How to format a blog post – Common mistakes new bloggers make

February 26, 2013
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Over the past two months on Google+, I’ve been meeting lots of new people, and many of them new bloggers.   I always enjoy heading over to these new blogs to take a look, read over their content and try to add an encouraging comment.
While visiting all of these new blogs, I started seeing some [...]

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The Friday Most Excellent – An amazing week

February 22, 2013
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This has been an amazing, but incredibly busy week for me.  I’ve been a little concerned about my services business for the past month or two.  I was still getting work, but it was really small stuff and was just trickling in.  I’m used to things slowing down in December, but picking right back up [...]

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Why Google+ will be critical for your blog’s success in 2013

February 19, 2013
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If you think Google+ is just another Facebook or social media clone, you’re wrong.  Trust me, making this mistake is easy to do.  I made it when I first joined Google+ on July 11, 2011 and my first post basically proves it.  I didn’t really get Google+ at the time and because my followers didn’t come [...]

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Using Google Analytics for your blog – Traffic Sources

February 12, 2013
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This is part 2 of a series I’m writing called Using Google Analytics for your blog.   If you missed the first part, which discussed what Google Analytics is and went over the Google Analytics Audience Overview section,  please head over and give it a read.   This article will dive into the next section, Google [...]

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Introducing Side Income Blogging Services

February 11, 2013

Some of you more perceptive readers might notice a new menu item on the Side Income Blogging menu bar: Become a client.  Nothing really new, I’ve just decided to combine my Empty Cabin Media blog design and development business and my blogging business together under one brand, Side Income Blogging.  I’ll be referring to this [...]

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The Friday Most Excellent – When the blogging gets tough…

February 8, 2013
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“When the going gets tough, the tough get going”.  Well, the “going” here on Side Income Blogging has been tough over the past few weeks.  My income isn’t the level I would like and my traffic levels have for some reason decided to flatline over the past two months.  I’m not complaining really, just expressing [...]

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Feedburner Email Subscribe to MailChimp – Why I switched

February 7, 2013
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I’ve been reading articles for years from various internet marketing gurus about the importance of email list building.  The consistant message I have always heard was: “The money is in the list”.
On my first blog, while I had a mailing list, I didn’t use it effectively.  I only used the blog email list to deliver [...]

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Make money from your blog using affiliate programs

February 5, 2013
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There are numerous ways to make money with a blog.  I’ve already discussed a big one, monetizing your blog with Adsense.  Another option that will further diversify your income sources is: affiliate programs.
Affiliate programs for me have generally performed second to Adsense, but I know a number of bloggers where affiliate programs are  their number one [...]

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Side income report – January 2013

February 4, 2013
January 2013 Side Income Report

Some of you may have noticed that it’s been a while since I reported on my income and traffic levels here on Side Income Blogging.  No valid excuses, other than I just didn’t think about it.  But, good news: For 2013 I’ve decided to make it a habit to start doing this again. I think [...]

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Using Google Analytics for your blog – Audience Overview

January 30, 2013
Using Google Analytics for your blog

One of the key tools you should have set-up on your blog from day one is Google Analytics.
Setting up Analytics is pretty simple, but understanding how to use it and all of the data it provides isn’t.  I often receive questions like:  How do I use Google Analytics? and I have analytics set-up, but have no [...]

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