The Best of The Week [TBOTW]
Well I’m only a day late posting this weeks TBOTW article, I have excuses and each one is better than the last..hehe Anyway, no need for a long winded introduction this week, let’s get straight to the list!
Here we go, and in no particular order;
10 Signs That Your Blog Is On The Right Track by Daily Blog Tips - Starting a new blog or growing an existing one can certainly be frustrating, as it may seem like you are not on pace to achieve your goals. Like anything worthwhile, building a solid and effective blog will take some time and hard work. Read more..
The 7 Habits of Highly Successful Bloggers by The Blog Entrepreneur - If you are going to be successful in the blogging world or really at anything then you need to learn to play to your strengths and minimize your weaknesses. This sounds easy but in reality it can be incredibly difficult. Read more..
With Darren Rowse over at SXSW at the moment the guest posts have been coming through thick and fast on Problogger. There have been a few articles that I thought were great, this one would be the pick of the bunch for mine.
12 CPM Alternatives to Adsense by Problogger - Video content publishers face a unique capitalization challenge on the internet today. Sites that rely on new media for the bulk of their content are unable to earn as much from Adsense as those sites that feature more traditional written articles. Read more..
Anywired is rapidly becoming one of my favorite blogs to read, and with the rising number of people writing and selling ebooks over the last couple of months this article will give you a head start over the competition.
5 Short-Term Strategies for Building Long-Term eBook Sales by Anywired - What’s the #1 deterrent that keeps people from writing and selling their own eBook? According to the people who e-mail me for advice, it’s the so-called grandeur of the task. Read more..
and last but not least
Instant SEO boost using Google web history, 70 extra visitors a day by Seopher - SEO is a strange beast; you can try really hard to optimise a piece of content for the search engines only to have it sit in your archives, alone and unloved. Did you know that there’s an excellent SEO tool sitting right under your nose? Read more..
So there you go, the articles in my RSS feed that I either enjoyed reading the most or that I took the most useful information from.
As always feel free to suggest some articles or blogs that I should be reading and let me know if there’s anything here you liked by Digging or Stumbling this post.
Cheers, Matt
Writers & Bloggers needed, Stat!
One of my sister websites, Medical News, Stat! urgently needs some new writers and has asked me to post this out on my blog here.
Medical News, Stat! is a new website aiming to provide information on the latest innovations in medicine and medical science as well as providing independent news and views on newly released medical products, consumer technologies, lifestyle products, financial products, and cool cars and boats (big boys toys.
What are we looking for?
We’re looking for articles on the following topics;
- new cars and car related products
- new boats and boat related products
- newly released tech (medical related)
- newly released consumer tech products (televisions, mobile phones, mp3 players, etc.)
- lifestyle articles (holidays, restaurants, etc.)
- financial articles (investing, superannuation, advice, etc.)
If you’re unsure about whether an article would be suitable for publication on Medical News, Stat! then feel free to pitch the article to us first for ‘pre-approval’.
What length should the articles be?
Ideally the articles will be around 500 or so words, you can include images with the article or we can source them ourselves. The article should not be published elsewhere, we’re looking for new and unique content. You may put a link back to your website in the byline, but try to leave it at that. We will be setting up an ‘authors’ page shortly with links back to each of our contributors websites.
How do I submit an article?
You can email articles to content@medicalnewsstat.com, we will acknowledge the receipt of the article and inform you whether we would like to use the article or not.
How much will I get paid?
For each article we will initially be paying a price of $50 AUD. We will raise that price as the traffic and revenue to the website increases. You will be paid via Paypal shortly after the article is published.
If you’re interested in getting involved and submitting content to Medical News, Stat! then you can reply directly to this blog post and I’ll pass the information on, or you can email mathew.packer@gmail.com, or reply directly to Medical News, Stat! at admin@medicalnewsstat.com.
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