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Entries from July 2007

Comprehensive List of Essential Articles for New or Aspiring Bloggers

July 8th, 2007 · No Comments

I’ve been collecting my favorite articles about Blogging for a few weeks now, and was planning to write a post summarizing the top resources that any new or aspiring blogger should read.  Mid-way through my research, I discovered that Matt Huggins has already done the work for me!
If you’re new to the game of […]

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Tags: Blogging for Money

Increasing Your Blog Visibility Part 2 - Google Quality Guidelines

July 7th, 2007 · No Comments

I admit it…I’ve become obsessed with starting this Blog out on the right foot so that it gets picked up by the search engines as efficiently as possible. In the long-run, the game is all about 2 key things: 1) building relationships and inbound links, and 2) being loved by the search engines…

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Tags: SEM · Blog Monetization · SEO · Blogging for Money

Set the Stage for Search Engine Success with WordPress Plugins

July 4th, 2007 · 1 Comment

These 11 WordPress plugins are well worth the time required to download, install, and configure. Download and integrate them, and you’ll be payed back many times over in increased efficiency and overall results.

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Tags: SEO · Blogging for Money

FeedBurner Sets Fire to Zen Zoomie’s Place!

July 4th, 2007 · 1 Comment

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA! In celebration of the greatest nation on Earth’s 231st Birthday, we’ve set fire to Zen Zoomie’s Place and officially gone live on FeedBurner! Subscribe to our new and improved RSS feed here:

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Tags: Blogging for Money

Blogging as a Career, Marathons, and Other High But Achievable Goals

July 3rd, 2007 · No Comments

What do blogging as a career and running your first marathon have in common?
That’s a fair question. Well, for starters, they are two very ambitious goals—particularly for someone who’s just starting out at either running or blogging. If you’ve never run more than a mile before, and you only look at […]

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Tags: Self Development · Blogging for Money

Pay Per Post Blogging Networks and Alexa Rank

July 1st, 2007 · 2 Comments

Over the weekend I’ve been doing some research into alternative revenue generation strategies for my new blog. One that looks promising is pay-per-post blogging networks. Dosh Dosh recently ran a good article that provides a fairly comprehensive list of paid blogging networks, and describes how they work. As I dug into the […]

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Tags: Blogging for Money