Earn money through online: 2010

How to Monetize Your Blog Three Ways

7:47 PM | By kannan

When starting to write a blog for the first time, many people want to know how they can monetize their blog,so that it will make them money. Here are three ways to monetize a blog to start earning money.

STEP:1

The First way of earning money with your blog, if you have a great amount of traffic is to add Google adsense advertisements to your blog. You should see your earnings increase little by little or by leaps and bounds, it all depends on the amount of traffic you have coming to read your blog.
STEP:2
The second way of monetizing your blog is to get involved in affiliate programs such as Click Bank at click Bank dot com. You will need to go and sign up for an account at click Bank, and begin your search for affiliate products in the click Bank marketplace, that are relevant to your blog audience. For example if your blog is about coffee, and your blog audience is consumers who love to drink and purchase different types of coffee. You can do a search at the Click Bank marketplace or what ever affiliate marketplace that you have chose to join, and find different informational products about coffee, then write a blog post about the product, put your affiliate link in your blog post and if someone reads your post clicks your affiliate link and buys the informational product about coffee, you then receive a commission for that purchase, this is another way of earning money with your blog.

STEP:3
The third way to make money with your blog is to sell your own products. For example if you have a crafting blog, and you are already good at knitting, sewing, or creating your own patterns you could create an ebook and sell that how to information to your blog audience or consumers who really want to learn how to knit or sew. This is three ways to earn money with a blog.One must also remain patient in the process of earning money using any or all three methods explained above. Work on getting traffic to your blog while you wait for your earnings to increase. Traffic is key the more traffic you have the more your earnings will increase.

The Mindset of a Blogger – What Traits do You Need in Order to Run a Successful Blog?

7:35 PM | By kannan

f you want to be a successful blogger, you need to have the right mindset. While talent and great content are important, you also need to have a lot of confidence. You need to be confident in not only yourself, but your knowledge about the niche you have chosen and your ability to provide your readers with all the information they need to know about the niche. And, although it may sound contradictory, you need to be discontent as well as confident.

Why?

Because a successful blogger can never be too comfortable with what he or she is doing. The moment you sit back and relax, your blog will go downhill. You shouldn’t just assume that your readers will automatically read everything you write. You need to write every new article as if it’s the most important piece you’ve ever written. A successful blogger is never 100% satisfied with anything he or she creates or writes.

Courage

Courage is also an important attribute. Some people can never do this for a living because they’re too shy or afraid to present their beliefs and ideas to the world. This means you should never hold back because you are afraid of what other people will think. While you should take constructive criticism into consideration, you shouldn’t let it hold you back. The whole point of blogging is to share your views with the world, and holding back undermines the reason(s) people start blogs in the first place.

Thick Skin

You shouldn’t just have courage : you should have thick skin as well. It’s unfortunate, but “trolls” are something we all have to deal with at times. People will go beyond criticism and say mean things just because they can. You need to learn not to take negative and immature comments as personal attacks. Some bloggers don’t get offended at all over trolls and laugh everything off. If you’re the type of person who gets their feelings hurt easily, you’ll either have to learn to not take negative comments seriously or not get into blogging at all.

Motivation

Motivation is another important aspect you need to have. You need to be enthused about your niche and motivated to write about it. There will be times when you experience writer’s block and have trouble maintaining focus. Still, you should try to at least come up with something, or write more than usual once you overcome your block.

You should never settle with the amount of traffic you’re getting. Even if you get thousands of unique hits a day, you need to strive for more. Do whatever it takes to get motivated. For every single day you slack, one of your competitors moves one step ahead. For every reader you disappoint, another blogger will impress. Try your best not to slack and work hard on updating your blog every single day.

Passion

Passion about your niche and blog is very important, as it will keep you going even when you’re running low on motivation. Whenever you think about giving up, think about the reasons why you wanted to be a blogger in the first place. Think about how much knowledge needs to be shared with your readers. If you ever feel burned out on the niche, look for some inspiration that’ll help you get going agai

How to Make More Money by Advertising Online

7:26 PM | By kannan

STEP.1:Drive more traffic.
The more traffic you are driving to your website, the more money you can make. Depending on what type of internet advertising you have decided on can also affect the amount of money you are making. Some places give you money just for simply having impressions, while others require clicks or have the user enroll in a product. No matter which option you have chosen, the more visitors you have, the better your chances are of making more money.

STEP.2:Use more than one type of online advertisement.

Do not go overboard and turn your website into spam, but add a little to it. Make sure that it does not take away from your website. There are ways to setup your site with advertisements where it still looks like a professional website but also has many ads on it. Try to look at other successful websites for help. Also be sure to research the type of online advertisement you are using. Since you are trying to make the largest profit it is a good idea to search through many different places that give you money for advertising, until you find the one that will make you the most.

STEP.3:Start more than one website.

