U Comment I Follow; Yes I Do

Do you have the “U Comment I Follow” Rule in place, and if so do you inform your visitors? I myself have had this rule since I started blogging and believe that it is a good practice to follow. (-: You can grab an image to display on your blog to catch the attention of hungry link grabbing bloggers.

The “No Follow Rule” as opposed to “Do Follow” doesn’t give any linkjuice from Google or other search engines for leaving a comment on your blog. I think this is pretty mean, after all someone has taken the time to leave a comment about their views, and doesn’t get any thanks for it  )-: I think they should be acknowledged for their contribution.

There definitely seems to be a core group of Bloggers who use the Do Follow attribute, from the small amount of research that I did, there were several blogs that were actively supporting this rule. During my travels I discovered quite a few blogs that purely devoted their blog to “Do Follow” Directories. A lot of these blog directories have anywhere from 200 to 800 blogs that use the Do Follow Rule on their list.
For sure it makes sense to register with these blog directories which apart from the reciprocal linking can bring in other bloggers to leave comments on your articles.

What about all the other blogs out there who don’t have the “Do Follow Rule”? I suspect many of these blogs are high traffic so don’t require using this plugin. There will be a lot of bloggers who believe that they will be leaking out to many links if they allow the “Do Follow Rule” and I can see their point to some extent. We are always being told how much the search engines love blogs, because of their social networking and constant communication on a huge scale, so shouldn’t search engines then encourage this “Do Follow Rule”? I suspect they do. As for spam I don’t think this makes any difference at all, spammers will always find a way in.

One good tip I use is to get inventive with “alt” tags for your images, if you hover over the “U Comment I Follow” image on my about page you will see the tag I have placed on this Image. Now this won’t show up on Google’s main search engine, but it will show up on Google’s Image search which in turn will bring in more visitors.

There are of course other plugins that have quite a bit of popularity these include CommentLuv and Top Commenter I have always supported these types of plugins and use them on my blog. When visitors read a post and see the commenter’s last post assuming the comment has piqued their interest, then there is a higher probability that they will click the link; the same might not be said for the Top Commenter List, as the search engines don’t crawl the sidebars and they disappear or are replaced every month, nice eye candy though for the busy commenter.

If you want to find out more about the “Do Follow Rule” and what other bloggers are saying about it then follow (-: these links below.

Here is Googles search result for do follow blogs and U Comment I Follow

Other Do Follow Directories
http://www.blogsthatfollow.com/

http://www.dofollowblogs.com/

http://nicusor.com/do-follow-list/

Resources & Plugins
CommentLuv

Top Commenter

DoFollow

Negatives: Andy Beard

SEO 2.0

I have formulated quite strict instructions as to how you should comment here but many people fail to follow those simple common sense rules and get their comments removed for breaching my commenting guidelines. Also I’m amazed at how people apparently assume that blog commenting is a viable link building strategy in the first place. Why?

Quite an amazing list of blogs that either agree or disagree with “Do Follow” stretching back over the years; you can grab some cool icons to put on your blog or just click on my image on the sidebar, I use PhotoBucket to generate the html, or simply go to Randa Clay Design.

So do you follow? Please feel free to leave a comment

Thanks’ for reading

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In today’s post I want to talk about Hosting and the cost; as opposed to the multitude of free services which are hosted on their own respective servers. The whole idea of the World Wide Web is to bring as many services to the public as possible which is without doubt a good thing. The big giants of the internet industry do have a stranglehold in this area and so make it very appealing to the masses especially the newbies or for people who don’t have the technical knowledge on how to upload files and instigate a number of other tasks only possible with self hosting.

At the moment there is huge interest in web 2.0 with its changing trends in particular with the use of social media. But web 2.0 goes much further in development with rapidly growing ranks of designers and developers, product managers, entrepreneurs, VCs, marketers, and business strategists who are embracing the opportunities created by Web 2.0 technologies. So with all this new development comes new ways in which people from all walks of life can do a lot more with free or self hosted services.

