2009 August

Helpful Blogging Links: August 28, 2009

August 28, 2009 By Melanie Nelson Leave a Comment

Advice on using advertising with your blog, 9 Firefox SEO plugins you’ll love, and why authority matters.

Filed Under: Helpful Blogging Links, Making money, Marketing/Branding, SEO/Search Engines, Social Media & Networking Tagged With: authority in blogging, blog advertising, blog authority, content authority, Firefox plugins, how to make money online, making money online, self-employed taxes, SEO plugins, tax advice Leave a Comment

Is there any free software I can use to make my own graphics, buttons, and banner?

August 26, 2009 By Melanie Nelson 2 Comments

What would the web be without freebies? If you are just starting to make your own buttons and banners and buying graphics software is too spendy, you can definitely find some free options to get you started.

Filed Under: Buttons/Banners/Graphics, Design Tagged With: Adobe Elements, Adobe Photoshop, cheap photoshop, free graphic software, free software, gimp 2 Comments

How can I make money from my blog?

August 24, 2009 By Melanie Nelson 2 Comments

Ideas, advice, and suggestions for monetizing your personal or business blog successfully.

Filed Under: Making money, Marketing/Branding Tagged With: advertising network, affiliate marketing, blog advertising, CPM advertising, make money blogging, making money with my blog, monetizing a blog, monetizing my blog 2 Comments

Helpful Blogging Links: August 21, 2009

August 21, 2009 By Melanie Nelson Leave a Comment

This week’s helpful blogging links from Blogging Basics 101 offer a media kit template for bloggers; advice on moving from TypePad to WordPress; a way for new bloggers to increase traffic; a tutorial on advanced keyword research; and 10 WP plugins to promote your social media profiles.

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Recap: Setting Blogging Goals

August 19, 2009 By Melanie Nelson 1 Comment

Today I’m re-posting an article consisting of notes I took from an interview Darren Rowse (Problogger) did last summer with The Blog Squad about setting goals for you blog.

Filed Under: Content/Writing, Getting Started, Marketing/Branding, Traffic Tagged With: blogging goals, content is king, finding a niche, problogger interview, self-promotion, setting blog goals 1 Comment

5 Blogging Etiquette Tips for Beginning Bloggers

August 17, 2009 By Melanie Nelson 18 Comments

Blog etiquette is something seasoned bloggers sometimes take for granted, but many beginners are just discovering. Melanie Nelson gives five blogging etiquette tips that will help beginners (& remind experts) to be a good neighbor in the blogging community.

Filed Under: Etiquette, Getting Started Tagged With: advice for beginning bloggers, blog etiquette, copyright, creative commons, fair use, hotlink, hotlinking, memes, new blogger, permalinks 18 Comments

Helpful Blogging Links: August 14, 2009

August 14, 2009 By Melanie Nelson Leave a Comment

This week’s helpful blogging links from Blogging Basics 101 provides advice for FriendFeed beginners, searching for Creative Commons images, which image type to use for your blog, page load times & SEO ranks, and removing MetaData from your photos.

Filed Under: Helpful Blogging Links Tagged With: creative commons, creative commons images, friendfeed tutorial, metadata in images, metadata in photos, page load time, removing metadata, SEO rank, what is gif, what is jpg, what is png, when to use gif, when to use jpg, when to use png Leave a Comment

Should I choose a hosted or non-hosted blogging platform?

August 12, 2009 By Melanie Nelson 2 Comments

This article defines what hosted and non-hosted blogging platforms are and explains the pros and cons of each.

Filed Under: Definitions, FAQ, Getting Started Tagged With: blog definitions, choosing a blog platform, hosted blog, non-hosted blog 2 Comments

How do I optimize my images for the web?

August 10, 2009 By Melanie Nelson 5 Comments

Using images in your blog posts is aesthetically pleasing and can help make your point even clearer. Melanie Nelson explains how to optimize your images for the web so your blog loads faster.

Filed Under: Blog Maintenance, Buttons/Banners/Graphics, Design Tagged With: graphic optimization, image optimization, optimizing images, using images online, web graphics, what is gif, what is jpg, what is png 5 Comments

Helpful Blogging Links: August 7, 2009

August 7, 2009 By Melanie Nelson 1 Comment

This week’s helpful blog links round-up at Blogging Basics 101 includes advice on marketing with SEO, web design for beginners, Twitter organization tools, how to speed up your WP blog, and adding custom gravatars to your blog.