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Blog World Expo: Affiliate Marketing Secrets for Bloggers

Title of Panel: Affiliate Marketing Secrets for Bloggers Panelists: Mike Allen: ShoppingBargains.com Tim Jones: TheRealTimJones.com Shawn Collins: AffiliateSummit.com Sam Harrelson I am new to making money with my blogging. I didn’t start out with the intention of making money–it was a happy accident. Having said that, I am definitely interested in making more money with [...]

Promoting Your Blog: Adoptic

As I mentioned before, Adoptic is one of the companies that has generously offered to help defray my costs to attend Blog World and New Media Expo. Adoptic is a free widget that allows you to promote your best posts. When you sign up for your free membership, you may choose up to four communities [...]

The Basics of Social Networking

Today’s Guest Blogger is Karla, who blogs at Looking Towards Heaven, where you can find her writing about the chaos and joy of life with four children. She can also be found at Fruition Designs, where she designs mommy cards, blogs and announcements, and at Blissfully Domestic, where she is the managing editor. A couple [...]

What’s the etiquette regarding submitting my own blog posts to social media and networking sites?

Social media and networking sites include kirtsy, Digg, del.icio.us, Plurk, StumbleUpon, Twitter, etc. They are a place to mingle and discuss everything from the latest technology to what you’re making for dinner. Many of them (e.g., kirtsy and Digg) rely on readers voting for their favorite stories by visiting the submissions. The result can be [...]