If a copywriter sold $6 billion worth of products over the years, would you listen to what he had to say about headlines? I would think so.

One of the best ways to educate ourselves as copywriters is to listen to the advice of marketers who started selling products long before the internet age. And without a doubt, Ted Nicholas is one of the first names that should come to mind. When you look at lists of top 10 copywriters you don’t always see his name - he doesn’t seem to get quite the publicity as, say, Clayton Makepeace or Gary Bencivenga. But when he gives advice I pay attention.

Keep reading: Ted Nicholas on headlines

Once you’ve launched a blog, added good content to it and have a few blog monetization strategies in place, you’ll need a constant stream of targeted traffic to build your readership.

If we narrow things down to the very basics, there are only two types of traffic that you can generate: paid traffic and free traffic. And while there are literally thousands of different places that you can buy traffic from, today we’ll only focus on tentraffic generation methods that require little or no money. These are 10 methods you can start using this same week to start building momentum and kick-start your blog’s readership immediately.

Keep reading: Top 10 ways to drive traffic to a new blog

In part 1 of this quick glance at blog monetization we talked about earning cash directly from your blog’s content. While I still think that monetizing a blog through its content is the more effective strategy in the long run, there is one sad fact to consider…

That the majority of the visitors who land on your blog will not take the time or consideration to read your delicious content.

The average visitor is in a hurry and will only click around to find what he or she came looking for - and that may not always be within your blog. For that reason alone, you must also consider a few different approaches at making money; which brings us directly into the second general strategy to monetize your blog:

Keep reading: The only 2 ways to monetize your blog (Part 2)

Once you have a blog up and running, you’ll want to find a few ways to make money with it. Even if you are blogging out of pure passion, you can’t deny that enjoying a hobby that makes you money while having fun is one of the best things that could happen to you… right?

Blog monetization is a hot topic in the blogosphere. Thousands of posts have been made on the subject talking about different tactics, techniques and methodologies to earn money from blogging. The matter of fact is that there are only two general strategies through which you can monetize your blog. They are…

Keep reading: The only 2 ways to monetize your blog (Part 1)

WordPress is one of the most popular blogging platforms in the world. It is a great application, but in my opinion, what makes it stand out from the rest is the amount of fan-made plug-ins that have enhanced its original toolset.

While there are literally thousands of WordPress plug-ins out there, there are seven particular ones that I wouldn’t dare starting a blog without. I know that I left out a lot of good plug-ins, but the idea here is to make a list of only 7 plug-ins for new bloggers to start out with. If you know of a particular plug-in that *should* be on this list, please add it on the comments section.

Keep reading: 7 WordPress plug-ins you shouldn’t be without

Selecting a good theme (design) for your blog can be fun, but it is also a critical factor regarding the overall success of your blog. There are a few key elements that you must keep in mind when selecting your blog’s theme.

It doesn’t matter if you’re working with WordPress, TypePad or any other blogging platform… The single most important thing you can do when selecting a theme for your new blog is to try to look at all the available options from your reader’s perspective. Why? Because in the end, it is your target audience who will visit your blog frequently to read the information you publish – and if the design you select makes your readers grow tired of it fairly quickly, then the blog will never become a popular destination.

Keep reading: How to pick a winner theme for your blog

Starting a new blog from scratch can seem like a colossal task. Watching that brand new WordPress installation with the ubiquitous “Hello World” post can make even the most prolific writer tremble in fear - as he feels a mind-numbing case of writer’s block creep slowly down his spine.

Fortunately, things don’t have to be that way. The only way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time… so if you follow this simple strategy, you’ll have a blog that is packed with great content a lot sooner than you had ever imagined.

Keep reading: How to give your new blog the upper hand