Lama tidak menulis postingan di blog aku ini. Rasanya gatal juga lama gak nyambangi (=baca: mengurusi) blog saya ini. Sekarang aku telah kembali (i am come back) untuk menulis apa yang terjadi selama ini.
Sebenarnya sich gak ada urgent, hanya saja selama hampir dua bulan ini ada beberapa masalah yang sedang aku hadapi. Pertama, sekitar pertengahan februari lalu laptop kesayangan kau tiba-tiba bermasalah. Laptop itu mendadak usbnya tidak bisa membaca, jadi kalau aku masukan flas disk atau usb printer gak bisa baca. Akhirnya aku bawa ke diler resmi Toshiba, tetapi alangkah terkejutnya aku karena ternyata aku harus ganti motherboard yang harganya kurang lebih Rp 1,8 jt. Seakan aku tidak percaya, apa iya sapai separah itukah kerusakannya? Karena aku masih belum percaya dengan kerusakan itu, maka aku putuskan untuk pending dulu penggantian motherborad tersebut. selain aku masih belum punya dana untuk menggantinya. Yach... siapa tahu ada teman yang bisa bantu masalah saya ini. Ada gak solusi selain harus ganti motherboard. Aku tunggu ya... bantuan dan komentarnya.
Terus, yang kedua aku sementara ini lagi coba garap proyek bisnis, tapi nanti aja dech aku ceritakan kalo dah ada hasilnya. he...he....
jadi gak keurus tuh blog....
Saya sich pengennya punya blog yang isinya benar-benar bagus dan bisa menjadi jujugan rekan-rekan netter.
Semoga kedepannya blog aku terus mengalami perkembangan kualitas konten dan info-info yang berbobot untuk rekan-rekan netter. Amiiin
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Jumat, 30 Januari 2009
Cara Mudah Membuat Blog di Blogger.com
Technorati Tags: cara mudah buat blog,cara buat blog
Dulu untuk memiliki sebuah website harus menguasai terlebih dahulu bahasa HTML (Hiper Tex Marup Languange) belum lagi setelah itu harus mentransfer kode HTML tersebut melalui FTP(Fie Transfer Protocol). Waduh pokoknya ruwet bin jlimet deh bagi kita-kita yang awam di dunia internet. Nah, sekarang dengan blog Anda tidak lagi dipusingkan dengan penguasaan kode-kode HTML dan transfer data tersebut. Sekarang Anda cukup mudah untuk memiliki semacam website keren dengan mengikuti langkah mudah dalam tulisan berikut.
Tulisan berikut ini akan membantu Anda untuk segera memiliki blog yang di idam-idamkan. Sebenarnya untuk memiliki dan membuat sebuah blog bisa dikatakan sangat mudah. Bahkan cukup dengan 3 langkah saja sudah berhasil membuat blog keren. Namun, bagaimana cara membuat blog Anda semakin friendly untuk dibaca adalah lain hal yang harus Anda pelajari lebih dalam lagi.
Nah sekarang mari kita coba untuk menciptakan sebuah blog untuk Anda di Blogger.com. Untuk itu ikutilah langkah-langkah berikut ini:
1. Masuklah ke Blogger.com
Ketikkan URL http://www.blogger.com pada browser Anda. Sesaat kemudian akan segera muncul halaman depan dari Blogger.com dalam bahasa Indonesia. Jika ingin mengganti bahasanya cukup klik dan pilih bahasa di bagian kanan atas.
2. Ciptakan Akun Google
Isi formulir untuk membuat akun google yang baru. Anda harus sudah memiliki e-mail terlebih dahulu. Jika sudah lengkap diisi, kemudian klik "Lanjutkan" untuk meneruskan proses pembuatan blog.
3. Pilih Nama Blog
Pilih judul dan nama blog yang akan Anda gunakan. Misalnya nama blog adalah gooddrill sehingga blog ini akan memiliki nama dan (alamat url): http://gooddrill.blogspot.com (kata blogspot adalah nama penyedia layanan blog gratis dari google). Sedangkan judul blog misalnya "Planet Blogger". Setelah selesai diisi klik "Lanjutkan" untuk meneruskan proses pembuatan blog.
4. Pilih Template
Pilih template yang sudah disediakan oleh blogger.com sebagai tampilan blog Anda. Geser skroll ke bawah dan pilih salah satu template yang tersedia, kemudian klik "Lanjutkan" untuk meneruskan proses pembuatan blog.
