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Make Money Blogging

Monday, June 14th, 2010

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.  [...]

SEO Tips for Sports Blogs

Monday, March 15th, 2010

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 [...]

Paid Blog Posts Revealed

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

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 [...]

Is it Necessary to Add Tags to Blog Posts?

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

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.

Bloggers Need to Reveal Compensation

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

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 [...]

Make Money While Blogging

Friday, December 25th, 2009

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 [...]

Optimizing Your WordPress Blog

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

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.

Blogging for Money

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

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

Facebook Up 700%

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

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 [...]

Blog Writing Tips

Friday, May 15th, 2009

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.

How Students can Earn Extra Money Blogging

Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

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.  [...]

Bloggers Need Strong Opinions

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

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 [...]

Most Bloggers Don’t Update

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

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.

Bloggers Across the World

Friday, September 12th, 2008

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)

Blogging Can Pay Off

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

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 [...]