Monetizing Your Blog: Finance/Pension Annuity Rates Case Study + MORE

I had a chance to ask Sean Si of SEO-Hacker a few questions about search engine optimization and wanted to share the interview with you, as optimization is one of the most important aspects too often ignored by bloggers.
Check it out!
FUEL: What’s going on in the search engine optimization world right now?
SEAN: There’s a huge shift towards content marketing this year – after the ever-popular Penguin hit…

This guest post is by Tommy Walker of Inside The Mind. 
We often look outside of ourselves when we ask “What does it take to succeed?”
Surely, others know more about success than you, so following their advice will lead to success.
I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, and while I think it’s true that you have to at some point seek outside mentorship, to really be successful, it comes down to a three things…

If you can’t be the best, at least be different. This rule works really well even when you want to be different in a blogging niche. Though becoming the best in a niche is the best idea that you can use, it requires tons of hard work, nurturing of skills and gathering adequate resources. But being different is something that you can achieve very quickly and enjoy early niche success…

It is impossible to visit a website these days without seeing pop-up ads, feed recommendation ads and other forms of advertising. While some of those ads are basic images with links, others are just plain annoying.
If you have ever jumped on a site to see lottery scams, male enhancement ads and other annoyances you understand how polluted the internet has become…

When you first start blogging — and even if you’ve been doing it for a while — it’s hard to find readers for your excellent, engaging content. There are a few key things you can do to help others see your blog posts, though. I found this infographic via my friend Stephanie Schwab of Crackerjack Marketing…

Building and maintaining a quality blog can be costly in both time and money. Many bloggers dream of creating fantastic content about the subject they love and perhaps even making some pocket money from their efforts.
In this article, we examine a case study of a banking/pension annuity news blog that had to find alternative ways of generating revenues to support its content creation after steadily declining Adwords revenues…

The buzz about Pinterest seems to have calmed down a bit in the last few months, but it’s still a very powerful tool for content marketers.
According to a study by SimplyMeasured, 69 of the world’s top 100 brands now have Pinterest accounts, and Pinterest is still driving more traffic to websites and blogs than Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, or YouTube…

This includes everything from practical tips on how to start, to creating content and attracting visitors, to advice on how to learn and optimise your working habits.