The topic of ghostwriting tends to carry a lot of weight. Some people accept that many of the words of this world are written by authors in the shadows whose names never get attached to the front cover of a book or the byline of an article. Some people find it disgraceful for the author […]
The world of the blogger is filled with specific terms, niches, and high-caliber strategies geared toward increasing readership. Some bloggers approach it casually. They are experts in a field and put up article after article, week after week, and gain attention for their depth of insight and online personality. Others are much more calculated in […]
There’s a lot of negativity in the guest post world. When Google decided to declare a mini-war on the whole process back in 2014 a large message was sent to content creators everywhere — don’t guest post for money! Of course money is the end goal of a guest post, so what Google actually declared […]
The Op-Ed is a time-honored tradition in the magazine and newspaper industry dating back to the sepia-infused ages of 1970. Well, quite a bit before that if you consider that the original “Op-Ed” meant anything opinionated (as opposed to factual) written by the editorial staff that appeared on the opposite page of the Editorial column […]
I don’t know, can you? You’ve probably come here for a much better answer, but my point in resorting to a child’s taunt is to highlight the fact that we live in a world where you can do a lot if you put your mind to it. For example, can you go to the bathroom? […]
“I’d like to get published somewhere other than my own blog,” you think consistently, day in and day out, as you grow your brand or business or expertise in a given niche. “I want to be one of those contributing authors, those guest posters, I want my name on websites and the glory that comes […]
You can’t say there’s nothing to read anymore. With the average person’s addiction to Facebook and the incessant feeding of news, entertainment, and random articles your weird uncle decided to share, there is always something to feast your eyes upon. That feast is often riddled with moving and still images, but around those picturesque snapshots […]
If you do a Google search on “guest posting” you’ll find two competing views. Some say it’s a terrible, corrupt and even dangerous way to increase the scope of your brand and blog. Others claim it’s a tactic sent from the heavens that boosts your search engine rankings to incalculable heights. The reality is that […]
If you’re writing with the goal of publication you will eventually need to contact an editor. You can always publish your own stuff on your own website, but it’s hard to make money off that when you’re starting out — unless you pay yourself, which is pretty self-serving, if you ask me. Even with a […]