Aug 182010
 

How to be a successful blogger Blogging can be fun but blogging can also be very lucrative. Many people start blogging because they think every body is doing it – then soon give up. You hear stuff like 'Oh blogging is a waste of time' and 'I tried that but didn't do anything for me'. If you ask what they wanted from their blog, they generally say 'Oh I don't know – just thought it was a good idea'. Well how can blogging do anything for you when you don't know what you want from it. You want to be a successful blogger? Then heed the following advice: Clearly identify the purpose of your blog, to yourself first and to [Read More ...]

May 212010
 

Before you embark on an internet venture of yours, step back a little and reflect on why people should pay you anything. Do you have a job or business right now? Why are you paid a salary? Because you do something for somebody. You went through school for 12 to 16 years or more. That got you a job. Your experience and performance on the job got you raises. With your years of education and experience, you are able to provide a service to your company that it needs and in return you get paid. So now on this internet venture of yours, how would you earn money? Somebody has to pay you. Right? Why should they? Because you will [Read More ...]

May 112010
 

As I mention in my report 'How to Monetize Twitter', for those who want to make money off their Twitter Accounts, there are several options but the two key players are Izea through their Sponsored Tweets unit and RevTwt. There are others but of much less significance. Of late 'MyLikes' has joined the fray and seems to be making life difficult for the older more entrenched counterparts. Izea has been dragging it's feet and has not been able to get enough advertisers on board to provide a consistent source of revenue for Twitter users. Izea's model has been different than RevTwt – it allows advertisers to sponsor a Twitter account at a predetermined dollar amount. The advertiser sends out a [Read More ...]

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