In this section you may find some interesting ways to make money that you haven’t thought about yet.
Check them out!

If you missed the first part, then head over to Top 10 Easy Ways to Make Money on Your Blog – Part 1.

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6. Review Blog Posts
   This will require you to review others websites on your blog. You can get paid a lot. Like selling blog links, you must have a high PR. You can earn $10 per review you make on your blog.
   Here are a few top services to consider: ReviewMe, PayU2Blog, SponsoredReviews, PayPerPost and Smorty.

7. Purchase and Install Datafeedr WordPress Plugin
   This excellent script will enable you to add thousands of products with a simple click. The script incorporates them on your blog just like in a store and does all the dirty work for you! All you have to do is kick back, relax, and watch the money pile up.

8. Guest Posting
   Search for other related blogs and exchange links. You need to contact the blog administrator and suggest how to write an article for them that is relevant to their site. In your article, refer to a related posting on your blog by linking to it.

   Try to apply this technique with a number of related blogs and the major search engines will surely appreciate your site and drive more traffic to it. Get your affiliate offer ready at the top of your sidebar. When the new visitors come to your blog, they can see it right away.

9. Sell Banner Ads
   That is another easy way to create income from your blog. First, you can advertise on your blog that you are selling advertising space at your blog. Put up the rate card for each kinds of banner. You could charge the highest rate at the top of your homepage, and less expensive for other locations on your blog like lower part of your blog or the sidebar.

   Second way to make money by selling advertising is to join the advertising network like Adbrite and Doubleclick. This way you can let the advertising network to get more customers for you. And you can focus your time and energy to create more valuable content to your readers so that more visitors come to your blog. Gradually, you can charge more on your advertising space as you have more readerships.

10. Build Your List
    This is the ideal way to earn money from your blog on a long-term basis as it will maintain a substantial amount of income in the long run. You have to create a capture page on your blog that is readily seen by readers.

    You have to attract readers to sign up by offering a free report in your niche market as an incentive. Then you gather the names and emails of interested readers and make a list. This way you can establish a good relationship with your readers and sell them a product at a later date.

    These methods are simple to adopt and there are more ways to make money with blogs. The opportunities are truly growing as blogging has become an excellent way of making money online.

    The best way to create huge income continuously through your blog is by building a huge list. It has been proven again and again by the successful internet marketers.

    They all say that the money is in the list… and the relationship you have built with that list. Probably you have heard that many times already.

    Stop using those hard long and expensive methods to build your list slowly. You can quickly get to your goal by using the smart list building technique. Start doing that today and use the smart list building technique to create your list quickly.

    By applying the new and easy technique, you can get that goal faster than the old and expensive methods. Check out this unique list building method now: Huge List Building Method.

Author Resource:
Frank Lee is the founder of Breakthrough internet marketing.com who helps people like you work smarter, earn faster, and live better using unique Internet Marketing Systems.

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So there you have it: top 10 easy ways to make money on your blog!
Which of these methods have you applied already?
Which ones work best, which ones need some support?
Post your comments or questions below.
Frank may chime in and give you valuable answers.

Top 10 Easy Ways to Make Money on Your Blog – Part 2 is a post from Affordable Internet Marketing, http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com by Case Stevens.

That’s why you really should pay attention to Frank Lee’s guest post below. He wrote a list of the top 10 easy ways to make money blogging.

Frank’s intention is to make you work smarter, earn faster and even live better.

His guest post is exhaustively complete, so I had to split it up in 2 parts. Today I present the first 5 easy ways, the other 5 will follow soon, so keep your eyes open.

I’ll give the floor over to Frank. Here is:

Top 10 Easy Ways to Make Money on Your Blog

Blogging has seen a tremendous surge in popularity over the past couple of years and there are more people blogging now than ever before. Some may not be aware of the fact that blogging can be a lucrative hobby!

