Archive for the 'Blogging' Category

27 May

Fiction for Traffic

I read a story (I think I saw it on Digg) about a 13 year old boy who stole his father’s credit card and ordered hookers from an escort service.
The headline read:
“13 Year Old Steals Dad’s Credit Card to Buy Hookers”
It’s a great headline and it’s no wonder that it showed up in my news […]

18 May

How Many More Hoops?

I’m sure you all know by now how tough it is to get noticed on the web. If you’re a freelancer whose primary market is the Internet, then there are many hoops you have to jump through in order to stand out.
And it’s only going to get worse as more web users mark their online […]

22 Apr

Do You Need Two Blogs?

I was recently checking out a fellow writer’s blog and marveling over the amount of traffic he seemed to be getting. I admit, that I was a little jealous.
And then it occurred to me as I read through some of the comments: These readers are all other writers.
Why is that significant?
Because, while getting tons of […]