Sunday Section – June 6

Blog of the Week - I'm An Organizing Junkie Love this post: A Great List of Free Printables - includes gifts for the teachers, and organizing tools & lists. For Members Only - New Downloads to Help you Write that BOOK you've been thinking about. View all new downloads for members here. E-Book -o- Matic - tools to write and publish an e-book Book Builder 3 - tools to write and edit a … [Read more...]

Sunday Section

Blog of the Week One of my favorite bloggers, Jaime Chase, of Domesticating in High Heels, previously ChaseNKids has started a new blog - it is in its beginning stages and promises to be great!  She's one of those people that publishes often and consistently (absolutely amazing to me).  She's a published author, beauty pageant queen, Alaska-livin, mental-illness ambassador, and all-around … [Read more...]

Revenue Streams IV – 6 Books for Bloggers to Sell

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 … [Read more...]

Revenue Streams III – Can you Freelance?

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 … [Read more...]

Revenue Streams Part II – Affiliate Marketing

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 … [Read more...]

A neat little FREE Keyword Tool – Good Keywords 3

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 … [Read more...]