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Are Bloggers Just Crappy Business People?

The question had to be asked. In fact, a few of us were even discussing this very question when I was in Vegas for BlogWorld Expo. Most bloggers wonder how to make money with a blog. The default answer seems to be to write a lot, build traffic, then sell ads. That blogger thinks he’s [...]

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How a Problogger Handles Taxes

A few days ago, I got an email in from a reader with the following: All the talk (you and others) focus on how to get all this money in a short amount of time- but nothing discussed about paying taxes on all this income. So, I thought I would address this for everybody. Yes, [...]

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Blog + Membership Site = More Than Beer Money

There were two sessions at BlogWorld which really stood out to me as the most useful. One of them had to do with membership sites. Now, listen to me very carefully when I say this… Membership sites are THE BEST way to make money as a blogger. Period. End of story. Thanks for playing. A [...]

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Direct Sales: The Forgotten Revenue Stream For Bloggers?

I’m over here at BlogWorld Expo 2009 in Las Vegas. As usual, there is a monetization track for bloggers and it always proves popular. Sometimes the sessions are standing room only. Every session, I hear the standard fare. Banner ads. Affiliate programs. Every session, a huge line forms up at the mic for questions. Most [...]

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5 Tips for Quickly Creating Your First PDF Report

It is pretty common knowledge that offering a free PDF report is a great way to build up an email list and enhance your overall authority in your market. The prospect of creating such a report is, for some, daunting. Bloggers are told they need to write quality posts and do it often. You’ve got [...]

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Affiliate Marketing 101 For Bloggers

Selling products as an affiliate via your blog is an excellent way to make a buck. In fact, you can often do a lot better with affiliate marketing than you can with banner ads. Most banner networks (like Adsense) require that you have a LOT of traffic before you’re going to see any decent income. [...]

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The Evolution of Blogging

This is a guest post written by Nathan Hangen, from Webrepreneur Blog. There’s been a lot of talk lately about blogging as a dead medium. Although I suspect that a majority of this talk spews out of the dying media outlets…probably as a last gasp effort to destroy the bane of their existence, there is [...]

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Secret To Maximum Blog Income And Conversion [Tactic Video]

Confession: Blogs suck at converting visitors into money. Say what?! In this video, I explain what I mean and what you can do to get maximum benefit from the visitors who come to your blog.

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How To Sell Ads On Your Blog

Banner advertising is usually the first monetization option explored by any blogger looking to make some money. Within this method are two ways of going about it: (1) Using ad networks like Adsense and, (2) selling it yourself. Some may get confused on the basics of how to sell your own ad space. In this [...]

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Bloggers, What Went Wrong?

Something went wrong. There are simply too many bloggers out there who are struggling to get good traffic numbers and/or make any money with their blogs. And there are some people who would probably look at those bloggers and LAUGH!

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