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| KIT # 154: Blogging For Dollars |
| Issue: #154 Date: October 19th, 2004 Publisher's Corner ![]() Well I guess we know why the geese have been practising every day for their flight south - we received our first snowfall on Thursday. Yuck! Thankfully it didn't last long but each day seems to bring a few flurries so it won't be long before we're covered in the white stuff. My husband, James, shared this site with me. It's quite informative and if you've had problems with the SP2 upgrade, it will show you how to uninstall it safely. Savemybutt.com - For the computer novice in all of us - How to remove Windows XP Service Pack 2 http://www.savemybutt.com/. Also be sure to take a look at the Downloads in the left column. You'll find the latest downloads for Ad-Aware, Spybot Search and Destroy, HighJack This, CW Shredder and more. Note: Be really careful with HighJack this - it works really fast but you have to make sure you know what you are deleting. Sharon Housley wrote today's Feature Article, Blogging for Dollars. With weblogs and more particularly rss feeds becoming more popular, it only makes sense to utilize this amazing tool to generate another source of income. Who Rekindles Your Light? is our Special Feature article and comes to us from Steve Goodier. Whether you've had a really bad day or lost a loved one, it's important to have someone to talk to about the situation. We should never have to deal with these things alone. Have a great day and keep smiling. Lois M. JearyPublisher, KIT and the Home4Success Channel KIT Online Archives Get Your Own QuikView Sidebar Reader/BookMark Server Here ![]() Stop paying for advertising that doesn't work. You already know that most publishers are unable to reach their email subscribers due to filters, bad addresses not to mention ISP filtering. The SolutionAds-On-Q solves this problem by providing quality content that will be syndicated by the advertisers themselves. Put the power of rss syndication behind your online advertising today with Ads-On-Q. Feature Article Blogging for Dollars By S. Housley Blogging for dollars might sound like the latest game show or some new drinking game, but it's the latest craze to hit the Internet. Bloggers began blogging for a number of reasons, but as the blog movement has increased in popularity, they have found ways to monetize their blogs and are seeing their commitment pay off. Whether a blogger's focus is to communicate with customers or just to have fun, they have begun looking at ways to earn revenue from their blogs. The most popular ways for bloggers to earn some added cash for their pet projects are: 1. ) Google Adsense in BlogsGoogle AdSense allows webmasters to dynamically serve content relevant advertisements in blogs. If the visitor clicks one of the AdSense ads served to the blog, the website owner is credited for the referral. Webmasters need only to insert a Google generated java script into the blog or blog template. Google's spider parses the AdServing blog and serves ads that relate to the blog's content. Google uses a combination of keyword matching and context analysis to determine what ads should be served. 2. ) Affiliate Programs (Product Endorsements) Affiliate Programs work when an affiliate web site receives income for generating sales, leads, or traffic to a merchant website. Generally, bloggers will mention or endorse specific products and if site visitors purchase the product, bloggers will receive a portion of the sale. 3. ) Product Promotion Businesses use blogs to detail how specific features or product add-ons can increase functionality and save time. Content-rich product promotion will help with search engine placement. 4.) Banner Ads While less popular than in the past, websites with high traffic levels can still earn decent revenue by selling banner space. As the Internet evolves bloggers will continue to seek out ways to monetize their opinions and thoughts. Daily journals and online blogs have become more than just a communication means to many. About the Author: Sharon Housley manages marketing for the NotePage http://www.notepage.net and FeedForAll http://www.feedforall.com product lines. Other sites by Sharon can be found at http://www.softwaremarketingresource.com , and http://www.small-business-software.net Everyday Wisdom by Dr. Wayne Dwyer Each place along the way is somewhere you had to be to be here. Don't be impatient with the universe. In God's eyes no one on this planet is any better than you. Inspiration I am more and more convinced that our happiness or unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life, than on the nature of those events themselves. Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have
perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must
believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing
must be attained. It is not because things are difficult we dare not venture. It is because we dare not venture they are difficult. Special Feature Who Rekindles Your Light? by Steve Goodier An insightful woman, who had lived through numerous dark nights and days, once taught me about getting through difficult times. "I appreciate your outlook on life," I commented to Mrs. Tucker. I was in my twenties and she was fifty years my senior. She exhibited a remarkable attitude and strength of character, which had probably carried her through those painful experiences. "Well, I have been through a lot of tough times," she told me. "In fact, sometimes it was awfully hard for me and my husband. He couldn't always find work. Some days he would come home horribly depressed and say, 'Things are so bad I don't know if I can take it.' And I would say to him, 'Well, you know, things could be worse.' And once he said, 'I've heard that so many times I think I'm gonna die!' I was hurt...but I just hated to see him so depressed. I didn't know what to say. Later he confessed that if I would have wept in despair, he wouldn't have been able to make it. He needed me during those times." Over the years, it has occurred to me that HOW she responded to her husband's pain was probably not as important as the simple fact that she was there and cared. He knew he could always count on her to be a ray of light in his darkness and a strong hand to lift him when he stumbled or to soothe his hurts. He needed her...and for similar reasons, she needed him, too. Albert Schweitzer said so well, "Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light." During those difficult times they rekindled one another's light. Who rekindles your light? Who blows your light into flame when it threatens to flicker out? Sometimes this person is a relative, sometimes a teacher, or a minister, or a special friend. If you need the light of your spirit rekindled during this bleak time, there are those who will listen and care. Likewise, a great and wonderful gift you can give is to fan into flame the spirit that is in another. Rekindling someone's flame is an important task we perform, for few of us can go it all alone. The greatest weapon against darkness is, and always has been light. Even one small light is stronger than the darkness. __________Steve Goodier's books & newsletter: http://LifeSupportSystem.com. Hot Tip Blackmail Applet This cute applet prints out text that looks like letters cut out of a newspaper. You can specify the text, the width and height of the applet and the delay after each letter. This is a nice utility to use as a headliner for your page. It will surely catch the attention of your webpage visitors. http://www.youronlinetools.com/resources/blackmail-applet/ Sign up here for your own free Resource-A-Day tips. Publisher's Note: I wasn't crazy about the author's choice of name for this application but it is kind of cute and it will draw the attention of your visitors. KIT is published on the Home 4 Success channel. |
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