Bloggers Journal

How to Stay Productive When You Have No Time

Mark — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:40:52 +0000

When you are aiming to complete a project or get a small piece of work done it is important that you stay productive and don’t get drawn into procrastination. The key is keeping the momentum going to get the job done. The issue arises however when you have other commitments that require your time and effort. How do you manage? My wife and I recently bought our first home and the move, as many know, [...]

Niche Website Development 09 – WOW it’s been a while…

Mark — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 23:56:17 +0000

Wow indeed! It’s been an insane amount of time since I’ve last posted on Bloggers Journal. Fortunately I haven’t forgotten about this place. I’ve had a pretty hectic time of it off-line. I think it was about time I did an update on the niche website. I’ll put it out there first – I’ve been a little lazy because I’ve been letting Google take care of business for me. I’m not a fan of link-building [...]

Why Does My WordPress Blog Get So Much Spam?

Mark — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 23:02:59 +0000

It goes without question that we all have experienced spam. Whether it’s the usual rubbish you get through your letter box at home, or in your email inbox, we all get bombarded by it. But, why does a WordPress powered website get so much spam? Spam as we all know it is junk – garbage that isn’t really of any use to anyone. Occasionally you may be duped or conned by what ever the spam [...]

Micro Niche Finder Tactics Using Market Samurai

Mark — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 00:49:37 +0000

In the niche site development series I discuss my progress in tackling one aspect of internet marketing – niche markets. Niche markets are incredibly popular throughout the internet because they can be very profitable if worked correctly. In the series I discuss my adventures with my frugal living website. At the moment it is on the front page of Google for my key target countries. Here I am going to show you how I came [...]

Niche Website Development 08 – Tinker, Rank, Profit

Mark — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:11:07 +0000

It has been a while from I’ve posted about the Niche Site Duel. So, this post will rectify this by discussing what I have been up to recently. In my previous post I discussed how I was continuing some research using Market Samurai. Over the past while I’ve implemented some of the research and tests on the site, and have seen some results. At the last posting I made a realisation – I feel stupid [...]

Keyword Winner 2.0 – Updates that will blow you away!

Mark — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:18:41 +0000

This past October saw the release of an incredible WordPress plugin, Keyword Winner. It’s a super plugin that allows you to instantly search for keywords to use in your article titles on your blog. I wrote a Keyword Winner review on the plugin. I urge you to check it out! However, now, some 4 months down the line, Keyword Winner is due for release! I’m super excited about the new features to be had in [...]

Stuck For Post Ideas? Unsure What To Write? Here’s The Solution…

Mark — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:36:36 +0000

Have you ever found yourself, or rather, your creative genius lacking inspiration? Like you’re ton of ideas and super cool posts have disappeared? I’ll bet you have at some stage. It’s one of the most frustrating issues many bloggers face. I’ve faced it myself. Often this is the main reason that the vast majority of people who start blogging eventually quit after a few months. They run out of steam. So the question remains, how [...]

Niche Website Development 07 – Update and Further Research with Market Samurai

Mark — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 23:55:44 +0000

It’s been a while since I’ve written an update on my niche site development. Since my last post on Ranking on Page 1 on Google, I’ve come to realise a few things. In this post, I will be discussing some of the things that I’ve learned and realised because I’d been using solely free methods of research. I also introduce a popular software program that I recently acquired, and discuss how I use it in [...]

How to Create an Opt-In for Your Website – Part 3

Mark — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 01:00:56 +0000

In the previous part of this series, we covered inputting the required information to MailChimp to satisfy all the legal things about mailing lists. Additionally, you should now be familiar with the MailChimp dashboard as well. This part focuses on setting up your email list in MailChimp. Go ahead and sign into your MailChimp dashboard, and click on the “List” tab. This article will finish with the HTML you need to integrate into your website. [...]

How to Create an Opt-In for Your Website – Part 2

Mark — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 01:00:20 +0000

In this part of the series on how to create an opt-in for your website, we focus on setting up your MailChimp account with all the required information, as well as giving you an overview of how the user area in MailChimp actually works. To make use of this section of the series, you will require your login details, created at the end of Part 1. A further note, before continuing. I don’t want to [...]