Making money with a blog really has to be one of the biggest concerns out there I suppose, so I want to address it directly. There are different approaches of course, and I can only speak to the techniques I’ve personally employed, what has worked well for me and what HASN’T worked well for me. [...]
Blog tips and internet marketing strategies from Christian Russell
Taking Things to the Next Level
This past week, and for the next few weeks or so, I will be focusing on creating a few new sites and corresponding products to take things to the next level. As many of you know, I started out with consulting and continue to do that more than anything else. It works well, but the [...]
How to Sell Online Without Being a Jerk
I just read a very insightful quote from Jeffrey Zeldman at zeldman.com in the latest INC magazine. I want to share it with you, because selling…and how to do it well…is a common theme I cover here. I think his thoughts on how to sell tactfully are beautiful. Couldn’t have said it better myself. Here [...]
Please Join Me for My Execution
This year (2010) is a unique one for me, because I’m switching gears. This isn’t necessarily a situation where I’m offering some kind of advice and saying you should do this too, but it’s where I’m at, and I wanted to share it with you.
I’m using 2010 as a detox period. Low information diet (as [...]
Tips on Writing Your About Page
On a blog, it’s important to think of every page as a landing page. Every page on your site is an opportunity to convert a visitor or lose them. This is true of your front page, each post and each page on your site. Writing your “About” page is a sticky subject for some bloggers [...]
A Few Simple Tweaks to Ramp Up Your Blog
If you’re running a blog for your business, it’s important to think of every page, every post you publish as an opportunity to either ramp up your business or lose ground. Every page on your site will either produce comments and other forms of interaction with your visitors, or it will fail in this regard. [...]