<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33612373</id><updated>2011-12-14T19:12:04.324-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Blogging for Money</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bloggingfor.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33612373/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bloggingfor.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>FJ Lewis</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33612373.post-115809079746308491</id><published>2006-09-12T12:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-12T13:27:40.890-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Writing good blogs</title><content type='html'>Writing Good Blogs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There's a lot of blogs out there on the Web, most of which don't entice one to go back regularly to read updates. What is missing from these on-line journals that would essentially make them 'good' blogs? Well, the answers in life usually come down to simplicities. So let's look at the problem like we were children. Children don't complicate life with miscellaneous information, and when they speak they tell you straight to the point exactly how they feel and think about a subject.   First of all, we should ask the questions," Why do blogs exist? And what are they here for?" Well, in an ideal world 'good' blogs would help people connect, sharing knowledge and feelings about issues in life. As they are journals written by individuals we would hope that they'd be readable and open to comment by all other people, not just a select group of friends. The key is speaking in a way that is understandable by the masses, get rid of acronyms and local slang that only few will comprehend. Keep the sentences grammatically simple and generally short and concise.   Try to write in your blog as often as possible because if people enjoy reading your thoughts and ideas they'll want to communicate or at least be filled in regularly on 'your world'. Ask questions, comment on other blogs of similar content, start communities with others you've never met, based on your interests. Keep focused; if your blog is about thoughts on war and peace, keep your thoughts on the latest movie and how hungry you are for somewhere else. The idea is to incite intelligent communication so that in time our collective stockpile of knowledge and wisdom will gradually grow like a tree in fertile soil.   I think of most importance is the fact that you want this journal to be 'good' reading. Of course we all have ideas about what genres and styles we like, but writing from your heart and soul is imperative for the connection with others that you're looking for. Share yourself; don't hide behind walls of fear of ridicule and judgment. In real life relationships trust, respect, intimacy, and unity are all necessary for a bond to form. It's the same in the 'virtual' world; people want to hear from real people-not just one-sided, highly opinionated arguments from egos that don't want to hear the 'other side of the coin'.   Now, in my last article I really tore apart most writers out there, and here I'm giving some pretty complex ideas on how to fix the problem of 'bad' writing. In my next article I'll attempt to go back to the simple basics of how to write for beginners. I hope I haven't come across as too judgmental, I just truly believe the 'blog world' could become a real asset to humanity, and at the moment it's missing the mark.   Ideas about sentence structure, grammar, paragraphing, using a thesaurus (varying terms used so as not to sound repetitive), whether or not your blog is suitable for a personal or professional approach, are all important to creating a simple and enjoyable read for the blogging visitor. If you are a beginner, please check out my next article on the basics.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://http://www.onlineanswers4u.com/pages/blogging/"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jesse S. Somer&lt;br /&gt;M6.Net&lt;br /&gt;http://www.m6.net&lt;br /&gt;Jesse S. Somer is a writer hoping to help potential bloggers to write interesting and informative on-line journals.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33612373-115809079746308491?l=bloggingfor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bloggingfor.blogspot.com/feeds/115809079746308491/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33612373&amp;postID=115809079746308491' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33612373/posts/default/115809079746308491'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33612373/posts/default/115809079746308491'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bloggingfor.blogspot.com/2006/09/writing-good-blogs.html' title='Writing good blogs'/><author><name>FJ Lewis</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33612373.post-115777487360565711</id><published>2006-09-08T20:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-08T21:14:28.636-07:00</updated><title type='text'>How to Profit from your Home Business Blog</title><content type='html'>How to Profit from your Home Business Blog&lt;br /&gt;by: Ian Canaway&lt;br /&gt;How to Profit from your Home Business Blog&lt;br /&gt;Copyright Ian Canaway 2004-11-30&lt;br /&gt;http://www.asuccesfullhomebusiness4u.com/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A blog is a simple tool which all affiliate marketers should be utilising to explode their affiliate sales.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I set up my blog in about 15 minutes at http://www.blogger.com/ it’s a completely free service, and it’s really easy to set-up. I followed directions on an excellent article on getting a new website listed in Google in 48hrs check it out here, http://www.scamfreezone.com/gg/ . I just followed the advice in the article and got started with no problems in no time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've been doing a lot of research with regards to blogging and came across a case of a 19 year old kid who was making something ridiculous like $50,000 a year with a blog on mobile phones, from his bedroom! So clearly there is a good earning potential through blogs, but they do take time to grow and build up a readership. Treat your blog as a marathon not a sprint, because it will take time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blogs provide a very simple, quick and easy means to add fresh content to your website. As I’m sure you’ve heard many times over ‘content is king’ in the search engines eyes and if you can provide high quality, regularly updated content your website should benefit with regards to your search engine ranking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By providing fresh, high quality relevant content you will gain an increase of both first time visitors and repeat visitors, they will come back to check out your new content. Providing it’s interesting, relevant and useful to them. You will begin to build relationships with your readers, increasing your credibility and building their trust in you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These repeat visitors will be exposed to your messages more and begin to trust you and your recommendations. This in turn will fuel sales and referrals. Just make sure you don’t recommend a product you haven’t tried because if it is bad you will lose all credibility!