Profitable Productive Posts - Vol. 8

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Entrepreneur's Journey
What Did Blogging Teach You In 2007?
What did you learn from blogging this year? What did blogging teach you?

Vandelay Website Design
Networking for Bloggers: 8 Keys to Making Yourself More Valuable to Others

For bloggers and website owners building a strong network is crucial. In order to be a great networker, you need to make yourself valuable for others.

Darren Rowse - ProBlogger
How Longer Feature Posts Improved My Blog
What did you do on your blog in '07 that improved it the most?

BlogClout
The Bill Clinton Secret to Writing
A guest post written by Daphne Gray-Grant. Great title and a good article as well.

Bloggrrl
8 Signs You Masturbate Too Much
An older post but one I wanted to link to a long time ago. Since I am finally getting around to this series again I figured it was time to link to it.

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Mike's Money Making Mission - Is It Possible To Make Money From Free Blogs?
I am doing something a bit different this week and linking to two articles from one blog. The reason I am doing this is to show the potential that blogging has. Mike started his blogging journey right at a year ago and after looking at his most recent weekly earnings report I'll let you decide the answer to the opening question. A Total of $3899.22! That is a weekly total mind you and with free blogs. This is quite a jump from his first week of $0.84! Congrats Mike and here is to your continued success.

Michel Fortin dot Com - The Seven Deadly Sins of Website Copy
Probably one of the best articles on "copy" I've read in a while.

Blogging Tips - JPG, Gif, and PNG oh my.
A very nice summation of the dominant image formats used on the web and the why and when to use them.

Dosh Dosh - How to Influence Powerful Social Media Users for Traffic and Attention
A very in depth and informative article on how to gain favor with the movers and shakers in the social media arena. This article is full to the brim with information.

Success For Your Blog - 5 Things to do every week starting today
A great list. If you do these things on a regular basis it will go a long way to building your blog traffic.

Yaro @ Entrepreneur's Journey - How I Generate $1675 Per Month Passive Income From Buying Websites
A great article detailing how he purchased some sites and increased the income to a very nice passive income.

Daily Moolah - A Guide to Blog Marketing on Digital Point
This is one of the older articles on this weeks list, but I just came across this. As I have been on DP almost since I started blogging and have found it a great source for building relationships and traffic, I figured many of you would benefit from this information.

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TaxGirl - Guest Post @ ProBlogger 46 Tax Deductions that Bloggers Often Overlook
Kelly gives a pretty comprehensive list of deductions that bloggers can claim. There were quite a few on the list that I hadn't thought of.

Vandelay Design - 13 Ways to Create Unique, Original Blog Content
Separate yourself from other bloggers in order to attract and keep readers.

The other Cman ;) - The Early Worm Gets Eaten
When is second place is better?

WhyDoWork - Top 10 Secrets of Online Success
Good article to get you back on track and ask "Why am I doing this in the first place?"

GrowChangeLearn - Different motivations for blogging
What is your motivation for blogging?

Grow Your Writing Business - Does Your Blog Pass The Hallway Usability Test?
Is your blog user friendly? What do you think of my blog? Is it user and comment friendly?

CopyBlogger - Ten Timeless Persuasive Writing Techniques
A great list of ways to write persuasively and make money.

DoshDosh - How to Get Repeat Visitors for Your Website
How to make your website what I call "sticky." What is your repeat visitor percentage at your site? How do the numbers, pageviews, time-on-site, etc.., compare between your repeat visitors and first time visitors?

Well that wraps it up for this edition of Profitable Productive Posts. I hope you enjoy reading these as much I did. I always try to bring at least a couple articles from lesser known blogs. How do you like this series? Are the articles featured ones you have already read? Are you finding them to be a good resource? Let me know, so that this series can more profitable and productive for us all.

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UberAffiliate - Using Current Events to Make Money
Paul gives his take on riding current event buzz. I touched on this topic a while back in my article Boca Java, Rush Limbaugh And Affiliate Marketing.

Vandelay Design - 12 Ways to Avoid Blogging Burnout
Blogging burnout can happen when you least expect it. Here are a view tips on how to avoid it, which personally I don't think is entirely possible.

Dirty Little Man - Making Money Productive
Discusses Frugality and Abundance and how to make your money productive with any mindset.

Darren @ ProBlogger - Forget About Page Rank and Build a Better Blog
To the point and also the first video blog post in this series.

The other Cman ;) - How Heavy Is Your Glass Of Water?
And if it is so dang heavy why don't you put it down and rest a while?

Yaro Starak - How To Become An Efficient Procrastinator
Great advice from the Efficient Procrastinator himself.