I once bumped into an old friend of mine and when I asked him what he has been doing lately, he simply said “I blog”.
It was then when he explained to me why he traded nearly 15 years of his career as a software developer for this latest hobby. Now I know what he meant as I now share the same passion…

I know you have heard about blogging… unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past couple of years!

It’s true that many have tried to make big bucks from writing blogs. Sadly, many have also failed. So you may be wondering what sets the successful bloggers from the rest.

The answer is quite simple; you must enjoy what you are doing and continue honing your skills.

The money will eventually flow in, believe me. As Franklin Roosevelt once said

“Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.”

He said it perfectly, what more can I add? Let me just share my top 10 easy ways on how to make money from the art and science that is called blogging:

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1. Paid Blogging
   This is also called commercial blogging. Simply put, you get paid by writing blog posts on topics provided by advertisers who want exposure for their products and/or services. You can also get hired by a company or site administrator to maintain their blog.

   In most cases, you will get paid per post, but there are those who get paid by the hour to write content. As a rule, the more you post the more traffic you’ll generate and you’ll get higher Page Rank on the major search engines. This means you qualify for higher paying blog posts. In fact, there are some people who are willing to pay as much as $1,000 for a blog post!

2. Google Adsense
   This is perhaps the most common way to generate income from your blog. You can use Google’s AdSense to monetize your blog. This allows you to display ads on your weblog. You earn every time someone clicks on the ads.

   If you go for this option, you have to set up an account with Google AdWords and find a way for them to pay you. No worries, there are available tutorials on Google AdWords that explain in detail how this works.

3. Affiliate Programs
   These are a type of revenue sharing arrangements and are used by Ebay and Amazon. The basic concept is to promote a product on your blog and any sales or referrals you make earn a commission. This is monitored on your affiliate account. It is often overlooked by many but it is actually a great way to make money.

   There are two ways to search for affiliate programs. First is through Affiliate Programs Directories. These are websites which list all the different types of available affiliate programs. Examples of such sites are associateprograms and affiliatefirst.

   The other way is through Pay Per Click Advertisements. When you go to Google and you notice that there are people placing ads on a specific niche, it indicates that there are markets for it so you can conduct a search and determine whether there are affiliate programs that you can join.

4. Online Auctions/Shops
   In case you are selling items on an auction site, you can also create a link to your Ebay auctions. You can generate a lot of traffic to your auctions with this option. You may also set up a blog shop where you can come up with a list of the products that you are selling.

5. Sell Blog Links
   This is common sense, you simply have to sell blog links but it will all rely heavily on your PR, and if you are good at it, you can earn at least $10 to $20 per link every month.

   You can sell blog links to link building companies or to websites running SEO campaigns. There are also plenty of webmasters who are looking to buy blog links on relevant websites with excellent search engine rankings.

Frank Lee is the founder of Breakthrough internet marketing.com who helps people like you work smarter, earn faster, and live better using unique Internet Marketing Systems.

Check out the second part of Top 10 Easy Ways to Make Money on Your Blog as they may contain some interesting ways to make money blogging that you haven’t thought about yet.

Your thoughts?
Post your valuable comments below.

Top 10 Easy Ways to Make Money on Your Blog – Part 1 is a post from Affordable Internet Marketing, http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com by Case Stevens.

The post is written by John Smith, who wants to warn newbies up front in order to avoid failure.
So I’ll let John do the talking.
Enjoy!

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There are hundreds of millions of active blogs online right now.

New blogs are still being created every single day.

Unfortunately, most of these new blogs never make it.

Why?

Because new bloggers commonly make the same mistakes time and time again.

Here are the 11 mistakes I’ve seen new bloggers make.

