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Link Karma: How Linking to Others Can Get You Lots of Links in Return
2007-10-23 09:19:00 Linking is a two way street. Give and you shall receive. This is the unwritten rule that most successful bloggers follow. One of the things that makes a blog a blog is that it links to other blogs and websites, and comments on them. That’s pretty basic. But what many bloggers don’t realize is how to leverage the power of the outbound link to create even more inbound links. “Link Karma ” is a real phenomenon, and while you shouldn’t overdo it, don’t underestimate it either. Why does it work? Well, first of all, because bloggers love it when you link to them … and out of gratitude, they will likely link back to you. That’s basic human nature. But second, a list of links to a whole bunch of blogs, when done properly, can create a buzz of talk about your link post that will multiply that first effect. Let’s take an example: One of the most popular posts on NorthxEast.com I’ve ever written is the Top 50 Most Influential Bloggers... More About: Links , Link , Linking , Return
Building Momentum: How Blog Action Day Got Going
2007-10-15 04:30:00 Today - October 15th ? is the very first annual Blog Action Day. As the international dateline passes over the world, over fifteen thousand bloggers will be waking up to prepare and post about the environment on their blogs. Three months ago “Blog Action Day” did not even exist. For my Blog Action Day post I thought I would tell you a little about how the day came about, the strategies we employed to build momentum and what we hope to achieve for the environment. An Idea I can remember growing up that my father, who at the time ran a large IT company in the Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea, would always tell me that every business should do work for the community. While this is important everywhere, in a developing nation like New Guinea, it was even more essential as there was much to be done. Years later my wife Cyan who blogs at FreelanceSwitch, Leo from ZenHabits and myself found ourselves trying to think of something we could do that would allow us to use blogging... More About: Building , Momentum , Goin
Building Momentum: How Blog Action Day Got Going
2007-10-15 04:30:00 Today - October 15th ? is the very first annual Blog Action Day. As the international dateline passes over the world, over fifteen thousand bloggers will be waking up to prepare and post about the environment on their blogs. Three months ago “Blog Action Day” did not even exist. For my Blog Action Day post I thought I would tell you a little about how the day came about, the strategies we employed to build momentum and what we hope to achieve for the environment. An Idea I can remember growing up that my father, who at the time ran a large IT company in the Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea, would always tell me that every business should do work for the community. While this is important everywhere, in a developing nation like New Guinea, it was even more essential as there was much to be done. Years later my wife Cyan who blogs at FreelanceSwitch, Leo from ZenHabits and myself found ourselves trying to think of something we could do that would allow us to use bloggin... More About: Building , Momentum , Going
Inside the Mind of the Intuitive Blogger
2007-10-09 03:00:00 If you’ve ever wondered what makes the top 100 bloggers so darn good, consider the mind of the intuitive blogger. Whereas the first bloggers simply produced content and hoped for the best, today?s master bloggers are part author, entrepreneur and community organizer. What is the glue that keeps all facets of his success working together? Intuition, pure and simple. An intuitive blogger knows when to blog and which content to cover. Oh and by the way, he knows when to publish and when to hit the ?pause? button on a post that still needs time to percolate. Here are some of the know-hows behind intuitive blogging: Know how to capture your ideas: Intuitive bloggers are always on the lookout for new ideas. You never know when a great idea will hit you so be prepared. This may mean that you keep your Blackberry at your side at all times or a 99 cent notepad in your pocket. A voice recorder might also do the trick. My rule of thumb: if you think it, ink it. Even if your idea doe... More About: Blogger , Mind , Inside , The Mind
Inside the Mind of the Intuitive Blogger
2007-10-09 03:00:00 If you?ve ever wondered what makes the top 100 bloggers so darn good, consider the mind of the intuitive blogger. Whereas the first bloggers simply produced content and hoped for the best, today?s master bloggers are part author, entrepreneur and community organizer. What is the glue that keeps all facets of his success working together? Intuition, pure and simple. An intuitive blogger knows when to blog and which content to cover. Oh and by the way, he knows when to publish and when to hit the ?pause? button on a post that still needs time to percolate. Here are some of the know-hows behind intuitive blogging: Know how to capture your ideas: Intuitive bloggers are always on the lookout for new ideas. You never know when a great idea will hit you so be prepared. This may mean that you keep your Blackberry at your side at all times or a 99 cent notepad in your pocket. A voice recorder might also do the trick. My rule of thumb: if you think it, ink it. Even if your idea doesn?t m... More About: Blogger , Mind , Inside , The Mind
