Picture the following.  After an insane day at work, you’ve *finally* unwound enough to actually let your mind rest….and as you sink down into your nice comfy pillow with your nice comfy significant other, you smile happily and drift off….only to be awakened with the blazingly maddening question of [Read more]

Picture the following - the sun is shining, the birdies are mooing and all of a sudden it hits you like a freight train:

I WORSHIP HDTV!

 I know, it’s a common occurence, isn’t it? 

Seriously though, one of the best ways to generate an online income via blogging is to [Read more]

As you might be aware, over the past 10 days I have carefully devise 10 rather ridiculously silly Twitter rants.  There’s a method to my madness, of course - go to [Read more]

Morning!  Can you believe, it’s 5:50am here and my 15 budgies are actually still sleeping on top of their cage in my office?  No twittering or cheeping or trying to sound like Iron Maiden on steroids!

Peace and quiet…what a concept.  Soon to be destroyed, of course, as I have to get the kids up for school, but I’m enjoying it for as long as I can.

But I digress. 

Tomorrow is April Fools Day!  And tomorrow is the day I’m releasing my (drum roll please) [Read more]

I’ve been following Liz Strauss’s blog now ever since I started my AskOwlbert.com blog; she’s a super writer with plenty of savvy insights into business online.

Quite happy was I (she said in Yoda Speak  ) to see my site listed in the Week 127 roundup of Successful and Outstanding Bloggers!

Thanks Liz!

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<YAWN!> it’s SOOOOO nice to actually achieve a solid 8 hours of uninteruppted sleep.  Okay, that’s a lie, as my son came in at 1am to sleep on various/sundry pillows on the floor…but luckily he wandered back when he realized the Pokemon comforter was much more appealing than the parents’ room.  Ah well, these things happen.

But as I was sleep-walking to the Machine of Worship (ie, my coffeemaker), I was having an intense (as intense as you can achieve when you’re half-awake) discussion with myself about my work online.  Do I love it?  Do I do it only to make money?  Is it sustainable?  Will Luke marry Laura?  You know, those kinds of questions.

It reminded me of Steve Job’s commencement speech back in 2005.  This is required [Read more]

Morning!

Today is National Brainy Blog Tip day! 

In existence for eons (okay, since 2 days ago), today celebrates sharing and giving by letting bloggers offer their best number 1 blog tip ever.

Here’s mine!

Blaze - Don’t Imitate…and become The Blogger of Choice

When it comes right down to the bare facts of life, you generate reader followship by [Read more]

Morning!

The sun is shining, the birdies are mooing and the cows are tweeting and of course, I’ll bet the immediate thought that smacked you upside the head upon reading that was:

Hey!  In less than a week it will be April Fools Day! 

followed closely by

Hey!  I wonder if I should take advantage of that!

followed closely by

Hey!  How on earth do I even begin?

Well, gentle readers, fear ye NOT about the above, for I shall give you some super pointers to increasing your readership thru your own April Fools joke you’ll devise on your blog.  It’s really not difficult at all [Read more]

Tip of the Hat Alert!

I’d like to publicly thank Darren Rowse, his commentors and his guest poster Chris Brogan for the article How I Use Twitter to Promote My Blog.

I’ve been following Darren now since I got into pro blogging; super super resources the man has to offer.  I especially like his ‘Featured Post’ layout, and decided to implement that on my site - finished it this morning.

As a guest blogger on Darren’s site, Chris wrote:

…Instead of telling your Twitter audience that you’ve published a new post, ask them their opinion on the core topic you’ve covered. “Do you think banner ads are dead?” followed by a link to your site is much more appealing than posting to Twitter, “Banner Ads Are Not Dead.” Asking a question engages your Twitter followers and solicits their experience.…MORE…

 I’ve [Read more]

Have you ever wanted to make money with your blog via the Amazon affiliate program?

let me guess - right now you’re thinking, well golly Barbara, heck no!  I hate making money!  I just like the pretty images I can put up! 

Are you aware you can go far beyond the typical widgets/stores/thingees Amazon.com offers its affiliates…if you only just apply a little bit of creative MacGyverism?

It’s true!  The following is a technique I have not seen elsewhere - it’s something I came upon long long ago when I was teaching affiliates how to be in the right place at the right time with the right market….before the rest of the thundering herd comes careening down the path.

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