Golden Blogging Advice

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 were to put a dozen bloggers in a room together and ask them for their best tips on blogging, chances are you’d […]

Where Did The Time Go?

All too often, I start my days by stumbling to my computer, coffee cup in hand, well before the sun is up. Then, after checking email, I realize my coffee is cold and shuffle out of my dungeon-like office only to see that it’s mid-morning and I have nothing to show for my time.
Were […]

Beware Blog Advertising Scams

We all love the thought of making big money with our blogs. But, as with anything in life, if it sounds too easy and too good to be true, it probably is.
That’s certainly the case with this Morning’s Must Read: a warning about an advertising scam targeting bloggers with promises of big bucks and […]

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.

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.

Back Up Your Data Painlessly

Having spent the majority of last weekend trying to reconstruct one of my sites after a data loss, I’m determined to never go through that kind of stress again. I’m now performing weekly automated backups and have tasked myself with a reminder to perform monthly manual backup, too.
If the thought performing your own backup leaves […]

WordPress 2.5 Preview

The folks at WordPress are preparing to release version 2.5 next month. The new version features a major overhaul to the administrative back-end of the system with an all-new Dashboard, media uploader, write dialog screen and other nice little bells and whistles.
But you don’t have to wait for a full month to find out what […]

Are You A PageWanker?

They say the first step in recovery is admitting that you have a problem. So, let me begin by saying:
Hello, my name is Kate and I am a PageWanker. It’s been 2 weeks, 4 days and 13 hours since I last checked my future page rank predictions.
Fortunately, I’m now taking part in a 12-step program […]

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.

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. […]

Blog Maintenance And Pursuit of PageRank

There was a time, way back when, that I had no idea what PageRank meant. Much like my days of chastity, effortlessly slim thighs and an all-night bladder, I can barely recall that time.
Fact is, if you’re Blogging For The Money, PageRank matters. Yes, in theory PR represents Google’s opinion of your site — as […]

WordPress Made Easy

Although I’m not a site designer, I do tend to tinker with my templates on a regular basis. Unfortunately, I also mess up my templates on a regular basis, too. Same goes for my entire WordPress install, although I have far fewer problems with that these days thanks to Lisa Sabin-Wilson’s book WordPress for […]

Should I Go Full Monty?

Even prior to BFTM’s nifty, new site design (thanks to my beloved pals at Apothegm), I’d been posting only entry excerpts on the front page of this site.
As this Morning’s Must Read explains, there’s a good argument in favor of excerpts: avoiding search engine penalties for duplicate content. (There are plenty of other boring […]

How To Deal With Scrapers

It’s happened to the best of us: you labor over an entry, fill it with informative links and post it and then… someone steals your content.
It sucks, and no matter how many times you report it to the scraper’s ISP or to Google or whomever, it never seems to stop.
Stop stressing, my friends. […]

Know Your Readers To Retain Them

Why do your readers visit your blog? Is it for your content? Or have search engine queries led most there by accident, their visits never lasting more than a few seconds?
There are advantages to knowing why readers read your blog as Wayne Liew explains in this morning’s must read.

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