New Design for Weblog Labs
No need to adjust your monitor- you’re looking at the brand new design of Weblog Labs! Yes, this is what we’ve been up to all this time. We’re about to roll out some gorgeous (and free!) Wordpress themes, so do check back in a couple of days for that.
In the meantime, we’re still ironing out the kinks on this new design. Let me know what you think.
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Women Bloggers of the World
I’m a woman blogger, but being halfway across the world, didn’t get to attend the BlogHer Conference, which was held this year from July 27th - 29th in Chicago. Nevertheless, I’ve been enjoying reading all about the goings-on at the conference by those who were there: keep reading »
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A Bigger Online Audience
Online marketers are rejoicing over at Pronet Advertising, where they’ve announced that our online audience is growing, and tv audience shrinking. As someone who prefers to be online than in front of the boob tube, this comes as no surprise to me.
Also, so many of us bloggers suffer from blank screen syndrome. SEOBook has some tips on coming up with unique content for your blog.
“Dot Com Mogul” John Chow features the RSS Feed Footer Wordpress Plugin- which, if you’re a blogger on Wordpress, you should really be using. I’ll be installing it here in a few minutes as well.
Hope you’re having a great Sunday!
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Six Apart and Automattic
Read/Write Web has posted a very interesting look at two Blog Platform companies: Six Apart (Movable Type, LiveJournal, Vox) and Automattic (Wordpress, Wordpress.com).
If you’re a beginning blogger trying to decide which platform choose- even if you’ve been blogging for some time- this is worth a look. Well-written and concise, the article is useful for those asking “which is right for me?” rather than “which is better?”:
The purpose is to contrast, rather than to predict a winner. But the firms are certainly competitors. For example, individuals looking for free hosted blogging may well consider both Vox and WordPress.com, as well as Blogger.
Read the entire post at Read/Write Web.
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Text Link Ads Coupon Code
Text Link Ads is one of our favorite ways to advertise and make money online. Right now they’re running a special only up to the end of July. You can Save 15% on all NEW orders for the rest of this month by entering “july” (without the quotes) into the coupon code at checkout.
The 15% discount is good for the life of your order.
Get $100 in FREE Links at Text Link Ads.
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Show me the Money
SEOBook calls on website publishers to Learn How to Make More Money Publishing Less Pages & Showing Fewer Ads. Sounds good, no? The article includes tips for AdSense users as well as those of us who write reviews and make money from product sales.
CashBulges’ Traffic is the Backbone of a Successful Website is written “for starters”, and is an excellent quick read for new bloggers who are looking to monetize their sites. We all know that that sooner you start working smarter, the quicker you’ll see benefits.
Now that we’ve established that traffic is key, go read Blogging Tips’ How to develop stickyness to your blog in case you haven’t yet. I read this a few weeks ago, but have reread it several times since then. Yes, you want your blog to be sticky, especially if you’re looking to make money from it.
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Granted Wishes
I was looking through my previous blog entries here, and came upon something I wrote last year, A blogger’s wishlist. These were things I, as a blogger, wanted last December- and what do you know? It’s six months later, and I’m living proof that wishes come true.
Let’s have a look at the original list, with updates: keep reading »
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