DIGITAL STARTUP SOCIETY BLOG — Blogging Challenge

Product reviews among bloggers and blog readers have gotten a bit of bad rep over the past few years, as many companies send products to bloggers for free along with a set of talking points or benefits to mention that have been crafted by their PR team and Advertising Agency. Let’s just say the end result wasn’t always an honest review of the product.  That said, I think there’s still a place and a need for good product reviews and they can make great content for your blog but you’ve got to do it right. Readers can spot a phony...

A couple of days ago we talked about “Best Of” blog posts and in that post I briefly mentioned that it is perfectly fine – and even beneficial – to link to other sites. I thought that topic warranted a post of its own.  Many new bloggers (and even experienced ones) are afraid to link to other sites. They think they will lose readers and bleed out “link juice” and authority to the other site. If you’re linking to crappy, spammy sites, that is definitely the case. But if you’re linking to other quality blogs or various authority sites, these...

When you’ve been blogging for a while on a particular topic or in particular niche, it’s not uncommon to feel like you’re running out of ideas. Heck, it can even happen early on in your blogging career when you’ve gotten your first 10 or so posts under your belt. Or maybe you’re sitting there at your computer wondering if what you’re writing is what your readers are looking for.  Once you’re starting to build a following and a readership, even if it’s small one, you can start asking your readers for topic ideas. This works particularly well if you took...

Be honest. How many times does this happen? You’re browsing on the internet, and you come across a blog post you love. You resolve to come back to the blog and read it regularly before moving on. Two hours later and you’ve completely forgotten about this great new blog you discovered. Chances are you’ll never make it back there unless a serendipitous event reunites you with the blog a few months down the road.  Guess what… the exact same thing happens to a lot of your readers. If you don’t believe me, look at your Google Analytics stats and see...

We’ve spent the last two days talking more about “how-to” type information like using images and cross linking posts [LINK to Those Posts here]. (Did you catch how I’m using the cross linking technique in today’s post?). It’s about time we got back to content creation. Today’s quick content idea actually ties in well with cross linking because you’ll be doing a bunch of it. It’s another great way to showcase some of your older blog posts and get them a little extra attention.  I’m sure you’ve seen “Best of” blog posts across the web. But have you ever done...