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Seven Ways for Beginners to Make Money Blogging
Over the past few months I've been investigating ways to make more money from my blog. While there are tons of ad networks and affiliate programs, it can be overwhelming to sort through them and choose the right ones. It's definitely a trial-and-error process, but there are some popular places to start your testing process. [...]
Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Get Your Facebook Username
Facebook is finally making the move to usernames. Until now, your Facebook profile page URL has been something like this:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=712594733
Not exactly easy to remember, but then again, it's pretty easy to go Facebook and search for a friend by name. Still, having a simple profile URL makes any social media site more usable. Starting on [...]
Google Reader's Next Function
Wanna try something cool?
In your Google Reader's Settings section, there is a tab called "Goodies." Click on it.
You should then see a section called, "Put Reader in a bookmark."
Drag the "Next" link to your bookmark bar.
Any time you want to see something from your subscribed feeds, just click that "Next" link and you'll go to [...]
What Is Your Social Media ROI?
Have you ever thought about how you use social media and the return you get on your time investment? Or do you just wander from Facebook to Twitter to StumbleUpon to Delicious to FriendFeed to Google Reader and hope it all results in more traffic for your blog? I love to experiment with social networking [...]
Twitter For Beginners
Are you new to Twitter and wondering what all the fuss is about? I've got you covered.
Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read other users' updates. (Read more at Wikipedia.) In other words, Twitter lets you post instant messages, aka tweets, for the world to [...]
How To Put Anything In a Firefox Sidebar
I love, love, love multi-tasking, especially online. Sometimes my husband uses my laptop and it makes him nuts the number of programs I have that notify, pop-up, ding and beep. But it works for me. If you are also a lover of information overload, check out this neat tip for putting any page in your [...]
Enhance Your Gmail Experience with Gadgets
Whether working online, blogging, or simply reading our email, one thing most of us are looking for is a way to streamline our time online. We all want to get more done in less time, and if you use Google's Gmail, you should know about gadgets.
Gadgets (check them out here) are widgets you can add [...]
How Do You Describe What You Do?
You may have heard about the importance of developing an elevator pitch, a carefully-planned description of your job/business/service that is easily understood and can be explained in the time it takes to ride an elevator. This is equally – possibly even more – important for bloggers because there are still a lot of people who [...]
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