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		<title>The Blog Engage Weekly Challenge Guest Blogging</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:41:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bbrian017</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weeks Blog Engage challenge is all about guest blogging and sharing your thoughts on why it&#8217;s beneficial as a blogger to guest post. I&#8217;ve been blogging now for three years and I must admit this is one area I haven&#8217;t done much work in. I&#8217;ve guest posted on famous Bloggers and a few other [...]]]></description>
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<p>This weeks <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/bloggers-challenge-guest-posting/" title="Blog Engage Weekly Challenge" target="_blank">Blog Engage challenge</a> is all about guest blogging and sharing your thoughts on why it&#8217;s beneficial as a blogger to guest post.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been blogging now for three years and I must admit this is one area I haven&#8217;t done much work in. I&#8217;ve guest posted on famous Bloggers and a few other places but nothing that is to be considered a marketing ploy.</p>
<p>I do however fully understand the benefits of guest blogging and always try to promote guest blogging at blog engage to our members. I think it&#8217;s an amazing way to build your followers and create a strong online brand for yourself.</p>
<p><strong>Exposure for your blog</strong></p>
<p>Maybe you just started your blog and your looking to get word out about it. Guest blogging is a great way to tell a larger established group of readers as your post will usually include a plug about yourself and your blog. Just be sure you are guest blogging on a blog that relates to your own blog.</p>
<p><strong>Exposure for yourself</strong></p>
<p>Maybe your interested in getting your freelance writing skills noticed, or your knowledge on a specific topic. Like I mentioned in your BIO you can introduce yourself and give a way for others to get in touch with you.</p>
<p><strong>A link back to your own blog</strong></p>
<p>It is generally acceptable to include a link back to an article you wrote previously on your blog as long as it fits in the article and offers the reader value. At the very least your plug will include a link back to your blog offering you another valuable incoming link. You can also add links into your BIO on most guest blogs.</p>
<p><strong>Building Relationships</strong></p>
<p>I’ve meet so many people online during my last guest blogging contest at famous bloggers. I managed to gain many new Blog Engage members, rss customers and new blog readers. This has allowed our community to continue growing and excelling.</p>
<p><strong>Creating Authority</strong></p>
<p>Guest blogging can help you build authority in the blogosphere and help you gain respect from your fellow bloggers. This is how you can start making a name for yourself. Don’t miss out on these amazing marketing opportunities.</p>
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<p>Be sure to add me as a friend, <strong><a title="add me as a friend" href="http://www.blogengage.com/user.php?login=bbrian017" target="_blank">bbrian017</a></strong></p>
<p>Twitter, <strong><a title="Twitter, " href="http://www.twitter.com/bbrian017" target="_blank">bbrian017</a></strong></p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Brian</p>
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		<title>The Blog Engage Weekly Challenge Uncommon Ways To Monetize Your Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bbrian017</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Income]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monetize]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This weeks Blog Engage challenge is all about uncommon ways to monetize your blog. The important thing to remember is the challenge requires you to think out side of the box and come up with ways others may not have thought of to generate a revenue from their blog. I&#8217;ll be the first to admit [...]]]></description>
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<p>This weeks <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/bloggers-challenge-week-1/" title="Blog Engage Weekly Challenge" target="_blank">Blog Engage challenge</a> is all about uncommon ways to monetize your blog. The important thing to remember is the challenge requires you to think out side of the box and come up with ways others may not have thought of to generate a revenue from their blog.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll be the first to admit this is not easy and will require some thinking on my part. From the post rules we can&#8217;t use the traditional methods such as Google Adsense, Kontera or 125 ad sales for your sidebar.</p>
<p>To provide value to my readers and perhaps search engine visits in the future I&#8217;m going to list many methods as opposed to simply one or two. Some you may be familiar with and hopefully others will be new and will help you make money in non traditional methods.</p>
<p><strong>1. Spotlight other Bloggers</strong></p>
<p>Assuming your blog has a high volume of traffic you can spotlight bloggers on your blog for a fee. This is a great way to build on relationships with other blogger while at the same time generating extra income. I strongly suggest only spotlighting bloggers that are in your niche and woudl be an interest to your readers. Simply visit the bloggers blog, use the contact form and pitch the idea of a spotlight for a fee averaging from 5 usd to 11 usd per spotlight.</p>
<p><strong>2. Offer Blogging Services</strong></p>
<p>Offer your own services to your readers. You can write for them, or let them write on your blog for a fee. Traditionally you would let them write for free but if your blog is popular and there is a demand you can simply charge them per post.</p>
<p><strong>3. Offer WordPress Installation Services</strong></p>
<p>Personally I have tons of experience and if I wanted I could offer my expertise with installing, managing and hosting my readers word press sites. I could charge a fee for our services such as SEO, installation and more. Sometimes we take what we know for granted when there&#8217;s tons of people out there&#8217;s till wondering who they can start blogging. </p>
<p>I&#8217;ll be honest this was a very difficult challenge. I hope some of my ideas work out for you and help generate more income on your blogs. </p>