1. Not knowing what you want to write about
   If you want to attract a loyal base of readers, you have to pick a topic to blog about and stick to it. You can’t be blogging about turtles one day and bicycles the next. You’ll lose readers. By focusing your blog on a particular niche, you attract readers who are interested in this subject and who will stick around as long as you continue writing about it.
2. Copying what everyone else is saying
   Don’t be another “me too” blogger. There is already way too many of those. Say something new. Even if you’re covering the same news and topics, you can find a fresh way to approach them. You don’t always have to share the popular opinion. Be yourself, and let people know what you really think.
3. Using copyrighted images
   Images are a great tool for spicing up a blog post, but you have to make sure you obtain the pictures legally. In other words, don’t just rip them off of someone else’s website or blog. Sign up for a free stock photo website where you can legally get all the images you desire.
4. Not linking out to others
   Linking out to others is especially important for new bloggers. Whenever you send out a link, the other blogger is alerted with a trackback. This puts you on their map, because more times than not, they’ll come check out your post to see what you had to say about them. This increases the chances of getting links back from them, and it could present future guest blogging opportunities.
5. Using the basic template that comes with WordPress
   The simple truth is people judge blogs by their design. The design makes your first impression with new visitors. If you use the basic template that comes with the blog, readers will think you’re new and not to be taken seriously. That isn’t to say you have to get a pricey custom design. There are plenty of great free WordPress themes online. You just have to search for them.
6. Allowing spam comments
   One of the first things you should do is activate the plugins in WordPress that block spam comments. There’s nothing that screams “newbie” like a blog filled with spam comments.
7. Not commenting correctly on other blogs
   Blog commenting can be a powerful strategy for increasing name recognition and driving traffic back to your website. But there’s a right way and a wrong way to comment on other blogs. The wrong way is to leave meaningless comments (e.g. Good post!) or spammy comments (e.g. Come check out my blog!). The right way is to leave comments that actually add value to the conversation.
8. Ignoring the power of guest bloggers
   If you’re trying to get the word out about your new blog, one of the best ways to do it is to bring in some guest bloggers. By letting bloggers who already have a following post on your blog, you can attract readers fast. Sign up on My Blog Guest, and post your guest blogging opportunity. You’ll get a lot of responses from people who are eager to post on and promote your blog.
9. Giving up on blogging too early
   We’ve all seen viral videos that seemingly come out of nowhere to get millions and millions of views. Unfortunately, a lot of new bloggers think that’s how it’s going to be for them. They expect instant success with their blog, and when it doesn’t happen, they give up, writing blogging off as a fad that doesn’t get results.
10. Not proofreading closely enough
    Yes, blogs are a little more casual and laid back than say a newspaper or magazine article, but there is still some level of professionalism that’s expected. You can’t have a blog that’s riddled with misspellings and grammatical errors. It undermines your credibility, and it gives cynical readers ammo to take you down.
11. Trying to do too much too soon
    Blogger’s Burnout is a very real condition. This happens when you try doing too much and you just get tired of dealing with it all. Look, there’s nothing wrong with being passionate about your new blog, but pace yourself. There’s no need to work on it 24/7. If you do, you’ll burn yourself out quickly, killing your blog before it has a chance to grow.

What are some other new blogger mistakes you’d add to this list? Share your favorites by leaving a comment!

John manages the nursing scrubs website NursingUniforms.net, one stop online shop for branded lab coats, scrub tops and all kind of medical uniforms.

11 Mistakes New Bloggers Make is a post from Affordable internet marketing, http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com by Case Stevens.

It’s a logical evolution.
If your blog can generate a lot of traffic, your products and services can reach the whole wide world.

Which is of the utmost importance, because more and more people get access to the Internet and that’s where your potential customers are.

Today, and in the years to come, you can use your blogs for business to promote your products and yourself. Last week, we’ve seen that starting a blog isn’t for everyone, but blogs for business are an outstanding vehicle to run your online ventures.

Let me give you some valuable tips that you can use in your online ventures.

• Try to get valuable backlinks

  You have to generate backlinks in order to promote your blog for business. Instead of the old fashioned link exchanges, your blog posts should allow for contextual back links, naturally weaven into your content.

  Yes, you thus may give away valuable link juice, but you can also expect to get some of it back, especially if your content is great. Linking out attracts the attention of others and if they like what they see, they may send you some traffic in future. Therefore you shouldn’t be afraid to link to valuable resources.

