March 2010 Archives - Website Services for Small Businesses

Revenue Streams III – Can you Freelance?

March 30, 2010

When I started out with Heather, it seemed that there were just too many blog designers. Everbody thought they could design a blog. In some ways, they were right - we all have unique tastes and preferences, and a variety of designers is a good thing for the clients. So I jumped in the ring with Healing Designs (the predecessor to DSWP). The more I learn about coding a WordPress theme, the more I regret those first few 'designs' that I put into the blogosphere. At least they were mostly-free (& free). Even then, those customers have sought me out until they found me here, at … [Read more...]

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Revenue Streams Part II – Affiliate Marketing

March 23, 2010

In part one, we covered how to monetize your blog with contextual ads like Adsense and ad networks. Here we go beyond placing ads on the page to: becoming an affiliate sell a product or service create a membership site consult / speaking engagements Affiliate Income An affiliate is someone who receives a small portion of each sale that they refer - like an independent sales representative. You are virtually unlimited in how you market the products that you are an affiliate for. For example, you may write a post about them, give away an item with purchase, or leave an add in the … [Read more...]

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A neat little FREE Keyword Tool – Good Keywords 3

March 16, 2010

Just found this very cute little site - just a couple programs for download. And the free version - is really free - not just a trial. To use it, you install it on your computer, then you'll need to use the Google Keyword Search tool to download some CSV files (there's a button toward to the bottom of the keyword search results page). The program will upload them all at once. The bottom panel of the first screen in the program has simple step-by-step instructions for using the program to generate keyword ideas for your next post! PS - as much as we want Google to FIND us, we are … [Read more...]

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Is this a legitimate service or a con? The dish on Private Label Rights.

March 14, 2010

Is PLR Ethical? This video is by Nicole Dean - you can find her (& her PLR site) at Easy PLR (affiliate link). Why I choose PLR from Nicole I have read 10's of PLR sites, and seen hundreds of PLR articles - some for free. I downloaded some googled PLR (probably not a good idea unless you have a very active security program) and it was nearly COMPLETELY unusable. The content was obviously written by someone whose native tongue is not English. And in some cases, I saw content in my research that was obviously PLR re-produced and sold. This is called "Master Rights PLR". Although not … [Read more...]

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Results of Survey

March 6, 2010

Thank you to everyone who participated and sent your comments! Survey Results: 1. What technical/blogging information do you need? over 50% of you said, "I'm a Geek Wannabe - Teach me!" next was "How to do the basics - images, plugins" followed closely by "You can do it for me!" 2. How often do you look for help/answers? 70% said, "Regularly, I'm a 'why' person." 3. Where do you get your answers? Google and Yours Truly were tied for 80% of you (you are such a smart bunch.) 4. How important are the following topics? Writing came in surprisingly low in importance to 90% of … [Read more...]

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5 Steps to a BlogHer-Approved Giveaways Page on WordPress

March 1, 2010

BlogHer Publishing Network has said that Blogs that will be considered for the BlogHer Publishing network must be: ...free of any advertorial or sponsored posts, and compensated product reviews.... And a number of you have been inquiring about providing a separate page without BlogHer ads, on which to post product reviews or giveaways. If you have tried this, you have no doubt seen that it isn't as easy as it sounds! On category pages and searches, and on the front page - the giveaways still show up! And how do you get the ads OFF your special giveaway page anyway? Although this … [Read more...]