21 Ways to Build a Better Blogger
When we talk about ‘creating’ better blogs, there’s an underlying assumption that it’s only the blog that needs improving. The reality is, us bloggers could use a huge kick up the ass once in a while as well. We get sloppy, we sometimes let our standards slide and worst of Read more…
How To Make Your Boring Website Popular on Digg
As social media marketers, one of the most common questions we get about linkbaiting and social media promotion is this: My niche is boring and / or non-technical – how do I turn it into something popular and linkable? Last week I stumbled across a Wikipedia article that was, despite Read more…
10 Ways To Get More Done In Less Time
Web entrepreneurs, especially those who work outside the confines of the traditional workspace, often have trouble managing their time. This article proves 10 time-tested methods to get more work done than before AND free up the time we tend to ‘borrow’ from outside our work schedule. These suggestions are work Read more…
Quality v Success: What Is More Important For You?
On one hand, you have the burning desire to create something remarkable, memorable, and of sheer quality. It takes time, love and hard work, and you run the risk that it will go unappreciated, for after all you are pandering to your own notion of what needs to be said Read more…
Best of Performancing
There is a wealth of knowledge in the Performancing archives, which a lot of the new readers are probably not aware off. To rectify that, I started digging through the Perf archives to get the best articles, dust off the proverbial cobwebs and showcase them on the site. Here’s a Read more…
3 Steps For Writing Good Blog Posts
Thord (he of Swedish descent and bearing a reputation for ‘crack’ design skills) writes about the two most important skills a blogger can have. #2 is knowing how to blow your own horn (‘toot’ is so politically correct it gives me a shiver). Thord discusses it in some detail, and Read more…
3 Ways to Immediately Improve Your Networking Skills
Promoting websites online, just like in the offline world, is about finding the right people with the right resources and having them help you get the word out. By yourself, you are nowhere near as effective as when you have a network of contacts and friends working together to help Read more…
Have You Weaned Your Blog From AdSense Yet?
Chris, along with many other bloggers, are strongly against AdSense. To be fair to Google (and staying away from some silly reasons to hate AdSense), it’s not so much AdSense that’s a problem rather than the way you need to use it to get maximum revenue from it. If you, Read more…
Blog Networking Plugin for WordPress
The BlogNetworking plugin combines two simple but necessary components of any blog network: the ability to automatically create a blogroll in the sidebar and to show the latest headlines from across the blog network. You can see the BlogNetworking plugin live in action at the bottom of the Soccerlens.com sidebar Read more…
10 Networking Tips For Non-US Bloggers
As a blogger residing in a third world country, networking opportunities are limited for me. Logistical problems mean that it is bloody hard to hop over to the US for conferences – and in many cases, us non-US bloggers are at a disadvantage in terms of real networking opportunities. However, Read more…
