Monthly Archives: November 2007
What’s the best way to make money with Scratchback?
Making Money I briefly explained how ScratchBack works a few days ago in my interview with Jim Kukral however I did not speak about the options available to you regarding the time the links remain live on your widget. When you are creating your widget you will see the question ‘How long should your TopSpots stay live?’. The image below explains these options in more detail : The default option is ‘Auto Bump’ and that is what the ...
Continue readingStop Writing for Digg!
Blogging, Promote your blog, Writing Look, I get it. You want to be on the front page of Digg. You write headlines and content geared around catching the attention of the major Diggers. The problem is, you’re alienating your readers. Here’s the thing… When you’re on the front page of Digg, if you make it to the front page of Digg, you get a day or two of good traffic, then the majority of that traffic leaves. What do you do, write more Diggables? It’s a ...
Continue readingStumble Upon ethics v/s SEO practices
Blogging I would call me stupid if I were to assume that everyone at the blogosphere thinks alike over a thing. Yes, differences are inevitable and welcome. If you can learn from the differences, that would be a great habit to keep. Makes no sense huh? Let me explain. Last day I wrote an article on How to be a top stumbler in less than a week, and it got mixed response from the blogosphere. Now, this post taught me some lessons from the discussions ...
Continue readingWordPress and Windows.
WordPress Recently my hosting provider Platinum-Hosting moved to a Windows based server environment. They did this for a variety of reasons, including cost and marketability (Smaller market but more specialized), but inevitably their current clients (ie. Me) ran into issues with .htaccess. Rather then moving to a new host, because I’m a partner in Platinum-Hosting and get free service, I needed to find a way to make redirects or “pretty ...
Continue readingHow NOT To Monetize Your Blog
Making Money Blogs can be a good money maker if monetized properly. Few bloggers try to over-monetize their blog and as a result they lose their readers. In order not to lose your blog’s readers, you have to monetize in such a way that doesn’t disturb a reader. You can also try the “5 ‘Less Used’ Ways To Increase Subscribers” to get more subscribers for your blog. So here’s how you should not monetize your blog: 1. ...
Continue readingFrom Flattery To Backlinks
Search Engine Optimisation Let’s be honest, here. We all want others to link to us. A good link from a popular blog does several things. It draws attention to our blog It directly sends traffic to our blog It supplies a backlink which is important for helping us rank better in search engines Getting a backlink from a popular blog isn’t easy, however. Thousands of bloggers are clamoring every day to get noticed by the more popular bloggers. So how can you get ...
Continue readingInterview with Jim Kukral from ScratchBack
Interviews I was lucky enough to get a chance to interview Jim Kukral this week about his new advertising system, Scratchback. Scratchback Beta was launched 3 weeks ago to a select group of bloggers. In very simple terms, signing up to Scratchback allows you to put a TopList widget on your blog. You can sell 5,10,15 or 20 text links in this widget and you can set the weekly price for a link to be displayed in your Top List (or TopSpot as they call it). If ...
Continue readingShady Services and Faking Social Proof
Blogging Recently there have been a lot of subscriber count inflating scams going around. It seems people are so desperate to boost their perceived value they are willing to display artificial numbers to get it. Yes, subscriber counts do offer social proof and provide a perception of quality, but they are not a replacement for real authority and valuable content! Certainly not worth paying a dollar per fake subscriber like some services are charging. If ...
Continue readingGet Over The My Best Post Syndrome
Blogging I wrote the best post of my life but it was not appreciated at all. I did not even get one comment on it, neither did I get any visitors what do I do? How many times do you ask this question to yourself? Remember one thing that your best post is only the best post to yourself and no one else. You as a writer will always think that what you wrote is the best but others would not. What is My Best Post Syndrome? Every time you have a killer post, ...
Continue readingShould you take the job?
Making Money I was recently “interviewed” by a friend who’s just starting out in her freelancing career. Specifically, she was curious about some of the ads she’s seen looking for professional bloggers. On the off-chance any of my readers are in the same place, I’ll share with you what I told her when she asked whether she should apply for some of these jobs. Do you have ideas for it? I try not to turn down jobs just because I’m worried I won’t ...
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