Welcome to the 12th edition of Resource for Bloggers Carnival!
Even if there are fewer articles than in the latest edition, you still have something to read. I’m sorry that I didn’t include all the articles I’ve received, but not all was appropriate for this carnival.
And here are the articles:
Les Dysom presents 5 Keys to Successful Internet Business posted at Internet Business Coaching by Terry Dean, saying, “Here are the five principles of being successful in your business. Write all 5 out and post them on a post-it note right to your computer monitor.”
Pinyo presents Use Blurb Exchange To Promote Your Niche Blog posted at Blogthority, saying, “With all the rave about niche blogging and linking only to related sites, bloggers are overlooking a powerful marketing tool. Sure, its great to get targeted niche traffic but some niches are universally appealing to most readers.”
Christine presents How to Get Ideas for Writing Blogs and Creating Website Articles posted at Me, My Kid and Life: An American Single Mom Living in France, saying, “The easiest way to write prolifically for your website or blog is by having a website or blog that addresses your passion. If you love gardening then it might be easy for you to write endlessly about the subject. If you blow glass you might have a wealth of information on the subject that you wish to share with others. Therefore, the easiest way to get ideas for your blog or website is to be inspired by your topic.”
the baglady presents Weekend Musings on Blog Promotion - The Baglady posted at The Baglady, saying, “I have been tinkering with a few new programs to promote my site and generate more revenue. Here are my trials and experiences.”
Joel presents Mark Your Calendars, The Blog Revolution Project Is Coming… posted at So You Want To Teach?, saying, “I am going to spend the month looking in depth at ways to start your very own Blog Revolution Project. I’m going to challenge all of my blogger friends (and anyone else out there who wants to join me) to do the daily projects.”
Kevin presents 101 Internet Traffic Generation Strategies - Part 1 posted at Trafficteria.com Blog Optimization, saying, “Just because you build a website does not mean traffic will come. I found that out the hard way. Over the past several years I have tried many ideas. Some winners and some big losers. I have compiled a list of 101 ideas that have helped generate internet traffic to my websites.”
Steve Faber presents - How to Increase Targeted Website Traffic For Free – and 2 Big Mistakes That Can Keep You From Doing So posted at Home Based Business Success, saying, “Nothing occupies the minds of most Internet (and any other) marketers as much as the question of how to increase targeted traffic to their websites. If that traffic happens to be free, so much the better. One of the ways used by marketers to get more targeted traffic is through article marketing. Writing articles and letting others publish them in exchange for a link back to your website is a powerful technique. It’s used by experienced and newbie marketers alike.”
Cancerkitty presents Setup a Personal, Portable Web Server posted at DelSquacho, aying, “An easy to follow tutorial for setting up an Apache web server on a thumb drive. Great for developing blog themes.”
Martin Russell presents Long Copy Vs Short Copy - The Final Say. posted at Word of Mouth Marketing For Small Business, saying, “In copywriting circles the battle rages. Which is better long copy or short copy? Getting to the point quickly with short copy, or giving them every possible detail they need to know with long copy.”
Carol Bentley presents Twitter, twitter posted at Carol Bentley, saying, “Have you come across Twitter? There’s a lot of interest in Twittering; lots of people are getting involved. I can understand how it helps people communicate on a regular basis - especially socially. It certainly seems popular with younger people, almost as an adjunct to their mobile texting.”
Michael Bass presents Stumbleupon.com Brought Me 60,000 Hits in 60 days posted at Debt Prison, saying, “There is no comparison in Digg.com and Stumbleupon.com. At least not when you are talking about the ability of a webpage to be seen quickly by many readers. Stumbleupon.com can create such a surge of traffic to your site, you’ll think something is broken.”
One Language presents Learn English Articles » Blog Archive » Effective Ways to Practice Business English posted at Learn English Articles, saying, “Chances are, if you own or operate a business, you’ll either need to converse in English or make sure that someone in your business is able to do so. Regardless of whether you need to generate sales flyers or negotiate complex contracts, being able to understand business transactions in English is crucial.”
Paul Piotrowski presents 14 Most Common Fears in Life and What To Do About Them posted at Inspired Money Maker, saying, “An Inspired Money Maker is a person who has found his purpose and passion in life and has chosen to make money by doing what he/she loves. Pursuing this path will require that you overcome some, if not most of the fears discussed. Start with one and work on overcoming it and then move onto the next one.”
Dana presents How online communication has affected me posted at Principled Discovery, saying, “The research initially discussed dealt with having people interacting through a digital avatar and measuring how people behaved based on the kind of avatar they used. And, like I mentioned then, the most disturbing thing to me was not that there were measurable changes in behavior off-line, but that the people did not even recognize the changes nor how they had been manipulated. What they saw was perceived as real.”
