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Monthly Archives: June 2008

SEO Ninja Skills Prevent Armageddon

A little while back I told you about this awesome book that explains search engine optimization (SEO) in plain English so anyone can become an SEO ninja. There’s even a ninja on the cover, and hey, who doesn’t love ninjas?

Maybe you looked at it and thought to yourself: “Looks good, and my search traffic really [...]

3 Time Bomb Tips for Business Blogging
You Must Know

There are three things you can do right now that will yield benefits right away, but these tips are really time bombs. What do I mean by that? Keep reading, and all will be explained.
These tips are time bombs because they don’t reach a critical mass and “blow up” for you (in a good way) [...]

How Gateway Blogging Lands Clients

New post is up at Gateway Blogging: How I Used Gateway Blogging Techniques
and Landed a Client with a Single Blog Post.
Yes, Gateway Blogging works. I use it all the time here on Remarkablogger. This blog has been my proving ground. It’s not magic, it’s proven business, marketing, and writing techniques. The Gateway Blogging Online [...]

What Are Pings, Trackbacks, and Pingbacks?

When you’re new to blogging, the crazy computer geek terminology seems to never end. There are a lot of new words to learn. Experienced bloggers take these for granted (or act like they do!) but what about the beginners? Don’t worry, your Uncle Blog Vocabulary is here. Today, we’re going to define three blogging terms [...]

Beginner SEO for Anyone

Does Search Engine Optimization (SEO) seem like some occult dark magic to you? Are you scared that you will either a) ruin everything and get banned from Google with one little mistake or, b) get ripped off by some person or product because you don’t know anything? Or do you think SEO is illegal or [...]

When is a Blog not a Blog? Two Client Examples Showcase Blog Flexibility

Blogs are much more than online diaries. The blog format is extraordinarily flexible. It can adapt itself into all kinds of uses. This flexibility is applicable to business blogs in a variety of ways–especially if your audience isn’t even sure what a blog is. Everyone understands “announcements” or “updates” or “news,” right? No geek badge [...]

Make Money with a Real Business -
Create One from Your Blog

Create a Business Out of Your Blog and Make Real Money is the newest post up at Gateway Blogging. Gateway Blogging is an online learning program I am building right now that will teach you how to effectively blog for your business, which will get you more business and increase your profits.
Gateway Blogging will [...]

An Incredible List of 45 Resources for Home Businesses

I don’t often devote a whole post just to send you another blog. So when I do, you should pay attention.
Naomi Dunford at IttyBiz has just compiled a monster post: 45 Home Business Resources: Things and People That Help You Make Money In Your Underwear. I happen to be one of those resources, but that’s [...]

Should You Squidoo?

Should you… what?
Squidoo is the brainchild of the well-known marketer Seth Godin. Squidoo is a multi-user site where, in a very user-friendly structured way, you create web pages on any topic you like. The web pages you created are called lenses. You don’t need any technical knowledge to create a Squidoo lens.
Why Create a Squidoo [...]

4 Power Questions for Killer Business Blog Posts that Grow Your Business

If your business blog isn’t supporting your business objectives, you gotta wonder why you’re bothering. But accomplishing that is not as easy as it sounds.
Or is it?
Next time you write a post for your business blog, and you really want to kick it in the head and get results, ask yourself these four power [...]

Are You a Jedi or a Sith Blogger?

Sometimes the action’s in the comments. In my recent post, The Bass-Ackwards Method of Starting a Business from Your Blog, my friend and productivity ninja Dave Navarro just up and decided he was going to tell commentors they could ask me their toughest questions on blogging. I gave him a hard time about it, but [...]

The Bass-Ackwards Method of Starting a Business from Your Blog

Most of you are probably not seeing enough money from your blog to feel that it’s become a business. That’s okay. That is the experience of most people who start a blog and hope to earn money from it. You’re not alone in this, and you’re not some loser while everyone else is just laughing [...]