Eventually, every blogger runs out of gas. The causes vary - could be writer’s block, or you’re too busy with something else - but the result is always the same: less quality writing, and less participation in the blogging community.
What you need is a little inspiration. You need a spark lit under your rear. You need a new goal to sink your teeth into.
Can a blog meme be resurrected after a month or so?
Perhaps not in its original format, but we can still extract lots of value from the original initiative. Chris Gray at SEO Ladder tagged me with the Blogging Tip Meme. At the time he had collected a nice list of blog tips. But it’s been awhile, and I’m not sure where the meme has gone. Really, it doesn’t matter.
In the spirit of Joanna Young’s tips on writing great link posts and Liz Strauss’s link post writing challenge (which I’m late for too!) here’s my attempt at bringing you some great blog tips from everyone else:
You can and should linkbait people. Try and get their attention, and hopefully they’ll link back.
Of course, you try that a few times, build up a bit of a relationship, and eventually you get a chance to do some guest writing.
With that, I’m very pleased to point people towards my guest post at Copyblogger: Are You Using the Five Types of Links Properly?
The post was spurred on by Brian’s own thoughts about the merits of using the anchor text, click here. Is he right? Is he wrong? You have to read the post to find out!
Many bloggers dream of creating media empires. Few of us come even close.
Having a popular blog is just one minor step in the process. It’s what you do next that’s critical. Many people start selling advertising or try and build revenues through affiliates. Some create e-books, offer white papers, or branch off into consulting services based on their expertise. All good things, but all relatively small steps.
Of course, it’s understandable. Few of us blog full-time. It’s not easy to blog full-time and be able to pay the bills. The amount of time, dedication and expertise required is immense.
But when we see examples of people building out mini-media empires like TechCrunch, GigaOm, ProBlogger, Know More Media, Positive Media Blog Network, and others, we feel like it’s possible for us as well. And it is.
I’ve read a lot about the value and benefits of guest writing on other blogs. But until recently I hadn’t given it a try.
That’s now changed. I’m a bit late with this announcement, but please point your browsers to my guest post on Pronet Advertising titled: Social Media Success Beyond Digg.
Originally, I had written the post to publish here. But of late I’ve been veering all over the place with subject matter from entrepreneur and startup content, to productivity stuff and blog-related posts. Good or bad, it’s the nature of the beast. But the post at Pronet was perfect for that audience, so it was time to make the leap and write elsewhere.
I hope the trend will continue. That’s assuming the folks at Pronet and Muhammad Saleem will have me. And don’t be surprised if my name shows up on a few other blogs in the near future as well…
I'm Benjamin Yoskovitz, CEO & Co-Founder of Standout Jobs. I've been an entrepreneur in the Web for 10+ years, with a particular focus on blogging and social media for the last two. This blog covers my topics of interest, including startups, entrepreneurship, business, blogging and social media. You'll also find content on personal development, productivity and marketing.
