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Lazy Blogger’s Guide to Creating Backlinks

mrshannigan — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:59:00 +0000

When I was actively writing for Suite101, I felt that creating backlinks was a waste of time. Like Felicia, I felt that SEO was enough, and my higher-than-average earnings and traffic was a testament. I wrote about the philosophy in the post How Much Time Should You Spend Promoting Your Articles

Since then, Google [...]

Suite101 earnings, revisited

mrshannigan — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 01:36:04 +0000

Almost a year ago, I wrote about my Suite101 earnings, because one writer made $5000 in a month and they finally told us we were allowed to discuss our income.

I’m revisiting that topic this year because the industry has changed a little, so have my earnings and my writing habits and Suite101′s best practices

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10 signs that the Internet hates you

mrshannigan — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:33:46 +0000

What- did I really just say that? The entire internet itself can’t hate someone, and why would it pick on little old me? Please, say it ain’t so.

It might be… If you’re not ‘feeling the love” from the energy you put into your niche blogs, there might be a reason.

Over the past 3 [...]

Dirty Tricks are Not Cool

mrshannigan — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 06:24:46 +0000

OK- I have a lot of mom writer friends on my Facebook friends list. I’m here today to talk some well-deserved SMACK about one of them. I don’t have professional contact with this woman, she writes for a few revenue sharing sites. As far as I can tell, it’s a hobby.

She posted a [...]

If you've been writing online for over a year, do this NOW

mrshannigan — Sat, 29 May 2010 23:26:38 +0000

OK, after you read this, you will understand why I think you should have an annual meeting with yourself, to knock out this important task. Ready?

So every year you’re writing these articles that are evergreen, yes, but also sometimes seasonal, right? You’ve got a handful of Valentine’s Day articles, a few back-to-school articles and [...]

In Defense of Schizophrenia in the Online Workplace

mrshannigan — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:36:18 +0000

So- I found a great website about working at home. The articles were informative, relevant and interesting. I decided to follow the site’s owner on twitter, because there was an icon in the sidebar.

Once I saw her twitter homepage, though, I changed my mind.

Her twitterstream was filled with horrific news stories, not helpful [...]

Twitter Widgets

mrshannigan — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:16:51 +0000

Ok- dilemma, I wanted a twitter widget in my sidebar but I wanted it to complement the theme of the site. I didn’t want to use the standard wordpress RSS sidebar widget (which would only show the tweets, without any embellishment)

In my research, I found…

Widgetbox. I’m not too impressed with Widgetbox. I made [...]