One of the major frustrations that bloggers have had with Entrecard is the poor management and lack of customer support for bloggers.  It has been a little over a week since the new ownership has taken over and I am personally impressed with the changes and direction they are moving in.  In case you are not a member or if you are and have not been paying attention, here are the two major changes that have...

Most bloggers strive to make their blog a community where people can learn, interact and exchange ideas.  This is often achieved through the comment section.  It has been said that comments are the lifeblood of a blog and I definitely agree with that statement.  Many blogger, both new and experienced, have a difficult time attracting comments to their blog.  A while back I wrote a post on how to get more...

I was recently thinking about the importance of a blogroll.  When I first started blogging 2 years ago, bloggrolls were a big deal.  It seems that some bloggers are not really utilizing their blogroll.  I am about 6 months into this blog and I have really neglected my blogroll section.  I have a total of 4 sites listed in my blogroll and they are all mine, 2 are other blogs that I own and 2 are blog directories...

I am thrilled with the daily readers I have here on Tycoon Blogger.  The regular readers are the lifeblood on any thriving blog community.  I have been thinking of how I can crack the 300 visitors per day mark that seems to be the pattern of my blog lately.  The conclusion that I came to is that I need to promote my blog to new readers.  I have devised a plan that will target 3 areas that I hope will result...

It is Sunday and time for another installment of the “Sunday’s Best” Blogging series where I highlight the top 10 blog posts of the week in the blogging tips, MMO, business blogs space. Top 10 Blog Posts of the Week Quick Tip on Simple Affiliate Cloaking Method – Making Money Online Kickass Alternative Commenting Systems for Bloggers – Blog Godown The Power of Blog Branding –...

It is Saturday and time for another installment of “Blogger Spotlight.”  This is a weekly series where I interview a famous or up and coming blogger and ask some questions to learn more about them and their blog.  This week I interviewed Karen from Blazing Minds.  If you have not been to her blog, I highly recommend it, it is full of blogging advice as well as personal posts and other entertaining...

I finally added a favicon to my blog yesterday.  It only took me 5 months to get around to it.  I was making my rounds today and already visited a couple of hundred blogs.  I made an interesting observation, only about 25% of the blogs had a favicon installed.  I am wondering if they are also lazy and have not got around to it yet, or perhaps they do not realize how easy it is to do.  I thought it would...

The most common way by which people find your site is through search engines such as Google, Yahoo or MSN. All search Engines use different algorithms to determine the relevancy of the website to provide the user with best relevant results for search. Google has carved a niche for itself in the field of search and because of that everyone moves around Google. Google is a brand name. Till date the most familiar...

We all know that Digg is one of the biggest and most popular social bookmarking sites around.  Why on earth would I not want to use that to help promote my blog.  Well, I have come to the conclusion that tring to get traffic from Digg is a waste of my time.  Like yours, my time is very valuable and I am seeking other avenues that will yield better traffic with less effort.  After experimenting with Digg...

Did I grab your attention with that heading? A month ago I signed up with Social Spark as a way to gain an additional source of revenue for this blog.  I am going to post my evaluation after spending 30 days with the company.  For those of you that are unfamiliar with social spark, they are a website that acts as the “middle man” between advertisers and bloggers.  They offer several services, including...