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		<title>Blog Genre Made Clear</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blog Term #1: Blog Most people don&#8217;t understand what a blog is, which is why it is at the top of the list. The term &#8220;blog&#8221; is short for web log. Blogs are essentially online journals kept by individuals; though not in the traditional since, where they divulge their innermost thoughts and secrets. Blogs are used as a place for people to discuss their interests and offer advice to others who read them. Some people have even become skilled enough at blogging to make money doing it for a living. Blog Term #2: Pinging Pinging is a useful tool used by bloggers to get their blog noticed. There are hundreds of websites available that provide this service free. What pinging does is it notifies the many popular search engines that there has been an update to your blog. This helps move your blog up the ranks of popularity so that it has a better chance of getting noticed. Blog Term #3: Linking Most popular blogs provide links within their content that allow people to be redirected to other websites in order find more information on a topic, or as a means of referencing the topic to make sure that the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Blog Term #1: Blog Most people don&#8217;t understand what a blog is, which is why it is at the top of the list. The term &#8220;blog&#8221; is short for web log. Blogs are essentially online journals kept by individuals; though not in the traditional since, where they divulge their innermost thoughts and secrets. Blogs are used as a place for people to discuss their interests and offer advice to others who read them. Some people have even become skilled enough at blogging to make money doing it for a living. Blog Term #2: Pinging Pinging is a useful tool used by bloggers to get their blog noticed. There are hundreds of websites available that provide this service free. What pinging does is it notifies the many popular search engines that there has been an update to your blog. This helps move your blog up the ranks of popularity so that it has a better chance of getting noticed. Blog Term #3: Linking Most popular blogs provide links within their content that allow people to be redirected to other websites in order find more information on a topic, or as a means of referencing the topic to make sure that the blog is accurate. All too often many blogs are purposely filled with false information. However, linking helps legitimate bloggers separate themselves from the fakes. Blog Term #4: Posts This term refers to the addition of a new entry to your blog. Each time you update your blog, this is called a post. Blog Term #5: Template All new blogs are issued with a standard writing template. Don&#8217;t think that your topics and writing alone will be enough to generate readership. You&#8217;ll also want to edit your template so that it stands apart from those of everyone else. A blog must be just as aesthetically pleasing as it is informative. If you want to have a <a target="_blank" href="http://westonpeterscarr.blogsome.com/">Blog Make Money Online</a> all you have to do is learn the basics of <a target="_blank" href="http://quizilla.teennick.com/stories/15453290/blog-make-money-online-5-ideas-to-earn-income-with-your-blog">Blog Make Money Online</a> It is rather simple and easy but you have to make sure that you have a passion for writing, otherwise, <a target="_blank" href="http://westonpeterscarr.multiply.com/journal/item/1/Blog_Make_Money_Online-_5_Ideas_to_earn_income_With_Your_Blog_">Blog Make Money Online</a> will not be an option for you. </p>
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		<title>Basic Blog Traffic</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Improving Traffic Level is main key to improve the earnings from your ads. “More people visit your website, greater possibility its click &#8220;. Improving your visitor blog amount is not as easy as told; it needs the patience and hard work. Are you tired no one visits your blog? Low traffic means few readers. This first welcome I will ask have you done this basic strategy? I will give the practical tips which you can use for develop the traffic element based on my experience. Good quality contents, attracting, useful and pure &#8211; Which Blog is often you visit? If you like me, then blog with quality content is most often. It is base elementary for improve your readership except you own the &#8220;genius idea&#8221; for draw the visitor. Good Weblog Design and Layout is important if you wish to give the impression at first visit. Link to other blog &#8211; Be the prodigal person to give the link other blog. You&#8217;d be surprised by how many link will return to your blog. This is not only add your traffic but nor damage of your blog ranking in Google. Giving comments in others blog &#8211; Some devoted reader come to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> Improving Traffic Level is main key to improve the earnings from your ads. “More people visit your website, greater possibility its click &#8220;. Improving your visitor blog amount is not as easy as told; it needs the patience and hard work. Are you tired no one visits your blog? Low traffic means few readers. This first welcome I will ask have you done this basic strategy? I will give the practical tips which you can use for develop the traffic element based on my experience. Good quality contents, attracting, useful and pure &#8211; Which Blog is often you visit? If you like me, then blog with quality content is most often. It is base elementary for improve your readership except you own the &#8220;genius idea&#8221; for draw the visitor. Good Weblog Design and Layout is important if you wish to give the impression at first visit. Link