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An Art Masterpiece in the Making. A Badge Page? 2008-07-28 03:48:16 Ok. For some reason I like badges. There are tons of badges out there to show off websites and provide backlinks to their site. I thought it would be a great idea to create a page totally dedicated to these badges. So I did! I think once it fills up it will look awesome and [...] Read more:Masterpiece
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Did You See the Social Media Love-In Over at ProBlogger? 2008-07-27 13:58:02 This is one of best ideas I have seen in awhile. It helps out other blogs a great deal. Its called Social
Media Love-In. Basically what Daren did was let people put all of their links to all of their social media accounts in the comment section of the post. By doing this you get the following:
A [...] Read more:Social Media
Ben Moreno Dot Net Is Almost Here! 2008-07-25 04:25:09 THE RISE OF THE REAL BEN MORENO
I finally decided on the domain name for my personal site! After a long time of research it turns out my name is taken in a lot of forms. The first and obvious choice was to use my name dot come, however….
was already used by a deceased person dedication [...] Read more:Almost
10 Blog Traffic Tips 2008-07-24 18:52:06 In every bloggers life comes a special day - the day they first launch a new blog. Now unless you went out and purchased someone else’’s blog chances are your blog launched with only one very loyal reader - you. Maybe a few days later you received a few hits when you told your sister, [...] Read more:Blog Traffic
How to Start a Blog to Make Online Revenue Part 3: SEO 2008-07-23 17:26:06 I hope you are doing well so far. Are you having fun blogging? I hope so. I am sure you probably have some questions by now regarding the previous post right? Feel free to contact me at anytime.
In the previous article I wrote briefly about content and traffic. Both are very important aspects of blogging. In order to make money you [...] Read more:Start
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New Header Image from Andy Talbot on Flickr 2008-07-23 03:32:04 Check out the new header image? Do you like it? I do. It is much cleaner and higher resolution. I got it from Andy Talbot
, a great photographer who calls himself oindypoind on Flickr
. Check out all of his images on Flickr.
Here is another image I liked from his pictures. It is a big hairy [...] Read more:Image
Omni Theme, A Premium Wordpress Theme 2008-07-22 13:57:59 My Personal Blog
have been searching for days now on the perfect theme to use for my personal blog. I will be starting a personal blog very soon. I realized that there is so much that I want to say to this world and I can’t post it all here because this is a blog about [...] Read more:Theme
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How to Start a Blog to Make Online Revenue Part 2: Content and Traffic 2008-07-21 19:43:28 Content is King.
Ok. So you made it past the initiation. I hope it wasn’t too bad for you and you don’t feel to neglected by the tone of the post. No? Thats Great! So by now you should have a nice little simple Blogger blog setup with an RSS feed attached. You should have, at [...] Read more:Start
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I Decided to Remove Kontera Advertising 2008-07-21 11:43:41 I decided not to use Kontera context link advertising anymore. I wasn’t making any money on it and it is just too intrusive on posts. I do like the concept though, and I know some people make decent money off of it but it just doesn’t fit with this site.
This change should make my posts [...] Read more:Advertising
Just Made My First $20 From PayPerPost 2008-07-18 15:34:11 I got my first payment of $20 from PayPerPost
. Everyone who signs up gets $20 for writing a post about 5 things they like about PayPerPost. Here is the post that I wrote on my old blogspot version of Revenue Reservoir. All you have to do is sign up and have a blog older than 30 days [...] Read more:First
How to Start a Blog to Make Online Revenue Part 4: Monetization of Your Blog 2008-08-08 13:21:41 In the previous post I talked about creating traffic to your blog. Traffic is a good thing. It is the life blood of your blog. In order to make money off of the traffic you will need to use some monetizing techniques. There are a variety of things you can use out there to make [...] Read more:Start
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This Blog is Stupid and I Want to Quit! 2008-08-06 16:03:06 As a new blogger there is no telling how many times you are going to feel like quitting. This is especially true if you don’t have a solid theme that is easy to use. I am sure you heard it before from other blogs, that blogging is hard and frustrating. It is nice to find a [...] Read more:Stupid
5.4 Earthquake in Chino Hills, California! 2008-07-30 13:17:58 Yesterday at about 11:45am in the morning an earthquake hit the Chino Hills
area of California
. I was at work and was the second person out of the building! People still make fun of me for running but I have good reason. Our building has a parking lot on top of it and I am [...] Read more:Earthquake
The 10,000 Word Post Contest. 2008-08-25 22:33:01 I know what you are thinking. Stop! I wouldn’t dare ask people to write 10,000 word posts and send them in! Well I might, but not in this contest. The result of this contest will create a 10,000 word post on how to create a successful wordpress blog using all of the articles chosen from each [...] Read more:Contest
Reporter vs Expert - Why Most Bloggers Are Stuck Reporting 2008-08-21 01:19:58 There are basically two types of bloggers in the world - reporters and experts - and some people perform both roles (usually the experts, it’s hard for reporters to become experts, but it’s easy for experts to report).
