Resource for Bloggers Carnival - 11th Edition

April 14th, 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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