Blogging

Recently on the About.com Blogging blog, I've been writing about how to sell your blog. But what if you want to buy a blog?

You can buy a blog successfully, and it doesn't have to cost a fortune. Take a look at my five steps to buy a blog to learn how to do it with as little risk as possible.

Have you ever bought a blog? Leave a comment and share your experience and tips.

So far in the "Selling Your Blog" series, you've learned the 10 signs that you could sell your blog and make money from it. You've also learned five easy steps to sell your blog. Now, it's time to learn about using one of the most popular services to sell your blog, Flippa.

In my review of Flippa for selling your blog, you'll learn the pros and cons of using Flippa so you can decide if it's right for your blog sale.

34 writing jobs for bloggers have been listed in the About.com Blogging Forum, and this week's list includes opportunities to write for Fox Sports, The Houston Press, and Esurance. Just follow the link at the beginning of this article to view the list!

While you're visiting the forum, check out some of the recent blog contests that members of the About.com Blogging community have shared. There are some cool prizes available!

In Part 1 of "Selling Your Blog" you learned the 10 signs that you could sell your blog and make money from it. Now, it's time to learn how to sell your blog.

Check out the 5 easy steps to sell your blog so you have a smooth transaction and get the price you want for it.

Stay tuned to the About.com Blogging blog for Part 3 of the "Selling Your Blog" series coming next week when I'll review using Flippa to sell your blog.

Do you want to sell your blog or are you considering selling your blog in the future? If so, then you need to make sure that you develop a blog that someone will actually want to buy.

In Part 1 of  "Selling Your Blog," you can learn the 10 signs that you could sell your blog and make money from it. If your blog doesn't show these 10 signs, then you could have a hard time selling it or may not be able to get the amount of money you want for it.

Stay tuned for Part 2 of "Selling Your Blog" this week on the About.com Blogging blog where I'll share tips to sell your blog successfully.

34 writing jobs for bloggers have been listed in the About.com Blogging Forum. This week's list includes writing jobs with SF Weekly, Zimbio, and many more.

Before you apply for a writing job as a blogger, be sure to brush up on the blogging best practices!

If you want to collect email addresses from your blog visitors so you can create email marketing campaigns, then you need a tool to help you do it. Fortunately, there are free and affordable tools available that are very easy to use.

To get started, check out my overview of five handy tools to build an email list from your blog. Think about how you want to use the email addresses you collect, and then choose the tool that best meets your needs and budget.

Two of the most popular RSS feed readers, Google Reader and FeedDemon, will shut down in 2013, and that means people who like to subscribe to RSS feeds and read all new content from those feeds in a single place need to find replacement feed readers.

Take a look at my list of some of the most popular feed reader tools to find the right FeedDemon or Google Reader alternative for you. These tools are free or affordable and most enable you to access your feed subscriptions online or through your mobile device.

What feed reader do you use or plan to switch to when Google Reader shuts down?

30 writing jobs for bloggers have been listed in the About.com Blogging Forum. This week's list includes opportunities to write for CBS Interactive's TV.com, the Boston Globe, Ticketmaster, the Savannah College of Art and Design, and more.

Be sure to review the Essential Guide to Blogging Best Practices and follow the tips provided to ensure you have the best chances to land a paid blogging job!

Want to improve your blog right now? It's not that hard to do, and it doesn't have to take a long time.

Just make some or all of the 102 blog changes that instantly improve your blog, and you'll quickly start seeing better results in terms of more traffic, more social sharing, more incoming links, more comments, and so on.

You can also use my list of 100 free blog tips to improve your blog. Remember, every tip you follow or change you make that improves your blog plays an important part in your blog's success!