In Defense of Lists: Why Readers Prefer Bulleted Posts
2007-09-25 10:24:00 Apparently without realizing it I’ve become known for writing list posts. It’s not so surprising: I’ve always been a list-maker, it’s just my nature. Writing articles with lists, I think, goes back to my newspaper days, when we were trained in the USA Today philosophy of breaking up long stories with boxes of information and bulleted lists that made things easier to read. While I’m not a huge fan of USA Today, there is something to the idea of highlighting important information for readers in a hurry. However, I’ve been criticized for list posts, by bloggers I respect. They aren’t fans of the “5 Ways to ….” posts, and I can understand that. Those kinds of posts can be overdone. I’d like to make a case for list posts, though, to present the ideas behind them and why they’re a good way to present information to your blog’s readers. And to do that, I’m going to present it in a list! 1. Readers are in a... More About: Lists , Defense , Posts
In Defense of Lists: Why Readers Prefer Bulleted Posts
2007-09-25 10:24:00 Apparently without realizing it I’ve become known for writing list posts. It’s not so surprising: I’ve always been a list-maker, it’s just my nature. Writing articles with lists, I think, goes back to my newspaper days, when we were trained in the USA Today philosophy of breaking up long stories with boxes of information and bulleted lists that made things easier to read. While I’m not a huge fan of USA Today, there is something to the idea of highlighting important information for readers in a hurry. However, I’ve been criticized for list posts, by bloggers I respect. They aren’t fans of the “5 Ways to ….” posts, and I can understand that. Those kinds of posts can be overdone. I’d like to make a case for list posts, though, to present the ideas behind them and why they’re a good way to present information to your blog’s readers. And to do that, I’m going to present it in a list! 1. Readers are in a... More About: Lists , Defense , Posts , Refer
NorthxEast is Up For Sale! … and About Getting Ready to Sell
2007-09-20 04:05:00 Ever felt like buying a nice, established blog? Well as of this morning NorthxEast is up for sale! Read on for details of the sale, as well as some thoughts on selling blogs. On Auction So first of all, if you’d like to see details of the auction, you can head over to Sitepoint’s Marketplace and if you’re interested in buying, place a bid. The minimum bid is pretty low and the reserve isn’t that much higher. I haven’t the faintest clue what the blog will go for, and am quite curious to see how it sells. If all proceeds to plan, I’ll post up about the process at the end before I hand over. How to Sell a Personal Blog For those of you who have been visiting this blog since it began back in February, you may recall that NorthxEast used to be a personal blog where I wrote about business, blogging and other random things. In fact the site was almost called CollisTaeed.com. Just before launching the blog however I had a change of heart and decided... More About: For Sale , Sale , Ready
NorthxEast is Up For Sale! … and About Getting Ready to Sell
2007-09-20 04:05:00 Ever felt like buying a nice, established blog? Well as of this morning NorthxEast is up for sale! Read on for details of the sale, as well as some thoughts on selling blogs. On Auction So first of all, if you’d like to see details of the auction, you can head over to Sitepoint’s Marketplace and if you’re interested in buying, place a bid. The minimum bid is pretty low and the reserve isn’t that much higher. I haven’t the faintest clue what the blog will go for, and am quite curious to see how it sells. If all proceeds to plan, I’ll post up about the process at the end before I hand over. How to Sell a Personal Blog For those of you who have been visiting this blog since it began back in February, you may recall that NorthxEast used to be a personal blog where I wrote about business, blogging and other random things. In fact the site was almost called CollisTaeed.com. Just before launching the blog however I had a change of heart and decided... More About: For Sale , Sale , Ready
15 Ways To Become An Influential Blogger
2007-09-18 05:38:00 Here’s the deal: you are your own brand, and your blog is the product you produce. The way people think about you will change the way they think about your blog. If your readers perceive you as an authoritative source, they will see your advice as authoritative, and take it over the advice of others. If readers see your opinions as worth respecting, what you say will influence the way they act, or even the way they think. It’s much easier to talk about a blogger than it is to talk about a blog. Blogs are hard to describe. They contain thousands of words and dozens of ideas. People, on the other hand, are much easier to talk about. We have a lot of practice. We know how to put them into words. In this post, I want you to forget about your blog for a moment, and start thinking about you. Influential bloggers are talked about, debated, respected, and recommended. Here are 15 ways you can begin building an influential profile, right now. Play to your strengths. Influential ... More About: Blogger
Curiosity Killed the Cat, but it Saved the Blogger!
