Monthly Archives: September 2008
How Important Is A Blog Design?
Blogging Photo by Shiny Things I’ve seen people ask in the past, should they launch their blog without a decent or final theme in place. They get varying answers, some say yes it’s fine, others say no wait. There are pros and cons for both of these answers. If you’ve already got a decent amount of content written then in my opinion you need to get that site up and running, into the search engines and start getting it known across ...
Continue readingGet help from Blogger training videos
Blogger Many of you will already realize that Google Blogger has a dedicated channel on YouTube where (official) help videos are uploaded to help you make the most from your Blogger blog. There are currently seven videos to watch, ranging from setting up your first blog to uploading videos and purchasing a custom domain. But did you know there is also a dedicated Blogger video training site? Recognized Expert offer over 7 hours and 100 episodes worth of ...
Continue readingAccessible Comment Form
WordPress Coding & Design I’m not a designer so the idea of designing my own theme doesn’t appeal to me, however there are plenty of free themes available which means I can have a decent looking site and use my time to actually write content for it rather than procrastinating over how it should look. However, the first thing I do when I download a new WordPress theme for my site is fix the markup. Unfortunately, whilst the themes look great they’re ...
Continue reading3 Different Ways To Brand Yourself And Be Known For It
Blogging Image Source: ribosomis Ever felt that you are just another blogger in the blogosphere? Have you ever thought of branding yourself for a particular thing you do and become known for it? Keep reading the blog post and you will find 3 different ways by which you can brand yourself. There are more than three ways but I guess you shouldn’t confuse yourself when reading the article. After all, the main aim of this article is to teach you some ways ...
Continue readingEntreCard is up for sale
Blogging News The popular banner exchange service EntreCard is now up for sale at SitePoint. The owner Graham Langdon has put a minium bid of $100,000 and a reserve of just under a million dollars. He claims that the ad network is serviing 80 million impressions per month, 3 million clicks pre month and is growing at 16%. He also claims the site is making $2,000 a month however there is no revenue or traffic evidence to back any of this up. I’m not ...
Continue readingDo you write positive paid reviews on your blog?
Making Money I got an email today from Linkworth which told me that an advertiser would like me to review their website on my personal blog. It was only for $25 but it was probably worth doing since it only had to be 200 words or more and I could probably write the post in 15 minutes or so. Before accepting I noticed that the advertiser had stipulated that the review had to be positive, something which I always tell advertisers I can’t guarantee when ...
Continue readingEthics of Affiliate Blogging
Making Money The decision to monetize your blog through affiliate marketing isn’t as simple as using your blog posts as advertorials. The real affiliate marketing potential of your blog, after all, lies with the influence you have over the community of your readers. Because blogs are a social medium, the readership is more than an audience. It’s a community. You have influence in that community because you’re a community leader (i.e. the blogger), and ...
Continue readingFreelance Writers: What’s It Really Like to Work on the Road
Making Money Even though I’ve been a freelance writer since 1993, I haven’t done much work on the road, ie, when I’m traveling. Outside of checking email, updating my blog and firing off a few proposals, I usually don’t do much in the way of actual writing when I’m away. Well, this time it’s different. I was in New York City last week (business/pleasure) and am in St. Paul, Minnesota this week (pure pleasure). During this ...
Continue readingReader Blog Critique : Balkhis.com
Reader Blog Critique Welcome to the 5th Reader Blog Critique. Once again, last weeks critique was a success so thanks to everyone who reviewed Let’s Sermo. This weeks critque is Balkhis, a blog which covers a lot of topics including making money online, search engine optimisation, web design, WordPress and more. I spoke to the the owner, Syed Balkhi, about what he thinks he needs to address on the blog. Here’s what he had to say : Regarding the blog ...
Continue readingUsing WordPress To Create Mini Sites
WordPress WordPress is not only a great blogging platform, it’s also a very flexible content management system and can be used to build just about any type of content driven website. One type of website which I love using WordPress for is the Mini Site. Granted, there are much lighter CMS scripts available which would do the job just as well however I always use WordPress as it’s quick and easy to install, it’s free, it is SEO friendly ...
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