<p>If your looking for some more traditional ways to monetize your blog make sure to check out this amazing article I found <a href="http://www.dailyblogtips.com/ways-to-make-money-online-with-website/" title="28 Ways to Make Money with Your Website" target="_blank">28 Ways to Make Money with Your Website</a>.</p>
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<p>Be sure to add me as a friend, <strong><a title="add me as a friend" href="http://www.blogengage.com/user.php?login=bbrian017" target="_blank">bbrian017</a></strong></p>
<p>Twitter, <strong><a title="Twitter, " href="http://www.twitter.com/bbrian017" target="_blank">bbrian017</a></strong></p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Brian</p>
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		<title>Need money today? Earn it with the Blog Engage Spotlight Job Board</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 16:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bbrian017</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job board]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Want to be in the Spotlight? Click Here! On this job board you will see our customer list and the amount of USD we are willing to pay you via paypal to spotlight them on your blog. A spotlight is just like a commercial and when completed properly I pay you cash. Pick any of [...]]]></description>
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<p>Want to be in the Spotlight? <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/rss-syndication.php">Click Here!</a></p>
<p>On this job board you will see our customer list and the amount of USD we are willing to pay you via paypal to spotlight them on your blog.</p>
<p>A spotlight is just like a commercial and when completed properly I pay you cash. Pick any of the customers we have below, research them and write about their blog, products or services on your blog sharing this info with all your readers.</p>
<h1><strong>Blog Specifications</strong></h1>
<p>Your blog must be do follow<br />
Your blog must be older then 6 months and have new content on it</p>
<h1><strong>Spotlight Specifications</strong></h1>
<p>1. The spotlight content must be unique<br />
2. The spotlight must contain Social Media Profiles, facebook, twitter and other<br />
3. The links must be do follow on your blog<br />
4. Features and benefits of visiting the blog and becoming a reader<br />
5. Market and promote the blogger in your spotlight<br />
6. Spotlight must be at minimum 400 words including a website screenshot</p>
<p>Once your done writing the spotlight e-mail me admin (@) blogengage dot com with a link to your spotlight and your paypal information. I will review the spotlight and if approved I will send the payment to your paypal.</p>
<h1><strong>Business Spotlights</strong></h1>
<p>We will pay up to a max of 4 USD per approved Business Spotlight you write for us.</p>
<p>Please do not write 15 spotlights and send me 15 links all at once. When you complete each spotlight e-mail me admin (@) blogengage dot com with a link to your spotlight and your paypal information. I will review the spotlight and if approved we will send the payment to your paypal.</p>
<p>If you decide to stop blogging and are going to drop your blog please to contact us and sell us your blog at cost. We want to maintain the spotlights online and if this means taking over your domain name we are most interested in doing so. Let me clarify that I&#8217;m not offering to buy your blog at profit I am willing to take over payments and ownership if you decide to stop blogging.</p>
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<h1><strong>The 4.00 USD Business Spotlights</strong></h1>
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<p><strong><center><a title="small business finance, small business profit, grow profit, grow profits, grow small business profit, grow bottom line, small business income, finance fear,  easy small business finance, grow small business profits" href="http://smallbusinessfinanceforum.com/blog/" target="_blank">Grow Small Business Profits</a> &#8211; <a title="online degrees, online schools, online degree programs, degrees online, online colleges, online education, online certifications" href="http://www.DegreesOnline.net/">Online Degree Information</a></center></strong></p>
<p><strong><center><a title="weight loss, hormone replacement, metabolic makeover" href="http://www.howtoliveyounger.com/blog/" target="_blank">How to live Younger</a> &#8211; <a title="cerebral Palsy, medical malpractice, medical malpractice attorney" href="http://www.malpracticemedicalattorney.com/blog/">Michael J. Weiss Law Office</a> </center></strong></p>
<p><strong><center><a title="Technology and Entertainment Portal" href="http://www.dragonblogger.com">Technology Blog</a> &#8211; <a title="Make Money Blogging, Internet Marketing, Copywriting" href="http://www.thebadblogger.com">The Bad Blogger</a> &#8211; <a title="twitter poetry, poetry, trending topics, twaiku, and micropoetry" href="http://www.trendingpoetry.com/">Trending Poetry</a></center></strong></p>
<p><strong><center><a title="Everything you ever wanted to know, in bite-sized chunks" href="http://allyouneedislists.com/">All You Need Is Lists!</a> &#8211; <a title="travel video, travel videos" href="http://travelporch.com">Travel Porch</a></center></strong></p>
<p><strong><center><a title="online coupon codes, promotional codes, discount codes" href="http://thecouponscoop.com/blog/">The Coupon Scoop</a> &#8211; <a title="Content Marketing Resources" href="http://engage.tmgcustommedia.com">Engage Content Marketing Blog</a></center></strong></p>
<p><strong><center><a title="Internet business, online business, internet marketing, MLM, Prosperity Blog" href="http://workwithdavidwood.com/" target="_blank">Work With David Wood</a> &#8211; <a title="Daily News, News Mania" href="http://www.newsmania.com" target="_blank">Daily News Mania</a></center></strong></p>
<p><strong><center><a title="Mini Green House Kits" href="http://www.minigreenhousekits.com/grow/" target="_blank">Mini Green House Kits</a> &#8211; <a title="How to blog", "Why Blog", "Blogger", "Blogspot" href="http://www.MeekWatcher.com" target="_blank">Meek Watcher</a></center></strong></p>
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<p>Be sure to add me as a friend, <strong><a title="add me as a friend" href="http://www.blogengage.com/user.php?login=bbrian017" target="_blank">bbrian017</a></strong></p>
<p>Twitter, <strong><a title="Twitter, " href="http://www.twitter.com/bbrian017" target="_blank">bbrian017</a></strong></p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Brian</p>
