Archive for April, 2008

The King of professional blogging is probably the Australian blogger Darren Rowse. He's one of the first people to write about professional blogging, as well as running his digital photography school blog, and being seriously involved in b5 media. When he asks a question, people take him seriously. Recently, in response to Seth Godin, Darren wrote a post about whether there is a new breed of bloggers who are blogging primarily for the money, and whether ...

With all the rave about niche blogging and linking only to related sites, bloggers are overlooking a powerful marketing tool. Sure, its great to get targeted niche traffic but some niches are universally appealing to most readers. Some of these universal niches include: Personal Finance, Career, Parenting, Education, Health and Fitness, Self-Improvement. etc. If your blog belong to one of these niches, there's a technique that I call "blurb exchange" that may be useful to promote your blog traffic. What's a blurb? A blurb ...

A couple of weeks ago, I was approached by a blogger whom I greatly respect about a freelance writing position for a software company's blog. I checked out the company and felt that I could do a good job writing for them, so we started our negotiation process. One of the first question that came up was how much do I want (the gig is paid per accepted post). Since I haven't consulted for ...

I have been a loyal user of PayPal for many years. Over the years, I've paid nearly a $1,000 in transaction fees to PayPal. Well, now there's an alternative called Revolution Money Exchange. The key differences between Revolution Money Exchange and PayPal? Revolution Money Exchange doesn't charge you any transaction fee. The only fees you'll ever have to pay is if you request a check or paper statement. On the other hand, PayPal ...

Each month, I will be doing a short review to say thank you to all the readers, contributors, and referrers. Contributors Thank you to the following individuals for contributing content to Blogthority: Paidtwice of I've Paid For This Twice Already... Plonkee of Plonkee Money Top Referrers I am thankful for every visitor sent. Although I can't list all referrers, I'd like to list the top 10 here: My Two Dollars Moolanomy Inside AdSense Quest For Four Pillars The Financial Blogger ProBlogger Being Frugal Gather Little By Little uberdose 2.0 Small ...