2008 January

_Jan 17 08

Today I received my first ever cease and desist order from a website owner who feels I am currently causing him financial loss in my recent post about scams. The order demands that I delete the post and make no further mention of it, nor it’s content, in any subsequent blog posts, nor on any […]

_Cease and desist

_Jan 16 08

_Ashley Morgan_Blogging Tips_1 Comment

A blog, be it personal or professional or any combination of the two, is a communication medium that benefits from transparency and honesty. One of the easiest ways to make your blog more accessible and generally a nice place to be is to add a photograph to your about page. Unfortunately, many bloggers don’t have […]

_Quick and easy biography photography for bloggers

_Jan 15 08

_Ashley Morgan_WordPress_1 Comment

Sponsoring a wordpress theme is a popular way of building links back to your site. A good wordpress theme can reach thousands of people and find its way onto a huge number of screens.
Seems like a good idea, doesn’t it? Paying a designer a small amount of money and getting a lot of links in […]

_Sponsored wordpress themes and blog designs

_Jan 14 08

_Ashley Morgan_Blogging Money_4 Comments

Google made another page rank update in the last few days which left a number of bloggers, including some high profile ones, crying over their keyboards. They blogged and complained about how selling reviews and other similar traffic tactics had resulted in google penalizing them as if it was unfair or unexpected. Who do they […]

_Complaining about Google page rank will destroy your blog

_Jan 13 08

_Ashley Morgan_Blogging_2 Comments

Bloggers can be split into two divisions. Those who blog every day and those who blog only on weekdays.
With traffic traditionally dropping all across the internet from Friday night to Monday morning it might seem futile to put fingers to keyboard during the traffic dry spell. But, that doesn’t necessarily mean that weekend blogging is […]

_Weekend blogging

_Jan 12 08

_Ashley Morgan_Blogging Money_3 Comments

Monetizing a blog by covering it in badly chosen adverts is one of the biggest mistakes that a blogger can make. How many times have you seen a blog plastered with adverts and just clicked the back button? Badly chosen and over saturated advertising doesn’t make people click the ads, it makes people run away […]

_The simple and honest way to get more ad clicks

_Jan 11 08

_Ashley Morgan_Blogging Money_15 Comments

Perhaps the fasted growing internet phenomenon of recent years, the “how to make a fortune with your blog” scam, is particularly easy to spot when you know how. These ridiculous guides are all over the place and are usually advertised by unscrupulous bloggers who claim to make money with them. All of them have the […]