The last couple of weeks have been busy for me due to several different reasons. One is that my season is beginning for my fence products site, and after talking to an internet marketer that I trust and value his opinion, I was convinced that the site needed to be re-worked, massaged if you will. So I have been researching different options I have to help that site since it is my main source of income.
Social Media:
I have…

Two days ago, I decided I was fed up with watching so much garbage filter through my twitter stream on my personal account (kbloemendaal). I had talked to Rob from Rob’s Web Tips, and Mike Stenger about the reaction I might get from my followers. Both said I would probably lose about a third of my followers.
At the time I had 2900 followers, so I figured I could handle losing 1000 followers, especially since most of them would be…

Ok, I know already that many of you are already fuming just by reading the title, but please read completely through my article before you pass judgment on my decision. I have wrestled with this decision for the last month, and I want to be clear on why I am doing it. First, check out this video Matt Cutts put out the other day about do-follow comments on your blog:

I hope you watched that entire video, I watched it…

Ok, first I know, the quality of my sound/video really SUCKS! This is my first video, and I am shopping for a new webcam to use, so if you can get beyond the quality (I hope you can ) then you should find the actual message is thought provoking. So many content creators are scared to link out from their site, and do not fully understand the reasons you should be linking out.
Linking Out:
If you really think…

You blog, and chances are, you tweet as well. Twitter is an amazing tool to build relationships and no matter what people say, to promote your own content. I mean, we all want people to read our posts. You don’t want to only share your own content and other people’s content, you want to engage as well, but you want to get traffic to your blog and increase your readership, let’s be honest.
Ever since being on Twitter for the…

When you make the decision to learn how to blog, or to try to make money blogging, there are a few factors I think would help you in your decision. I was convinced by a good friend of mine that I needed to create a blog to try to promote my fence contracting business I was starting. I had owned a contracting business in the past, but never had a website before. So, it wasn’t easy to convince me. But…