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Planning Your Blog Posts With an Ebook in Mind
I’m still furiously working on client projects and prepping for a new project I can’t wait to tell you about! That means my posting here has been sparse. So when my friend Ang England asked if she...
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Can I legally use company logos on my couponing blog?
Copyright and trademark questions are some of the most interesting that I receive (and hardest to answer because there are so many nuances and I’m not lawyer). They are important questions, too,...
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What to Do When Someone Steals Your Blog Post
Your Words Have Value! If you’ve ever found your articles reprinted without your permission — and I’m talking more than what’s considered fair use — then you’ll love today’s article. Ang England...
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What Do Bloggers Need to Claim for Taxes?
If you’re a blogger and aren’t sure if you need to pay taxes, it will depend on whether you’re making money with your blog and whether you consider your blog a business or a hobby. I received the...
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Black Friday Tech Deals for Bloggers
I know many of you are PUMPED about Black Friday deals. Some of you may have gone straight from Thanksgiving dinner to the mall, Best Buy, or Target! I, on the other hand, am all about the online deals...
View ArticleGrab These Six eBooks by Problogger Darren Rowse for just $10 Each
Darren Rowse of Problogger fame is celebrating 10 years of blogging by having a sale on his library of ebooks! You can get each of the following titles for only $10 until December 6, 2012. Some of...
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4+ Pieces of Advice for Non-Native English Bloggers
This is kind of surprising to some people, but there’s actually a big number of bloggers who write their content in English, yet they are not natives. However, despite this fact they can still get...
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One Year Later: Editing a Hyperlocal Collaborative Blog
It doesn’t seem like it’s been long enough for the collaborative hyperlocal blog I edit, Avant Greensboro, to be one year old. Were we successful? Wildly, in some areas, and not at all, in others....
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Speaking French In Spanish
This post is utterly off topic, but I just wanted to share a little bit of myself with you today. My family makes me laugh on a regular basis. We’re pretty much introverts with dry humor, but it works...
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Have You Checked Your Facebook Privacy Settings Lately?
If you’re not checking your FB privacy settings regularly, you should be. And I have the prime example of why: Any Facebook personal profile status update you post as Public (as opposed to posting to...
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Tweetdeck is Going Away, Now What?
Twitter is known for its inadequate user interface. Most people don’t use the Twitter website to keep up with their stream. Instead, they turn to other apps that are easier to use and allow for...
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How to Get Started with Google Analytics
If you haven’t installed Google Analytics on your blog, get ready to meet your new best friend. I’m going to help you register a Google Analytics account, put the tracking code on your blog, then give...
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Friday Roundup
How to Switch Twitter Without Totally Starting Over One of my favorite tutorial bloggers is Jenny Motley. She’s not writing much any more, but what she has over at Cyberface is fantastic. Click over...
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Viral Headlines, Blog Design, LinkedIn Networking and More – Friday Roundup
Every week I keep track of the best articles I can find about blogging and social media. And every Friday I share them with you and give you the chance to share your own best post of the week. Let’s...
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Money Machine: Books to Make Your Blog Into Big Business
Hey, Melanie, all these people are making serious bank from their blogs, what am I doing wrong? Don’t believe everything you read. Most people are not making thousands of dollars a month from their...
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Get Your Google+ Vanity URL
This is a quick and dirty update. You can now get a vanity URL for your G+ account (e.g., https://plus.google.com/+MelanieNelson). It’s easy. Just go to http://bit.ly/1f49MYC and get started. You’ll be...
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G+ Vanity URLs, SEO Traffic Drops, and More + Your Links!
Happy Friday! This week’s roundup of helpful blogging links is a good one. I could give you a dog and pony show, but let’s face it. You want to get right to the good stuff. Get Your Google+ Vanity URL...
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Blogger Holiday Gift Guide – 2013
We bloggers get giddy over our gadgets and gizmos. Want to wow your writer this season? Everything you need is right here in my Blogger Holiday Gift Guide. Keurig desktop coffee maker and coffee pack....
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Does My Alexa Ranking Hold Any Value?
I recently received this question about SEO and Alexa rankings. Question: Can you please share some insight about SEO? I’ve read about it online, but I don’t undestand it much. Does my Alexa ranking...
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Facebook’s New Algorithm, Pinterest Giveaways, Email Strategies – Friday Links
What You Need to Know About Facebook’s New Algorithm For years Facebook has used EdgeRank as the means for determining what’s seen in each person’s personal newsfeed. Now Facebook has replaced EdgeRank...
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