5. Mulai Nge-Blog
Nah, jika proses berhasil maka akan muncul ucapan "Selamat Datang". Klik "Mulai Blogging" untuk menulis blogpost pertama Anda. Akan tampil ruang posting seperti compose e-mail. Saya yakin Anda sudah familiar dengan menulis e-mail, ketik judul posting dan isi apa saja yang ingin Anda tulis di posting pertama anda. Isi label untuk postingan dengan kata-kata yang menggambarkan isi postingan Anda (misal: Kuliner, Liburan, Berita, dll). Setelah selesai semua silakan klik publikasikan sekarang, dan wow... sekarang tulisan kamu sudah siap untuk dibaca semua orang di seluruh dunia.
Mudah bukan membuat blog Anda, sekarang tugas Anda selanjutnya adalah rajin mengupdate info dan tulisan-tulisan terbaru dan jangan lupa untuk terus meningkatkan kualitas blog anda agar lebih friendly untuk dibaca. Good lucky....
Jumat, 23 Januari 2009
Punya Blog: Apa Pentingnya untuk Anda?
Anda mungkin pernah ditanya oleh seorang teman Anda, apakah Anda blog? Kemudian Anda dengan agak-agak bingung balik bertanya, blog, hewan atau tanaman apaan tuh?....Kemudian temen Anda dengan agak heran juga bertanya, lho kamu belum tahu blog ya? Wah kemana aja selama ini fren, kok sampai belum tahu blog. Kemudian teman kamu dengan semangat menjelaskan tentang blog, bahwa blog adalah media komunikasi canggih baru yang ada di internet, bla....bla....
Tiba-tiba saja semua teman Anda punya blog, para selebritis juga punya blog, pejabat dan politisi juga punya blog, bahkan adik Anda yang masih duduk di bangku SD juga mungkin sudah asyik menulis blog. Wah, kelihatannya semua sedang terkena demam blog ya. Kemudian Anda pun merasa penasaran dan diam-diam pergi ke warnet mencari tahu bagaimana cara untuk bisa mempunyai blog keren seperti punya teman-teman. Lalu Anda mulai mengetikkan kata kunci pencarian "Cara punya blog" "cara buat blog" atau apapun kata kunci pencarian Anda. Sehingga Andapun akhirnya menemukan tulisan di blog ini. Pertama, saya ucapkan "Selamat" karena Anda telah menemukan alamat blog yang tepat untuk membantu Anda mendapatkan informasi, tips dan trik menarik dalam rangka Anda mempunyai blog yang keren. Jadi saran saya catat dan simpan baik-baik alamat blog ini (www.gooddrill.blogspot.com), kami yakin suatu saat Anda akan berkunjung kembali. Thanks
Lalu sebenarnya apa sih pentingnya dan manfaatnya mempunyai blog buat Anda? Okey, sebuah pertanyaan awal yang bagus, dan untuk menjawabnya, mari kita sedikit mengulas sejarah awalnya muncul blog secara singkat saja ya. Blog itu asalnya dari kata weblog yang merupakan halaman di web yang awalnya digunakan untuk menyimpan links atau hal-hal menarik yang ditemukan di dunia web. Di Indonesia sampai saat ini sekitar 300.000 orang yang sudah menggunakan blog. Wah... masih sedikit sekali ya. Iya, tapi sebentar lagi jumlahnya akan segera bertambah setelah Anda selesai membaca tulisan ini.
Pertanyaan yang kemudian muncul adalah apakah sulit mempunyai blog? Okey pertanyaan kedua yang cukup bagus. Coba kita bayangkan terlebih dahulu hal ini. Dulu, untuk membuat sebuah website dibutuhkan pengetahuan dan penguasaan bahasa kode HTML (Hiper Tex Markup Language), belum cukup itu saja Anda harus meng-upload kode HTML tersebut ke internet dengan menggunakan FTP (File Transfer Protocol). What??? Intinya, dulu untuk mempunyai website itu sulit dan susah setengah mati gitu lho....
Nah, sekarang dengan media baru yang namanya blog atau weblog Anda dipermudah untuk memiliki semacam website keren yang bisa Anda kelola dan publikasikan ke seluruh dunia. Yang perlu Anda lakukan adalah hanya mendaftar secara gratis ke layanan blog service dan tulislah sesuatu apapun yang Anda ingin tulis. Setelah selesai hanya dibutuhkan satu kali klik, dan tulisan Anda pun sudah bisa dibaca semua orang di dunia.
Apa yang bisa Anda lakukan dengan Blog? Yup, banyak sekali yang bisa Anda lakukan dengan blog, (dikutip dari "Tak Tik Blog": Angel & Ollie) diantaranya :
- Nambah Teman. Anda bisa bikin T-shirt atau kartu nama dengan nama dan alamat blog Anda untuk dilihat oleh temen-teman. Anda akan terlihat gaul dan keren sekali. Selain itu tentunya akan bisa mengundang blogger lain untuk datang membaca tulisan anda di blog. Anda bisa nambah banyak teman bukan.
