Audio Ads And Earning Money At Readers’ Expense

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!Intent on turning their blogs into money-making endeavors, many bloggers are now turning to audio and video ads as a way to generate income. Recently, […]

Blogger, Edit Thyself

There’s a reason why the authors of every book you read make sure to thank their editor: a writer is only as good as the editor makes him/her look. Bloggers don’t have the luxury of bespectacled, grumpy editors correcting our text with fat red markers. It’s DIY in the blogosphere, but Simon has 10 editing […]

Using Amazon’s Quick Links On Your Blog

Over the years I have tried several plugins that promise to simplify the process of linking Amazon products using my Associates ID so I can make money. Now with Amazon’s Quick Links you don’t need a plug-in to insert product links on your blog to start generating commissions from sales.

5 Quick Ways To Improve Your Traffic Today

Sundays are notoriously slow times in the blogosphere, with many bloggers choosing to give their fingertips (and brains) a day of rest. Even if you’re one of those who like to skip a blogging day now and then, there are still ways you can improve your traffic without sitting down to write an entry.
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Is Your Blog Design Like A Bad Comb Over?

Bloggers with bad designs and men with comb-overs share one thing in common: neither realize how ridiculous they look. Is your page hideous? Don’t be so hasty with your answer.

How To Write Paid Reviews Worth Reading

I don’t write paid reviews. I write blog entries which happen to make me money. What’s the difference? It’s all in how you do it.

Be Yourself On Your Blog

People read blogs to gain information and to be entertained. So how do you give readers what they’re looking for without boring or alienating them? Here’s how.

Why You Need Your Own Host NOW

There’s only so far that someone interested in making money blogging can go with a free hosting service. Eventually there comes a point when it’s time to get your own domain and find a good, affordable host for it. But how do you know when you’re ready? Here’s how.

Starting A New Blog: A Checklist

Whether you’re starting your first-ever blog or launching a new one, first impressions matter. A new blog, to the blogosphere, is like free beer to frat boys, like shoe sales to fashionistas: it’s almost as exciting as free Wi-Fi. It will get traffic, sometimes a huge surge, even. If you want to turn that traffic into a regular reading audience, you need to create a good first impression. Accomplish this by making sure you have your blog’s ducks all in a row before that first surge of new blog traffic ever arrives.

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