We are getting into some more advanced ways to monetize your blog. You can make a very good income from your blog doing affiliate sales–if you take the time to learn the process. I don’t want to take anything away from that method of monetization. But, the holy grail to making money blogging is [...]

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If you have been blogging for some time and have developed a nice little niche and a following of readers it is because you are providing them with something they want and more than likely something of value and quality.
A great way to continue on with that value and perhaps even make some money is [...]

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The last Content is Queen post on comments struck a chord. Today, I offer another discussion on comments that still has me scratching my head in bewilderment.
Based on a thread from one of our social communities. Okay, I admit, I stole the topic, but it is important enough to warrant addressing. What I have to [...]

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A free course on google adwords presented by one of the greats is most definitely a great read.
Download the free book HERE.
This book has been floating around for a while for sure… but it really is a great read and helps to bring some things into perspective as it relates to driving traffic to [...]

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If you’ve been blogging for any length of time, you’ve received a few spam comments, I’m sure. It doesn’t take long for the spammers to find even brand new blogs. I think, it’s pretty likely you’ve run into the spammers in your favorite social community too.
In your quest to build backlinks, you need to remember [...]

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Traffic… it all boils down to traffic (and conversions) if you are trying to make a buck on the net right?

Yip!
Well… there are few ways to get traffic to your blog or website; PPC (pay per click), article marketing, social networking, joint ventures, SEO, and offline promotions.
One of our favorite methods is social networking. Why? [...]

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Well… we have talked about adding adsense, CPA offers and affiliate programs as a way to make money from your blog already, so I will try not to make this too boring and go over what we have already said, so I will instead tell you ways to actually use these programs to make money [...]

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So what is this untapped way to monetize your blog? It’s called Cost Per Action (CPA…no, not the tax people!) or Pay Per Action (PPA) or sometimes even Pay Per Lead (PPL). In a way, Adsense is a very basic CPA. You get paid a few cents for an action: your reader clicking on the Adsense ad [...]

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I’ve been offering our Niche Friday Gift for a few weeks now, and it has been well received. Thanks for all your comments and positive feedback. Elle and I decided, we’d take it one step further and make some suggestions on ways to monetize your existing blog or use the Niche Friday Gift.
Unless you’ve been [...]

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Come on in and pull up a chair. The Blog Ladies have a rant to share with you today. The list of issues with free blogging platforms continues to grow.  We’ve heard of a couple interesting events from one of the social communities we frequent.
We’ve talked about the importance of choosing a domain name using one of the keywords you want to get ranked [...]

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