Sometimes even small changes can make a big difference. This can be said about improving your blog too. Just the smallest of things can be changed to increase your blogs readership and the quality of it.

So let’s look at 5 blog tips that can improve your blog starting today:

#1 – Forget Being Generic

When you write your blog posts, try and let your own personality shine through. Don’t try and please everyone and you are allowed to have your own opinion, so make sure you use it.

#2 – Add Some Eye Candy

Let’s face it, reading through pages of text isn’t enough to keep most people happy. So try and add some images or videos to your posts. This makes your blog more engaging to your readers. They will enjoy the extra content you are giving them.

#3 – Spell Check

When writing your posts, be sure to do them in Microsoft Word and automatically spell check them. It just makes your blog look a lot more professional if the grammar is good and not filled with lots of spelling mistakes.

#4 – Keep Things Related

Your blog no doubt has a general topic. Try and keep all your posts related to this topic. It can be easy to wonder off topic but your readers probably won’t relate to it. So keep all your posts on theme and on topic.

#5 – Reply To Your Comments

If your readers are taking the time to add comments on your blog, then you should take the time to reply to them. Express your opion on their comment and thank them for leaving it. This not only impresses them but also people will see your posts are getting comments and might be more likely to add one themselves.

Just these 5 quick blog tips can make a huge difference to your blog and you can start today.

Enjoy Your Blogging!

Tony

It’s always useful to find as much information about your chosen topic as you can. So finding several blogs that share this information is very useful indeed.

So, below I’ll list the top ten blogs about blogging and why I like them so much. Of course I’m not including my own blog in this list

Problogger – You’ll notice I mention Problogger quite a lot. That’s because it is the #1 place to learn about how to make money by blogging. Darren shares a lot of awesome information and it should be visited often if you want to make money with your own blog.

Blogging Tips – Lots of very useful information about blogging. They have many guest posters from other blogs, so there’s a wide variety of different types of tips.

Daily Blog Tips – Again, lots of very useful tips on various things to do with blogging.

The Blog Herald – Has a huge amount of blog topics to browse through. The writing style on this blog is awesome and you can probably learn a lot from it. It’s no wonder it’s such a popular blog!

Lorelle On WordPress – If you want tips on WordPress, then this site is the one for you. It’s not posted to very often these days but there’s a huge amount of info in the archives.

Blogsessive – Lots of very useful blogging tips and I really like the theme it uses.

SEO Blogging Tips – SEO is something we all should take seriously. Increasing your search engine positions means lots of extra free traffic after all! This blog shares quite a lot of good information on the topic.

Smart Blog Tips – Not being updated too often but has a lot of good info on various aspects of blogging.

Real Blogging Tips – Just changing hands but has some good info and one to keep an eye on to check out the new owner.

Blogger Tips And Tricks – If you need to know any tweaks or tips to customize your blog, then this site is for you.

Enjoy Your Blogging!

Tony

Once you have been blogging for a while, you’ll start to build up dozens, possibly hundreds, of blog posts.

These posts can be pushed away to one side and only get traffic from the search engines. But this doesn’t mean they aren’t still useful, so interlinking to them from your new posts is a great idea.

Create Sneeze Pages

Darren Rowse from Problogger calls them sneeze pages.

What are they?

They are basically new blog posts that you create specifically to link to your previous posts. This gives your readers lots of value but also gives the search engines a greater opportunity to find them and rank them.

Do It Automatically

A WordPress plugin I like to use is SEO Smart Links. Just upload it to your blog and activate it.

What does it do?

It will automatically create links within your blog posts to previous posts that match certain keywords. It can be customized to work exactly how you want it but actually works very well out of the box.

This means you will see links appearing in your new blog posts that automatically link to your older content.

Do It Manually

You can of course add links to previous posts manually when you are creating new posts. Just have a look through your archives and see if there are any posts you can link to that matches the topic of your new post.

So decide which method suits you best and you should start to see a difference in your traffic levels and also how long people are staying on your blog.

Enjoy Your Blogging!

Tony

One of the best things about working online is you have access some of the best tools, resources and information right at your finger tips.

A lot of it is available completely free too. So here is my list of favourite free resources.

Free Blogging Resource #1 – WooThemes

I must admit, I love using the WordPress themes from WooThemes. They have some excellent paid and free themes. One of my favourite free themes is called Mainstream. It’s the one that is currently being used on my blog (that you are looking at right now!).

They have quite a few free themes but the quality of them is just like a paid premium theme. So check them out as they can make a huge difference to how your own blog looks.

Free Blogging Resource #2 – Google Alerts

Don’t go searching everyday for something to blog about…..get it sent directly to your inbox!

Google Alerts will send you free daily updates of all the latest news and blog posts within your niche. This means you will not only be able to keep up to date with what is happening, it will also give you ideas of what blog posts to write.

Keeping up with the latest news and trends can be a great way to ride the current buzz about a particular topic.

Free Blogging Resource #3 – WordPress

You can really learn a lot from spending some time browsing the main WordPress site. There are hundreds of free themes and plugins and also lots of tweaks and tips you can use to improve your own blogs.

I like to view the showcase section and see which blogs are popular and why. It also gives me ideas of any new blogs or popular topics that I might want to build upon.

Those are my most favourite free blogging resources that I use myself to improve my own blogs and blogging success.

Enjoy Your Blogging!

Tony

Many bloggers have the same problem…..trying to connect with their readers.

Sometimes it can feel like you are writing your backside off and getting nothing in return. No-one is responding to your posts and your traffic levels are just levelling out.

So what can you do?

Well, trying to connect directly to your readers is one of the best ways to improve your readership and improve your long term growth.