• Use the right keywords.

  Use the free Google keyword tool to discover keywords that are in demand and then check how many competitors you have for these keywords. You can do that by simply entering the keyword into Google, preceded by intitle:”. That will show how many others are targeting that keyword.

  Of course high demand and low competition keywords are the best to target. Take some time to find good ones. That could result in your blogging for business placed among the top search results.

• Keyword density.

  Use your keywords in the title, description, tags and a few times in your content. Experiment with the number of occurrences of keywords in your content.

  I don’t know how often they should occur, but watch the results of the other sites that you’ve found when checking competition. Compare their density with yours. A great tool to do this is the SEO Quake add-on for Firefox that shows you a density overview of each page you investigate right away.

• Post regularly

  Very important if you use blogs for business. There’s no place on the Net for irregular bloggers, so post frequently if you want your efforts to be rewarded.

• Establish reputation
  
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  If your content can grab attention and you post oftentimes, you will be able to build report for your online business and showcase your expertise.

  Don’t make the mistake to post about non-business topics. Your in business! For others it may be a way to share their personal experiences and everyday life. That’s not what you want to do. You need to consider the interests of online researches and your readers.

  That’s another reason why you should post frequently: to avoid that your customers and readers will forget you or your business!

  Stay on track and post interesting facts, tips, tricks, news, faq’s, experiences, testimonials and anything else directly related to your business.

Those are some important tips that you can use for blogging. If you want to blogs for business, use them to learn how to make highly effective blogs.

To make your online venture a success, blogs for business is one of the most effective means.

What are your thoughts?
Is a blog for business important?
Post your comments below.

Blogs For Business is a post from Affordable internet marketing, http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com by Case Stevens.

I know, because I get many comments from people who just started their own blog and want to pass some link juice to it.

First thing I do when checking them out is read the ‘About’ page. In most cases, this page contains the standard WordPress text! They don’t even bother to change it.

Well, it isn’t THAT easy. It really takes some extra effort to start your own blog. And that’s exactly what todays guest post is all about.
It’s written by Melissa Tamura.

Melissa is a content writer and as such connected to the Zen College Life (ZCL), dedicated to life hacking and getting most out of college.

In today’s post Melissa shows her skills and shares her knowledge.
Enjoy!

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To Start Your Own Blog Isn’t for Everyone – 4 Reasons

It’s a pretty common belief that blogging is a simple process and that it’s easy to start your own blog.

However, those who have in the past know that the process is usually anything but simple. It requires time, energy, dedication and a willingness to work regularly. In many ways, blogs become mini (or major) businesses.

If you’ve been thinking to start your own blog, it’s good to keep in mind that blogging is meant for a special breed of people.

To gauge if it’s a good fit for you, check out some reasons that blogging simply isn’t for everyone.

1. Not Everyone Can Write
   You’re probably asking yourself “How hard can blogging be?”
   Well, there’s no doubt that blogging language is much more relaxed than what you would find in a literature book; however, it does require that you know basics of the English language.

   In other words, if you can’t spell (and don’t know how to use spell check, a dictionary and a thesaurus), don’t write a blog.
   If you don’t understand grammar, don’t write a blog.
   And if slang is your preference when writing, don’t write a blog.

   Believe me, your audience will notice every error you make and take pride in embarrassing the keyboard right from under your fingertips.

2. Coming Up with Topics Isn’t Always Easy
   Another misconception of blogging is that coming up with topics is easy.
   If you’re not good at coming up with topics for your blog on a regular basis, blogging may not be for you.

   The trick is that when you come up with topics, they need to be weird, funny, controversial, or image, video and celebrity-driven to draw in and keep your audience. Also, you have to be good at coming up with titles, something that’s not easy for even the pros to do.

3. Sensitivity Isn’t Allowed
   If sticks, stones and words hurt you then don’t even consider to start your own blog.
   As a blogger, you have to be willing to step out of the box, voice your own opinions and be prepared for opposite opinions, or even a little backlash for your ideas.

