Traffic Building

Start Your Month Off By Looking at Last Month: Traffic & Profits

June 1, 2007 Advertising

I’m always excited when a month comes to a close because it presents me with the opportunity to look back at what happened last month. This is especially important because I have the opportunity to see how I’m doing in attaining my goals for my sites. In particular, I’m most interested in traffic and financial [...]

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Are You In Wikipedia?

May 14, 2007 Blogging

I am! I actually expected to be in the online encyclopedia for something else, but I guess I’ll take what I can get. It seems that someone felt that my post, the Real 2008 Political Internet Sensation: Ron Paul, about how Ron Paul is making strides in the 2008 Presidential Election by grassroots online support, [...]

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How to Support Your Fellow Bloggers & Favorite Websites

May 8, 2007 Ad Networks

I found an article through Kevin at BloggingTips about how to support your favorite bloggers. This article covered quite a few great points and I thought I’d go into 2 of them with some more detail. Both of the steps I mention can really make a difference for your favorite sites, and spreading the word [...]

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The Proliferation of Blogs About Nothing aka The Vicious Cycle of Blogs About Making Money Online

May 6, 2007 Blogging

We’ve all seen them . . . new blogs with ads at every turn, with nothing to say other then “I make money online” and “I blog about my blog.” Typically, when I come across a site like this I leave and do not return. I realize that these sites offer nothing useful to me [...]

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Mega List of Ping Services for Your Blog: How to Let People Know About Your Latest Blog Update

May 2, 2007 Blogging

Spreading the word about your latest blog entry is as easy as pinging a few update services. Most blogs allow you to add different update services (ping sites) to notify. I thought it might be userful to put out a list of the update services I’m currently pinging. If you’re interested in adding any or [...]

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Don’t Forget – 50% of Blogging Success is Building Connections with Others

April 26, 2007 Blogging

Sometimes people ask me why their blog isn’t growing as fast as they’d like it to, and I usually ask what they are doing to build an audience. Most of the time, the answer I get is “I’m writing good posts” and “I try to do it regularly.” While this is important, I’ll venture to [...]

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