Art of Manliness FAQ
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FAQ
1. What makes you experts on manliness?
We’ve never said we’re experts. In fact, the idea that there’s such a thing as an “expert in manliness” is sort of silly. We’re just two people who are passionate about helping men become better men. We want to provide an alternative men’s magazine for men who are tired of the crap that’s put out for men by most media outlets. Every week we spend many hours researching and writing about topics that might be of interest to men.
2. If this is a blog about manliness, why do you have a woman writing on it?
Because my wife is awesome. That’s why. But seriously, my wife Kate is a very talented writer and editor. Her degree in history has been an important asset to our site with its focus on using the past as inspiration for men today. She also helps me take care of the myriad of administrative and side jobs that the blog entails. So I’m not going to let my “manly” pride get in the way of including someone who does such great stuff for the site. Moreover, I think it’s good to get a woman’s perspective on what they think manliness means.
3. Is this a Christian blog?
Although the Art of Manliness encourages men to live moral, ethical, and virtuous lives, AoM is not a Christian blog. Christianity and religion in general do not have a monopoly on morality or virtuous living. There is a void on the internet for websites that talk about having principles but do so in a secular manner. The Art of Manliness hopes to fill that void and welcomes readers of any creed or faith, or of no faith at all.
4. Will you trade links in your blogroll with mine?
It depends. The blogroll is a valuable place on our website. Because we’re a PR 5 blog, having a link on our blogroll can provide a website with valuable SEO juice that will help the site go up in Google’s search index. The problem is that whenever we link to a website in our blog roll, we lose page rank juice ourselves. The lower ranked a site is, the more page rank mojo we lose. So to ensure that our page rank isn’t diluted too much, we only include links in the blogroll that are 1) relevant to our site and 2) have at least a page rank 5. If your site is just starting out and you want a link on AoM, consider asking for a link in our weekly roundup posts and not in the blogroll. If your site grows, we’ll consider adding it to the blogroll in the future.
5. Will you link to my blog?
If you’ve published an article on your website or blog that you think would be of interest to AoM’s readers, email me a link to it. If I like it, I’ll link to it in our weekly link round-up which is posted on Saturdays.
6. Do you accept guest submissions?
We are no longer accepting guest submissions unless by specific invitation. Sorry.
7. I have a new blog and need some advice on getting traffic and making money on it. Can you give me some advice?
I unfortunately don’t have time to personally give advice on blogging. Here are some sites that offer solid suggestions on how to make a go at blogging that I would suggest thoroughly reading through:
problogger.net
copyblogger.com
performancing.com
dailyblogtips.com
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