Monthly Archives: January 2009
HTML & CSS Basics: Page Structuring with divs
Design & Coding Once you’ve got your content in place the next job is to determine the structure of the page. To do this we use divisions which use the div tag, usually along with an id or classname. The Mark-up Divisions are a block level tag and whilst they can be used within lists and other divs, they shouldn’t be placed within certain other block level elements such as paragraphs or headers. For example [sourcecode language="html"] Hello, she ...
Continue readingZac Johnson Motive Network Promotion
Competitions In the last week I have been pretty busy as I have moved over to Thailand for a few months. So I spent an hour or so today catching up with my RSS newsreader. One of the things I missed was the announcement of Zac Johnsons massive Motive Interactive Competition. There are some fantastic prices up for grabs so I thought I would let you all know about it. The prizes up for grabs in Janbuary 2009 are : TITANIUM TIER: $300,000 Commissions Earned ...
Continue readingBlogging Platform JournalSpace Is No More
Blogging News JournalSpace, a 6 year old blogging platform similar to Blogger, WordPress.com etc, is no more, after a disgruntled IT employee overwrote the company hard drive. It is currently unclear how many bloggers are affected by this. The JournalSpace.com and JournalSpace.net domain is currently on sale on ebay though the backend code will not be included because ‘it needs too much work at this point to make it a truly turnkey system that anybody ...
Continue readingATTN Writers & Bloggers: 3 More Reasons to Start Freelancing – Now!
Making Money In yesterday’s post here entitled Freelance Writers: How to Make Money from the Competition, I talked about why freelance writers (bloggers too), should embrace competition. Well, last night as I was getting ready for bed, my head was spinning with more reasons you shouldn’t worry about the market being too competitive if you’re a freelance writer or blogger. So, following are three more reasons to dive on in. 1. 100,000 New Prospects a ...
Continue readingFreelance Writers: How to Make Money from the Competition
Blogging I received the following question from a buyer of my ebook on SEO copywriting. He wrote: I have read the ebook and am planning on starting my marketing outreach, per your recommendations in the ebook, this week. . . . The only question I have is this: with the sale of your ebook, do you legitimately think there won’t be any over saturation? Following are three reasons you want competition as a freelance writer and how they can make you more ...
Continue readingHow to blog on a (very small) budget (Part 1)
Blogging, Domain Names & Hosting, Search Engine Optimisation It seems that “saving money” is the gossip subject of recent times. All over the world, the news tells us of recession, companies going into administration and massive cuts in jobs. Most of us are tightening the belt and keeping a close eye on our wallets, saving money and reducing spending wherever possible. And a great deal more people it seems are looking to the internet in the hope of earning an extra income. While there are ...
Continue readingHow I Lost $26,000-$39,000 in Online Income Last Year
Making Money My New Years blogging resolution is to make more money online. Simple concept? Sure. Easy? Not so much. But, one simple thing I’m changing in my quest to make more money online this year is time management. With all that I do (writing and promoting my own ebooks, blogging, updating several websites, running an SEO writing and internet marketing firm, affiliate marketing (a new income stream)), time is more important than money to me, in many ...
Continue readingUsing a Functions file
WordPress Coding & Design You may have used a theme in the past, or are currently using one, that has a functions.php file in it. The Theme Functions file was introduced around the time that widgets came on the WordPress scene, usually containing just the code to register the dynamic/widgetised sidebars, however they’re useful for so much more. If you don’t already have a functions file then just create a blank file in your theme directory called ...
Continue readingDid You Answer ‘No’ To Any Of These Article Marketing Questions?
Making Money If you answer ‘no’ to two or more of the questions that are asked below, article marketing is surely not for you. Either you have to change yourself and say ‘yes’ or quit article marketing. We have been discussing about article marketing for over one month now on all Saturdays. You would have read some articles which might have taken you by surprise and some articles that showed you how to really earn money from article marketing. If you ...
Continue readingYouBlogged – Digg Clone Just For Bloggers
Reviews Confirmation that the Web 2.0 craze is not over just yet, YouBlogged, a Digg clone centered around bloggers has launched in beta. I thought the days of cute looking colors and striped backgrounds for website designs were over with but YouBlogged appears to be bringing them back. Aside from the design, YouBlogged tries to fill a need by being the premiere water hole for bloggers. YouBlogged is based on Drigg which is Digg clone software built ...
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