2007-09-13 04:55:00 As a blogger your job is to take a close look at the world and share your interpretation. Readers come to you looking for up to date information, but even more importantly, they want to hear what YOU have to say about the world around them. Can you give your readers what they are after? Can you do it every day? For the next year, two years, or even the rest of your life? As Leo discussed recently, blogging isn’t always easy. Fortunately there’s something that will help you keep your blog alive and growing even after your initial excitement has died: cultivating curiosity and becoming insanely interested. Insanely interested in your topic, and insanely interested in everything. Here?s why: It keeps you going: For a person looking at the world with both eyes open, there is always a new post idea waiting behind the corner. Looking at your kid learning to turn around might be a lesson in perseverance. Seeing a metro cart painted like the New York subway to advertise a local... More About: Blogger , Killed , Curiosity
NxE’s Fifty Most Influential Bloggers
2007-09-11 18:30:00 There are literally millions of bloggers out there, each of them with their own voice and style, and yet in the blogging world, a handful stand out. These are the movers and shakers. When they speak, the blogging world listens. These are our Fifty Most Influential Bloggers , and if you don’t know them, you need to. Are there others out there who matter? Sure there are - they just didn’t make this list. Is the list in perfect order? No, that would be impossible - every person on this list is important, and depending on what’s important to you, they might rank higher or lower on the scale than what they have here. But what’s important is that these bloggers - and some of them are much more than just bloggers - are influential beyond the norm. The voices of these fifty bloggers reverberate throughout the blogosphere. They have had ideas that spread like viruses, and have styles that are mimicked by numerous others. They’ve created major blogs that have majo...
Building A More Communal Blog
2007-09-09 02:16:00 Communities have been around since the dawn of time, well the dawn of internet time anyway and their benefits to a site are well known: increased ’stickiness’ and return visits, a member feeling of ownership and loyalty, a userbase to tap into for anything from promotions to assistance. Blog s are inherently communal, but without effort, they are only so at the most basic level. There are however things you can do to make your blog more communal, and here are 29 of them, split up loosely into basic and advanced: Basic Things you can Do Focus at least a portion of your posts towards Discussion as opposed to just Readership This can mean ending the post with a question - like “what do you think?” or posting on a controversial topic Create a Top Commenters List One of the key four components to community is recognition and showing a list of top commentors can help users achieve recognition. There is a famous WP-Plugin to do this. Reply to Comments The core of a... More About: Building
Sustainable Blogging: 12 Ways to Keep Your Posting Going Forever
2007-09-05 06:23:00 Many bloggers have lived through this scenario: they start off their blog with a flurry of posts, with a lot of enthusiasm. But once that enthusiasm dies down, posting slows to a trickle, with every real post matched by a promise, “Sorry I haven’t been posting regularly — I’ll be posting more from now on.” So the question every new blogger must ask himself is: how do you keep the fire burning? How do you ensure that your initial blogging enthusiasm lasts beyond the first few weeks? It’s not easy, and it should be recognized that blogging isn’t for everybody. You have to love to write, to share with others, to interact with those who love what you write and those who hate it. If that’s not you, you might give it a shot, but you might not last long. However, if you’re destined to be a long-term blogger, with a sustainable posting schedule (and finding that perfect schedule is a matter of experimentation), there are some things you... More About: Blogging , Forever , Sustainable , Going , Goin
Challenges Every Blogger Must Overcome
2007-09-04 02:49:00 Every now and then I return to a blog that I haven’t visited in a while and find one of these statements, “I’m taking a break from blogging for a while. Stop back sometime soon.” Unless you’re a die-hard fan, I’m guessing that becomes the last time that you visit that blog. The “I’m not blogging” statement reveals something profound: successful blogging is hard work and not everyone is up to the task. Cultivating a durability over time is only one challenge that bloggers face. Here are a few more as well as some strategies for overcoming them: Boredom So you’ve got yourself a steady stream of RSS subscribers and maybe even your Adsense is generating some dough- now what? Boredom settles in and you ask yourself why you’re blogging in the first place. Tim Sanders of SandersSays has written agreat article about blogging passion, he writes that your choice of posting can mean the difference between feeling charged u... More About: Blogger , Overcome , Halle
3 Rules for Finding Great Post Ideas, and 15 Places to Look for Them
2007-08-30 10:10:00 Every blogger faces days when he stares at the screen thinking, “What in the world am I going to write about today?” One of the keys to successful blogging is how you handle that question: do you turn tail and run, or do you dig deep within you for a great post idea. A great post starts with a great idea, and every blogger has to learn to find those great ideas somewhere. For myself, I’ve learned a few key habits that have led to some successful post ideas, and I’ve learned to look to a few key places for those post ideas. 3 Rules for Finding Great Post Ideas Before we get into where to look for great post ideas, let’s look at three rules that will get you those ideas every time: 1. Be observant. Always keep your eyes open. Take a look at the world around you. There are tons of post ideas in your every day life. Look at what you’re reading, what you’re doing, who you’re talking to, what is being discussed around you. An observant blogg... More About: Places