to other blog &#8211; Be the prodigal person to give the link other blog. You&#8217;d be surprised by how many link will return to your blog. This is not only add your traffic but nor damage of your blog ranking in Google. Giving comments in others blog &#8211; Some devoted reader come to our blog because of we often have interaction to them. Give the precise comment, because it is easy to spam at comment section, but it will leave the negative effect for you. Update periodically &#8211; If you didn’t posting during 1 month, try to see what happen to your total visitor. Interaction with the reader &#8211; Owning interactive blog invite the reader involvement is one way to get the devoted visitor. There is some way of this matter example: allow visitor to advice your blog for your blog improvement. Search Engine Optimization – It’s very important of Search Engine role in improving amount traffic, especially traffic that will click your ads. So, more work hard to enlisted and ranking your blog as high as possible at Search Engine. Put your url blog below email signature &#8211; Each time you send to friend or other hence your blog url directly will be seen if they read your email. This also represent one of way to promote your blog . Enhancing RSS feed at your blog &#8211; more people read the blog without visiting blog directly through/ passing News Aggregators that take the information use the RSS. Its better only give the abstracts info at your RSS feed, so that if there is interested reader with the topic that write, then will be attracted to read furthermore to your blog. Registering your site at portals &#8211; There are some site that list blog entirely. Some focussed at certain topic (like Globe of Blogs). Other portal like Blogshares ,Blog Street and Blog Tree also lists a lot of blog with a few ways that possibly will improve your blog profile. Make the Newsletter &#8211; Offering your reader to subscribe your blog newsletter so they always up to date. Interaction in website forums- participating in forums and discuses at thread according to your blog topic. Mostly they permit you to make signature / signature that fill by your url blog. This represents the free promotion for your blog. Promoting your topic &#8211; If you write something that according to you make proper seen and draw for others, promote it. First think a moment before you send it through email &#8211; selectively and behave respectably in promoting it or you&#8217;d be assumed to spam. If you want to have a <a target="_blank" href="http://nohwest.blogsome.com/">Blog Make Money Online</a> all you have to do is learn the basics of <a target="_blank" href="http://nohwest.multiply.com/journal/item/1/Blog_Make_Money_Online-_Five_Ideas_to_earn_income_With_Your_Blog_">Blog Make Money Online</a> It is rather simple and easy but you have to make sure that you have a passion for writing, otherwise, <a target="_blank" href="http://quizilla.teennick.com/stories/15453040/blog-make-money-online-5-ideas-to-earn-income-with-your-blog">Blog Make Money Online</a> will not be an option for you. </p>
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		<title>Making Money With Blogs The Easy Way</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With an exploding blog population the size of a large country, it’s no wonder that advertisers are casting their collective appraising eye over this popular magnet for readers in extremely high numbers. Those advertisers are willing to pay to place their ads on blogs that have good readerships in similar fashion to magazines and periodicals with good circulation. So it’s never been a better time to put your blog to good use and make money from it. Let’s look at three easy steps you can take to make money with your blog. First, your blog needs to have a decent number of regular readers. Without this, nothing you can do will make money from your blog. So your first task is to take action to increase your blog’s readership. But before you can even do that, your blog has to offer something. Those visitors, when they start to flood in to read your blog will expect to see lots of interesting, entertaining, well written and on-topic articles. So if you want to make money from your blog but haven’t already written a lot of very good articles you had better get started, right now! The fastest and most effective way [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With an exploding blog population the size of a large country, it’s no wonder that advertisers are casting their collective appraising eye over this popular magnet for readers in extremely high numbers. Those advertisers are willing to pay to place their ads on blogs that have good readerships in similar fashion to magazines and periodicals with good circulation. So it’s never been a better time to put your blog to good use and make money from it. Let’s look at three easy steps you can take to make money with your blog. First, your blog needs to have a decent number of regular readers. Without this, nothing you can do will make money from your blog. So your first task is to take action to increase your blog’s readership. But before you can even do that, your blog has to offer something. Those visitors, when they start to flood in to read your blog will expect to see lots of interesting, entertaining, well written and on-topic articles. So if you want to make money from your blog but haven’t already written a lot of very good articles you had better get started, right now! The fastest and most effective way of increasing the number of visitors to your blog in order to make money is to join some social networking sites and start making lots of contacts with other bloggers. This will not only get you better known in blog circles, it will also open the door to a huge number of blogs that fall into the same category as