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		<title>1000 USD to the best guest blogger of 2011 Updated July 15th 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2011 14:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bbrian017</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Throughout 2011 we will have many guest bloggers on our community blog. All our guest bloggers will be automatically entered for a chance to win 1000 USD. The entire process is rather simple. You write a guest post here on the blog engage community blog and then you market and promote it. We give you [...]]]></description>
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<p>Throughout 2011 we will have many guest bloggers on our community blog. All our guest bloggers will be automatically entered for a chance to win 1000 USD.</p>
<p>The entire process is rather simple. You write a guest post here on the blog engage community blog and then you market and promote it. </p>
<p>We give you points for social sharing and marketing abilities. We also give you points from comments and reply comments.</p>
<h1>Start Date</h1>
<p>January 01 2011</p>
<h1>End Date</h1>
<p>January 01 2012</p>
<h1>Corporate Sponsors</h1>
<p>In order to join you have to write a <strong>(NEW)</strong> article about the 2011 Best Guest Blogger Contest and include the following sponsors brand images and links. The code can be found below for adding these Corporate Sponsors. Simply copy and paste the code into your article. Once completed e-mail me admin (@) blog engage dot com so I know to include you.</p>
<p>If at the end of 2011 you ( the participants) do not write this <strong>(NEW)</strong> article about the 2011 Best Guest Blogger Contest and include the following sponsors brand images and links you will be automatically removed and will not be included. </p>
<p><center><a href="http://www.holiday-rentals.co.uk/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.blogengage.com/images/homeaway.jpg" alt="HomeAway Holiday Rentals" width="200" height="50"></a> <a href="http://sporkmarketing.com/business-blog-creation-and-management/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.blogengage.com/images/spork-business-blog-consulting.png" alt="Business Blogs" width="200" height="50"></a> <br/><a href="http://myblogguest.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.blogengage.com/myblogguest-230x60.jpg" alt="My Blog Guest" width="200" height="50"></a> <a href="http://www.straightnorth.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.blogengage.com/images/straight_north.jpg" alt="chicago marketing agency" width="200" height="50"></a><br/><a href="http://www.jaisiyaram.com/blog/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.blogengage.com/images/Blog-Banner.jpg" alt="Yoga Blog" width="200" height="50"></a><br/><br/></center></p>
<p><textarea id="textarea4" cols="75" name="textarea4"><center><a href="http://www.holiday-rentals.co.uk/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.blogengage.com/images/homeaway.jpg" alt="HomeAway Holiday Rentals" width="200" height="50"></a> <a href="http://sporkmarketing.com/business-blog-creation-and-management/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.blogengage.com/images/spork-business-blog-consulting.png" alt="Business Blogs" width="200" height="50"></a> <br/><a href="http://myblogguest.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.blogengage.com/myblogguest-230x60.jpg" alt="My Blog Guest" width="200" height="50"></a> <a href="http://www.straightnorth.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.blogengage.com/images/straight_north.jpg" alt="chicago marketing agency" width="200" height="50"></a><br/><a href="http://www.jaisiyaram.com/blog/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.blogengage.com/images/Blog-Banner.jpg" alt="Yoga Blog" width="200" height="50"></a></center></textarea></p>
<p>I will take everything you do on your guest articles throughout the entire year of 2011 with regards to tweets, engages, linkedin votes, comments and use then towards my final decision on who will be awarded the 1000 USD.</p>
<p>Tweets, 50 points per tweet up to a max of 1500 points<br />
Linked In Votes, 50 points per vote, up to a max of 1500 points<br />
Facebook Likes, 50 points per tweet up to a max of 1500 points<br />
Engages at Blog Engage, 100 points per Engage (vote) Unlimited points<br />
Comments that provide value, 10 points per comment Unlimited Points</p>
<h1>How To Win</h1>
<p>1.<a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/wp-login.php?action=register">Register for an account here</a> and fill out your bio info. Please note this is separate account compared to your initial Blog Engage account. Contact me admin (@) blogengage dot com letting me know your username and I will upgrade your account.</p>
<p>2. Login to our WordPress back end, write your Guest Article and submit it for pending review. At this time you can also e-mail me your article about our contest, help us promote the contest and link to Blog Engage. (500 bonus points) Once your Guest Article is published on Blog Engage you can start marketing and promoting it.</p>
<p>3. Guest Articles must be at least 450 words.</p>
<p>4. You may have as many links as you wish in the body of the article. However, please limit links to your projects or websites to your bio. Absolutely no affiliate links allowed.</p>
<p>4. Spread the word about your Guest Article through all your social media channels: Twitter, Blog Engage, Facebook, , etc. A high value will be placed on number of Tweets and overall social media promotion.</p>
<p>I will then total it all up and from that I will determine who will be awarded the 1000 USD best guest blogger of 2011 award. This is going to be the most exciting event for us in 2011.</p>
<p><strong>Current Contestants are,</strong></p>
<p>1. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/are-you-a-genuine-blogger-or-a-faker/">Are You a Genuine Blogger or a Faker?</a><br />
2. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/powerful-and-realistic-advices-in-guest-blogging/">Powerful and Realistic Advices in Guest Blogging</a><br />
3. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/are-you-blogging-full-time-or-part-time/">Are You Blogging Full Time Or Part Time?</a><br />
4. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/how-to-engage-your-blog-readers-and-get-more-comments-from-them/">How To Engage Your Blog Readers And Get More Comments From Them</a><br />
5. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/how-to-win-a-writing-contest/">How to win a writing contest</a><br />
6. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/can-your-blog-pass-the-salad-test/">Can your Blog Pass the Salad Test?</a><br />
7. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/how-to-win-a-guest-blogging-contest/">How to win a guest blogging contest ?</a><br />
8. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/if-you-dont-read-this-post-you-are-a-liar-find-out-why/">IF YOU DON’T READ THIS POST, YOU ARE A LIAR! FIND OUT WHY.</a><br />
9. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/6-top-methods-to-boost-your-wordpress-sites-seo/">6 Top Methods to Boost Your WordPress Site’s SEO</a><br />
10. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/10-ways-to-find-niche-blogs-for-your-market/">10 Ways to Find Niche Blogs For Your Market</a><br />
11. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/5-under-rated-strategies-to-build-back-links/">5 Under Rated Strategies to Build Back links</a><br />
12. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/5-things-the-dalai-lama-would-say-about-blogging/">5 Things the Dalai Lama Would Say About Blogging </a><br />
13. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/5-stats-you-believe-are-important-for-blogging-but-totally-aren%E2%80%99t/">Stats You Believe are Important for Blogging (but Totally Aren’t)</a><br />
14. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/should-i-care-about-search-engine-optimization/">Should I care about Search Engine Optimization?</a><br />
15. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/blogging-to-forge-a-connection-with-readers/">Blogging to Forge a Connection with Readers?</a><br />
16. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/what-makes-blogging-a-must/">What Makes Blogging a Must?</a><br />
17. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/the-core-values-of-blogging/">The Core Values of Blogging</a><br />
18. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/theres-no-such-thing-as-competition-in-the-blogosphere/">There’s No Such Thing as Competition in the Blogosphere</a><br />
19. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/5-important-questions-every-blogger-should-be-asking-themselves/">5 Important Questions Every Blogger Should Be Asking Themselves</a><br />
20. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/reaching-out-the-best-seo-changes-of-the-past/">Reaching Out the Best SEO Changes of the Past</a><br />
21. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/are-all-seo-plugins-for-wordpress-created-equal/">Are All SEO Plugins For WordPress Created Equal</a><br />
22. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/brand-evaluation-8-ways-to-tell-if-your-brand-is-social/">Brand Evaluation: 8 Ways to Tell If Your Brand is Social</a><br />
23. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/want-to-be-a-go-to-freelancer-here-are-3-down-and-crucial-things-you-must-know/">Want to Be a “Go-to-Freelancer”? Here are 3 Down and Crucial Things YOU MUST KNOW!</a><br />
24. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/learning-to-think-like-a-blogger/">Learning to think like a blogger</a><br />
25. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/5-latin-abbreviations-you-might-have-misused-that-make-you-look-dumb/">5 Latin Abbreviations You Might Have Misused that Make You Look Dumb!</a><br />
26. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/posting-the-latest-trends-with-the-help-of-google/">Posting The Latest Trends With The Help Of Google</a><br />
27. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/the-3-ps-what-it-takes-to-become-a-successful-blogger/">The 3 P’s – What It Takes to Become a Successful Blogger</a><br />
28. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/5-essential-rules-to-running-a-successful-online-business/">5 Essential Rules to Running a Successful Online Business</a><br />
29. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/have-you-learned-any-blogging-from-hitler/">Have you learned any blogging from Hitler ?</a><br />
30. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/are-you-prepared-for-the-five-changes-you-may-face-in-your-blogging-career/">Are you prepared for the five changes you may face in your blogging career?</a><br />
31. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/branding-your-blog/">Branding Your Blog</a><br />
32. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/how-to-do-research-for-your-new-blog-posts/">How To Do Research For Your New Blog Posts</a><br />
33. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/how-to-be-a-social-media-research-ninja-for-your-blog/">How to Be a Social Media Research Ninja for your Blog</a><br />
34. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/free-software-foundation-no-to-windows-7-no-to-facebook/">Free Software Foundation – “No to Windows 7; No to Facebook?”</a><br />
35. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/what-the-blogger-can-learn-from-jesus/">What the Blogger Can Learn from Jesus</a><br />
36. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/drowning-in-a-sea-of-information-trying-to-make-money-online/">Drowning in a Sea of Information: Trying to Make Money Online</a><br />
37. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/dont-get-left-behind-the-video-marketing-dust/">Don’t Get Left Behind The Video Marketing Dust!</a><br />
38. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/my-long-term-strategy-to-become-a-top-dawg-blogger/">My Long Term Strategy To Become a Top Dawg Blogger.</a><br />
39. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/solo-vs-collective-blogging-which-one-suits-you-best/">Solo Vs. Collective Blogging – Which One Suits You Best?</a><br />
40. <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/the-bloggers-social-network-what-about-it/">The Blogger’s Social Network… What About It?</a></p>
<p>All Blog Engage members can write for us and have the opportunity to win any prize offered in this contest. We only ask that you have a valid paypal account to accept your winnings and prizes. </p>
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<p>All awards and prizes will be delivered 15 days after the contest is closed. As already stated a valid PayPal account will be needed to accept any money prizes.</p>
<p>Contest Sponsor Reviews nor Spotlights will be counted or considered towards points it&#8217;s far to difficult to track.</p>
<p>If you have previously guest posted and don&#8217;t see your article here it&#8217;s because you have not e-mailed me letting me know what article you want to use towards the contest. E-mail me admin (@) blogengage dot com and I will add it to the list of participants.</p>
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<p>If you add our sidebar banner to your blog we will award you bonus points for the contest. Please help us build a strong community and add it up top nice and high for everyone to see! Simply copy and paste it into your sidebar for the duration of the contest. 500 bonus points for the 300 by 250, 300 points for the 468 by 60 and 100 points for the 125 by 125.</p>