3 Rules for Finding Great Post Ideas, and 15 Places to Look for Them
2007-08-30 10:10:00 Every blogger faces days when he stares at the screen thinking, “What in the world am I going to write about today?” One of the keys to successful blogging is how you handle that question: do you turn tail and run, or do you dig deep within you for a great post idea. A great post starts with a great idea, and every blogger has to learn to find those great ideas somewhere. For myself, I’ve learned a few key habits that have led to some successful post ideas, and I’ve learned to look to a few key places for those post ideas. 3 Rules for Finding Great Post Ideas Before we get into where to look for great post ideas, let’s look at three rules that will get you those ideas every time: 1. Be observant. Always keep your eyes open. Take a look at the world around you. There are tons of post ideas in your every day life. Look at what you’re reading, what you’re doing, who you’re talking to, what is being discussed around you. An observant blogg... More About: Places
13 Reasons Bloggers Should Use a Tumblelog for Links
2007-08-23 06:30:00 On my other blog, Zen Habits, I have a companion tumblelog that I use to link to articles I think will interest my readers. It’s been one of the best things I’ve done on my blog, for a number of good reasons, and I highly recommend it to any blogger. Let’s start by talking a little about tumblelogs. If you’re not familiar with them, they’re about the simplest blogs there are — basically a collection of links, quotes, photos, videos, dialogue, snippets of text, or anything else you might run into while surfing the net. A tumblelog can contain regular blog posts, but for the most part it’s links and other media you stumble across that you want to share with others. And it’s easy: you can use a service like Tumblr and get a free tumblelog running in minutes. Using their bookmarklet, you can link to a post or photo or video within seconds. No hassle, no wasted time. From my blog’s main page, I have a prominent link to the Zen Habits ... More About: Links , Bloggers , Reasons , Tumblelog
13 Reasons Bloggers Should Use a Tumblelog for Links
2007-08-23 06:30:00 On my other blog, Zen Habits, I have a companion tumblelog that I use to link to articles I think will interest my readers. It’s been one of the best things I’ve done on my blog, for a number of good reasons, and I highly recommend it to any blogger. Let’s start by talking a little about tumblelogs. If you’re not familiar with them, they’re about the simplest blogs there are — basically a collection of links, quotes, photos, videos, dialogue, snippets of text, or anything else you might run into while surfing the net. A tumblelog can contain regular blog posts, but for the most part it’s links and other media you stumble across that you want to share with others. And it’s easy: you can use a service like Tumblr and get a free tumblelog running in minutes. Using their bookmarklet, you can link to a post or photo or video within seconds. No hassle, no wasted time. From my blog’s main page, I have a prominent link to the Zen Habits ... More About: Links , Bloggers , Reasons , Tumblelog
The Secret to Getting Others to Talk about You
2007-08-21 18:01:00 Let me begin with an anecdote. Mary was actively involved in community service. She became the president of United Way of King County ? a non-profit community organization - in 1975. Mary would passionately tell anyone willing to listen about her son and his new company. One of the people who listened was a fellow United Way board member: John Opel. Five years later, John Opel ? president of IBM is looking for a computer operating system. And where does he go? To Redmond, Washington to meet Mary?s son ? Bill Gates. Thanks to that deal with IBM, Bill Gates today is one of the richest men alive. Arguably IBM would never have sent people to Redmond to see a virtually unknown company as Microsoft was then, if John Opel hadn?t heard the name before. Ah ? the power of contacts! The Limitations of Networking Aristotle Onassis ? the shipping tycoon - was once asked: what would you do if you suddenly lost all your money? His answer: ?I?d get a job, and work till I had saved up $300. T... More About: The Secret , Talk , Secret
The Secret to Getting Others to Talk about You
2007-08-21 18:01:00 Let me begin with an anecdote. Mary was actively involved in community service. She became the president of United Way of King County – a non-profit community organization - in 1975. Mary would passionately tell anyone willing to listen about her son and his new company. One of the people who listened was a fellow United Way board member: John Opel. Five years later, John Opel – president of IBM is looking for a computer operating system. And where does he go? To Redmond, Washington to meet Mary’s son – Bill Gates. Thanks to that deal with IBM, Bill Gates today is one of the richest men alive. Arguably IBM would never have sent people to Redmond to see a virtually unknown company as Microsoft was then, if John Opel hadn’t heard the name before. Ah – the power of contacts! The Limitations of Networking Aristotle Onassis – the shipping tycoon - was once asked: what would you do if you suddenly lost all your money? His answer: “I’d get a job, and work till I ha... More About: The Secret , Talk , Secret
Bloggers Unite to Help the Environment - We Need You!
