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Blogger.com – How To Add A Gadget To Blog

Jean — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:48:37 +0000

We use the “add a gadget” feature to add contents on the sidebar, top or bottom portion of your blogger.com blog.

There are hundred of gadgets available but the the most popular ones are:

Followers – Displays a list of users who follow your blog

HTML/Javascript – Add third-party functionality or other code to your blog.

Text – Add some words to your blog – like a welcome message – with our rich text editor.

Adsense – Earn revenue by displaying relevant ads on your blog.

Feed – Add content from an RSS or Atom feed to your blog.

Blog List – Show off what you read with a blogroll of your favorite blogs.

…and many more.

To add a gadget, login to your blogger.com account and on your dashboard click on “Layout”.

You will be brought to this page….

As you will notice there are three portions in this theme where you can add a gadget.

For demonstration purposes, let us add a banner in the sidebar.

Click on “Add A Gadget” on the sidebar. A pop-up window will appear to make you choose what kind of gadget you will add.

To add a banner on your site, you will need an HTML code. Click on “HTML/Javascript”.

Type in the title of the widget. In our example, our title is “RECOMMENDED PRODUCTS”. Then cut & paste or type the HTML code of the the banner you want to add.

HTML Code Example:

After typing your HTML code, click on “Save” to save your gadget.

Your done adding a gadget on the sidebar of your blogger blog. Check your blog and it looks like this:

Blogger.com – How To Add Blog Content

Jean — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:07:49 +0000

Once you have created your new blog, it is now time to add blog content to it. You will now be creating a new blog post.

Tip: You can type your blog post first in Notepad or any word processor for easy editing and proofreading. Then cut and past your newly created post to transferring it to the posting area of your blog.

Go to www.blogger.com to sign in using your Google account. You will be taken to your dashboard which look like this:

Click on “New Post” to write a blog post. You will then be taken to the posting page to add blog content.

Enter the title of your blog post. The type the content of your blog on the space provided for. Blogger.com uses a WYSIWIG panel so you don’t need to know html codes to format your content.

Don’t forget to add labels or tags to your post so that others will find it easy to look for your post.

Click on “Publish Post” to make your post public and be seen on the World Wide Web.

You have now successfully posted and published your blog. You can now view your new blog post by clicking on the “View Post” button or typing your blog address: http://yourblogname.blogspot.com.

This is how your new blog post will look like:

Note: The look of your blog will depend on the theme that you use. I am using minima theme for this blog.

Congratulations! You have now added blog content to your blogger.com blog.

How To Blog Using Blogger.com

Jean — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 09:32:55 +0000

In my previous post I have defined “what is a blogging.” Now you might ask yourself “how to blog?”

As a beginner you can start to blog using a free blog platform courtesy of Blogger.com. It is the easiest way to set up a blog. You can creat your blog and publish your first post in a minutes.

I personally prefer the hosted Wordpress platform. But for those who are learning how to blog, a free one is a good start while acquiring the blogger’s mindset. The disadvantage of using blogger.com is it has limited features and you have only so much control over the design and layout of your blog. But you can upgrade later to a hosted one when funds come in and when blogging becomes part of your daily routine.

Go to www.blogger.com to start creating your blog.

How to blog with Blogger.com

Click on CREATE A BLOG to start to set up your Blogger blog. You will then be directed to this page:

How to blog using Blogger.com

Fill in the information ask for. Refer to the right side column for details on what to input on the boxes. If you have an existing Google account like Gmail, iGoogle, Google groups or Orkut, you sign in first and use that account to create a blog. Blogger.com is owned by Google so you can use your blogger account.

Create a password that is 8 characters in length, preferably use letters and numbers. Blogger.com will not accept it if your password is weak.

Display name is the name that will appear in your blog and it is visible to your readers. You can use your pen name or real name.

Don’t forget to check the “Acceptance of Terms” else you won’t be directed to the next page.

Click on “Continue” to go to the next page.

How to blog using Blogger.com

You are now on the page where you will name your blog.

