It wasn’t long ago that blogging was considered to be primarily a diary-like personal endeavor focused on whatever topics the writer fancied. But blogging isn’t just for amateurs anymore. It is, in fact, big business, with many of the big players emerging as virtual celebrities. Businesses are becoming more aware of the benefits of blogging as a means to connect with their customers, promote their products, and provide valuable SEO content. We’ll share with you … Read entire article »

Below is a list of the Top 10 most popular articles on Wafflesatnoon.com over the past 6 months – from October 2011 through April 2012. Reviewing this list can provide us some insight to the most sought-after blogging topics, at least from our perspective. Keep in mind that the top article received 10 times the views that the #10 article received.  Let’s first take a look at the list itself, with annotations. … Read entire article »

One of the fun aspects of building a blog is checking your stats to see how popular you are, how many hits you’ve made, and how much money is coming in. All of that is great until you find yourself distracted with checking the stats far too often or being driven solely by their results. … Read entire article »

Naming your blog or website is the first choice and most important decision you have to make in the early stages of blogging. Opinions on how you should go about choosing a name are as varied as the number of blogs out there. And every day that goes by, more and more “blogs about blogging” flood the web on such tops, creating a sea of mixed opinions. What do others say? Though there are lots of ideas … Read entire article »

This is one article I just couldn’t resist. I have a sort of love-hate relationship with those “blogs about blogging” but alas… I can’t resist the carrot and must wade into those murky waters myself. So I was on the phone with an old friend today and he was peppering me with questions about blogging, which I found oddly exhilarating. I never thought much of blogging as exhilaration as much as a matter-of-fact presentation of information. … Read entire article »

Aside from blogs by experts or celebrities, have you noticed that the most successful blogs are the ones focusing on how to create successful blogs? And so many of them all say the same things, too. It seems there is a huge network of blogs that are popular because they tell people how to be popular. But those blogs themselves didn’t get popular with “normal” content. Kind of like how the only people making money from “business opportunities” are the ones selling them, not the ones buying them. The most successful bloggers are the ones telling others how to be successful blogging. And most of the time, their readers don’t reap the same rewards. … Read entire article »