- Curhat. Blog juga bisa jadi pengganti diary. Tulis saja hal-hal pribadi Anda di blog. Sekarang kan memang sudah jamannya berbagi, susah senang dibagi bersama.
- Berita Terkini. Media untuk berbagi informasi terkini tentang apapun diseluruh dunia ini, ekonomi, bisnis, politik, hiburan, musik dll. Anda bisa share semua itu melalui blog.
- Pamer Foto dan Vidio. Kalau Anda punya moment terindah dalam hidup dan punya dokumentasinya jangan pelit disimpan sendiri. Silakan bagikan ke selurh dunia, siapa tahu foto-foto kamu bisa menjadi inspirasi bagi sluruh orang di dunia.
- Review. Kalau Anda baru selesai menonton sebuah film keren atau selesai membaca sebuah buku bagus jangan lupa berikan review (pandangan) Anda melalui sebuah blog.
- Tips dan Trik. Anda mungkin memiliki keahliah atau pengetahuan di bidang tertentu, jangan ragu untuk berbagi dengan semua orang, bukankah berbagi ilmu itu adalah sesuatu yang baik?
- Media Publikasi Hasil Karya Anda. Mungkin Anda pernah menulis pusisi atau cerpen atau cerbung yang belum pernah di muat dan diterbitkan di media manapun. Nah, sekarang waktunya untuk Anda terbitkan sendiri hasil karya Anda. Siapa tahu dari sini ada penerbit yang kepincut pengin nerbitkan hasil karya Anda secara betulan.
- Media untuk Jualan. Manik-manik dan semua hasil keterampilan tangan Anda atau papun yang Anda miliki dan ada nilai jualnya, manfaatkan untuk bisa mendatangkan uang melalui blog. Pasang fotonya produknya, nama dan deskripsi produknya beserta harganya.
Nah, banyak sekali kan manfaat dan keguanaan blog bagi Anda. Dengan segudang manfaat positif hanya dengan mempunyai blog, apakah Anda masih mau menunda untuk memiliki blog? Ayo jangan tunda lagi...
Bagaimana cara memiliki blog, cara membuat blog dan blog seperti apa yang harus Anda miliki? Semua pertanyaan itu silakan segera Anda temukan jawabannya pada tulisan saya dengan judul: "Cara Mudah Membuat Blog di Blogger.com"
Sabtu, 10 Januari 2009
Blogging For Website Traffic
by: Richard Legg
Nowadays, it seems that everyone and his cousin have taken to blogging. This form of online self-expression has slowly but steadily taken over the World Wide Web to become somewhat of a phenomenon in recent years. Some people use blogs as their personal journals, some may see them as an outlet for their creative work, and others may just want their own personal place in cyberspace to share thoughts and ideas.
Now, a quick question for the Internet businessman. If you have a blog, can you use it to boost your site's exposure and drive more traffic to it? A blog is great for sharing ideas and posting about things you like or don't like, but can a blog help your online business succeed?
The answer is a definite YES. Your blog can do wonders for your website, but it all depends on the way you utilize its potential power. I'm going to teach you a tried and proven method that has been effective for other website owners, and this method is applicable for any type of blog. You will just need a lot of creativity and some time to make it work.
First thing you have to keep in mind is that most blogs on the Web have a community feel to them. You may think that your blog is your own, since you're the one who installed and developed it. And you may be right. But your blog is also connected to other blogs on the same site. You may also be connected to other blogs that are using the same blogging software as you. This situation guarantees that sooner or later, a person will land on your blog and be able to see all that you have to say. This can also mean that your blog is now getting free advertising within the blogging community. I don't think you need me to tell you how beneficial this can be for your site's traffic.
However, you do have to keep in mind what you're posting as your blog's content. If all you're doing is making posts that promote your products or your business, then you're dead. Believe me, that is not the recommended way to use your blog. Have you seen the Internet lately? It's already overflowing with loads of advertisements for products and services. Be different. Your visitors need a good reason to keep coming back to your blog. Use it to give expert and knowledgeable information about your line of work to your readers. If you're selling a product on your site, talk about it on your blog, and don't just post a measly advertising blurb.
Let's say you're selling power tools on your website. You can write reviews and other useful posts about the kinds of tools you have on your site. What you're doing is providing some insight for your potential customers about the tools you're selling. These blog posts will then be able to generate confidence in your readers and encourage them to actually buy the products.
Another advantage of having a blog is that it makes it easier for interested buyers to get access to the seller (that's you). Usually, readers of a particular blog post are allowed to leave comments on what they've just read. For example, you've just finished a review for the new Ajax power drill. Whenever a reader comes across it and has a question regarding that product, he or she can easily leave a comment. You can then see the questions and post your answers. See? You can now connect with your readers and potential customers personally. This make you much more approachable, as compared to the faceless entity behind the impersonal commercial website.