If you have found you have been successful in using one website, try making more. This will give you a much larger income, if the other websites do well too. Try to figure out how much you can handle. You do not want to have too many websites that you lose the quality and gain quantity. This can make it where usual visitors will begin to look for other websites. So if you feel the number of websites you have is too much for you. Try to pick the amount you can handle and continue to work on them. If you still would like to grow, it might be a good idea to look for a partner or someone that can help you maintain your website and all of your internet advertisements.

7 Steps To Start A Blog That Makes Money

7:22 PM | By kannan

1) Choosing Niche Topic
Before you create a blog, you have to choose a niche topic to write. You’re recommended to choose a niche topic that is popular and also your interest topic, so that you can keep writing fresh content non-stop. It’s obviously easy to choose your interest topic, but how we know whether the topic is popular? Ok, now you go to step #2.

2) Keyword Popularity
Keyword popularity means the popularity of the keyword, we have to check whether the topic is really popular and have a lot of people look for the topic. Let’s say you want to start a blog that talks about petrol, so your keyword might be “petrol”.

Google has a keyword tool that allows you to check the popularity of a keyword, it’s a very useful keyword tool before you choose a keyword and topic. By using this keyword tool, you’re able to know whether the keyword is popular or nobody looks for it. If the keyword is popular enough, then go to step #3.

3) Keyword Competition
After you check for keyword popularity, now we have to check the keyword competition. Keyword competition means the keyword is competed by a lot of people, compete the keyword means they want their blog to be appeared in the first page in Google search result with the keyword.

By using the same keyword tool, you can also see the competitor for the keyword in “Advertiser Competition” column. If the rectangular box is full green, that’s mean there are a lot of people compete this keyword.

By using the keyword tool, you’re not able to see the number of competitor, sometimes the rectangular box is full green but the numbers of competitor are low. So, now you open a Google page, type your keyword in the search bar and press enter, you can simply know the numbers of competitor. I advise you to choose a keyword that has less than 500k competitors. Now you can go to step #4.

4) Domain Names
A domain name is one of the factor that Google takes in consideration to rank your blog. Get a short and nice domain name is really hard because all nice domain names have been sold to others. So, you have to try to get a domain name that similar with your keyword. If your niche topic is petrol, then your domain name might be www.petrol.com. If it’s not available, you can simple add a “-” like www.petrol-blog.com, try until you get a nice domain name. Now, go to step #5.

5) Search Engine Optimization
I assume you’ve started and get a name for your blog, so a little search engine optimization skills must be applied to your blog. You can simply read the “SEO Checklist For Beginner” or “SEO Tips” in my category page. At least you have to learn some basic SEO tips and apply it to your blog. Search engine optimization is the key that boost your blog traffics and makes you a lot of money through blogging. Now, we go to the important step #6.

6) Unique Content
After you have set up your blog and do a little bit of basic SEO, you can now build up unique content for your blog. I would say this is the most important step that you must follow. Of course, a blog must has content, if your blog got no content then it’s not called a blog, right? Google likes fresh and unique contents, and your contents are built to help your readers too. Google likes them and definitely Google will gives you a good rank in search engine ranking, that’s mean you can get a lot of organic traffics from search engine if your blog has good rank.

Remember, some of the SEO tips in #5 are used when you creating content too, i.e. keyword optimization or basic HTML coding. Other than that, you can simply download and install a SEO plugin called “All In One SEO Pack“, it helps to improve SEO for your blog too. So, now you can go to the last step #7.

7) Monetization
Let’s say you master all the step #1 to #6, if you don’t know how to monetize your blog, you can’t also make money blogging. So, you have to learn some monetization methods and learn how to make money blogging. If you don’t know them, at least you know Google Adsense, it’s the most common monetization method for blogs and websites. Simply place an adsense ads on your blogs and start make money through your blog.

Conclusion

In this 7 steps to start a blog and make money, some of them have been covered in my previous articles, I’ve combined them and add some new tips for beginner blogger who don’t know how to start a blog that makes money. If you want to start a make money blog too, simply follow all the steps listed above and start make money blogging.

I’ve gone through all the steps above, so that I can share it with you. I don’t make a lot of money like other famous bloggers, but I do make some money through my blog too. So, what are you waiting for?

How to Make Money Online With Advertising

7:17 PM | By kannan

STEP.1:Sell advertising space

If you have your own blog or website, you can make money online by selling advertising space to other website owners and businesses that are trying to bring website traffic to their site. You can create a designated web page that will show your daily, weekly and monthly traffic statistics and create a link to that page by posting it on your home page with words "advertise here," "advertising rates" or something similar.
When you are contacted, negotiate the price that you will charge for the advertisement spot as well as the positioning where the ad will be placed. Before you place the ad, make sure you collect the payment first. It's also not a bad idea to have an advertisement contract with all of the terms and conditions spelled out.

