In the book Blogging Heroes, Michael A. Banks interviews 30 of the world’s top bloggers. With literall
y millions of blogs populating the Internet landscape (Technorati lists over 102 million blogs), it is truly amazing to rise to the top and be considered of the top 30 bloggers in the world.
The bloggers interviewed in the book write about everything from business trends to tech gadgets, parenting tips and how to maintain your car. These bloggers love what they write about and are happy to share their ideas, and secrets, with the rest of us.
Some A-List bloggers include Gina Trapani of Lifehacker, Frank Warren of PostSecret, Peter Rojas of Engadet and Kristin Darguzas of ParentDish. These prominent and innovative bloggers featured in Blogging Heroes have discovered the strategies and techniques necessary to drive traffic and earn substantial incomes from their blogging efforts.
Banks does an excellent job by not only asking the questions we would ask, but also in providing the bloggers’ answers in an accurate, informative and entertaining way. If you have a passion for blogging, you will certainly enjoy reading these success stories.
The author organizes each interview into separate chapters. Each chapter begins with a brief biography of the featured blogger. Banks moves on to asking each interviewee very compelling and useful questions; such as:
At the end of each chapter, or interview, Banks provides a very effective Points to Review which provides a summary of the key points from the interview.
Blogging Heroes is full of both inspiration and education. The book can help motivate you to start a blog, or not to give up an existing blog. The book also serves as a reference book which you can refer to often.
No matter your level of expertise, this book provides sage advice and fundamental blogging truths that will make you and your blog more successful.
Blog Basics for Everyone
Create It
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Should you blog? posted at FRAUDfilesam often asked by other professionals if they should start a blog, and the answer is almost always, “it depends.” And it really does. I think the most important variable is whether or not the person is committed to blogging for the long-term. And a close second is whether or not the person is committed to blogging regularly.
Top Ten Tips - Learning HTML Basics posted at Tip Diva. Basic HTML allows you to change your font, add images, create links and more. Here are some of the most popular HTML tags used on those websites.
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Earn It
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Amazon S3 is simply amazing posted at Woody Maxim. If you run an online business and are not aware of Amazon S3, then listen up.
Promote It
Recommended: Targeted Blog Traffic Course posted at WebSite Werx. If you have a blog, or want to have a blog, you’ll definitely want to check this out.
Does your business pass the “Charlie the Plumber” test. . . posted at Carol Bentley. How much do your customers or clients value you and what you do for them? Do they really appreciate all the trouble you take to deliver the best possible service or product?
Tapping Michel Fortin’s Brain Volume 2 posted at Stephen Dean’s Copywriting And Internet Advertising Blog - Copywriter. My readers know that I’m in Michel Fortin’s coaching program. Each day I get to ask Michel a question about copywriting.
Can your site handle 12 people an hour? posted at Business is Personal. If 100,000 potential customers were brought to the “doorstep” of your Web site – right now – how would you capture and hold their attention? Ok, maybe 100k in one day is a little much for you.
The One Thing You MUST Learn To Succeed In Any Business posted at Richard Lee. If the memory centers in my brain were to become damaged such that I forgot everything I learned about business… marketing… making money and human nature… BUT I were allowed to keep one bit of absolute truth… it would be this:
How to optimise a homepage. posted at Ed Rivis. I’ve been using a clever online service called CrazyEgg to optimise web pages, or more specifically, homepages, which are notoriously difficult to optimise simply because they usually have so many choices for visitors to take.
How to Make Time Out of Thin Air posted at How to Make Time Out of Thin Air. Whatever these things are for you, there’s an incredibly easy way to make them happen much quicker than they would if you are left to your own devices. This method is so simple and obvious, you’ve probably already used it yourself under the right circumstances. In fact I’m using it right now!
Traffic Experiment Results: 308 Visitors In 6 Days posted at Online Business Blog. For the past 6 days I have been doing a traffic experiment. I’m very pleased with the results so far. My blog received 308 new visitors. My RSS readership increased. I’ve been getting more comments on my blog. And I have advertisements that will be running on 20 other blogs over the next few days.
Don’t give a Hoot about Google Page Rank. posted at Fred Black: Internet Business Blog.. There’s a common path that people take as they’re learning about doing business on the internet. At some point, they discover SEO (Search Engine Optimization)… the process of making your web site pages rank better for certain search terms.
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