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<p>Be sure to add me as a friend, <strong><a title="add me as a friend" href="http://www.blogengage.com/user.php?login=bbrian017" target="_blank">bbrian017</a></strong></p>
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<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Brian</p>
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		<title>A story of a community</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 11:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bbrian017</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night I had one of the worst experiences ever as the owner of a large social network for bloggers named blog engage. The evening started like any other when I have cool website stuff to do. I get home and I&#8217;m extremely excited about the possibility of moving off the current software I&#8217;m using [...]]]></description>
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<p>Last night I had one of the worst experiences ever as the owner of a large social network for bloggers named <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/" target="_blank">blog engage</a>. The evening started like any other when I have cool website stuff to do. I get home and I&#8217;m extremely excited about the possibility of moving off the current software I&#8217;m using to run the site. (pligg)</p>
<p>Needless to say things didn&#8217;t go as smooth as I thought and I lost about 5 days worth of blog comments on my community blog. Now under any other circumstances this woudln&#8217;t be a big deal but right now we have a huge <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/blog-engage-500-usd-best-of-the-guest-blogger-contest/" target="_blank">1000 USD best of the guest blogger contest</a> going on.</p>
<p>Point being these aren&#8217;t my comments I&#8217;m losing these are members comments on the guest articles. I was extremely stressed out and aggressively trying to find some way I could restore the comments I may have lost.</p>
<p>After getting the websites back up and running I started re posting articles for the members because about 9 articles were also lost as well. After visiting Google cache and hours of re entering comments I decided it was time to go to bed. (3:30am). I did the most I could to get the blog up to date bad back into working form.</p>
<p>The point of today&#8217;s article wasn&#8217;t supposed to be about my story of how I messed up but rather a story of a community that cares enough to forget, work hard, forgive and move forward.</p>
<p>I could barely sleep last night because as a blogger I understand how hard it is to produce quality content and get comments. I know what it takes to be a blogger and for this reason I was sick to my stomach. I was feeling upset that I didn&#8217;t do more to save the data. I just couldn&#8217;t sleep with all the thoughts going through  my head.</p>
<p>So this morning I posted an article letting the members know of the incident and laid out the bad news. I said many comments had been lost, I saved what I could and I was trying to express <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/my-sincerest-apologies-to-all-guest-blogging-contestants/" target="_blank">my sincerest apologies to all guest blogging contestants</a>.</p>
<p>In all honestly I expected the members to be very upset at me. I&#8217;ve watched our contestants work hard over the last 40 days promoting and marketing their articles. Naturally they should had been mad and upset this is how life works. To my surpirse the reaction from our members to say the least was quite opposite of my expectations.</p>
<p>I want to share with you some of the comments our contest members wrote. Surprisingly a positive twist and one I didn&#8217;t expect. It just goes to show it&#8217;s not the website that makes the community, it&#8217;s the community that makes the website.</p>
<p><a title="Daniel Snyder from infocarnivore" href="http://infocarnivore.com" target="_blank">Daniel Snyder from infocarnivore</a></p>
<p><img class="size-full wp-image-3563 alignnone" title="Daniel Snyder" src="http://www.seomkt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Daniel-Snyder1.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="121" /></p>
<p><a title="Karen from Blazing Minds" href="http://blazingminds.co.uk" target="_blank">Karen from Blazing Minds</a></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3565" title="blazing minds" src="http://www.seomkt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/blazing-minds.jpg" alt="" width="599" height="96" /></p>
<p><a href="http://myblog2day.com" target="_blank">Lee Ka Hoong from My Blog 2 Day</a></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3566" title="lee_ka_hoong" src="http://www.seomkt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/lee_ka_hoong.jpg" alt="" width="598" height="102" /></p>
<p><a title="Gloson from Gloson Blog" href="http://www.glosonblog.com/" target="_blank">Gloson from Gloson Blog</a></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3568" title="gloson" src="http://www.seomkt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/gloson.jpg" alt="" width="597" height="353" /></p>
<p><a title="Jaleesa Dorsey from bmfreep" href="http://www.bmfreep.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Jaleesa Dorsey from bmfreep</a></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3569" title="JaleesaDorsey" src="http://www.seomkt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/JaleesaDorsey.jpg" alt="" width="592" height="136" /></p>
<p><a title="http://docsheldon.com" href="http://docsheldon.com" target="_blank">Doc Sheldon from Doc Sheldon dot com</a></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3570" title="docsheldon" src="http://www.seomkt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/docsheldon.jpg" alt="" width="593" height="473" /></p>
<p><a title="Benin from Benin Brown" href="http://www.beninbrown.com" target="_blank">Benin from Benin Brown</a></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3572" title="benin" src="http://www.seomkt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/benin.jpg" alt="" width="587" height="130" /></p>
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<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Brian</p>