To earn extra cash online, click on the link in my Resources below this article to get paid online.

STEP.2:Run Google AdSense ads on your website or blog

It is very easy to sign up for Google AdSense and become a publisher which will enable you to place Google AdSense ads on your website or blog to earn money. You will simply cut and paste the code that you are provided with in the places where you want the ads to appear. If your website visitors are interested in the ads, they will click on them, generating revenue for you on a pay-per-click basis. This is probably the easiest way to display relevant ads to the content of your website or blog, which will in turn produce the best click-through rates.

In my Resources area below this article, you'll find a link to a profitable online business opportunity.

STEP.3:Advertise affiliate products and get paid

You can sign up for ClickBank.com, LinkShare.com or Commission Junction (CJ.com) and find relevant affiliate offers to the content of your website and promote those affiliate products to your website or blog visitors and earn commission on each sale or lead that you generate. This is also a very easy way to make money online advertising as you would be provided with promotional materials such as: banners, text ads, emails, etc. You can use these resources for the products that you choose to promote on your website or blog.

To earn a steady online income stream, join the opportunity that I listed in my Resources below to make money from home today.

List Of 25 Top Get Paid To Blog Sites

7:12 PM | By kannan

Here is a list of 25 top get paid to blog sites which you can make some quick cash by working with them :

Pay Per Post

BloggingAds
Sponsored Reviews
ReviewMe
Blogitive
Smorty
Buy Blog Reviews
BlogVertise
Social Spark
Link Worth
Loud Launch
Cream Aid
Blogger Wave
Blog To Profit
Weblogs INC
Blog Distributor
Pay U 2 Blog
Contextual-Style
Load Launch
Snap Bomb
In Blog Ads
451 Press
Creative Weblogging
In Blog Ads
Bloggertizer

You’ll need to try them yourself to see which is legitimate and really pays, I believe that you’ve seen most of the paid to blog sites on the list which are legitimate, so it’s not a big deal to give it a try, who knows you can make tons of money from your blog with anyone of them?

INCREASE BLOG TRAFFIC USING BLOG RUSH

7:03 PM | By kannan

BlogRush is a free, quick and easy way for bloggers to increase traffic to their blogs. The best part about BlogRush is that once you set it up, there’s nothing left to do. Sit back and allow BlogRush to increase traffic to your site.Since "BlogRush" is a free service, if you are not satisfied with the traffic results, just remove the widget from your blog.

STEP :1

Go to the "BlogRush" website to set up an account.
STEP: 2
Provide your blog's website address (URL), RSS feed location, and select a category that best matches the category of your blog.

STEP:3
Install the "BlogRush" code on your blog. After providing your blog’s basic information, "BlogRush" generates a code for your account. This unique code must be installed prior to approval.

STEP:4
Wait for approval. The integrity of "BlogRush’s" network is an important factor in receiving targeted traffic. As a result, the folks at "BlogRush" manually inspect each blog before it is approved to join the network. It may take anywhere from 24 to 48 hours before you find out if your blog is approved.

STEP:5
Modify your widget. Once your blog is approved, you have the option to modify the size and color of your widget to match your blog’s design.

STEP:6
Create quality posts and blog post titles. Continue to blog as usual. However, since BlogRush generates traffic to your blog by displaying your blog’s post titles in other widgets across the BlogRush network, the best way to increase traffic and entice visitors to click on your blog’s title is to make your titles captivating and interesting

BEST 5 MONEY MAKING IDEAS

6:21 PM | By kannan

Making Money the Google Cash Way.

Google Cash is a term coined by Chris Carpenter. In his amazing ebook, he teaches you how to start a profitable advertising business by using Google Adwords to promote products to people using the Google search engine. The strategy is simple. You create ads to attract interested people. When they click on your ad you are charged for that click. The visitor is directed to your site where you can sell them your product or someone else's. The advantage is you get to leverage the Google traffic. You can purchase clicks for as low as 5 cents. Lastly, done properly, you can test dozens of different ads and campaigns allowing you to perfect your selling system.

Making tons of money selling someone else's stuff.

Affiliate marketing is the manner in which you market a product for someone else, known as the merchant. In return for providing a qualified buyer, the merchant agrees to pay you a commission. The beauty of this type of business is that you can take advantage of hot products, you can easily create a large cash flow by setting up dozens of small income streams promoting hundreds of products. In other words, the business is scalable. Once you learn to make money selling a product for one merchant, you can reproduce that for another. For this to work, the critical step that you need to master is getting traffic. An absolute master, who I consider the king of the affiliate business is James Martell. He is the author of The Affiliate Marketing Handbook (newly revised for 2005). James has hundreds of income streams and can teach anyone how to promote and sell products for merchants online.

Turn Treasure into Dollars with eBay.

