Archive for December, 2011

How to Make Even More Money with Blog Advertising

December 30th, 2011
How to Make Even More Money with Blog Advertising

If you want to make money from your blog by placing ads on it, then you need to know the tricks to ensure those ads perform and drive the highest possible income for you. However, you also need to make sure that your ads aren't negatively perceived by your audience causing them to leave your blog never to return again. Check out my 10 tricks to make more money with blog advertising, ...[continue]

Introduction to Search Engine Reputation Management

December 29th, 2011
Introduction to Search Engine Reputation Management

If you want to grow your blog, then you need to invest time and effort into monitoring your online reputation. Search engine reputation management is the process of monitoring search results that people find when they conduct keyword searches for your name, your blog name, or related terms. If you're new to search engine reputation management, then click on the following link to check out my introduction to search engine reputation ...[continue]

33 Writing Jobs for Bloggers for the Week of 12/18/11

December 25th, 2011
33 Writing Jobs for Bloggers for the Week of 12/18/11

33 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 a job blogging for the Today Show! Many writing job postings require that you include a writing sample with your application, so be sure to read How to Write a Blog People Want to Read before you apply! About.com Web Logs[continue]

Last Minute Holiday Gift Ideas for Bloggers

December 22nd, 2011
Last Minute Holiday Gift Ideas for Bloggers

The holidays are here! If you haven't done your shopping yet, don't worry. I've got some great holiday gift ideas for bloggers that you can get quickly. Check out my list of affordable gifts for bloggers as well as my list of luxury gifts for bloggers. Both lists include creative ideas for the blogger in your life (or for yourself). Books are a great gift idea, too. My lists of blogging books ...[continue]

Bet You Didn’t Know That Site’s Built on WordPress – Tiffany’s

December 21st, 2011
Bet You Didn\

Time for another post in the "Bet You Didn't Know That Site's Built on WordPress" series. Today's featured site is the Tiffany What Makes Love True site from Tiffany's the high-end jeweler known for those robin's egg blue boxes. You can see the home page of the site below (click the preceding link to visit the site). What makes this site design even more interesting is that it's actually been developed ...[continue]

62 Writing Jobs for Bloggers for the Week of 12/11/11

December 19th, 2011
62 Writing Jobs for Bloggers for the Week of 12/11/11

62 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 an opportunity to write for Etsy.com through a paid internship! Some of the writing jobs for bloggers listed this week require that applicants have skills in social media, so be sure to brush up on your social media knowledge before you apply by reading these articles: Increase Blog ...[continue]

Twitter Launches Online TweetDeck

December 18th, 2011
Twitter Launches Online TweetDeck

Last week, Twitter made TweetDeck available via the web for the first time. You can access it here. The new web-based TweetDeck syncs your accounts, columns, layout and settings at anytime and from anywhere that you log in. You can also do many of the things you're used to doing using the PC or Mac versions of TweetDeck (which are still available). For example, you can set up columns to keep track ...[continue]

Google+ and Blogger Blogs Are Now Connected

December 14th, 2011
Google+ and Blogger Blogs Are Now Connected

If you use Blogger as your blogging application and you have a Google+ account, they're now connected! Now, you can link your Blogger blog to your Google+ account, and you'll automatically see a Google+ share box just before you try to publish new blog posts. The share box will be prefilled with the title of your blog post, snippet from your post, and an image (if you included one in your ...[continue]

59 Writing Jobs for Bloggers for the Week of 12/4/11

December 12th, 2011
59 Writing Jobs for Bloggers for the Week of 12/4/11

59 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 Barnes and Noble and The Huffington Post! Several writing jobs also ask for bloggers to have social media skills, so be sure to read about how to increase blog traffic with social media to increase your chances of landing a paid blogging job! About.com ...[continue]

Have You Signed up for WordAds Yet?

December 8th, 2011
Have You Signed up for WordAds Yet?

Do you use WordPress.com to publish your blog? Do you want to make some money by including ads on your blog? Finally, WordPress announced last week that advertising would be allowed on WordPress-hosted blogs. However, those ads have to be served through WordPress and Federated Media as part of a new program called WordAds. It's better than nothing for many WordPress bloggers who want to avoid the extra steps of using the ...[continue]