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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Is blogging easy? Absolutely not

January 17, 2013
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If you’ve been reading any of my more recent articles, you’ll know I’ve been hanging out on Google+ frequently these days.  In a Google+ community I’m a member of, a comment was made by a community member that is a new blogger.  The comment contained the following observation:
Blogging isn’t as easy as it looks.
She was [...]

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How to build up your blog

January 14, 2013
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You’ve spent the last few days setting up your new blog and writing your first ten articles.  Maybe you followed my Start a Money Making Blog Series, some other tutorial or perhaps you just winged it.  Regardless, your blog looks great, your content perfect and everything is ready to go.  Now you can just sit [...]

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How to kill your blog’s brand by over promoting

January 9, 2013
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One of the most frustrating things I’m seeing is new (and unfortunately experienced) bloggers deluding their brand name by over promoting their own content.  This has been an issue for a while.  Starting with blog comments, and now made even worse through use of social media.
I published an article recently pleading for moderators of Google+ Communities to crack [...]

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The power of now

January 8, 2013
The power of NOW and your blog - Stop thinking, stop hesitating, stop the excuses and start blogging.

The Future is Now.   This was the phrase on a small sign my Dad made for me when I was in college.  That simple phrase became one of my driving mantras in life, starting with college, but also in my marriage, my professional career and in my blogs.  The phrase is a contant reminder [...]

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Google Communities – The Good and the Ugly

January 4, 2013
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In early December I received an email from Google announcing that Google Communities was live and inviting me to check it out.  To be honest, I hadn’t been on Google+ much since it originally went live.  When I was on, it was only to share links to recent articles I had written.  I wasn’t engaged [...]

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2012 Year in Review

January 3, 2013
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Has it really been a year?  I hesitated writing this article because almost every blogger puts together a “year in review” post.  After some severe waffling, I decided to write one.  Why?   Given my niche is teaching others how to blog and how to earn an income online, I thought it would be beneficial [...]

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