(Side note) We mustn’t forget our privacy in all this excitement; these free services do come at a price, depending on your settings just about every spammer can grab your email details and a lot more.

There are many ways that we can use these free services to generate income, and depending which direction you want to take can be quite profitable. Let’s look at Blogger for instance, for a start Google allows you to benefit from placing its own ads in different formats (contextual ect”) but you will also be able to insert various other revenue based methods like Amazon or other affiliate programs. The process of integration is made very easy by drawing on the use of APIs so that the migration is smooth. So there is no doubt that you can do very nicely, and depending on your direction you can bring in earnings through a variety of ways.   As well as the established blog providers you also have the established social network platforms and a plethora of blog providers, but there are all different levels of what you can and what you can’t do with your blog; rules rules rules!

Hosting your own WordPress Blog has many benefits, the main one being the amount of extra plugins you can use. The list of plugins is endless but some of the more useful ones for example the all in one seo pack and the Google XML sitemap generator are indispensable; The beauty of   the whole system is that is completely automated with among others the WordPress Automatic Upgrade plugin, as an example this blog is only a month old and already has a respectable Alexa traffic rank and i dare say will have a Google rank in due course. There are many other plugins that extend your WordPress blogs functionality with all kinds of special effects. WordPress.org

I think advertisers take you more seriously if you have your own domain. On WordPress.com– you cannot run paid ads. If the blog is for business–also it helps with the overall promotion of your business site and attracts more visitors through search engines because of the dynamic nature of the blog. A dot com domain is the best thing a blog can have for branding purposes. People won’t remember “yourname.bloghost.com” - but they will remember” yourname.com”. This is the case with me - 15% of my visitors come directly to my site because its name is easily remembered and pretty unique.

The bottom line is you can do a whole lot more if you self host your blog, especially if you want to draw traffic and gain revenue from advertisers. What do you think? I bet there are some bloggers out there who use providers and are quite happy as opposed to self hosters who are deliriously happy with their blogs.

There are bloggers that find it difficult to blog regularly, on the other hand other bloggers seem to find it easy to write everyday. I think I am somewhere in between myself, I have good days and bad days. Keeping ahead of the game and allways looking for different angles and aproaches to any given subject is a must in my opinion.

As you are probably aware, for your blogging to be effective you will need to add fresh content to your blog on a regular basis. So with that in mind here are five tips that you can use to make blogging a lot easier.

1. Write your blog content in advance and save it so that it’s ready to be posted everyday. When you have time to write try to write enough blog content that will be enough for several days or for the whole week. You can write and save your blog posts on your blog, and all you have to do is to publish the posts everyday. This means that on those days when you do not have the time to write, you can still post fresh content on your blog using the blog posts you would have saved.

2. Blog about a wide range of things that relate to your niche. Think about any information relating to your niche which your website visitors will be interested in seeing on your blog. Identify the sub-niches in your niche and write about those as well. You should never run out of ideas on what to blog about.

3. Invite your blog visitors to leave some comments relating to your posts and your niche. This is an easy way of getting unique content on your website. The more interaction you allow on your blog, the more content you will have on your blog.

4. Research and look for the key questions and issues that people in your niche are interested in, and provide information that addresses those questions on your blog. Look in the relevant forums for the hot topics that people are asking, and provide answers to these questions on your blog. This will make your blog useful to your visitors because it will have information which your visitors are looking for. This gives you a wide range of topics that you can blog about.

5. Use PLR content, customize it and make it unique and break it into blog posts. It is essential that you make the PLR content very unique otherwise you will be penalized for duplicate content. Using PLR content as a starting point for your blog posts means that you will be able to create blog content easily and quickly.

Make use of these five tips shown above to make blogging a bit more enjoyable. The more you blog, the more traffic you drive to your website.
Remember that you have a raft of useful blogging tools right on you PC in your browser or your right click context menu. Try out ScribeFire, a lot of blogers sware by it!