   Some people like to anonymously show up in blogs and harass the writers. So if you’re not confident in your opinions, you may as well leave them in your brain.

4. Drawing an Audience Takes Work
   You may think that the minute you publish your first post, the audience will come running.
   The truth is, even if you have 1,000 online friends that you fraternize with regularly, you’ll be lucky if 50 show up to read your blog every day.

   What prospective bloggers don’t realize is that individuals who read specific blogs are drawn in by the topics they get to read and discuss. Unfortunately, your friends don’t all have the same interest.

   This means it’s up to you to join chatrooms, forums, social networking site groups and anything else dedicated to your blog’s theme. However, with hard work and lots of word of mouth, you just may be able to draw in the audience that will make your blog a success.

This article was written by Melissa Tamura, who writes on the topic of online engineering degrees   for the Zen College Life Blog. Melissa would love to hear from you at melissatamura@gmail.com

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Case again.
Well, is blogging for you?
Can you start your own blog?
Post your comments below.

Start Your Own Blog Isn’t for Everyone – 4 Reasons is a post from Affordable internet marketing, http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com by Case Stevens.

I’ve just finished reading a guide about starting your own blog and it’s high quality info.

The best part of this blogging guide is, that it’s very detailed.
It’s not just a bunch of pages containing high level theory. It’s not the same stuff everyone else produces.

Nope, this awesome guide, that contains a lot of detailed videos as well, is a great step-by-step guide to starting your own blog and make some income.

When I say step-by-step, I really do mean step-by-step.
That’s what the interested readers told the creators to do when asked what a guide about starting your own blog should contain.

Hence, the guide provides screen shots of every single step plus some videos.
For instance, other guides will say, “Install the All-in-one-SEO pack”!
Well, so does this guide, but then it shows you exactly how to tweak the settings so Google loves your blog!

That’s just an example. Other main topics that are discussed in this great guide are
- Your Chosen Niche,
- Keyword Analysis,
- Installing WordPress, Plugins and Themes,
- Getting Indexed,
- Blog Security,
- Adding Content to your Blog and, of course,
- Making Money.

Even other topics, like getting a domain, buying a domain and hosting and getting the right mindset are discussed

This guide leaves nothing out and you can use it starting your own blog OR for refreshing your on-line business today.

It’s certainly worth checking out, especially since this guide is free!

Get Your Guide Here Now!

You’ll discover:

• The 2-step process you need to choose a proven money-making niche…get it wrong and you’ll never make any money
• The 3 golden rules of keyword analysis…get one rule wrong and ALL your future efforts are wasted
• The exact step-by-step methods to find the best domain name for your blog …99% of bloggers miss this crucial “Search Engine Optimization” step
• How to install WordPress in under 1 minute (as long as you choose the right hosting company)
• Step-by-step guides and images of each ‘must-have’ plugin you must install on your blog (plus all the tweaks necessary – it is not just a matter of installing)
• The 2 steps you need to take to get Google to index your blog…and don’t believe all the hype…they take no more than 10 minutes to complete
• How to prevent your blog from being hacked – follow these 6 tasks that keep 99% of hackers at bay
• How to add pages, posts and images the right way, to pick up Google “link-juice” and without being penalized for duplicate content
• How to write blogs posts so that your visitors think “I like this person, they know what they are talking about. I wonder what else they have to say” …and return time and time again
• How to write a good title for a blog post and why “Here are the top 20 tips for XXXX” is a no-no
• The 5 quickest and easiest ways to start making a blog income…including the step-by-step approach
• How to split your working day into the 3 crucial elements of making money via blogging
• The 3 traits of a successful blogger…do you have them?

You can get your hands on this valuable information right now. All it costs you is an email address.

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After reading, let me know what you think of it.
Post your comments below.

Starting Your Own Blog? Free Guide! is a post from Affordable internet marketing, http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com by Case Stevens.

I won’t do the talking though. Instead, I’ll use this outstanding guest post by Andrew Rondeau.

