A “blog,” as you all know, stands for Web log, At its core and most basic, a diary, in case anyone’s asking. But just like everything else in this world, it’s morphed into something else that people need, in this case a very powerful but yet relatively easy to implement — but more importantly, easy to comprehend — online publishing solution.
Which means that never before has it been easier (and I do mean that quite sincerely) for editors to get into publishing online without doing much in the way of creating new content. Through the use of all this new-ish blogging tech and other resources available today, in other words, it’s now relatively simple for a solitary editor to become a productive (and profitable) publisher.
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When trying to sell your writing services, at some point your prospect is going to ask you for “clips” or samples of your work to back up your claim that you not only can indeed write, but write well enough to get paid for it.
If you’re new to the game, you probably don’t have any. Not to worry — we all started somewhere, didn’t we?
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I just spent the better part of the day changing the site’s “theme” design, which took far more time than I thought it would. Which means I couldn’t get around to writing the stuff I was planning on writing today. Sorry about that.
But let’s see if we can salvage something “educational” from today’s experience.
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Busy day (leak in the @#$@#^& basement). So let’s get right to work…
You’re trying to make money with a blog that sucks? More power (and luck) to you. But if you’ve come to the conclusion that not sucking is more likely the path of least resistance towards blog monetization nirvana, Inkthinker Kristen King’s It’s Not You, It’s Me(me): 9 Tips for Making Your Blog Suck is an excellent place to start.
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You may have noticed (but most probably have not): Look up at the site’s menu bar. At the right, you’ll see a menu item labeled Writer’s Resources. Click on it and you’ll find my holding place for, well, writer’s resources.
Ta da!
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These techniques work for all kinds of content you’re working on that you need to pad and “make larger” (books, articles, ebooks, blog posts, etc.). You can add:
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Not to sound too paranoid… but if you think that email message you just sent is safe and secure, think again. Email is notoriously insecure. That’s just the nature of the beast.
Not that there have been no solutions for secure and private email communications. But they’ve usually been on the PITA end of practical for the layperson (as in, heck, if it’s that much trouble to comprehend let alone to implement the few occasions you need it, just print out the darn thing, stick it in an envelope, put a stamp on it and drop it in a mailbox).
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I am not an SEO expert — in fact, I’m batting around the idea of hiring someone to handle it so I can focus on stuff I actually want to futz around with, like writing these posts and developing more useful site content — but we do have to deal with it if we want to get our sites some serious play online.
Note to you freelancers who don’t have websites/blogs, eyes glazing over right now and thinking of moving on: You may want to pay attention. There is a fast-growing demand for freelancers who can pump out keyword optimized online articles and content.
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Yesterday, I introduced you to the AdSense-Deluxe plugin for WordPress that lets you very easily manage and control your blog’s Google AdSense advertisements.
But AdSense surely isn’t the only thing I use it for.
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You may have noticed that the AdSense advertising that usually appears in the middle of these Wordpreneur posts has changed in appearance a tad. Thank my friend William Bontrager for a recent comment he made here on Wordpreneur (more on discovering really useful tips in blog comments).
What you may not have noticed, however, is that the AdSense formatting has changed throughout the blog, in all the posts.
How’d I do that so quickly?
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