yours for you to visit and leave comments on. This is a very effective way of getting traffic back to your blog. Join forums and including your blog’s link in your signature. Don’t spam them or you will just get yourself blacklisted. Better to create interesting posts that the members will read and click the link to your blog out of curiosity. In addition to these traffic building methods, you should ensure that you add a new post to your blog at least every other day – more often if you have the time. This will show your readers that you are serious and that your blog is regularly updated, so they will be more inclined to return often to see what’s new. After each new post, you should also “ping” your blog to all of the blogging services. These are visited by huge numbers of people so you can effectively reach a large audience every time you ping. An added bonus of doing this is that it only takes one top blogger to be alerted to your new post by one of these services and then to be impressed enough by the quality of your post to blog about it. Then you could suddenly find the flood gates opened to your blog! Second, while you are busy nurturing a sizeable number of daily visitors, you’ll also need to get busy increasing the popularity of your blog as far as the search engines go. To make money in decent amounts from your blog, you will need a decent page rank from Google and to do that, you will need to show them your blog is popular and highly respected. If you want to have a <a target="_blank" href="http://jeffrymasseyhilton.blog.friendster.com/2009/10/blog-make-money-online-5-ideas-to-earn-income-with-your-blog/">Blog Make Money Online</a> all you have to do is learn the basics of Blog Make Money Online It is rather simple and easy but you have to make sure that you have a passion for writing, otherwise, <a target="_blank" href="http://jeffrymasseyhilton.webs.com/">Blog Make Money Online</a> will not be an option for you. </p>
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		<title>3 Methods To Earn Money With Your Blogs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>linklanka.com</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you would like to start bringing in money just by running your own blog you may want to consider these money making ideas: 1. If you do not mind posting small reviews of products on your blog, then payperpost.com may be enticing to you. You just sign up with them and they will provide you with links to promote to your blog. Once they verify that you have placed the link in a post, they pay you, it’s that easy. 2. One of the biggest moneymakers these days for Webmasters is placing Google adsense ads on their sites and blogs. If you have a WordPress blog, then all you have to do is download the plug-in through a site like wordpress-plugins.biggnuts.com and sign up for Google adsense. Once you are ready to go you just plug-in a small code that Google gives you and you will get paid every time someone clicks on the ads. 3. Another very popular ways to make money with your blog or website is by promoting affiliate links. Affiliate links are provided by companies that will pay you a certain percentage of each sale made through your unique link. Just go to any popular [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you would like to start bringing in money just by running your own blog you may want to consider these money making ideas: 1. If you do not mind posting small reviews of products on your blog, then payperpost.com may be enticing to you. You just sign up with them and they will provide you with links to promote to your blog. Once they verify that you have placed the link in a post, they pay you, it’s that easy. 2. One of the biggest moneymakers these days for Webmasters is placing Google adsense ads on their sites and blogs. If you have a WordPress blog, then all you have to do is download the plug-in through a site like wordpress-plugins.biggnuts.com and sign up for Google adsense. Once you are ready to go you just plug-in a small code that Google gives you and you will get paid every time someone clicks on the ads. 3. Another very popular ways to make money with your blog or website is by promoting affiliate links. Affiliate links are provided by companies that will pay you a certain percentage of each sale made through your unique link. Just go to any popular company website and sign up for their affiliate or partner program. Most of them are free to sign-up and very easy to implement. The above techniques can really bring in a nice extra income if your blog is getting daily visitors. Don’t let the potential pass by. You can continue to enjoy posting on your blog and enjoy some extra money at the same time. Alternatively, you can refer others to Google adsense and various affiliate programs and get paid for that as well. There is an unlimited income potential for those willing to take action and implement these moneymakers. If this sounds appealing, but you do not have any visitors coming to your blog, then start promoting it. Blog promotion is very easy and anyone can do it. Just do a Google search for ‘blog directory’ and post your blog to as many as possible. Go to OnlyWire.com and social bookmark every post you make. Just using these two promotion techniques can drive a lot of targeted traffic to your blog. If you want to have a <a target="_blank" href="http://alexcookematthew.multiply.com/journal/item/1/Blog_Make_Money_Online-_5_Ideas_to_earn_income_With_Your_Blog_">Blog Make Money Online</a> all you have to do is learn the basics of <a target="_blank" href="http://quizilla.teennick.com/stories/15453011/blog-make-money-online-five-ideas-to-make-money-with-your-blog">Blog Make Money Online</a> It is rather simple and easy but you have to make sure that you have a passion for writing, otherwise, <a target="_blank" href="http://alexcookematthew.blogsome.com/">Blog Make Money Online</a> will not be an option for you. </p>