ScribeFire, an extension of Firefox, enables users to easily drag and drop formatted text from the Web into their blog(s), post entries, take notes, and optimize their ad inventory, directly through the Firefox browser.

Well once youve done all that you can put your feet up and chill out with a glass of your favourite,ooh thats’ nice.  Whats next: Taking your blog to the next level

Please digg me or stumble me or leave me a comment and i will reciprocate Thanks’

Welcome to Web-WorkAtHome.com It’s Holiday Time Folks, time to take a Break!

For everybody who has visited my BLOG a big HEARTY THANK YOU. As you will know if you have read my about page, this has been my introduction into the Blogosphere with a few hiccups along the way. It’s certainly been an interesting journey and I think i will stay on track and keep building on my experience. In 2009 I hope to have a brand new THEME to accommodate my ever expanding foray into Internet Marketing with a truckload of helpful tips and advice. Don’t forget! you still have time to enter into Dennis Edell’s Blog contest which is gathering a lot of interest, the contest is open right up to the 12th of January 2009. I will be back again in the New Year probably around the 2nd or 3rd of January once all the cobwebs and hangovers have cleared up and gone. Until then …..

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year from Edinburgh

Sorry for the inconveniance, going through many changes,  sorting out my template at the moment.  So bear with me as i hunt down that elusive template.    Have a Beer on me! Cheers

*Image by Mark Witton*

Kenth Koh

Helping you to increase your web site traffic has always been my top priority and today, I’m going to share with you my best kept secrets to increase web site traffic from scratch.

Like many of you, I started my career in internet marketing with little knowledge, no JV partner, no internet marketing friend and I didn’t pay thousands of dollars to attend any seminar on internet marketing. I started from scratch, learning the ropes by reading tons of ebooks and email newsletters (blog wasn’t popular when I started online).

Leads Leap Boosts your sales

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There is a very interesting read over at Kenneth Koh’s Leads Leap Blog which goes into detail of how he started his online career. It just goes to show if you put in the hard work and research your niche the rewards will come. I myself have had to struggle down a very similar path, so when people ask me if I can help then personally I get a little bit frustrated because there is no quick fix for success. When you have the right mind set go at it and assert yourself to the task, remember it’s not a 100 metre sprint it’s more of a paced out affair.

But I have to say if you approach your task in the right way from the beginning then things will get progressively easier. Being organised is definitely a plus but rushing in wily nilly is not recommended. When I first started out I signed up for numerous newsletters and JVs to get close to the big marketers, this gave me a real insight into the concept and workings of the experts.

If you read any newsletter or email from a top marketer then you will see the true art of selling, great copywriting is essential and the size of the message is important to. I know that when I get a particular email from a marketer that is way too long and full of affiliate links I just trash it because I just can’t be bothered to read it, but if the message is short concise and to the point then it will grab my attention.

So to conclude it needs a sensible approach with a measured and well organised plan of attack.

Need I say more, if you agree or disagree with me then please leave a comment,

See You on MyBlogLog -

Well finally I have chosen this template from eblog templates after a long and sometimes frustrating search I am happy. So I am going to be tidying up the category section which was a mess before, now it will be more compact and refined. The tabs on the header will provide further useful and relevant content for home business and career search, these links will open in the same window.

Here is the Intro from eblog templates;
Langit is the latest and coolest “make money” blog template to hit the scene here at eBlog Templates. It’s a very modern, web 2.0, 3 column, black and blue template with a ton of features including some never before used in a Blogger template! We really try to push the limits with our latest and greatest templates and know you’re going to love this one.