In addition, your readers will also have the option of subscribing to your blog feeds via RSS or to your newsletters, so they can be immediately notified about any new posts you make. If you have established a reputable standing in your niche, a long list of eager readers will soon be waiting for your next post, and lots more will be coming to your website.
Nowadays, it seems that everyone and his cousin have taken to blogging. This form of online self-expression has slowly but steadily taken over the World Wide Web to become somewhat of a phenomenon in recent years. Some people use blogs as their personal journals, some may see them as an outlet for their creative work, and others may just want their own personal place in cyberspace to share thoughts and ideas.
Now, a quick question for the Internet businessman. If you have a blog, can you use it to boost your site's exposure and drive more traffic to it? A blog is great for sharing ideas and posting about things you like or don't like, but can a blog help your online business succeed?
The answer is a definite YES. Your blog can do wonders for your website, but it all depends on the way you utilize its potential power. I'm going to teach you a tried and proven method that has been effective for other website owners, and this method is applicable for any type of blog. You will just need a lot of creativity and some time to make it work.
First thing you have to keep in mind is that most blogs on the Web have a community feel to them. You may think that your blog is your own, since you're the one who installed and developed it. And you may be right. But your blog is also connected to other blogs on the same site. You may also be connected to other blogs that are using the same blogging software as you. This situation guarantees that sooner or later, a person will land on your blog and be able to see all that you have to say. This can also mean that your blog is now getting free advertising within the blogging community. I don't think you need me to tell you how beneficial this can be for your site's traffic.
However, you do have to keep in mind what you're posting as your blog's content. If all you're doing is making posts that promote your products or your business, then you're dead. Believe me, that is not the recommended way to use your blog. Have you seen the Internet lately? It's already overflowing with loads of advertisements for products and services. Be different. Your visitors need a good reason to keep coming back to your blog. Use it to give expert and knowledgeable information about your line of work to your readers. If you're selling a product on your site, talk about it on your blog, and don't just post a measly advertising blurb.
Let's say you're selling power tools on your website. You can write reviews and other useful posts about the kinds of tools you have on your site. What you're doing is providing some insight for your potential customers about the tools you're selling. These blog posts will then be able to generate confidence in your readers and encourage them to actually buy the products.
Another advantage of having a blog is that it makes it easier for interested buyers to get access to the seller (that's you). Usually, readers of a particular blog post are allowed to leave comments on what they've just read. For example, you've just finished a review for the new Ajax power drill. Whenever a reader comes across it and has a question regarding that product, he or she can easily leave a comment. You can then see the questions and post your answers. See? You can now connect with your readers and potential customers personally. This make you much more approachable, as compared to the faceless entity behind the impersonal commercial website.
In addition, your readers will also have the option of subscribing to your blog feeds via RSS or to your newsletters, so they can be immediately notified about any new posts you make. If you have established a reputable standing in your niche, a long list of eager readers will soon be waiting for your next post, and lots more will be coming to your website.
Stop Blog Spammers
by: Len Hutton
Blogs are now an extremely popular and important part of the internet. Millions of people blog every day. As blogs have evolved over the years, so has the commenting system. Now anyone can make comments on a particular blog posting. As blog commenting has grown more popular, so has spam commenting. In this newsletter, we’ll go over why comments are a great form of feedback for your blog, how they help the credibility of your content, what spam comments are and how to prevent them from happening.
Comments – A great form of feedback
When blogs first came around, they were simply online journals. No one could post comments on a blog posting. That all changed in 1998 with OpenDiary, a site which allowed people to comment on blog postings. Now every blog, whether it is remotely or self-hosted, includes this option to comment.
Commenting is great because it allows real people to tell you what they think about your form. It gives you feedback on what you are doing right and what you may need to improve. Comments can be encouraging to you and motivate you to post more quality blog messages. Or they can be constructive criticism to make you work harder to get better at writing content.
Whatever the style of comment is, it is still very useful to your blog. High numbers of comments have the ability to make a blog look credible because they show that the blog is being read by a lot of people. That’s something that every blog owner wants, and comments help to let them know just how many people enjoy their content.
Bad comments
Unfortunately, spammers have now started to use comments as a way to spam. How do you know what a spam comment is? Well, a spam comment is a comment that only advertises another site or product. If the comment seems bland/generic with a cheap link thrown in, then it’s definitely a spam comment.
Here is an example of a typical spam comment:
“Hey, this site is really cool. Check out my really cool site at spamsite.com.”
Of course not all spam comments will be this blatant, but you get the point.
Fortunately for bloggers, as spam comments have grown, so has the ways to prevent it. Here are a couple ways that you can prevent spam comments from even being posted on your blog.
