In: Blogging Help, Online Business

How to Make a Living From Your Hobby Website

Many people are wondering if they can make any money with a blog online.  Brandon Cornett says you can — and that you can make a living at it.  I think he’s right, but you have to think like a publisher, become a pro at SEO, and be disciplined.  Here, Mr. Cornett presents an excellent list of what you must do to succeed. — Editor

In: OS WebMaster, Online Business, SEO Matters, Social Media-Marketing, Web Help

SEO Matters: Website Goals Increase Online Success


This is another article from our SEO Matters series, where we’ll consider setting Goals using Google Analytics and how that can really take your game up a notch. Note carefully that setting goals not only helps you increase “conversions” (get visitors to take a certain action at your site), but also helps you learn

In: Blogging Help, Copy Writing, Online Business, Social Media-Marketing

Find New Readers: 10 Blog Traffic Tips

Here are the top 10 techniques new bloggers can use to find readers. These are tips specifically for new bloggers, those people who have next-to-no audience at the moment and want to get the ball rolling.
Most blog commenting systems allow you to have your name/title linked to your blog when you leave a comment. This is how people find your blog.
It helps if you work on this list from top… Continue reading

In: Blogging Help, Online Business, SEO Matters, Social Media-Marketing

SEO Matters: How to use the Power of Local Search

Here’s another article in our SEO Matters series, and here we’ll look at how local search really helps put a business on the map.

by Scott Frangos

A lot of “Content Masters” (a name for all of you managers using a Content Management System for your business websites) focus their Search Engine Marketing (SEM) strategy on good SEO techniques to rank as high as possible.  And with today’s… Continue reading

In: Blogging Help, SEO Matters, Social Media-Marketing, WordPress CMS Help

SEO to the Max for WordPress

Here’s another article in our SEO Matters series, — let’s see how WordPress can be optimized for SEO using some key plugins (in addition to the things it does naturally to assist the SEO effort).

by Scott Frangos

Once you install WordPress and start posting regularly, you can sit back and relax — WordPress will do the rest of the SEO work, right? Wrong. Sure, WordPress… Continue reading

In: Blogging Help, Online Business, Social Media-Marketing

The Secret to Harnessing the Power of Social Media

By Daniel A Addington

I think advertising is going crazy at the moment over SMO using guerrilla tactics, fancy viral videos, flash games, and a multitude of other fickle engagement strategies to get people talking or thinking about their brand online. There is a false perception, I believe, that… Continue reading

In: Blogging Help, Online Business, Social Media-Marketing

WebChew: News and Views for BlogMasters, WebMasters, and Social Media Marketers…

by Scott Frangos

Here’s an overview of some of the latest resources and news…

New SEO Videos… and an SEO Rapper

SEO Videos: The Search Engine Optimization Journal has released SEO Videos to help you keep on top of the game. I listened to the “Keyword Discovery Tool”, video — it is pretty basic with audio and views of the computer screen, but informative. Other titles there now… Continue reading