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		<title>Ways To Make Money With Blogs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re a newbie with a burning desire of learning more about making money with your blog, pay close attention. NOTE: believe it or not, making money with your blog is free. Yes, making money with your blog does not require you to buy domain names nor order web hosting to host web sites. While making money with your blog is not simple, it&#8217;s free and requires you take into consideration some suggestions and apply a few quick tips. This article reveals little-known secrets about making money with your blog, secrets that just a few people know. Want to join the elite of top blog earners? Here are the nitty-gritty tips on how to make money with blogs. First of all, you need to visit Blogger.com and set-up your free account. The steps are easy: 1. You create a blogger account 2. You name your blog 3. You chose a blog template Secondly, you are going to decide on how you want to monetize your blog. If you don&#8217;t have your own product (I highly recommend you create one as soon as possible), you should go about picking one, two or three top affiliate products (or services). These affiliate products [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> If you&#8217;re a newbie with a burning desire of learning more about making money with your blog, pay close attention. NOTE: believe it or not, making money with your blog is free. Yes, making money with your blog does not require you to buy domain names nor order web hosting to host web sites. While making money with your blog is not simple, it&#8217;s free and requires you take into consideration some suggestions and apply a few quick tips. This article reveals little-known secrets about making money with your blog, secrets that just a few people know. Want to join the elite of top blog earners? Here are the nitty-gritty tips on how to make money with blogs. First of all, you need to visit Blogger.com and set-up your free account. The steps are easy: 1. You create a blogger account 2. You name your blog 3. You chose a blog template Secondly, you are going to decide on how you want to monetize your blog. If you don&#8217;t have your own product (I highly recommend you create one as soon as possible), you should go about picking one, two or three top affiliate products (or services). These affiliate products or services need to be 100% related to your blog theme (niche audience) if you want to get maximum results from your promotions. HINT: you get to make more affiliate sales if the affiliate product you recommend is highly targeted to a specific audience. In fact, the success rate of closing the sale depends on how precise you can target your market. One of the best affiliate program directories can be found at AssociatePrograms.com Here you get at no cost access to thousands of pages of affiliate programs, useful tips, money-making articles, researched recommendations, and a helpful affiliate forum. Besides affiliate programs you can also monetize your blog by applying for Google AdSense Program. You can get full info about this service here: Google.AdSense.com The beauty of this program is that you get paid a percentage every time someone clicks on an AdSense ad from your blog. Making money with affiliate programs need you to actively promote the affiliate product and you only get paid when you generate a real sale, and not just a click. If you want to have a <a target="_blank" href="http://harlanpayne.multiply.com/journal/item/1/Blog_Make_Money_-A_New_Way_to_Make_Money_Online">Blog Make Money</a> all you have to do is learn the basics of <a target="_blank" href="http://harlanpayne.blogsome.com/">Blog Make Money</a> It is rather simple and easy but you have to make sure that you have a passion for writing, otherwise, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.imeem.com/people/275KGQK/blogs/2009/10/17/eWchaFIL/blog-make-money-is-possible">Blog Make Money</a> will not be an option for you. </p>
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		<title>Your Blog Can Be Your Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the great things about blogs is that they are so easy to set up and maintain. The way companies such as Blogger.com have handled it, it&#8217;s about as easy as typing a letter or any other word processing document. Another great thing that internet entrepreneurs have discovered is that they are fast and easy to set up, can attract a huge of potential customers, and can make A LOT OF MONEY for the owner of the blog, and we are going to discuss how they do it. In fact, we are going to talk about how almost anyone can set up a blog and be in business on the internet in a matter of hours. After a start that included soaring, swooping, and gliding in lots of different directions, the internet settled down a bit. Although it is still all things to all people, one of the largest aspects of the internet is its ability to quickly deliver a huge mass of information on almost any subject under the sun. Most of the millions of people using the internet have one thing in common&#8230;they are seeking this information. Whether it is something as significant as alternative energy sources [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the great things about blogs is that they are so easy to set up and maintain. The way companies such as Blogger.com have handled it, it&#8217;s about as easy as typing a letter or any other word processing document. Another great thing that internet entrepreneurs have discovered is that they are fast and easy to set up, can attract a huge of potential customers, and can make A LOT OF MONEY for the owner of the blog, and we