Last month I wrote an opinion piece on Entrecard as a whole. I am assuming most of you that are reading this know what Entrecard is, if not, look them up. When Entrecard switched to third party advertisers I was very critical and I voiced my opinion on how I thought it was a wrong move and would hurt the network. Since that point I have not spent a single credit buying ads. My rationale is that it was not that...

If you are like me, you probably check your Google Analytics daily.  I always check the traffic and where it is coming from.  The one stat that I always pay attention to is the time on site stat.  I get so happy when I see some visitors spending 20-30 minutes on my blog.  To me, that tells me that I am doing something right.  As bloggers we are always trying to attract new visitors to our blog, but that...

My top commenter (Lee from MyBlog2Day.com) is having a blog contest to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of his blog.  I am hoping that all my readers will pay his blog a visit and join the contest.  There are cash and prizes totaling over $345.  It is real simple to enter, you just need to own a blog and write a post (like I am doing) and send a tweet and the subscribe to his feed.  You will probably want...

Beware of Tweepme.com.  I am sure you have seen their ads, they are all over the place as they must be spending thousands of dollars per month on Adwords.  The basic pitch of the service is that you sign up for $10.95 and you will receive 4,000 new followers.  The way they explain the service is you fork over the money and they will do the rest.  Well, the rest is supposed to be connecting you with the other...

When you first start a blog, one of the first decisions you will have to make is choosing a theme.  This can be overwhelming, as there are literally thousands of free themes to choose from.  When I first started this blog, I was using the Moneymaker theme from Unique Blog Designs.  This is a great theme and it makes it really easy to add adsense to your blog posts. However, I got sick and tired of seeing...

I am sure you have experienced some days where you are stuck for ideas on what to blog about. On the other hand, you may have a whole notebook of ideas, but may not have the time or mental capacity to write an in-depth piece. No worries, here is a list of 10 very easy to write blog posts. After a long week, I was burnt and although I have dozens of topics to write about, I did not have the energy for a “research...

What is your favorite url shortener?  I used to use tinyurl and then switched to bit.ly because it offered better tracking capabilities.  Over the last couple of months there have literally been hundreds of new url shorteners that have been launched.  I wanted to share with you a url shortening service that you can actually use to make money with.  The service is called ADf.ly and it works just like all...

Last week I wrote a guest post on BloggingAgenda.com about how to retweet on Twitter and why you should retweet.  Today, I want to focus on 5 basic strategies you can employ to get more of your tweets retweeted.  Here are some tips:                    Write tweets that are 120 characters instead of 140, that way you will make it easier for the person to retweet it.  If the person has to...

Yesterday my blog was nominated for best blog about blogging in the Blogger’s Choice Awards.  I am writing this short post not so you will vote for me (I am hoping that you will ) but rather to let you know that this is a great way to promote your blog. A couple of days ago I wrote a post about branding your blog.  This is an excellent opportunity to associate your blog with the movers and shakers in the...

Have you heard of backtype?  I was searching Google for “tycoon blogger” yesterday and this was the fourth site that pulled up.  Of course, I had to take a closer look.  I discovered a pretty cool and useful tool that is intended to help bloggers track their blog comments on other blogs.  Backtype works like a search engine that indexes comments on blogs and social networks and allows users to find,...