Can Contests Hurt Your Blog?

This site covers how to start a blog, build traffic and make money blogging. If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!This morning I noticed that well over a dozen different blogs on my regular reading list are running contests. All sorts of contests, too, from […]

Choose Your WordPress Theme Wisely

Several of you have indicated that you’re considering a change in templates, whether that’s a move from a 3-column to 2-column design or something even more drastic. Before you decide on a new look, check out this Morning’s Must Read: 7 tips for choosing a WordPress theme.

Cleaning Out Old Paid Entries

As most of us know by now, Google doesn’t like paid links that don’t invoke the rel=”nofollow” tag. Many folks who’d been blogging for the money saw their PageRank reduced (or taken away completely) during the last two PR updates. More than a few have decided — as I did — to completely sever all […]

What’s In A Blog’s Name?

There’s a reason why I bought this site’s domain, as Lori points out in this Morning’s Must Read: how to buy a domain name.
I didn’t purchase “bloggingforthemoney.com” by accident. I knew who my target audience was: bloggers interested in making money by writing on their blogs.
Really, that should be the first consideration when […]

Who Do You Blog For?

Earlier, I posed the question “What do you blog about?” in the context of refining your blog’s focus. Today, I planned to get you thinking about an answer to another question, “Why do you blog?”
But it dawns on me that, for most of us, the answer will be the same: we blog because we […]

Quick Help On Starting A Blog

For those arriving at this site looking for information on how to start a blog, check out the following entries:
A checklist: How to Start a New Blog
The importance of linking correctly: Undersanding basic link theory
Finding blog ideas: What should I blog about?

Finding Your Blogging Mojo

Someone asked recently (before my blogs went silent for a week while I was sick) just how I found the time and energy to write five different blogs, most of which I try to update at least once per day.
The answer is pretty simple: I love blogging, and I do I mean I love it. […]

5 Steps To Make Your Blog Attractive To Advertisers

So, you’re serious about blogging for the money. You’ve signed up with one or more of my recommended companies and now you’re waiting for the opportunities to roll in… and waiting… and maybe waiting some more.
“Why does So-and-So make so much with them, but I don’t?” you may wonder. “What’s So-and-So’s secret???”
Well, let me […]

Urgent WordPress Update

An urgent WordPress update was released today to address a serious security threat along with some minor bugs. If you haven’t already done so, be sure to download WordPress 2.3.3 and install it promptly.
As always, it’s a good idea to perform a complete backup first.

A Look Into LinkWorth

Many of you have asked for little help understanding the various product offerings at LinkWorth, one of my recommended companies for those blogging for the money.
So today I thought I’d explain their various product listings that are so much more varied and profitable than most companies offering to pay you to blog these days. […]

Back Soon. I Promise.

If you haven’t been keeping up with my other sites then you may not be aware that the “flu” I had turned out to actually be pneumonia. A booger of a case of it, too.
Thanks to the miracles of modern antibiotics, I’m feeling much better today than I have in days. I’m still restricted to […]

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