are going to discuss how they do it. In fact, we are going to talk about how almost anyone can set up a blog and be in business on the internet in a matter of hours. After a start that included soaring, swooping, and gliding in lots of different directions, the internet settled down a bit. Although it is still all things to all people, one of the largest aspects of the internet is its ability to quickly deliver a huge mass of information on almost any subject under the sun. Most of the millions of people using the internet have one thing in common&#8230;they are seeking this information. Whether it is something as significant as alternative energy sources or something as relatively frivolous as the comings and goings of fashion or comic books, there are huge numbers of people searching the internet in hopes of finding this information at any given time. That&#8217;s where blogs come in. Many of these people want hard data&#8230;facts! Many, however, are content to read, learn, and perhaps interject their own comments on subjects they find interesting. Couple this fact with the simplicity of building a blog, and then add a few income producing links, and you have the basis of a simple internet business. If you have been unable up to now to believe that you could have a successful internet business, you are now free to change that thought. All it takes is an interest in some subject area; poetry, baseball, cartoons, cars, cooking, stamp collecting, and you too can be an expert with an income producing blog. WHAT IF YOU ARE NOT AN EXPERT BUT ARE SIMPLY A FAN? In the world of blogs, this is NOT a problem! The purpose of the blog is to provide information and comment. Nobody said the information or comment had to be YOURS! Of course you will want to participate in your own blog, but there are many web sites on the internet, such as EzineArticles.com which can provide substantive content for your site. Just to use our baseball example, I just did a quick search at EzineArticles.com, and found 175 articles on the subject. By the time you used up all 175, more would have been written, your readers would have provided comments, you would have interjected your own ideas, and other sources of articles and other content on the subject would have come to your attention. Starting with this example, you could run a blog on the subject of baseball for several years with no problem. HOW DO YOU MAKE MONEY WITH A BLOG? My first recommendation is that you learn more about blogging for internet income than I can offer in this small article. But don&#8217;t worry, the subject of blogging as a business is simple and after a little training in blogging and internet marketing, you will be an expert on the subject and may even find yourself teaching other what you have learned. Once you have a grasp of the basics and have begun publishing your blog, you can use the following to help you make money with your blog. JOIN AFFILIATE PROGRAMS: There are an unknown number of affiliate programs on the internet, ClickBank, PayDotCom, and Commission Junction to name a few. You can find affiliate programs relative to the subject of your blog, and, by placing links to these companies you can make income from your blog. If you want to have a <a target="_blank" href="http://bretholtcarter.blog.friendster.com/2009/10/blog-make-money-online-five-ideas-to-earn-income-with-your-blog/">Blog Make Money Online</a> all you have to do is learn the basics of Blog Make Money Online It is rather simple and easy but you have to make sure that you have a passion for writing, otherwise, <a target="_blank" href="http://bretholtcarter.webs.com/">Blog Make Money Online</a> will not be an option for you. </p>
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		<title>Make Money Blogging &#8211; Top Facts About Making Money With Your Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Qn 1) So what is a Blog anyway? A blog is something like an online diary website where you can post articles about yourself, your life, your family photos, links to your preferred websites and even videos . Qn 2) Is it easy to create my own blog? Yes, creating a blog is so easy that you do not need to know any form of website programming at all. That &#8216;s why it &#8216;s so powerful. Qn 3) How do I start a blog? There are 2 ways you can start a blog, Blogger and WordPress and I recommend you start with Blogger. It &#8216;s totally free to start a blog with Blogger and the reason I recommend that you use this blogging platform is because it is powered by Google and it &#8216;s much simpler for beginners to use. As for WordPress, i &#8216;ll be writing another advanced blogging tutorial article on that in future. So if you are creating your blog to make money online, starting a blog on Google&#8217;s Blogger platform means that your blog will be indexed by Google within days or weeks instead of months or years! That means your blog is more likely to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> Qn 1) So what is a Blog anyway? A blog is something like an online diary website where you can post articles about yourself, your life, your family photos, links to your preferred websites and even videos . Qn 2) Is it easy to create my own blog? Yes, creating a blog is so easy that you do not need to know any form of website programming at all. That &#8216;s why it &#8216;s so powerful. Qn 3) How do I start a blog? There are 2 ways you can start a blog, Blogger and WordPress and I recommend you start with Blogger. It &#8216;s totally free to start a blog with Blogger and the reason I recommend that you use this blogging platform is because it is powered by Google and it &#8216;s much simpler for beginners to use. As for WordPress, i &#8216;ll be writing another advanced blogging tutorial article on that in future. So if you are creating your blog to