From the monthly archives:

February 2007


Get started blogging for dollars today

February 24, 2007

This blog is the companion to my ebook, Blogging for Dollars, and although I emphasize START NOW, and even provide a “Seven Days To Blogging Success” blueprint in the ebook, some readers want to do everything except start, it seems. Just starting your blog, even if you have questions, is vital, because most of your [...]

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Which blogging platform? Excellent BlogHarbor review

February 21, 2007

If you’re still undecided about a blogging platform that’s right for you, here’s an excellent review of BlogHarbor. I’m a confirmed WordPress person, although I do have a TypePad blog, but if you’re starting out, and WP seems to much, BlogHarbor is a good alternative. Technorati Tags: blogs, blogging, blog platforms, beginners Related PostsWhich blog [...]

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How to turn your blog into a “real” Web site

February 18, 2007

At least once a week, I’m asked the question “Which is better – a blog, or a Web site?” Web site pages are great, because they’re static – they’re easy to optimize for the search engines. On the other hand, the search engines love blogs, because they’re frequently updated. If you want to turn your [...]

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Top Five Blogging Mistakes

February 16, 2007

Creating a blog is EASY. If you use Blogger, for example, you can set up a blog in less than a minute, and write your first blog item in five minutes. What could be easier than that? It takes me at least as long to write an email message. Blogging Is Easy, But… Blogging is [...]

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Blog statistics – StatTraq on WordPress

February 15, 2007

WordPress is my favorite blogging platform (this blog runs on WP), because it’s so easy to customize WP and turn it into anything you choose. I’ve had a couple of questions this week about blog statistics. If you’re running WP, StatTraq is the best all-round blog statistics program available. From the StatTraq site – (StatTraq) [...]

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Who’s afraid of WordPress? Secret to WordPress domination revealed

February 13, 2007

Unfortunately, if you’re scared of WordPress (and it can be a scary pain in the ass to install on some systems), then you’re making much less money from your blogging activities than you could be. You need WordPress, because WordPress makes it so easy to create powerful blogs that you can create them with a [...]

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Affiliate blogging: Introduce your readers to the products that YOU use

February 11, 2007

I’ve been talking about affiliate blogging, and how setting up blogs for your affiliate products is the easiest way to make money blogging. But many bloggers hesitate to get into affiliate blogging. In “The Proper Way To Do Affiliate Marketing” John Chow says: It is really too bad that bloggers don’t look at affiliate marketing [...]

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Affiliate blogs: single product/ single post blogs

February 10, 2007

If you’ve ever created a Web site, you know that it’s something of a hassle, even if you’re starting with a template. Blogging provides a fast solution – don’t set up a Web site, create a blog. (A blog is a Web site, after all.) You can set up a Blogger or WordPress.com blog in [...]

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Making money with blogs for beginners

February 8, 2007

If you’re a new blogger, welcome to the wonderful world of blogging. On this blog, and in my ebook, I discuss the two primary ways you can make money blogging – * Freelance blogging, also known as pro blogging: you blog for businesses, and are paid on a contract, usually three to six months long; [...]

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Free blogging with WordPress

February 7, 2007

If you’re just getting started blogging, you can set up as many blogs as you please at WordPress.com. The benefits: * No expertise required, just follow a few simple steps; * You get your blog(s) online within minutes; * Lots of templates to make your blog look the way you want; * A big community [...]

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