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Get started WordPress blogging: Choose a theme for your blog

May 18, 2007

ProSense You’re ready to start blogging. You’ve decided on a focus for your blog. You’ve assessed the viability – people are hunting for information on your chosen niche topic, and there are advertisers, so you should be able to make money with this topic. You’ve decided on a WordPress blog, because you want a proper [...]

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Monetize your blogs fast with AdSense

May 16, 2007

One of the easiest ways to monetize your blogs is via AdSense, because AdSense is set-and-forget. If you’re using WordPress, here’s a fantastic list of 17 themes with AdSense units already created for you. Technorati Tags: blogs, blogging, pro blogger, make money blogging Related PostsMonetizing your blog with advertising 1: Google AdSenseOnce your blog is [...]

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Free images for your blog

March 16, 2007

If you’re always looking for blog images – FREE ones – try picfindr. Technorati Tags: blogs, blogging, images, free images Related PostsColor and excitement: using images on your blogImages can spice up your blog, adding interest for your readers. Image tips * Ensure that your…Top quality free images for your blog Dreamstime – gorgeous free [...]

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Super-charge your WordPress blog

March 12, 2007

“The 118 Most Useful Plugins For Your WordPress Blog” You can turn your WordPress blog into anything you like, with the hundreds of WordPress plugins available. And most are absolutely free. You can turn your blog into a Web site, a shopping site, or a CMS (content management system) – whatever YOU want to do, [...]

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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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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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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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Apps to make blogging easier

January 2, 2007

The more complex blogging is for you, in terms of what it takes to get your posts onto your blog, the less you’re going to blog. And blogging MORE leads to more income, no matter how that income is derived – whether you’re blogging for others as a freelance blogger, are selling ad space on [...]

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Top quality free images for your blog

October 19, 2006

Dreamstime – gorgeous free photos for your blog (click to enlarge) You can never be too thin or too rich, and a blogger can never have too many images. Blog away – Dreamstime, my favorite stock photo site, offers free images to make your blog shine. Technorati Tags: blog images, stock photos, free photos Related [...]

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