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WordPress JetPack on new Installs

mrshannigan — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:16:22 +0000

I just completed a brand new WordPress installation on a new niche site. Actually- I’ve been writing about homeschooling for a very long time and I have hundreds of articles about homeschooling on OTHER websites, but for some reason I didn’t have a homeschool niche site of my own. Lame, I know. Apparently 18,000 people [...]

Pros and Cons of Joining Blog Networks

mrshannigan — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:27:07 +0000

Someone recently wrote in asking about the Demand Studios Blog Network and I was impressed because I hadn’t heard of it before. There are other networks out there, like BlogLines, Technorati, Media Caffeine, Networked Blogs on Facebook (and really, there are several more) but how do you choose? Is it smart to join all of [...]

Review: Izea Social Spark

mrshannigan — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:34:46 +0000

SocialSpark

SocialSpark is a company that pays you to blog on your own website. It’s best for niche bloggers who want to eek a little extra cash from their site, bloggers who are having trouble making money with keyword-based advertising models like adsense and all writers who enjoy the challenge of writing impromptu posts on [...]

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 [...]

Comparing Paid Blogging Companies

mrshannigan — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:23:55 +0000

OK- I have been rocking the paid blog posts lately. I mentioned a few weeks ago (in the post: Wasted effort pays off) that I have a bunch of old blogspot blogs that I’ve brought back to life for paid blogging, since they all have PRs of 2-5. Yes, I am a sellout! But it’s [...]

Great Opportunity for Parenting Niche (and the free ebook rocks)

mrshannigan — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 01:07:37 +0000

It’s called the Happier Kids Now 2010 Online Expo and it’s designed specifically for Parents, Teachers and Homeschoolers. And it’s a way for you to not only make a difference, but earn profitable commission.

Rhonda Ryder and Patrick McMillan, two Parenting authors have lined up incredible speakers like Marianne Williamson, Bruce Lipton, Marci Shimoff, Robin [...]

“Wasted effort” totally pays off this month

mrshannigan — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:56:02 +0000

Oh my stinkin’ goodness.

So when I was new to blogging, I set up several blogspot.com sites in various niches, to test the waters. None of them were very successful, but I was diligent about adding content regularly for about 2-3 months before I started launching sites on my own domains and I haven’t deleted [...]

Somebody hid the wonder wheel

mrshannigan — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 17:07:10 +0000

My story has been repeated a hundred times this week, by other niche bloggers- but if you’re not reading them, you might not have known. It starts like this-

I’m building a niche site (first new one in 2010)

I need to choose my categories. I want them related. I want google to see me [...]

How to Write a Roundup Article

mrshannigan — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:41:33 +0000

Roundup articles are a little like “freebies” for web content writers. Presumably you’ve been writing in the same niche for a while and have several articles about a few very precise topics.

Mini Touchscreen Laptop - irrelevant but awesome

A roundup article is basically a compilation of all those articles, with links to several [...]

note to self: never publish this

mrshannigan — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:27:18 +0000

I keep a page with this title on each one of my sites, saved as a draft or password protected. I use it as a general “things to do next” and a place to document the invisible work I’ve done on the site. It’s amazing that I can remember what each of my six kids [...]