I’d say my visitors are gone, since I haven’t posted here in more than half an year. We’ll get them back, no worries about that What happened all this time? Well, we had another 6 months in NYC, so we spent 12 months in 2 years. That’s awesome, and I can’t find words to thank our wonderful friends for taking us into their home and taking care of us like they did. This wouldn’t be possible without such wonderful people around. I’m working full time as a freelance web designer and can say it’s finally worth all the stress and … Continue reading →

I’ve decided to ditch the top 10 articles roundup for 2 reasons: 1. most of the times it’s actually difficult to find something worth reading and linking too (and I do monitor almost 200 blogs) and 2. more than half of them don’t give a trackback, making this useless as a link building strategy. Since it’s a waste of my time and link “love”, I’ve decided to use Mondays for something better. Since my dissatisfaction with their content won’t make too many bloggers change their involvement, in the end it’s a subjective thing (what I find to be a lousy … Continue reading →

Fact: blog traffic DECREASES during holidays. Fact: your readers will come less often to read your articles. Fact: you won’t be able to post frequently, since you might actually have better things to do. And still, these days are important for your blog too. Even if traffic does decrease, this doesn’t mean you have zero visitors. Even if your readers are also busy celebrating, it doesn’t mean all of them are or that they can’t visit your blog at least once every 3-4 days. Now what do we do? Leave the blog hanging or continue posting in a more relaxed, … Continue reading →

The week that passed was full of interesting blog articles, here are ten of them: 7 Things NOT To Do Before You Have A Lot Of Blog Traffic – Some excellent ideas of how to make sure your new blog doesn’t “die” too soon. To Pay Off Debt or Save? That is the Question – escaping debt can sometimes be an excellent idea. Having some money saved is a nice solution. Learn what makes one or the other work better. For best results, use a measuring cup – while I am not an advocate for becoming a calorie “nazi”, I … Continue reading →

Having an active, frequently updated blog is the secret to success in this business. It will attract visitors and advertisers, providing good content on a regular basis. Although there are people who claim that posting 3-5 articles/day (especially if they’re long) might cause your readers to feel “overwhelmed”, posting daily is still an excellent idea. Still, even 1 post a day can become a burden and it takes TIME and EFFORT nevertheless. Read more

I’ve been blogging for the past 3 years. My Romanian blog is pretty well known, with a decent traffic and community. I’ve learned a lot of tricks these years and of course have made the biggest mistakes ever. One of these was to be inconsistent with my writing. I’d write 4-5 articles in one day (well, inspiration was sometimes generous) or keep the blog inactive for 2 weeks. HUGE MISTAKE! For the past 3 months I’ve made myself a new schedule on that blog. I write DAILY. No excuses, just 1 article/day, at least. My traffic DOUBLED. On this blog … Continue reading →

It’s Monday again. I’ve started my week with a lot of work to do, so am trying to be as effective as possible. Was able to list 10 more excellent articles for the week behind us, so that you have something to read while sipping your coffee and trying to postpone having to work Ten Ways to Invest $1000 without Putting a Dime in the Stock Market – when we think investment, we think stock market. Still, there’s more to investing than this. Find out 10 ways you can invest that money. Going Behind the Lines of Cinderella – an … Continue reading →

I’ve had a pretty busy week. Started working on some projects, am preparing to sell some of the sites, have also had a hard time conquering a city on Grepolis (yes, I waste time with online games too). The weather has been amazingly warm, it’s 20+ degrees Celsius, perfect for April, not November. Anyway, since I’ve always hated the winter, you can guess it was pretty nice to walk in the city in my t-shirt only. Even if busy with all the stuff, I still took time to visit DAILY some of my favourite blogs and try to keep my … Continue reading →

Firs day of the week, excellent time to try and see what good the previous one had brought us when it comes to good reading. I’ve seen tens of excellent articles, for our weekly round-up I have prepared our traditional 10 links. Enjoy: How do you keep motivated? – blogging is not easy and success doesn’t come too soon. This is why keeping motivated takes a lot of work. How do you make it? So You Think You Can Manage Multiple Blogs? Can You? – running more “gigs” can really help you develop your skills and create a small online … Continue reading →

I’ve had a busy weekend and a pretty weird week altogether, but am back home and it’s all just fine. So I took time to find some good articles for you guys to check out, if you haven’t read them already: The 1 Thing You Have to Understand If You Don’t Want Your Business to Tank – the importance of marketing for any business. Financial Lessons from a Different Generation – Learning from Grandparents – some of the amazing things we can still learn from the elders. A Lesson in Customer Service – a funny story of how customer service … Continue reading →