 Several different types of highly optimized “Make Money” ad spots
 Built-in FeedBurner rss and subscribe via email area
 Top box displaying your 10 most recent posts (yes I said 10)
 Calendar style date on each individual post
 Header banner rotator
 Dynamic top tabs so you can easily add them
 Custom comments section
 Live website traffic widget from FeedIt

The one thing that I must mention; you do not have the ability to edit your colours apart from the Blog title in fact the only options you have are Blog title colour-Blog title font-Blog description font and that’s it .
The trickiest parts are changing your ad codes, this template comes with three ad sources Google-Chikita and a header rotating banner, all of these you can change to suit your theme. As you can see I changed the header banner then hopped over to Google Adsense to grab my own code. I didn’t have an account with Chikita so I applied and am waiting for confirmation. Replacing these codes is fairly straight forward.

The templates have RSS built in so all you do is search and find YOUR Feedburner ID in the edit template section in blogger. There was a little bit more work involved setting up at Feedburner and I still need to set up the email subscribe properly , but all in all its fairly straight forward.

So after some fine tuning I will be replacing http://MaxBlogBits.blogspot.com with my new domain name http://web-workathome.com I will be messaging my community about the change over in due course, thank you for your patience. Please send your comments about this template and let me know what you think.

Here is the new URL *Update this is my new home*

Happy Blogging,   Related >>>

Making better use of your Inbox Space

Over at Matt G’s blog his latest post brought up some interesting comments on emails and the constant barrage of junk that piles up in our inbox.

Here’s a subject close to every affiliate marketers heart .. OR NOT; whether you are a newbie or a seasoned pro your inbox can be your best friend or your worst nightmare. I suppose it all depends on how you perceive this sometimes unwanted attention. There’s nothing worse than getting distracted by your email application when you’re grafting out your next masterpiece. We have all heard it from the time management experts “organise your life” the thing is not everybody’s’ life is the same I’m’ thinking there must be people who have all kinds of distractions like young children screaming in the background, or noisy neighbours. For all of us bloggers who work part time or full time from home there can be a multitude of distractions.

I’m quite lucky in that i live in a very quite block of flats but i do find sometimes that i have to shut the windows to keep out the occasional shouting match between disgruntled partners and of course the constant barking from daft dogs. Getting back to the inbox, I know when i first started signing up for subscriptions to affiliate programs it was a bit of a novelty. And as time went by my memberships grew and grew to the point of getting the same repeating message. The biggest advantage that I have gained out of all those emails is quite a comprehensive knowledge of how the marketing gurus ply their trade. So I make use of this by educating myself and fine tuning my own email campaigns. I have separate folders for all the best subject lines, and i only use the ones that catch my eye.

It’s a good idea to set up some filters in your email client, once I have chosen which affiliate programs to keep I assign them their own folder and bin the rest. If you’re seriously into affiliate marketing then you will be on many lists especially JVs which by their very nature constantly change with new offers coming at you 5 or 6 times a month. Of course every affiliate that’s worth their salt use JVs as part of their online strategies to boost awareness and gather email addresses. Another favoured batch of emails are the traffic systems, it never fails to amaze me just how many times the wheel can be reinvented. The recent release of Traffic Juggernaut is a perfect example, the program has gone through all the classic stages of build up to release, and in part these programs are fuelled by constantly changing policies of the big search engines and of course to line the pockets of the elite. If you choose wisely you can make these traffic programs work for you.

Your email is also very handy for organising your social network contacts and keeping up with blog threads; I assign all social emails to their own folder and another one for blog comments. One of my favourite folders is for reviews, if you pick out three or four good review memberships it makes for great future posts to expand upon and keeps you on your toes by inviting further discussion.

So in finishing this short post off let’s just remind each other that your email client can be a very useful and powerful tool if you use it in the right way, but on the flipside it can be a big distraction which can and will disrupt your productivity. It’s probably best if you stick to a routine, for example keep your email application turned off until you have your work out of the way, and organise your inbox so that the mail that you do want to read goes into your preferred folders.

