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Now before I get stoned for even mentioning John Chow's name on here, I just wanted to mention that you can get traffic from "John Chow" WITHOUT going to his blog, subscribing to his RSS Feeds or even knowing who he is at all.

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If you're starting a blog simply to make money online, you're in for a rude awakening... unless of course you know what you're doing. But in essence, you should make money online first and THEN blog about it.

Blogging shouldn't be your main sour read more »
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We all know backlinks are very important for SEO and pagerank, so I'm giving everyone an opportunity to get a "permanent" backlink and ad spot on my PR3 page.

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We can compare blogging to so many different things, but don't you sometimes feel blogging is just like being in a relationship? Well, if you never thought about it, I have compiled a list (with help from other bloggers) comparing relationships to b read more »
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If you're looking to get some incredible exposure to your blog/site/forum, you should enter DatMoney's "Get Traffic" contest which features reviews and ad spots on high traffic blogs. You could potentially get over 310,000 unique visitors checking o read more »
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I'm sure a lot of you guys already know, but Alexa has changed their ratings and supposedly it is going to be a little more accurate and not rely heavily on Alexa toolbar users anymore.

But is that really enough? Will it be better or still compl read more »
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It seems as if you don't ask questions, you're going to be losing out more than what you "should" have bargained for. This article shows some interesting stats but also the fact that people shouldn't be scared to ask a simple question. The worst p read more »
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If you blog for money, you know that using affiliate links in your posts to promote products that you enjoy is a great way to earn revenue online. But are you cloaking your links? If not, you’re missing out on a lot of potential sales while hurting read more »
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More recently, I have seen a bunch of people talking about selling permanent ads on their blog or selling their site. My question is simply "would you sell your site?" and if you do, are you selling out?

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We all know images can work wonders, but have you ever noticed that you visit sites/profiles less when there's no avatar? How important is that small image when it comes to getting traffic or being recognized throughout the internet? read more »
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Now we all know about Twitter by now, but a lot of people still don't know how to use it. Well, besides getting decent traffic from it, you will get noticed more by your peers which will help you in the long run! read more »
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We all do this, it’s more common than you think; we tend to not comment as much as we should on other blogs. I mean, there are tons of reasons why people should... and some reasons are getting targeted traffic and getting noticed! read more »
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If you are in online business but lack the attitude, people will walk over you. There's a lot of people who use arrogance to do well and it definitely works for them! read more »
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March Madness isn't only for NCAA anymore, these blog contests in March are the crazy ones! I know we see blog contests everyday but the ones I've seen in the month of March just blows the rest away. I've compiled a short list of contests that I hav read more »
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There are plenty of companies that are willing to find advertisers for you, but of course, for a profit. Well, there's another way of finding advertisers so you can simply cut out the middleman.

Of course, my suggestions require some work, but i read more »
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So there are tons and tons of bloggers out there and quite a few of them have real good potential to make a drastic impact in the Blogosphere. I've compiled a short list of bloggers that I see lots of potential in and as they get bigger, don't say I read more »
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Although Entrecard is a pretty good website for bloggers, it tends almost generate fake traffic. Fake in the sense that people are only their to drop their card and leave.

But here's the thing, a lot of people rely so heavily on Entrecard droppe read more »
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Have you ever wondered what time of day your readers actually spend their time to go to your blog/site and read your content? Of course you can simply just check your stats but instead, I decided to do some hands on work and survey/have discussions read more »
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I know this might sound stupid, but "do you see potential with your own site?" I'm sure a majority of people will automatically say "yes" in the beginning until they don't see the stats that they want, or they're not making the kind of money they th read more »
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I know a lot of people widely use Alexa.com to measure how much traffic a site is getting. But have you ever used Compete.com instead? Well, if you have, I wouldn't rely heavily on it because the stats they gather are not exactly accurate. In fact, read more »
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If you ever wanted to know about paid review sites to make some extra cash from blogging, but you never wanted to do the research or wasn't sure which ones you should sign up for. Well, I have compiled my first batch of sites and included the requir read more »
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I know there are tons of social media sites that continue to come out, I mean, you probably hear of a new one each day. But have you ever heard of a social bookmarking site that has "revenue sharing" for it's members?

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If you are a blogger who has never used forums OR guest posting as an option to gain exposure for yourself and build traffic, then you are missing out. But if you had to choose one to dedicate your time, which one would it be?

Well, I decided to read more »
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I know I'm not the only one who has heard rumors about A-list bloggers that don't even take the time of day to read a full e-mail from you, comment, etc before it ends up in the trash. So I decided to test this theory out with a little experiment to read more »
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I think people tend to look at the John Chow's and Darren Rowse's as good motivation and that's a good thing. But when people try to follow their exact footsteps, I think that's where they end up NOT being successful. read more »
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