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		<title>Would you risk your job for your blog?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 07:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bbrian017</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sure, maybe this question should also include website or online activities but the question still remains the same. Would you actually risk losing your job or career to continue your online activities? Many people take their online blogging very seriously and perhaps only enjoy their current career because it allows them time throughout the day [...]]]></description>
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<p>Sure, maybe this question should also include website or online activities but the question still remains the same. Would you actually risk losing your job or career to continue your online activities?</p>
<p>Many people take their online blogging very seriously and perhaps only enjoy their current career because it allows them time throughout the day to participate in their online social media activities.</p>
<p>What would you do if suddenly your internet activity was being tracked and your favorite websites started getting banned from web surfing filters? What would you do if you could no longer work and play online?</p>
<p>I assume this is a big question for many people that have online activities and or online blogs. Owning a blog can have negative affects on ones career. Learning how to separate the two can be difficult and at times the beginning of the end for your career.</p>
<p>For me the answer is yes. I would risk my career for my online activities and my blog because it&#8217;s the one thing I truly love and enjoy doing. I don&#8217;t think my wife would like this answer but I truly believe my online activities would lead to a far happier life then my career would ever offer me.</p>
<p>I also believe that I have more potential for success with my online activities. Perhaps it&#8217;s not from my blog or from other websites I own but it&#8217;s the social networking aspect that can lead to bigger things in life, greater opportunities.</p>
<p>Being happy is really important to me and right now in my life I&#8217;m a happy man. I enjoy my job, I enjoy my online activities and nothing will come between the two. The only thing I would never trade is my family. So far it&#8217;s just my wife and I but soon we will have children and perhaps my decisions would change with these types of new responsibilities.</p>
<p>Right now I have little or no financial obligations so the impact of losing a career would be minimal. This isn&#8217;t to say I don&#8217;t respect my career and job I&#8217;m just saying if I got canned I would be just fine and would land on my two feet very fast.</p>
<p>If I was to lose my job I don&#8217;t think I would look for a new one right away. I would give online blogging a full time opportunity for at least 60 &#8211; 90 days. I would try to start earning full time from online activities. As I think about working as a full time blogger and get really excited. This is something I&#8217;ve always wanted to do but just justify it to my wife.</p>
<p>Take a minute and let me know your thoughts. Would you risk your job for your blog?</p>
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<p>Be sure to add me as a friend, <strong><a title="add me as a friend" href="http://www.blogengage.com/user.php?login=bbrian017" target="_blank">bbrian017</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Subscribe to my blog as well</strong></p>
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<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Brian</p>
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		<title>Blog Engage RSS Subscription Service</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 10:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bbrian017</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all want to market and promote our blogs but truth be told it&#8217;s too time consuming. The Blog Engage RSS Syndication Subscription Service allows you to take advantage of their amazing blogging community by submitting your blogs content on a daily basis. Blog Engage has a total of four different memberships to join that [...]]]></description>
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<p>We all want to market and promote our blogs but truth be told it&#8217;s too time consuming. The <a title="Blog Engage RSS Syndication Subscription Service" href="http://www.blogengage.com/rss-syndication.php" target="_blank">Blog Engage RSS Syndication Subscription Service</a> allows you to take advantage of their amazing blogging community by submitting your blogs content on a daily basis.</p>
<p>Blog Engage has a total of four different memberships to join that will meet the needs of almost all of their members.</p>
<h1>What&#8217;s Included with the service?</h1>
<p><strong>1.</strong> Automatic syndication of your blogs content.<br />
<strong>2.</strong> Automatic submission of all future blog articles.<br />
<strong>3.</strong> Automatically fills in the title, description and tags.<br />
<strong>4.</strong> Automatic hourly or daily updates searching for your blogs new content.<br />
<strong>5.</strong> Automatically submit one or multiple articles per RSS Feed Update.<br />
<strong>6.</strong> One free vote with all RSS Feed article submissions.</p>
<h1>SEO Benefits:</h1>
<p><strong>1.</strong> Automatically create do follow backlinks for every article you write.<br />
<strong>2.</strong> Increase your SERP on all Search Engines.<br />
<strong>3.</strong> Grow your reader base with our real community members.</p>
<p>I think one of the coolest features is you cannot tell the difference between a member that is part of the service or a member that manually submitting their content to the community.</p>
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<p>Platinum Membership will allow you to have up tp three blogs and select  up to five categories from each blog in which articles will be submitted to on blog engage. These are actual categories you have on your blog. We will also allow an unlimited amount of new articles to be submitted every hour your RSS feed is checked.</p>
<p><strong>1.</strong> Add up to Three Seperate Blog url&#8217;s<br />
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<p>Gold Membership will allow you to select up to five categories from your blog in which articles will be submitted to on blog engage. These are actual categories you have on your blog. We will also allow an unlimited amount of new articles to be submitted every hour your RSS feed is checked.</p>
<p><strong>1.</strong> RSS Feeds Checked Hourly<br />
<strong>2.</strong> Unlimited New Articles Per Check<br />
