Knowing where to start with SEO, social media, and online marketing can be confusing and frustrating. Even if you know your way around, there’s always more to the ever changing puzzle than it seems.
The Online Marketing Blog, TopRankBlog.com, is one of the best places to go to learn about all forms of online marketing ranging from search and SEO to social media.… Click to continue...
It is rant time here at Props Blog. A lot of people think that being successful and “trying” just means showing up. Part of being successful is just showing up, but that’s only a tiny percent of it. If you don’t show up to play, why bother?
Sending A Lousy E-mail Is Not Trying
After reading the responses to John Chow’s e-mail of the week, I can’t believe how lazy and scandalous people are. If you think for 1 second that Dan actually tried to be successful, you are out of your damn mind. Stop trying to be so nice and give people sympathy (especially when they don’t deserve it).
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**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, I was looking at my secondary Twitter profile which I recently started (more of a mix of personal and blog instead of just blog) and saw that I was on 1 list.
I thought to myself “hmm, how am I on a list with my BlakeWaddill account, but not my Propsblog account.” The… Click to continue...
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 thought “oh, a pro blogger from Russia.” It turns out my brain processed Blogussian… I felt dumb when I figured out a couple of days later it was Blog Discussion. Now that I’ve confessed that I’m a dolt time to time, we can move on.
Blogussion Is The Place To Learn To Build A Blog… Click to continue...
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 name since it is updated daily at a minimum) by Dave Doolin is one of my favorites.
Site: http://website-in-a-weekend.net
Author: Dave Doolin
Online since: Nov 2005
Page Rank: 1
Alexa Rank: 167,820 (recently under 100,000)
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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 Story of the Third Tribe
Starting out, Brian Clark from Copyblogger said that when he started blogging, he learned marketing from anyone and everyone. He might not always agree with what they marketed or how they marketed, but he was able to take something from everyone he interacted with.
Seth Godin sort of mentored Brian for a… Click to continue...
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 be up in 3 hours, this post is for you.
Since the whole idea of my site started as a review and reference page, it is really important for me to dig into what a site is about, the type of content that can be found, and if it… Click to continue...
There is a fine line between being a blogger and being an internet marketer who blogs. While I totally respect blogging entirely out of passion, I think great business opportunities are lost if you don’t consider the big picture.
I’ve already mentioned five of the top make money sites that you should check out, but there are countless other sites worth checking out. This week, I’m going to share my top 4 marketing sites.
Like my previous top 5, you might have already heard of these; however, if you aren’t reading these blogs, they are going to blow your mind and change how you think about marketing.
Seth’s Blog
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Search “Make money online” using Google, and you’ll get 181 million results. Try “make money bogging” and get another 175 million results. With so many resources out there, it is hard to determine where to go and what to read.
Among all the amazing blogs in this niche, there are five that I check on a daily basis because their content is so powerful and written with such quality that I can’t stop reading: John Chow dot Com, Daily Blog Tips, Copyblogger, Problogger, and Site Sketch 101.
In March of 2007 Daily Blog Tips did a Bloggers Face-off series; to this day it is still one of his most popular topics (see the Darren Rowse vs. Jeremy Schoemaker for a great example). He used a table to… Click to continue...
Some people have amazing marketing ideas and know how to generate hype. Daniel Scocco from Daily Blog Tips struck gold by creating a laptop giveaway for reviewing his new free eBook, Make Money Blogging. Before I even get to the review, I just want to point out that dozens if not hundreds of reviews will be written about his eBook generating a long lasting stream of marketing for him. Props!
As a daily reader of Daniel’s blog, I was very excited to hear he published a free eBook. While reading the many awesome blogger/make money online websites, it is easy to become lost, overwhelmed, and/or frustrated trying to find the information you want. This is where Daniel’s eBook comes in and sweeps the reader off their feet. He… Click to continue...
Blake Waddill is a husband, a father, a mixologist, and a blogger. His goal is to bring your the best information about online marketing, blogging, and random awesome stuff.
Props Blog is meant to be serious resource for finding information about information. We're always looking for the best sites and products to review. We look forward to your suggestions.
