January 8th, 2012
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49 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 MensFitness.com and U.S. News and World Report!
Many writing jobs require that bloggers have search engine optimization skills, so be sure to read the following articles to brush up on your SEO knowledge:
Top 10 SEO Tips
Top 5 SEO Don'ts
SEO Terms Quick Reference Guide
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January 8th, 2012
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I'm often asked what are blog feed ads and how can they be used to make money from a blog? To help explain, I put together an overview of blog feed ads that covers what blog feed ads are, the positives of blog feed ads, the negatives of blog feed ads, and the bottom-line that you should understand about them before you decide to try them on your blog.
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January 5th, 2012
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Content marketing is an excellent way to promote your blog, increase blog traffic, and grow your audience and ad revenue. Bryan Haines, About.com Guide to Online Business, reviewed my book, Content Marketing for Dummies, on his site, which you can read by following the preceding link.
Bryan wrote in his review, "There are many books about generating traffic, creating blogs and branding. This book ties all these concepts together in ...[continue]
January 2nd, 2012
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Happy New Year! The final list of writing jobs for bloggers includes 40 writing jobs, which have been listed in the About.com Blogging Forum in the Writing Jobs for Bloggers folder.
The start of a new year is a great time to take a look at your blog and make sure it's ready for success over the next 12 months. Check out these 10 blogging resolutions to make sure you're ready!
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December 30th, 2011
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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]
December 29th, 2011
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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]
December 25th, 2011
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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!
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December 22nd, 2011
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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]
December 21st, 2011
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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]
Blogger Finally Supports Threaded Commenting
January 12th, 2012 1 comment »For years, Blogger users have been asking for a feature to be added to the application that allows threaded commenting on blog posts. Finally, the feature has been rolled out! Threaded commenting enables visitors to reply not just in a long list of general comments in response to an original blog post but also to reply to each other. When a visitor replies to a specific comment on a blog post ...[continue]