#1: Close off commenting on older blog posts
There are options for you to stop comments from being posted on any particular blog post. Lots of times, spammers will post comments in weeks or months old posts. So take away this opportunity from them to keep it from happening. Most blog hosters now offer this as a standard option in the tool panel. If one of your posts has been up for a couple weeks, close it up.
#2: Take advantage of software offered to prevent comment spam
If you host your own blog using WordPress, you can use an option in that software to prevent spam. Even if you aren’t using WordPress, you can still use other Spam comment blocking software like Spam Karma, Akismet, and Bad Behavior. While these aren’t 100% effective, they have proven to be quite effective in preventing spam from happening.
#3: Take a look at your settings and see what can be tweaked to toughen your protection
Lots of blogs now have settings to help prevent spam. If you already have a spam blocker on in your blog and are still experiencing spam, take a closer look at the settings to see if there’s anything that can be tweaked to make your protection stronger. However, if you do this, you should closely monitor your posts to make sure legit comments aren’t being blocked out. If they are, you might have to lighten up a bit.
#4: Regularly read your blog comments
Be sure to keep an eye on your comments. Even the best software or setting can’t prevent everything, so you will have to occasionally manually remove comments on your own.
By applying the above principles, you can ensure that your blog is full of only good, quality comments, which will help your credibility tremendously.
Comments are a great form of communication between yourself and your readers. They help the credibility of your blog!
Blogs are now an extremely popular and important part of the internet. Millions of people blog every day. As blogs have evolved over the years, so has the commenting system. Now anyone can make comments on a particular blog posting. As blog commenting has grown more popular, so has spam commenting. In this newsletter, we’ll go over why comments are a great form of feedback for your blog, how they help the credibility of your content, what spam comments are and how to prevent them from happening.
Comments – A great form of feedback
When blogs first came around, they were simply online journals. No one could post comments on a blog posting. That all changed in 1998 with OpenDiary, a site which allowed people to comment on blog postings. Now every blog, whether it is remotely or self-hosted, includes this option to comment.
Commenting is great because it allows real people to tell you what they think about your form. It gives you feedback on what you are doing right and what you may need to improve. Comments can be encouraging to you and motivate you to post more quality blog messages. Or they can be constructive criticism to make you work harder to get better at writing content.
Whatever the style of comment is, it is still very useful to your blog. High numbers of comments have the ability to make a blog look credible because they show that the blog is being read by a lot of people. That’s something that every blog owner wants, and comments help to let them know just how many people enjoy their content.
Bad comments
Unfortunately, spammers have now started to use comments as a way to spam. How do you know what a spam comment is? Well, a spam comment is a comment that only advertises another site or product. If the comment seems bland/generic with a cheap link thrown in, then it’s definitely a spam comment.
Here is an example of a typical spam comment:
“Hey, this site is really cool. Check out my really cool site at spamsite.com.”
Of course not all spam comments will be this blatant, but you get the point.
Fortunately for bloggers, as spam comments have grown, so has the ways to prevent it. Here are a couple ways that you can prevent spam comments from even being posted on your blog.
#1: Close off commenting on older blog posts
There are options for you to stop comments from being posted on any particular blog post. Lots of times, spammers will post comments in weeks or months old posts. So take away this opportunity from them to keep it from happening. Most blog hosters now offer this as a standard option in the tool panel. If one of your posts has been up for a couple weeks, close it up.
#2: Take advantage of software offered to prevent comment spam
If you host your own blog using WordPress, you can use an option in that software to prevent spam. Even if you aren’t using WordPress, you can still use other Spam comment blocking software like Spam Karma, Akismet, and Bad Behavior. While these aren’t 100% effective, they have proven to be quite effective in preventing spam from happening.
#3: Take a look at your settings and see what can be tweaked to toughen your protection
Lots of blogs now have settings to help prevent spam. If you already have a spam blocker on in your blog and are still experiencing spam, take a closer look at the settings to see if there’s anything that can be tweaked to make your protection stronger. However, if you do this, you should closely monitor your posts to make sure legit comments aren’t being blocked out. If they are, you might have to lighten up a bit.
#4: Regularly read your blog comments
Be sure to keep an eye on your comments. Even the best software or setting can’t prevent everything, so you will have to occasionally manually remove comments on your own.
By applying the above principles, you can ensure that your blog is full of only good, quality comments, which will help your credibility tremendously.
Comments are a great form of communication between yourself and your readers. They help the credibility of your blog!
Cashing in by Blogging
by: Len Hutton
Believe it or not, but it’s actually possible to make money from blogging. One teenager has, in fact, earned $5,000 a month just from making posts on his blog! Of course, not every blogger is this lucky. It does take some skill, and some luck to make money from blogging. What it also takes is some knowledge of how exactly to generate income just by posting blogs. In this newsletter, we will go over three specific methods of making money on your blog: Adsense, Pay Per Lead, and Affiliate Links.
