Blog Smarter: 9 Ways to Make Money from WordPress … Without Having a Blog

The Internet is flooded with too many blogs. It probably doesn’t need yours.
It’s not that you don’t have anything to say, you probably do. And it’s not that you couldn’t develop an audience, or eventually monetize that audience—you pr…

Blog Smarter: Turn Your Blogging Skills into Successful Affiliate Promotions

Like most bloggers, you probably want to make some money from your blog. Chances are good you’ve tried things like writing product reviews or putting banners or links to affiliate products into your sidebar.
But while many bloggers have mastered…

Blog Smarter: A Step-by-step Strategy to Boost Your AdSense Earnings

Let’s start with a question: What’s the single most important factor when it comes to making money with Google+ AdSense?
It’s organic traffic (i.e. traffic from Google and other search engines).
Here’s a simple example to illustrate the p…

Blog Smarter: Don’t Just End Up Trading Hours for Dollars

Many business owners leave or start their businesses thinking they can achieve more freedom only to find themselves toiling away in their businesses and thus having bought or created themselves another job. Blogging is no different for most blogge…

The Most Common Word at My House: “Why?”

As a father of three boys aged five and under, there’s a word I hear a lot in my house. I’m sure other parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, child care workers, and people with kids in their lives will know what it is.
“Why?”
Why do I have …

8 Blogging Lessons I Learned from Being Scammed by a Marketer

This past month my fiancé and I went to a wedding expo. No, I am not one of those guys who lets the girl run around and do everything for the wedding! So I was there getting sold on everything from limos to flowers, and watching marketing at its …

Use Social Sharing’s True Motive For Better Traffic

You’re getting regular traffic, but it’s flatlining. The regular crowd is still with you, but your subscriber base is fluctuating. And you’ve noticed you’re not being shared on social media very often.
If you were to ask, you’d hear all …

The Anatomy of a Better Blog Post

The last couple of weeks have turned up some valuable blogging advice for those who are working to hone their craft and become better blog post writers.
Not everyone falls into this category—some bloggers are happy with the way they write. Others…

7 Powerful Ways to End Your Next Blog Post

You know your title has to hook readers.
You know your first line needs to keep them reading.
The start of your blog post matters. But so does the end.
In fact, without a powerful end to your post, all the work that you put into the title and para…

Cash In by Paying for Guest Posts

If you’re looking for a way to grab attention for your blog and grow your income, I’ve had great success with this one: I pay writers.
Since May 2011, I’ve been paying $50 for guest posts on my blog. I started paying because my mission is to…