Recently, there has been a whole lot of controversy regarding the subject of blog monetization. While some bloggers agree that monetizing your blog is a good thing, since you deserve some form of compensation for your labour, others vehemently oppose the idea emphasizing that blogs are for relationship building and trying to make money off your relationships is unethical! Still among those who accept... 

How many times have you heard that common copywriting advice about writing “killer” headlines or titles?  Of course, you know what I’m talking about. The one that goes somewhat like this: “If you want to make great impact with your marketing copy, write a killer headline!?” How about the one that says you should spend 80% of your time on the headline or title and 20%... 

If you ask any blogger, content marketing professional or web entrepreneur what their #1 priority is, the answer you will get most of the time is, generating website TRAFFIC! Indeed, traffic is like the magic wand that opens the door to online riches. Unfortunately, many of us are getting it wrong every way when it comes to generating traffic. You must know this: TRAFFIC on its own does not guarantee... 

On 21 March, 2013, the news of the demise of one of Africa’s greatest literary icon broke upon the world leaving us all flabbergasted. Chinua Achebe, a poet, novelist, professor, and critic, has bowed to the cruel hands of death at the age of 82. As a result of the influence this man had in my love for writing, I want to dedicate this post to sharing a little about him. I can authoritatively say... 

What? Is this supposed to be a pun? Nope! I mean every word in that title and as it says, it’s time for you to quit being a blogger! Frankly, I’ve been thinking of doing this post for close to seven months now but somehow I have not been able to bring myself to writing it. For one, blogging is fun and I’m very much aware that many bloggers have become addicted to it. To many of us blogging... 

Ever considered using free classified ads for promoting your blogs and business websites? Ever tried it? If you have, how did it work for you? Over the years, classified ads have proven to be effective ways of promoting products and services whether online or offline. This is what accounts for the increase of classified ads sites like Yahoo! Gumtree, eBay, Craigslist and many others that abound on... 

In these days when content marketing (or inbound marketing) has become the buzz word, businesses are expected to produce a constant flow of content to keep up with the hunger for information amongst internet users. But one thing that is sure is that people are not just expecting to see more content.  They want good quality content. This means as a content marketer (blogger, web entrepreneur, article... 

Ever noticed that everyone seems to be talking about inbound marketing these days? In fact, to many it’s simply the internet marketing magic wand you need to turn your business fortunes around for good! Of course, I wouldn’t doubt that. However, it’s rather unfortunate that of those talking, only a few really know what is inbound marketing. On various occasions I have heard many of these self... 

  So you have dreams of having a successful home based online business, right? And to actualize your dreams you have setup your business site and you’re passionately working on your promotional strategies while looking forward to hordes of traffic flooding your site, right? But, hold it for a moment. How about a blog, did you add a blog to your home business website? You did? Oh, that’s great! Fact... 

Ok, Valentine’s Day 2013 is finally here and whether you’re happily involved or happily single, whether you have some great plans made up for the day or you just want to stay at home and have fun, you definitely know the fun cannot be complete with some good Valentine’s Day Music. So, here’s some of the greatest Valentine’s Day Music collections of all times. Sing along...