In case this is your first week using the internet, I will briefly explain eBay. They are the world's largest online auction system. People from all over the world, lots of people, using it each and ever day to sell everything from toasters to Hummers. In order to make money on eBay, you research what is selling at the moment, source that product for at great price and then start creating auctions. Of course, that all sounds easy, but the truth is there is a lot of work involved, especially if you have to ship all those products from your house. If you are organized, can research or can use the software to do that research for you, and can negotiate with suppliers than you can really make money with eBay.

Drop Ship It.

The thought of storing boxes and boxes of products at your house may have you running away from eBay. Thank goodness there is something called Drop Shipping. A drop shipper is a wholesaler who will sell you their products at near wholesale prices and ship them directly to your customer. World Wide Brands maintains a directory of wholesaler and drop shipping companies giving you access to over 2 million products to sell on eBay. The good news is that once you have access to your own products, you can now use the first three methods to market them. Do you see the power now? Maybe you used the first two methods to market someone else's product. Now you can get a better profit margin by drop shipping your own products using these same methods.

Write yourself rich.

The first 4 methods involved selling someone else's products for a commission or profit margin. If you want to make the most money, you have to produce and sell your own products. An exceptional item to sell online is information. In particular, ebooks, software, audio and video products have incredible profit margins. But, you think, you have no writing skills. What are you to do? Easy, hire people to do the work for you. This is an amazing way to leverage the skills of someone else. Pretend you have an idea for a new software program. There is a site online called Rent a Coder where you can hire people to work for you. Depending on your product idea, you can get the software coded for $100, $200, maybe even $300. Then the product is yours to resell. You can keep 100% of the profits. You can do the same thing writing a book. Steve Manning offers a free course that will teach you how to write a book in as little as 14 days. I know that sounds to good to be true but it can be done. Most of Steve's students take longer than that on the first book but many admit that they can do it faster by preparing better at the beginning

How To Increase Blog Income

6:17 PM | By kannan

When you sit down to write a blog you cannot not expect to make a decent income unless you do the right things from the start. Sure quality content and good grammar make a huge difference but larger blog income only comes when you have SEO in mind. Onsite SEO tips must be adhered to if you want to make money because search engines are the driver behind the bulk of all blog income. Even if your blog has no subscribers and little return readership you can still make good income if you follow these onsite SEO Tips

STEP:1

   Include in your blog URL keywords which are relevant to the topic of your blog. There are many SEO tips you can find on the web from countless internet marketers but the most important first step in increasing your blog income is to have a descriptive URL. Don't worry, if your blog is still young changing the URL will likely have little effect on search traffic.
STEP:2
   Another very simple onsite SEO tip is to be very descriptive in your blog description. Use your main keyword phrase and multiple supporting and related keywords to drive home what your blog is about. Your blog income will increase notably if search engines understand that your blog is not just about gardening but about "eco-friendly gardening tips". Use as many supporting terms as you can to develop a wide net of relevance. All other onsite SEO tips are based on the search engine understanding what the all encompassing topic of your blog is so this is very important.

STEP:3
   To increasing your blog income your posts need to be titled with specific on-topic keywords which are duplicated throughout the post and supported by many related keywords and phrases. This is another one of the onsite SEO tips which target search engines understanding what your post is about. If they "get it" then they are more likely to send visitors to your blog and display ads which are more relevant for the reader. When the ads are more relevant then the ad click thru rate increases and blog income goes up.

STEP:4
   Format your blog template to feature your main post content as high up in the template as possible. You want search engines to index your post content before any extra widgets or links that you might have on a sidebar. You can still format your template to look professional but you want your post content to be featured first for proper indexing and better SEO.

STEP:5
   Lastly and optionally you may want to edit your template to make your site look fairly boring. It seems counterintuitive but typically aesthetically boring templates typically have more blog income because readers are more prone to leave the site by clicking ads than they are to stay on the pretty site and read the information. If you really want to increase your blog income this is one of the primary SEO tips that will actually encourage your readers to make you more money without actually asking them to do so. Plain blogs with dull fonts amazingly have high blog income

How to choose Affiliate programs

6:10 PM | By kannan

A good affiliate program is a must if you want to make money on the internet. The problem is how do you know if the affiliate program is a good one for you. You see, it could be good for someone else and not be right for you at all.

STEP :1

I didn't know anything when I first starting affiliate marketing, so I made a lot of mistakes that cost me time and money. Hopefully these tips will help you choose good affiliate

One of the first things you need to think about when choosing a good affiliate program is trust. Not only do you need to trust them, but so do your customers? One of the most trusted names online is Amazon, therefore, they would be an excellent choice.

