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News

• WordPress 2.5 is now available. Cool features but wait to start using it until the bug patches get released.
• Many blogs commented on eBay moving its affiliate program in house and dropping Commission Junction as their manager.

Pick of the Day - The Must Read Post

Michael Kwan at JohnChow.com recommends a blog owner forum here:

http://www.bzimage.org/

Worth signing up for and becoming an active part. Thanks Michael.

Freebie of the Day

Get free exposure to thousands of potential RSS subscribers:

http://www.fulltiltblogging.com/fap/step-1/

Other Posts

• Jim at the Daily Flip has a good video introducing how to use an “Ask the Expert” site to make money. It’s mostly introductory stuff, but if you’re an expert and haven’t yet tried this it is a good “watch.”

  http://www.jimkukral.com…blisher-model/

• Real Advice from a Real PPC Super Affiliate has a well documented HOW TO on using Aweber. If you are new to using a list service, this is an easy guide to getting started—and it even has pictures.

  http://uberaffiliate.com/aff…rketers/

• Ben Cook at Blogging Experiment has a decent post on Successful Networking.

  http://bloggingexperiment.com/…g.php

  If you’re a newbie at networking his tips will help. He suggests:

  Comment
  Link
  Twitter
  Personalize Your Emails
  Use Others’ Time Effeciently
  Be Sincere

• Gary Conn at GaryConn.com is now offering keyword phrase links at $5 a pop a month. His Alexa is about 60K and he has about 900 RSS readers, so this may make sense if the links appear in his RSS as well.

  http://www.garryconn.com/…com.php
  
  [Oh, and be nice to Gary, he has the flu.]

• Money Making Online with Etienne Teo has a nifty post listing all of the Gmail keyboard shortcuts. If you’re a Gmail user (like I am) print this list out and learn to use it. It will save you time.

  http://www.etienneteo.com…vely.html
  

• Courtney Tuttle has a pretty good introduction to the SEO concepts of PageRank and Keyword Authority. If you are new to SEO it will answer many of your questions.

  http://courtneytuttle.com/20…ority/
  

• 5 Star Affiliate Programs comments on DoubleClicks’ new widget ads program:

  http://affiliate-blogs.5star…-ads.html

• If you use Digg, Dosh Dosh has some cool tools for you to put to work:

  http://www.doshdosh.com/m…sers/

• Performancing has a new Wordpress theme:

  http://performancing.com…thord-hedengren

• PureBlogging has some good tips on creating tutorials:

  
  http://www.pureblogging.com/…rces/

  1. Your Tutorial Must Meet a Need
  2. Tell Them What You’re Going to Tell Them, Tell Them, Tell Them What You’ve Told Them
  3. Address Learning Modalities – Text, Voice and Pictures
  4. Taking Steps – Give them all the steps they need from beginning to end
  5. Test Runs – Try it out and make sure it works
  6. Duration – 45 minutes max

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