Spiff Up Your Site

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!Over the 5+ years I’ve been blogging, I’ve easily spent $1000 or more on blog templates. Although I’ve been quite happy with most of them, […]

What I’ve Blogged This Week

You may not realize it, but I write four blogs. (Well, five, really but one’s on hiatus awaiting a refocus and redesign.) Having more than one blog increases my opportunities to earn money by ensuring each blog is focused primarily on one specific topic, something that’s appealing to advertisers interested in specific keywords. It also […]

Cut And Paste Cleanly

Ever tried writing a blog entry in MS Word then pasting it into WordPress? Looks like crap, doesn’t it? Or maybe you’ve copied a chunk of text from a website and wanted to paste it into Word, only to find that looks like crap, too. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could do those things […]

Another Profitable Month

I just closed the books for August and am pleased they reflect another profitable month of blogging. For those curious about how the various companies stack up, I thought I’d post last month’s earnings. Do keep in mind that I’d decided a few months ago to be less aggressive in my efforts to make money […]

Search Engines Serving A Charitable Purpose

If your daily web habits are anything like mine you’re using a search engine at least a dozen times a day. Often more. What if you could do something to help others with all of those searches? That’s the purpose of a rapidly expanding type of search engine: those which donate a portion of their […]

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