STEP:2
There are a couple of things marketers don't like about Amazon however, and those are: They only have a 24 hour cookie and they don't pay much I think it's like 4%. However, that pay scale raises a bit after you sell so much a month it goes up to 6%-8%. And if you have high end products you will fair better.
Speaking of commissions that's the second thing you need to consider when you're looking for a good affiliate program. Don't choose them just because they pay more, but you do need to take it into consideration. Especially, if both of them are unknowns and it's a toss up as to which one is better then why not go with the one with the higher pay scale. More money is a good thing.

STEP:3
It's also good to compare websites and see which has the best prices and products for your customers. And check out how user friendly the site is nobody's going to stay long on a site that is hard to navigate. As you know the longer someone stays the more likely they are to buy!

STEP:4
One more thing, check and see if they are two tier this means if you refer someone to become an affiliate, you can earn commission every time he/she makes a sale.

Another thing you want to find out is when, how and IF they pay. Good affiliate programs treat their affiliates well and pay them in a timely manner. There are affiliate programs that don't pay their affiliates at all so you need to do your homework. Don't just join because they will accept you.

STEP:5
One of the best places you can do this is in forums, in particular, marketing forums like the Warrior Forum. Veteran marketers know who pays what and how and they will enlighten you if you ask. Usually you can find out what you want to know just by reading the threads.

The Top 10 Internet Scams for 2009

12:38 PM | By kannan

Here are The Top 10 Internet Scams for 2009.

Social Networking Scams:
   A popular scam, which involves messages you receive in your social network inboxes or through chat services like MSN. These messages notify you that you are in a YouTube video or are mentioned on Twitter, with a prompt to click on a link. When you follow the link, your computer gets compromised with a virus, spyware program, or other malicious software. Dating scams, hacked accounts and supposed old friends asking for money because they are in trouble are the most popular forms of social networking scams.
Work from Home and Job Scams:
   These scams have been around for years, but as unemployment levels rise, they are likely to gain in volume. Many work from home scams involve asking you for money upfront to cover either a start-up fee, the cost of training, or supplies and materials. Remember however, legitimate jobs should pay you, not the other way around.
Holiday Scams:
   Scammers love this one. They offer great deals on flights and vacation packages. In the end, victims pay and never get the vacation or their money back for that matter. Only trust authentic holiday companies like Contiki Tours.
Economy-related Scams:
   Loan and debt consolidation scams have been increasing throughout 2008 to 2009. These types of scams include repossession assistance and unemployment insurance.
Auction and Classified Ad Scams:
   Scammers use local online classified ads, like Kijiji.ca and Craigslist.ca, to find their victims. This scam varies, with one version offering a product they don’t actually have, which means you pay and never see the product. Another version involves scammers responding to sellers with an offer to buy whatever is up for sale. They then send the seller a cheque for a larger amount than what was asked for, and later persuade them to send the extra money back to them or a friend. Low and behold, the seller finds out the cheque is a fake only after they’ve refunded the money.
Fake Websites:
   Common ways criminals attract you to their fake sites include: phishing, domain hi-jacking and posting in forums. These fraudsters posing as online retailers, offer bargains or impossible to find items, to attract victims. They simply set up a website for a brief period, and then shut it down, only to launch a new site and do it all over again.
ID Theft and Phishing:
   The market for financial data on individuals is huge. Criminals try to steal your personal information using different techniques, including phishing, social networks, telesales, hacking into websites, and setting up fake websites. If you don’t want your ID stolen, then don’t share unnecessary personal data online. If a site insists on knowing your date of birth or postal code, consider using fake information unless it’s a trusted site.
e-Ticket Scams:
   Criminals are producing counterfeit tickets for concerts, festivals, football games, and other events. They sell them online through auction sites, classified ads, or by setting up their own website. To save yourself the agony of being scammed, only purchase tickets from respected dealers like Ticketmaster.ca.
Viruses and Spyware:
   You can’t get away from these it seems, whether opening an email, visiting a website, or downloading software. Unfortunately, it is impossible to know if you are visiting an infected website. The only way to battle this is to be prepared by backing up your data and regularly scanning your computer using a good, up-to-date anti-virus and malware program.
Nigerian Scams:
   These scams have been around for what seems like forever. Why? People continue to fall for them. There might be a thousand variations yet they are all basically the same. They offer you a large sum of money, but in order to receive it you have to pay a fee in advance. One word, DON’T!

FREE BLOG MARKETING TIPS

11:16 AM | By kannan

If you have absolutely no money – but tons of ambition and patience — you’re going to have to use free methods. But, which ones? You’re going to have to do double and triple duty. As in, use more than one free method.

I opt for article marketing, guest posting, and social bookmarking and networking. This is in addition to updating your blog on a regular basis, of course. Following is a brief overview of why I chose each one.

Article Marketing

What do people search for when they go online? Information. And, a lot of it comes from informative articles that “experts” like you write. By putting your articles in an article bank, you allow it to be distributed far and wide.

