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In the whole set up of a website, you might consider what type of monetizing plan you want to try. There are quite a few options.

- Self-hosted banner advertising

- Banner advertising with a company like BuySellAds, Project Wonderful, and more.

- Text Ads wit Text Link Ads, Google Adwords, and even Adbrite.

Of course, there are more places. These are just a few examples.

But STOP! You need to have a site with content, and then have traffic. Without traffic, how can you make money?

A lot of people think that just having a website means people will automatically come. It is not as simple as quoted in the movie Field of Dreams – “If you build it, he will come.”

There is more work involved. You can place all the right keywords, but that might attract and make people stay, subscribe, and become a regular… even a customer. It important to create a reputable presence for your site. Connect with others in your niche and allow them to give feedback. Return comments or make your visitors feel welcomed.

Once your site picks up enough traffic, you can finally start experimenting on incorporating ads and such to make money. Not every program works. Some do better while others do not. However, even if you build a site, be prepared to do more work to build a sturdy traffic flow.

Have you monetized your site? What works for you? (There is a poll in the sidebar related to this article… please try it out.)

No matter how many ridiculous lists there are on how to either be better at social media or how to commit social media suicide, or something similar. Yep, I am on a soapbox right now. Remember, social media is just another fancy word for marketing. It is not the monetary aspect, but more on the level of pushing your content into the public where people are interested. In fact, the term really is not new and really, it really is not fancy. This year, I have heard “social media” this and that in many places. However, people are still trying Read More →

This podcast episode goes over what it takes to get paid to blog. I have also listed some sites that offer this opportunity to bloggers. I also offer some insight of choosing the right paid to blog opportunities for your site. The biggest thing I would like people to take away from this episode on paid to blog or sponsored posts, is that you need to honest and not just think about getting the money. You have to respect your readers and the advertiser, and deliver an article that is top notch. Blondish.net Podcast: Paid To Blog- Is It For Read More →

Not everyone uses the Links section in the backend of their WordPress. However, there is Adding and editing links in WordPress. It is important to note that the Links section in the WordPress backend does not have to just be for blogroll links. It can be used for many things like affiliates, relevant sites to yours, supporters, and much more. You have the capabilities in WordPress templating to make a template to call a specific link category to a page if you want.

I have put together yet another screencast for people who are new to using WordPress, specifically to help guide them through managing users in WordPress. The biggest thing about the user section in the WordPress backend is that you have to be aware of the roles, especially if you are an administrator that is creating a new user. There are a couple plugins that do help distinguish exactly what a user’s capabilities are, like the Members plugin by Justin Tadlock.

So, here I was speaking at WordCamp Chicago 2010 and eventually I met these two guys from Chicago that were podcasters…. like super awesome podcasters. This was of course, before I got into podcasting. They were asking about BuddyPress in regards to their website, and we even talked some shop. I am speaking about Fausto Fernós and Marc Felion of Feast of Fun. I kept in touch and followed up with them in Chicago during 2011 at WordCamp Chicago, and was just excited as I followed their site along. They interviewed people I wanted to hear, like the gals on Read More →

A lot of times my clients ask me on how to add media, like images to their WordPress posts or pages. It is not difficult, but sometimes a screencast helps things along. I have conveniently put together this simple WordPress screencast on how to insert an image to a post or page in WordPress.

Here is a video tutorial for newbie WordPress users on how to publish a page in WordPress. Pages and posts although seem alike, they are used for different purposes. Pages are usually more static, as mentioned in the video. Static is usually more for pages you normally do not update as often, like an About page or Contact page. Hope the tutorial above helped for those still new to WordPress. I would recommend watching the video tutorial on posts too. There are a lot of videos and as time goes on, I hope to cover more, so please feel free Read More →