5 Tips to Upgrade Your Niche Marketing Strategy

Every company, website, and blog is trying to reach a certain demographic of people: age, gender, location, profession, etc. In fact, this is how most online marketing efforts are directed. Targeting a certain demographic of Internet users with online marketing is also known as niche marketing and this profession is rapidly growing in popularity. Read More

7 Figure Blogging

If there is one subject that’s been written about a lot, it’s how to make money blogging. In fact the very first blog that I ever wrote focused on that very topic, despite the fact that at the time I, myself knew very little on the subject! Happily in the last few years I’ve had the chance to learn a lot through our many blogs and have experienced the many highs and lows of running blogs in every capacity, from designing them to writing them, editing them to managing them, buying them to selling them, and everything in between. Today our blog network here at Envato grosses well over 7 figures a year and is one of the largest in the world, and certainly here in Australia. Read More

13 Ways to Better Monetize Your Blog Posts

There are millions of blogs on the internet and thousands more are created every day. A lot of these are personal blogs, many are spam blogs (or “splogs”), and a significant number of these are started by people who’ve been bitten by the Make-money-online! bug, inspired by John Chow or Darren Rowse, and thus taken the plunge and started a blog to make money.

Making money by blogging is difficult, but it isn’t impossible. If you do what successful bloggers did, work hard and give it the time it takes, there’s no reason why your blog shouldn’t make money. Here are the 13 keys to making money from your blog, according to me. Why 13, why not 20 (or 10)? Well, I couldn’t think of more (or less). If something else comes to your mind that I haven’t covered here, please make use of the comments section. Read More

Report Writing 101: How to Write a Report in 7 Easy Steps

If you want to create your own content to build your online business, writing a report is a great place to start. Whether you decide to offer it for free or for a price, a report is a powerful tool to leverage into a larger subscriber list and potential future sales. The even better news is that report writing doesn’t have to be a daunting task. I’m a journalist, so obviously I love this kind of stuff, but you don’t need any special background to do it. It’s easier to write than a whole e-book, and can be accomplished by following a few simple steps. Read More

Chris Guillebeau Interview: Art of Non-Conformity

Recently the Netsetter had the opportunity to speak with Chris Guillebeau of Art of Non-Conformity and Unconventional Guides. Check below the jump for both audio and text versions of Thursday Bram interviewing Chris about himself, his business, and his advice for you.

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