One of the key secrets to make a guest post pitch successful and ultimately getting your article published is to send your guest article directly to the host blogger without waiting for approval of your pitch. It is easy to make a guest post pitch, but tough to impress and get accepted. In fact, the behavior … Read more
I get dozens of guest blog pitches weekly but only a few wade through, most of them end in the trash without even being opened or just immediately after reading the first line; the reason being stereotype pitches from web designers, the so called SEOs, and copywriters than from really passionate bloggers. Then, how do … Read more
Blog plagiarism! The more famous a blog is, the more the contents get copied by scraper sites through RSS feeds. The reason for scraping: The scraper-blog owner wants to win his slice of online ad revenue without doing any work! Despite several advances in algorithm over years in improving Google search, Google’s webspam team is still finding … Read more
This blog post is to simply guide my junior blogger friends who jumped into blogging out of enthusiasm but are now striving to keep their blog alive. What is the secret to keep a blog alive? Traffic! Yep, that’s right. A blog without traffic and inactivity is like a graveyard. Building up a blog is like building a … Read more
One of my friends who is totally new to the concept of blogging raised me the question, “Why do you blog?” A pretty good question! Why do I blog? Well, I dived into blogging one fine day in May 2007 fully inspired by the revelation of Steve Pavlina making $1000 a day from his blog way back … Read more
Update, January 20, 2014: In accordance with Google’s quality guidelines, I have stopped accepting guest posts on this blog. No communication regarding guest posts is solicited hereafter. I am always happy to have people smarter than I do a guest post here on Raj & Co. However, before you make a guest blog request, I … Read more