The key to becoming a successful blogger is to offer something worth reading to an audience that wants to read it in a way that makes it easy to share. If you can match these three things together…

You’ll Be
a Lock !

However, on your path, you might find types of people trying to impede you from, or in some cases, move you closer to, these goals. They’re called the seven “S”, and this is how they’ll get in your way.

1. Spam You for No Reason

These people will spam your email, your blog comments, and even your newsletter. The key to keeping them at bay is to moderate comments and emails, while making sure your email list stays…

Relevant and
Up to Date !

2. Skip Your Content Because it’s Too Boring

You might not ever hear from these people, but they are best represented as page views with no comments. If you’re getting a lot of visits, but few comments or shares, then it’s possible these are the people at fault. The fix?

Get Better !

3. Scan Your Content and Only Read the Core of Your Content

These types love to comment without actually reading the post, and they’ll often be your greatest supporters. Just remember if they love you so easily, they’ll leave just as easily, so never assume…

You Really Have Them
At Your Side !

4. Save or Bookmark Your Content Because it’s So Good He or She Can’t Afford to Forget

These are great people, but you need to make sure they remember to read the content. Thanks to the Safari “Read Later” function, and apps like Instapaper, it’s never been easier to…

Save to
Read Later !

5. Send Your Content to His or Her Friends Only By Email

What you really want is people to share on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+, not just because it’s trendy, but because those “RT” and “FB share” numbers serve as great social proof. The more people that show as having shared…

The More Will Be
Inclined to Share !

6. Spread Your Content to His or Her Social Network

This goes back to point 5, and is the behavior you are seeking. You don’t want people to just churn through links, but to curate their social sharing in a way that provides value. Maybe it’s up to you to teach them…

How to Do that ?

7. Subscribe to Your Blog Because He or She Likes What You Wrote

This is where the lead generation process stops, and where sales conversion begins. Getting an email signup is great, but it’s also where the hard work begins. Don’t let this hard work stop you from being…

Successful !

If you can learn to recognize and adapt to these behavioral patterns, you will be far ahead of the curve. Which do you deal with most on your blog? Let’s discuss it below.

Stay Frosty,

The Bad Blogger

Also Known As “The “S” Blogger”

Love it or hate it, the porn industry has been one of the longest lasting (no pun intended!) and consistently profitable businesses of all time. Their roots go way back, before we had video cameras and websites, and if they can survive STD’s, I have no doubt…

They Can Survive
Free Internet Porn !

Their industry is like roaches – no matter what hits them, they always find a way to bounce back. Here are four ways you can learn to do the same:

1. Offering Fewer Choices Actually Increases Clicks

Have you ever been to a free porn site and found yourself staying longer than you thought you would? If not you, what about someone you know? Porn sites are great at getting people in the door, showering them with free content, and just when they can’t wait to see more, asking them for a credit card. The lesson learned here is that you need to be great getting people in the door, and then closing the deal when they’re…

At the Peak
of Their Experience !

2. Provide Consistent Stream Of Content. Be Terrific!

Naked men and women all look the same after a while, but to the porn audience, it doesn’t matter. The reason they keep coming back is because every day the experience is new thanks to a constant stream of…

Updated and
Different Content !

We’ve all heard that content is king, but how good are you at keeping the content varied enough to stay interesting, and good enough to…

Keep People
Coming Back
for More ?

3. Using Teaser Content To Tempt Readers/Users

It works for drug dealers and porn stars, why wouldn’t it work for your blog? This is why free ebooks and newsletters work so well. If you can educate and entertain your audience long enough, of course…

They’ll Be Willing
to Give You Some Cash
for the Good Stuff !

Of course the trick is to know where to draw the line, which is something you only learn through practice and careful measurement. Don’t think for a second that porn websites aren’t tracking every traffic stat known to man in order to…

Improve Conversion !

4. Unique Design: Stays on the Visitors’ Mind Forever 

Yes, all porn sites look similarly, but they’re all unique in their own way. Better yet, they all target a specific niche, and do that very intentionally. Browse through a porn network and watch how they sell the experience packaged in dozens of different ways. On first glance, it feels like happenstance, but after a visit of 20 or so different sites…

I Could See that it Was
Clever and Deliberate !

It’s not every day you get an excuse to browse porn sites, so take advantage of it! Of course, you’ll need to try not to look at the content, and instead look at the presentation layer, but who am I kidding.

We’re Only Human !

Stay Frosty,

The Bad Blogger

Also Known As “The Bad Porn Blogger”

Who says blogging has to be boring? I am sure you realize that not everything is about making PPC ads, link building or on page SEO. For marketing to be effective, it has to be entertaining and as a blogger, if you’re not having fun with your work, you can be sure your audience is going to be…

Bored Out of
Their Minds !