Guest Posting

Again, you’re getting double bang for your buck here. By being featured on heavily trafficked and/or popular blogs in your niche, you not only gain a new audience, you gain credibility, trust, professionalism, know-it-allness, etc.

I’ve been featured on some of the largest freelance writing sites on the web and have gained not only search engine juice from these posts, but new subscribers who’d never heard of me before.

Social Bookmarking and Networking

As much as I try not to like this – because I’m way to busy to do it to any large degree – it just works. MySpace has 122 million users – and it’s growing more every day.

Even garnering a tiny, tiny fraction of this traffic can mean success if you have the right product/service and gain a following on a site like this (or Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, StumbleUpon, LinkedIn, etc.). Ignore this form of marketing at your own peril.

There are other free methods you can use, but I chose these because they all give you an immediate double bang, shot in the arm, for your efforts.

BEST BLOGGING TIPS

11:04 AM | By kannan

Blogging Tip #1: Post Regularly. Readers will be more likely to follow your blog if you have a regular posting schedule. Post weekly, post bi-monthly, post monthly — it doesn’t matter what it is (although it should be at least once a week in my opinion) — but stick to a schedule.

Blogging Tip #2: Use Plugins. Plugins like “relevant posts”, “most popular posts” and “recent posts” make your blog more sticky because they encourage readers to hang around longer. The longer a visitor is on your blog, the better chance you have of converting them into a customer. And that, remember, is the goal when you’re in business.

Blogging Tip #3: Post from Experience. I like first-hand information. In fact, many web surfers are looking for this type of info. It’s no coincidence that “how to” information is the number one selling product on the web. Most of it comes from first-hand information.

So use case studies, write in the first person (eg, use “I”), tell your readers how you solved a particular problem, etc. I sell a lot of ebooks by doing just this. It lets readers know that you know what you’re talking about; hence, you become an authority voice in your niche.

Blogging Tip #4: Niche It. Speaking of niche – clearly define who your audience is and speak to them – and only them – directly. You will get ancillary customers/clients/readers as a matter of course. BUT, you should always blog with your core audience in mind.

Blogging Tip #5: Comment on Other Popular Blogs in Your Niche. Make relevant posts on other authority blogs in your niche. The key word here is r-e-l-e-v-a-n-t.

Blogging Tip #6: Write Well. Make your post long, make it short, make it mid-length, but by all means, write well. This cannot be taken for granted. I don’t care how salient your post is, if it’s poorly written, you will not be taken seriously. In fact, you can even damage your online reputation.

It’s probably no coincidence that the alphabet and sentence construction are among the first things we learn in school. It’s the foundation of communication — so don’t waste it; use it.

Blogging Tip #7: Market Your Blog. Don’t post it and forget it. This is your chance to use sexy marketing like social networking. Market your posts on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, etc.

Remember, once you start with social networking though, you have to engage with those communities. So when you start to incorporate social networking into your blog marketing, do it with this in mind.

Blogging Tip #8: Use a Clean Design. A blog doesn’t have to have all the latest gadgets to be effective. A simple, clean design – with good content – will compete with the flashiest design every time. Simplicity rocks!

Blogging Tip #9: Personalize Your Blog. Inject some personality. Let YOU come through!

Blogging Tip #10: Don’t Give Up. Blogging is tedious, boring, monotonous and downright draining at times. Once you’ve blogged for a while, there will be days when you just want to chuck it in favor of something more exciting.

paid blogging

3:55 PM | By kannan

Paid blogging is one of the most convenient and easy ways to earn some additional income online. There is a vibrant community of bloggers and there are hundreds of blogging networks that pay you for every article, review, or post you write for them. The bloggers are basically getting paid for writing the articles, opinions and reviews of the advertisers’ websites, products and services.

To earn a good reputation as a blogger, you need to be consistent and a good writer. Paid blogging is also known as pay per Post.

From the advertiser’s standpoint, it’s meant to generate traffic and back links to their websites. The blogs’ back links have proved to be one of the best links for search rankings in Google.

Some of the blogging networks have some limitations on the posts. You can produce 2-3 paid posts per day. This limitation also affects your earnings, but through paid blogging and posting you can earn up to $100 to $500 per month from each blog. Some of the blogging sites allow you to earn even more.

There are a lot of self-service marketplaces on the internet that allow you to get paid to blog about the services and products of the blog networks advertisers. Some of the blogging networks allow the advertisers to choose which bloggers they want to write for them. And here is the list of paid blogging networks.

1. www.payperpost.com

2. www.smorty.com

3. www.weblogs.com

POPULAR 8 MONEY SCAMS

9:46 PM | By kannan

There are no new scams -- just new suckers. Scam artists add new spins to age-old scams and go in search of victims. Yesterday's snake-oil salesmen are today's e-mail hucksters for nutritional supplements.

