The general advice when deciding on a niche for your blog is this: being as specific as possible will help you cater to your target audience. The more specific you are, the more you will attract a small number of people. That sounds about…
Ever wondered how we learn a new skill? For instance, how does a baby learn to walk? Do they do it perfectly from the first try? Of course not. They fail. Over and over again. Learning, you see, is not…
The easiest way to make money from your blog is to be paid to create content. That’s the main reason a lot of bloggers choose to monetize their content through paid newsletters. Maybe the idea of being paid to send…
Only 2 out of 10 people actually read beyond the headline of an article. But that only happens IF your headline is enticing enough. If you screw up your headline, no one is going to read your article. But, let’s…
Let’s play a game of the imagination. I want you to imagine into existence what your favorite TV show would be like. Imagine the story, the actors, everything. Now, imagine that they stream a new episode every Monday at 7…
Welcome to Trends, where we try to find the next big idea by discussing the trends that are going to shape the world of blogging in the next 5 to 10 years. Today’s topic? Distribution channels. Specifically, how to take advantage of…
Blogging is a bit of everything. A bit of writing, a bit of marketing, and quite a bit of copywriting. Just think of headlines. A classic example of applying copywriting principles in order to attract potential readers. But there’s so much…
It was a struggle. Crazy Romanian kid, doing his best to write in a foreign language. A post every two or so days, maybe it wasn’t a lot, but it was taking me hours and hours of work, of editing,…
There’s an awful lot of content out there, and I’m afraid we’re just getting started. As more and more people become enamored with the idea of being content creators, the information overload we now experience will turn into a literal…
“Building an audience” is one of those anxiety-inducing terms, especially when you’re just starting out. As a matter of fact, most bloggers feel the need to constantly produce new content, as a way of increasing social shares and also better…
