The Three Biggest Reasons to Blog

William Shakespeare

As William Shakespeare might have said (if he’d been alive today), “To blog or not to blog: that is the question”. If you want an online voice for yourself, your business, or your organization, your blog is your personal newspaper, radio and TV channel rolled into one. 1 Self Expression It’s been estimated over 100 […]

The Keys to Blogging from Top Bloggers

The Book Michael A Banks, Blogging Heroes: Interviews with 30 of the World’s Top Bloggers; Wiley Publishing, Indianapolis, 2008 The Big Idea Blogs are a media channel in their own right with their own rules for success. Speed RAP If you think that a blog is simply a time waster, or an easy outlet to […]

We Blog – How will you manage your blog and your life?

Here’s our seventh slideshow RAP of We Blog: How to Create Your Own Media Channel. It’s derived from Michael A Bank’s Blogging Heroes. This RAP looks at “Blog Life”: How will you manage your blog and your life? Here’s an octopus’ dozen of clues to manage your blog and your life. Full Time Blogging Blog […]

My Blogging Heroes

The “We Blog” Issue of Book Rapper was derived from Michael A Banks’ book Blogging Heroes. In his book Banks interviewed 30 of the most influential bloggers on the web. The Book Rapper version compiled these into a series of RAPs, many of which we’ve offered as slideshows and featured in this blog. See them […]

We Blog – What are you going to blog about?

Here’s our sixth slideshow RAP of We Blog: How to Create Your Own Media Channel. It’s derived from Michael A Bank’s Blogging Heroes. This RAP looks at “Blog About”: What should you blog about? The answer: Whatever. There’s a global readership out there and a virtual market for every topic. Just get started! Here’s a […]

How to Get Traffic to your Blog

Here’s our fourth slideshow RAP of We Blog: How to Create Your Own Media Channel. It’s derived from Michael A Bank’s Blogging Heroes. This RAP looks at “Blog Traffic”. With so many blogs out there, who’s going to read yours? And, how are they going to find you? We look at four traffic strategies for […]

We Blog 3: How to Make Money From Your Blog

Four ways to make money from your blog

While your blog can be a labour of love, it can also be a profit centre for your business or the centrepiece of your entire business. It all depends on the makeup and stats of your readership. Here are four strategies to consider in order to make money from your blog.  This is an excerpt […]

We Blog – RAP2 – The Blog Medium – Getting Great Results for Your Blog

Here’s our third slideshow RAP of We Blog: How to Create Your Own Media Channel. It’s derived from Michael A Bank’s Blogging Heroes. This RAP looks at “The Blog Medium”. The better we understand the Blog Medium, the better the more successful your blog will be. We look at six qualities of the Blog Medium: […]

We Blog – RAP1 – Why Blog? Why create your own Media Channel?

Here’s our second slideshow RAP of We Blog: How to Create Your Own Media Channel. It’s derived from Michael A Bank’s Blogging Heroes. This RAP looks at “Why Blog?” Three main reasons for blogging: Self Expression Create Your Own Media Channel Connect to our Species Have a click through, it only take 4 minutes, and […]

We Blog – How to Create Your Own Media Channel

As a media channel, a blog doesn’t follow the same rules for success as a magazine, newspaper, radio station or TV channel. Understanding the nature of the blog medium will enhance the results you produce. Here are six tips to help you create your own media channel. The following was sourced from We Blog – […]