Raivyn presents How To Write a Great “How-To” Article posted at Idiot’s Guide to Blogging, saying, “A good thing about writing how-to articles is that anyone can do it, regardless of the subject. You can write about anything you want, whether it be about blogging, or building a boat, or playing the guitar. Write about what interests you. More often than not, someone else is bound to have an interest in it as well, and may benefit from the information you are offering. Here are a few tips to help you write a link-worthy how-to.”
Sarah Paine presents Is Risk Aversion Ruining Your Business? posted at Sarah Paine, saying, “When you run an internet business do you avoid making any decisions that might involve risk? Are you failing to swap over to your own website due to fear of failure or additional risk? Even if you are running your own site do you avoid making purchases that could dramatically enhance the amount of business you do? It is easy to make these types of decisions and stunt ourselves because society has taught us to avoid all risk whenever possible.”
That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of resource for bloggers using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.
The next edition of Resource for Bloggers Carnival will be held on 13th May. The submission deadline will be on 12th May.
I didn’t find yet a new host for this carnival. If someone want to do a little work to edit the carnival and to host it, please leave me a comment here, or contact me.
Thank you all for participating to the 12th edition of Resource for Bloggers Carnival.
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April 26th, 2008
Welcome to the 11th edition of Resource for Bloggers Carnival! First of all, sorry for the little late, I totally forgot that yesterday was 13 
Well, let’s see what we have in this edition:
Caroline Middlebrook presents Make Money Blogging By ‘Selling’ Your Knowledge posted at Caroline Middlebrook, saying, “Making money blogging is a popular way to start making money online but the common monetization models bring in very little revenue for the amount of work needed to really get the blog off the ground. If you are going to bother building a popular blog then don’t just give away all your knowledge for free and rely on selling other people’s knowledge. Sell your own!”
Maureen presents What is a Pillar Article, and How Can You Use It for Your Site? posted at 5 Star Blog, saying, “I’m going to introduce you to the reverse concept, called Pillar Articles. On the surface, they are no different than your other blog article, but for some reason, you generate a bunch of traffic from them. People find that information useful, so they stumble or digg your article, or they link to it from inside their own blog.”
Christine presents Incorporating a Blog on My Website posted at Me, My Kid and Life: An American Single Mom Living in France, saying, “If I have a website and blog which are on the same topic but in different locations it would hurt my overall traffic because it would appear that I did not have as much content in either location and that would decrease my traffic.”
Carol Bentley presents Writing to your audience posted at Carol Bentley, saying, “Tell me, how well targeted is your audience? How well do you know them? Are you writing your letters with their circumstances in mind and in such a way that you are not eliminating a good portion of your recipients?”
Ed Rivis presents The correct course of action for online success. posted at Ed Rivis, saying, “Whatever Internet Marketing material you buy — audio, video, ebooks etc… — make sure you use it and exhaust the advice in it.”
Lee McIntyre presents Looking For Desperate Niche Markets? posted at Lee McIntyre’s Honest Marketing Blog, saying, “If you’re looking for desperate markets then this really is an essential resource.”
Lee McIntyre presents 3 Tips to Blog Like a Manic and Still Have a Life posted at Lee McIntyre’s Honest Marketing Blog, saying, “Want to know how to blog more regularly and still save time? Then check out the 3 tips below….”
Lee McIntyre presents Do What You Love Not What You Hate posted at Lee McIntyre’s Honest Marketing Blog, saying, “When designing your Internet Business don’t become too concerned with how much money you can earn each and every month. Instead focus on doing what you love and not what you hate.”
Sarah Paine presents Run a S.W.O.T. Analysis On Your Blog posted at Sarah Paine, saying, “When you look over your blog do you ever wonder what it is that you could improve? Why not take an analytical business approach and run a S.W.O.T analysis on your business? If you are not familiar with this tool…no problem. It simple stands for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.”
Bill Mcintosh presents Google AdManager: The First Product From Buying DoubleClick posted at Bill McIntosh, saying, “An ad serving tool for publishers of small and medium sized websites. With it you can serve ads from AdSense and other networks along with serving in house advertising as well.”
Marcus Hochstadt presents Think And Grow Big posted at Marcus Hochstadt, saying, “Have you ever asked yourself why so many people spend all that time dreaming, but so few actually manage to live the life of their dreams?”