If you have ever taken an Internet marketing course or attended a seminar specifically for beginners, you [...] Read more:Reporter
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Submit Your Blog to 828 Directories Using Directory Maximizer. 2008-08-16 16:50:24 I was recently searching for a good company that would submit my blog to directories for me. I found Directory
Maximizer on Daily Blog Tips from an ad banner on their sidebar. So I thought I would give them a try. It worked out great. Within 5 days my site was submitted to many directories manually. I [...] Read more:Submit
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List of 100% Free E-books for Online Marketing 2008-08-14 14:40:36 Online marketing is a very fast growing business today. More and more people are starting to realize the potential of making money online through online marketing. You don’t have to go to some expensive college to learn about online marketing. There are plenty of free resources out there for you to get your hands on. [...] Read more:Marketing
, Online Marketing
Random Social Media Love #1 2008-09-18 22:20:04 Welcome to the first of a new series of posts I call RandomSocial
Media Love
In this series I will choose a random profile from each of the various social media sites that I use and give them some link love. I use the following social media sites:
Digg
Technorati
Stumble Upon
Del.icio.us
Twitter
Myspace
Facebook
I am constantly on these sites to [...]
SEO Book Affiliate Program. 2008-09-18 01:55:14 This affiliate program will pay you $20 just to sign up! I love programs like this because it is an easy way to make money. Once you know their services are legit you can promote with confidence. As a new blogger you can use the payment to pay for other services to help your blog [...] Read more:SEO
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$300 Dollar Writing Competition at Existential Questions 2008-09-17 14:40:35 Daniel Scocco over at DailyBlogTips has started a new community blog called Existential Questions.
Existential Questions is a community website where members can share their own theories and ideas, or comment on that of others. The blog aims to answer questions such as What is the meaning of life? Does God Exist? Are we alone in [...] Read more:Dollar
Tom Decides Not to Sell Standout Blogger. 2008-09-13 16:11:33 Tom over at Standout Blogger
recently decided to sell his blog. When I first heard about it I was sad because he was one of the most active fellow bloggers I was in contact with at the time. I met him during the Blog Idol contest over at DailyBlogTips. He introduced himself to me and had commented [...]
Combination of 3 Blogs into Ben Moreno dot net 2008-09-08 15:36:32 I decided that 3 blogs are way too much to keep up in any real fashion. I already have Ben Moreno dot net so I should just combine the 3 together into one. I think if I was able to blog full time I would be able to keep them all up real time but as [...] Read more:Combination
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How I am Promoting The 10,000 Word Post Contest. 2008-09-04 01:45:05 To promote this contest, the first thing I did was hit up every blog on DailyBlogTips List of the Top 25 Blogs About Blogging.
I was surprised to learn that many of them did not have easy ways to contact them. It took some searching and some I had to flat out try to contact them via a [...] Read more:Contest
10,000 Word Post Contest Rules 2008-08-28 15:35:15 Welcome to the first contest of the 10,000 word post!
The idea of the contest is to ultimately create a 10,000 word post about how to create a successful Wordpress blog. With your help, together we will create a great piece of material for all of our readers to help get people on the road to [...] Read more:Contest
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Use Ezine Articles and Article Marketer to Generate Traffic 2008-10-03 18:31:34 Article directories are a great way to promote your articles and gain some exposure for your blog. Although there are many article sites out there we will discuss 2 of my favorite ones that I use.
EzineArticles
Ezinearticles is a very easy to use website with a nice interface. You can create a free account and profile [...] Read more:Article
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A Crash Course in Online Investing 2008-10-02 17:57:05 What is investing?
Investing
is a broad term that can mean a lot of things. You can invest in stocks, bonds, real estate, cars, education, etc. There are investments that appreciate (gain value over time) or depreciate (lose value over time). I am referring to the ones that appreciate over time. These are the investments that will [...] Read more:Crash Course
A Site to Create Free 125×125 Ads 2008-10-02 12:38:08 I was hunting around the web for a nice and easy way to create advertisment banners when I came across 123 Cards. This is a site that lets you create 125×125 ad banners completely free in 3 easy steps. Here is a sample of one I created.
As an added bonus to creating your ad, the website [...] Read more:Create Free
9 Very Important Wordpress Blog Design Tips 2008-09-30 19:53:24 Blog design can have a moderate amount of impact on how your users react to it. Here are some tips I have learned that can really make a difference in your traffic and how much interest your readers will have when they visit your blog.
1. Add your subscription options to the end of every post.
This [...] Read more:Wordpress
10,000 Word Post Contest Turned Out to Be a Disaster 2008-09-27 15:00:32 Ok, maybe "disaster" is a strong word. The 10,000 word post contest sounded like a good idea. As it turns out, most people don’t like to give permission to their entire post. This is understandable considering everyone is trying to establish a brand and unique copyrighted material.
Like many things in life, contests don’t always go the [...] Read more:Contest
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