In my previous post, I gave blog tips on how to create a successful blog. I have discussed a guide on what to blog. If you have now decided on what to blog then you can name your blog related to your chosen topic. If you have not decided yet then you can gave it a general name like “My Daily Journey In Life” or “A Girl’s Musing”, etc.
In the above example, I decided to review ebooks because I love books and my passion is reading.

You can refer to the notes below each box if you are not sure how to fill it up.

It is advisable to use your blog title as your blog address so that it is easy to remember. However it is not required that the two are the same. Click on “Check availability” to see if your chosen blog address is available.

Fill in the word verification and click on the orange arrow to continue to the next page.

How to blog using Blogger.com

This page will give you options to choose how your blog will look like. Choose a template that is readable, simple to navigate and not cluttered design so that your readers will not have a hard time reading your blog. Click on continue to go to the next page.

How to blog using Blogger.com

Congratulations! Your blog has been created. You can now start blogging.

Your blog address will look like this: http://yourblog.blogspot.com. In the above example it is http://ebookstosell.blogspot.com. The main domain is blogspot.com not blogger.com. However, to post in your blog and change the settings you need to login to http://www.blogger.com.

Blog Tips – Starting A Successful Blog

Jean — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:03:05 +0000

Are you now ready to start a successful blog?

In starting a blog, you need to change your mindset and be in the right frame of thinking. To make your blog successful you need to have a mindset of a blogger. This is one of the most important blog tips you need to know. To have a blogger’s mindset is to condition yourself to this undertaking, be committed and stay focus. This is a long term project and not just a one week activity. However, as you progress along, there are tools to automate blogging so it will not take most of your time.

You also have to understand that in starting a blog, it is not just posting your thoughts. You need to have an attainable goal to motivate you to continue doing it. One goal that most bloggers have is to make money using their blog. And to be able to make money with your blog is to get as many readers or subscribers as you can. As you publish your thoughts or expertise, you will become popular as many will visit your blog and make money with it.

Here are other blog tips to start a successful blog:

a. Write Topics You Are Passionate About or An Expert Of

Choose what kind of blog you will create by thinking of things you are passionate about or enjoy doing most. If you talk about your passion it will not be hard to find topics to write about. Your ideas will just come flowing through your mind and you’ll not run out of ideas. If you like online games, then create an online game resource blog, if you like football, then create a football blog, if you are a mother and would like to talk about motherhood, then create a blog about it. Indeed, the possibilities are endless.

Before starting a blog, write at least 10 things you are passionate about or an expert of. Rank them and evaluate each one. Choose the one where you will not ran out of topics and that you can easily find resources.

b. Modelling the More Popular Blogs

You can now search the world wide web to find blogs with similar topics. For example if you have selected the topic “weight loss” then look for similar blogs through search engines. When I say modeling, it means you get ideas from the blogs of the same topic and note it down. I didn’t mean you copy it.

c. Focus on One Niche

If you are just starting, focus in one topic or niche. Build your blog to gain a lot of traffic, higher pagerank, lots of backlinks and subscribers. Research ways where and what can make money most with your blog.

d. Never Give Up!

Blogging is not a get-rich-quick scheme. You might not be happy with the result at the beginning because traffic is very slow. But never give up. This is usually the case when you are still starting a blog. Focus on ways to improve your blog. Build your blog slowly and you will gain momentum in due time.

e. Maintain Momentum

Starting a blog is not a one-time undertaking that you just create it and then leave it. It is necessary to post at regular intervals. You need to have an abundant supply of new fresh ideas to post in your blogs. Some blog platform lets you post in advance all the articles and publish it on designated date you scheduled in advance. This will automate your blog posting.

Get more blog tips as you start your blogging career and make money on the internet.

Blogging and How It Can Bring You 5 Figure Income

Jean — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:58:57 +0000

Establishing your presence on the World Wide Web could cost you a thousand of dollars a few years back. It is something that most of us cannot afford. But today you can establish your online presence for free through what is popularly known as blogging.

In recent years, blogging has exploded its popularity. It was used to be called weblogs or online diary. People can start blogging in just 5 minutes even if they don’t have skills on web design and development and no upfront cost. Blogging has never been easier with the recent popular free service of blogger.com.

