Welcome To My Island

If you have a blog, have you ever imagined what your blog looks like through the eyes of a new visitor? I recently tried to imagine that I was a new visitor that had just stumbled onto my blog, and the first thing I thought was, “What is this site all about?
Often I find [...]

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I haven’t been blogging for a long time (consistently anyway), but in the time I have, I have found that I tend to spend more time checking stats than doing actual work.  It’s as if I hope to one day just check my stats and see that magically I made a ton of money without [...]

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You know how hard it was for me to find one website that offered free pictures? I tried every search imaginable and managed to find nothing but those darn image websites that say their pictures are free, but they really AREN’T! I mean it took me FOREVER to find one!
All I was looking for was [...]

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When working to make money online it definitely takes a good mindset to succeed.  Success is likely to not come to those who have the wrong mindset.  Making money online isn’t easy, and it is easy to give up on.  In order to not give up, it helps to always surround yourself with positive messages [...]

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What do most bloggers do after they create a blog?
They stop blogging.
According to several studies, 60-80% of bloggers abandon their blog within ONE month!  (found at http://www.caslon.com.au/weblogprofile1.htm).
I don’t know how old this study is, but looking around at all the skeleton blogs out there, it wouldn’t surprise me if today’s stats were still that high.
Inspirational [...]

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Biz Bla has a nice selection of buttons you can put on your blog or web site that will display your Google PR, Alexa PR, and the estimated value of your site.  I don’t know how well it does calculating the true sites value, but it’s fun to see what it estimates anyway.

As of now, I don’t [...]

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One thing I am finding while I am submitting my blog to directories is that it is incredibly hard to keep track of which ones I have already submitted to.  I’ve been wasting much time trying to remember whether or not I’ve already submitted to them.  Also, some directories require you to register and create a [...]

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There are quite a bit of things to learn when it comes to blogging, RSS feeds being one of them.  A newcomer to the world of blogging may find it very confusing at first (I know I did).  So what exactly is an RSS Feed? 
RSS stands for “Really Simple Syndication.” When you syndicate something such as an article, it [...]

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Blogger is a free blog publishing system open to anyone.  It provides a great opportunity to gain experience blogging, and to see what blogging is all about.
All you have to do is register and then pick an address you would like for your blog.  Your address will be what you picked with a “.blogspot.com” at [...]

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I have been told that it is always a good idea to test your web site or blog in different browsers and even computers, to see how it displays.  Sometimes you may find that your site displays correctly in one browser, but not in another.
I have just created this design and tested it in Opera, Firefox, and [...]

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