<strong>3.</strong> Five Categories to Update</p>
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<h1>Silver Membership</h1>
<p>Silver Membership will allow you to select up to three categories from your blog in which articles will be submitted to on blog engage. These are actual categories you have on your blog. Three new articles are allowed every 3 hours the RSS feed is checked.</p>
<p><strong>1.</strong> RSS Feeds Checked Every Three Hours<br />
<strong>2.</strong> Three New Articles Accepted Per Check<br />
<strong>3.</strong> Three Categories to Update</p>
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<h1>Bronze Membership</h1>
<p>Bronze Membership will allow you to select one category from your blog in which articles will be submitted to on blog engage. With Bronze membership please make sure to select the most popular category on your blog for your one category choice. We will submit all your other blog content to our General Blogging Category. One new article is accepted every 8 hours when the RSS feed is checked</p>
<p><strong>1.</strong> RSS Feeds Checked Every Eight Hours<br />
<strong>2.</strong> Three New Articles Accepted Per Check<br />
<strong>3.</strong> One Category to Update</p>
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<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Brian</p>
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		<title>The pleasures of owning a popular website</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 08:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bbrian017</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most interesting aspects of owning an online blog is meeting people from all over the world. Let&#8217;s take this morning for example. I started moderating the website and checking my e-mails. I normally get about 5 or 6 new followers on twitter a day but at times most are spammers that follow [...]]]></description>
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<p>One of the most interesting aspects of owning an online blog is meeting people from all over the world. Let&#8217;s take this morning for example.</p>
<p>I started moderating the website and checking my e-mails. I normally get about 5 or 6 new followers on twitter a day but at times most are spammers that follow then unfollow right after. However I do manage to get new followers that are real people.</p>
<p>This morning I meet <a title="Mike Pedersen" href="http://www.mikepedersen.com/" target="_blank">Mike Pedersen</a> and the interaction we had was made possible to this amazing and exciting new world of social media marketing. Now Mike is a new member at blog engage and we have started creating a mutual beneficial relationship with one another.</p>
<p>By far meeting new people is the most exciting aspect of being an online blogger and marketer. I enjoy following them to their blog, voting on their articles at blog engage and so much more. It&#8217;s even more interesting when they have similar interests as you do.</p>
<p>I have a very open personality and I think this has helped my create such a great blogging community for us to all use. I think <a title="Blog Engage" href="http://www.blogengage.com" target="_blank">Blog Engage</a> and it&#8217;s Brand has taken a lot of my personal attributes and over time has created a positive learning environment for bloggers.</p>
<p>I remember when I first started Blog Engage and I was marketing across multiple website forums. I stopped off at one is specific named admin zone. It&#8217;s pretty much a community of website owners that share and gather ideas.</p>
<p>Out of all the places I marketed this was the only forum that came back with a negative reply to my post. The member asked me why they should join my website when I have little or no traffic and members. I insisted it was beneficial for more then one reason.</p>
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<li>Do Follow BackLinks</li>
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<li> New Readers</li>
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<li> Increase in SERP</li>
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<p>Two years later Blog Engage has grown to over 3000 registered members and is within the top 12,000 websites on the internet for website traffic and daily unique visits. If I was to be asked the same questions I&#8217;m sure the answer would be the same but with a little addition including the benefits to having a large community and generating free blog traffic.</p>
<p>I guess the lesson to learn here is no matter how small a community is there&#8217;s always a benefit to joining and participating. Gaining new readers is vital and we can all use do follow back links. Even the smallest community can have some of the greatest members and biggest opportunities.</p>
<p>Be sure to add me as a friend, <strong><a title="add me as a friend" href="http://www.blogengage.com/user.php?login=bbrian017" target="_blank">bbrian017</a></strong></p>
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<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Brian</p>
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		<title>Determining where to market your blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bbrian017</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I visited twitter today and I seen @robertbravery post a message re tweeting @EricaMueller post regarding marketing her blog and how to determine where to spend the majority of your time. I guess the main concern here is wasting our time marketing in any given website that doesn&#8217;t provide some sort of return on investment. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I visited twitter today and I seen <a title="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/robertbravery" target="_blank">@robertbravery</a> post a message re tweeting <a title="twitter" href="http://twitter.com/EricaMueller" target="_blank">@EricaMueller</a> post regarding <a title="marketing her blog" href="http://ericasays.com/2496/blog-communities-forums/" target="_blank">marketing her blog</a> and how to determine where to spend the majority of your time.</p>
<p>I guess the main concern here is wasting our time marketing in any given website that doesn&#8217;t provide some sort of return on investment. The community, Website or Forum has to have the ability to give back equal or greater result from the efforts put into these social activities.</p>
<p>This got me thinking and eventually I decided I should put together a list of things you should look for when considering marketing your blog within any forum or community website.</p>
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<li>The website should be Do Follow</li>