2007-08-16 06:34:00 For the past few weeks Leo and I have been working on a project to get bloggers together for a cause. Today we launched. Blog Action Day is based on the premise that if every blog posted on the same issue on the same day we could effectively change the conversation on the web that day. So we’re asking bloggers - i.e. you! - to register their blogs to participate. All you have to do to be a part of the initiative is post on October 15th a post that relates to the environment. It can be to do with your usual topic or totally just about an environmental issue. So for example on NorthxEast I’m planning on doing a write up about the best environmental blogs around so that it fits the usual subject of the site. We’ve been busy marketing the idea so that we’d have some momentum prior to launch, and so far there are some top 100 blogs already participating as well as a ton of my favourite blogs who’ve committed too! So head over to the site and Get Inv... More About: Environment , Bloggers , The Environment , Envi , Unit
Bloggers Unite to Help the Environment - We Need You!
2007-08-16 06:34:00 For the past few weeks Leo and I have been working on a project to get bloggers together for a cause. Today we launched. Blog Action Day is based on the premise that if every blog posted on the same issue on the same day we could effectively change the conversation on the web that day. So we’re asking bloggers - i.e. you! - to register their blogs to participate. All you have to do to be a part of the initiative is post on October 15th a post that relates to the environment. It can be to do with your usual topic or totally just about an environmental issue. So for example on NorthxEast I’m planning on doing a write up about the best environmental blogs around so that it fits the usual subject of the site. We’ve been busy marketing the idea so that we’d have some momentum prior to launch, and so far there are some top 100 blogs already participating as well as a ton of my favourite blogs who’ve committed too! So head over to the site and Get Inv... More About: Environment , Bloggers , The Environment , Iron , Envi
Choosing The Right Advertising For Your Readers
2007-08-13 01:43:00 In this post, guest blogger Ali tackles the issue of finding a suitable monetization strategy for a new blog. It is possibly one of the least thought about points for almost any new blogger. What is the right type of advertising for my readers and my blog? If you set up a free blog account, especially with Blogger, you stand a particularly high chance of being completely brainwashed with Google Adsense so you don’t even look beyond that option. This happens primarily because of the simplicity of getting Adsense working. It’s OK, don’t blame yourself for that, blame Google - they’re very good at what they do! This article is not about choosing the easiest monetizing methods but rather the right monetizing methods. A trap that many bloggers fall into, is to think that just by popping up a few blocks of pay-per-click (PPC) ads, the same sort of money that more popular blogs are making will happen for them. Sadly it doesn’t work that way. Here’s why... More About: Advertising , Readers , Vert
Choosing The Right Advertising For Your Readers
2007-08-13 01:43:00 In this post, guest blogger Ali tackles the issue of finding a suitable monetization strategy for a new blog. It is possibly one of the least thought about points for almost any new blogger. What is the right type of advertising for my readers and my blog? If you set up a free blog account, especially with Blogger, you stand a particularly high chance of being completely brainwashed with Google Adsense so you don’t even look beyond that option. This happens primarily because of the simplicity of getting Adsense working. It’s OK, don’t blame yourself for that, blame Google - they’re very good at what they do! This article is not about choosing the easiest monetizing methods but rather the right monetizing methods. A trap that many bloggers fall into, is to think that just by popping up a few blocks of pay-per-click (PPC) ads, the same sort of money that more popular blogs are making will happen for them. Sadly it doesn’t work that way. Here’s why... More About: Advertising , Readers , Vert
10 Ways to Write a Great Lead for a Blog Post
2007-08-08 03:27:00 In journalism, the first paragraph or two of a newspaper or magazine article are known as the “lead paragraphs” or simply “the lede”. More time is spent writing that those few words than the rest of the story. Why? Because if you don’t catch the reader’s attention, they won’t read the article. The same applies to blog posts: after the headline, the most important words you write are in the lead paragraphs. If you want people to actually read your post (and thus come back to your blog for more), you need to focus on that lead. A great lead should do the following things: Grab the reader’s attention. Make the reader want to read more. Set the tone for the rest of the post. Summarize what the post is about. That’s a lot of jobs for just a few words. Many leads won’t accomplish all four tasks, but the best ones will. You should strive for as many of the four goals as possible for each of your leads. Here are some tips for... More About: Post , Write , Blog , Great , Lead