We have never seen before several income opportunities that is brought about the advancement of the World Wide Web. You can read about a 13 years old kid raking thousands of dollars through blogging. Ordinary people have generated about $300,000 dollars by just selling digital products while senior citizens are making money just by social networking.

Share Your Opinions With The World

Maybe, just like me, you too love to write and want to share your ideas with world. A blog can make your desire come true. People around the world can access read your blog. You can share information and knowledge about anything, from religious issues to political issues. What is even more appealing is the fact that you can make friends from many different countries within the comfort of your own home!

Take First Step Toward Your 5 Figure Income

You can set up your blog for free. You do not need money to setup a blog. You can start blogging using blogger.com which is a free blogging service!

However, I personally prefer Wordpress. It is now very affordable to get a web hosting and most good web hosts have 1-click install feature for Wordpress. Or you can ask your web host to install Wordpress for you. You do not need to deal with the technical issues.

Once your blog is up and online, you can register in several affiliate programs in order to promote their products on your blog and make money every time a visitor buys a product from your affiliate link. Just go to Clickbank.com and Paydotcom.com to promote digital products like ebooks and softwares. Or you can go to Amazon.com to promote physical products like electronic devices. You don’t worry about the inventory, all you have to do is drive traffic to the affiliate site through your blog.

To be an affiliate means that whenever a person buys a merchant’s product through your referral link, you will get paid a commission. When you sign up with each of these affiliate programs, you will be given a unique referral link which you can embed into the content of your blog post. The rest of the game is very simple: just keep posting good content on your blog and get backlinks from fellow bloggers!

In fact, this is how the people I mentioned above in this article could make 5 figures income every month! You too can.

Blogging – Doing What You Enjoy While Making Money At The Same Time

Jean — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:36:01 +0000

What do you enjoy doing most? It could be a hobby perhaps. Are you making money out of it? Some may say “yes” but I am sure there will be some who not making money but is compensated by the joy that they get out of doing it. Thanks to the internet, you can now have fun while making money at the same time.

Do you want to make money by indulging yourself in your favorite hobby? Blogging is one medium to do that.

Blogging Gives You the Venue for Expressing Your Ideas

I am sure you are good at one thing or the other. You may be good at golf. You maybe knowing every golf player by heart or you may even know each and every trick of the game! Or you may be good at car driving, as well as have knowledge about every machine and every race of cars. The point is that you must be good at SOMETHING, which I am sure you ARE!

A blog can give you a platform to write about something you are good at. It does not need to be a great topic or skill; it could be as simple as how to grow a rose. You might have heard of a 70 years old granny who is paid $5000 per month for writing about nothing other than rose!

You do not even need to be a writing expert in order to do blogging. Everybody, even a 9 years old child can write a blog! In fact, I have a niece who started writing a blog about her school days, and one day there was a kid magazine offering to pay her $200 per month just to put advertising on her blog!

Different Sources Of Income

You might be asking how blogging in itself could make you any money. Well, there are a number of sources of income for bloggers! One of the sources of revenue is: advertising. As you consistently write quality post in your blog, your readership base will start growing by leaps and bounds. By that time you can leverage your blog with advertisement or sponsors. Can anything be better than being paid for writing something you already love to write about?

You can either offer advertising space to selected vendors (example is displaying banner ads or writing a review about the product of your advertiser) or join an advertising network like Google Adsense for free. It is that simple. You don’t have to think too much about the technical details. As I said, even a 9 year old child can do it, there is no reason why you can’t!

Another way to make money is by offering monthly memberships to the readers of your blog. If your content is really that good, you can get away with $2000-$4000 residual income per month.

A friend of mine is making money by blogging about real estate investment since he had almost 15 years of experiences on the subject! The money he makes nowadays from blogging has been more than what he has earned during his 15 years’ real estate investment career!

Do you want to start blogging but don’t know how? The Niche Blogger will give you a step-by-step guide on how to blog. Amy Bass, its creator, will outline detailed instructions from setting out a blog to more advanced techniques. Even her computer illiterate mother was making money by just blogging. Visit The Niche Blogger to discover how Amy became debt-free in a short span of time through blogging.

