admin on February 27th, 2010
One of the key components needed to create a successful blog is a good publishing website. Yes you can do without one but you are making life unnecessarily difficult. A good publishing platform will already have all the resources that you will require in place. Thereby, reducing the time needed to plan and assemble all the technical aspects required. This will give you more time to run the more pleasurable aspects of having your own blog - namely writing it. There are many different options and website publishers to choose from when it comes to who you can set up your own blog with. However, as in most cases in life, all are not necessarily equal. If you are considering starting up your own blog, using WordPress should be a must for you. This article will outline some of the key benefits that WordPress has over other blogging platforms and why I recommend this service as opposed to others. 1. Ease of use is a very important factor in determining which blog publishing site you should join. WordPress offers an easy to use interface. This is given credence .. more
admin on February 23rd, 2010
Bloggers everywhere are always looking for ways and means to improve their revenues from blogging. While many successful bloggers seem to have identified and perfected monetization strategies, many newcomers and even those that have been blogging for some time have not yet paid attention to the basics in order to increase blogging revenue. In this article, we will very briefly address three basic steps that one needs to concentrate on in order to increase blogging revenues using contextual advertising methods such as Adsense. First and foremost, the color scheme of your blog needs to blend in very well with the served advertisements. This tip has been presented over and over again in many blogs and web sites. What is often not mentioned is that the color scheme chosen needs to be also easy on the eyes. Additionally, the selection of the template and blog design must be such that the advertisements appear in the top fold of the page or the left hand side bar or at the very end of the post. These are the best locations where the reader is most likely to see .. more