Chow says, “Happy New Year everyone! It addition to the tips I gave you to make 2016 your best year ever, I’m going to add one more tip, and that is to update your blog copyright notice to say 2016. If your blog doesn’t have a copyright notice, you should add one right away. Many bloggers may consider this a relatively minor issue. However, from a professional and branding standpoint, making sure your blog has a copyright notice with the correct information is very important. For most bloggers, this is a simple task of logging into the WordPress admin panel and editing the footer.php... [...]

Chow says, “Many people have the dream of making money from blogging. Many people have the dream to become full-time bloggers, finally quitting their day jobs to live the dot com lifestyle. Maybe that’s why you’re here reading John Chow dot Com. And while both John and I are pretty public about who we are and what we do, there are many successful bloggers who aren’t exactly who they say they are. Just as there are authors who use pseudonyms or “pen names” for some of their work, the same can be said about earning a living on the Internet. It just might be in your best interest... [...]

Chow says, “In order to open a more traditional brick-and-mortar kind of business, you likely need to take out a lease on some retail space, invest in a POS system, buy your store fixtures, hire some staff, load up on inventory, and otherwise absorb a wealth of operating expenses. By contrast, running an online business can be a lot leaner and a lot let expensive to get started. Depending on what you want to do, your initial investment might be little more than some Internet access, web hosting and a domain name. Given this, it’s also understandable that you don’t need to have the most... [...]

Chow says, “First of all. Happy 4th of July everyone! After today’s Dot Com Lunch, we’ll be enjoying the fireworks that’s going on all over the country. Second, do You Want to Get 25% More Leads and Double Your Sales? Then you will not want to miss this valuable live training. Higher converting links get up to 25% more leads Retarget your marketing for up to 50% more sales Plus much more to save time and increase conversions On July 6th, 6PM EST (3PM PST), I will be doing a LIVE training webinar with Successful Internet strategist John Reel and Internet marketing mogul, Cory Boatright. Together,... [...]

Chow says, “A topic that we’ve approached so many times on this blog already is how you can go about making money from blogging. There are countless ad networks that you can use to insert a variety of banner ads and display ads, as well as all the affiliate networks where you can promote a variety of affiliate offers to earn sizable commissions. That’s not what this post is about. You see, while joining a number of ad networks can be a good idea for any number of reasons, they all suffer from the same fatal flaw: the ad network has to make money too. What this means is that they will... [...]

Chow says, “Making money online can feel like an awfully paradoxical experience. On the one hand, it’s the kind of thing that sounds really easy on the surface and it’s something that just about anyone can do. On the other hand, all of the overwhelming information can feel incredibly complex and intimidating. It doesn’t have to be this way. Wouldn’t it be so much easier if an experienced veteran who has been there, done that, and made lots of money on the Internet took your hand and walked you through every step of the process so that you could enjoy a similar level of success? That’s... [...]

Chow says, “Consider the majority of the kind of content that you find on the Internet each and every day. This blog post that you are reading right now is a prime example of that. Perhaps you subscribe to the RSS feed and the story popped up in your feed reader of choice. Maybe you follow John on Twitter and you saw the tweet saying there’s a new article. Or maybe you actually typed in johnchow.com into your browser to see what new posts went up today. Regardless of how you found your way onto this page, the bottom line is that you’re here now. And you’re reading these words that... [...]

Chow says, “Consider the majority of the kind of content that you find on the Internet each and every day. This blog post that you are reading right now is a prime example of that. Perhaps you subscribe to the RSS feed and the story popped up in your feed reader of choice. Maybe you follow John on Twitter and you saw the tweet saying there’s a new article. Or maybe you actually typed in johnchow.com into your browser to see what new posts went up today. Regardless of how you found your way onto this page, the bottom line is that you’re here now. And you’re reading these words that... [...]

Chow says, “Unless Social media has always been one of the best ways to build traffic and user engagement. On popular social media platforms, you can find millions of relevant people in your niche and great content ideas by narrowing down what’s trending. I’m currently using Facebook.com, Twitter.com, and Google+ for my social marketing and they have been awesome in driving enormous traffic to my blog. However, it’s important you know how to search and engage with the right people on these platforms. This obviously is NOT a problem because you have millions of resources that guide... [...]

Chow says, “Unless you’ve been completely avoiding social media for the last few years, you probably know at least a little something about hashtags. By adding a descriptive hashtag to your status update, tweet or upload, you make it easier for people to follow the conversation on a particular topic. And in the case of Internet marketing and growing your online presence, hashtags can also help you expand your audience and get noticed by people who are interested in what you have to say. And while hashtags take on the same fundamental form across most social networks — just put the #... [...]