So, you married a slob. The man who once whispered sweet nothings in the shell of your ear now leaves stinky whizzes on the seat of your toilet. Leisurely Sunday morning brunches have turned into post-Saturday belch-fests. And you -- much to your horror -- have discovered what "skidmarks" are all about.

Murder is messy. D

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Would you like to earn money with your blog(s)? Five years ago when I started my first one that's what I told my husband I'd be doing. He didn't believe me. These days, I'm the one laughing (okay, giggling) all the way to the bank.

I'm making $3950 and more doing exactly the same thing blogging that I was doing for free

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Every blogger loves getting comments. Then why do so many of us sabotage our own comment sections and reader good will?

There's an art to running a blog that has a lively conversation going in the comment section. One of the most important tricks: leave comments on your own blog! Unfortunately, new bloggers often think that

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One year ago this month, Lindsay Lohan bought Marilyn Monroe's old apartment which she's since taken to furnishing with all sorts of Monroe memorabilia.

Now LaLo is trying to convince the rest of us that she has something more in common with Marilyn besides generating tabloid fodder, making bad romantic choices and chasing

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Leaving a lengthy comment at someone else's blog isn't always appropriate, particularly if you're intending to call that blogger a fool. A better practice: linking the other blogger's entry from your site and sending them a trackback.

A properly submitted trackback can not only bring you traffic but it can also le

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Ever wonder why some bloggers, who aren't Big Name folks,, still make more money than your? Why newer blogs, or even those with less traffic or lower PR, still out-earn yours? Chances are, it's not the fault of the companies you're signed up with. Maybe you just haven't figured out what advertisers are really lo

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What do you blog about? If you can't answer that succinctly when someone asks, chances are no one else can figure it out, either. But if you want readers to think of your blog as a daily destination -- and especially if you want advertisers to place high-dollar ads on your site, then you'

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As someone who owns and authors multiple blogs, I'm beginning to realize that there's a "saturation level" for both bloggers and readers alike.

I run five (5) blogs now. I can't keep up with all of them. Some take serious thought, some don't. My biggest challenge these days: learning to stick to blogging on the topics that come natur

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A reader recently complained to me that she was so busy writing $7 paid reviews that she didn't have time to actually write well. My response was simple: write fewer reviews and you'll eventually make more on each one. She spent the rest of her day making $7 here and there while I'd made $149 before breakfast. Which just goes to show: if y

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A new company recently hired bloggers to review its new offering of automatically-playing audio and video ads. The lure is that, because the ads begin playing the instant the page loads, bloggers will make even more money than with traditional PPC methods. In fact, they claim the average blogger makes $14 for every 1,000 page loads.

Sounds

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Over the past 5 years I've tried (and ditched) numerous plug-ins claiming they make it easy to incorporate my Amazon.com Associates ID in my blog. They lied.

I don't like having to use the WSIWYG editor in WP, as one plug-in requires. I don't want to create sub-pages listing my Amazon items. I just want to incorporate commission-paying

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It's Sunday. The Cowboys lost. (Sorry if that comes as a surprise.) That doesn't mean you can't take 10 minutes of your time to improve your traffic.

That's all it takes, folks. Ten minutes. Five simple steps. You don't even have to write an entry, just use your time well and you'll see higher traffic -- both short- and long-term --

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Four little girls are dead, murdered by a mother who claimed they were "possessed by demons". Despite contact with numerous government agencies, none of which investigated the reports alluding to Banita Jacks' mental illness, the media blames this tragedy on the lack of supervision of homeschooling families. It's not homeschooling's faul

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Whether it's incoming or outgoing links, the theory is that more is always better. But that's not the reality: what gets linked on your site and what you choose to link to can all help (or harm) your blog's authority in your area of focus. So can the internal links you use. Link wisely and link well to improve your site's traffic, audienc

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A lot of readers hate paid reviews. There's a reason for that: most are awful because they read like they are paid reviews.

I don’t write reviews. I write entries which happen to make me money while keeping readers entertained, advertisers happy and my mortgage (and car payments) paid.

Four steps will help you do the same.

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