Everybody and their dog use subscription systems to “draw” in more people. Some use Adweber, some other platforms. The race is the same. Attract as many people as you can to then brag with your high numbers. The best way to do this is to offer a “gift” by placing a free ebook for download or any other trick. The problem with many blogs is that they’ve got the idea from the big ones, doing this successfully over the years, but, even if the trick is the same, the “gift” might be of a very low quality, just to entice … Continue reading →

I have posted this article in the blogging section, but I assume it’s as valuable as advice for anything we do online (even in real life). I see way too many people try to mimic others, copy sites, copy articles, take an idea and use it too, just because they think their copycat site would be as successful as the original. We talk about the car on the John Chow blog, even if this is just an example: we can refer here to many things, not just stealing a famous header idea. So the guy makes lots of bucks. OK, … Continue reading →

I was responding to some topics lately about blogs and I recall at least 2-3 instances the topic was about the most famous bloggers and their uber blogs. I know them and visited them. And still .. I am shocked to see so many people discuss about them in such nice ways. With due respect to such people who made the blogging world what it is today .. some of the blogs are totally uninteresting to me. Weird .. I know. I hear people chat about johnchow, techcrunch, shoemoney and other assorted names in awe about how nice and interesting … Continue reading →