What is this?

If you are here, it is or hazard, or the fact that you are looking for some ways to increase your revenues. If this is true, let me tell you something: maybe today is your lucky day. I spent a lot of time online searching ways to get money and I actually found them, but I got to a moment when all my information was a chaos because  I had too many poor content sources for the information and scams.  So I took the functional solutions, I decided to hold it all together and share it with you, hoping you will find the convenient way for you to make money from home. If you are willing to spend some of your time on that, it can be really easy and funny. It is all about patience and  perseverance.

Mix work with fun, smile a lot, sit at your desk or in your bed and just be. Be your own boss.

Enough with the talking right now. Let's get some money!

20 Ways to Improve Your Blog Popularity

Every blogger would like to be heard, to be known, to have visitors, comments and loyal readers. So, let see some tips to improve your blog popularity:

1. Submit your blog in free directories. Type free directories submission in Google and you will find directories where you can submit your blog for free.
2. Submit your blog to DMOZ. It's not easy to get your blog in this major directory, but once you succeed, the good results will follow.
3. Write good and original content, so people would like to have your link in their website.
4. Create pools. 
5. Write something useful, something funny or something weird.
6. Post often. Every post is an opportunity to be found by search engines or to answer someone's questions.
7. Interact with your users, start a contest, tell a secret.
8. Try to learn some SEO tips.
9. Write tutorials and pillars articles.
10. Get a good slogan and a logo for your blog.
11. Create video tutorials and post them on YouTube 
12. Take pictures everywhere you go and post them.  You will have no copyrighting troubles and interesting content.
13. Submit your blog post to social bookmarking sites
14. Link to others and get linked.
15. Submit your blog to Technorati.
16. Be patient and committed.
17. Add meta tag to your blog.
18. Use Squidoo.
19. Start a newsletter for your readers.
20. Add a game to your blog. 

Hope this was helpful. Now go, write a post, raise your virtual voice and never give up.

Another Thing You Must Consider While Blogging

 I made some research today about PageRank and I decided to share all I found about it, since this blog is meant to tell you everything about how to make yours to work. And the rank of  the blog has much to do with it being a successful one or not.
 So, PageRank is a link analysis algorithm. It earned the name from Larry Page, the developer of the algorithm and Google's co-founder.  This algorithm is used by Google Internet search engine to calculate the importance of a page, considering the referral links and quotations that the page has. In English, the image looks like this: it has more impact when a big dog runs towards a small dog then when a small dog runs towards a big dog, no matter how loud the little one barks. What I want you to know is the relevance of exchanging links and making yourself visible in this picture called the Internet. The image below represents mathematical PageRank for a simple network. Every circle is a page and every arrow indicates the references.

Now you can check the rank of your blog thanks to GoogleRankings, a free tool offered by Google. You just have to go to this page, complete the required fields and click the "what's my rank" button.

I think someday anyone can be a big dog. Till then... write more and smile as well. Thumbs up!

Source: Wikipedia 

Make Money With Your Blog (I)

Today I start the "make money with your blog" post series. The first way to make money  I would like to present you is Bloggvertise.com . It is a place where bloggers and advertisers come together and get what are they looking for. Bloggers receive tasks to write about the advertisers and get payed for this and for all the clicks they get on the advertisers links in that article. Advertisers obtain more traffic, more popularity and more clients if they have something to sell.
 All you have to do is open an account and  submit your blog for free at www.bloggvertise.com. Once your blog is approved, you will get assignments  and start to earn. You also have the option to comment and rate other blogs and get "Do-Follow links". If you are active, you increase the chances to receive tasks.
 Enough! It's time for you to earn real money. Way to go!

 To be continued...

How to Blog Effectively

I bet most of you begun writing a blog because you have something to say. And a lot of you would like to earn money blogging and be heard. This takes a lot of time, patience, perseverance, but in the end, if you stick to it, you'll get it. I will offer you here some tips to make the process a little bit easier. So... here we go:

•  Take care of the blog traffic. Make it grow. Learn some SEO tips, join social networks and activate the RSS, so your readers can subscribe.
• Keeping post frequency - decide to write at least a post everyday of the week and use the week-ends or free days to post more, 4-6 posts if possible. Try to not get lazy.
• Advertise your blog. Join social networks and share your link. Make a banner and ask a friend to host it in his website.
• Be interesting and out of the box. Try to write about uncovered subjects and be original.
• Get comments and stay in touch with your readers. Make them be curious about your next post.
• Choose an attractive look for your blog. The design of the blog is the first thing seen by the reader. First impressions does matter.
• Include images and videos in your posts.
• Don't ever give up. If you don't have readers or comments, keep writing.   

Fell free to add more.

