Announcements (and Blog Competition)
We are trying out a few new things on the blog, let me do a run-down of everything that is going on. First off, we are starting a blog carnival that will run monthly, and if successful, every two weeks. If you aren’t famaliar with blog carnivals you submit your entry URL and information you […]
A Long Time Comin’- Tiny Voices in my Head Review
No sports. No religion. No politics. All The Time! Getting on track with the Blog Reviews, Tiny Voices in my Head is first up. Layout Great header at the top, as the tagline says “the perfect blend of good and evil”. The template is a darker theme, but it works. Simple but decent. No ad […]
$25 to blow on promoting a blog, what do you do?
Here is a blog promotion question, and it isn’t rhetorical, so please feel free to answer. You have a spare $25 and want to increase awareness and generate some buzz over at the new topfunnies blog. It is not a question of making money right now, just kickstart some targetted traffic that is interested in […]
Dodgy Money Making Schemes
Having been around the business opportunity scene for quite a number of years I hate to see people being sucked into dodgy schemes. One such program I feel is the Wealth Toolbox. Simply for signing up with them they claim they will pay $50 to new members. They also say that any referrals are also […]
A few sophisticated directories
It seems that the task of linking to directories always appear in the blogger’s TO DO list. PR4 and above sites are best. Reading through Mike’s weekly stats, he isn’t so convinced of their usefulness, at least as far as driving traffic to your site. I guess like all things, you have to weigh up […]
5 ways to get more comments and make you smile
Everyone likes comments. There are bloggers who put comments above visits when judging their own success. I’m always pleased to see in the morning several comments stretched over my blogs. In fact nothing makes the process more enjoyable for me than reading a new commenter and seeing them come back. Over at Jakob Nielsen they […]
Revisiting MyLot
The majority of the bloggers I read are all on mylot and earn a little extra money from it. On January 13 I received 21.34 and I am scheduled to make another 10.66 when they pay next. That number of course should increase a few dollars by then. This is essentially just from my referrals, […]
StatCounter- Keep Track of your Traffic
To get more traffic, you have to understand where your current traffic is coming from. To do that, I like to use statcounter. Basically by using statcounter, you can get MORE traffic. Never heard of getting more traffic with a counter before? Well… By using the ‘Came From’ feature you can see what page referred […]