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Blogging tips

Is Adsense Good For Me?

April 21, 2008

Everyone has heard of Adsense. It is one of the “oldest” and most recognized forms of website advertising on the internet. Created by Google and used by most websites, many people just sign up for Adsense and install the code without thinking about it. If you have decided to sell some space on your website [...]

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Free Themes for Bloggers

April 20, 2008

6 days and no post here.. I don’t know how these 6 days elapsed.. I am very lazy lately and I am wasting too much time on other fun activities. Recently I was asked for some Blogger themes by some friends of mine so I decided to make a list and post it here for [...]

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How to Find Good Niches

April 14, 2008

The first thing you will hear when you decide to build a website, especially if you want to use that website to make a profit, is “pick a good niche.” What is a good niche? What makes one niche better than another?
First, there is no such thing as a “bad niche” as long as [...]

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When you think of “great” bloggers, who do you think of? Dooce? Kottke? John Chow? What makes these bloggers “great”? And, more importantly, what is your Blogging Image and how can you improve it?
A lot goes into the reputation of a Blogger. The amount of time they spend on the [...]

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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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While it is possible to create quite a name for yourself by blogging, the truth is this: it can take a lot of time for that name to be created. It is very rare that a blog becomes an overnight sensation. This is why so many bloggers probably pack it in after a month. 
Creating a blog takes seconds. A [...]

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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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Finding Your Niche

March 10, 2008

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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