BusinessWeek recently featured an article entitled “Bloggers Bring in the Big Bucks” (along with an accompanying slideshow presentation) which provides some insights into how much revenue the top blogs can generate: “Advertisers come to me because I get a lot of traffic. I get a lot of traffic because I work hard,” says Mario Lavandeira, […]
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Are you doing what you love? Are you passionate about your vocation? I have a confession. My passion is writing. While I enjoy helping others set up blogs, writing for a living is all I really want to do. I want to write from home, on my own schedule, and be paid for it. […]
Like it or not, those of us who make our living on the internet deal in so much jargon that an outsider might mistake our conversations for Portuguese or some such random language. I decided to put together this little Internet Buzzword IQ test to see how you rank. How many of the terms (or […]
When people think of good design on the web, they normally stick MySpace right at the bottom of the list. Unfortunately for people who appreciate nicely designed websites and portals, MySpace decided to throw out a news portal that would mix some Web 2.0 juice into the equation. There are many things wrong […]
Season three of the surprise hit Sci-Fi series remake Battlestar Galactica premiers tonight. Do you have your tasers set to “stun?” (I know, wrong show!) Battlestar’s production company does a lot of very creative things to make Battlestar fans feel incredibly connected with the show in every way possible. A major tool in […]
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Another easy way to get some exposure for your podcast is to participate in “listener lines” of other podcasts. Most podcasters that have listener lines are not taking live on-air calls, but rather have you leave a recording (usually via skype or an answering machine) that they can play back on their podcast at […]
“Writing for Search Engines” is a long standing session by Heather Lloyd-Martin and Jill Whalen. It’s a great session covering the basics of SEO friendly copywriting and a good primer for those new to SEO. Search Engines are constantly improving their ability to sniff out the spam and de-value irrelevant links such as those from […]
This one is just so easy that it is often overlooked. Just as you would (at least in the old days) list your website with several popular directories, you need to do the same with your podcast. Here are some of the more popular podcast directories: EveryPodcast.com - […]