Don't Do It Yourself

How I Tripled My Affiliate Revenue Without Adding Traffic and You Can Too

I’ve got a confession. I don’t know about you, but I’ve always had a hard time getting traffic to my websites. Traffic has grown slow and steady for me, but I’ve never had overnight viral success in any of my affiliate marketing efforts.

This lack of traffic has meant my … Read More…

How to Dramatically Increase your CTR in Google Organic Search Results

Why worry about increasing your click through rate (or CTR)? Because having a top search ranking does not automatically mean the most traffic.

You need people to click on your search results to actually reach your website. Sometimes the #2 or #3 spot can actually deliver more traffic to a … Read More…

The Complete Guide to Selling CPM Advertising

This is a guest post from JT who blogs about money at MoneyMamba.com. If you want to guest post, check out my guidelines here.

CPM advertising tends to get a bad rap.

The truth is that most CPM advertising earns its poor reputation. Many CPM networks pay a … Read More…

Holy crap, you got hacked! Now what? Options for WordPress security

You just found out your blog is infected with malware. Your blood pressure is racing and you’re trying not to throw-up on your keyboard. Do you know who to call for help? Do you have a backup? Is anyone going to visit your blog ever again?

If you’re making any … Read More…

Why You Might Be Hurting Your Blog by Link Hoarding

Are you a link hoarder? When writing a blog post are you overly concerned about leaking link juice? Do you add a no-follow tag to all outbound links, regardless of whether they point to advertisers? When I first started blogging I was obsessed with hoarding link juice to myself and … Read More…

The Fine Print Of Freelancing

This is a guest post from Louise Tillotson. If you want to guest post, check out my guidelines here.

The Fine Print Of Freelancing

There are many benefits to going freelance, not least of which is the money you can make! Being able to set your own working … Read More…

14 Pro Blogger Tricks You Should Use To Reduce Your Blogging Expenses

Most bloggers are a frugal bunch, but especially those in the personal finance niche. I’ve been lucky enough to get to know a lot of these PF bloggers over the past couple years and they’ve taught me a few things about keeping costs down.

Here’s a collection of little known … Read More…

My 99designs – Picking a New Logo

This is a guest post from Eric at Narrow Bridge Finance, a site where you can learn about investing, budgeting, entrepreneurship, and making your finances easy. If you want to guest post, check out my guidelines here.

Why You Need a Logo

I started Narrow Bridge Finance … Read More…

Why You Need Google Rating Stars and How to Set Them Up

Google Rating Stars

Google Rating Stars are simply ratings on your website that are shown in search results. There are WordPress plugins that will make ratings widgets appear on your posts and pages and allow users to rate or vote on your content. This shows engagement on your site, and … Read More…

Building AdSense Revenue: A Google AdSense Tutorial

This is a guest post from Forest Parks. Forest is a full time blogger and has been working online for over 4 years. If you want to guest post, check out my guidelines here.

As a blogger when you first learn that it’s actually possible to earn money … Read More…