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Some ideas to sell advertising on your blog from Zac Johnson:

• Quality Content & Traffic First, Ads Later
• Don’t Leave Multiple Open Ad Spots
• Limit Your Advertising Spots
• Bargain a Deal or Trade Links
• Price Your Ad Spots Accordingly

http://zacjohnson.com/how-to-effectively-sell-private-advertising-on-your-blog/

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Other Posts

• Courtney Tuttle is sharing the love with a new link program. You need to check it out.

  http://courtneytuttle.com…inks/

• Five ideas for viral marketing from Net Business Blog:

  Free Products/Services
  Easy transfer or sharing to other people
  Takes advantage of human motivation
  Makes use of existing networks
  Use other people’s resources

  http://www.netbusinessblog.co…es/

• 5 Star Affiliate Programs has a neat little story on cashing in on current events.

  http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliatepro…tml

• Jason over at Blogging Tips has a great article for those just starting out—what to do right after WordPress is installed:

  1. Change the Permalink Structure
  2. Change the default theme
  3. Update your Ping Services
  4. Activate Akismet
  5. Burn your feed with FeedBurner

  http://www.bloggingtips.c…hat/

• 5 Star Affiliate Programs has an announcement about the Qoof.com video ad widget that allows you to show video ads embedded with your affiliate link.

  http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliatepr…ml

• Katheryn over at Pure Blogging has a good piece on looking more confident as a blogger. Follow her advice—it will help make you money.

  http://www.pureblogging.com/2008/03/…ogger/

• Shawn has a good article for eBay affiliates about whether or not the move away from CJ to in house will be good or bad for them. If you’re an eBay affiliate you’ll want to check it out:

  http://blog.affiliatetip.c…ffiliates/
  

• Shoemoney reviews PureContent—a ghost content service for your website or blog. He likes them, but he also points out they have a 100 article limit, so they’re not for everyone. If you’re looking for high quality content, check out Shoe’s article.

  http://www.shoemoney.co…ervice/
  

• Jim has a good video about overcoming fear in order to succeed. If you’re struggling and can’t seem to get past your fears this might be a good watch:

  http://www.jimkukral.com/you-fail-because-youre-scared/

• Darren at ProBlogger has a neat video on marketing your blog at a conference. He recommends:

  Unique Business Cards
  Elevator Pitches that Solve Problems
  Utilize Your Badge
  Interview People that You Meet
  Do something Out of the Box

  http://www.problogger.n…rence/
  

• Yaro has a great video interview and article on how to get the most out of your affiliates. If you have your own products this is a must see and read:

  http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.co…es/
  

• Patrick at BlogStorm has an interesting expose on Digital Point and how Google is allowing them to use spammy sites to gain search engine weight. If you are an SEO nerd this is probably worth reading. If you are not heavily into SEO I’d skip it.

  http://www.blogstor…op/
  

• Rosanne Lim has a nice intro on avoiding email list fatigue. Pretty common sense. She recommends:

  Provide fresh information
  Avoid over-promotion
  Watch your frequency
  Provide attention-grabbing titles

  http://www.netbusiness…ue/
  

• Gather Success has a basic post on “3 Ways to Make Money Promoting Affiliate Programs”. It recommends:

  Track your affiliate links
  Sell high-ticket items
  Cloak your links

  http://www.gathersuccess.co…ams
  

• Andy at Niche Marketing has a provocative post on the future of blogging. It’s interesting but a little deeper than most posts.

  http://andybeard.eu/…ng.html
  

• How productive are you? Alan guest posts over at Ades Blog with some insights. Think through how much time you spend doing productive things rather than unproductive and increase your profits.

  http://www.adesblog.c…ger/
  

• Performancing has a good primer on using Podcasts.

  http://performancing.c…ed

• John Cow “reveals” some Apple apps you might want:

  http://www.johnc…er/

• Gary Conn has a good article on increasing FeedBurner numbers—and one of the most important parts is when he talks about Hot Zones on his page. I have a whole article on that myself if you’re interested.

  http://www.garryconn.com…s.php
  

• WordPress TopLinks and FriendRoll plug-ins from XFEP:

  http://xfep.com/…roll/
  

• Ben has a nice tutorial on adding sidebars to a WordPress theme. Takes a little bit of PHP, but fairly basic:

  http://bloggingexperiment.com…s.php

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