What Affiliate Marketing Is?

Jean — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:55:33 +0000

At this point you might still be confused about what affiliate marketing is. To give you a clear picture of it, let me talk about what it is and what it is not.

Affiliate Marketing Is….

Pay-for-performance

In order to earn money as an affiliate, you need to produce results for the merchant or network: whether it’s sales, clicks or registrations. Please remember that you earn a portion of the sale or commission when a product is bought by a customer. Some companies will pay you if somebody clicks on the affiliate link the company provides for you or when a customer registers for free to an affiliate website.

A Legitimate Business

Affiliate marketing is a legitimate business and the most successful affiliates run their affiliate businesses seriously and treat it as a real business.

A Big business

Affiliates around the world earn billions of dollars each year. In 2006, it was estimated that the affiliates in the UK alone earned over 2 billion dollars. Affiliate earnings ranges from over millions of dollars a year and around $20 dollars a week for small time affiliates.

A long established business model

When people realized that the internet could be a good medium for commerce, affiliate marketing was born. One of the earliest big affiliate programs was started by Amazon.com in 1996.

Internet-based

When it comes to earning commissions, all the tracking and processing is done through the internet though you can promote your product or your website using offline method. The handling of products is handled by the company and there is no door-to-door selling.

Open to anyone

You do not need to have special qualifications to be an affiliate. Most affiliate programs are open to anyone: whether you are experienced or a complete newbie. You also do not need to be a computer genius to be a successful affiliate. Everyone goes through the same learning curve. Since it is a pay-for-performance, it is for anybody who wants to make money online.

Now that you have seen what affiliate marketing is, here’s what affiliate marketing is NOT.

Affiliate Marketing is Not…

Creating and selling your own product

Creating your own product is a different business that requires a lot more risk than affiliate marketing. When you create a product you invest money in creating the product, marketing the product, handling payments and delivery, providing customer support, and ongoing development. An affiliate is simply responsible for sending prospects to a merchant! The product owners get affiliates to make more sales.

Being an affiliate first can be a stepping stone to create your own product later on when you have gained more experience of the business.

Just about pharmaceuticals, pornography, online dating or gambling.

You might have encountered a lot affiliates promoting the above products. But there are more hundred of products you can promote in different niches according to your interest like e-books, electronic products, health products, pet care and many much more.

Becoming a spammer

You might be annoyed receiving a lot of emails in your inbox promoting one product or another from persons you don’t know. These people are spammers. Spamming is one method of promoting a product but it is illegal and is not encouraged.

You might make a sale from spamming but it would not build your reputation as a true affiliate marketer.

Learn more about what is affiliate marketing and get step-by-step guide on how to be an affiliate marketer at Affilorama.

What Is Affiliate Marketing?

Jean — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:40:12 +0000

One of the ways to make money online is through affiliate marketing by promoting the products of another company for a commission on each sale you generate.

People who promote products through affiliate marketing are called “affiliates”, or sometimes “associates” or “partners”. Most affiliates promote products through their websites or blog, but you’re not restricted to these methods. Those who don’t have websites or blogs can promote it to their email list or social networking sites. Basically, anywhere you can put a website address or a hyperlink can be turned into a promotional vehicle — the only limit is your imagination.

The bottom line in affiliate marketing is to promote your product to as many people as you can to make a sale. When you make a sale you earn a commission. It usually ranges from 20% to as high as 75%.

Affiliate marketing is not a pyramid scheme and it is not a tool for scammers and spammers. Affiliates are ordinary people wanting to earn some extra cash from their websites or blogs, or individuals looking for a serious work-at-home business that they can perform from anywhere in the world or in the comfort of their own homes, with serious earning potential.

There are other things you need to learn when you want to go into affiliate marketing. They are:

Finding good products to promote
Building websites
Conducting market research
Search engine optimization (getting your website ranking well in the search engines)
Creative ways to promote your products
Social networking and “web 2.0″ strategies
Email marketing
Pay-per-click marketing
Creating or sourcing content for your website or newsletter
Getting motivated, staying motivated, and avoiding potential mishaps
Earning money by displaying ads on your site (eg, Google AdSense)

If your desire is to make money from home then affiliate marketing is a profitable option. Keep posted as I will be discussing the above topics in my coming posts.

