Anne

Should you allow blog comments on your blog? Here's a discussion of the pros and cons and how we handle commenting on our sites. (And also a quick update on our traffic and revenue over the last few weeks!)

As we work on expanding our investment in content to $20,000 a month, I wanted to stop and take a look at the risks involved. Here's a list of 10 things that can go horribly wrong and bring our business to a halt.

I spent most of July in bed, recovering from a bad back episode. And yet my business kept chugging along, with traffic and revenue reaching record highs. Here's how I make sure my websites keep growing even when I'm away from my desk.

If you want to get into blogging, but English isn't your first language, then this post is for you. I'm not a native speaker, and here's what helped me build a web publishing business in English.

Sharing my checklist for launching a new website. A detailed list with 20 steps that cover everything - from finding the right niche to publishing posts.

A few days ago, I posted our report for May. Both traffic and revenue grew by over 50% compared to April. But was that sustainable growth or just a fluke? Will traffic keep growing at the same rate during June?…

Like many entrepreneurs, I too deal with ADD. In my case, it’s official. Several years ago, my kids were diagnosed with ADD/ADHD. When the doctor talked to us and explained the test results, too many things “clicked” for me. It just sounded a lot like my own experiences. So, I went ahead and took the tests myself. And guess what? I too have ADD! All those years of priding myself on my ability to multi-task? That was just my unique type of attention. I do very well with noticing a lot of interesting things around me. Focusing on a single – not so interesting – task? Now, there’s a challenge. Having to deal with Attention Deficit Disorder all my life, I’ve come up with techniques and tools that help me improve my productivity and I’m going to share them in this post. I’m not saying these tips will necessarily work for you. Just sharing what works for me. Originally published in 2016, this is an updated version.  Contents 1. Shutting out  the world Virginia Woolf knew what she was talking about when she wrote A Room Of Her Own. Man or woman, we all need our private little corner where we can work. Working from home, I didn’t always have an office room of my own, but now I do. When an extra room wasn’t available, I created a working space in our bedroom. Either way, there is/was a space where I could shut the door and cut off the rest of the world. 2. Getting comfortable When I need to focus, I have to be comfortable. Granted, when something is interesting enough for me, I can work through it no matter what. I lose track of physical sensations and can work for hours, realizing too late that I forgot […]

I currently manage 9 niche websites. Put together, the sites have a total of over 2,600 posts. Along with a team of 4 VA’s, two editors and dozens of freelance writers, I publish over 150 new posts every month. You…

Back in 2008, I was running a successful site that had two and a half million pageviews a month. That site was based on user-generated-content, so new content was being created daily. One day, the site crashed. We had to…

At least one reader noticed that I hadn’t published the Web Notes for November (thanks for letting me know that you were reading them, April!), so I decided to go ahead and actually write and publish a report for December.…

We’re a week into November and I’m only now publishing the web notes roundup for October. I actually had a Chrome window with various interesting blog posts that I had marked for reading, all sitting here waiting for this but…

One of the most frequent questions from people who begin their journey in web publishing is whether or not they’re going to make it. Will they ever be able to make a living from blogging? Sometimes they’ve been working on…