Mark @ TheLocoMono presents Should I have a Blogroll or a Sushi Roll? posted at TheLocoMono Website, saying, “Yet another algorithm for your blog and whether having a blogroll matters.”
Tip Diva presents Tip Diva | Top Ten Tips - Beating Writer’s Block posted at Tip Diva, saying, “When Tip Diva is not thinking of advice and how-tos for this website, she writes for a trade magazine. Writing for both a magazine and a blog can be pretty taxing on her brain, and she sometimes finds herself continuously staring at a blank Word document. Writer’s block happens to the best of us, but there are some ways you can beat it.”
Lee McIntyre presents 28 Free Marketing Tools I Couldn’t Live Without - Part I | Lee McIntyre’s Honest Marketing Blog posted at Lee McIntyre’s Honest Marketing Blog, saying, “Below you’ll find a list of internet marketing tools that can be used to take your business forward.”
Lee McIntyre presents 7 Easy Steps to Build Your List For Free posted at Lee McIntyre’s Honest Marketing Blog, saying, “If you’re serious about making money online then you really need to build leverage. If you want to maximise your profits then you need to be able to work today, and get paid tomorrow.”
Lee McIntyre presents Do You Need A Squeeze Page For Your Business? | Lee McIntyre’s Honest Marketing Blog posted at Lee McIntyre’s Honest Marketing Blog, saying, “Put simply, a squeeze page is a basic web page which has one very specific goal in mind. The goal isn’t to make a sale, or to review a product. The whole purpose of the squeeze page is to get as many people as possible to sign up for your email list.”
Traffic2MyPage presents Viral Marketing Methods and Applications posted at Traffic2MyPage Blog, saying, “Viral marketing is simply a strategy that encourages individuals to “willingly” pass on a marketing message to others. It takes advantage of rapid multiplication to explode your marketing message to thousands or millions of people.”
Stephen Pierce presents Overlooked Fast Forum Marketing Tool Uncovered? FREE! posted at DTAlpha TalkBack with Stephen Pierce, saying, “To succeed in today’s marketing environment you have to boost your interactions with your market, which can then boost your transactions and thus your profits.”
Terry Dean presents 7 Steps To Start A Blog Today posted at Integrity Business Blog by Terry Dean, saying, “One of the best steps you can take in creating a successful internet business is setting up a blog. Blogs can be used to promote your product, generate a loyal following, build a list, and more.”
Debra Moorhead presents Make Money with Retreat Affiliate Program posted at Debra Moorhead.com, saying, “I know that most of you are familiar with affiliate programs. If not, it simply means that I pay my affiliates a commission for every sale they make on one of my products or services.”
Rickey Henderson presents Marvel as Rickey Tells You How To Blog! posted at Riding with Rickey, saying, “Rickey’s fantastic guide to being a sucessful blogger.”
Steven Lohrenz presents Unique Article Marketing Software For Free posted at Steven Lohrenz, saying, “Drive Interested Traffic To Your Site By The Hordes With This Free Article Submission Software.”
Cindy King presents How Top Submit Your Website To The Leading Russian Search Engines - Yandex And Rambler posted at Get International Clients, saying, “In Russia, Google holds a distant third place in the search engine domain. Yandex is the country’s leading search engine and Rambler is second. Google only has 17% of the market share in Russia.”
HL Grove presents Blogging For Beginners – Part 1 posted at Hennie Grove, saying, “Even though blogging has become one of the most popular things to do online these days (except maybe for shopping and dating!), there are still people who are too afraid to try it and don’t know exactly what it is about.”
Vandelay Website Design presents 6 Steps to Building Diversity In Traffic posted at Traffikd, saying, “Some tips for building more traffic from more sources.”
Jeremy Neal presents 10 Things I’ve Learned about Professional Blogging posted at Lead Inspectors, saying, “I’ve learned a lot about blogging over the past year, and the more I learn the more I appreciate the medium.”
Brian Terry presents Top 10 Posts To A Big Selling Website posted at Big Selling Website Design, saying, “Since starting this blog I’ve been able to help you with things like creating profitable website ideas, techniques on helping you convert more visitors into customers and of course generating web traffic itself. So what I decided to do was give you the links to the top 10 posts that help you create a big selling website… as voted by you.”
John W. Furst presents Discover A Free Mind Mapping Online Tool posted at E-Biz Booster Blog, saying, “Mind mapping allows you to lay out your ideas and thoughts kind of visually. Related items are close together. Therefore, you don’t need much space and keep the overview easily.”
Woody Maxim presents Traffic Questions Answered posted at Woody Maxim.
