Dec | 24 | 2009

Search Rank Drop and False Alarms

Posted by Jimmy as SEO Features Happy Holidays! What are the chances of someone being concerned about their blog’s search ranking dropping on Christmas Eve? I have no idea but then again if I’m writing about it right now then there’s probably someone somewhere around the world doing SEO at this very minute. If you have experienced a sudden drop in ranking, both in page rank or actual placement in SERPs, then you know exactly how stressful it can be. However, if this happens to you there are things you can do to turn things around…unless you really are doing black hat and got caught big time. ...

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Jul | 14 | 2009

Review: Logical Media

Posted by Professor as Monetization, Monetization Features, Promotion, Tips Logical Media is one of the innovative services that pay for ad placement within blogs. Do you have a blog and are you seeking a way to make additional money from the blog? Are you seeking a way to offset other programs with the use of ads? Through the registration with Logical Media, the blogger can have access to well-designed and functional ads, which are placed within the blog, earning the blogger money each time that a visitor to the blog decides to click on one of these ads. As one of the top fifty affiliate networks in Website Magazine, ...

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Jan | 24 | 2009

Is Pay Per Post Worth It?

Posted by Jimmy as Monetization Features, Opinion I have written about pay per post in the past and I am not talking only about the platform going by that name – I am referring to the practice in general. My opinion has not really changed, I still think that it is alright to engage in pay per post practices as long as you are clear about it and you let your readers know which posts are sponsored. These days, though, it seems as if the pay per post realm is not doing so well. I have not kept it a secret that I am using some ...

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Oct | 02 | 2008

How To Find Top Blogs In Your Niche

Posted by Jimmy as Blog Tutorial, Blogging Tools, Monetization, Monetization Features, Tips We talked about the importance of identifying the best blogs in the niche you are targeting in the previous post. To recap, it is important to do so because you can learn a lot from the best blogs. You can check out what they are doing right – and wrong – and learn from those things. You can also do a little bit of promotion on the side by leaving comments in these blogs. In this way, you can make your presence felt in the niche that you are targeting. So how do you actually ...

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Sep | 25 | 2008

Niche Blogging: Make Money Blogging?

Posted by Jimmy as Blog Tutorial, Monetization, Monetization Features We’ve been looking at ways to make money off your blog for a while now. We have been focusing on paid post programs, however. There is another option for you if you want to create a blog can make you money. Have you ever heard of a niche blog? Wikipedia describes niche blogging as: Niche blogging is the act of creating a blog with the intent of using it to market to a particular niche market. While it could be argued that all blogs are, in some form, a niche blog, the term as it applies to ...

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Sep | 21 | 2008

Building your blog brand step by step

Posted by Guru as Marketing and Search Optimization, Promotion, SEO Features Building your blog's brand does not need to be difficult. However, when it comes to branding you should always remember to exert effort to be consistent with the image you wish to portray or you'll end up with confused, turned-off, and/or skeptical readers. Branding inconsistencies will make it obvious that the image you're putting up is just a front and not really who the people behind the blog are. To make sure you build a solid image some of the things you should: 1. Sit down and decide the image you wish you wish to portray - More than just deciding ...

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May | 19 | 2008

Linkbait: How Much and How Often?

Posted by Guru as Marketing and Search Optimization, Promotion, SEO Features We would all love to be such great bloggers that each and every post would be considered by other bloggers worhty enough to mention and link to. Realistically though it is impossible to come up with a post that hundreds or even just dozens will link back to each and every day. If you keep on trying to come up with a blog post worthy enough to be on the front page of Digg each and everyday you'll probably end up either burnt out in a really short time or really frustrated. More realistically you'll end up being both. So how ...

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Mar | 31 | 2008

Making Money Through Consumer Generated Ads

Posted by Guru as Monetization Features As I mentioned in my previous post today I will be suggesting some ways you can still profit by joining programs such as Pay Per Post and yet ensure that your readers don't get turned off. In my opinion the only way to really do this is by making sure that your blog entries stay the same quality (or improve in quality). This wouldn't be possible if you start spamming your own blog by churning out consumer-generated ads post after post. So the first thing to remember is to post ads in moderation. The truth is that while many bloggers ...

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