I met Andrew on the Internet, found his bio impressive and we talked on some occasions and became marketing buddies.

Apart from being a great (online and offline) marketer, Andrew Rondeau also is the author of the free guide “Build Your Own Profitable Blog in 45 Minutes”.
You can grab your complimentary copy at http://www.webuildyourblog.com today and start making a blog income.

That shows that Andrew knows exactly what he’s talking about, so I’ll hand it over to him. Here goes.

How Do I Get People To Read And Comment On My Blog?

You blog at least 3 times a week. Your posts are informative and full of advice.

But you get no comments. Well some comments but no comments that are worth mentioning. No comments that start the engagement, the conversation.

You get comments like “nice post! Thanks” and that’s it.

But what you want is more readers to read your posts and feel keen enough to comment on them.

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Attracting comments comes a long time after getting readers.

I’ve never completed any research but let’s take the mighty ProBlogger.net. Owner, Darren Rowse has over 132,000 RSS subscribers and on average he receives anything between 50 and 200 comments per post. That’s between 0.04 and 0.15% of his RSS subscribers are commenting. Add in the number of visitors he gets who are not RSS subscribed and the percentages are even worse.

Let’s take another popular blogger, Yaro Starak. Yaro has almost 83,000 RSS subscribers. He averages anything between 30 and 150 comments. His percentages range from 0.04 and 0.18. Again very small.

So to get one comment you need quite a lot of visitors/readers.

So how do you get more comments?

Giving a catchy title
Most of the time, we give more attention to the blog content but not to its title.
If prospective ‘commenters’ see a boring title, they assume that the content inside will also be boring and therefore, they certainly won’t comment. Put some effort in and give your blog post a catchy title.

Knowing your readers
Before posting on your blog, you should understand what your readers’ problems are, what they expect from your blog and what questions they might ask.
After deciding all this, start giving possible answers on your blog so that more and more visitors read the whole blog post. By reading the whole blog post they may be more inclined to comment.

Write about your experiences
A lot of my comments come from blog posts where I share my own experiences and failings. Don’t be concerned about sharing your mistakes. We all make them and writing about them makes you more personable and human.

Inviting comments
You may feel that readers will comment only if they feel strongly enough to do so. But this is not absolutely true. It is a fact that if you ask your readers to comment on your blog, they will be more inclined to do so.
The best approach for me is to finish the blog post off with a question. If you don’t ask, you don’t get!

Responding to the existing comments
If someone has commented on your blog, then do not forget to respond to it. In this way, your readers will understand that you always pay attention and you are willing to engage in a conversation with the readers.
If you wish to grow your comments and readership section, then the first thing you should do is to get involved with your readers and pay attention to whatever they have to say.

What are your tips and ideas about getting more comments? Share them in the comments below.

How Do I Get People To Read And Comment On My Blog? is a post from Affordable internet marketing, http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com by Case Stevens.

WordPress is one of the best content management systems available on the Web.
That’s because you only have to learn how WordPress works and that doesn’t require any technical skills.

Anyone can do this in a couple of hours and thus have a great website.

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WordPress is so popular because it is:

• easy to use, whether you’re an Internet beginner or advanced website builder,
• search engine friendly, therefore search engines love WordPress content and index that content fast,
• open source, so WordPress is used by thousands and thousands of developers who add extra features every day,
• therefore highly flexible, there’s always a solution to every desire you may have for your blog.

It’s a breeze to install WordPress and therefore used by many, but still thousands of people don’t know how to do just that. I want to change that, hence this free beginners guide!

In it, you’ll discover:

• How to Install WordPress
• Configuring Your WordPress Blog
• Titles and Descriptions
• Making Permalinks Pretty
• Reading Settings
• WordPress Plugins
• How to Install Contact Forms
• Tracking
• Adding A WordPress Theme
• How to FTP
• Uploading Your Theme
• Configuring widgets
• Configuring Categories
• Posting Content
• Hyper link
• Link Management

The guide also shows you how to get a domain name, pointing that to your host and how to host your website, so beginners find everything to start a great site.

