Blogging

Blogging

This is my lens dedicated to making money by being a great writer with good content. I want this lens to be a testament to good content and consistance with blogging. I have made money with little or no effort from adsense on my blogs and also creating good posts. Plus I am a writer and author of original content!

Blogger

Currently I am using blogger and was surprised that my blog made a $100 dollars just by adsense ads and no effort from me. I decided that if I put some effort into blogging, then my income would increase. My goal is to blog daily and to make sure to utilize adsense ads but I will also add affiliate programs, such as those used on Blogspot. They are not new programs but they do require effort for monetization. Blogger is a google specific blog that I have had for years.

Blogging Platforms

Studiopress

I am currently using Google blogger for my blog. I however also like wordpress and like using studiopress to design and taylor the blog. If you like affiliate marketing, studiopress can get you started with tutorials and more. Studiopress has professional looking themes that are aesthetically pleasing and add credibility to your content. They even have StudioPress TV which helps if you are a visual learning.

Why Blog

Well I have always wanted to be an author and blogging allows me to realize my dream. My hope is to blog enough that I earn money and also I can piece my posts together to make a nice book.. I did write a book about co-op adversing that I will continue to edit and add to my blogging endeavors. I am already noticing that key words make a big difference in online marketing. I created this blog and then noticed the keywords that were underlined. That made me excited so I feel like being a bonafide author is just a hop skip and jump away. Whoooaaa!!!

Wordpress Blogs

I talked about StudioPressTV yesterday and today I am going to discuss setting up a blog using Wordpress. I bought my Go Daddy domains yesterday so I could set up a blog on my own server vs blogger only. I did this because on blogger, your blog can be shut down for many reason's. I prefer having a back up blog own my own terms. Having your own blog or website is essential to any business that you may have because of the publicity it can generate. I bought a domain called Mental Health Wellness and also Rich and Rich Home Opportunities. I have Tax EIN number for my company called Rich and Rich Home Opportunities so now I have a domain to build a website and blog. I also want to develop a consultation business and use Rich and Rich Home Opportunities as the umbrella company. So, I think I have some ideas for the future, but today I will focus on blogging

RSS Submission Importance And Time

I realize today that trying to submit my rss feeds is very time consuming.  I still do work a part time job and use my off time for my business endeavors.  I spend my days  off creating original content for blogs, keeping up squidoo lenses, keeping up facebook pages.  I also work on unfinished lenses and websites.  So today I have to get some help and outsource submitting my rss feeds by using and rss feed submitssion service.  So currently I am on google using the keywords "rss submission services."  I hope to find something economical rss submission is crucial to improving my blog and website search engine rankings.  I have to submit to directories, article submissions, social bookmarking networks.  These are the sites my research yielded.

1.  http://www.specifications.com/rss-submission.htm

Then I used the keywords "Free website url submissions" and found the following sites.

1.  http://www.submitexpress.com/free-submission

2.  http://www.global.gr/mtools/linkstation

3.  http://www.ineedhits.com

4.  http://blastomatic.com

5.  http://www.addme.com

 I did find services that were economical and will budget for paid submissions in the future but at least now I have a solid list to follow.

 

http://richandrich.posterous.com/rss-submission-importance-and-time

Rich and Rich Home Opportunities

I spent yesterday blogging, fixing squidoo lenses, and promoting my Facebook pages. I got a message from an old business network contact while I was promoting on Facebook. The contact shows that you have to get your business and name out to the public for contacts. My business contact was Shontina Gladney. I am honored to say that she has invited me to participate in her business expo. I am excited about the expo because Shontina is a ball of motivational fire. I hope to continue to network and build my business contacts.

Things To Do For Each Squidoo Lense

Today I compiled a list of things to do when creating a squidoo lense. I will be using this checklist to keep myself focused and on track. These are the items I have so far. 1. Add this blog to all lenses 2. Add Amazon RSS Feeds 3. Add Ebay RSS Feeds 4. Check for Clickbank products 5. Do Squidoo lens health check (I favorited this page from Squidoo) 6. Check out Squidoo Utilities for brush up on all lenses I also want to make sure that I monetize all efforts to include this blog and therefore, I add this list for monetization of blog and squidoo. 1. Add Clickbank products 2. Add Google Adsense 3. Add credible affiliate program links to relevant products (Below is a list of credible programs) A. Ebay B. Amazon C. Shareasale D. Linkshare E. Commission Junction F. Clickbank I will continue to update both list but for now I have a framework and checklist! Tomorrow, how to advertise!

Squidoo Day!

Okay today I will focus on my Squidoo lenses. I was going through alot of my lenses yesterday. I have a total of 58 lenses but I only have 11 featured. I have to do some work on the other lenses, so they can be featured. I am going to be adding this blog feed to all of my lenses for maximum blog exposure. I also have to focus on visiting other Squidoo lenses and being an active community participant. I am also looking forward to looking at squidoo tips to improve my lenses with color, borders, and great backgrounds. I also will be promoting offline by printing blog pages on my printer. ');var ifrm = document.getElementById(shrs_strRNum);ifrm.width = 600;ifrm.height = 385;var shrs_galleryLoaded = false;ifrm = (ifrm.contentWindow) ? ifrm.contentWindow : (ifrm.contentDocument.document) ? ifrm.contentDocument.document : ifrm.contentDocument;var shrsl_gallery_str = '