May Working Blogger Archives

Top 25 List of Blogs About Blogging

I just fattened my Google Reader (again). Daily Blog Tips has posted a list of the top 25 blogs about blogging which will be regularly updated.
The rankings are based on Google Page Rank, Alexa, Bloglines subscribers and Technorati Authority. There were actually a handful of blogs that I hadn’t subscribed to - but I [...]

Dealing With Those “Link Exchange” Requests

I don’t know about you, but I am always getting “link exchange” requests that go something like this:
Hi, Webmaster,
I just came across your site on (Niche A) and I think it would be very beneficial for you to link to my site, www.Nothing-At-All-To-Do-With-Niche-A.com. I have added a link to you on this page: Buried-Page-Four-Levels-Deep.html. You [...]

Finding My Voice

I’ve been blogging for two and a half years now, but ironically, these days I’m feeling like a babe in the woods.
Looking back, I’d say I’ve achieved a measure of blogging success - if you measure that success in terms of money. I make a good part-time income from my blogging (including the freelance [...]

Blogging Contract with Myself

Sometimes I am just in awe of how the blogosphere always has a post somewhere that gives me that pick-me-up just when I need it. Darren’s post Make a Contract with Yourself at Problogger was the one thing that I needed to read right now.
After I developed my blogging schedule the other day, and [...]

27 Tips for Getting Visitors and Subscribers

John Wesley over at Pick the Brain has written one of the best posts I’ve read in a while about how to get more traffic and more feed subscribers: 27 Lessons Learned on the Way to 3000 Visits a Day and 2200 RSS Subscribers.
The entire post is a motivational call to action for bloggers, [...]