Paypal’s Biggest Secret
November 29, 2008
If you use Paypal to receive payments from your online transactions, chances are you know how much commissions you pay to Paypal to receive those amounts. Well, there is a Paypal feature that eventually lets you pay nothing in terms of commission when you receive payment. This is a relatively less-known feature of Paypal that is rarely talked about but is actually great - and I’m talking about Mass Pay.
Now Is The Time to Outsource
October 11, 2008
With the major economies of the world in shambles, businesses and entrepreneurs are on a rampage to find alternative ways to keep the cost down. With no clear economic solution in sight, brick and mortar businesses as well as online companies are quickly turning to outsourcing to keep the cost of doing trade to a minimum. Large companies with access to a hefty amount of spending can quickly find cheaper alternatives to run the business but for struggling entrepreneurs, it’s a different story.
Freelancing: Making a Living in the 21st Century, Part 2
September 10, 2008
So, are you willing to jump in to your freelancing business with both feet? You need to start off on the freelance path slowly before you can really start raking in the cash.
However, don’t quit your day job just yet! I know two people who did that and wished they hadn’t given up on their day job prior seeing results doing freelance jobs. First, you have to begin your hunt for a freelance job in your area of expertise on the web and see what you can come up with. Can you write articulately? Do you have talent in graphics design? Do you have a passion for photography, web or software design? These are just some of the highly marketable jobs out there and you can do all sorts of other freelance work for all types of clients. Once you identified the field you want to freelance in, you will need to start finding your first clients.
Getting Constant Traffic to Your Blog
September 8, 2008
Blogging has truly revolutionized the way we experience the Internet age. It seems that there is no limit to what one can do with the help of blogs. Even the most minute facet of your daily personal life like recording journal entries has been given an entirely new dimension.
Publish A Blog in 10 Minutes
September 7, 2008
Creating a blog is nothing that you need to be afraid of. There is no elaborate planning required either. However, there are a few things you would need to decide. Since these blogging service providers give you a lot of choice in terms of template and color themes, would be require to take those decisions yourself.
The following is a quick guide of what to think over before creating your blog:
Blog Tutorial: Selecting a Topic or Niche For Your Blog
September 2, 2008
Different people choose different approaches in selecting their niches. A lot of the successful bloggers I know that I have been following all have their own unique way of selecting what niche to blog. Since I am taking this tutorial in two different perspectives – one for monetizing your blog later on and the other one for plain hobbyist who would simply want to put up a blog plain and simple, I am going to post some links here for you to read and follow at your own pace.
If you are blogging for profit (or at least would want to later on), here are some good readings posted on some of the blog sites that I’ve come across with:
Australian Darren Rowse has written a good article about choosing a niche topic for your blog and you can read that on his website problogger.com.
A simple three-step method on choosing the right blog niche including the characteristics of an ideal blog niche and a bit more advance topic regarding Google Adwords and the Adwords Keyword Tool was written by Maki who is a student from Toronto, Canada on his blog site doshdos.com. (Also I’d say he must be a fan of Animé.)
If you prefer to read a more in-depth article about choosing a niche for your blog, George Manty has written a nice article entitled “7 Steps to Choose a Niche for your Blog” on his website CanIMakeBigMoneyOnline.com.
Finally, I’ve recently written about a good product that I came across with and it’s called Micro Niche Finder. It is one of the best keyword and niche research tools on the market and you can read that post here. Go ahead and have a look.
In the next tutorial, I will teach you how to search for a hosting provider and how to set up your website using ftp. We will also take a look at setting up a blog using free hosted services like blogger.com.
Blogging Tutorial: Introduction
August 29, 2008
This is the first of a series of tutorials that deals with blogging. In this series, I will be posting step-by-step tutorials that deals entirely with blogging with a beginner in mind - from choosing a blog platform, setting up a free blog site to writing and publishing your first blog article. Then we will discuss more advance topics such as installing a blog on a hosted domain, cPanel (don’t panic, I will also teach you what cPanel is), server configurations, creating databases, installing and changing themes, plugins, widgets, promoting your site and everything in between.
However, I will not be dealing with the more obvious topics such as the definition of blog and other blog terms and terminologies since I am assuming that you came to this site with knowledge of what a blog is and only interested on how to set up a blog website step by step. Call this “A Blog Guide for Dummies.”
