Bee… dogs?!
For my wonderful girlfriend: Beedogs.com is the premier online repository for pictures of dogs in bee costumes. The rest of you might find this amusing, too.
Amateur Blogging Series: Getting Started I
In our previous article, we looked at the basics. What is blogging, and the very basics of getting started. This session, we’ll discuss how to choose the right blogging software.
Why is Choosing a Software so Important?
Choosing the right blogging software is, quite possibaly, the most important step in blogging. If you choose the wrong software, you may find yourself limited in functionality, and unable to implement future ideas. Choosing the software that is right for you is of paramount importance. It must be functional, support the things you want in a blog and, ultimately, mesh well with your ideas.
Implementing GTD in Mozilla Thunderbird
Getting Things Done, or GTD, is not a new concept. For a couple of years, now, people have been writing about new and different ways to implement David Allen’s “Getting Things Done” system. As per my usual “new approach to old ideas” penchant, I’ve come up with a way to implement GTD in Mozilla’s Thunderbird e-mail client. Here’s a little how-to, to get you started.
Amateur Blogging Series: What is Blogging
Welcome to the first edition of the Amateur Blogging series. In this series, I hope to take a look at blogging – from the ground up – from a non-professional blogger’s point of view. It’s no secret that I’ve monetized my blog, and I will cover that in this series; however, while I am attempting to make a few bucks, it’s not my reason for blogging. Most professional bloggers will argue that they don’t blog, just to make money. I call bullshit on that comment, right now.
Let’s face it, folks. Every professional blogger out there is in this for the money. If the income stream suddenly dried up for one of their niche blogs, I seriously doubt they’d keep it going. In fact, I wager it would be closed down, and fairly rapidly, too. So, you’re asking, what’s the point of this series? Simple… We all want to have a good blog, with a lot of traffic, a lot of readers, and possibally make a few bucks on the side. I’m writing this series to attempt to bring you some insight into the world of amateur blogging. I’ll be concentrating on posting, building traffic, and – of course – monetizing with a non-heavy-handed approach.
Chitika Revenue has Dropped
In looking at my Chitika reports, today, I can say without a doubt that Chitika earnings have taken a dramatic impact. While Chitika Terms of Service prohibit a publisher from discussing cost-per-click (CPC), click-through-rate (CTR), or cost-per-thousand (eCPM), I can definitively say that my earnings from recent days have shown a dramatic drop in the payout.
The Next New Tenant…
It’s that time, folks… It’s time for the next new tenant from Rent My Blog. This week we have the GreatNexus Webmaster Blog. GreatNexus is yet another blog that is on my ever-growing feed reading list. Featuring articles, tips, and tricks about SEO, blogging, design and usability, promotion, and general webmastering, GreatNexus is a definite read for webmasters. Go give them a visit, huh? You might enjoy it, and learn a little something. (Personally, I love the post on being a traffic whore.)
Has the Blogger Dissappeared?
Nope. I’m still around.
I apologize for my lack of posting, the past few days… I try to normally stick to a frequency of at least one post per day, preferably more. In the future, I’ll be setting up a bookmarklet and a linkblog (or “asides,” as they are called in the WordPress community), so even when I’m a little light on the full posts, you’ll get the random links I run into. I’m also thinking about adding my del.icio.us links to the blog. I currently have them in my feed, but I know that several of my readers do not subscribe.
Return of the Dolphin…
Dolphin returns to my blog, today (I’ve recently started reading his feed), with a particularly interesting mention of that church under attack from the IRS.
Essentially, Dolphin wants to know (and for that matter, so do I), where the right-wing outrage is over this little occurence. See, during the lead-up to the election(s), especially the 2004 election, churches were outright endorsing President Bush, and quoting freedom of religion (and in some cases, of the press) against anyone who tried to tell them they could not legall remain a non-profit religious organization and support a candidate. The hubub died down. Now, when a church makes a sermon against the war, then get their charter revoked. Speaking out against war is a heck of a lot less politically charged than directly endorsing a specific candidate, and yet… yet it’s somehow worse.
The Amateur Blogging Series Cometh…
The past several weeks, I’ve been mentioning here and there about a series on how to be an amateur blogger (vs. professional blogger). I’m going to start writing and releasing that series, this week. Consider it my holiday gift to you (okay, that and several hours spent shopping Chitika’s keywords for the lowest-price, best-looking jewlery).
I’m not going to put anything up until later on, this week; but for now, I’ll give you a taste of what I’m doing by showing you my outline. Keep in mind, this is rough, and may change over time, but at least you’ll know about what to expect. Stay tuned for the full series!
General outline:
Are Chitika Ads Misleading Your Readers?
I was browsing my own site, the other day, and came across an anomoly on a Chitika Minimalls ad. It seems the “Best Deal at ____” on the description tag may not actually be the best deal. On the ad in question (an XBOX ad), DELL was listed as the best deal on the description tag. The actual lowest price (on the “best deals” tab) was at amazon.com, by a difference of almost thirty dollars. I was astounded.
I immediately e-mailed Chitika customer support.
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