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Never recommend something you haven’t tried and tested your self.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You want to send traffic directly to your blog, do it through multi-dimensional strategies. Have a subscriber box for your newsletter to build your list from your blog. Use it as an exit pop-up from your main site or thank you page for new subscribers, directing them to relevant content immediately. As once your prospects have got to know you through the blog they are much more likely to explore your website and check out whatever you are offering.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whenever you sign-up for an affiliate program or buy a product, review it in your blog and be brutally honest, your readers will love you for it. Take a completely unbiased view point and talk about both the positives and negatives of each product. In essence you are providing more of an insight into the product than the sales page itself, almost a sample, this will help convert those prospects that are ‘sitting on the fence’ so to speak. Obviously when you review your affiliate products, make sure that you use your affiliate links.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It has been shown that prospects are 7-10 times more likely to buy from a blog recommendation than from other sources!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other ways that you can generate extra income through your blog are through the Google ad sense program, selling banner/link space as your traffic increases or as I mentioned earlier by adding you own opt-in sign up form to which you send your newsletter or other targeted offers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your blog can be syndicated using RSS, which I won’t go into here, that’s another article. But savvy webmasters can use your blog content on their web pages. This benefits them as they have regularly updated fresh content for their website and benefits you through increased exposure and free targeted traffic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be passionate about your blog, love your blog. If you do not then it will become obvious through your posts and you are unlikely to be anywhere near as successful as you could be.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Add to your blog regularly provide good quality content and reviews and you will be on your way to blogging success.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“A man would do nothing, if he waited until he could do it so well that no one at all would find fault with what he has done”. -- Cardinal Newman&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Get that blog started today!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Feel free to use this article online and in your email newsletters as long as you leave it intact and do not alter it in anyway. The byline and biography must remain in the article.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Resource Box:&lt;br /&gt;Ian Canaway is the owner of http://www.asuccesfullhomebusiness4u.com/ and you are invited to come and have a look round his new home business blog at http://ahomebusinessblog4u.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;For home business tips, advice and product reviews. Happy Blogging!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other blogging info can be found at:  &lt;a href="http://www.onlineanswers4u.com/pages/blogging/" target="_top"&gt;Click Here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33612373-115777487360565711?l=bloggingfor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bloggingfor.blogspot.com/feeds/115777487360565711/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33612373&amp;postID=115777487360565711' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33612373/posts/default/115777487360565711'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33612373/posts/default/115777487360565711'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bloggingfor.blogspot.com/2006/09/how-to-profit-from-your-home-business.html' title='How to Profit from your Home Business Blog'/><author><name>FJ Lewis</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33612373.post-115726044763542582</id><published>2006-09-02T22:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-02T22:15:25.370-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Top ten blogging tips</title><content type='html'>Top 10 Tips for Blogging &lt;br /&gt;by: S. Housley &lt;br /&gt;Tips for creating a blog.&lt;br /&gt;There are no hard and fast rules on how to blog. Having said that, bloggers will likely increase their exposure by following some simple blog guidelines. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.) Stay on topic.&lt;br /&gt;Opinions are generally accepted but the content of the items in the blog should all relate to a general theme. Unless you have an uncanny knack for wit, humor or cynicism, the majority of your readers will be interested in the content that relates to a specific defined theme or loosely defined area of interest. Most readers won't care that you eat Cheerios for breakfast. They may, however, be interested in the fact that vinegar takes out stains and that toilet paper rolls make great wreaths. Define a topic and stick to it. This will ensure that you create a loyal following of interested readers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2.) Stay informative.&lt;br /&gt;If you are attempting to create the impression that you are knowledgeable about a specific industry or sector, be sure that you stay current on news. If you are endorsing a product or voicing an opinion, be sure to check your facts; your reputation is at stake. If you are offering an opinion, be sure to qualify your post, making it clear that the content is intended as an editorial.