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How To Brand Yourself As An Authority 2008-04-12 01:41:17 When I first started playing music, way back in that carefree decade known as the 90’s, the most important thing to me was how to find an outlet for the songs I was creating. I wasn’t really worried about image, or brand, of my product. This growth period lasted several years, and I found out [...] Read more:Brand
, Yourself
, Authority
Stop Being Boastful and Show Results 2008-04-11 02:34:33 I usually check out about 10 to 20 new blogs a day. Partially because of my ’scoring system’ to comment and establish relationships, but also because I am as curious as the next to see someone elses take on blogging. I am always keeping an ear to the ground to spot the newest trends [...]
Using Point System to Increase Productivity 2008-04-10 03:35:52 Originally, back in January, I commented and made a little post about scoring systems. The first one I read was devised by Eve at Confessions of a Housewife.
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Since then, I have seen a few posts on various blogs about implementing a point system in order to keep yourself productive while blogging. Recently, I have implemented [...] Read more:System
, Productivity
How To Actually Make Money Blogging - Part 1 2008-04-10 00:35:35 There are common questions that are asked all the time in the blogging world. The question that is asked the most by the niche blogger is “How do I actually make money blogging?”
While there are several different responses, the one that people want to know most about is advertising. Advertising on your blog comes in [...] Read more:Actually
, Money
, Blogging
Get Over Your Creative Block with a Blog Redesign 2008-04-09 02:39:16 Whenever I get stumped at what to write about next, I do one of two things.
I either stare at the screen until I come up with something decent to write about or I redesign my blog!
Redesigning a blog can have lots of great effects on your sanity. First and foremost, it takes your mind off [...]
How To Triple Your Adsense Revenue - From Blogging Experiment 2008-04-09 02:13:17 -to-triple-your-current-adsense-income.php
People who have been following this website since the start know that the first ‘make money’ website I stumbled upon was BloggingExperiment
. Author Ben Cook had a lot of great advice for people just starting their blog.
Nine months into the experiment, Ben sold his website for 5 figures.
The new author, Max Davis, has already [...] Read more:Triple
, Adsense
, Revenue
, Adsense Revenue
ReviewChicago.com! 2008-04-07 19:16:25 Review Chicago is my new website endevour. It is going to be a Chicago based blog so if you are from Chicago please check it out!
Theme Review: Green Money Adsense Theme 2008-04-04 03:46:32 -money-free-wordpress-theme/
I was at the Blogging Authority forum and one of their contributors posted a link to their first monetized theme, which they call GreenMoney
.
This is a FREE Monetized theme, which most are, but usually they are poor at best.
When I saw the first screen shot, I really liked the way it was laid out so [...] Read more:Adsense
, Theme
Simple Ways to Update Your Blog From Work 2008-03-28 03:14:26 When I decided to start creating websites and creating content blogs, I did it for one reason besides the obvious second income stream. It was because I was able to post blogs from work or other locations, which mean I could really maximize my time and earning potential.
One thing that I didn’t realize was the [...] Read more:Simple
, Update
, Simple Ways
No Substitute for the Buzz 2008-03-27 06:49:51 I remember when I was galavanting around in my first rock and roll band. We were all a bit green in the business world, but we were ambitious and thought we definitely would be the next big thing. In hindsight, we really had no idea what it takes to be the next big thing, nor [...] Read more:Substitute
5 Ways to Build Quality Traffic 2008-04-13 09:43:22 Often times, people will assume that because their traffic is high, their website must be relevant or their content must be great. I am here to tell you that you could not be further from the truth. Having lots of traffic is fine and dandy, but what you want to target is high quality traffic.
To [...] Read more:Build
, Quality
Ways to Use MySpace to Promote Your Blog 2008-04-17 03:54:03 I must admit. I used to be a MySpace
junkie. For years (yes, I mean years) I would sit on that website and promote. At one time, my band had over 25,000 MySpace friends. I even had over 3000 on my personal account.
I wasn’t really blogging back in those days. I was using it to [...] Read more:Promote
Court’s Internet Marketing School 2008-04-17 02:27:11 Every so often, I post a simple post talking about one of the websites I frequent. Obviously, they are much more established than me, but the whole blogosphere is built on bloggers helping each other out.
I posted about the Blogging Experiment, which was one of the first websites I stumbled upon when I was moving [...] Read more:Court
, Internet
, Marketing
, School
, Internet Marketing
Applying Songwriting Tips to Blogging 2008-04-19 08:40:01 It is easy when you are blogging to lose yourself a little creatively. It is natural to lose focus from time to time. Some bloggers are even writing outside their comfort zone in an attempt to make a little money.
Wow, that sounds exactly like a lot of musicians I have met over the years.