Only today, these shysters don't personally swoop down on small towns with loud, rapid-fire, slick pitches. They slither through dial-up and cable connections and crouch in your e-mail inbox, on Web sites, or attack by telephone, disguising their identities behind nameless, faceless modern technology.

Don't get sucked in. By learning the eight basic scam types, you will be able to spot any scam -- no matter what new spin it's given by clever con artists.

Advance fee scams
Advance fee scams are easy to spot: You pay a fee in advance for receiving a credit card, loan or scholarship. In return, you get nothing valuable -- either the scammer disappears or you get a bunch of worthless junk.
For example, one reader called to tell us about an advance-fee credit card scam that had tricked her. She paid a fee in advance to receive a new credit card. What she got was a list of banks that have credit cards -- all for the hefty price of $198. You should never pay in advance for a credit card. Even credit cards that have a fee will include the fee in your first billing cycle -- after you have received the card. (To compare fees and rates on credit cards, try MSN Money's Credit Card Analyzer.)

Searching for a loan may lead you down a similar path. Recently, the Federal Trade Commission spotted several fake loan ads. The ads look real and even use the logos of real banks and credit unions. But the phone number in the ad will lead you to an imposter on a cell phone who asks for your personal information, tells you where to wire money for a fee, then disappears -- stealing your cash and identity.

You should also be wary of offers for scholarship searches that require paying an upfront fee. You can find most of this information yourself -- also for free. Ask your local librarian or school counselor for help in researching scholarships.

The prize that will cost you
It should go without saying that if you get an e-mail saying you won something -- and you didn't enter -- you should just delete it. This is a common scam.

Here's how it works: The e-mail says you've won, but to receive your lottery winnings or whatever the prize is, first you must pay the taxes or a handling fee. You hand over your cash and you never hear from this person again. Or, you are told you won a hotel or resort stay, but in order to use your prize, you have to pay for your own airline ticket -- booked through the agency that is awarding you the "prize." The ticket price will be inflated to cover the cost of the hotel.

If you didn't enter anything, you didn't win anything. And even if you did enter, taxes go to the government, not to the organization running the contest.

Also, do not give out personal information such as your Social Security number or bank account number to anyone to claim a prize. They're just trying to steal your identity.

Be wise about online auctions
There are several things to be careful of when bargain-shopping online. Even a noodle-brain can research an item quickly and discover its worth. If you find an item priced far too low, it may be a scam -- a fake item, a stolen item, an item in really bad condition or something you will pay for and never receive. This is especially important in online auctions, where the pressure may be high as the bidding reaches the closing time.

Never agree to pay by cash or money order -- these methods of payment are untraceable and offer you no protection. You may also want to be wary of escrow companies because they are easily faked. In the best scenario, an escrow company takes your payment and holds it until the seller sends you the item. However, auction scammers have set up Web sites for fake escrow companies. This means you send the escrow company the money and you never get anything in return.

When paying for an item in an online auction, you should pay with a credit card if possible.

And no matter how great a bargain it may seem to be, never buy anything online from someone who approaches you through instant messaging or e-mail. Often, what happens is the contact person will tell you they have the item you are bidding on and will sell it to you for less. They may even lead you to fake Web sites they set up. By registering on the site, you provide them with all the information they need to steal your identity -- and of course, you never receive the items you paid for at their site.

To stay safe, only shop sites you know and trust.

Watch for jobs and employment cons
There are several types of employment scams. The most notorious tricks include being recruited for an illegal job, identity theft through job applications and bogus employment fees.

Fraudulent job opportunities often involve work-at-home offers. One of the newest appearing on job boards is the "reshipper." You are offered a good salary for receiving packages at your house and reshipping them overseas. The scam has several complicated layers, but basically, you pay out-of-pocket to ship the packages overseas, you get paid with a fake check and the packages were paid for with stolen and fake credit cards.

An added hit to this scam: The information you provided in your job application made you a victim of identity theft. The scammers then use your information to apply for credit cards to buy more merchandise.

Other scammers don't bother to create the elaborate reshipping scheme -- they just tell you that you got whatever fake job they posted, then request your personal information "for the human resources department" and use it to steal your identity.

While hunting for a job, you may encounter someone who promises you a job, but only if you will pay a fee for processing, administration or uniforms. Steer clear of these people, even if they promise you a money-back guarantee. Use employment services that charge the employer -- not the potential employee. Don't pay fees for uniforms. If you must pay for a uniform, ask that it be taken out of your first paycheck.

If you do decide to pay a company to help you find a job, ask for all details of its services in writing before you agree to anything. Some companies may promise jobs, but just deliver a stale list of job openings they found in newspapers or online.

Ignore offers that promise insider information for federal government jobs. All federal government jobs are announced to the public, and your local library can help you find the listings.

