How I Publish 42 Blog Posts Per Week - Tips for Efficiency

During a recent blog consultation phone call, a curious client asked how many blogs I publish and how often I post new information. I told her that I currently average about 42 blog posts per week, across eight different blogs (this one is on the weekly rotation, by the way).
I didn’t think this was anything [...]

Blog Ideas to Keep You Blogging in 2009

I know some bloggers who, over time, have learned the benefits of business blogging firsthand. But they complain that they’ve run out of blog content ideas and have nothing left to write about.
“The tank is empty. I’ve got nothing left. I want to keep blogging, but there’s simply nothing left for me to write about.”
Now, [...]

Mike Van Bergen Steals Content - Stop Online Copyright Infringement

According to his website, Mike Van Bergen is an Internet marketing veteran. In truth, he steals articles from other people and passes them off as his own work, in an attempt to make himself seem like an expert. It’s an ugly example of online copyright infringement — a despicable practice that has gotten completely out [...]

Blog Entry Ideas - 15 Blogging Content Ideas

Business blogging offers plenty of benefits to those who use it. It adds value to your website. It expands your web presence, increases your search engine visibility, encourages interaction from readers, drives more traffic to your site … the list goes on.
But it’s not always easy. Sometimes writer’s block rears its ugly head, bringing your [...]

Use a Genuine Blog Writing Style

This post is part of our blogging tips series for business bloggers.
“At the end of the day, we must learn to think outside the box and leverage our knowledge capital to come up with value-added solutions that are robust and scalable.”
Do you hate this kind of buzzword-driven gibberish as much as I do? Well, guess [...]

Ten Ways to Write Great Blog Posts That Get Attention

by Courtland Bovee
Millions of blogs fight for readership online (over 75 million by some counts), with thousands more being created every day. Making yours stand above the rest may seem like a daunting task, but here are ten suggestions for making your blog posts stand out from the crowd.
1. Write each post title so it [...]

How to Create a Content Plan for Blog Writing

Many times in the past, I’ve written about the search engine visibility benefits of using a business blog. Because of this, blog SEO (search engine optimization) is a popular topic among business bloggers. So here we go with another lesson on the SEO aspect of blogging.
In this post, we will learn how to create a [...]

Blog Writing Guidelines

Elsewhere on this blog, you’ve heard me stress the importance of writing helpful or interesting content on your business blog. In this post, I’d like to offer some specific tactics that go beyond this basic premise.
Tips for Business Blog Writing 

Write in your own voice. Don’t try to impress people with your vocabulary. The best blogs [...]

Optimizing Blog Posts for Search Engine Visibility

We begin this lesson with a reminder that readers come first, and search engines second. When posting new content to your business blog, try to create something of value for the reader. Try to create blog posts that are interesting, helpful, entertaining or otherwise engaging. Do this, and half the search engine “battle” is [...]