Written by Chris Coyier from CSS-Tricks on February 8, 2008

If you have multiple advertisers on your blog, you really need to make an effort to keep them organized. Since different advertisers start at different times, it can get confusing quickly. There are a million ways to stay organized with this, but here is how I do it.

I have an “Advertising” folder in the folder I keep in the folder for all my blog stuff. Inside that folder I have a “* Current Advertisements” folder. I add the star so it stays at the top. Within that I keep a…

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Written by Kris Larson from Carthage on February 7, 2008

Live nude girls are great, don’t get me wrong. But before you go wild and start posting naked images all over your blog – or even one image – you need to stop and consider your audience. Most people, including your friends, parents, neighbors and little sister, might get in trouble for opening a website at work or at school that contains images of nudity. This also goes for images of body modifications, lewd words in large print, and sexual drawings.

This doesn’t mean you can’t post that stuff. It…

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Written by jblanton from Success For Your Blog on February 7, 2008

First thing I should do is clarify the title. This is the easiest way to get links without spending a small fortune buying links from a link Broker. Ok now that I have you all excited, here is my big secret. Here it is . . . Hold a competition. That’s the big secret. Pretty easy right?

Now before you just go throwing up a blog competition you need to define everything like it’s a marketing campaign. Because that is essentially exactly what it is, a marketing campaign.

So let’s run…

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Written by Michael Martine from Michael Martine on February 7, 2008

Power-Packed Resources for Bloggers Ready to Get Serious

“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.”

Have you ever heard that saying before? It’s an ancient Buddhist proverb. When are you ready to “get serious” with your blogging? When the articles below are just the very thing you’ve been looking for.

SpyFu Online Keyword Research Tool
A brilliantly devilish tool to look up all kinds of information about keywords that you might base your next blog on or to help you write more search-attractive headlines for any blog.

Blogger’s Guide to Search Engine Optimization
If…

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Written by Sara Christensen from Pajama Professional on February 6, 2008

I want to start off today’s post with a little exercise. First, I want you to close your eyes…

Did you do it? If you did, how long did it take you to realize that with your eyes closed you couldn’t read what came next?

Stick with me here, I’m not trying to be funny or make you feel stupid. The point of the exercise is to raise some questions. Do you always believe what you read? Do you always do what you are told? As a blog writer, are you stepping…

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Written by Yuwanda Black from Inkwell Editorial on February 6, 2008

I recently read the NY Times bestseller, The 4-Hour Workweek. One of the things the author, Tim Ferris said was to remove the word “Free” from your marketing.

His reasoning? More or less, people looking for free stuff are lower-end customers. They are the ones who will make the most demands on your time and usually buy nothing, or very little. He explains it better than I ever could, but that’s the gist of it.

So, this got me to thinking about free article directories. I’ve used this marketing tactic for years to…