make money online, starting a blog on Google&#8217;s Blogger platform means that your blog will be indexed by Google within days or weeks instead of months or years! That means your blog is more likely to get traffic and be seen by people online in a shorter time. Now that &#8216;s very important! Just search Blogger on google and follow the simple instructions there to start your first blog! Qn 4) So what should be the first article that I should write in my blog? Your blog is sort of like your &#8216;home base&#8217; on the internet. You need to show people that you are a real person behind the computer screen and the best way is to post about your life, your background, your hobbies and even put up some photos of yourself and your family on your blog. This will help to enhance your own unique personality on the internet. The worst thing you want to be online is a common commodity&#8230; When people first come to your blog, they will most likely read an article you wrote that they found on Google or somewhere. The next thing they will do is usually to read about your profile, to get to know who wrote the article. So if you have your profile about yourself written in a friendly way, people who come to your blog just might contact you or bookmark your blog so that they can return later to read any new posts. Qn 5) Ok, I&#8217;ve put up a profile page about myself, what&#8217;s next? Now, find some topics which you are interested in and want to write about. For example, if you are interested in making money online, go to any EzineArticles directory and search for some inspiration. Ezine Articles directories have millions of articles written by online authors from all over the world about whatever subjects your mind can think of. You just need to search a topic and you will see many articles written about that topic. Cherry pick some good articles and get some ideas of what you want to write about. Take note! Do not copy other&#8217;s articles wholesale unless they state that you can do that. Usually that will mean that you need to include the author&#8217;s credits, resource box or some sort of copyright notice along with that article on your blog. Otherwise, you will be infringing their copyrights which is a pretty serious offense. One more simple way to get ideas for articles on your blog is of course to go to Google and type in whatever topic you are interested in to the search box and surf around for good articles. If you want to have a <a target="_blank" href="http://rossstewartmatt.multiply.com/journal/item/1/Blog_Make_Money_Online-_Five_Ideas_to_make_money_With_Your_Blog_">Blog Make Money Online</a> all you have to do is learn the basics of <a target="_blank" href="http://rossstewartmatt.blogsome.com/">Blog Make Money Online</a> It is rather simple and easy but you have to make sure that you have a passion for writing, otherwise, <a target="_blank" href="http://quizilla.teennick.com/stories/15452761/blog-make-money-online-five-ideas-to-earn-income-with-your-blog">Blog Make Money Online</a> will not be an option for you. </p>
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		<title>Ways to Improve Your Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:35:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Categories Set up and manage more than a few different categories related to your “topic”. You can publish the same article into different categories. Example: if your blog is about Search Engine Optimization you may have 5 different categories (plus the main category). Your categories could be – On Page SEO, Off Page SEO, Link Building, Directory Submission, and Site Design. Not every article or post will be relative to each category, but some will overlap. Don’t go crazy and put every post in every category every time. You’ll lose readers and value. Blog Search Engine Optimization There are a series of tools/plug-ins that will help with search engine optimization for your blog. DagonDesign has a great plug-in for WordPress and it’s free and easy to install. Having clean URLs for your posts is extremely important. When you post an article about “Choosing Colors for Your Website” you don’t want your post URL to be www.blahblahblog.com/?=ID1234 . In WordPress, for example, you want to at least choose the built in selection “Date and Name based” (click “Options” then “Permalinks” in the Dashboard view”). If you feel comfortable and are a bit crafty you can create a custom permalink structure. Submit [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> Categories Set up and manage more than a few different categories related to your “topic”. You can publish the same article into different categories. Example: if your blog is about Search Engine Optimization you may have 5 different categories (plus the main category). Your categories could be – On Page SEO, Off Page SEO, Link Building, Directory Submission, and Site Design. Not every article or post will be relative to each category, but some will overlap. Don’t go crazy and put every post in every category every time. You’ll lose readers and value. Blog Search Engine Optimization There are a series of tools/plug-ins that will help with search engine optimization for your blog. DagonDesign has a great plug-in for WordPress and it’s free and easy to install. Having clean URLs for your posts is extremely important. When you post an article about “Choosing Colors for Your Website” you don’t want your post URL to be www.blahblahblog.com/?