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3.) Old news is not news.&lt;br /&gt;While blogging every day can be a drain, it is important that the information presented is current and accurate, writing an article or blurb about something that happened 6 months ago, will not be of interest to many. Telling your audience that Martha Stewart was convicted and will be going to prison, after her sentence is completed will make people question the value of your columns. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4.) Adhere to a schedule.&lt;br /&gt;Create a schedule and stick to it. Realizing that blogging requires time and effort, don't create unrealistic expectations and be unable to deliver. An occasional lapse or holiday is generally understood but readers returning to find stale, out-dated content are going to find another blog with similar content. New blogs and RSS feeds are popping up on a daily basis. If you have worked hard to develop an audience and a community you don't want to lose them due to lack of communication.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5.) Clarity and simplicity.&lt;br /&gt;Keep your posts and blog entries clear and easy to understand. Remember, the web is global and expressions, idioms and acronyms don't always translate. Sometimes a little explanation goes a long way. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6.) Keyword-rich.&lt;br /&gt;If the goal of your blog is to increase your visibility, include related keywords in the title of the blog. Use the title as a headline to attract interest. Each item post should have a title that will attract attention but still be relevant to the post. The title should be no longer than 10-12 words. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7.) Quantity matters.&lt;br /&gt;In order to attract the attention of search engines, you will need to develop content and substance. A headline or simple sentence is not going to generate the interest of readers or help with search engine ranking. Be sure to archive old blog posts to develop a large portal of similarly-themed content. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8.) Frequency.&lt;br /&gt;If your blog content is updated frequently, search engines will tend to spider the pages at regular intervals. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9.) Spell checking and proof-reading.&lt;br /&gt;It only takes a few extra moments and can save you from having to make embarrassing explanations. Remember that whatever you publish on the Internet can be found and archived. Think carefully about what you post before doing so. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10.) RSS. &lt;br /&gt;RSS will increase your blog's reach. It is important that you include your blog's content in an RSS feed to increase readership and distribution. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most weblog audiences are small, but with time and regular updates audiences grow. Bloggers may never have more than a few hundred readers, but the people who return to regularly are generally interested in what you have to say. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About the Author &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About the Author:&lt;br /&gt;Sharon Housley manages marketing for FeedForAll http://www.feedforall.com software for creating, editing and publishing RSS feeds and NotePage http://www.notepage.net a wireless text messaging software&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33612373-115726044763542582?l=bloggingfor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bloggingfor.blogspot.com/feeds/115726044763542582/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33612373&amp;postID=115726044763542582' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33612373/posts/default/115726044763542582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33612373/posts/default/115726044763542582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bloggingfor.blogspot.com/2006/09/top-ten-blogging-tips.html' title='Top ten blogging tips'/><author><name>FJ Lewis</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33612373.post-115707912150722340</id><published>2006-08-31T19:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-01T11:35:29.476-07:00</updated><title type='text'>13 Steps to successful blogging</title><content type='html'>13 Steps to Successful Blogging &lt;br /&gt;by: Ant Onaf &lt;br /&gt;Blogs can be a very marketable and very profitable tool if used correctly. Profiting from blogs is just a matter of grabbing the attention of an audience and not doing any actual salesmen selling. In this article you will learn the 13 most essential steps to successful blogging.&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;!--&lt;br /&gt;google_ad_client = "pub-4647446857631369";&lt;br /&gt;google_ad_width = 728;&lt;br /&gt;google_ad_height = 90;&lt;br /&gt;google_ad_format = "728x90_as";&lt;br /&gt;google_ad_type = "text_image";&lt;br /&gt;google_ad_channel ="";&lt;br /&gt;//--&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&lt;br /&gt;  src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/script&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) Where to start?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You should begin your blog with a free blog hosting service such as Journal Home or Blogger. Starting with a free blog hosting service allows you to begin blogging instantly without having any advance knowledge of scripts, hosting, or programming. It allows you to focus on your content and not the internal maintenance of the blog. The best benefit of starting with a free service is, in the case your blog doesn't become successful you do not lose any money or are you left holding the bill. The great thing about a blog is that they are organized in chronological order, your latest entry is displayed first. When your blog traffic grows greatly and you are ready to upgrade to your own domain then you can simply make your last blog entry the announcement of your "move". Simply add a last entry stating that your blog has "moved" and type the new blog URL address. Which directs visitors to your new blog site, keeping your following, without a major inconvenience to anyone. Upgrade as you need to...but only when you need to!