Get rich quick! and other bamboozles
When people are down on their luck, they may turn to get-rich-quick or money-making schemes. Somehow the scammers make old scams, such as the Nigerian scam and pyramid schemes, seem like plausible ways for you to make a lot of cash in a hurry.

You've probably been courted by the Nigerian scam, also known as the 419 scam (named after the section of the law pertaining to it). It comes in e-mail or letter form and may start, "Dear Sir, I got your information from a confidential source. . ." The letter then goes on to tell you a story of a huge amount of money hidden overseas that the writer of the letter wants to put in your bank account. In return, he promises you a big cut of the cash.

Long story short: Any checks you receive from this person will be fake. The con will ask you to keep part of the money and send him the difference. Shortly after you send him the difference by mail or wire, his check bounces and you owe the total amount to your bank. Warning: Sometimes, people are told by their banks that the check has cleared, so they wire the difference to the Nigerian scammer. But don't be too sure: The scammers sometimes forge a cashier's check, which fools the bank into prematurely reporting the check as "cleared." Once the forgery is discovered, the bank will try to hold you liable.

Secrets of pyramid schemes
Like the Nigerian scam, pyramid schemes seem like a fast way to make a lot of money.

If you've never heard of pyramid schemes, here's how they work: One person convinces several people to join a club or business. The only way to make money is to get more people to sign up, too.

For example, certain groups that call themselves "gift parties" require that everyone who joins donate $4,000. All the cash goes to the person who is at the "top." You are told that as soon she has received a certain amount of money, she will step down and nominate the next person to be on top.

While these schemes seem like an easy way to make cash, inevitably, the only person to make money is the one at the top -- who usually gets busted or blows town before the group figures out that the math doesn't work.

The old axiom is true. If it's an easy way to make money, it's probably illegal, a scam or just a really bad idea.

Bypass the bogus charity
No one wants to be the bad guy -- the selfish lout who can't spare a little change for the orphans of Sept. 11 or children who are cancer patients. But that doesn't mean you have to be a sucker. If you want to give to charity, by all means, give away -- but check out the charity first.

Never give payment information to anyone calling or e-mailing you, claiming to be with a charity. Ask them to send you paperwork on their organization. Then research the organization online and with the Better Business Bureau to make sure it's legitimate -- and that you've got the right contact information. For example, an e-mail circulated in 2001 claimed to be from the Red Cross. It said it was raising money for victims of Sept. 11. While the Red Cross is a legitimate charity, the e-mail led people to a Web site set up by con artists.

If the charity representative pressures you to give immediately, get even more suspicious. Legitimate charities withstand scrutiny, and never hesitate to prove they are who they say they are.
Keep your eye on identity theft
Identity theft is not new, but it is on the rise, running rampant over the Web at breakneck speed. The thieves need only a few elements to victimize you -- usually, your name and Social Security number will do. Obtaining this information is often intertwined with other crimes -- advance fee scams and bogus job offers among them.

The name for this scam is "phishing" -- as in fishing for your information but with a "ph" as in "phony."

Almost any scam can be sprinkled with a smattering of identity theft -- advance fee scams, fraud jobs and online auctions included. All it takes to become a victim of identity theft is a leak of your personal information. Your garbage may be targeted. (That's why you should shred anything that has your account numbers, Social Security number or that says you are "pre-approved" for credit -- before you throw it away.)

Telemarketers and e-mail spammers may attack you under the guise of protecting your accounts, auction transactions and credit cards. Some even pretend to be law enforcement or government agents.

If anyone from any company you do business with or that claims to be a representative of a government agency (like the police or FDIC) demands your personal information or an immediate payment for any reason, ask for a number and tell them you will call them back. Then get the number from a different source (bank statements, credit card statements or the phone book) and ask if the call was for real. Four bazillion dollars says it wasn't.

If this bet is wrong and there is some particularly friendly company making these sorts of calls, it won't mind if you say you need to call back.

Remember that clever phishing con artists are always looking for a new angle -- they may say they are from various different companies or agencies. Don't get caught off guard.

Products that are too good to be true
If it seems too good to be true, it probably is. Remember that a con artist makes a career of using excuses and explanations to lead you away from your common sense. When dealing with your money and personal information, never allow yourself to be rushed, threatened or persuaded against your judgment.

Don't believe offers that claim to have found a way around the law -- like reasons you don't have to pay your bills or taxes, promises to clean up your credit history or claims that you can get a new Social Security number or a new driver's license if yours was revoked. And claims of "miracle diets or pills" that can enhance your features or help you lose weight should be regarded with skepticism at best.

Keep in mind that offers that are too good to be true aren't confined to the Internet or telemarketers. They can also be found in mail offers, the ads in the back of magazines and in brick-and-mortar stores. Stay vigilant and trust your gut.

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