Blogging & RSS Information

Blogs Explained


It seems like Blogs are everywhere these days. You can't seem to surf the Internet without seeing the word Blog somewhere.

Blogging for Dollars


Blogging for dollars might sound like the latest game show or some new drinking game, but it's the latest craze to hit the Internet. Bloggers began blogging for a number of reasons, but as the blog movement has increased in popularity, they have found ways to monetize their blogs and are seeing their commitment pay off.

What Is RSS?


Recently I did an interview with a well known email Internet Marketer. He wanted to share with his readers a viewpoint on what RSS is from someone who is using it in place of traditional email marketing.

How to Write A Blog... And Survive


The question of the day is "Should you start a Blog?" People all over the planet are blogging. Companies, CEOs, lawyers, journalists, stewardesses.

Its A Blog, Not A Sales Letter


The recent spurt of interest in blogging has begun to ignite the hope that people can make a full-time income from blogging. Although there are a few people actually doing this, there aren't too many business models yet that can support someone making a full-time income from their blogs.

Why Use RSS?


So why use RSS? Well, I can find a whole lot of reasons why. Although I'm not technically inclined I do understand the power behind syndication.

Who Would Use RSS


My previous two articles "What is RSS and Why use RSS" focused on how we can give our customers a better online experience while lessening the hassles for the online marketer. In this article I'm going to offer you another way to look at RSS - from the standpoint of a new emerging profession: the channelmaster or newsmaster as Robin Good calls it.

How To Build Traffic To Your Blog


With the growing interest in blogging as a means of online promotion and branding, a lot of marketers are starting blogs to promote their opinions, products, books and services. But a blog is like a website.

Marketing with Blogs and RSS Feeds


Perhaps you still don't realize or fully understand the power of RSS Feeds as a marketing tool.After all, email works fine, doesn't it?Unfortunately, the truth is:1.

If an RSS feed is the Yahoo Backdoor, is a Blog Googles?


Though the answer is in a book I wrote this July, the question is still asked of me repeatedly. Why does it work for some sites and not others? And how come some blogs get indexed in a day and then are dropped, and others stay in Google indefinitely?Well, let's take one question at a time.

Why It Took Me So Long To Blog


When I saw my first blog, I wasn't impressed.The first blogs I ever read were embarrassing tales of teenage angst better left private, political diatribes from both the rabid right and the rabid left, and jargon-filled tech rags that made my eyes glaze overAnd yet everyone was talking about blogs and that I would soon be left behind if I didn't have one.

Business Blogging - 5 Tips to Help You Smashl Through Writers Block


It's inevitable. Everyone hits the wall.

The 6 Top Reasons Marketers Should Blog


If there is a downside to blogging, I have yet to find it. The more you learn about blogging, the more there is to like.

10 Reasons to Put RSS on Your Site!


RSS and Blogs are the topics of the moment. Seems like everyone is talking about it.

Building Backlinks With Blogs


The most boring part of getting traffic to a website is getting backlinks. This is hard, boring, time consuming work.

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