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<li>The website should have members with similar interests as you</li>
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<li>Clean and fast loading design for productivity</li>
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<li>Dedicated and committed members</li>
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<li>Already large sized community (existing user base)</li>
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<li>Dedicated moderators ensuring a safe and clean visit</li>
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<li>Nice and friendly environment for learning</li>
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<li>Updated member profiles</li>
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<li>Unique website content</li>
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<p>Blogging is your hobby and when you join a community you have to ensure it&#8217;s a community that will help you grow. Remember this is the main reason you have decided to join the forum. If it&#8217;s not able to meet your needs as a blogging marketer I would suggest leaving and moving onto the next community.</p>
<p>I wrote an article sometime ago helping people understand <a title="forum marketing" href="http://www.seomkt.com/increase-website-traffic-by-using-top-webmaster-forums/" target="_blank">forum marketing</a> a little better maybe it&#8217;s still worth reading. I share some great ways to take advantage of forums without becoming overwhelming and spammy.</p>
<p>Trust me when I say theirs a fine line between online marketing and spamming.</p>
<p>If you have any questions, comments or opinions I would love to hear  from you. Place a comment below and I&#8217;ll be sure to read it.</p>
<p>Be sure to add me as a friend, <a title="add me as a friend" href="http://www.blogengage.com/user.php?login=bbrian017" target="_blank">bbrian017</a></p>
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<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Brian</p>
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		<title>How to make money from blogging</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bbrian017</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m always happy to take part in the blog engage weekly word challenge. This week it&#8217;s about making money from online blogging. Read more about it on the community blog. In all reality generating a steady online income from blogging is really hard. Trying to find products or services your readers are interested in takes [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m always happy to take part in the blog engage <a title="blog engage weekly word challenge" href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/blog-engage-weekly-word-challenge-is-make-money-blogging/" target="_blank">weekly word challenge</a>. This week it&#8217;s about making money from online blogging. Read more about it on the community blog.</p>
<p>In all reality generating a steady online income from blogging is really hard. Trying to find products or services your readers are interested in takes time and research. Truly understanding your readers needs will determine the level of success you will have when it comes to making money from online blogging.</p>
<p><strong>Target market your advertising</strong></p>
<p>Simply offering your readers Google ads might not prove to be successful. You have to offer more niche related products. For example here on my blog I know the majority of my blog readers are bloggers so I will try to market products and services that apply to their daily life of blogging.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not only marketing to my readers I&#8217;m also marketing to my search engine viewers. For this I leave it up to the magic of Google. Google does Geo targeted ads that will apply to all my search engine traffic. They base their ads on my content and keywords allowing me to market random and unknown visitors unrelated to my target market.</p>
<p><strong>Stay ahead of the game</strong></p>
<p>Staying up to date on all the deals and promotions is also important. Make sure to sign up to all the affiliate news letters. This will give you something to talk about with your readers. Adding a referral link with an updated newsletter article will bring you more profits.</p>
<p>A good example of this is one of my latest articles on the blog engage community blog. I wrote about how clix sense was launching a new program called Geo String including a nice <a title="Clix Sense Launches Geo String with a 10 USD sign up bonus" href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/clix-sense-launches-geo-string-with-a-10-usd-sign-up-bonus/" target="_blank">10 USD bonus</a> and my readers followed my links and many of them signed up. All you have to do is be the first to let the people know.</p>
<p><strong>Ad Placement</strong></p>
<p>As much as you hate to place that add in front of your readers you seriously have to. Top right 300 by 300 ad in the start of your article and another half banner add in the article it self. Having the right placement is key to your click rate. Increase visibility and you will increase your clicks.</p>
<p>So many factors come into play when marketing and advertising on your blog. Take all aspects into consideration and perhaps one day you will have success. Making money from blogging is not easy but with time and dedication can be a very realistic and obtainable goals to set.</p>
<p><strong>Where to start?</strong></p>
<p>Understanding where to look for new advertisers and affiliates can be over whelming. I started a very informative page at <a title="Make Money Online" href="http://www.blogengage.com/make-money-online.php" target="_blank">blog engage a social network</a> I own sharing all the make money online resources I have found to date. I welcome you to visit and use my referral links.</p>
<p>You will find so many opportunities it&#8217;s amazing. I have everything from hosting companies affiliates, word press theme and deign affiliates, twitter affiliates, publisher affiliates, niche affiliates, CPC, PPC and more.</p>
<p>If you have any questions, comments or opinions I would love to hear from you. Place a comment below and I&#8217;ll be sure to read it.</p>
<p>Be sure to add me as a friend, <a title="add me as a friend" href="http://www.blogengage.com/user.php?login=bbrian017" target="_blank">bbrian017</a></p>
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<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Brian</p>
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