How To Blog And Make Money Online
Alex Whalley is the owner and founder of Build | Rank | Profit: The Niche Site Marketing Blog and the Principle Consultant at BuRP! Consulting, a Sydney based Search Engine Marketing Firm. Connect with Alex at the official Build Rank Profit Blog and learn EXACTLY how to make money with Affiliate niche sites today!
Alex has written 11 awesome articles for us.
A look at why understanding your keywords is a lot more important than understanding your customers. Yes they whinge and maybe even throw stones at you – but that’s just what customers do. Keywords don’t. Just saying, that is all. Keyword Research is an art form and not something that should be taken lightly if [...]
Google Analytics. It’s as foreign to most people as good coffee is to starbucks (yeah I went there) but I know why. The reason 95% of bloggers don’t understand it is because it seems too… big. I know you know what I’m talking about because for too long I ignored this side of blogging simply [...]
‘Write for the Search Engines or write for the people?’ Surely as a blogger this is not even a question anymore. The Search Engines love your blog just the way it is, and with the ability to change permalinks at will, this is now all about the people.
My wife recently went to the local supermarket to pickup some extra items that we were running low on, and she excitedly came back with all the ingredients required to make (what turned out to be) the most tasty Prawn, Avocado and Mango Salad. As she entered the house she interrupted my blogging brilliance to [...]
I have noticed a lot of focus recently on blog commenting, and the tricks, techniques and what have you of the whole process, and it’s not surprising really. Blog commenting is after all, probably the most effective way to build your online presence, especially when you are just starting out in the blogosphere and don’t [...]
Copywriting is a billion dollar business, and there are thousands of books written on the subject, so it goes without saying that understanding and implementing at least the basics is critical to your marketing success. The Guru’s have turned it into unethical trash, but whether you like it or not – good sales copy is something you are going to have to implement. So let’s look at the six (seven?) elements or ‘secrets’ that make up a well written piece of copy.
I agree that it is important that you have a defined call to action in place, especially on the end of each blog post for example – but more important than this, and crucial to the overall success of your CTA (call to action) is your Unique Selling Proposition or USP. If your blog does not shout this to me, chances are I won’t hear it at all.
Social bookmarking sites account for over 75 million visitors each and every month, so getting a piece of that pie is fundamental to your blogging success. But what exactly IS social bookmarking? It’s actually a lot of things to a lot of people, but to a blogger…
It used to be called writers block, but I think that Blogger’s Cramp is slightly more fitting. Yes- it sounds like something you REALLY should see a doctor about as soon as possible, but it still conveys that horrible sinking feeling you get when you realise you have not had a unique blog thought for over 48 hours… and that’s a long time in blog speak!
Bloggers, Oranges, and a Granny Smith
by Alex on September 29, 2010 · 32 comments
Blogging is as blogging does – and by its very nature, you need to share and learn and grow and engage…constantly. The most common, and by far most effective way to do all of the above is to comment on other blogs, and this is something that we all know how to do really well, [...]