Give me some feedback, let me know how you deal with your inbox

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Hi all, well so far I have been tinkering around this latest template from eblogtemplates.com & I quite like it.

The only thing with blogger is that it doesn’t allow you to add extra pages unlike WordPress which does and adds more flexibility. I am impressed so far with this template it has a nice professional appearance although it is a pain in the ass changing the readymade built in ad block.

There are instructions on how to replace the ads and banners but this does take a hands on approach in dealing with the template. For all those non techies like myself i think it might be a bridge to far although if you take the time to read up on the instructions it is certainly more than possible to accomplish.

Importing my other posts from MaxBlogbits was a bit of a nightmare first of all you have to download an xml file of your posts to import, then you have to check the automatically post comments check box. And of course the dreaded confirmation (type these letters to authenticate) if you’re like me and your eyesight isn’t to good then you know where I am coming from, I tried 3 times before I got it right, even if you click the little wheelchair icon to listen it comes out like there are 3 people speaking at different times which renders it useless.

When I imported from blogger to WordPress it was a breeze I am seriously giving thought to transferring all of my blogs to WordPress. At the moment i am waiting for a new domain name to propagate and I will definitely be using WordPress for my new blog (watch this space)

Oh the trials and tribulations of a blogger; I suppose it will be worth it in the end, one thing’s for sure I won’t be changing it for a while once it’s in place.

You can keep up with my project on twiiter or MyBlogLog

Thx for dropping by - always nice to see a new face.  Thx too for the encouraging words about my blog, esp since I’ve been neglecting it lately.   :|

just a quick note to keep in mind before you buy anything online..ALWAYS Google the product you’re interested in because you’d be surprised how often you can find it on some obscure discount site for a fraction of the price you were prepared to pay.  Quite often, eBay will even be selling the thing(s) you’re interested in.  I’ve found many of my very best deals doing this!  i even bought a $10 eBook/software mega package from an eBay store that repeatedly sells the same thing.  Good deals on eBay!

AXGold has some pretty good products in it but I’m of Scottish descent and don’t like to part with my money.  I recommend doing a literal Google search “[product name]” (in quotes) for every product listed on the sales page before opening your wallet.  I don’t mean to circumvent Alan Reece’s efforts for making a living but I’ve found almost every product of his elsewhere…after I purchased it.  Good products, but many have already made the rounds.

In the beginning however, when I knew nothing, I purchased this membership and was satisfied that I was on the right track.  $40/mo is ok for a 1-time purchase, but you still want to shop your products before committing to this every month.

For example, I eventually found this place, http://www.designerwiz.com/index.htm to have many of the same products…for free, or much less.

As for Cody Moya, I won’t knock the guy for trying - he’s a marketer just like anybody else.  I got caught paying for one of his $97 monthly memberships after signing up for a trial membership and forgot about it and was dinged automatically with no recourse for a refund.  great strategy

on his part (& many others) - i imagine it catches quite a lot of people off guard.   Personally, I find his products over-rated but I also realize that it’s all personal choice to buy anything so, just my $0.02.  He isn’t the only one i find over-rated, by the way…

There are lots or one-hit wonders out there with quality products — just be wise before you click on the Pay Now button and DON’T buy everything you see!!  It’s easy to get sucked into the copyrighting hype.

Finally, my very best advice for anyone starting out who also wants to get their own blog up and running…I have a link to Web2Wealth System under my “What’s Hot” Links for a blogging system that no one can hold a candle to.  When i purchased it, I got it for $67.  it’s becoming so popular, the price has gone up (after 1 yr) to $97 but is still well worth it.  the guy supports everything personally, produces some obsessively detailed how-to videos and there is a customer forum that is also very helpful.  if you’re looking for a way to build your online presence, this is a great product.  Alex is a very dedicated guy that goes out of his way to ensure that people understand what they’re doing.  This guy is a genuine over-deliverer!!!!