With that said, here’s 7 more utterly stupid but remarkably effective and extremely fun ways to promote your blog.

1. Make a Silly Song and Post it On YouTube

I love Fiverr.com. It’s an incredibly useful site where people do the craziest stuff for you for five bucks. You can have someone actually jump off a plane and shout out your blog name or message as they’re diving.

Incredible Stuff !

Now, what I’ve found is, you can find people who will write you a song and even sing it for you in a video or an audio file. It’s fun stuff. Now, the one thing I’d recommend for you to do is go ahead and tell the the person who’s going to be doing it for you, that you’ll pay him a little extra if…

The Song is
Really Good !

When you do that, he’ll put in the extra effort to make sure your song is share worthy which will obviously cause your content to go viral, and if you think about it, even if you end up spending $20 on it instead of $5…

It’s Still a
Complete Steal !

It doesn’t take much for a song like that to go viral, as you’ll find out if you try this tip out.

2. Create Sexy Pocket Calendars and Hand Them Out

They really don’t have to be anything fancy. A small one page, pocket size calendar will be just fine. Make sure that when you design it, you put something eye catching on it and slap your URL all over the place. Now, for this to work, your URL needs to be catchy and easily memorable, but…

I’m Sure
You Already
Realize that !

3. Make Funny or Outrageous Videos

Again, it really doesn’t need to be anything too complicated. One of the most viral videos I’ve seen was a short clip of two little boys talking back and forth using baby language. Funny as heck, probably recorded on the fly and insanely viral. I’ve actually had multiple people send me that video…

Over a Very Short
Period of Time !

The one thing to keep in mind is that for your video to work, you actually need to feel comfortable in front of the camera. You see, if your viewers sense you’re weirded out and just pretending to have fun, you’re going to lose them very quickly. They’ll actually feel sorry for you instead of thinking…

You’re Funny !

Again, anything goes. As long as it’s not ridiculously gross or terribly off putting and you’re having fun doing it, your viewers will be just fine. A tip that Frank Kern gave for getting comfortable in front of the camera is pretending that it’s your best friend. Just imagine you’re talking to a great buddy of yours, and you’ll stop being camera-phobic (if that’s even a word)…

Almost Right Away !

4. Sending a Message to a Bunch of People

For some reason bloggers don’t like to email their friends and family members about their blog. They kind of tend to think their blog is for their traffic and they don’t share it with the real world, because they feel a bit strange about it. The point is, though, if you put something funny on your blog and you know your family or friends are going to like, they’ll send it to their friends…

Who’ll Eventually
Send it to Their Friends,
etc !

Before you know, you will have that huge group of people talking about your content.

Awesome Stuff !

5. Sending Someone an SMS

Most people have internet access on their phones. They use them to check their email, the weather, the stock market, their class schedule, to shop you name it. One of the things people like to do is text each other and send emails. It’s kind of funny that whenever a person gets on a train or a bus, they tend to instantly…

Take Their Phones Out and
Text Away !

Well, if you feel like promoting your blog, next time you want to send an SMS, apart from telling the person you’re writing what you actually want to say to them, go ahead and mention your blog. It’s as easy as saying oh, and BTW, check out my blog: http://www.thebadblogger.com/ (you need to make sure that you include a complete link in the text message, so that all they have to do to get to your site is click it)

Makes Sense ?

6. Creating an iPhone App

iPhone Apps are huge now. A good number of top marketers talk about them all the time. Did you know that you can have a simple app made for as little as a couple hundred bucks? It really is nothing when you consider the potential it has for your blog. Just make sure that every time people download and open it, there’s a splash page that invites them to check out your blog. This is an extremely powerful strategy that will work really well if you use it.

Give it a Shot !

7. Having a Sexy Babe Put Your URL On Her Cleavage

Do you remember how I told you about Fiverr.com at the beginning of this post? Well, another thing I like to use that site for is getting sexy girls to put my URL on their chests. It’s really easy for them to do and there’s a ton of great looking women willing to…

Write Something
On Their Body for
5 Bucks !

What they’ll normally do is take a marker and put your URL on their cleavage. Then they’ll take a picture of it and send it your way. What do you think is going to happen if you snail mail or even email that picture to your friends? Exactly!

They’re Going to
Go Check Out
Your Blog !

Alright, this is it. Before we part, though, I need to remind you that nothing happens until you take action, so go ahead and put what I told you to use. You’ll be more than happy you did.

Stay Stupid But Smart,

The Bad Blogger

Also Known As “The Stupid Smart Blogger”

Have you ever been browsing the Internet and laughed out loud so abruptly that the people in your house/apartment thought you were crazy? I’ve done it many times, often reading sites like Damn You Autocorrect, however, there are some times when I’m just browsing Google looking for information that I can’t help but to lose it, and it happens when discovering URL’s like these. Go through this list of hilarious URL’s with me and…

Try Not to Laugh -
I Dare You !

