One of the more common group of questions I get on a daily basis from readers and clients is about "advertising on my blog" and more specifically "when should I start advertising on my blog".  Unfortunately there is no real clear and concise answer to this question and answers from experts vary greatly.  I'll provide you with my perspective on this and give you some items to consider, but ultimately the right answer is that you should start advertising on your blog when you feel Continue Reading

This guest post has been written by Mike from The Financial Blogger.  He runs several other personal finance blogs and aims to live from his online income. When we all started our blogs at the very beginning of this movement, it was often because we were passionate about a specific topic. We had something to say and wanted to share our thoughts with readers.  But after a while, especially if your site enjoys some success, a question arises: how can you transform your effort and passion into Continue Reading

The past two weeks at my full-time job have been just crazy busy and the unfortunate reality of that is I haven't been able to write near as often as I would like here on Side Income Blogging. The good news is that this little predicament made for a great article topic (this one).  My plan here on Side Income blogging was to have a consistent posting schedule of two articles per week: one on Monday and one on Thursday. Monday would be the big article since Monday's are big blog traffic days. Continue Reading

One the items new bloggers struggle with is what pages need to be created on their blogs.  I've often started working with new clients and visit their blog for the first time and find they don't have any pages created at all. WordPress pages, generally accessible from the main menu, are a great way to to share important information with your visitors.  Pages can be used to: Tell people more about you Provide contact information Highlight a series of posts Highlight your most popular Continue Reading

Writers block, it happens to the best of us.  You sit down to write an article and literally nothing comes to mind.  What do you do?  When I get stuck and can't come up with a topic to write on, I often turn to my readers.   Here's how: Blog Comments Read your comments.  Readers often write very thoughtful comments in response to your articles.  They'll also frequently ask questions or for your perspective on something related to what your article was about. Of course you could just respond to Continue Reading

File Transfer Protocol, better known as FTP is a communications standard that allows you to move files to/from a server on the internet.  FTP is commonly used to install software to a web server or to copy files up to a web server to make them available on a web-site. Thanks to many different software programs available, FTP is really rather easy these days.  Back in the day, you had to use FTP from a command line.  While not terribly complex it did require knowing the syntax along with some Continue Reading

In the six years that I've been blogging, I've learned a number of things about blogging.  I thought I would share with you the 10 most critical things that you should never forget when blogging.  These are core values and attributes that you should always keep in the foresight of your mind whenever you are working on your blog. 1 - Put your readers first, without them your blog is nothing Many bloggers make the mistake of not putting their readers first. Sure search engine traffic is Continue Reading

As a blog consultant, one of the most common questions I get asked by new bloggers is whether they should use Blogger or WordPress? My answer as with most answers I give is: It depends. Additionally, most people need a little more information in order to understand what they are really asking. What is blogger? Blogger is a free web based blogging platform owned and operated by Google. Blogger allows people to quickly and easily start a blog with no initial cost. Here's a breakdown of the pros Continue Reading

One of the unique features of a blog is the ability for your readers to share their opinion, thoughts or perspective on your articles.  In my opinion, comments from readers add to value of the article and frankly when reading a blog I often enjoy reading the comments more than I do the article itself.  Lots of comments are also the sign of a healthy and active blog. Many new (and even not so new) bloggers are often frustrated because they only get a few if any comments.  I've been there and Continue Reading