tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-328885372011-12-14T18:54:43.994-08:00Giving you tips on monetizing your blog. Follow me as we develop the content on this site and track the success of the blog as it grows.Brafordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08432913373217465559noreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32888537.post-1156940796352220952006-08-30T05:26:00.000-07:002006-08-30T05:26:36.366-07:00

I know this post is on a blogger site, but I am working on picking up a domain. As for why you should do it yourself, it provides recognizability to your blog, makes people take you more seriously, and is relatively inexpensive.Easy to Remember Site - If you have a domain name that is related to your site's content, readers will have an easier time remembering where to go. You can take this a

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The Performancing plug-in works with Firefox to allow you to create and post your blogs within your web browser, but without having to do the heavy lifting uploading the posts yourself. The obvious advantages to this tool are threefold: retain formatting from word documents, ease of upload, and Technorati support.Retain Formatting from Word Documents - For one of my blogs, I type multilayered

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Here are a few ways to make your blog better:Keep it Brief - Most people don't truly read websites nowadays, they scan them. If your entries are too long, readers will lose interest and move on. There are exceptions where some readers will read through even the longest entries, but these are few and far between. You want to get your point across without boring the reader to death.Bold Key

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The folks over at ePublishingDaily have put up a list of useful software and forums for bloggers and others interested in online publishing. The major categories include:Online PDF CreatorsKeyword ToolsUseful ForumsStock PhotosAutorespondersOnline PaymentAffiliate SoftwareAll-in-OneMind MappingWriting ToolsAdwords ResourcesWebsite StatsOnline ResearchingeCover SoftwareBloggingAudio &

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I noticed yesterday that ProBlogger had opened up a job board for those seeking bloggers.  I think this is a great concept.  The folks over at copyblogger have put up a good post on this in which they mention that Performancing has also added a job board.If you're wondering what exactly this is about, I'll try to explain to the best of my ability.  Companies which believe they would benefit from

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We received our first RSS subscriber a few days ago. So to update our goals, let's go for doubling our subscribers. I know that's just bringing it to two, but I think if we stick to doubling each time we could get some interesting results. This idea is sort of being extrapolated from Mike over at Twenty Steps.

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This question obviously won't apply to everyone since we don't all use Macs. The reason I bring this up is because Glenn Wolsey wrote a blog specifically on blogging with Macs. I have two Macs which I use to write my blogs, so I thought this was a worthwhile post from my stand point. For the record I have a 15" MacBook Pro and a PowerMac G5 with 23" Apple Cinema Display. Glenn evaluates

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The Making it Big blog discusses results on their initial goals.  I think it is important to see that you are not always going to achieve your goals, especially if you set a time limit on them.  It is very important not to get discouraged though.  Today's entry will be about not giving up:Make it a month - Most blogs that get started don't make it out to a full month from their start date with

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So far we have not reached any of our goals.  The one subscriber to the feed is actually me (just trying to make sure it worked).  Since advertising is the main way that most of you will be monetizing your sites, let's talk about what you want out of those ads.Gotta Blend - The days of those load obnoxious banners is all but gone.  Today you need your ads to blend in with your content.  Your

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In line with yesterday's post, I thought it would be fair to you the readers if I set some goals for this site.  It would seem that others are talking about goal setting right now as well.  Ok let's get started with our goals for this site:First Adsense Clickthrough - Since this site is brand new, I think this is a good goal.  We are going to stick to adsense as our affiliate program to simplify

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Ok we've got our blog going.  What's the next step?  Well before you move to fast, I think it's important to set some goals.  You're response here is "Well, duh.  I want to make some dough."  Fair enough.  But you may want to be a little more specific.  Let's talk about a few good goals.Money - Of course that's our most obvious goal, but let's define it a little more carefully.  Start simple. 

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So this blogging phenomenon has been around for a little while, but you are just trying to get started. Of course you are very excited about the prospect of making "tons" of money for "no" work. Well it doesn't quite work that way. There are a few things on which you need to concentrate before you start worrying about how much money you're earning:Content - Not everyone wants to read about how

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