So how exactly do I make money on my blog?
You do it by working with another company that wants to use your blog as a form of advertising. It sounds like selling out, right? Not exactly. The advertising can be as in your face or subtle as you want. And it can still make you money, provided you have enough visitors to your blog.
What is Adsense?
Adsense is a program offered by Google. The program, if installed, will display ads provided by Google.
How do I get Adsense?
You’ll need to go to Google.com, first. At the bottom of the screen is a link for “Advertising Programs”. Click on that. Then click on the link for “Adsense”. Scroll down on the page that comes up and click “Click Here To Apply!” You then fill out the form with information about yourself. After 12-48 hours, Google will notify you via email whether or not your site has been accepted. When you’ve been accepted, set up your ads by doing either of the following:
1. If your blog is hosted on Blogger.com, you can set up your AdSense ads by going to your profile, selecting settings>template>add an element. Then select AdSense and login with your account info. Next, you’ll configure your ads and save the template. That’s it.
2. If you are self-hosting your blog, you’ll have to set up AdSense in more of a manual way. You’ll create your ads(which can be as small or as tall as you want) and then copy the HTML/Javascript code Google gives you. Then you’ll paste it into your blog(on the left, right, or top of the screen).
For the first few days, the ads displayed by Google will be Public Service Announcements. After the ads have been up a few days, though, the ads will switch to ads that are relevant to your blog.
How does Adsense work?
Every time a visitor clicks an Adsense ad, you get a little bit of money(usually around 30-60 cents). The amount you get for each ad clicked depends on the number of unique visitors you receive on your blog. The more visitors, the more money that can be earned.
Google will then send a check or pay you through Paypal once you’ve made at least $100 from the ads.
It is important to remember that Google will penalize you if you click your own ads, or if you ask visitors specifically to click ads. So don’t do that!
Pay Per Click
Pay Per Click is basically just like AdSense, except you don’t just work with Google—you work with multiple companies. BidVertiser is one such company you can sign up with to do Pay Per Click advertising.
How do I get Pay Per Click
You sign up with a site like Bidvertiser and then follow their instructions to set up the Pay Per Click ads on your site.
How does Pay Per Click work?
It works by paying you money each time someone clicks an ad that you display. You won’t get paid for multiple clicks from the same user in the same visitor, nor will you get paid for someone simply visiting your site. You only get paid for legitimate clicks.
Affiliate Links
Affiliate links are basically links which people pay you for. Companies will actually pay owners of popular blogs to post links on their blog. You can do as much Affiliate linking as you want.
How do I get Affiliate Links?
You can get Affiliate links by searching for “Affiliate Link Programs” on the internet. Once you find an Affiliate link program that looks good to you, sign up for it. Then you can follow their instructions for putting the link(s) on your blog.
How do Affiliate Links work?
Like the other two methods mentioned above, Affiliate links work by paying you money each time they are clicked. You get paid for each click per unique visitor.
So that’s it. There’s three legitimate ways to make money from blogging. It is important to keep in mind that the amount of money you are able to make depends on how many visitors your blog draws. If you draw a lot, you’ll make a lot. If not, the money you earn will be modest. But it’s still extra money, so why not do it?
Making money using Adsense, Pay Per Click or Affiliate Link programs is easy and effective. Start monetizing your blog today!
Believe it or not, but it’s actually possible to make money from blogging. One teenager has, in fact, earned $5,000 a month just from making posts on his blog! Of course, not every blogger is this lucky. It does take some skill, and some luck to make money from blogging. What it also takes is some knowledge of how exactly to generate income just by posting blogs. In this newsletter, we will go over three specific methods of making money on your blog: Adsense, Pay Per Lead, and Affiliate Links.
So how exactly do I make money on my blog?
You do it by working with another company that wants to use your blog as a form of advertising. It sounds like selling out, right? Not exactly. The advertising can be as in your face or subtle as you want. And it can still make you money, provided you have enough visitors to your blog.
What is Adsense?
Adsense is a program offered by Google. The program, if installed, will display ads provided by Google.
How do I get Adsense?
You’ll need to go to Google.com, first. At the bottom of the screen is a link for “Advertising Programs”. Click on that. Then click on the link for “Adsense”. Scroll down on the page that comes up and click “Click Here To Apply!” You then fill out the form with information about yourself. After 12-48 hours, Google will notify you via email whether or not your site has been accepted. When you’ve been accepted, set up your ads by doing either of the following:
1. If your blog is hosted on Blogger.com, you can set up your AdSense ads by going to your profile, selecting settings>template>add an element. Then select AdSense and login with your account info. Next, you’ll configure your ads and save the template. That’s it.
