Every year I learn new tips on productivity when I attend the Blogging While Brown Conference. For the last 2 years the opening keynote has been presented by Scott Hanselman. He is an amazing speaker and this year he presented with Adria Richards by his side. One valuable take away that I took was about [...]
Tips To Remember When Pitching Companies
1,177 viewsJune 29, 2011 By 3 Comments
In the world of blogging, bloggers sometimes choose to pitch companies for partnership. These partnerships can include products or services that they would like to review or offer advertising space for on their blog. Many bloggers start out not knowing how to pitch companies or what information they are looking for. Many companies want to [...]
The Plugin That Broke My Blog
1,060 viewsJune 21, 2011 By 4 Comments
I am always discovering and installing plugins on my blog. Then every so often I will clean up the unused ones. I may even delete them if I just get tired of them. I feel that there is a plugin for virtually anything you want to do with your blog. You have to be careful [...]
Blogging While Brown- I Am Speaking
723 viewsJune 9, 2011 By 3 Comments
Last year I blogged about attending my very first conference named Blogging While Brown. The conference was in DC and I had a blast. Since then I have attended many more conferences but none have given me the deep down feeling of community like Blogging While Brown did. I learned a lot, met great people, [...]
I Filed My Income Taxes
527 viewsMarch 1, 2011 By 10 Comments
I was so scared this year to file my taxes. I actually started making money on my blog and with my graphic design business, so I knew I had a lot of data entry to enter. I have prepared my own taxes since 1993. That was the first year I ever filed. I have been [...]
How To Become a Product Reviewer
3,875 viewsFebruary 25, 2011 By 12 Comments
So you want to review products on your blog like Consumer Reports. Whether you are new at blogging or have been blogging for a while, reviewing products can be a benefit of blogging. Not only do you get to try out new and cool products, you also get a chance to have a company and [...]
How I Started Making Money With Google Adsense
1,047 viewsJanuary 23, 2011 By 11 Comments
We are all online to make money. We try something, see it works, and move on to something else if it does not. There are tons of online marketing articles out there. Sometimes you have to question the authenticity of each article. So I wanted to write something for my readers to tell them my [...]
Managing Banner Ads
2,280 viewsJanuary 19, 2011 By 6 Comments
Advertisements provide a large amount of income for most bloggers. Bloggers not only sign up for advertising networks, but also affiliate networks and out right sell banner ads. Sometimes using a plugin to help manage your advertisements is the best option. Plugins come with a variety of options including, expiration dates, rotating ads, and ads [...]