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2) Niche&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A niche is a targeted product, service, or topic. You should first decide on a product, service, or topic which interest you. Choose an area which you can enthusiastically write about on a daily basis. You can use keyword research services like Google Zeitgeist or Yahoo! Buzz Index to find popular searched topics. It does NOT matter if your topic is popular as long as there is a audience for your topic and the topic is precisely focused then your blog should be successful. Anything can be considered a niche as long as it has a target audience no matter how large or how small the audience is. A blog about your cat can be a niche or a blog about the species of the cat family can be a larger niche market, if there are people who are interested in hearing about your cat or the species of the cat family...you can even choose to build your audience for a market which an audience does not exist, but first you must build your blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) Update Daily (nothing less)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This step is a must and not a suggestion. Updating your blog daily not only keeps your blog more interesting to readers, but it also gives your blog fresh content on a day to day making it more appealing to search engines. Not updating your blog on an occasional holiday or one day here and there is understandable to most, but missing days at a time or weeks is unacceptable and will most likely result in your blog being unsuccessful. To keep your blog traffic and retain your visitors interest it is a must to update your blog daily with multiple entries. You should try to update your blog everyday with at least 3 or more daily entries. The best way to accomplish this is to set aside 1-2 hours a day for tending to your blog and adding new entries. It may even be wise to schedule a set time which you dedicate to your blog each day. Give yourself work hours and treat your blog as a job, what happens if you don't come to work for days or weeks...you lose money or worse you get fired! Same applies here...if you don't update your blog for days or weeks you'll lose visitors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4) Traffic&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's no secret. You must have traffic to profit from blogs. There are numerous ways to build traffic. Paid advertising, free advertising, viral marketing, search engine marketing, RSS/XML feeds, and word-of-mouth. You should always use your blog URL address in the signature of your email, forum discussions, message boards, or any other communication media. You should submit your blog URL address to search engines and blog directories. You should submit your RSS/XML URL feed to blog ping services like Technorati, Ping-O-Matic, and Blogdigger. You should confidently share your blog with family, friends, co-workers, associates, and business professionals when it relates. Many blogs can be considered as a collection of articles, for this purpose you should submit your blog entries (those that are valuable and lengthy articles) to content syndicators like GoArticles.com or ArticleCity.com. Once submitted your articles can be picked up and published by others. The trick is to make sure you include your Blog URL address in the "About the Author" passage. What this does is create link popularity and backlinks for your blog, when someone picks up your article from the syndication then publish the article on their website the "About the Author" passage is included with each publication and the link you included is followed, crawled, and indexed by search engines. Imagine if your article is popular enough or controversial enough to produce 10,000 publications across the web. The search engines is bound to find your site in no time with that many publications and credit you a authority on the topic, in return increasing your rank on search engines. The small effort of writing a well written article is rewarding. You should try to write at least 1 full length article every week for syndication and submit your article to at least 10 article syndicators.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5) Track Your Blog&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How do you know if your blog has traffic? Just because no one is leaving comments doesn't mean your blog isn't growing. Many visitors do not leave comments but they are returning visitors. I know it sounds crazy but with blogs people are more interested in what "you" have to say! Many visitors do not comment their 1st, 2nd, or 3rd time. Some do not comment at all, but are active daily visitors. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tracking your blog does not have to be overly sophisticated usually a simple free page counter like StatCounter.com or Active Meter will do the trick. Install (copy/paste) the code into the html of your blog template and start tracking your visitors. Its better to use a service which gives you advanced traffic analysis, such as keyword tracking information, referral information, and search engine information. Visitors, returning visitors, and unique visitors should be standard for any page counter service you choose. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6) Listen to Your Audience&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When using the proper page counter you should begin to see how others are finding your blog and if through search engines then which keywords are being used to find your blog. If constantly your blog is being found by 1 or more keywords then focus your blog around those keywords to make it even more powerful. When writing entry titles and entries use the keywords as often as possible while keeping the blog legible and interesting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7) Multiple blogs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Use multiple blogging accounts to attract more people. This means you should have a blog with JournalHome.com, Blogger.com, LiveJournal.com, Blog-City.com, tBlogs.com, etc. The more blog accounts the better. You can copy/paste from 1 blog to all others. Having different blog accounts is like having a publication in different newspapers. This enables you to attract more visitors and this also increases the chance that 1 of your blogs will be in the search engine results for your focused keywords.