99 Ways to Promote Your Blog for Free
Published September 18th, 2007 in Blog Promotion - 271 Comments
LINK BUILDING: Exchange links with other bloggers Use BlogRush Submit to RSS directories Submit to blog directories Submit to general directories Start a 2nd blog and link to yourself Create and give away blog themes (with a link to your blog in the footer) Create free plugins Create link bait Participate in blog carnivals Comment [...]
Designing to Save Time on Maintenance
Published September 17th, 2007 in Design - 13 Comments
If you’ve ever tried to redesign a website (especially one that was designed by someone other than yourself) you know how frustrating it can be. Even performing routine maintenance can be difficult if you don’t spend a lot of time on the site and you’re not familiar with the structure. There are a few things [...]
How to Set Up a Domino Effect of Traffic
Published September 16th, 2007 in Social Media - 234 Comments
Do you think your blog doesn’t have enough traffic to become popular with major social media sites like Digg, StumbleUpon and del.icio.us? I don’t normally have a huge amount of traffic either, but I’ll show you how I was able to get over 34,000 unique visitors in two days without submitting the page to any [...]
Weekly Links
Published September 14th, 2007 in Links, Uncategorized - 19 Comments
It’s been a busy week here (with more than 40,000 visitors in 4 days) and with all the new subscribers I wanted to point out a few things. First, this blog uses the DoFollow Plugin to remove nofollow tags from links on comments. I value your participation, so I am happy to give a real [...]
Improve Your Look with a Customized WordPress Theme
Published September 13th, 2007 in WordPress - 18 Comments
One of the features of WordPress that is most appealing to bloggers is the theme system. With WordPress you can find literally thousands of free themes, pay for a premium theme, or design one yourself. Most bloggers choose free themes for obvious reasons. However, it can be difficult to stand out from all of the [...]
Give Your Linkbait a Boost
Published September 12th, 2007 in Traffic Generation - 70 Comments
Linkbait is a proven method for growing traffic to your blog and increasing your search engine rankings. But sometimes your linkbait might not take off like you hoped it would. In these cases a little bit of creative marketing can make all the difference. Although the whole premise of linkbait is to gain links without [...]
Standing Out in a Crowded Blogging Market
Published September 11th, 2007 in Blog Promotion - 17 Comments
Many of us, myself included, blog on a particular topic that has thousands or even millions of other blogs. When readers have that many choices, it’s difficult to stand out and be noticed. By taking a look at some of the most successful bloggers you can see a number of different strategies that allow them [...]
77 Resources to Simplify Your Life as a Web Designer
Published September 10th, 2007 in Design - 524 Comments
If you’re looking to learn more about design websites, please see our post Learn Web Design for plenty of resources to help your educational pursuit. As a web designer, achieving efficiency in your workflow will have a significant impact on your success. Fortunately, there are a number of great resources that have been created with [...]
Driving Search Engine Traffic to a New Blog
Published September 9th, 2007 in SEO - 53 Comments
This week I am happy to be participating in a five-day series of posts about growing your blog. This post is the 1st and each of the next 4 days there will be posts by other bloggers on their own blogs. Each of the bloggers involved in this project has been experiencing growth and all [...]
Weekly Links
Published September 8th, 2007 in Links, Uncategorized - 19 Comments
What Length Should a Post Excerpt Be? from Pro Blog Design. Homepage Excerpts WordPress Plugin from Daily Blog Tips. An Interview with Aaron Wall of SEO Book from ProBlogger. Add Your URL to SEO Friendly Directories Free from Super Blogging. How to Stop Someone Hotlinking Your Images from Blogging Tips. Google Radar Spots Text-Link-Ads from [...]