Michelle aka "Bloggrrl" - Work For What You Believe In, No Matter What
As always Michelle gives her unique perspective. This time she focuses on taking a stand for your beliefs and working for what you believe in.

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Well this week I have tried to bring you a few bloggers you may not have come across, and of course some you have. I hope you enjoy these articles and blogs as much I have. Have a great hump day and remember its downhill from here to the weekend!

The Dragon Slayer's Guide To Life - Writing for Bloggers 101: Writing Great Content and Avoiding Blogger Burnout
A good article on a "new to me" blog that I have found interesting.

Chris Garrett of CopyBlogger - The Persuasive Power of Specificity
How is 6,312 better than a torrent?

Dirty Little Man - 50 Tools that can Increase your Writing Skills
While this article itself isn't full of content it has a great list of "tools" that I have been using to help improve my writing. A great article to bookmark so that you can come back to it.

Darren Rowse - ProBlogger - 10 Ways to Hurt Your Blog’s Brand by Commenting on Other Blogs
Another insightful article by THE ProBlogger himself. I know that you see so many times the importance of commenting on other blogs and very little about how and what negative impact certain practices an have.

Caution: Girl Underway -It’s okay to ask. Really, it is
A very honest look at a struggle many of us have. Apply this to blogging. It is OK to ask for help.

Untwisted Vortex - Confessions of a Blogaholic
Stumbled across this bloggers brief history of his journey into Blogaholism.

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ProBlogger - When it Feels Like Nobody is Reading Your Blog
Having been raised in a Pastor's home and watching my Dad occasionally preaching to empty pews I can certainly relate to this article.

Dosh Dosh - The Problem with Meta-Blogging: Being Unique in a Saturated Niche
A great article about differentiating yourself from the pack.

Nate Whitehill - The Nature of Motivated Bloggers
Another great article by Nate Whitehill.

Vandelay Design - Creating a More Valuable Blog for Your Readers
An article about dedicating more of your efforts towad creating valuable and useful content for your readers.

Daily Blog Tips - Review What You’ve Written Regularly
Ryan talks about taking a look back on a regular basis to review what you have written, reorganize and categorize properply, and add internal link when applicable.

Skelliewag - Don’t Settle for Scannable: Write Gripping Content
Skellie focuses on how to write gripping content without worrying so much about length. How to organize and present longer articles in a readable not scannable format.

Blogging Tips - Where and how to find potential readers to your blog
Details two ways of driving traffic to your blog and the pros and cons of each.

BlogClout - Jose & Carlos Teach a Lesson: Find What Your Audience Wants
Short and sweet but makes an very good point, and it is funny.

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It's time once again for my list of Profitable Productive Posts. These are some of my favorite articles from the past week. I hope you enjoy them.

How To Sell Your Blog’s Advertising - This is a great article on monetizing your blog using private advertising.

10 Ways To Get Traffic To A New Site - An article on a blog that I just came across last week. Head over and check out the post and read around a bit there is some great stuff.

18 Tricks to Make New Habits Stick - While this article isn't about Blogging it is still has some wonderful advice.

Reinvesting Your Income to Build Traffic and Authority for Your Website - An insightful article on income reinvestment. Income reinvestment is something that I have practiced from the outset. I even did a post on how to get some free advertising money way back when I was just starting.

Hansel and Gretel Link-building - "Think of your network of back-links like a trail leading to your site and certain ways to make that trail as strong as possible become apparent." This is a powerful article on link building.

10 Ways to Get More Interaction from Your Readers Today - A good article on building a good relationship with your readers.

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Here is a list of some of the best articles that I have been reading as of late.

10 free ways to gain exposure for a young blog - This article was at a blog I had not visited before, but that I found thanks to Kevin over at BloggingTips. It has some really good ideas for building traffic.

10 Blogging Forums to help raise your game - This article lists some of the best forums around for bloggers, and is related to the 1st article. There were some forums I had visited and some I had not.

8 Things to do on your Blog when you’re Sick - I have found some of these tips useful not only when sick but when I am suffering from blog fatigue.

7 Habits of Highly Efficient Bloggers - Skellie from Skelliewag has guest written this post over at one of my favorite blogs Daily Blog Tips.

How to Make More Money with Your Website (without Getting More Traffic) - Great article on maximizing current income streams.

The Successful Blogger’s Guide To Blogging
- Not a post that is in itself just stuffed with information but it has some good information and some links to some really really good stuff.

Well there you have it. Those are some of my top picks recently for what I have been reading. Have you read some really good articles lately? If so feel free to leave some links in the comments. Enjoy and thanks for stopping by.

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