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January 4, 2012

We are poised. We truly are. We are ready to handle the influx. We have our new software in place. We have our shop in place. We have our staff in place. We're ready! I'm so excited to begin this new year! I know, its a little disgusting how excited I get. But there's a lot of website owners out there who need help, and we can do it! Not only that - we're NICE about it! :) Also, in a ridiculously well-timed coincidence I just received a check for $62 from an affiliate of mine yesterday. And what did I do to promote them? Nothing except that sidebar ad you see in the … [Read more...]

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How to Add No-Follow to Your Advertiser’s Links

August 19, 2011

Do I have to use no-follow? According to Google Webmaster Guidelines, the answer is "YES". If you are paid or compensated in any way for those links, then yes, you have to use "no-follow". This allows the searches to be more accurate, because they wont incorporate any paid links into their calculations. From the horse's mouth: Buying or selling links that pass PageRank is in violation of Google's Webmaster Guidelines.... Not all paid links violate our guidelines. Buying and selling links is a normal part of the economy of the web when done for advertising purposes, and not for … [Read more...]

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Do you sell links on your website?

January 28, 2011

When you've been blogging for awhile, you'll undoubtedly be approached by PR people wanting to place an ad or link on your website for a fee. What is important to realize is that links going to their site are good for their search engine visibility. And that is fine. However, Google frowns (really gets quite cranky) about non-organic (sold) links that impact their results. So the idea here - always apply 'no-follow' on ads you sell. To do otherwise, could mean a penalty from Google. And for more on this subject, visit the expert - Yoast.com: Link Selling Stupidity. If you are paid … [Read more...]

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10 Tips to Save Time Blogging

December 12, 2010

The best things happen this time of year - my kids perform the cutest song/dance routines, I get to dress them up, the pine needles cover the unvacuumed carpet, and I get to indulge in a little eggnog and grown-up drink as we call it in our house. With a little down-time over the holidays, I also spend more fun-time online; doing a lot of extra reading and commenting. I cruise around getting inspiration for my latest creative attempt, learning new photoshop tutorials, sourcing new recipes for sugar-substitutes. Just because its the holidays doesn't mean your website gets to take a … [Read more...]

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10 Proven Strategies to Increase Traffic

September 27, 2010

For the business person, we put content online to lure you into our web of products and information. For the mom blogger, we put a lot of love and sweat into our writing. And we love, love, love it when people read and comment! But for every popular blog on the web, hundreds more are read by Loyal Mom, and on some days, Loving Grandma. Writing a blog is usually a labor of love. And most of us are really truly surprised how much work it is to keep fresh, well written posts on the front page! For those of us who are hoping to turn our blog world into something more than a monthly … [Read more...]

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Revenue Streams IV – 6 Books for Bloggers to Sell

April 5, 2010

Darren Rowse (a very successful full-time blogger) recommends that you diversify your income streams[1]. In this part IV of our Revenue Streams series[2], we're going to look at how to create and/or sell a product that would benefit your readers. That is the key - Your Readers = Buyers. They deserve the best! And if anybody knows what they need or want - its you! Also, lets not forget that they keep coming back to your website to see what you've written - so your regular readers are the key to what product you can sell. 6 Books a Blogger Could Sell 1. Are you a food blogger? How … [Read more...]

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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...]