Everything they taught us in school about writing is wrong. Ok, maybe it's not wrong, by any technical measure. But for blogging, it's certainly not right. Pen an essay worthy of an "A" in high school, maybe even in a general-education college English class, and be ready for it to tank faster than you can…
Are boring headlines killing your blog?
Image by TimmyGUNZ via Flickr In my last post, I told you how excited I was about the prospects for my blog, No Meat Athlete, now that I've started writing only content that I'm proud of. Since then, it's gotten even better. How? I "discovered" a simple trick that has increased my traffic by 20%…
Who are you blogging for, anyway?
Image by purpleslog via Flickr I'm as excited about my blog as I have ever been. Readership is growing quickly, incoming links are up, Google searches have spiked, and I'm finding new ways to monetize that search traffic every day. More important than any of that though, I am loving every minute of it. My…
Health Bloggers Dish: Lynn and Christy from The Actor's Diet
It's time for another serving of Health Bloggers Dish! Today we have the pleasure of sharing the thoughts of the two fabulous ladies behind the scenes of The Actor's Diet blog – Lynn and Christy! Lynn and Christy co-write their blog, giving readers a glimpse into each of their lives as actors and what's on…
Two great opportunities
Hey everyone, just a quick post today to let you know about two neat opportunities I found out about in the past few days. One's a bonus offer, open for five more days, on an e-book that I personally own and highly recommend. The other is an affiliate opportunity that I haven't seen on many…
Let's Give Them Something to Blog About
So you've got this new blog and you're pumped to write all sorts of amazing, insightful posts. Like at beginning of most fun things in life, the awe and the wonder, the ideas and the jokes don't seem to stop coming. But then you settle in and get comfortable and suddenly you find yourself struggling…
All About the Vlog
Hey Health Blog Helpers – we've got a special treat for you on this last day of 2009: a guest post from Rachel at Shedding it and Getting it on vlogging! (Vlogging, if that term is new to you, would be video blogging.) Rachel did a totally fun and smart vlog about vlogging and we're…
What can AdWords do for you?
You know those little text ads that show up on Google searches, webpages, and some blogs? You know, like the ad to the right? (It's just a copy of an ad; in a real one you could click the link.) For a long time, I figured these were expensive and off-limits to everyone except companies…
Don't Let Them Slip Away
Have you ever found yourself away from home or not anywhere near your computer when a great idea strikes? Sometimes awesome ideas for blog posts come to mind when you least expect it. You could be driving home, standing in line or even sitting at your computer writing a post when you suddenly find yourself…
Scoring free schwag
Image by klabusta via Flickr Sure, I could have called this post "Getting Products for Reviews and Giveaways," but let's call it what it is. Everyone knows that one of the perks of being a healthy lifestyle blogger is all the great free stuff you can get if you play your cards right. Reviews and…