2. If you are self-hosting your blog, you’ll have to set up AdSense in more of a manual way. You’ll create your ads(which can be as small or as tall as you want) and then copy the HTML/Javascript code Google gives you. Then you’ll paste it into your blog(on the left, right, or top of the screen).
For the first few days, the ads displayed by Google will be Public Service Announcements. After the ads have been up a few days, though, the ads will switch to ads that are relevant to your blog.
How does Adsense work?
Every time a visitor clicks an Adsense ad, you get a little bit of money(usually around 30-60 cents). The amount you get for each ad clicked depends on the number of unique visitors you receive on your blog. The more visitors, the more money that can be earned.
Google will then send a check or pay you through Paypal once you’ve made at least $100 from the ads.
It is important to remember that Google will penalize you if you click your own ads, or if you ask visitors specifically to click ads. So don’t do that!
Pay Per Click
Pay Per Click is basically just like AdSense, except you don’t just work with Google—you work with multiple companies. BidVertiser is one such company you can sign up with to do Pay Per Click advertising.
How do I get Pay Per Click
You sign up with a site like Bidvertiser and then follow their instructions to set up the Pay Per Click ads on your site.
How does Pay Per Click work?
It works by paying you money each time someone clicks an ad that you display. You won’t get paid for multiple clicks from the same user in the same visitor, nor will you get paid for someone simply visiting your site. You only get paid for legitimate clicks.
Affiliate Links
Affiliate links are basically links which people pay you for. Companies will actually pay owners of popular blogs to post links on their blog. You can do as much Affiliate linking as you want.
How do I get Affiliate Links?
You can get Affiliate links by searching for “Affiliate Link Programs” on the internet. Once you find an Affiliate link program that looks good to you, sign up for it. Then you can follow their instructions for putting the link(s) on your blog.
How do Affiliate Links work?
Like the other two methods mentioned above, Affiliate links work by paying you money each time they are clicked. You get paid for each click per unique visitor.
So that’s it. There’s three legitimate ways to make money from blogging. It is important to keep in mind that the amount of money you are able to make depends on how many visitors your blog draws. If you draw a lot, you’ll make a lot. If not, the money you earn will be modest. But it’s still extra money, so why not do it?
Making money using Adsense, Pay Per Click or Affiliate Link programs is easy and effective. Start monetizing your blog today!
Remote Blog or Self Hosted Blog?
by: Len Hutton
So you’ve decided to blog, but aren’t sure whether you should host the blog yourself or sign up for a free service like blogger.com. It’s a dilemma that many bloggers face. There are pros and cons to both, which makes the decision difficult for many. Neither is perfect, and neither is for everyone. Fortunately, you should be able to make the best decision for you if you are armed with adequate knowledge of both. In this newsletter, we’ll go over services like blogger.com and others, plus software that allows you to host your own blog. We’ll also go over the pros and cons of each. After reading this, you will know which is best for you.
Who offers free blog hosting?
Many sites offer free blog hosting. Among them are Forumer, Blogger, BlogEasy, Aeonity, BlogThing and Blogates. A quick search for “free blog” on Google reveals many possibilities.
What software can I use to host my own blog?
Like free blog hosting, there are many possibilities for software that makes hosting your own blog easy. Most of them are free to use. These include:
WordPress(the most popular software)
Apache Roller
Blosxom
Geeklog
Textpattern
LifeType
There is also blog software which you can purchase for use on your site. These include:
Community Server
Movable Type
Radio UserLand
One negative about using software and hosting your own blog is that the process can often times be complicated. You have to download the software and install it to your server, which doesn’t always go easily. It’s particularly hard for those who don’t have a lot of experience installing things on servers.
Why should I remotely host my blog at a place like Blogger?
Places like Blogger allow you to host your blog there. It’s a good option for many people.
The Pros
• It’s easy to set up and maintain a blog. You don’t have to go through the trouble of installing software and configuring it to work on your server. All you have to do is sign up for an account and start posting.
• It’s friendly for beginning bloggers. Sites that host blogs offer good tutorials on how to make your blog postings, so that even someone who is completely new to the concept of blogging can do it easily.
• Most blog hosting sites are completely free to use. There is no need to pay for things like a domain name and hosting.
• Monetizing your blog is easy. Rather than having to manually put HTML/Javascript codes on your blog to manually set up things like AdSense and Pay Per Click advertising, you can select an option on most blog hosting sites that does much of the work for you.
The Cons
• You don’t have as many options to customize your blog. Remotely hosted blogs are admittedly somewhat limited in terms of what you can actually do on them. You have to stick with what is provided to you in terms of look and features.
• The URL you get is always yourname.BLOGSITE.com. You don’t get to have a custom domain name like YOURNAME.com. This can possibly hurt traffic to your blog.
• Blogs hosted on free blog sites don’t look as professional as self hosted blogs.