10 Ways to Write a Great Lead for a Blog Post
2007-08-08 03:27:00 In journalism, the first paragraph or two of a newspaper or magazine article are known as the “lead paragraphs” or simply “the lede”. More time is spent writing that those few words than the rest of the story. Why? Because if you don’t catch the reader’s attention, they won’t read the article. The same applies to blog posts: after the headline, the most important words you write are in the lead paragraphs. If you want people to actually read your post (and thus come back to your blog for more), you need to focus on that lead. A great lead should do the following things: Grab the reader’s attention. Make the reader want to read more. Set the tone for the rest of the post. Summarize what the post is about. That’s a lot of jobs for just a few words. Many leads won’t accomplish all four tasks, but the best ones will. You should strive for as many of the four goals as possible for each of your leads. Here are some tips for... More About: Post , Write , Blog , Great , Lead
Why Opportunities are So Important, and 12 Places to Look for Them
2007-08-03 01:32:00 Bloggers who are looking to increase the traffic to their blog should start thinking not in terms of links but in terms of opportunities. Because it’s opportunities, more than anything else, that are going to get you that traffic in the long run. What do I mean by opportunities? There are so many, and I list some of them below, but basically I mean opportunities to collaborate with others, to grow your blog, to attract new readers, to create a brand, to reach a new audience, to help others, to network. The problem is that many times we don’t recognize an opportunity when it comes along. Someone might email us about a link exchange, but because we have a policy not to do link exchanges, we pass on the opportunity. Should we do link exchanges, then? Not necessarily — but someone emailing you is an opportunity to make a friend, to work with another blogger, to gain a reader. Seize it if you can, by being friendly to the person, by suggesting an alternative, by finding... More About: Places , Opportunities , Import , Unit
Why Opportunities are So Important, and 12 Places to Look for Them
2007-08-03 01:32:00 Bloggers who are looking to increase the traffic to their blog should start thinking not in terms of links but in terms of opportunities. Because it’s opportunities, more than anything else, that are going to get you that traffic in the long run. What do I mean by opportunities? There are so many, and I list some of them below, but basically I mean opportunities to collaborate with others, to grow your blog, to attract new readers, to create a brand, to reach a new audience, to help others, to network. The problem is that many times we don’t recognize an opportunity when it comes along. Someone might email us about a link exchange, but because we have a policy not to do link exchanges, we pass on the opportunity. Should we do link exchanges, then? Not necessarily — but someone emailing you is an opportunity to make a friend, to work with another blogger, to gain a reader. Seize it if you can, by being friendly to the person, by suggesting an alternative, by finding... More About: Places , Opportunities , Unit
9 Blog Ideas to Help you Profit with Amazon
More articles from this author:2007-08-01 14:24:00 Amazon’s Affiliate program is one of my favourites, simply because it is so adaptable to virtually any blog or topic. They also have the benefit of a lot of trust, so you don’t need to sell the reader on Amazon as a business, rather you can focus on the products themselves. When I first started using the program I was rather dismayed that the results it was yielding were small. The key however is to build many, targeted, relevant links over time. I learnt this after reading a reading a ProBlog ger article on the subject where Darren Rowse discusses his experience with the program. After a couple of months it appears to be working with my monthly income from the program climbing from a few dollars up to the low three figures. While that still isn’t a lot of money, I suspect if I simply keep applying this principle of developing solid links to the program, this figure should continue to rise to eventually become a solid earner. So here are 9 ideas for working Amazon links int... More About: Ideas , Amazon , Profit 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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