Blogging Tips – Take Your Blog To The Next Level!

Hey how many review me's you got queued up?

I've been looking at the site, read some of the articles last night, and the post quality is outrageous! Well done, Kevin!

:idea: How about a guest post on my blog? :evil:

Jason

:twisted:

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Thanks,
Kenneth

There can never be enough make money online advice sites. I think their existence alone promotes healthy competition and that's a good thing. Some of these sites start off and die immediately soon after, but I feel that everybody should at least get a chance to do any business endeavor they think they can excel at.

WELL I LIKE THE WAY KEVIN POSTS ON THE BLOG :grin:

AND I READ THE BLOG DAILY

unfortunately it's been done before, I don't know how many advice sites I would follow, evil :evil: resides here so why look elsewhere? I wonder how many more advice blogs can be successful?

An interesting question was put forth in the review, "I wonder what a John Chow mascot would look like?"

Well, I think it would have to be a Panda Bear, right John?

Looking forward to seeing the all-improved site -- should be good. :cool:

Thanks for the review john - tough but fair :)

with regards to your comments :-

Sidebars : I hate the sides bar myself. They will be changed shortly. Changing the sidebar and fixing the ie6 bug (which ive noticed hundreds of thousands of sites have a problem with!) is top of my list. I was working on all of it briefly but unfortunately the design had to be but in the backseat for the next month as im travelling for a few weeks and ive had to write enough posts to cover the next month (believe me that took a while!)

online status : thats a fair point and to be honest its something i really didnt think about - primarily i added the online status so i could have a nosy about who is viewing the blog! :)

the more tag : im still of two minds about the more tag. I use the more tag for two major reasons
* Search engines - when you do not use the more tag you are placing your full content on several pages of your blog so you are effectively duplicating your content. By making sure the full post is only one one page you are ensuring the search engine knows which page is the source. Ive read some people say these effects are minimal but others profess it can make a huge difference. I am not 100% sure which is correct
* long posts - i dont use the more tag on shorter posts but with very long guides etc i think its still useful to use the more tag. Take my recent post on integrating adsense onto the home page for example. If you are not a wordpress user its a helluva long way to scroll :) Though i guess the more tag is a preference thing. When the blog is more establishe, ill ask readers and if the majority really dont like the more tag id remove it

nav bar - good point. I really need to put in some nice dynamic navbars...though the other design issues are definately priority.

someone mentioned the pagerank of the site. I personally dont think that you should pay more attention to the content of a blog than the page rank however the reason the blog doesnt have a pagerank is because i moved from bloggingtips.org to bloggingtips.com. It's not something that bothered me as if i hadnt changed it i probably would only have time to have got a PR of 2 or 3 since the blog was started quite soon before the google update. I should hopefully get at least a 5 in the next update. As someone mentioned, although alexa ratings are pretty terrible, checking my alexa traffic will give you an indication of the traffic coming to the site :)

again, thanks for the review john. One of the main factors of getting the review was bringing the attention of the blog to a new audience however ive seen a great benefit in the feedback and criticism. Ill definately be working on the design very soon :):)

The banner made my eyes bleed :cry:

Maybe when they've healed I'll have another look but I was put off by the "optimised for a resolution 1024" bit. That's so Web 1.0 :wink:

Hi John! I just write to tell you that your blog is really helping me a lot, thanks for the great job :)

By the way, blogging tips looks like a really nice blog.

Yea i agree that the design colours chosen are abit pants!

Andy

Cant wait for john to make this blog follow in the "do follow comments" way and i am sure the evil twist is going to be good too !!

Some great advice on BloggingTips but I do find those black sidebars distracting. With so many bold colours together, the eye doesn't know where to focus.

How do you guys rate having affiliate signup links on your sites (eg. 'Join Friendfinder and make up to $130 per signup!')

As far as tag lines go, I think a creative and catchy tag line can be very beneficial indeed. Kevin's domain name is ideal, but his tag line just gives it a little more umph. John's subtitle was actually one of the things that caught my attention and eventually got me interested in his blog. Tag lines are essential advertising tools and more people should take advantage of them (and they're free, too!). :idea:

Have other people create your content. Its a great idea and sure to ensure variety in perspective. I think the site will do well.

Is not the say guy with different clothes?
Maybe just like Clark Kent and Superman ?
hehehe.

Another good site, especially with a cool mascot/logo... almost as cool as the Zac Johnson logo... almost :lol:

I try to follow Mr. John Chow everyday. His posts are enjoyable and helpful for me. Thanks Mr. Chow, have a nice day!
quentin, moderator at eyje.

Great ideas! :) anyone wants to be a guest blogger? :)

i think it looks alright, at least it's a lot better than a site with black-colored background

the blog looks really good to me

and kumiko is also one of the author there

Another blog with 'blogging tips'. I think his blog will end within few months for sure.
What is his plan to make money with writing reviews on other blogs that prvovide tips to make money. John is only making 'most" of his money by doing reviews.

Considering this review probably took John 45 minutes (at the most)... that's like $533 an hour John! Amazing..

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I would have to agree with the yellow-on-black columns -- it can be a little confusing. Other than that, I think it's worth frequenting the site.

John, Ive noticed for awhile that your ReviewMe price on reviewme.com still says $300, but your badge says $400. Did you bump it up then down quickly or did you just never move it up? Great elasticity experiment.

good stuff, i think i found a new job!

another review?

While it looks to be a nice site, I CANT STAND the yellow on black on the sidebar. It doesnt go well with the site AT all. The other thing I noticed was a top commentators :), bit the site doesnt have a pagerank yet (though it does have a decent amount of backlinks).