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Tip: Need a blog topic idea? Build on a good post

December 8, 2011
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When you have a great blog going you will be able to enjoy the success but at the same you will feel the pressure of keeping up with writing great blog posts to sustain that success. And there will be times when you will find it tough to come up with something fresh and new. [...]

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How Many Blogs Should You Have?

December 6, 2011
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Although one can make as many blogs as one likes, getting them all to succeed is hard work–harder than if one were focusing on just one blog. The issue of how many is too much for one blogger needs to be addressed early on. Assess just how much you have to give to each site, [...]

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5 Steps To Promote Your Blog Using Social Media Marketing

September 29, 2011
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Social media marketing has evolved in this new age, and promoting your business with this powerful system has become necessary, if not mandatory. A lot of people shy away from social media marketing, because they don’t know how to to it. It all boils down to your knowledge of the web, and how people react [...]

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June 2011: Blog Summary & Income Report (the last report to be published – it’s been 2 years)

July 26, 2011
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This blog summary & income report for June is heavily delayed and I’m sorry about that. I wasn’t sure whether or not I was going to post it as I’ve decided to stop posting these. But, I figured I’d just include June also since I would then have published income reports for 2 years, ever [...]

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When You’re Blogging For $$$

July 6, 2011
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Can you see blogging as a full time revenue earner for you? Do you see yourself blogging full time, eschewing day jobs? Are you interested in blogging for dollars, with the intent of joining the legion of blogging millionaires? How much can you realistically make out of your blog? Here are 6 lessons to learn [...]

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May 2011: Blog Summary & Income Report

June 19, 2011
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The blog summary & income report for May has been “slightly” delayed mostly due to me forgetting about it – so sorry about that, but here it is… In the next blog summary & income report, for June, I have an announcement to make also. Since we’re currently in the middle of June, that report will [...]

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April 2011: Blog Summary & Income Report

May 21, 2011
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Good day, everybody. We’re in the middle of May, so I’m quite late with blog summary & income report for April, I must admit. Sorry about that, but better late than never, right? So, here you go…

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“Become A Blogger” course closes this Friday – the end of an era – last chance to join!

May 4, 2011
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I just got word from famous blogger Yaro Starak that he and video expert Gideon Shalwick are closing their very popular blogging video course. It’s called Become A Blogger Premium and teaches absolute beginners how to make money with blogs by following a proven formula. The course contains over 50 step-by-step training videos, instructional audios, [...]

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March 2011: Blog Summary & Income Report

April 11, 2011
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Good day, everybody. It’s 11th of April 2011 and it’s time for another blog summary & income report, covering the month of March, last month. Usually I post these reports a few days into the month  but this time I’ve been busy recently, busier than ever before, so it wasn’t until now I was able [...]

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February 2011: Blog Summary & Income Report

March 11, 2011
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Yeah yeah I know, I’m a bit late with the February report. I’ve been busy with real life stuff the past few weeks so I gave this report update low priority until I would have time to do it – which is now, so here you go…

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Make Money With Blogging

February 26, 2011
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Blogging is the answer if you’re trying to find ways on how you could reach a larger market.  This can be an excellent marketing tool to promote a business.  However, this is not as easy as it seems since you have to learn the different strategies on how you can achieve your objective.  If you [...]

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January 2011: Blog Summary & Income Report

February 8, 2011
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2011 is the number of the year which means bye bye to 2010 and also bye bye to December. I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year and I wish you all a happy and prosperous New Year as well. There’s no way around it, you’re probably here to read the December [...]

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December 2010: Blog Summary & Income Report

January 4, 2011
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2011 is the number of the year which means bye bye to 2010 and also bye bye to December. I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year and I wish you all a happy and prosperous New Year as well. There’s no way around it, you’re probably here to read the December [...]

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A Brief Introduction to Domain Names and How To Find & Register One

December 9, 2010
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If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you will know that we occasionally publish articles on blog-related stuff, such as picking a web host, which blogging platform to choose and so on. Now it’s time to look into domain names, as they also have quite an important role in your online blogging business – [...]

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Web Hosting Hub – Get your website online in minutes!

December 7, 2010
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I’ve said it several times before and I’ll say it again – if you’re just a tiny bit serious about your website, blog or whatever it is that you’re having online, you’ll want to have it hosted somewhere where you have control over your website and you’re not putting all your eggs in a basket [...]

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November 2010: Blog Summary & Income Report

December 5, 2010
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We’re almost a week into December so I hope you’re all close to getting in the Christmas spirit now that the holidays are closing in on us. So, November has ended and it’s time to wrap-up and see what November brought to TechPatio.com in terms of visitors and income. Here are the numbers… November ’10 [...]

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G.A.S.P.: WordPress anti-spam plugin. Good idea, but does it deliver?

December 2, 2010
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G.A.S.P. , GrowMap Anti-Spambot Plugin, is a WordPress plugin that takes a different approach to spam filtering than Akismet does, which is the anti-spam plugin used by most WordPress bloggers. Instead of analyzing the content of each comment as well as having a giant database with information about which URL’s, IP’s etc. to mark as [...]

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ebuzzing – one of the best ways for bloggers to monetize!

November 25, 2010
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I’ve been a member of the ebuzzing community for over half a year now and when they approached me yesterday asking me to write a little about ebuzzing and a brand I’d like to see on the ebuzzing platform, well, how could I refuse?So, ebuzzing.co.uk is part of the Wikio group which is probably most [...]

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October 2010: Blog Summary & Income Report

November 4, 2010
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Well, hello there! It’s November – that means another month just went by and that also means it’s yet again time to spill all the TechPatio beans to let you all know how many visitors arrived here last month and how much money were made as well. I knew beforehand that October wouldn’t bring in [...]

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September 2010: Blog Summary & Income Report

October 3, 2010
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Welcome to another income report & traffic summary for TechPatio.com – as usual, we’re putting all the cards on the table for you to enjoy/laugh at them September was a quiet month in terms of content being produced, but let’s have a look at the numbers below anyway… September ’10 Aug ’10 July ’10 June [...]

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Infolinks vs Kontera for contextual in-text advertising (split test)

September 27, 2010
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TechPatio is around 14 months old/young and back in the days when I first started this blog, I tried out contextual in-text ads. Initially I went with Kontera but I never got it to work so I had to do Infolinks instead. After some time, maybe a few months I guess, I decided it wasn’t [...]

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Simple tips to make your articles Search Engine friendly

September 22, 2010
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If you are a blogger then do spend your time to read the tips given below as it can help in optimizing the article. I am not saying it because I want a reader but I want a successful blogger. I am sure most of you would write for readers but the articles must be [...]

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I hate the way Popup Domination market themselves and their $10 off discount

September 14, 2010
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Internet marketers can be funny from time to time, not all of them of course, but some of them has a tendency to build those amazingly long landing pages (sales pitch pages) where your finger gets all sore after scrolling through it. Obviously they’re doing it because such pages convert better (=more sales) than just [...]

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4 Reasons Why People Blog

September 11, 2010
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Hmm well the title seems to be little interesting and unique but there are real reasons found in the corner. Well there could be hell a lot of reasons but I would say that there are only four main reasons behind the blogging. The four main reasons are, 1) Money I have seen many bloggers [...]

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