Raivyn presents Comments - Are They Suitable for Your Blog? posted at Idiot’s Guide to Blogging, saying, “Comments do not necessarily make a website a blog, nor does a lack of the comment option make it not a blog.”
Kenton Newby presents Website Content Ideas: 7 Templates Every Blog Owner Oughta' Try For Effortless Content Creation posted at KentonNewby.com, saying, “Stuck for ideas for what to write for your next article or blog post? Here are a few time-tested, proven templates for content ideas that will work for any market.”
Jason presents Be a Blogger: Five Cures for Writer?s Block posted at The Frugal Dad, saying, “I have five proven ways to generate inspiration for articles.”
Craig presents Turn Bad News Into Profits For Your Internet Business posted at Craig S. Andrews.com, saying, “As many Internet marketers and online business people struggle to find a niche that is perfect for them, most of them ignore what is right in front of their noses every single day. All you have to do is go to Yahoo, MSN or your nightly news and read the headlines and there is your niche!”
Kelly Ifrah presents Adding The Category Description To The Category Page posted at OnTheNetDollars.com, saying, “Firstly, why would you want to do this? It can be changed as often as you like which can be seen as new content and it can give important information to your readers as to what they can find in the category and should encourage them to dig deaper than the front page.”
Cathy Stucker presents Create and Sell an Audio Product - Fast! (Part 1) posted at Cathy Stucker, saying, “One way to make money with your blog is to sell information products. In this series, you get step-by-step guidance on creating and marketing an audio program as a download or on CD.”
Erica Douglass presents Three Business Ideas That Will Help You Thrive During A Recession posted at erica.biz - Erica Douglass challenges you to change your life! What is holding you back from your dreams?, saying, “Tired of hearing doom and gloom articles about how the upcoming recession will cause lost jobs and lower wages? Here are three businesses you can start in your spare time to make MORE money during a recession!”
Pinyo presents Revolution Money Exchange and $25 Sign Up Bonus posted at Blogthority, saying, “Discusses Revolution Money Exchange. Bloggers can make $25 in sign up bonus and $10 from each person they refer.”
Sarah Austin presents If You’re a Blogger, You Can (and Should) Use Technorati « A Fool of Myself posted at A Fool of Myself, saying, “How to use Technorati.”
Alex M presents Affiliate Marketing: Increasing your Traffic - Increase your Sales posted at We talk on making money on the Internet, saying, “Affiliate marketing is advertising for someone else in exchange for a cut of the sales you generate. You’re sharing your traffic for a price. It’s a great way to capitalize on the traffic your website’s already producing.”
Raivyn presents 12 Reasons Why Most Bloggers Don’t Make Much Money Online posted at Idiot’s Guide to Blogging, saying, “Despite all the free advice available to those who want to blog to earn a living, the vast majority don’t make much money. A blogger will read a blog or ebook that says “do this” or “do that” and will do “this” and “that” and a number of other things, but to no avail. Why? There are a lot of reasons why a blogger is unable to earn a decent income from his or her blog(s).”
Blue presents Blogging For Passive Income posted at Money Blue Book, saying, “I’ve come to realize that the key to building wealth and reaching financial prosperity is to build up multiple streams of alternative and passive income, apart from your primary full time employment.”
Blue presents Making Money With eBay posted at Money Blue Book: Personal Finance Blog, saying, “Anyone can make a lot of money on eBay by selling products, but you have to be prepared to put in a lot of time and effort doing manual labor, packaging, and shipping goods.”
Blue presents Blogging Business Trade Name posted at Money Blue Book, saying, “Although I see blogging as more of a hobby, I think I should start treating it more like mini-business. I could choose to set up the blog business in a variety of ways depending on my choice of business entity.”
Ed Rivis presents Traffic, the number one frustration. posted at Ed Rivis, saying, “Traffic, the number one frustration.”
Life. Money. Development. presents The 7 Attributes of Leadership posted at Life. Money. Development., saying, “An excellent presentation of the attributes every leader should have.”
Tash Hughes presents Correcting spelling, yes or no? posted at Word Constructions, saying, “I have just been asked if it is rude to correct the spelling of comments added to your blog. An interesting question!”
That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of resource for bloggers using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.
The past 4th editions have been held on Simonne’s blog, All Tips and Tricks. Because I haven’t find yet another volunteer to host this carnival, I’ve choose to post this edition on my blog. I hope to find another host for the next 4th editions. Until then, I’ll receive your submissions here.
The next edition of Resource for Bloggers Carnival will be held on 26th April. The submission deadline will be on 25th April.
Thank you all for participating to the 11th edition of Resource for Bloggers Carnival.
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April 14th, 2008
