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Monthly Archives: December 2008

10 Blogging Tips for 2009 to Make It Your Most Successful Blogging Year Ever

10 Blogging Tips for 2009 to Make It Your Most Successful Blogging Year Ever
31 Dec 2008

Blogging With all the new internet marketing methods available, blogging has become a little bit “old hat” in the eyes of many. I mean, it’s not sexy like Facebook; it’s not as easy as Twitter and it certainly is not as glamorous as having a MySpace page. In spite of all of this, blogging remains one of the most effective ways to brand your business online. So for this last day of 2008, I’m going to get back to basics, so to speak. Following ...

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Google PageRank Has Been Updated

Google PageRank Has Been Updated
31 Dec 2008

Search Engine Optimisation It seems that Google has did another PageRank update. Some new websites I developed recently have acquired a PageRank whilst others have not so there’s a chance they are still updating. You can check your blogs PageRank in your browser if you have the Google Toolbar installed. If not, you can check it out at a PageRank checking website like PRChecker. Has your blog had a PageRank increase?

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What are your goals for 2009?

What are your goals for 2009?
30 Dec 2008

Blogging Many blogs I read regularly have been quiet in the last week due to the holidays though there have been some great reviews of 2008. Many have also set out their goals for 2009. In particular I enjoyed Tyler Cruz’s revisit of 2008 and his look forward to 2009. Daniel Scocco also posted a great summary yesterday when he posted the goals for 2009 of 56 of his readers. I never publicly stated any goals for BloggingTips last year however I did ...

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Blogging Jobs: 3 Ways to Land More Blogging Gigs in 2009

Blogging Jobs: 3 Ways to Land More Blogging Gigs in 2009
30 Dec 2008

Making Money With the New Year upon us, many who want to make money online will turn those wants into a reality. The beginning of the year is a perfect time to start marketing for blogging jobs. Following are three tips on how to make this an attractive service for potential clients. 1. Offer Blog Packs: Selling your posts in packs will make them a much more attractive option. This is advantageous for you and potential clients. Why Selling Blog Posts in ...

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Reader Blog Critique : TechZoomIn.com

Reader Blog Critique : TechZoomIn.com
30 Dec 2008

Reader Blog Critique Welcome to the 19th Reader Blog Critique. This weeks review is on TechZoomIn, a blog which gives technology and blogging tips. Here are a few issues the owner Lax would like to ask you all : What do you like first about TechZoomIn? What areas can it improve? Anything about positives and negatives at this blog? How about the content quality? The most helpful and constructive commenter will get $10. Alternatively, if you prefer, I can register a ...

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Blogger in 2008 and Beyond…

Blogger in 2008 and Beyond…
29 Dec 2008

Blogger 2008 could easily be seen as the year in which Google’s influence became truly apparent for the Blogger platform. In these past twelve months we have seen Google features become well integrated into this free blogging platform, making it a true “Google” product and incorporating features which both new and seasoned bloggers alike have found both useful and functional for their daily posting needs. In this post, I’ll offer ...

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The #1 Dark Secret Many Online Entrepreneurs Have

The #1 Dark Secret Many Online Entrepreneurs Have
29 Dec 2008

Personal One of the things that I find the hardest about my career as an online entrepreneur is motivation. I think it’s because many assume that if you’re an online entrepreneur, you’re automatically motivated. Well, to be honest – I’m not — at least half the time. This is a huge chunk when you consider that I make my living completely online (I’m a freelance writer). Before I go on let me say, I was a little hesitant to write this ...

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Static Page Navigation

Static Page Navigation
28 Dec 2008

WordPress Coding & Design A new template tag was introduced for WordPress 2.7 to provide different functionality for generating your page navigation. For earlier versions, and still for WordPress 2.7, we have wp_list_pages(), however for 2.7 we now have wp_page_menu(). This function simplifies some of the aspects of generating a list of static pages. The parameters that it takes in are: sort_column Sorts the pages into the specified order. Values can be post_title, ...

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3 Reasons Why I Earn Money from Article Marketing and You Do Not

3 Reasons Why I Earn Money from Article Marketing and You Do Not
27 Dec 2008

Making Money Do you earn money from article marketing or you only spend time putting up articles that earn no money? Before you start complaining to me that you DO earn money from article marketing and the title is wrong, let me tell you that the title is not for everyone and is only for those who do not earn money from article marketing. Image Source: Money by jenn_jenn Article marketing is a great way to get backlinks and rank in front page of search ...

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Taking WordPress Widgets To The Next Level

Taking WordPress Widgets To The Next Level
26 Dec 2008

WordPress Plugins On November 6th 2008, I published a review on Performancing.com about a cool WordPress plugin called Slayer’s Custom Widgets. This plugin was cool because it was one of the first I’ve seen that enabled users to assign Widgets to certain locations on a WordPress powered blog. Fast forward to today and there is another plugin with the same idea but improves upon usability, accessibility, and overall UI. It’s called Widget Context ...

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