Bear in mind though, that this is an affiliate link and i receive commissions on it so, your call.  try Googling it maybe…

Good luck with your efforts!

Cheers,

Vicky

NOW UNDERWAY Contest Dates; 15^{th Dec} 2008 to 12^{th Jan} 2009 Cash Prizes

Check out the Blog Contest Page for all of Dennis Edell’s Sponsors which show the  PRIZES on offer!

Dennis Edell from DirectSalesWebMarketing launches his review contest for two of his blogs and invites you to participate. Remember folks there are some great prizes to be had with many cash contributors as well as free memberships with a generous sprinkling of traffic pulling offers for your blog. Be involved and may the best blogger win.  This is my own personal review of Dennis’s two blogs; let me know what you think, thanks.

A bare boned honest opinion from Bill Masson

It will be interesting to see how many non bloggers participate in his competition. That being said there are plenty of blog enthusiasts who love a good challenge, Dennis has the ability to create a buzz and gather interest so I applaud his efforts.    So without further ado

www.DennisEdell.com

First impressions: This is what Dennis calls his Hub blog

Easy on the eye, I like the colours which are fairly neutral but not bland, the opening header clearly shows you what and who this blog is about. The short message in the header breaks the ice and chills you out. He has a well placed and recognisable logo which catches your eye. As I scan the page the first elements that I notice are the top 3 Boxes showing from left to right all the important parts that every blog should include; namely most popular articles Subscribe to our full feed RSS and last but not least Other sites and social networks This tells me quite a lot about other sites and social networks that are linked or owned by this Author.

The blog has a simple and easy navigation of the pages, for the main blog posts there is the usual recent posts and comments. For me this needs to be extended to include more highlighted and targeted previous posts (archived tab goes some way to addressing this issue). There is no monetization other than a swap offer for 125 ad blocks, but never the less this is always a good tactic to bring in advertisers. The blog articles themselves for me are not in depth enough and are too short; it’s more of a micro blogging platform feel about it (suggest a mobile version, Google has info on this)

Badges included tell me that you like to share your links with your readers; these popular badges seem to be on a lot of blogs in the network. There’s no harm in using these badges as long as you don’t over do it.

The pages:

Archives: I don’t see the point in including this page on a new blog; you have your default plugins from WordPress for this. I would add a featured page focusing on popular posts that give value and feedback with plenty of pillar articles.

Contact: You describe your contact details perfectly with different options for the visitors to choose from which in turn puts’ you at ease and invites you to participate. The only other element I would add are some personal social network badges like twitter and a MyBlogLog signature.

About Does the job and tells you about the one and only Dennis Edell,find out yourself.

Finishing off with the footer, disappointed I always look for something more, perhaps some recommended links; this is an often forgotten resource box that needs your attention, why waste the space!

Overall the blog still has that new look, with way too much white space and a lot of developing needed to spruce it up. But remember the blog is new and time will fill in the blank spaces.

www.EasyCashContests.com

Win Cash Online

Since this is very early in development there’s not much to report, same template, which is obvious right away; what make this blog different?  The header and the 125 ad blocks, not much else; I like the “A small branch of DennisEdell.com” strip on the top left corner; your tagline needs to change, too boring and the Font. The colours for me need to be more vibrant to convey the nature of the cash contest theme, show some happy faces, bring some kick ass graphics in to play.

I would introduce more dynamic and interactive elements. Bearing in mind that this is a new and undeveloped site; first off your call to action (more Cool Contest Blogs!) needs to be more inviting for instance “Contact Me For Free Inclusion) with terms for the competition rules (you have some pointers on your about page) but a more dedicated page is required, make it more professional looking.

At the bottom section where you have the Soon to be displayed messages would be a good place to remind visitors of up and coming contests and a recent winners bio box, highlight the winners blog or interests ect’.

Your about Page is excellent I wouldn’t change a thing, you convey your message in a clear and concise way. For a visitors point of view you explain the rules for inclusion perfectly.