Here are 3 ways that can help your blog:

#1 – Talk from Experience

Sharing your experience about a particular topic is a great way to become seen as an authority. Many people might have had the same experience and it makes them more likely to comment on your posts.

It also proves that you do know what you are talking about and your readers will see this clearly.

#2 – Have Your Own Opinion

The problem with many blogs is that they are written in a way that appeals to everyone. Whilst this isn’t technically a “bad” thing, what it means is that you won’t get much buzz around the blog.

If everything you are writing about appeals to everyone, then no-one will add their own opinions to your posts.

But if you share your own opinions then people are more likely to agree or disagree with you. When this happens it starts a conversation and your comment count can start increasing quite a lot.

#3 – Show Yourself

People can relate better to information on websites or blogs if they can see or hear the person writing it.

By adding your photo to your blog and also audios and videos, people can see exactly who you are and they will connect far more easily than if they were just reading text.

Don’t worry about how you look or sound either, people will see you for who you are and what experience you have that can help them. That is what is important to them.

Conclusion

Just these 3 tips can make a real difference to your blog and how appealing it is.

Try giving at least one of them a trial and monitor your results. You might just like it.

Enjoy Your Blogging!

Tony

Interviewing authority figures within your niche can be an awesome way to get a lot of traffic fast to your blog.

So how do you go about it?

Step #1 – Find People To Interview

Just go and spend some time noting down the most popular people (they don’t have to be bloggers) within your niche. Write down their names and contact details.

Then send them a polite email, introducing yourself and ask them if they would mind doing a quick interview (using skype). Tell them they can use it to give great value to their own customers and also you will be posting it on your blog.

Try and get over to them the benefits it will give them and their business.

Step #2 – Get Your Questions Together

Make a list of 5-20 questions that you want them to answer and be sure they all give value and would be useful for other people to know.

Once you have the list of questions, send them to the people who agree to be interviewed so that they can prepare their answers.

Step #3 – Interview Time

You would arrange to do the interview at a time that suits the person you are interviewing.

Begin by introducing the person and a brief bio of who they are and what they have achieved. Then move onto the questions until you reach the end.

Just use Skype to do the interview and recording software such as Pamela to record it.

Step #4 – Promote It

You now have a podcast that can be added to your blog. So write a post on your blog, telling your readers what they will learn by listening to it and have it available on the post for them to listen to.

You should also then submit the podcast to as many podcast directories as you can.

Also get the person you interviewed to tell their own customers about the interview and get them to link to your blog post.

Conclusion

These types of interviews can be done in a very short space of time but can bring in hundreds of extra readers to your blog. Especially if you manage to find real authority figures to interview.

So try it out and get those extra readers today

Enjoy Your Blogging!

Tony

Here’s the difference between blog commenting and blog comment spamming:

Blog Commenting – Leaving useful and informative comments on other people’s blogs.

Blog Comment Spamming – Using software to leave comments on thousands of blogs overnight.

There are several pieces of software that you can buy right now and start spamming your comments onto other people’s blogs.

Are they worth the money?

Well I guess it depends on how much you value your blog. If you just want to earn money from a blog and want to get lots of links to them, then comment spamming will do just that.

But how the search engines will view your blog when it suddenly gets hundreds, possibly thousands, of links overnight is something you won’t know unless you try it. But do so at your own risk is all I am saying.

Blog Commenting The Right Way

Leaving comments on other blogs is a fantastic way to get targeted traffic onto your own blog. People will read your comments and see your link, so as long as your comments are useful, you should get visitors from each comment.

All you need to do is go and search for related blogs to your own niche and see if the blog owner is allowing comments. Just look at previous posts and see if they have comments on them. If they do then find a post that you can share some thoughts on.

The key for leaving your comments is to make sure they are related to the blog post you are commenting on and actually add value to it.

Maybe you could share a related tip? Add something extra to the post to create more value? Ask a question? Thank them for a great post?

One thing that will help your comments to be accepted is to make sure you reference something in the post. This proves you have actually read it and not using automated software.

Most bloggers love getting real comments on their blogs. It proves to them that people actually like what they are doing and like to read their blog.

So find at least an hour a week to go and leave 5-10 useful comments on other blogs and you may be surprised at just how much traffic they start to bring in

Enjoy Your Blogging!

Tony

I personally sold more than 200 websites in 2009. All were profitable, some were very profitable.

But is website flipping still a good option for making money in 2010?

You bet it is!

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One thing that did appear towards the end of 2009 was a decrease in the prices for brand new websites. This was probably due to an increase in the number of people rebranding WordPress blogs and pasting 10-20 PLR articles on them and selling them straight away.

That technique seems to be dying off a little now, as buyers just won’t pay more than $100 for them.

So What Is Working in 2010?

To put it plainly, websites that are established and making money will sell every day of the week. If proof can be provided of steady traffic levels and earnings, then the sites will sell.

Just take a look on Flippa and you’ll very rarely see sites that are established not selling. When they do it is often because the buyer has set a reserve too high.

Not a hard and fast rule but generally websites sell for 6-12 times their monthly earnings. If they are more established then it is possible to get several years revenue, just like you see in these FREE site flipping videos.

It’s Not Always about Revenue

Website buyers who purchase high end websites know how to monetize a website effectively. So they see the potential in a site that has high traffic but isn’t earning that much revenue.

So, many times a high price can be reached even if a website isn’t earning a lot of revenue. Steady or increasing traffic levels can still reap huge rewards.

So the key to being successful in 2010 by selling websites is to make sure you focus on building established websites that are getting traffic. By doing this your efforts will be paid off far more than trying to sell brand new websites.

Enjoy Your Blogging (and website flipping)!

Tony