March 2008

Everybody knows that a steady traffic flow is incredibly important for a blog. Regular visitors can help build a community around your blog and, especially in the case of those who hope to profit from blogging, a steady traffic flow shows advertisers that your blog is worth their money. Of course, sometimes getting that traffic [...]

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With millions of blogs in existence and millions more being created every day, it would be naïve to assume that you were the only blog in your niche.  If you want readers to think of you as an authority on your subject matter and to choose your blog over those of your competitors, you need [...]

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Selling Private Advertising or “Direct” Advertising is a goal of many bloggers. While there are plenty of revenue sharing advertising programs available (Adsense, TextLinkAds, BlogAds, etc), they only offer you a portion of the profits made from the sale of advertising on your site. You are doing all of the work—designing, writing, taking photos, [...]

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With the blogosphere being as large as it is and growing more by the second, many bloggers forget that blogging can be the way that they make a name for themselves on the internet. Some bloggers have become experts in their particular fields—you’ll see them on the news, quoted in magazines and making appearances on [...]

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What is a niche?  A niche is sort of like a category.  It is a specialty subject around which your blog will revolve.  Of course, not every blog has to have a single niche.  Many people simply blog about their lives and are happy not fitting into a box.  If one of your goals is [...]

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