January is quickly coming to an end and at the end of each month I like to take some time and reflect on my blog performance. I take a look at my analytics, keywords that are driving traffic to my blog, and what my most popular posts are. This gives me a sense of what is working and what is not. Just to give a quick recap, this is the 11th month of the Tycoon Blogger blog and I am happy to report that this...

It takes a lot of time to promote a blog and create solid blog content. There are a small percentage of bloggers that blog full time and earn a living from it.  The vast majority of bloggers have day jobs and blog at night and on the weekends.  If you are married or have a significant other, this could cause some issues and tension in the relationship.  In this post, I wanted to share a little about my personal...

We all can agree that if you are looking to be succeed in blogging you should invest in your own domain name, right?  I know there are exceptions and I do know a few high quality bloggers that blog on free platforms but the majority of serious bloggers shell out the 8 bucks for a domain and 66 bucks a year for hosting. plug alert- if you are looking for $66 a year blog hosting, check out Fatcow…here is...

Co-Blogging, also know as collaborative blogging, is a type of blog where there are more than one author that contributes content.  Typically these blogs are centered around a common theme like social media, blogging tips, or technology.  The set up around the blog can happen in many ways.  In most cases the blog is owned by one person and all contributors share in the profits.  There are a variety of co-blogging...

I don’t know about you but one of my favorite posts to read are about wordpress plugins.  It seems like I always learn something from those posts and I am introduced to some cool new tools. I thought it would be fun to share the latest plugins that I have activated on this blog I just took a look at my plugin page and I am amazed that I have 58 plugins installed presently.  I only have 32 activated so...

There is a revolution going on right now in the blogging world.  Can you feel it?  Change is coming and there is a new crop of bloggers that are quickly taking over.  These new school bloggers all share some common traits.  They are passionate and most importantly they give more than they take.  Bloggers helping other bloggers is a beautiful thing. Talkin About a Revolution I am sick and tired of seeing...

I wanted to write a follow up to the post I wrote yesterday about driving traffic to your blog from Google. I am not an seo expert by any stretch but I did want to dive in a little further about how I actually found out what questions people typed into Google that actually lead them to my blog. Some of you may already know this but I also realize that a lot of rookie bloggers stop by here for blogging tips...

Almost every single blogger that takes blogging seriously has Google Analytics installed on their blog.  There are dozens of useful features built into Google Analytics and as I was digging through my data this weekend and taking a look at what keywords were driving traffic to my blog.  This was a fun little exercise and here are are the Top  questions that my visitors are asking and hopefully I am answering. Q....

Making a name for yourself and standing out from the blogging crowd takes a bit of talent, a bit of luck and a ton of hard work.  It has been said that over 90% of all blogs that are started are abandoned well before the year mark.  That is a shame because it takes at least one year of constant work to get a blog off the ground.  Luckily for me, I am on the heals of my one year anniversary and I am starting...

Have you optimized your blog  for mobile devices yet? I am happy to say that I can now cross this off my to do list.  It took me about 6 months to get around to this but I have finally made my blog “mobile friendly.”  I have spent the last couple of hours researching the wordpress mobile plugins and wanted to summarize my thoughts here to save you some time if you have not installed a mobile...