AdSense have made a change to their referral program by putting a validation periods on publishers when they display non Google products. In this period publishers earn a lower conversion commission while AdSense works out if your conversions are ‘valid’. Once the validation period ends you then will earn the maximum commissions on the […]
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Blogging Interview with Toki Tover
I did an interview with Toki Tover a few days back, and she gave me a total of 20 questions which took some time to answer but it’s finally available on her blog. Read the interview here The interview addresses a few questions about blogging, and using blogs for your business. Enjoy! Tags:
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The Party is Over - One Last Giveaway
Oh My Goodness - our 3rd Birthday Prize Bonanza is over (well it will be shortly - because there’s one more giveaway that all of you can enter below). Over the last week we’ve given away over $54,000 in prizes (in fact it’s been closer to $60,000 because we added a few prizes and underestimated the […]
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The Blog Tool that Has Saved Me Months of Work
The biggest single time saver in my blogging is a plugin that many of us take for granted - but which has literally saved me days and days of time. What it’s done for me can be summed up in this little screen capture taken from the back end of ProBlogger: Yes - last night the amount […]
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Consider Linking from Linked In
Most of us know by know that incoming links are good for our blogs and websites. But what do we do to build them? For starters, we need a lot of links to make a difference and those links should preferably be from higher ranking sites to carry any weight. In the end, it […]
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ProBlogger Community Blog Consulting
Today I’d like to try something a little new here at ProBlogger and want to invite you to engage in a little blog consulting and work shopping on a reader’s blog. Let me explain why I’m doing this: I get asked to look at a lot of blogs - to give feedback - to do consulting and […]
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How to Become a Famous Blogger
So you want to be a famous blogger? Cartoon Blogger Dave Walker has the secret on how to do it: Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons. via Blogging Expertise Share This
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Affiliate Product Blogging Model Explained
Adsense is not the only way to make money from blogging. Surprised? In fact, in some niche markets it’s much better for you to make money as an affiliate. If you’re running a “How to Make Money Online” type of blog and you’re not making affiliate commissions, you’re probably on drugs. That’s because in some markets, […]
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Web 2.0 Opt-in Designs for Your Blog
In the previous post, I talked about choosing selling affiliate products from your blog as the main income model. If that’s the model you choose, then you may want to focus on building an email optin list rather than RSS subscribers. Of course you can do both, but common marketing wisdom dictates that you […]
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Dirty Tactics to Increase Comments on Your Blog
If you’re ok with “gray” tactics to build your blog, you may like these suggestions. These are merely half-serious suggestions, so please do your own due diligence first. Let’s think “outside the box”. Fake your comments - No one wants to be the first to comment on anything, but they don’t mind joining in. You […]
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Post Level Monetization For Better Blogging Income
Most bloggers today fix one or two monetization methods for their blogs, and expect to maximize their income from blogging. But the truth is, it’s better to monetize each blog individually if you don’t mind the extra work. This is due to a few key reasons: The most profitable area in any blog is within the […]
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Last 24 Hour Giveaway - Review Something!
In this last 24 hour giveaway IttyBiz, the offshoot blog of Itty Bitty Marketing, is offering a prize of their premium $2000 marketing package, customized for your blog or home business. This is a completely customized package. IttyBiz will provide whatever YOUR blog or business needs to start achieving success, however you define it. Whether you re […]
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Can having too many Digg Using Readers Be a Bad thing for a Site?
A number of months ago I wrote a post titled How to Build a ‘Digg Culture’ on your Blog which explored a trend that I’d noticed on my blogs where getting on the front page of Digg once tended to lead to attracting other active Digg users to your blog - which in turn led […]
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This is it - The last 8 hour giveaway!
Well ladies and gents, this is the absolute final 8 hour giveaway in the ProBlogger Birthday Bash! Can you believe it? What we’ve got here is a pretty random mix of prizes, and we’re ready to get on with the giving! Prizes Hand-beaded lucky gemstone necklaces and a bottle of I ALLOW IN WINS Essential Roll-on Oil - […]
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What I Learned Giving Away $60,000 of Prizes in a Week
A number of people have asked me to write some reflections on running the ProBlogger Birthday Bash $54,000 Giveaway last week. What were the results like? What did I learn? Will I do it again? How would I do it differently? All good questions - let me share a few reflections (as much for my own benefit […]
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Blogging Ethics and Sponsored Reviews
This post on Blogging Ethics and Sponsored Reviews has been submitted by Travel Blogger - Melissa Petri from Europe String. With the increasing number of people turning to blogs, it is no surprise that companies have also started recognizing its use as powerful marketing tools. And apart from just helping to spread the word, blogs […]
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It s a Go With kind of giveaway!
