Twitter is a huge social media force now, that is no secret to anyone. In fact, according to Alexa, more than 3% of all internet users visit Twitter daily.
Many people have been on board for years while others (like me) have only been using twitter for a few months now.
People use Twitter for a variety of reasons including socializing,… Read the rest
**We interrupt your normally scheduled post with a Twitter List update**
About a two weeks ago, I was reading ShoutMeLoud.com and came across an article about the Beta for Twitter Lists. I wondered how exactly Twitter decided who to invite and hoped to be included.
Then about 30 minutes ago,… Read the rest
There are a ton of blogs out there today about how to blog. Just do a search for Make Money Blogging or How To Start A Blog, and you’ll get millions of results. Insane!
In this highly competitive niche on how to blog, few blogs make it past the initial startup, and most don’t gain a strong following for over a year.
When I first saw the name Blogussion, I… Read the rest
Ever since I started using computers, I’ve always been interested in ASCII art. I remember how cool I thought I was as a 10 year old making faces like };^> (the devil). When I found the internet the level of ASCII art stepped it up a few notches. Being able to draw crazy pictures in IRC… Read the rest
Since I started blogging, I’ve come across a ton of amazing people and some really cool blogs. Like most bloggers, I have my list of big name blogs I follow like John Chow, Daily Blog Tips, Copyblogger, and Chris Brogan to name a few.
I also have some smaller blogs that either haven’t hit the big time yet or aren’t designed to go mainstream. Website-in-a-Weekend (which is a very misleading… Read the rest
John Chow was nice enough to record the Internet Marketing for Smart People seminar at the World Blog Expo 09 and post it for us. The video is just under an hour long, so I decided to write a paraphrased transcript for anyone who wants the information from the video and don’t have time to wait for it to download and watch it.
The… Read the rest
It has been a couple of weeks since I published my article about vNES giving all of us who remember the days a nostalgic kick in the junk. For those of you who missed it, NES had 5 of 10 of the most difficult games of all time.… Read the rest
As I have mentioned before, comments are a huge part of what makes blogs such a unique communication tool. We’ve already discussed some of the reasons why people comment. Copyblogger also wrote about some of the pitfalls of using comments as a traffic building strategy.
One of the biggest keys to both of… Read the rest
At this point I think it’s safe to say that 99.9% of bloggers who have any interest in making money online currently have or once had Google Adsense on their page. It’s fast and easy to setup, and there are no requirements for getting started.
Pay Per Click Ads Are Frustrating
Pay Per Click ads are somewhat frustrating by nature. You spend hours optimizing your site to have just the… Read the rest
You know the problem with awesome sites? There is too much information and not enough time. Since I began increasing active in the social media word and blogging, I’ve come across countless amazing webpages I couldn’t stop reading.
If you start reading one blog post, end up clicking a link or two, and hours later find yourself looking at a clock reading 4:00 AM, and you have to… Read the rest
