Blogs

by Bob Bentz
There are a lot of bloggers out in the blogosphere, but how many of them are really making any money from it?  For most, it’s a hobbie, but while you are working on your hobby, why not make some money from it?
Most bloggers think that making money from a blog is not possible.  [...]

There are a lot of sports bloggers in the blogosphere.  Most write about their favorite team, fantasy sports, or make their opinions known on a subject for which they feel very passionate.  But, few know how to get sports fans to actually find their sites in the first place.  Eric Garguolo gives us some tips [...]

In October, the FTC announced its final revisions on the rules that will affect bloggers that give endorsements
to products.
The FTC has indicated that bloggers that make an endorsement of a product must convey if there is compensation involved for that endorsement.
I think it’s a good rule, but it’s one of those rules that is going [...]

Google’s Matt Cutts talks about the importance, or lack of importance, in putting tags on your blog posts. Is it really worth the time?
I might have just saved you some time on your blogging.

Now, excuse me, I have to add some tags to this post.

Beginning this past month (December 1, 2009), bloggers are required to reveal their relationship with
companies offering swag or cash to endorse its products.
The Federal Trade Commission has the ability to levy fines of up to $11,000 to bloggers that do not reveal their relationships with paid advertisers.
Companies such as Blogsvertise, which acts as a middleman [...]

The amount of blogs on the web today are staggering!  In fact, the last thing we all really need is another blog, but thousands are set up every day.
Often, bloggers are excited to get started, but they soon burn out when they realize that writing a blog requires consistent work and if you don’t update [...]

This video gives a great overview of how to optimize a WordPress blog for the search engines.  It’s a lot of information in 12 minutes, but worth a listen.

Get Clickz writer Anthony Wayne had his article about making money with blogs published in Online Business Watch.

Total minutes spent on Facebook are up 7 times year over year.  In addition, time spent on social networking and blog sites is up 83%!
Total time spent on Facebook is 13.9 billion minutes per month making it the overwhelming # 1 social networking site.  MySpace, which used to dominate this space, is # 2 followed [...]

Lots of blog writing tips available on this web site.
Get Clickz’s Bob Bentz also has written an article about how students blogging for dollars.  With jobs tough to come by this summer, a blog might be the perfect idea for the struggling student.

By Bob Bentz
 
Students Who Need Money: Try Blogging
 
Students need money and there’s never been a better way to get it than by blogging.  Besides, starting a successful

blog is going to teach you business skills far more important than slinging burgers.

 
 
A blogger improves his or her writing skills and learns internet marketing and search engine optimization.  [...]

Lee Odden is the CEO of Top Rank Online Marketing and Top Rank Blog.  I had the pleasure of hearing Lee speak at the Search Engine Strategies Show in New York City this week.  Lee spoke at two sessions that I attended concerning blogging.
Lee suggested that it is best to use blogs on your main [...]

The statistics regarding blogs are astounding! 
According to a Technorati study, there are 133 million blogs.  In fact, 1.5 million blogs were started just last week.
But, of all the blogs, only 5.6% have been updated in the past four months.

Percentage of Online Consumers who:
WRITE BLOGS

USA — 11%
UK — 3
France — 7
Germany — 2
Japan — 12

READ BLOGS

USA — 25%
UK — 10
France — 21
Germany — 10
Japan — 52

COMMENT ON BLOGS

USA — 14%
UK — 4
France — 10
Germany — 4
Japan — 20

(Source — Technographics)

Bloggers have a wealth of opportunities to make money today.  Companies like Blogsvertise and Pay Per Post will actually pay bloggers to write articles.  How do they do it?
Many companies want to increase their search engine rankings and one of the best ways to do this is through inbound links from other sites.  Obtaining links [...]