The Barebone Basics To Professional (Money-Making) Blogging Part 3
[This is part 3 of The Barebone Basics To Professional (Money-Making) Blogging . Previously we talked about finding a blogging niche. This article is about SEO and finding the right domain name.] OPTION 1, A Domain Name Related To Your Niche Last 2006 I conducted an SEO experiment on how fast I could get to number 1 of Search Engine Results for the words “SEO Experiment”. In just 8...
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[This is part 2 of The Barebone Basics To Professional (Money-Making) Blogging . This article is about finding your niche.] (10:38:11 AM) paongpin312: excited na ako magstart hehehehe (I’m excited to start) You need a niche topic – preferably something that is regularly searched by people online. Two years ago, I discovered that people where searching for the keywords “barong...
Read MoreEPIC FAIL: 1000 Dollar Monthly Challenge
The humiliation! Yes I must offer an apology for the long silence on this one. A couple of months ago I boldly declared I’d make $1000 a month. I intended it. I Allowed it to seep to the inner recesses of my mind. I believed I could conjure wealth in some magical gesture. It was a fantastic but not too far-fetched dream. Me, sitting in a pool of money, drinking my summer days in lazy...
Read MoreReflections: The Two Obstacles To Wealth
Have you ever experienced that joyous feeling when you’ve found a lost car or apartment key? That’s how I’ve felt lately – but at a much more enormous, quiet and subtle level. It’s like that scene from Stephen Chow movie “Kung Fu Hustle” when the lead gets beaten up, is bandaged, and suddenly comes out as one big kung fu master that beats the hell out of...
Read MoreMake Money While Keeping Users Happy
After reading UXMag.com and seeing that…”Advertising is your friend,” I decided to look back at Google’s blog Ad placement recommendations: So now I’m figuring out the right balance of user experience and income. It’s an art you know. You gotta decide how much you are willing to give up for advertisers and for your readers. “The advertiser wants to...
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