Monthly Archives: June 2008
Youth Bloggers Network
Around The Blogosphere I have been chatting with Patrick DeVivo over the last few weeks about his new project ‘The Youth Bloggers Network‘. Patrick is building a site where young bloggers can chat and help each other out. I thought this was a great idea. I don’t believe there are any other communities which specifically target this niche which is why I wanted to let all you know about it. There has been a lot of great young bloggers pop up in the ...
Continue readingWhy you should always use Digg
Social Networking There are alot of Social Bookmarking sites available today which all provide bloggers with benefits, but today I am going to focus on Digg.com. There are two main reasons why you should use Digg to bookmark your posts and they are: To drive more traffic to your site; and To give your posts a boost in PR (PageRank) How does Digg.com drive more traffic to my blog? When you Digg a blog post it appears on the upcoming pages at Digg.com where a lot ...
Continue readingWhats your opinion of PeelAwayAds?
Making Money Blogging Tips forums member airraid81 posted a thread the other day asking what everyone thinks of Peel Away Ads. My initial response was that I’m still not sure whether to use them however I have decided to give them a try. What are Peel Away Ads? Peel Away Ads are advertisements which are placed at the top right hand of your website page. There is a small image at the top right hand side which resembles a page being turned up slightly. ...
Continue readingHow to Sell Blog Posts Before You Write Them
Blogging Most of my clients are internet marketing firms. Once I do a few gigs for them, I kind of get a feel for the type of material they want. Instead of being a reactive blog writer, I’m learning to become more proactive. And, this is how you sell blog posts before you write them. 3 Proactive Ways to Sell Your Blog Posts 1. Existing Clients: With existing clients, I use an old freelance writing tactic (querying) to sell to clients. Once I get a ...
Continue readingMy Top Commentators WordPress Plugin
WordPress Plugins Daily Blog Tips released a new wordpress plugin today entitled ‘My Top Commentators‘. Unlike other top commentators plugins, this plugin does not add a top commentators list to your sidebar. Instead it generates statistics about your commenters in your WordPress dashboard. I removed the top commentators list from BloggingTips last year because it was being spammed and the ones making the top ten list were mostly the ones who were ...
Continue readingAre blogging advice and making money online blogs simply rehashing the same old stuff
Blogging Sumesh Premraj left a comment today on a Blogging Tips post I wrote about 5 or 6 weeks ago about the changes I was making to this blog at the time. He spoke about how many blogging advice blogs like Blogging Tips are simply rehashing what has already been said. Now, this is a view which is shared by many and since this affects this blog in particular I want to talk more about the subject. Before I proceed, here is the last part of the comment ...
Continue readingWhy many aspects of blogging gets easier as you become more popular
Blogging I have said time and time again that the hardest period in a blogs life is the first few months. This is the time when you need to write lots of great posts and promote your blog extensively too. A sad reality is that many great posts which are wrote near the start of a blogs life will not be read by many people. Thankfully, the more popular your blog becomes the easier it is run to the blog in many ways. First with the news Have you ever ...
Continue readingAn explanation of CSS List Style Types
CSS Lists are a great way to present information to readers in your blog posts and are used in blog designs frequently to style menus and links as well. Thankfully, CSS allows you to customize your list markers much easier than basic HTML. I’m sure most of you reading this are using the default style type which came with your blog stylesheet however it’s worth trying a new type of style out and in this post I will show you how you can do ...
Continue readingLinks Roundup – June 10th 2008
Links A Warning to Multi-Author Blogs Blogging Recipe for WordPress Newbies – 100% Success Rate Is It Time to Hang Up My Hat and Quit? 50 Tips to Make Money Blogging by Building a Better Blog Deciding Between Short and Long Blog Posts Wanting to be a Professional Blogger is Ok Creating A Blog – Part Five: Choosing Your Theme and Installing Plugins Is Proofreading Posts Really Necessary? Should You Squidoo? Passive Income: Real Estate? ...
Continue readingBlogger’s Dashboard Makeover and other Upcoming Features
Blogger Blogger have been busy working on some new features and updates to the system. Most notably, those logging in to Blogger in Draft (the testing area for new features) will notice a whole new look to the Blogger dashboard: Using this dashboard allows us to see most of the features we need at a glance, including any news of scheduled outages and other service announcements. The two blogs we have posted to most recently have their links displayed ...
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