience.

Here is why.

The competition

Getting traffic in this niche is much harder than it is in other niches. I tested this a while back and the results were astonishing. At least for me they were. I knew that the blogging niche was very competitive, because everybody in it is good at blogging, promoting, SEO and so on; but I did not know it was that competitive to successfully run a blogging blog or an internet marketing blog.

I … [Read more...]

Keyword Research Guide: 4 Biggest Flaws You Should Avoid

June 20, 2011 by Guest Author 71 Comments

Proper keyword research, they say, is the key to building

a successful blog. Yes, it is 100% true, and in my case I also believe that it is the fastest route that one can use - given that you know the ropes well.

So many bloggers put tons of hours, days and even weeks into the keyword research stage of building their blogs, and further go on to work hard at posting articles and promoting their new blogs built around their golden keyword. What if I told you that in 80% of the time you are bound to fail (beautifully, as a matter of fact) at taking your new super blog anywhere? Would it come as a surprise to you if your best days of blog traffic are the days you are able to pull in 5 visits; that is some four months long after publishing your blog live? Perhaps, a lot of you out there would have a strong connection with me on this one as you have had personal experiences like … [Read more...]

7 Hard Truths About Blogging You Need to Know!

June 14, 2011 by Guest Author 68 Comments

If there was ever an entry level education about blogging, this post should be it. Blogging isn't easy, but it's also a fantastic way to achieve a great way of life. With that being said, here are seven tips to help you get catch up to speed.

1. The Market is Changing

10 years ago, blogging was a relatively new marketing platform, and because of that, it was easy to get ahead quickly. Today, the market is saturated, and you can't expect to simply start posting and make money.

The people making a lot of money on blogging aren't the ones selling information products, but the ones building an audience and using that audience to leverage their popularity.

And not only their blogs earn, but they offer services out of their blog, which earns them lots of money. For instance, Darren, Chris, Michael, Seth and other A-listers … [Read more...]

Top 5 Ways Of Effective Link Building For Your Blog

May 14, 2011 by Guest Author 88 Comments

1. Guest Posting: In this post I am going to list the top 5 link building methods that I used and had positive experiences and results with. By the way, this list refers to manual link building only that you, as the blog owner, can approach. User generated backlinks are a whole different story that is not covered in this post.

If done effectively, guest posting is a great way of link building and authority for your blog. I got huge jumps in the SERPs after posting articles on relevant websites and pointing a link or two towards my website.

Most of the blog owners (especially the established ones like Darren Rowse or Daniel Scocco) that accept guest posts have strict guidelines allowing only one or two backlinks at the end of the guest post in the author box. These still are very good links as long as they are do follow and the blog you are posting on has authority. If you manage to have your link accepted … [Read more...]

Thoughts of a newborn blogger

April 24, 2011 by Guest Author 31 Comments

When I set out to make a new blog, let's face it, I had no idea what I got into. I thought I just had to write stuff and that was it. I was naive... It's been about a month now, where I've tried blogging as a profession and publishing images and different stories on my site. I've enjoyed every moment of it, though some more than others, to be honest. Here are a certain things I stumbled, got stuck at, learned and so on. Design I had a lot of trouble deciding the look of the site and juggled among several themes, sometimes more than once a day. I think I might have landed on the final look now, but for awhile I was dissatisfied with the looks and couldn't find a theme I thought fitted. Then I found the Prose theme from StudioPress and that was it. Niche At first, I didn't think it would be too … [Read more...]