20 years ago there was a ton of “handymen”.  Men that could do just a little bit of everything, without being all that good at any of them.  These types of people might also be known as “Jack of all trades, master of none“.  But when you see a contractor vehicle these days, you see are most likely going to see the name of a... read more

Well I have been blogging for about 8 months now and I am still not real sure what direction this blog is going. My ultimate goal is to be making money from any blog that I create. I know it’s not easy and I do NOT want to live on adsense, YPN or other contexual services. I always understood that if you have readers, you... read more

What is your blog about? Do you know the type of audience it requires to be succcessful? Do you know where to advertise to get that audience? Just creating a blog and thinking that readers will come to it will not get you anywhere with your blog. Once you find a niche, something you are passionate/knowledgeable about, you should really decide where to get your readers... read more

You know that you market your blog, right?  But who are you marketing to?  Do you have any idea what type of users are on your blog?  I thought I would mention a couple of ways that you might be able to find out. First Ask them.  Easy huh?  Well, it really is.  Set up a poll, ask their age or some other type of descriptive question. ... read more

A lot of people like to use Stumbleupon.com to get some traffic to their blogs.  If you haven’t done this yet, write a good post and have someone else (that’s the key here) submit the post.  What happens next will most likely blow your mind. As you can see from the image below, the steep mountain of traffic for a couple of days came from a... read more

The first thing that you might be thinking is “why would I share my ideas?”.  Well, if they work for you, why not pass them along to your readers?  I am not talking about the secrets that made your blog famous, or the ones that made you some money.  I just mean the little tactics and experiments that might be helpful to bloggers that are... read more

There is a lot of information out on the internet for just about any topic you can think of.  But when it comes to marketing on the internet, besides reading, you should be doing.  There are some high quality blogs out there providing everyone with everything from the basics to advanced information regarding the marketing of your blog.  Take it all in, or as much... read more