I haven’t been able to get into forums too deeply despite the fact that I’m a member of a few that I visit occasionally.

I have found them to be useful and I’ve been able to network with a few people, but I’m certainly no expert in this area. Read more »

Guest post by Daniel Packer

Like many of you, I want to drive traffic to my site. I want to gain more subscribers, and eventually, I’d like to make money! We all have different experiences with blogging, and we all know what works for us and what drives traffic. For some, that means guest posting a lot, and for others it means getting lucky that someone big notices you and retweets your link.

I had an experience I’d like to share with you because it completely changed the way I think about blogging. I did my fair share of guest blogging, but only got a few visitors each time. I wasn’t growing enough and was getting discouraged. One day, it all changed. I was getting more visitors, more quality visitors, and I knew that my growth wasn’t going to level off any time soon. Read more »

If you are a content provider, you have to stop thinking about how to get people to arrive at your website and start asking how you can get your content integrated into the cloud in which people live their daily lives.

This is what I discuss in this video, but I’ll be breaking this idea down in future posts to talk about some of the specifics.

Here’s a link to the YouTube version of Get Your Content Into the Cloud.

Also check out my new Better Blogging Vimeo channel.

Let me be blunt – five minutes spent on some blogs makes me feel… dirty! No, I’m not talking about blogs with questionable material, but rather blogs that are built on greed. It’s one of my pet peeves, and it’s one of the reasons blogging is getting a bad name – greedy bloggers marketing to other greedy people.

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There’s a cool blog across the net written by a cool blogger named Lindsey Nobles, who wrote a cool blog post today about cultivating community. It’s a neat article about her discovery of the essence of web2.0, which happens to revolve around the idea of real community. Hold that thought…

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When I was a kid, I hung out in the woods and baseball card stores. When I was a teenager it was the mall and the movie theater. Now? It’s bookstores like LifeWay, Borders, and Barnes & Noble. But online, I have some places I like to hang out as well. Call them time bandits if you wish, but I find them beneficial. These are some of my own favorite online hangouts. (Be prepared to share your own in the comments…)

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