Top 10 Free Blog Hosts

Here is a list of free blog hosts, so you can choose what is the most adequate for you.

  1. Blogger
Blogger is a free tool offered by Google. It very easy to use and offers you the possibility to monetize your blog with AdSense. It's one of the most popular free blog host.

  2. WordPress
WordPress is very popular also. The big advantage offered by WordPress is that you can install it on your site or you can use the same software on their site, thing that saves you a lot of time and work.

  3. Blogster
Easy to use and nice design. It offers free photo hosting.

  4. Multiply
It offers social networking and space to share your ideas in a blog, for free.

  5. SoulCast
Here you can write your blog anonymously.

 6. Bravenet
Nice design, RSS feed option and more.

 7. TBlog
This is a blog host with the purpose of generating traffic.

  8. Xanga
Socializing and blogging free and easy.

   9. Blog
Powerful publishing platform, easy to use.

 10. Weebly
Here you can create a site and a blog, both for free.

Top 5 Sites With Free Photos for Your Blog

To stay out of trouble, is better for you to use pictures from sites with free resources. Don't forget to check the copyright restrictions on any photos you use on your blog. Some of the free photos on these sites could require you to link back from your blog post to the source or to provide attribution. Here I have for you 5 sites where you can find free photos for your blog:

1. Flickr
Not all the photos on this site are for free, but thanks to their advanced search, you can find right what you need.

2. Stock.xchng
This site has a big stock of free photos. Some of them have some requirements, but everything is fast and easy.

3. FreeFoto
Here you can find a lot of free pictures, but with link back and attribution required.

4. FreePhotosBank
 The big advantage with this site is that you don't need an account, so you get very quick what are you looking for.

5. FreeDigitalPhotos.net
You don't have to register. All you have to do is to navigate to the images you want and download.

Now you can make your blog much more interesting by adding pictures from this sites. Post wisely! :)

How To Get Your Blog Indexed by Google in 1 Hour ?

Getting your blog indexed by Google's web Crawler is very important.  Is maybe the biggest step that a blogger can take. Having your blog on Google makes it easy to be found in the search engines, when someone makes a search that contains your keywords. Google offers the possibility to submit your URL on their index, but just by doing that you might not get fast results. So here I have for you some things that I did and my blog got on Google in it`s first day, in about 1 hour.

• Join  Twitter, go to the settings -> profile -> web and add there your URL.
• Join Facebook and share your URL with your friends, on your wall.
• Join a forum, put your URL in your user signature and leave some comments.
• If you speak Spanish,  go to EspaInfo and add your blog there. You have the "agregar empresa o página web" option, click there and follow the steps they tell you to.
• Use "ping your blog" free services like: Pingoat, Pingomatic, PingMyBlog.
• Tweet every new post.
• Invite your friends to read your blog and leave comments.
• Write at least 3 posts.
• Insert your URL everywhere you can. Google finds it if it your blog can be seen (forums, social networks, comments on other blogs).  

Try this and let me know you succeeded. Keep blogging!

13 Tips to Write Successful Posts

The essence of a blog is his content. You must keep your readers updated and challenge them to leave you a comment, a feedback.

• Use questions in the title, at the beginning or at the end of the post.
• Make sure all you say is real and honest and as a result you will get loyalty from your readers. No one wants to be informed by a source who lied once.
• Use easy words and short phrases. It is easier for the reader to follow the idea if all is clear and concise.
• Write list posts (10 reasons to start a blog today, 10 things you must apply from the beginning, top 10 rock ballads, and so on)
• Insert photos and videos in your post, something related to your news, story or whatever your subject is. It's up to you to make your site beautiful for the readers eyes.
• Be original. Write your own ideas and opinions. If you quote something from somewhere, remember to provide a link to the original source.
• Be careful with the grammar and the spelling. 
• Don’t write topics you have no ideas about. If you know nothing about your subject matter, readers will notice it.
• Give the reader a reason to come back. This reason could be your great content, they won’t want to miss out, so they’ll come back or subscribe.
• Keep your style. People like to know what to expect, once you have settled on a style for your audience stick to it.
• Create a good title.You could have the greatest content, but if your title is not catchy, most people won’t end up reading it.
• Write comments on your own posts. A blog without comments doesn't seem to attractive.
• Be constant. If your blog content is updated daily, search engines will tend to spider the pages at regular intervals.
  
   I hope this was helpful for you. I will tell u more when I find more. Till then, keep writing!

  
  

Adding PayPal Donate Button to Blogger, Step by Step

Today I added Paypal Donate button to my blog and I decided to share with you the entire process. All you have to do is to follow every step I present you and you will get the button on your blog too. So, let's begin!

