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 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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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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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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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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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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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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You know what the g-spot is, don't you? Good for you.

Did you know your paid blog entries can have a g-spot too? No, I'm serious! If you want to write paid reviews without alienating your readers you'll need to find that g-spot, time and time again.

It's not as hard as you think. Follow my 7 Steps and you'll hit that g-spot every t

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