Author Archives: Contributor

The 10 Most Terrifying Blogging Statistics of All Time

A guest post by Jered Slusher of Mass Influence Leadership. You know why some bloggers stay virgins? Because they’re scared to death. They’re scared that they’ll be standing in the middle of the blogosphere with their pants around their ankles while other bloggers point and laugh. And, why shouldn’t they be scared? After all, they’ve…

Why and How to do a Quarterly Report for Your Blog

A guest post by Srinivas Rao. Last week I found myself here at Jean’s blog digging through the archives and writing essays in the comments of a couple of posts. When I looked at the 4 critical components to a blog’s success and my ridiculously long response about some of the things that have helped…

7 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Let Awesome Blogs Keep You From Achieving Stardom

A guest post by Carolina Baker of GirlHabits Being a newbie blogger attempting the impossible task of merging a product and a blog, I chose to tackle a topic very close and dear to my heart. As I’m showing love to my fellow bloggers, sometimes their greatness doesn’t motivate me to keep blogging. I find…

Four Critical Components to Your Blog’s Success

A guest post by Jered Slusher of Mass Influence Leadership. It seems like nowadays everyone’s got a different blogging philosophy: focus on SEO, focus on creating a list, focus on Twitter, focus on Facebook, success is in the content, success is in productivity, and so on. Here’s the real truth: A successful blog can be…

Don’t Let Your Blogging Boat Sink!

A guest post by Kiesha Easley of WeBlogBetter. I was sitting by the river on such a beautiful day – so sunny, it looked like someone had sprinkled glitter on the water’s surface. A perfect breeze carried the sounds of jazz and the buzz of a pontoon boat as it floated by. I wanted to…