Advertising with Facebook Ads
Facebook is running a promotion with a $50 credit for Facebook Ads. Unlike Google and AdSense, they aren’t advertising it all over the place. You should see it on the sidebar when you log into...
View ArticleZemanta: Possibly the Most Awesome Blogging Tool Ever
Image via CrunchBase I’ve been using Zemanta for a couple weeks now and I’m pretty impressed. Zemanta is a tool for bloggers that helps you add content to your posts. You just start typing and once...
View ArticleSchedule Posts with WordPress Editorial Calendar
One of the keys to successful blogging is to regularly write new posts. However, writing posts in advance when you have the time/motivation can be confusing without a plugin like the WordPress...
View Article3 Preventative Steps to Recover from Being Hacked
You may have noticed my site being down yesterday. I got hacked. More specifically, my brother, who’s hosting I’m piggy-backing on until I can afford my own package after my old host shutting down....
View ArticleHow to Publish Posts in Microsoft Office
This post was written in Microsoft Word. A few months ago, I finally took the plunge and upgraded Microsoft Office from version 2003 to version 2010. For the longest time, I decreed that 2003 did...
View ArticleA/B Testing in WordPress
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) Whether you are working on m $3k Challenge or the Studenomics $5k Freelancing Challenge, you probably have some sort of sales page on your site. It certainly is the first...
View ArticleSocial Media Widget Plugin and Specifing Image Dimensions
facebook (Photo credit: sitmonkeysupreme) Social media is one of the most important tools in your blogging arsenal. I don’t do spend anywhere near enough time on it. But there are two absolutely...
View ArticleIf SEO Confuses You, Hire a Pro
I’m the type of person who wants to do everything for myself. Part of the reason is because I’m incredibly cheap frugal. Another part is because I love learning new things. I often enjoy learning to do...
View ArticleMeet the 2013 $3K Challengers
After I closed submissions to the $3k Challenge last year, I wrote a post introducing the challengers. For some time, that was one of my better trafficked posts, so I thought I would do the same this...
View Article2013 $3k Challenge: First Quarter Update
This is a little on the late side; I should have had this posted last week. Oops. This is why it is important for bloggers to have- and use- an editorial calendar. But better late then never! So,...
View Article10 Useful Tools for Mobile Blogging
10 Useful Tools for Mobile Blogging Guest post from Karen Schweitzer. Karen writes about internet providers for Internetserviceproviders.org. Blogging has become big business these days and it shows no...
View ArticleThe $3k Challenge: 2nd Quarterly Update (Halfway there!)
Dollar Sign in Space – Illustration (Photo credit: DonkeyHotey) As June comes to a close, it’s time to provide the second quarterly update to the $3000 Challenge. Unfortunately, Q2 was not much better...
View ArticleThe $3k Challenge: 3rd Quartly Update
Hard to believe that it’s been another three months. It’s time for another $3k Challenge Update. This has been my best quarter yet, but I’m still a long way short of my goal. Last quarter you may...
View ArticleAnd the Winner of the $3k Challenge is…
(Photo credit: uwmsois) Just one year ago, I came up with the idea of motivating myself to earn money by motivating others to earn money. I wanted to come up with $3000 to pay off my credit card debt,...
View ArticleThe 2013 $3k Challenge
A year ago, I created a challenge to motivate small bloggers such as myself attempt monetization with a goal of earning $3000. The challenge was a success, and Money Smart Guides was the winner of a...
View ArticleIntroducing my Yakezie Summer 2013 Team
Just under a year and a half ago, I joined the Yakezie Challenge. After meeting all of the requirements of the challenge, I became a full member in September. One of the benefits of the Yakezie network...
View Article2013 $3K Challenge: Mid Year Update
The year is half over already! Where has the time gone? While my day job had a slow start this year when winter finally decided to start in April, things are picking up pace on that front. Meanwhile,...
View Article2013 $3K Challenge – 3rd Quarter Update
Well, the year is just flying by. The end of the 3rd quarter is almost upon us. Things slowed down considerably this quarter. I guess everybody has gone on vacation in the warm weather. It doesn’t help...
View ArticleThe final 2013 $3k Challenge Update
The year is now over and with it comes the close of the 2013 $3K Challenge. And I have some great news. For the first time ever, I have completed the challenge! As of today, I have earned $3067.32 for...
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