Prepare your blog for death [image by Mr. Ducke]

Blogging can be fun, rewarding, and ultimately, fulfilling. There are times when you gloat after getting your first AdSense

They say: create quality content consistently. They would even go as far as to suggest that you should update your blog every day. I’m not really pointing anyone, but you know the usual suspects - Problogger, Daily Blog Tips, Blogging Tips etc. share the same view with regards to posting frequency.

Regular Posting: Forget what Probloggers taught you (photo by LarimdaME)

I say:

In this guest post, Kyle Judkins from LostInTechnology discusses things he would have done differently in starting a blog.

Everyone has heard the old saying “Hindsight is 20/20″. Well, that has definitely been true when it comes to my blog and seeing the mistakes I made along the way. There are many things I would have done differently in starting a blog,

Everyone and their uncles try to emulate John Chow or Darren Rowse in their hopes of being the next big thing. In fact, some blogs have (jokingly) held polls to determine the best imitator of John Chow and other make-money blogs (guess who won?)

In the process, blogging tips and make-money-online have become perhaps the most saturated niche of all. This makes it

Happy holidays! (Photo by Z.Klein)

Blogging is a passion and fun activity for most. Most bloggers start off with great energy, and write several posts every week initially. However, it has been observed that the passion wanes soon when bloggers realize that blogs do not grow as quickly as they anticipated, and writing for their blogs may even become a chore.

Considering