So right-click the link below and select ‘Save Link As’ (Firefox) or ‘Save Target As’ (IExplorer) to download

How To Install WordPress – Free Beginners Guide

Let me know what you think about this guide.
Post your comments below.

How To Install WordPress – Free Beginners Guide is a post from Affordable internet marketing, http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com by Case Stevens.

While I was thinking about writing a post about the topic, Debbie Dragon hit me with a guest post request, sending a contribution about getting more blog readers.
That’s what you’ll find below. I’ll let Debbie do the talking.
Enjoy!

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It’s far easier to set up a blog and write for it than it is to find readers for that blog.

There are hundreds of thousands of blogs who’s only reader is the blog writer – and that’s because most people who set up their blog have very little knowledge about search engine optimization strategies and other methods of finding blog readers.

For beginners or blogs which are not intended to make money – hiring an SEO company can be too expensive. Luckily, there are several methods of increasing your blog traffic that won’t cost you anything more than your time.

Update Your Blog Regularly
A key element to getting your blog indexed by the search engines (and otherwise increase your chances of people searching the internet stumbling across your site in their online journeys) is to provide new content for your blog on a regular basis.

Blogs are typically quicker to get indexed than a traditional website, because the search engines see a blog as providing regularly updated, fresh content.
Post at least twice a week to keep your site updated.

Participate in Blog Carnivals
Part of boosting your internet presence is to receive incoming links to your blog.
Links allow people to click on them and come to your site; and they also play a role in how a search engine determines where to put your site in the search listings when people are searching keywords related to your blog topic.

One method of increasing your blog’s incoming links is to participate in blog carnivals.
Carnivals are similar to an index or table of contents in a magazine or book in that they are a listing of blog articles all on a particular theme containing a link to the full text of each article on the blogger’s own website.
For every blog carnival you participate and get included in, you receive a link to your site.

When people reading the carnival post like the topic of your article, they’ll click the link to read it (therefore giving you a new blog reader); and if you participate on a weekly basis you’ll start to see your blog readership increase due to these new incoming links.

Make Use of Article Directories
Another way to increase incoming links to your site and gain new readers to your blog is to write content that can be published on article directories.

There are thousands of article directories online that allow writers to submit articles on any topic and include an author’s resource box, or byline, which includes a link back to your site.

Each time you publish an article on a directory, you get a new incoming link to your site – and since article directories exist to provide reprintable content for website owners, each time your articles are reprinted on another site you receive another incoming link to your blog.

The most effective way to use article directories is to write articles on topics similar to what you write about on your blog. That way, when people are browsing content to reprint, only sites that are on similar topics as your own will find your articles and want to reprint them.

You get your link on sites with related content (great for SEO) and also increases the chances that readers of the site reprinting your content will click on your link to learn more about you and what you write about.

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Debbie Dragon is a freelance writer providing articles for Trace Media – an SEO New York company specializing in getting websites up, and making sure they perform to their full potential through the use of search engine optimization services.

There you have Debbie’s advice.
What methods do you use to get more blog readers?
Post your comments below.

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So I upgraded immediately (in under 1 minute using the Automatic Upgrade Plugin) and I liked what I saw.

As promised, there’s a completely new interface which I like. Comprehensive and conveniently arranged.

There are a lot of new features and improvements, like writing new posts and commenting right from the dashboard. Heck, you can even re-arrange the dashboard and put your favorite menu parts on top of it.

One of the other new features is automated upgrades, so after upgrading to WordPress 2.7 there’s no need for the extra plugin mentioned above any more. I like that very much.

There’s more, just watch the video below that explains most of it.

And of course Lorelle, the WordPress expert, has more information that you may want to check out.

I urge you to upgrade as soon as possible. It’s very worth while.
Let me know what you think of it.
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WordPress 2.7 Upgrade is a post from Affordable internet marketing, http://www.affordable-internet-marketing.com by Case Stevens.