Monday, July 14, 2003
Donation Buttons/ Tipping Jars:...
...How to install them on your blog. If you really want to make money blogging you need to install a donation or tipping jar. I recently added a donation button to my blog The Path to Ireland. I doubt I will get any donations from it but I also put one on my other website where there is a chance...
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Sunday, July 13, 2003
"Bush Lies, Soldiers Die"
That's a new bumper sticker you can order on the web. Not into bumper stickers? Here's something free you can do: Wolf Blitzer has a poll on his CNN website. The question is: Should Congress launch a formal inquiry into President Bush's handling of Iraq intelligence? To participate in this poll...
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Saturday, July 12, 2003
Blogging traffic
For the Blogger, Traffic is King is the title of a recent article in the NY Times about ways to increase traffic to your blog. There's some interesting stuff here including a reference to a website called Popdex which I'm on my way to check out. Here's an excerpt: "As most bloggers know, it's better...
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Friday, July 11, 2003
BN PAYDAY
I received a Paypal payment this week - my biggest ever month of BN earnings. I received $26. and I forget how many cents. As an old time blogger here (more than three months!) I still pay at the rate of $2.99 so that makes $23 profit. Not bad.
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Thursday, July 10, 2003
Marketing Your Blog
Blogging Network does some marketing of our blogs. For example, I believe that they submit our updated blogs to weblogs.com. But in the outside world of blogs marketing your blog is critically important This site gives tips and links to assist you in marketing your blog. Excerpt below: "Submitting...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2003
ANOTHER BLOGGER RAKING IN THE BUCKS
Here's another blogger who is making some money off his blog: The Bleat, James Lileks Excerpt below: "Okay, here’s the latest on The Situation. The Prof over at Instapundit did the damnedest thing: he suggested folks wander over and drop a buck or two in the tipjar. The results were astonishing. It...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2003
DEAR ABBY ON BLOGGING
Dear Abby received her first blogging question recently. The question is below and below the question, a link to Abby’s answer. DEAR ABBY: I am a 14-year-old girl about to start my freshman year in high school. Most of my friends (including myself) have Web logs -- or "blogs." Blogs are online...
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SUMS UP BLOGGING PRETTY WELL...
This cartoon This cartoon, entitled Blogger's Cycle sums up the blogging experience pretty well. (For BN just substitute earnings for the tip jar.)
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Monday, July 7, 2003
Martha Stewart: Blogger
Found two blogs from Martha Stewart today. Here's an excerpt from the first one entitled Martha's Blog: "6:50 am. Have to pick out an outfit that is contrite enough, yet says power for my day in court. Can't be too powerful or crisp, don't want to alienate my supporters. Still, have to dress for...
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Sunday, July 6, 2003
A SONG ABOUT BLOGGING
Today I found the first ever song about blogging. Haven't heard it on the radio, eh? I don't think it's been picked up by a record company yet but the lyrics are something we can all relate to. Here is how the songwriter describes it: "It relays the epic saga of a lonely every blogger who dreams of...
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