=ID1234 . In WordPress, for example, you want to at least choose the built in selection “Date and Name based” (click “Options” then “Permalinks” in the Dashboard view”). If you feel comfortable and are a bit crafty you can create a custom permalink structure. Submit your Blog to Blog Directories In addition to the traditional directory submissions you would make with any website. Most of these directories require a link back to their directory. There are two ways to handle these links (1) create a new page called “links” or resources” and post the links there (make sure you use the HTML editor/button on the post page otherwise the link will show up as code and won’t count), or (2) put the link on your main page in the sidebar. Keep in mind that the blog directories are for the most part human edited so it may take some time for them to confirm your link and blog content so be patient. Also, it’s a good idea if you’re setting up a separate links page to write down the URL of that page, the directories will ask you for the location of the backlink to their directory when you fill out the form. Most of the general SEO principles for a regular website apply to blogs. Don’t forget to put a link to your main website and to your blogs main page in the footer of your blog (and tag it properly for maximum effect). Blog Design Almost every blog is designed using CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). CSS is a great tool for website design and especially blogging. It allows you to create new pages on the fly without redesigning each page. For WordPress (and Blogger, etc.) there are a ton of pre-designed, free templates, themes, skins, layouts (all the same thing) out there you can download, modify or use “as is”. Be a decent blogger and make sure you leave the backlink in the footer for the designer. If you don’t know anything about customizing blogs you can follow the link back to the original designer or the person who “ported” it to the blog format, they may be able to help you with customizing the blog for a couple hundred dollars. Matt at http://www.dagondesign.com/ can help you out here. Calls to Action Just like your website, your blog should have specific calls to action so that reader’s can interact with you. Whether it’s a simple “contact us” form mailer or a more elaborate ecommerce function, once you “got ‘em” there, they need something to do. Again, Dagon Design has a cool form mailer plug-in that’s easy to add to your site. You may have to create a separate HTML page and link to it from your blog (put it in your header so it’s on each page) if you want to add a shopping cart. These are just the first 5, stick around for more, or visit our blog at http://blog-template-layout.com and check out what’s new. Keep in mind, your blog is just an extension of you and your business, so give it some personality, define some goals and make some rules for your blog. If you want to have a <a target="_blank" href="http://blog-make-money-online-instantly.wetpaint.com/">Blog Make Money Online</a> all you have to do is learn the basics of Blog Make Money Online It is rather simple and easy but you have to make sure that you have a passion for writing, otherwise, Blog Make Money Online will not be an option for you. </p>
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		<title>Setting Up A Blog To Advertise Your Book The Easy Way</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blogs are increasingly becoming a valuable marketing tool for writers. Plus, they are so easy to use and set-up that every writer should have one (especially since they’re free). Even technophobes can embrace blogs. What is a blog? A blog is basically an easy-to-use website. Amazingly, blogs are free and require no technical know-how to use. Once you set it up, you log-in, enter the title of your entry, type in your entry (or cut and paste from your word processor), and press a button. What you just wrote is immediately available for all the world to read. What should I write about? There are no limits. Some authors use their blogs as part of their free-writing exercises. For a lucky few this has resulted in more people learning about their blogs than their books—until the readers of the blog discovered the writer also had books. Others use blogs to communicate with fans or to keep people posted on the progress of their latest books. Some writers have created blogs “written by” a character in their novel. This allows your novel to come alive while also promoting it. What you can do with your blog is only limited by your [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Blogs are increasingly becoming a valuable marketing tool for writers. Plus, they are so easy to use and set-up that every writer should have one (especially since they’re free). Even technophobes can embrace blogs. What is a blog? A blog is basically an easy-to-use website. Amazingly, blogs are free and require no technical know-how to use. Once you set it up, you log-in, enter the title of your entry, type in your entry (or cut and paste from your word processor), and press a button. What you just wrote is immediately available for all the world to read. What should I write about? There are no limits. Some authors use their blogs as part of their free-writing exercises. For a lucky few this has resulted in more people learning about their blogs than their books—until the readers of the blog discovered the writer also had books. Others use blogs to communicate with fans or to keep people posted on the progress of their latest books. Some writers have created blogs “written by” a character in their novel. This allows your novel to come alive while also promoting it. What you can do with your blog is only limited by your imagination. I’m not sure a blog is right for me. Some authors are nervous that they won’t pick the right topic for their blog or they’re concerned that they’ll start something they won’t finish. Sometimes it is helpful to start with a test blog to get the feel of it. Register a blog under a different name and try it out (note: you’ll have to provide an email address, but it is kept private). A test blog will help you find your voice online, learn how often you feel comfortable