When I [...] Read more:Songwriting
, Blogging
Ways to Use Facebook to Promote a Blog 2008-04-20 05:00:14 A few days back I posted some tips on how I use MySpace to promote my blogs and website. Today I will be discussing Facebook
.
I don’t have nearly as much exposure to Facebook as I have to MySpace. Facebook was in its infancy when I was promoting my band heavily online, and in addition, you [...] Read more:Promote
Building Traffic Through Unlikely Sources 2008-04-21 14:06:36 One of the keys to having a successful blog is to be able to generate traffic from all angles. Everyone has their obligatory post about the ‘best ways to generate traffic’. Usually it is recycled information, although some people might be able to articulate it better. In my previous post, I mentioned my top 5 [...] Read more:Building
Blogging Experiment to Offer Class 2008-04-21 23:47:22 I am going to be on a short break until Weds night, have a few baseball games to attend to tomorrow
I did find this interesting post from Max Davis, author of BloggingExperiment
. He is offereing a class on how to buy and sell websites. Pretty interesting stuff. I would consider the class, [...] Read more:Offer
Using Twitter to Increase Readers and Make Friends 2008-04-24 01:17:29 Last week, I started reading more on how you can drive traffic to your website using Twitter
. Several bloggers that I read use Twitter daily to help find new readers and meet new people. I really didn’t grasp it at first, but I definitely got sucked in to Twitter quickly.
For those who don’t know the [...] Read more:Friends
The Weekly Recap 4.27.08 2008-04-27 14:02:16 I saw a posting on Flimjo doing a weekly recap of what was discussed on the blog the previous week. I liked the concept a lot. It was a good way to put everything all in one tidy post, and give love to those who have commented this week. I like the concept so I [...] Read more:Weekly
, Recap
The Fallout from A Blog Author Change 2008-04-28 11:07:03 One thing I think every blog reader likes is comfort. They want to open up their RSS reader and feel at ease with their normal daily reads. What happens when a blog they love is sold?
One of my daily reads for the past 9 months has been the Blogging Experiment. The website was started with [...] Read more:Fallout
, Author
, Change
Applied To Blogging: Michael Jordan 2008-04-29 03:17:56 Today I will be starting a weekly series which I call Applied to Blogging
. Each week, I will be profiling a superstar and how their work ethic and skills can be translated to blogging and generating profit off of your blog. Today I will be focusing on one of the most recognizable athletes in the [...] Read more:Michael
, Jordan
, Michael Jordan
List of Ad Friendly and AdSense Ready Wordpress Themes 2008-05-02 08:26:23 The blogging world has exploded in the past couple of years, and so have the amount of people trying to capitalize financially from their blog. One of the best things about Wordpress
is that you can make it artistic, but still flexible enough for proper advertisement placement if that is what you are into. I [...] Read more:Friendly
The Importance of Storytelling In Blogging 2008-05-03 09:19:18 Almost every day (occasionally I’ll take a break), I will spend a good solid hour or so at my RSS reader looking at posts from fellow bloggers. A post by David Kam at the MarketingDeviant caught my eye, and got me thinking about the importance of storytelling in marketing. Here is a bit of that [...] Read more:Blogging
Don’t Take Promotion Personal With Twitter 2008-05-08 08:05:32 After a show, when someone hands me a flier, it’s like they are saying ‘Here, you throw this away!’ - Mitch Hedberg
Two weeks in to my Twitter
experiment I have made a lot of new friends, and have practically doubled the amount of people who have subscribed to my feed and my email list. But [...] Read more:Personal
Taking Time to Find Your Voice 2008-05-08 02:19:13 When I am in the mood for a laugh, I look back at my music career and listen to my old songs. I can hear the very obvious changes in my voice, but many people cannot. Here are links to three songs I have written at three different points in my career. Can you hear [...] Read more:Taking
, Voice
Your Website Might Fail 2008-05-11 18:55:05 I am addicted to creating websites. Most of them have failed worse than the Chicago Cubs in the playoffs. (Did I just go there? Yes, I did!)
However, I think I am starting to get a little more wise to this interweb game. I have been giving myself a much better chance at succeeding by thinking [...]
Why Do You Blog? 2008-05-10 11:08:46 Every so often, I don’t feel like typing out a blog post. I know what you are thinking, but it is true! Between my several websites and blogs I can easily suffer from keyboard mileage. I feel that way right now actually. If I don’t blog regularly, however, all the work I have put in [...]
Don’t Get Discouraged If Your Blog Post Sucks 2008-05-12 11:00:47 I have heard there are two guarantees in life. I feel there are three.
Death.
Taxes.
You will write a bad and pointless blog post.
When I start out every blog post, I try to make it as witty, informative and interesting as I can. I spend a bit of time crafting it, proof reading it, and then I [...]
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