Category: Blogging


Why You’ll Never Get Rich Blogging

I concede: I will never get rich blogging and I don’t recommend you try it, either. It worked well for some people at the right time, but it’s not ever going to work for me…and likely you. The reason why is because blogging for money tends to evaporate creativity and the Linchpin. The majority of […]

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Scribe SEO Review: How a Little SEO Goes a Long Way

Scribe SEO is a paid WordPress plugin with a catchy name that helps your content rank higher in search engine results. With a click of a button, your content is analyzed and given a score based on its structure and keyword density. If your score is less than 100%, Scribe will tell you exactly what […]

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5 Gentle SEO Tips for Creative Writers

For the sake of clarity, the term “creative writer” in this article refers to anyone who considers their writing a gift of art long before it serves a function of marketing. Not everyone who blogs or writes online is trying to get a sales lead or talk about their business. And not everyone who reads online is […]

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Why Bloggers Matter to the Publishing Industry

What makes a blogger? A penchant for the rant? A crowd hustler with sticky offers? A spirited journalist, an observer of life, a thought leader? And what about the rest of us, scratching hard to make (not even a) living? Is it all for nothing or is there a future for us? The answer is absolutely. […]

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Do SWAG Blogs Bother You?

They sure bother me. You what SWAG is, right? It’s Stuff We All Get. All the cheap branded junk from the job fairs and marketing conventions of the world: fluorescent pens, calendar magnets, carabiner keychains. Baseball caps with corporate logos you’d never wear but keep anyway. A SWAG blog is a blog that churns out tons […]

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