1. http://www.wtf.org – WTF

Yeah, yeah… wtf is fairly common lingo, but a .org? For real? Who can take Taekwondo seriously after visiting this domain?

2. http://www.goredforwomen.org – Gored For Women

At first I couldn’t tell if this was going to be something disgusting or a porn site, but then I realized that it wasn’t Gored for Women, but Go Red for Women… apparently they didn’t test the domain before…

They Bought it !

3. http://mp3shits.com – Mp3 Shits

I’m trying to picture little mp3’s dropping rabbit turds everywhere they go, but I don’t get very far, because I really don’t know what an MP3 shit looks like. Oh, it’s supposed to be Mp3’s hits? Clever, but…

Not So Much !

4. http://www.penisland.net/ – Penis Land

Hahahaha…that’s all I have to say. Really, did they not think about this one before they bought it? Pen Island needs to run, not walk, to…

A New
Domain Name !

5. http://www.powergenitalia.com – Power Genitalia

Now this sounds like an interesting concept…cyborg genitalia perhaps? Are we talking electrical or battery operated? I wonder how long it takes to…

Charge These
Bad Boys !

6. http://www.blindsexpress.com/ – Blind Sex Press

Unreal…really, that you’d try to sell sex presses for blind people when clearly they aren’t able to see them on the screen. However, it does sound rather kinky, maybe I’ll buy two. Oh, you mean they sell blinds? Those aren’t so kinky…well…unless…

You Leave Them Open !

7. http://www.speedofart.com/ – Speedo Fart

What does a Speedo fart smell like do you think? Chlorine and spandex? I’m not sure, but then again, it’s never been a hobby of mine. I guess…

There’s a Fetish for Everyone,
Right ?

Ok, so tell me… honestly… how many of these made you laugh? How incredulous do these people have to be in order to continue to use these domains?

Stay Funny,

The Bad Blogger,

Also Known As “The Funny Blogger”

P.S. Just to let you know, I might not be posting for the next few days as it is Chinese New Year, I’ll be quite busy but I’ll resume posting on either 27th or 28th of this month, but again, if I had the time I’ll do my best to write an awesome post to squeeze in this few days, hope you can understand and stay as my readers for as long as this blog lives.

I don’t know about you, but I was totally freaked out on the first day at my first job. It was a call center, and I really didn’t know what I was doing. I remember thinking, if I were the guys that hired me…

I’d Fire Myself
Right Away !

Talk about lack of confidence, at the same time, it was kind of exciting, though. New people, new responsibilities and a nice wad of cash in my wallet at the beginning of every month. Kind of scary but…

Exciting
At the Same Time !

Now, oddly enough, those are the exact same feelings you get right before and maybe even during the first kiss. Kind of scary but…

Exciting
At the Same Time !

Everyone remembers their first kiss. It’s an incredible feeling full of passion, curiosity and maybe even fear. It’s funny that your first kiss feels kind of like your first job, but, if you think about it, there are many things in life which seem to be completely unrelated but at the same time very similar in…

How We
Perceive Them !

Take money and sex for example. On the surface those two are not related, but if you look deeper, you’ll notice in some aspects, one is just like the other.

How ?

1. Because Everybody Does it

No matter what they say, every one wants to have awesome sex, just like everyone wants a bunch of money. Of course you might find people who’ll say they don’t care much about sex or money, but I have a feeling it’s because…

They’ve Never Had
Much of Either !

They don’t know what a great deal of money can do to a person’s life just like they don’t know how great sex feels, so…

They Say
They Don’t Care !

Another thing is, both sex and money are connected to one of our strongest, most basic needs. The need for survival. We need money to survive, just like…

We Need Sex
to Survive as Well !

2. Because Few People Talks About it

People who have money don’t really like to talk about it, just like people don’t really talk about their sexual encounters very much. They might share a little bit with their good friends or if they get drunk, but for the most part…

They’ll Just
Stay Quiet
About it !

3. Because Some People are Better at it than Others

Talk to any person who’s sexually active and has multiple partners and they’ll tell you, they had great lovers, they had good lovers, they had mediocre lovers, they had bad lovers and they had…

Terrible Lovers !

They’ve experienced both ends of the spectrum. Why? Because not everyone is a sex guru. Some people are better at it than others. Obviously, the situation is very similar with money. You have people who easily make millions of dollars a year and pretty much everything they touch turns to gold, and you have people who try really hard to be good at business but…

They Can Barely
Make Ends Meet !

Both, sex and money, require a certain amount of talent. I mean, you can spend hours learning about them and you might get pretty good at them, but if you don’t have it…

You’ll Never
Going to Excel it !

