54 Writing Jobs for Bloggers for the Week of 5/6/12

May 13th, 2012 No comments »
54 Writing Jobs for Bloggers for the Week of 5/6/12

54 writing jobs for bloggers have been listed in the About.com Blogging Forum in the Writing Jobs for Bloggers folder. Many writing jobs for bloggers also require that you know how to use social media marketing to promote your posts and drive traffic to them. Be sure to review the following articles for help: 10 Ways Bloggers Can Use Twitter 10 Tips to Get More Blog Traffic with Facebook 10 Tips to Increase Blog ...[continue]



Internal Link Building Tips for Bloggers

May 11th, 2012 No comments »
Internal Link Building Tips for Bloggers

Link building plays an important role in search engine optimization (SEO), but don't limit your efforts to building incoming links (i.e., links from external sites that lead visitors to your blog). Internal link building is very important for link SEO, too. Check out the list of 5 tricks to increase internal links on your blog to learn easy ways to do it. Just be careful to avoid SEO mistakes that could ...[continue]



55 Writing Jobs for Bloggers for the Week of 4/29/12

May 6th, 2012 No comments »
55 Writing Jobs for Bloggers for the Week of 4/29/12

55 writing jobs for bloggers have been added to the About.com Blogging Forum in the Writing Jobs for Bloggers folder. This week's list includes a lot of full-time writing jobs as well as an opportunity to work with Babble Media. Brush up on your blog writing skills to help you land your next paid blogging job by reading How to Write a Blog People Want to Read. About.com Web Logs[continue]



Google Penguin Update Targets Spam

May 4th, 2012 No comments »
Google Penguin Update Targets Spam

Last week, Google rolled out the Google Penguin update, which featured an update to the search algorithm that should help identify and penalize websites that use spam techniques to get higher search rankings. For example, keyword stuffing, duplicate content, and other techniques that are intended to circumvent or slip through cracks in the Google search algorithm are coming under fire with the Google Penguin Update. Google has been fighting this type of ...[continue]



Pinterest WordPress Plugins for Bloggers

May 2nd, 2012 No comments »
Pinterest WordPress Plugins for Bloggers

Pinterest is growing at record speeds, and it can be a great place to spread your content and gain more exposure and traffic for your blog. Charnita Fance from WP Mods put together a great list of Pinterest WordPress plugins that can help with pinning and showing off pins. Here are a couple of tools that weren't included in Charnita's list that you might want to check out, too. I use ...[continue]



38 Writing Jobs for the Week of 4/22/12

April 30th, 2012 No comments »
38 Writing Jobs for the Week of 4/22/12

38 writing jobs for bloggers have been listed in the About.com Blogging Forum in the Writing Jobs for Bloggers folder. This week's list includes opportunities to write for Thomson Reuters, Village Voice Media, Lowe's, Everyday Health, and more! If you blog from an iPad, be sure to check out the must-try iPad apps for bloggers. They can help you blog more efficiently and more frequently, and those skills just might help ...[continue]



Free and Affordable Social Media Management Tools for Bloggers

April 28th, 2012 No comments »
Free and Affordable Social Media Management Tools for Bloggers

There are many social media management and monitoring tools available to help streamline tasks and stay on top of your blog topic as well as your online reputation. Some tools have huge price tags and target big companies. Other social media management tools are free or affordable and offer plenty of features for bloggers. Check out my list of free and affordable social media management tools for bloggers to find a ...[continue]



Should You Close Blog Comments on Your Post Archives?

April 27th, 2012 No comments »
Should You Close Blog Comments on Your Post Archives?

For years, bloggers have debated whether or not blog comments should be closed on older posts in a blog's archives. Both sides have valid arguments, and the short answer is -- closing blog comments on older posts depends on each blogger's goals. Follow the link to check out my article that answers the question about whether you should close blog comments on older posts. You might find that closing comments on all ...[continue]



41 Writing Jobs for Bloggers for the Week of 4/15/12

April 23rd, 2012 No comments »
41 Writing Jobs for Bloggers for the Week of 4/15/12

41 writing jobs for bloggers have been listed in the About.com Blogging Forum in the Writing Jobs for Bloggers folder. This week's list includes opportunities to write for ReadWriteWeb and Village Voice Media. Don't worry if your ideal writing job isn't included in this week's list. You can look for more writing jobs using the sources in the following articles: How to Find Writing Jobs on LinkedIn Find Freelance Writing Jobs Find Blogging Jobs About.com ...[continue]



Make Money Online with Google Affiliate Ads for Blogger.com

April 19th, 2012 No comments »
Make Money Online with Google Affiliate Ads for Blogger.com

Today, the Blogger Buzz blog featured a post introducing Google Affiliate Ads for Blogger.com, which enable bloggers to add another moneymaking feature to their blogs. You can start displaying Google Affiliate Ads on your Blogger blog right now. Just log into your Earnings tab from your Blogger dashboard and click "Get Started." An affiliate ad widget labeled "Advertiser Products" will appear in your Post Settings panel within the post editor. You'll ...[continue]