We’re running a 24-hour giveaway here that offers a $2,000 marketing package to one lucky winner who takes the time to write a brand new post that’s a review of something. Definitely check that out, since it ends on Monday morning (New York, USA) but in the mean time, we’re running this 8-hour giveaway to […]
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Malaysia Independence Day Wordpress Logos
Really cool & ingenious Wordpress designs from Avijit Paul although technically it may lead the reader to think that Wordpress itself is 50 years old.. All of these fan logos are copyright free. So, copy it, share it with your fellow bloggers. To copy it, either save the image and upload to your blog or […]
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Sourcebench - a ProBlogger Community Blog Consulting Project
It’s time for the first ProBlogger Community Blog Consulting Session. I’ve explained what this is in my last post and would ask you to read it before you leave a comment below. The blog that we’re going to look at this week is Sourcebench. Thorsten is the blogger behind this blog and his email asking for […]
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Speedlinking - 11 October 2007
A few newsy items from the last couple of days: WidgetBucks have announced that they’ll be moving to reporting revenue per click and revenue in real time - starting today. This was one of the main concerns that I”ve been hearing about the ad network - while they will still apply an audit to figures (you’ll […]
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Get Something Off Your Chest
It’s time to ‘get something off your chest’ about blogging. I listen to a sports radio station here in Melbourne and every Wednesday morning while I’m dropping my son off to his Grandma’s house for the day a segment comes on called ‘get something off your chest’. In the segment listeners are asked to call in […]
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Your first 10,000 Blog Posts are Always the Worst
“Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.” Henri Cartier-Bresson - Photographer I came across this great quote today and as a photography nut it rang true. However I quickly realized that the quote could easily be applied to the medium of blogging. “Your first 10,000 blog posts are your worst” Like anything - blogging is something that the majority of […]
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AdSense: BTW - That Video Product We Launched - It s only for US Publishers
Once again AdSense have alienated publishers not based in the US with an update to their blog post announcing their new video units with a short update: “Video units will be live in AdSense accounts later today (10/9). Currently this feature is open only to publishers located in the United States with English-language websites.” These US-centric product […]
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Have You Logged into MyBlogLog Recently?
If you have a MBL account and have not really signed in in a while, you need to do it now. MyBlogLog has integrated Yahoo ID into their system, so you need to merge your current MBL data with your Yahoo IDs and update other important information. Otherwise, you mat be able to used MBL […]
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Using Aweber Instead of Feedburner on Your Blog
Most bloggers use some kind of RSS subscription service like Feedburner to manage reader subscriptions. Using Feedburner allows a reader to subscribe directly using “feed readers” like Google Reader and Feedblitz, or users can also choose to receive blog updates via email. Feedburner is great for: Providing an easy way to subscribe to / unsubscribe from […]
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AdSense Launch Video Units
AdSense have today announced their long awaited Video Units. This is what ProBlogger broke the news about last week. It allows you to get video content for your blog with an embedded ad using YouTube ‘partner content’ on your blog. Basically you set up a video unit to run on your blog and either choose a category […]
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Melbourne WordCamp is a Go - 17 November 2007
If you’re in or near Melbourne you’ll want to block out 17 November from 12.00pm until 7pm (and perhaps a little longer for a drink or two) because the first ever Melbourne WordCamp is on! Venue: WordCamp Melbourne will be held in the ‘Pavillion’ at the Watermark Bar, Victoria Harbour Docklands on Saturday, November 17th from […]
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Increase Your Blog Traffic with BlogRush
There’s no such thing as too much traffic, especially if you’re blogging for profit. John Reese, the creator of BlogRush, knows this all too well. John launched BlogRush a few days back, a blog traffic exchange service based on a widget an points system. The reception has been mixed, with some people calling it […]
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International Blog Cup
Did you know that there’s an International Blog Cup going on at the moment. I just got an email from a reader saying that it’s on and that ProBlogger’s made the Quarter Finals (I didn’t even realize I was competing ) There’s even a ‘Virtual Blog Cup’ for the winner (for their virtual trophy cabinet […]
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What would you do if you owned ProBlogger.net?
Mani got my attention with this post today - What would you do if you owned ProBlogger.net? There’s some great answers in the comments section - would love to hear more of your ideas! PS: I actually think it’s a good question to ask others about your blog. In fact I asked this very question to two […]
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