For the meantime, if you really are serious to go into affiliate marketing and want to make money online as an affiliate, Affilorama has a step-by-step video lessons on all aspects of affiliate marketing, complete with comprehensive written notes. Click here to join Affilorama and get free access to the lessons.

What is Blogging? Start Making Money Online

Jean — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:24:11 +0000

If you ask yourself, “what is blogging,” then you’ve probably heard this buzzword in talk with friends, family, and even in printed media!

Blog is short for weblog. A weblog is a journal that is frequently updated and intended for general public consumption. Blogs generally represent the personality of the author or the Web site.

Blogs are a great way to share information, give opinions, and make some amount of money.

People who visit different websites would talk about the interesting things they found and link to the sites. Blogging actually started as a way for people to share their visits to other websites.

In time, blogs eventually became sort of a personal diary for some people and became increasingly popular.

Many bloggers also started creating informative blogs in different niches which would bring about part or full-time incomes for the blogger!

Blogs create loyalty from the readers. Once people start enjoying the things you are writing, most likely they will come again and again to see what you have to write.

As you gain more followers and add more content you will eventually start to rank highly in the search engines.

When you rank in search engines, more people will be able to find you. Selling ad spaces or placing advertisements on a popular blog can generate some amazing passive income for the blogger!

After learning the answer to “what is blogging?,” you can now decide if blogging is the thing for you!

For a complete step-by-step tutorial guide on creating profitable blogs, please visit Atomic Blogging. It’s now time to getting started making money online.

Make Money from Home

Jean — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:37:32 +0000

Many people think that making money from home is a scam. It may be or it may not. It depends on what kind of business you go into to make money from home.

Yes it is possible to make money from home by just using the internet connection. Many people are into online business to get out of the 8-5 job or to augment one’s income. Still it’s important to get past all the scams and get to the bottom of a true business model so you can put it to work for you

Before we discuss true business models that can help you earn passive income from home, we’re going to talk about some things you want to stay away from.

Paid –to-click (PTC) Programs

These opportunities include getting paid to open e-mail. I cannot deny the fact that there are legitimate companies that will pay you for opening e-mails. However the amount you will earn will not compensate the time you spend opening mails and clicking on advertisements. When you live in a third world country, this might be enough than no work or income at all.

PTC Tip: Have as much referrals you can get to leverage your efforts. This program pays you a portion of the earnings of your referrals.

Paid Surveys

Stay away from paid surveys. Some of these are scams, and others just aren’t worth your time.

The promise that you can make money at home from just filling out surveys will probably not pan out for you. One indicator that these paid survey programs are scams is when they ask you to pay joining fees to be able to join their surveys.

If you are living outside the US, most probably there are few or no surveys available for you since most surveys take into consideration your demography. Thus it means less or no income for you (that if they will pay you at all). There truly are more productive ways to spend your time.

One of the best ways to make money from home is to become a blogger. Instead of relying on e-mail companies to pay one cent per e-mail, you would be better if you go into blogging and run your own full-fledged blog!

This is truly your own business and you can make your own hours and set your own income. Your end goal is to have an income earning blog or network of blogs that are all pulling in money for you 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

You probably enjoy reading blogs all the time. Now it is your turn to showcase your well-written content and highly targeted ads. And make money from home at the same time.

Blogging is a lot easier than it seems, but it is important to have a good system to follow. Many people have had success with the methods of Atomic Blogging. The tutorials are second to none when you’re new to setting up a blog. Even experienced blogger will get tips and secrets other blogging gurus are not teaching you.

So, how much can you earn? There really are no limits, just the amount of time you are able to dedicate and the focus you have in creating your blogs and maintaining them.

No one can promise you any income levels, but it is a reality to be earning a full-time income in well under a year. If to make money from home sounds appealing to you, there is no better time to get started, it is now.