 1. Get a PayPal account and login.
 2. Click on the Merchant Services tab
 3. Select Donations from the key features list that you can find in the right sidebar of the PayPal Website Payments Standard Option.
  4.When you get to the the Paypal Create a Payment Button screen, select Donations. It is usually already selected.
 5. Choose your currency.
 6. Select Donors enter their own contribution amount radio button if you don't want to have a set amount. 
 7. The Secure Merchant ID radio button must be selected to protect you e-mail from spammers.
 8. At step 2 you can save your button, so you can use it again when you need it.
 9. At step 3 you can allow the donors to leave a little comment among the donation.
10. Choose the No radio button for Customer's Shipping Address.
11. Click on Create the button.
12. Copy the donate button code that PayPal created for you.
13 .Go in your blog, Layout - Page Elements and select an Add a gadget link.
14. Choose HTML/Javascript widget from the list.and paste the button code into the Content box.
15. Choose a title and then save. View your blog for the result.

 I hope this helped you and you are now the owner of a Donate button on your blog.

13 Steps That Get Traffic to Your Blog

The traffic shows the health state of your blog, it proves that a blog is dead or alive and every blogger's dream is to get lot and lot of traffic. Cause this means lots of readers and maybe lots of money. so read this article to find out how to get traffic to your blog.

 1. Let everyone know about your new blog: family, friends, pets and co.
  2. Join social networking sites, such as Facebook , MySpace, Hi5 , make new friends and share them your new posts.
 3. Join forums, make a few comments and put a link to your blog in your signature.
 4. Join groups and communities online, find people in your area of expertise and show them your ideas by giving them a link to your blog.
 5. Add your blog to Google index.
 6. Add your blog to Yahoo! Search Index
 7. Use the "ping my blog" services, such as Pingoat, Ping-o-matic or others. Do this every time you publish.
 8. Write a least one post everyday. Make time for your blog.
 9. Leave comments on other blogs.
10. Use pictures and videos in your posts. Your blog must be friendly and warm.
11. Submit your best posts to article directories.
12. Add e-card pages and pools.
13. Use good grammar.

To be continued... Feel free to add more.

10 Things You Must Apply From the Beginning

Starting a blog is easy. But if you want to have a successful blog, you can try to follow next advices:


1. Define your goal and go for it
It is very important for you to know your goal from the beginning. Maybe an online diary, promoting a product or a business, sharing funny things, videos and picture or even making money online. If you have your purpose in your mind, it is much easier to be constant and to not give up when you meet the first obstacle.

2. Post a minimum of one post everyday
Writing is very important. In fact, that's blogging about. You need to write at least one post per day. That way, your blog grows and always has a fresh air. You don't want your blog to be perceived like a static one, so be active!

3. Picture speaks a thousand words. Use it! 
Your posts will look much better with a picture on it. Don't be afraid to use images related to your post.


4. Join social networking sites
 If you want the world to read you, join social networking sites and let your the people know about your blog. You will get traffic and new friends. Try Facebook, MySpace, Hi5 and others.


5. Make yourself visible
You can do this by participating in social bookmarking, by joining sites like Digg, Reddit, StumbleUpon.

6. Offer e-mail subscription 
That's how your readers receive an e-mail notification about your every new post.

 7. Have an “About Me” page
It makes your blog more personal, so more trustful. Complete your personal information and let the readers know you, build a relationship with them.

 8. Blog name must be concise and short
 It's easier to remember a short name. For readers and for the search engines as well. So find something concise and catchy.

9. Start or end your posts with questions  
A question expects an answer and makes the reader express his opinion and his ideas. And that's what are you looking for right now: to interact with your readers.

10. Be patient and don't give up
There is no shortcut to a successful blog, so you must have a lot of patience and try to learn from your mistakes and from others experiences.
 
... and don't forget to have fun!

10 Reasons to Start a Blog Today

If you are here, but you're not convinced to start a blog yet, I give you 10 reasons to do it today.

1. To express yourself
A blog gives you the opportunity to express and share your thoughts, dreams, ideas and opinions.

2. To promote a business or a product
 No one knows better then you your business or product's potential. Get out of the box! Let the world know about you.

 3. To highlight a mass-media ignored topic
 Make a blog about a subject that will intrigue the readers.

 4. To become famous one day
 Become the voice who people follows.

 5. To make money
 Find the best keywords and use AdSense .

6. To get feedback on your niche or ideas
Write about something and the criticism will follow, as well as appreciations.

7. To post your reviews and recommendations 
Write your own critique column.

8. To tell your story. Easy and free
Write your diary online. Your story deserves to be heard. Making a blog is easy and free. I recommend Blogger or Wordpress.

9. To help people
Do something.

10. To have a lot of fun
You can have a lot of fun blogging, customizing your blog, sharing ideas, receiving feedback and watching your readers number growth.