Clean Up Comment URLs In One Click

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!If you’re struggling to handle comments left solely to help someone else’s SEO, the solution is one click away. Alex King, the author of so […]

Easy Cash… Or Comment Trash

Why installing the “do-follow” plugin harm blog by encouraging comment spammers to make money leaving links on your site.

There’s Always More To Learn About The Web

Although I’m far from a tech head, I consider myself a pretty savvy internet user. My browser’s tricked out, I can execute keyboard shortcuts in my sleep, and now that I’ve switched to using dual monitors with my laptop (when I’m not blogging from my treadmill) I’ve become even more of a web-head than ever.
So […]

Avoid Blog Burnout: Unplug. Regularly.

Yes, this is yet another voice chiming in on the NY Times story about bloggers dropping dead from stress… but with a twist.
See, I don’t understand the whole “blog ’til you drop” thing. True, five years ago when I first began blogging on ElectricVenom.com, I’d blog 30 or so times per day.
But no matter […]

Three Keys To Good Content

You’ve read it before: the key to increasing your traffic and making more money with your blog is by writing good content. Everyone says that as if the meaning of “good content” is obvious. But if it really was obvious then we’d all be phenomenally rich and famous bloggers, wouldn’t we?
There’s an obstacle to explaining […]

7 Ways Blogging Is Like Throwing A Party

Asked by the uninformed what a blog is, bloggers often search for something to liken it to. Some draw parallels to writing an online diary by sharing their personal experiences, sometimes in excruciating detail. Others consider it similar to small-time journalism published by people who actually acknowledge their political bias up front.
Me? I’ve always […]

How A Blogging Routine Can Help You

The key to making money with your blogs is using your time effectively to generate strong content and network with your peers. Here are 10 tips to help you do that in less time.

Golden Blogging Advice

If you were to put a dozen bloggers in a room together and ask them for their best tips on blogging, chances are you’d fall asleep before a single one of them finished spouting their advice. We are, after all, a rather loquacious lot.
But what if you could just winnow out their very best […]

Use A Calendar To Schedule Regular Features

Tired of wondering what you should blog about? Use an editorial calendar to schedule regular features and watch your traffic increase.

Blogger.com Gets Future Post Ability

One of my standard weekend habits involves writing several blog entries and scheduling them for automatic posting later in the week. That way if I get sick, lose my internet connection or just find myself wondering what should I blog about, I have don’t to panic.
Until yesterday, people using Blogger.com didn’t have that luxury. […]

Carnival of Working At Home

There’s a reason I’m making the Carnival of Working at Home a Saturday Morning Must Read. It will definitely time to read the wealth of entries Joe has pulled together, but the tips and advice to help you make money working from home, but it’s worth every minute.

Three More Great WordPress Plug-Ins

In addition to the 10 Must-Have WordPress plug-ins I mentioned earlier, I’ve found three more to add to the list:

Advanced Permalinks: If you’ve ever tried converting from an ugly or date-based permalink structure to something more SEO-friendly like /category/postname/ permalinks, then you know the frustration of discovering that none of your old permalinks work. With […]

6 Simple Steps To Changing Blog Hosts

In response to my invitation for you to request topics for future entries, Pam asked for information about moving her WordPress blog to a new host. Assuming that you’re keeping the same domain name and moving from one self-hosted site to another, it’s a surprisingly simple task that can be accomplished in 6 […]

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 […]

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