posting, and play with different blog topics. When you’re ready, you can either change the name associated with the blog to your name or create a new blog. How do I get started? Visit one of the blogging sites and create an account to get started. One of the most commonly used is Blogger. You should not have to enter any personal information beyond your name and email address. If your credit card is requested, choose another company (unless there is viable reason for doing so). You’ll be asked to name your blog (have some alternatives available since your first choice may be taken already) and provide a summary of your blog. Keep in mind that you can change the summary of your blog at anytime. Some authors change their summaries weekly until they find the right topic. Once you create your blog account, you’ll be guided through the step-by-step process including things like choosing the look of your blog from a variety of established templates. After the basics are done you can post your first entry. The entire process shouldn’t take more than 7 minutes. If you want to have a <a target="_blank" href="http://blog-make-money-online.vox.com/library/post/blog-make-money-online-the-simple-way-to-start-a-blog-and-make-money-online-instantly.html">Blog Make Money Online</a> all you have to do is learn the basics of <a target="_blank" href="http://blog-make-money-online.weebly.com/">Blog Make Money Online</a> It is rather simple and easy but you have to make sure that you have a passion for writing, otherwise, <a target="_blank" href="http://blogmakemoney.livejournal.com/611.html">Blog Make Money Online</a> will not be an option for you. </p>
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		<title>Visitor Bringing In Money With Your Blogs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beguiling additional people to visit your blog is pretty much like marketing in itself. First, you have to know what your readers will want to read and know about. Then, you have to respond to these needs to give them a primary reason to visit your blog for the first time. Just because you hooked them in does not necessarily mean they’ll stay with you. With the number of blogs out there, your visitors will just go on to the next one and forget about yours. This is where creativity plays a key role. It will help you keep them coming back. It is only by building a loyal base of readers that your blog will truly succeed and you can make money off it. You can only make money through your blog if it gets visited by a lot of people. As you create your blog and every time you write your posts, keep this in mind. As mentioned, creating a successful one is like creating an answer to a need, and of course, you need to know what those needs are first. How do you find out what your readers need? Naturally, you have to ask them. Create [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> Beguiling additional people to visit your blog is pretty much like marketing in itself. First, you have to know what your readers will want to read and know about. Then, you have to respond to these needs to give them a primary reason to visit your blog for the first time. Just because you hooked them in does not necessarily mean they’ll stay with you. With the number of blogs out there, your visitors will just go on to the next one and forget about yours. This is where creativity plays a key role. It will help you keep them coming back. It is only by building a loyal base of readers that your blog will truly succeed and you can make money off it. You can only make money through your blog if it gets visited by a lot of people. As you create your blog and every time you write your posts, keep this in mind. As mentioned, creating a successful one is like creating an answer to a need, and of course, you need to know what those needs are first. How do you find out what your readers need? Naturally, you have to ask them. Create a survey. Keep it brief and stick to questions that are relevant but fairly easy to answer. If the survey takes a lot of time to answer, people will not want to answer it, unless you’re willing to pay them for taking the survey, which, as someone who is just starting to make money through your blog, you would not initially want to do. The trick is to carefully phrase your questions so that you will get real and useful information out of them. Once you know what your readers want, choose which one you can use as the main topic for your blog. You would want to write about something you’re pretty knowledgeable about, because otherwise, you won’t have much to share that would be of interest to others. Also, make sure it has one main topic around which your posts will revolve. This will help you build a community of readers. After deciding on a topic for your blog, start writing your posts. When you’ve got some spare time, or you’ve got a topic in mind, write down spare posts so you can easily update your blog even if you you’re busy. Readers who notice that you haven’t been posting lately might stop visiting your site, thinking that they probably wouldn’t read anything new anyway. During the first few visits, the secret to hold on to them as your readers lies in the content of your blog. However, as time passes, their interest may fade, particularly if they don’t learn or see anything new and entertaining on your blog. If you want to have a <a target="_blank" href="http://danegrantcombs.blog.friendster.com/2009/10/blog-make-money-an-easy-way-to-make-money-at-home/">Blog Make Money</a> all you have to do is learn the basics of Blog Make Money It is rather simple and easy but you have to make sure that you have a passion for writing, otherwise, <a target="_blank" href="http://danegrantcombs.webs.com/">Blog Make Money</a> will not be an option for you. </p>
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