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101 Resources for Managing Your Money Online

Posted on 31. Aug, 2008 by Steven.

With a hard-hitting credit crunch beginning to take its toll on the masses, and rising fuel and food costs already causing distress, more and more people are turning to the web in order to cut costs and to make use of the valuable financial tools that exist online. We hope this list comes in handy, [...]

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9 Barriers to Success with Social Media

Posted on 06. Aug, 2008 by Steven.

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7 Critical Success Factors for Blogs

Posted on 31. Jul, 2008 by Steven.

Every blogging niche is different and each individual blogger has his or her own approach, but in the vast majority of cases there are a few factors that are absolutely critical to the long-term health of a blog. Some of these are obvious, but it can be a good starting point for new bloggers, or [...]

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How to Attract Advertisers to Your Blog

Posted on 17. Jun, 2008 by Steven.

If you’re a blogger who is trying to make money by selling ad space, chances are you have read some tips from others about how to attract and retain advertisers. I currently have two blogs. One is about a year old and the other is about four months old. One always takes priority over the [...]

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5 Alternatives to Social Media Marketing

Posted on 10. Jun, 2008 by Steven.

Social Media Optimization is one of the most common methods for getting significant exposure for bloggers. Sites like Digg, StumbleUpon, Reddit, and Delicious are constantly sending large volumes of traffic to submissions that are the most popular with users. An effective Social Media Marketing plan can help to take a blog from nowhere to being [...]

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7 Business Lessons You’ll Learn from Blogging

Posted on 03. Jun, 2008 by Steven.

When it comes to blogging for money you’ll get a wide range of opinions on the subject of whether a blog is a business in itself. Personally, I feel that a blog can be a business on its own (without any other services or products being sold) because I see plenty of them every day [...]

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The Limitations of Social Media

Posted on 27. May, 2008 by Steven.

I’m an active user of social media, and sites like StumbleUpon, Delicious, and Digg have been incredibly valuable for helping me to grow my blog for almost a year now. Many other bloggers, like me, have seen the power of social media, and it’s very easy to get sucked in and focus the majority of [...]

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Bouncing Back from a Failed Attempt

Posted on 20. May, 2008 by Steven.

One of the realities of starting a business is that there’s a chance of failure. Almost all successful entrepreneurs, online or offline, have failed at least once, if not many times. It’s pretty rare to hit it big with your first attempt. Risk is a necessary element of entrepreneurship, and without risk the reward would [...]

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10 Social Networks for Entrepreneurs

Posted on 13. May, 2008 by Steven.

Social networking is obviously very popular online today. Unlike general networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, there are a number of smaller networks that focus on professionals and businesses. These sites can be an excellent place to gain some exposure and to communicate with other entrepreneurs. Here is a quick look at 10 networking sites [...]

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Taking Advantage of a Competitive Niche

Posted on 06. May, 2008 by Steven.

I’ve talked to a number of bloggers who got started out because of an interest in a particular niche or because of a desire to make money, only to find down the road that there are a million other blogs doing the same thing as them. With the constantly increasing number of blogs online, it [...]

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Make Money with Your Own Job Board

Posted on 29. Apr, 2008 by Steven.

You may have noticed a trend recently that more and more websites are including job boards as a way to add value to their visitors and to produce some revenue for the site. Smashing Magazine, Freelance Switch, and ProBlogger all have popular job boards that provide relevant job postings for their target audiences. It’s interesting [...]

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7 Tips for Prioritizing Your Work

Posted on 22. Apr, 2008 by Steven.

As an online entrepreneur you will always be faced with more tasks that you need to get done than you can manage. There will always be new ideas and opportunities that are tempting to pull you away from other things you are working on. Prioritizing your work is extremely important to achieve efficiency with your [...]

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Expenses are Part of Doing Business Online

Posted on 15. Apr, 2008 by Steven.

Running an online business is just as much of a real and legitimate business as owning a brick and mortar store. Whether you are blogging to make money, running an e-commerce website, providing a membership or subscription-based site, or doing affiliate marketing, you are running a business. Part of running and managing a business is [...]

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The Blog Promotion Curve

Posted on 08. Apr, 2008 by Steven.

Launching and growing a successful blog takes commitment to several different areas, including promotion. Even blogs with large, established audiences need to be doing some type of promotion in order to keep growing. What’s been interesting to me in my experience with blog promotion is the curve that takes place as your blog develops and [...]

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