Why should I self-host my blog?
The Pros
• You have more options and more flexibility. You are able to tweak the blog to your liking.
• Your URL is your address for your blog. Rather than having go to where your blog is hosted to read it, they can read it right from your site.
• The ability to make your blog look professional. Blogs that are hosted on sites of their own tend to look a lot better than those hosted on free sites.
• More space for your blog. Free blog sites usually place a restriction on how much space you have for things like photos and music. By hosting your own blog, you are able to use as much space as you need.
The Cons
• There are sometimes problems with setting up blog software to run on your site and server. If you aren’t experienced when it comes to working with mySQL, the process will be hard.
• Updates aren’t as easy to post.
• You have to manually set up programs to monetize your blog. However, if you are good with HTML/Javascript, this shouldn’t be too hard.
• You have to pay for your own hosting and domain
As you can see, there are pros and cons to both. Which should you choose? Well, it depends on who you are and what you intend to use your blog for. If you intend to use it for business, then a self-hosted blog is the best idea. If it’s a personal blog, then a free hosted blog will probably be fine for you.
Closely examine all of the pros and cons mentioned above. That way, you’ll be able to make the best decision for you!
So you’ve decided to blog, but aren’t sure whether you should host the blog yourself or sign up for a free service like blogger.com. It’s a dilemma that many bloggers face. There are pros and cons to both, which makes the decision difficult for many. Neither is perfect, and neither is for everyone. Fortunately, you should be able to make the best decision for you if you are armed with adequate knowledge of both. In this newsletter, we’ll go over services like blogger.com and others, plus software that allows you to host your own blog. We’ll also go over the pros and cons of each. After reading this, you will know which is best for you.
Who offers free blog hosting?
Many sites offer free blog hosting. Among them are Forumer, Blogger, BlogEasy, Aeonity, BlogThing and Blogates. A quick search for “free blog” on Google reveals many possibilities.
What software can I use to host my own blog?
Like free blog hosting, there are many possibilities for software that makes hosting your own blog easy. Most of them are free to use. These include:
WordPress(the most popular software)
Apache Roller
Blosxom
Geeklog
Textpattern
LifeType
There is also blog software which you can purchase for use on your site. These include:
Community Server
Movable Type
Radio UserLand
One negative about using software and hosting your own blog is that the process can often times be complicated. You have to download the software and install it to your server, which doesn’t always go easily. It’s particularly hard for those who don’t have a lot of experience installing things on servers.
Why should I remotely host my blog at a place like Blogger?
Places like Blogger allow you to host your blog there. It’s a good option for many people.
The Pros
• It’s easy to set up and maintain a blog. You don’t have to go through the trouble of installing software and configuring it to work on your server. All you have to do is sign up for an account and start posting.
• It’s friendly for beginning bloggers. Sites that host blogs offer good tutorials on how to make your blog postings, so that even someone who is completely new to the concept of blogging can do it easily.
• Most blog hosting sites are completely free to use. There is no need to pay for things like a domain name and hosting.
• Monetizing your blog is easy. Rather than having to manually put HTML/Javascript codes on your blog to manually set up things like AdSense and Pay Per Click advertising, you can select an option on most blog hosting sites that does much of the work for you.
The Cons
• You don’t have as many options to customize your blog. Remotely hosted blogs are admittedly somewhat limited in terms of what you can actually do on them. You have to stick with what is provided to you in terms of look and features.
• The URL you get is always yourname.BLOGSITE.com. You don’t get to have a custom domain name like YOURNAME.com. This can possibly hurt traffic to your blog.
• Blogs hosted on free blog sites don’t look as professional as self hosted blogs.
Why should I self-host my blog?
The Pros
• You have more options and more flexibility. You are able to tweak the blog to your liking.
• Your URL is your address for your blog. Rather than having go to where your blog is hosted to read it, they can read it right from your site.
• The ability to make your blog look professional. Blogs that are hosted on sites of their own tend to look a lot better than those hosted on free sites.
• More space for your blog. Free blog sites usually place a restriction on how much space you have for things like photos and music. By hosting your own blog, you are able to use as much space as you need.
The Cons
• There are sometimes problems with setting up blog software to run on your site and server. If you aren’t experienced when it comes to working with mySQL, the process will be hard.
• Updates aren’t as easy to post.
• You have to manually set up programs to monetize your blog. However, if you are good with HTML/Javascript, this shouldn’t be too hard.
• You have to pay for your own hosting and domain
As you can see, there are pros and cons to both. Which should you choose? Well, it depends on who you are and what you intend to use your blog for. If you intend to use it for business, then a self-hosted blog is the best idea. If it’s a personal blog, then a free hosted blog will probably be fine for you.
Closely examine all of the pros and cons mentioned above. That way, you’ll be able to make the best decision for you!
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