Is this the greatest time of year for sports?

Monday, May 4th, 2009

What a great time of year to be a sports fan! This may be the one point in the year where you get a little taste of everything in the world of sports. Hockey playoffs... Basketball playoffs... amazing golf... your favorite football team just drafted their next superstar... the first pitch ...

Original Content Tips for Bloggers

Friday, May 1st, 2009

We have all been there... STUCK! Trying to think of the next blog post before the millions of other blogs out there do. Providing quality, original content is the key in blogging success. Not every post will be award winning, but you do need to separate yourself from the herd in ...

Sarah to the Beeskow

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Today I was able to sit down with Sarah Beeskow of ShareASale. Sarah and I discussed her role at ShareASale, her favorite sports team and even her favorite food.... Check out the full interview below! J: What is your role/function here at ShareASale? S: Soon to be Manager of Merchant Development! J: How ...

Unique Content Tip (10) Act Quickly

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Act Quickly Don’t sit on your best ideas, someone else may beat you to the punch. About a month ago I wrote what I thought was a pretty good post, saved it, and got it ready to be published in a week or so. Literally the next day I saw an ...

Unique Content Tip (9) Solve Problems

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Solve Problems One of the best ways to create unique content is to focus on solving the problems of your readers. If they are struggling with a problem, they obviously aren’t aware of a suitable solution or they wouldn’t have the problem in the first place. If you can provide that ...

Unique Content Tip (8) Know Your Subject

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Without substantial knowledge, all you will be able to write about is basic information. You don’t have to be an expert on the subject right now, but you at least need to be willing to constantly work on improving your knowledge so that you can eventually get to this point ...

Unique Content Tip (7) Dig Deeper

Monday, April 27th, 2009

Dig Deeper Write about a little-known aspect of something that is covered a lot. Find a hot topic in your niche that you know well. While other bloggers are just writing about basic, general information, go one step further and give your readers information that they are not finding anywhere else. ...

Unique Content Tip (6) Expand

Friday, April 24th, 2009

Expand If you’ve been blogging for any significant length of time you probably have a number of older posts that could be expanded upon. Occasionally go back through your archives and look for posts that could be the staring block for new and separate ideas, or look for those that lend ...