20 Jun, 2007  |  Written by John  |  under Free Blog Tips

Smily FaceHere's a little tutorial i'd like to share with you that shows you how i insert images into my posts (like the one to the left) The benefit of using images in your posts especially when inserted in the top left corner is that they automatically draw your eye and grab your attention, this is especially true if viewed using a news reader. Images also make your posts more visually appealing than if you simply used plain text…

Here's how to do it…

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18 Jun, 2007  |  Written by John  |  under My Ramblings

One of the biggest frustrations when your blog is pretty new like Web Business Blog is the lack of comments you receive for each blog post you write and at times it can feel like your talking to yourself. Although this blog is pretty new with 50 posts i still have only received 18 comments to my posts…

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In a previous post 17 ways to make money with a blog i outlined the many techniques you could use on your blog to make money. Out of that list of 17 there's a particular technique i want to warn you against using, even though some of the more successful blogs i read on a daily basis are using it. The specific technique i'm talking about is using "In Text Advertising"

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14 Jun, 2007  |  Written by John  |  under My Ramblings

One of the biggest lessons i've learnt so far in the short time i've been blogging is the importance of writing each blog post as though i was talking to just one person like you or maybe a best friend, as opposed to writing to a group of people or subscribers…

I first learnt this powerful technique of writing from one of my earlier internet marketing mentors Terry Dean and it's amazing when you actually put it into practice how it can improve the way you write…

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11 Jun, 2007  |  Written by John  |  under My Ramblings

I've been considering the options i have available to me over the last few days regarding getting my newish blog some good exposure and perhaps some critical feedback. One of the options that's available to me is to have my blog reviewed through a company called ReviewMe

Basically you pay another blogger a set price to make a post on their blog that gives your blog some critical feedback which usually includes what they like and dislike about your blog. Plus they usually give you some advice about how you can improve your blog…

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8 Jun, 2007  |  Written by John  |  under Blog Basics

One of the biggest secrets to building a successful blog is to build it using a "Giving Mindset" instead of how most bloggers try and do it by using a "Receiving Mindset" Their thought process usually takes the form of what they will receive in return for the time they have spent doing a certain task…

This thought process is perfectly natural to most new bloggers trying to make any money online because they have a normal "Job" which pays them a salary which is usually based on how many hours they work…

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7 Jun, 2007  |  Written by John  |  under My Ramblings

if you really put your mind to it. Take for instance Bill Shannon who at the age of five was diagnosed as having a rare form of gout in his hip. Since then he has found walking and standing very painful…

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It's nice to report some good news once in a while as it keeps myself motivated and hopefully will also give you some useful tips that you can use on your own blog. The good news regards the most successful blog post i've made so far on this blog in regards to the amount of traffic received from the search engines (especially google)

The post i'm talking about is 101 Most Popular Free Wordpress Themes Of All Time It has received quite a significant amount of traffic from the search engines compared to previous posts i've made, so i thought i'd try and figure out the reasons why and share them with you…

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4 Jun, 2007  |  Written by John  |  under Blog Tools and Services

Are you confused about which rss feed reader to use once you've built up a nice list of blogs you like to visit on a daily basis ?

I know i certainly was when i looked at the many rss feed reader options available. That's why i thought it would be beneficial to you to share the results of a mini survey that Darren Browse carried out over at his blog problogger

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One of the things that i've contemplated doing on this blog especially when i'm struggling with bloggers block is to publish free content from one of the many article directories such as ezinearticles and goarticles

These article directories are full of free to use articles on a whole range of subjects from dog training to cruising. After contemplating the pro's and cons of using free articles on this blog i've come to the conclusion that using them would be a bad idea. Here's just a few of the many reasons why i would recommend that you DON'T use free to use articles on your own blog…

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