I got my inspiration for this post from Jay Z’s “Star Is Born”

He raps about that everyday there is a new rap star that comes up and grabs the spot light, and that everyone should clap for him.

So I wanted to take this to bloggers, since bloggers can be stars to..Right? haha

Two Sides To A Shining Star

One, how you should “Clap” for new bloggers getting started

Two, how do you become the next blogging star.

Ok, let’s ride (rap reference) hope I didn’t lose you

Click To Continue Reading.. »

Simple 7 Step Plan To Promote A Post

We all know how important quality content is, and I been known to write some here and there

But no matter how great your content is, no one will see it unless you promote it.

I’m not going to share mind blowing secrets here kids, but what I will share is EXACTLY what I have done to get my 12 month yr old blog to a PR4 and Alexa 117,000 and Ranking on first page for some big keywords.

Not bad for a 12 month blog that for 3 mnths I wrote NO posts and have a total of only 78 posts. 

That is about 1-2 posts a week,  I know pathetic lol,  but I been busy with my online businesses and family, but I promise to get on a tighter schedule.

Click To Continue Reading.. »

I have talked a lot about building a strong Twitter community many times, I even wrote Twitter Dummy Guide around this concept.

If you follow me @JohnAguiar you have seen or will see that I do my best to do that everyday.  I have built a strong twitter community that I am happy with, my followers are supportive and responsive and just awesome

Showing your appreciation to your followers is such a simple thing with a huge return, Learn my tips on showing appreciation to my followers. 

Build That Community Now

But now that Google is ranking tweets in real time search, building a strong twitter community has never been more important.

Click To Continue Reading.. »