4. Because It Feels Better Without Protection

This is kind of self explanatory, isn’t it? People who don’t want to complicate their lives too much use protection for sex. They put a rubber on and…

Go for it !

The thing is, although not many people like to talk about it, as previously mentioned, they all know that sex without protection feels awesome, and sex with a protection feels… …well… …good and…

It’s The Same
With Money !

Life’s still O.K. if you have to budget your finances, but spending cash feels a ton better if you don’t. Of course, protecting yourself against an unwanted pregnancy or bankruptcy is the smart thing to do, but…

It Doesn’t
Feel that Awesome !

Anyway, you get my point, don’t you?

5. Because It’s Complicated

Sex is complicated. I mean, it’s not like you can just walk into a bar, point at a girl, do your dance and have her jump in to bed with you. Even if she does, it’s not like just because she did it, she enjoyed herself. It takes work, effort, practice and a plan to…

Make Everything
Go Smoothly !

Similarly, everyone who’s ever managed substantial amounts of money will tell you that money is very complicated. People look at you differently if you have money. They have different expectations towards you. They consider you to be more capable and able than the average Joe, so if you have money…

You Will Be Pressured Socially
to Use it in the Right Way !

Just look at Bill Gates and his famous law suits related to monopolizing his market and you’ll know exactly what I am talking about. Eh…

It’s Complicated !

6. Because If You Work at it, You’ll Become Good at it

You might not be born rich or even very talented when it comes to handling money, but it is possible to learn it, at least to some extend. You can have trainers teaching you how to make, invest, spend and manage money just like you can have sex therapists…

Working in Your
Sex Life !

Both of those things seem to be a complete mystery to someone who hasn’t had much experience with them, but they can be taught and…

Learnt Effectively!

7. Because Once You Have Some You Can’t Have Enough

It’s common knowledge about both sex and money that you can live without them if you never had them, but once you have some …

You’ll Want More !

That’s why it’s extremely difficult to refrain from sex once you’ve had an active sex life, just like it is very hard for someone who was once rich to worry about money. Money is like sex and sex is like money in more aspects than we care to admit. I am sure those of you who enjoy both will agree with me, and those who don’t…well…

Who Cares ?

Stay Active,

The Bad Blogger

Also Known As The Active Money Sex Blogger

There’s nothing worse than coming to a blog and being bombarded with blinking banners, links, ads and other things that do nothing but distract you. When you run a blog, what you actually say in your posts should be at the center of the stage. What’s more, Your blog design should help your readers to do…

What You Want Them to Do !

Here are 5 core principles to make sure you have an effective blog design:

1. Clean and Easy On the Eyes

The first thing to remember is the cleaner your blog looks, the more professional it feels and being professional evokes trust. Trust in a long term will cause people to spend money on your recommendation without…

You Ever Having to
Even Ask for it !

2. Not Too Many Things Going On

Having too many things happening on the blog will confuse your readers. They won’t know where to look what they came for and eventually…

They Will Leave Faster
Than They Come !

3. It’s All About the Content

Remember that the people came over to your blog because they have some very specific problems to solve. If you help them solve the problem, they’ll come back for more, if not…

They’ll Find Other Blogs
to Hang Out !

Now, do ads solve people’s problems? No. Flash animations? Not really. How about excessive pop-ups? Nope. It’s what you have to say, your expert advice, combined with their actions that’s going to improve their lives. This is marketing 101, but you really do have to keep that in mind when you design your blog or…

You’re Going to Scare
Your Readers Off !

4. What Do You Want Your Visitors to Do?

When I write content for my blog, I always ask myself the following two questions:

• How do I want the reader to feel after reading this? And…

• What do I want the reader to do when he’s done going through the post?

That’s all you have to know when you write. When you answer these two questions, you need to make a quick plan of how you’re going to get there. That plan has to include design. For example, if a reader finish reading your content, and wanted to sign up for your update, where should they go or where should they sign up, and if you had a clean design, eventually…

They Will Know
Where !

5. Let the Pros Do it for You

I remember when I first started blogging online, I’d do everything myself. I was pretty much forced to run a one-man show, because…

I Didn’t Have Much Money
to Outsource !

You, as a blog owner, don’t have to know all there’s to know about how to custom code your WordPress blog or even how to customize the graphics on it. There are companies and individuals that specialize in design, and nine times out of ten, they’ll do a much better job, in a much shorter time, than you ever will…

After Spending a Week
Tweaking Things Around !

That’s just how it is, so let the pros worry about your design, while you focus on your marketing. Good content sucks people in. Good design will lead people’s eyes to where you want them to look. If you do it right, you’ll increase your conversions significantly, just by tweaking some of your graphics.

Stay Effective,

The Bad Blogger

Also Known As “The Effective Blogger”