Contact Form does its job for both the contest enquiries and general queries.

Footer: again the same problem, not utilising this space with more recommended links and resources. A feedback form for the readers and more bio info about future developments would go some way to addressing this.

Comments Page (both blogs)

Dennis makes use of the comment luv plug-in in both of the blogs and the internal WordPress thread, for me I like to use WordPress Comment Plug-in; for those visitors that are not familiar with the WordPress platform this encourages commenter’s to start a conversation.

So to wrap up; overall I do like both the concept and layout of both blogs and I would stick around for the long term. Its’ not always about looks, Dennis does a very good job connecting with his readers, so for me this is the main reason that I would come back. No doubt over time Dennis will add more elements to compliment these two blog additions and I wish him all the best for the coming new year.

Just remember folks this is only my personal opinion and review I’m’ sure that you have your own ideas about Dennis’s contribution to the blogosphere, so why not have a go The contest is up and running, it closes on the 12^th of January 2009,

Here is a reminder again of the two Blogs under Review and a list of PRIZES,

www.DennisEdell.com

www.EasyCashContests.com

Sponsors & Prizes:

CASH VIA PAYPAL:

Dennis Edell @ Beginner Marketing Tips - $25

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Wei Liang @ ABloggerBlog - $10

Rodel @ Lagahit.com - $25

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Good Luck and Be Lucky

How to make better use of PLR

First up; for anybody who is not familiar with PLR (Private Label Rights) products, then here’s what you can do with them; on PLRs you have exclusive ownership of that product. You can then use it anyway you wish: change the packaging, the title, the contents; you can do just about anything you want with the product.

Finding PLR Products

One thing’s for certain you don’t have to look that hard to find PLR bundles, there are PLR membership sites everywhere. What you will find is that the quality of some PLRs is to say the least less than perfect; you get what you pay for, so shop around. If you do have poor quality PLRs on your hard drive then you will be doing a lot of editing. There is no point in just slapping this PLR on to your blog, you will have to work the articles and put your own stamp on it. The key to successful posts is rewriting the PLR and shaping it to your own style.

I use PLRs on many of my Blogs and websites;
I can’t proclaim to be an expert on every subject and have used many PLRs myself, but I still research the post properly before I publish the finished article. You might be quite surprised to know that a lot of popular blogs and big corporate sites use PLRs quite frequently.  What you will find from some PLR membership sites is that outsourcing is done by non English speaking writers. This is not good as the content is often poor quality and unreadable. I have come across such PLRs frequently and they take up a lot of time re-editing.

What you can do with PLR products;

There are a multitude of uses for PLRs, here are the main ones.
Offer PLR information products as free bonuses, or to opt-in to your email list. Or you can create your own original information products; how about making promotional content for your affiliates as an inducement to promote your main sale. PLR can also be used to create your own real estate for profitable Adsense sites. Of course PLRs are invaluable for updating your own money making blogs. You can rapidly create eZine content and an autorespondor series. Last but not least use PLR content to create viral eBooks; if you have Open Office then you can convert it into PDFs very easily. And with a good graphics editor like Dreamweaver or the free Gimp application produce great eBook covers.

The great thing about PLRs is that they actually encourage you to learn and improve your writing skills, forcing you to get your own personality across to your readers. It’s a great way to fire you up and start forming your own ideas for future articles. To make your articles sing out to the search engines you will need to start placing keywords throughout your post, this can be a progressive action which in time you will get better at.

One note of caution; Do not use other peoples content and then use it for ad filled blogs, this is Wikipedia’s definition of Splogs;  “Spam blogs, sometimes referred to by the neologism splogs are artificially created weblog sites which the author uses to promote affiliated websites or to increase the search engine rankings of associated sites” Beware because Google actively goes after these types of blogs or websites and bans them without a second thought.

