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Elite Retreat - Day 2
Elite Retreat continued today with some more great sessions from Lee Dodd, Kris Jones and Guy Kawasaki (plus one from me which I’ll let others decide the ‘greatness’ of).Keep up with the sessions again with Wendy and Kris at:My Session (Wendy and Kris)Lee’s Session (Wendy and Kris)Kris’s Session (Wendy)Guy’s Session (Wendy and Kris)Some of those […]

Should Low Traffic Blogs Disable Comments?
LintCollector asks - ‘My question relates to comments on a low-traffic blog. If there are very few comments due to lack of readers (not lack of regular posts), can this emphasize the lack of readers and reflect badly on the blog? If high activity on popular blogs conveys an impression that the blog is valued […]

Do Outbound Links Matter for SEO (and more)
Craig Harper asks - Thanks to the tips provided by yourself, Yaro, and Aaron Wall I’ve just managed to finally crack into the top ten on Google for my keywords ‘motivational speaker’. I read over on Yaro’s site here about the importance of outbound links being targeted at your niche. In terms of SEO I […]

Elite Retreat - Day 2
Elite Retreat continued today with some more great sessions from Lee Dodd, Kris Jones and Guy Kawasaki (plus one from me which I’ll let others decide the ‘greatness’ of).Keep up with the sessions again with Wendy and Kris at:My Session (Wendy and Kris)Lee’s Session (Wendy and Kris)Kris’s Session (Wendy)Guy’s Session (Wendy and Kris)Some of those […]

Elite Retreat Update
Well I finally arrived in San Francisco yesterday afternoon and have been bunkered down in the Elite Retreat bunker all day with some pretty cool people. For recaps on what’s going on you can check out a couple of bloggers who are blogging the sessions at Wendy’s blog here and here and Kris’s blog here […]

How to Leverage the Traffic of an A-List Blog
This Guest Post was written by Wendy Piersall from eMoms at Home.When I look back over the last 11 months of how my own blog has grown, it s safe to say that the person who has had the most influence in my traffic and growth has been Darren. Getting to meet him at Elite Retreat […]

Elite Retreat Update
Well I finally arrived in San Francisco yesterday afternoon and have been bunkered down in the Elite Retreat bunker all day with some pretty cool people. For recaps on what’s going on you can check out a couple of bloggers who are blogging the sessions at Wendy’s blog here and here and Kris’s blog here […]

Do AdSense Referrals Work?
Today’s reader question is - ‘I would like to know your views on Google referral ads. Do you make money out of them, or is it something to run away from?’ - submitted by gabo_uy.Google AdSense Referrals are the CPA ads (cost per action) from the popular AdSense service. At the time of writing this […]

5 Tips for Improving AdSense Referrals Earnings
Yesterday I asked Do AdSense Referrals converted well for me? Today I’d like to turn our attention to some tips on how to make the referral program convert better.How do you get more readers to click through and sign up to referrals?Here are five tips that I’ve used:1. Give a RecommendationOne of the differences between […]

What are Your Top 5 Blogging Tools?
If you had to choose 5 blogging tools that were the only ones you could use for the next 12 months what would they be and why?I’m asking this because I want to put together a short list of recommendations on blog tools for a presentation I’m doing in a couple of weeks time.By Blog […]