I loved this research by Nominet, which I heard about thanks to the excellent blog at domain name provider extraordinaire, 123reg, about tradespeople, and whether or not it matters if they have a website. I know we are not all plumbers and builders but there’s lessons to be learned here. Because based on these figures,…
Yesterday, I was invited onto the consumer show on Share Radio to discuss how to monetise blogging ahead of the launch of my book, The Million Dollar Blog. Topics included How to blog for business How often to blog How to make money from blogging Myths about blogging And more…… Hit the play button below…
Over the following weeks, I’m going to be showcasing the blog stars and experts featured in my book, The Million Dollar Blog. Today, let’s hear from American thought leader Seth Godin Meet Seth Seth Godin has blogged himself into the position of a global thought leader. He is the author of 18 books such as Purple…
I’d like to tell you a story about Dr Zoe Norris, a GP in East Yorkshire. You might know of Dr Norris from the Channel 4 series ‘NHS £2 Billion A Week & Counting’ and also her appearances on Newsnight, BBC Breakfast, Radio 5 live and local radio. She speaks as a voice for the…
Over the following weeks, I’m going to be showcasing the blog stars and experts featured in my book, The Million Dollar Blog. Today, let’s hear from fashion blogger Erica Davies of The Edited Meet Erica Erica Davies, former fashion director of the Sun newspaper is now the proud owner of award-winning fashion blog, The Edited. It is…
Naming your blog can be the toughest decision you will make! And for good reason – your blog name will define what people can expect. It all comes down to the type of blogger you have chosen to be and the reason for your blog – are you blogging to build your own profile for entertainment,…
Over the following weeks, I’m going to be showcasing the blog stars and experts featured in my book, The Million Dollar Blog. Today, let’s hear from bestselling author, Andy Weir Meet Andy Andy Weir is a former computer programmer who blogged about space and science. He started writing a story on his blog about a…
It’s a really strange thing when as someone who does PR for clients, you have to get PR for yourself!! And it also feels really strange to see yourself featured in newspapers, even though it feels entirely normal for me to secure such coverage for other people! Anyway, with my book, The Million Dollar Blog,…
Creating topical content for your website and social media feeds is really important, because it helps you position yourself as being on the ball and on top of what is going on, and also, because it helps you attract journalists who are always looking for experts to comment on topical matters. PLUS, if you want…
Over the following weeks, I’m going to be showcasing the blog stars and experts featured in my book, The Million Dollar Blog. First up, it’s Elsie & Emma Chapman from A Beautiful Mess. Meet Emma & Elsie Gorgeous sisters Elsie Larson and Emma Chapman from Missouri are the owners of A Beautiful Mess, a DIY…
Last night, I went to the ‘Blogosphere’ magazine launch party, featuring Victoria from In The Frow (pictured) on it’s cover. It was attended by a load of bloggers, and at the end, we were all given incredible goody bags. It made me think how 15 years ago, brands were clamouring to give goody bags to magazine…
I loved a recent article by the Daily Mail’s columnist Jan Moir about the X factor. She essentially wrote how it’s cliched, tired and has had it’s day. BUT there was one line that really jumped out to me, and that was ‘Especially when smart kids today don’t actually need a creaky-kneed croaker to discover…
Every time a new site goes live, everyone involved in its development thinks ‘Phew!’ Most websites are bigger project than you imagine, both for the person/team building it, and nearly always for the person who wants it built. So once that effort is complete and the site is live, it’s only normal to want to put…
Last week, I had one of those days that if you want to write a book, you dream about happening. The doorbell rings, and a man is standing there is a big box, and you think ‘What the h*ck is this?’ and you open it to discover it contains the real, finished, printed, final, actual,…
Whenever I’m doing publicity, I’m always thinking about the audience, and whether they are prisoners or not! You see, most of the time, we go through our lives highly distracted. We’re listening to the radio, but we’re also writing blog posts (just as I am right now) and reading emails. We’re reading the news, on…
This is Maureen Forrest, the founder of The Hope Foundation, a charity that works with street children in India. I’m currently helping The Hope Foundation with their publicity, and I wanted to share Maureen’s story here as she is such an inspiration to all of us. Today, at 69, when many of her friends and…