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8) Short &amp; Concise &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aside from the lengthy article a week for syndication and publication your blog entries should be short &amp; concise (if you can help it). Sometimes there are exceptions to the rule and you have no choice but to blog lengthy entries, but try to avoid this as much as possible. You do not want your blog entries to become hours of reading. Visitors like to easily find information and skim through your entries. It is good to be detailed and provide useful information, but do not include useless information or run away sentences that veer away from your topic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9) Digital Art&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Try to include non-advertising graphics, pictures, photos, and art in your blog entries. Not too much. Once a week is fine. Graphics can sometimes bring your blog to life. Of course, the content of the blog is the most important aspect and you do not want to overshadow your content with graphics, but displaying graphics can add a bit of spice to the blog. Be choosy about your graphics and make sure they fit your entry topic. You should add content with the graphic, at least a caption. Original graphics, photos, pictures, and art is recommended.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10) Keep it Personal&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A blog is most successful when it is kept personal. Try to include personal experiences which relates to the topic of your blog entry. Stay away from the business style of writing. Write with a more personal style and use first-person narratives. Do not write any of your entries as sales letters, instead share product reviews and personal endeavors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11) Interact With Your Visitors&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You now have the traffic you deserve. You should begin interacting with your visitors. Create a regular theme such as: "Monday Money Tip" or "Picture of the Week" which entices your readers to look forward to each week. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Give your readers advance notice about a product, service, or topic which you are going to review and then talk about later. If the President was scheduled to give a speech then in your blog you should state that you "will discuss the speech and give your opinion after the speech airs. Comments will be appreciated".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Try your best to find exclusive information that not many have. Do not disclose any confidential or secret information which is deemed illegal or can potentially get you into trouble, but try to get the scoop before everyone else does. Such as: If your blog was about Paris Hilton (the socialite) and you had a blog entry about "Paris Hilton Getting Married" then it would be interesting to your readers if you had a actual picture of Paris Hilton engagement ring. Give your best effort to dig and search the internet for exclusive information and you will possibly come up with something useful. Your readers will appreciate this and they show their appreciation through word-of-mouth referrals. Imagine how many readers will tell their friends, family, and others about information they only can find at your blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;12) Make Money &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once your blog has gained some real momentum and your blog traffic is increasing then it is time to start thinking about turning your traffic into profit. You should use contextual advertising, like Google Adsense or Chitika. Contextual advertising is usually text links which use the content of your blog to publish targeted ads on your blog. The payout is usually based on a pay-per-click model, meaning for ever click an ad receives you are paid a small percentage of the profits. In addition to contextual advertising it is good to also use graphical advertising such as: BlogAds.com, Amazon.com, MammaMedia, or General Sponsored Advertising.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;13) You're a Professional&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You're a professional now! What are you still doing with that free blog hosting service? It is time to upgrade to a domain hosted solution. You need to get a web host and choose a domain name for your blog then check its availability. Select the blogging software you wish to use, such as: Squarespace.com, WordPress.org, MovableType.org, etc. When you have your new blog domain setup and ready for traffic then it is time for you to announce your move on all your previous blog accounts. Your last entry to the blog should be a "move" announcement. The title should be "Moved" and the blog entry should state something like "Old Blog has been moved to New Blog please follow and bookmark this link for future reference: http://www.YourNewBlogDomainName.com". This way all returning visitors and new readers should not have any problem finding your new blog domain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the level of a professional blogger you may want to team up with 1 or more other bloggers. This will create a more interesting and more powerful blog. The old saying "two heads is better than one", more authors mean more advertising and exposure because each author will have a vested interest in the blog. The idea of a team blog is to make it profitable and rewarding for all authors, while continuing to target the blog topic and keeping the blog interesting for visitors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Following these blogging techniques should make your blogging experience much more rewarding. There is no guarantee that your blog will become popular or a household name, but the effort should at least put you one step closer. Making money online is not an overnight experience like many may think, but making money online is definitely a foreseeable possibility. As well, growing popularity on the web is not an overnight experience, but through time, dedication, and persistence you will be rewarded with all the royalties of blogging.