PLRs are hugely popular and will continue to be so with millions of bloggers around the world monetizing their use.  “Happy blogging”

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Just read your very interesting post on the do follow pluggin from WordPress and I think it is a useful addon for new blogs especially for non techies like myself,uploading the pluggin is a breeze and WordPress being WordPress makes it very easy to activate. There might be some filtering to do as time goes by so I will keep an eye out and see if it slots in. But overall its great for linking traffic which can only be good for everybody.I do have Firefox as well as IE but prefer to use IE as i can just hit the write to blog button for instant replies.

Thanks again for the tip : keep up the good work

Regards Bill Masson :

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Farewell BlogRush, it’s been nice knowing you and it’s a pity it didnt work out. Hopefully somebody else will take up the reigns.

BlogRush Quote

BlogRush didn’t grow without its fair share of problems — from security issues to abusive users trying to ‘game’ the system to much lower click-rates than expected. We also had some problems with trying to fairly control the quality of the network, and in the process made many mistakes in deciding what blogs should stay or go. All of these issues, ultimately, limited the service’s full potential.
Our team worked very hard to try and build a service that would truly help bloggers of all sizes get free traffic to their blogs. This was our primary focus. Not once did we ever try to monetize the service with ads or anything else. BlogRush never made a single penny in revenue. We wanted to be able to help our users FIRST and then worry about monetizing the service later. Unfortunately, the service didn’t work out like we had hoped. (It happens.)

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Just in case you haven’t heard of these sites here is a list of some of the more popular places to make your efforts a little more worth while, Have a great day

SponsoredReviews“With SponsoredReviews, you set your own price. Depending on the size of your readership and the quality of your blog posts, you can earn anywhere from $10 to $1000 per review. If you are a major site, you might be able to get even more.”

PayPerPost“Get paid for blogging. Write about web sites, products, services, and companies and earn cash for providing your opinion and valuable feedback to advertisers. Disclosure required.”

Blogvertise“Our blog advertising service is setup for bloggers and online journal writers to earn revenue/income from their online blog/journal in an easy to use, simple and effective system. It is free to register your blog and add your blog to the system for approval. Once approved, your blog goes into the assignment queue. The blogsvertise administrator then assigns writing tasks for what our advertisers want you to mention in your blog.”

BuyBlogReviews“Advertisers meet Bloggers to have their products or services reviewed, or to buy contextual ads. Advertisers can post different opportunities or searches through our Marketplace while Bloggers can avail these opportunities or get selected directly.”

ReviewMe“In the ReviewMe publisher system, advertisers choose which specific blogs to review their product or website. So basically, sit back, and let the review offers come to you. In the ReviewMe advertiser marketplace, advertisers create specific campaigns for bloggers. Bloggers can find out what review campaigns are available for their blog by checking the Advertiser Clearinghouse or the View Campaigns tab in their account.”

Blogitive“Once you are approved to the Blogitive system, you are given access to opportunities from companies to post about their news releases. You are paid per posting.”

Smorty“Smorty is a hub between advertisers and bloggers. The system is very straight forward to use. You create your blog advertising campaign, Smorty reviews it and delivers it instantly to its vast blogger network. Each blog post is checked automatically by Smorty smart review. All approved posts appear on your admin panel for optional manual review, posts must comply with blogger rules”

Bloggerwave“More and more people have got their own blog. No wonder. Its so easy to get started.Surf by blogger.com. Its just one of many places where you can make/ host a blog and its for free. Now you are ready to air your opinions on the net. And to make money! Your opinions could quickly turn into gold. But first you need to register with us here at Bloggerwave. “

PayU2Blog“Blog Advertising. Bloggers in our network get paid to blog. Making money with your blog is very easy when you are a member of the Payu2blog network. Bloggers in our network blog about many topics and have fun making money while blogging.”

LoudLaunch“Earn more with your blog. Get paid to independently review LoudLaunch Campaign Releases. You’ve earned your audience, now be compensated for your opinion.”

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