From the monthly archives:

February 2008


Blogger for Hire: read the fine print

February 26, 2008

I’ve just written an article for Blogging Tips about getting blogging gigs once you’ve built up some experience on your own blog. (The post will be published on February 27, 2008.) One thing I didn’t mention in the post, was RIGHTS – as in, copyright. What rights are you selling when you blog for a [...]

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Blogging Confidential: Top Five Blogging Secrets

February 22, 2008

A few years ago, blogging was a niche activity. Now blogging has become mainstream. Businesses small and large are blogging. But what’s a blog? Essentially a blog is just a Web site. However, it’s a Web site in a special chronological format, so that as you “post”, or write a new blog item, that new [...]

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Get creative to get blog traffic

February 18, 2008

I receive messages every week asking something like: “How come my pets/ cooking/ kids blog, which has been online for six months, and to which I post EVERY day only gets 50 readers a day?” Now, 50 visitors a day is nothing to sneeze at. In fact, if you started out with definite goal in [...]

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Your blog is your business

February 14, 2008

8 Steps To Make Money Blogging | Virtual Real Estate Tips: Learn the Secrets to Creating A Successful Online Business suggests that if you’re a new blogger, you treat blogging with respect: “If you were going to spend $350,000 to open a retail store, I doubt you’d just rent a building, purchase a bunch of [...]

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Are you making money with your blog?

February 13, 2008

There are endless ways you can make money blogging. 28 Ways to Make Money with Your Website offers you a great list. AdSense is easy of course: “Google AdSense is the most popular option under this category, but there are also others. Basically you need to sign up with the network and paste some code [...]

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Your blog gets a SEO grade

February 5, 2008

Here’s a terrific new tool which can help you to optimize your blog for natural search engine traffic: Website Grader. Just type in your URL, and Website Grader gives you free SEO tips. Nifty. Imagine… $1,000 A Week For Just Ten Hours You can get paid to blog. The current rate for experienced bloggers is [...]

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