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About the Author &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ant Onaf is the owner and founder of www.JournalHome.com He is an online internet marketer, content writer, and IT consultant. Ant Onaf has years of IT-related experience and Internet-related experience. His ingenuity, dedication, and passion for technology, internet marketing, &amp; writing have made him a monumental icon in the World Wide Web. His blog can be visited at http://www.journalhome.com/AntOnaf&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other blogging info can be found at:  &lt;a href="http://www.onlineanswers4u.com/pages/blogging/" target="_top"&gt;Click Here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33612373-115707912150722340?l=bloggingfor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bloggingfor.blogspot.com/feeds/115707912150722340/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33612373&amp;postID=115707912150722340' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33612373/posts/default/115707912150722340'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33612373/posts/default/115707912150722340'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bloggingfor.blogspot.com/2006/08/13-steps-to-successful-blogging.html' title='13 Steps to successful blogging'/><author><name>FJ Lewis</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33612373.post-115697400093852949</id><published>2006-08-30T14:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-30T19:45:29.890-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Blogging for Money Online</title><content type='html'>Make Money Blogging &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You have created a blog and your blog is dedicated to a niche industry. Have you ever thought that the blog could make money for you? We would look here in this article, ways and means, to make money blogging. Lets first have a look at what are the prerequisites for a blog needed to make money:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Blog needs to be dedicated to a niche market.&lt;br /&gt;2. Updated regularly.&lt;br /&gt;3. Enough back links (Don't worry for it. Directory submission would be enough to begin with)&lt;br /&gt;4. Good blog host or application (blogger, Xanga or typepad recommended), and&lt;br /&gt;5. High quality articles or news items supported with images.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Get the above criteria in place and Hurrah... You are ready to Make Money Blogging.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Top 5 Ways to Make Money Blogging&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lets now take a look at top 5 ways using which you could make money blogging:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Google Adsense&lt;br /&gt;Google Adsense delivers text and image ads to the authorized websites/blogs depending on the content of the website. Small code is required to be pasted at proper locations on a webpage and Google automatically recognizes the page. Google shares the revenue it gets from the advertisers whenever a visitor clicks on these ads. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Google bills advertisers on price per click basis (PPC). Advertisers are required to pay only when any visitor clicks on their ads. They bid against each other for the keywords in order to receive better placement and thus prices for each keyword differ from one another. It is better to choose keywords for your blog which pays high $ per click.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Amazon&lt;br /&gt;Amazon Associate program is another important way to make money blogging. The Amazon Associate program gives opportunity to website/blog publishers to promote any product from its inventory by adding a predefined code to their website/blog, which, when clicked by a visitor, takes them to the relevant product page. Once the visitor buys the product, the blog owner will be compensated with a commission.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Blogads&lt;br /&gt;You can use Blogads as an effective tool to have a better control over the advertisers in your blogs. You can analyze and compare your profits with any one of your online agencies. Blogads can be simply specified as an advertising service used for the web logs or blogs. From the total money generated by Blogads, it retains 20% of it and the remaining money is paid to you through PayPal or checks. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alternative Services:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Crispads is another useful network focused on the blogs. You can put your advertisements in their blogs using Crispads. You can move through their RSS/ATOM feeds that help in generating revenues. &lt;br /&gt;• Tagword – It is similar to Blogads. It makes you select the ads and their price.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Users can place their text-based ads in the site within minutes and the ads will be displayed instantly on the website. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Affiliate Programs&lt;br /&gt;Your affiliate programs can help you earn a lot of money for selected products and services. Lot of websites offers you to become affiliate members. These affiliate programs can provide a better reach and an in-depth exposure to the products. The commissions for the sales differ according to the quality of the product, sales and marketing strategy involved. You can gather information related to the commissions by looking into the catalogues of Link Share and Commission junctions. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. Text Links &lt;br /&gt;Text links has emerged out to be the best form of moneymaking source that you can use instead of cluttering or crowding the page with ads. You don’t have to make these text links prominent within your website. This link can act as an extra value to your site and will also help to promote the rankings of other sites. In most of the cases you will find these text links placed in the bottom of the web pages. The best part of this strategy is that the publishers send and accept links as the market continues to grow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Other blogging info can be found at:  &lt;a href="http://www.onlineanswers4u.com/pages/blogging/" target="_top"&gt;Click Here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33612373-115697400093852949?l=bloggingfor.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bloggingfor.blogspot.com/feeds/115697400093852949/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=33612373&amp;postID=115697400093852949' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33612373/posts/default/115697400093852949'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/33612373/posts/default/115697400093852949'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bloggingfor.blogspot.com/2006/08/blogging-for-money-online.html' title='Blogging for Money Online'/><author><name>FJ Lewis</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
