Building a blog around the credit card niche can be highly lucrative when it comes to affiliate income. It may seem like a no brainer niche to make money in, but the problem is anyone who can stop playing Minecraft or Candycrush for 5 mins can knock up a blog, grab a bunch of keywords, look at where other sites are getting links from and build another credit card blog. The … [Read more...] about How to create content for a credit card blog
Why you should not be working to get links from websites
Websites do not link to websites People share interesting stuff from other people. Real people exist behind the website you want a link from. Think of the person you are going to outreach to and not the website when you do your link building. It's sounds crazy to say it, but the people who can give you a link are just like you and me, well maybe not me, I wouldn't want … [Read more...] about Why you should not be working to get links from websites
How to learn to create content by reading about Tinder and Almonds
Companies hire me to help them create content that is different and stands out from the crowd. Most realise creating one piece of great content is achievable, as you are tapping a lifetime of experience and ideas. But once that creative reservoir is drained, you realise it's quite hard to crank out kick ass content day after day. Which brings me to sex and almonds. hardly … [Read more...] about How to learn to create content by reading about Tinder and Almonds
60 Second Website Review of The Raw Chocolate Company
This is a 60 second website review for the Raw Chocolate Company I'm taking quick, video snapshots of website design, usability and brand building of websites I think are worthy of sharing. This is intended to be a series that will help to give an overview of numerous great websites and highlight the good stuff they do. I can give your website a video review and add it to … [Read more...] about 60 Second Website Review of The Raw Chocolate Company
An Alternative way of looking at the content creation process
When creating a piece of content repeat the concept in as many flavours as possible. This will sharpen the parts that work and reveal fresh and unique aspects of the idea. In the video we have Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan playing with the idea of the announcement of a television drama with Trevor Eve. What is interesting is how many times it is repeated just a little be … [Read more...] about An Alternative way of looking at the content creation process
Why you need to stop building “Quality Content” and start solving problems
A huge amount is written about content, which is all fine and dandy. But your job is not to produce content. "Hold on, yes it is. I am a content creator." You may say. That may be technically correct and it may be what it says on your Linkedin Page. But what you really are is a communicator, an influencer, a persuader. The content is merely a container to carry … [Read more...] about Why you need to stop building “Quality Content” and start solving problems