Cool Blogs, images
Some cool Blogs, images:
Wordle Cloud of the Internet Marketing Blog – 08/15/08
Image by DavidErickson
This is a word cloud created by Wordle of the front page of my Internet Marketing Blog as of 8/15/08. Very cool but too bad Wordle doesn’t do the same thing for entire sites. THAT’d be usefull! Read: Wordle Cloud For Internet Marketing Blog.
The Bicycle Builders (and I added Facebook Comments to the blog)
Image by Stuck in Customs
In reverse order of the titles, some of you might notice that I have added Facebook Comments over at my blog at www.stuckincustoms.com/2009/02/23/the-bicycle-builders-an…, so now you can leave comments with the old style or the new style. I left both systems in place since there are so many good previous comments, and they are not really convertible. The New Facebook comments are pretty cool because they re-use your Facebook info, and it extends that community and network of friends, since all these networks come together nowadays. It took a tiny bit of coding to set myself up as a Facebook Developer, but it wasn’t so tough (I knew that major in Computer Science would come in handy some day!).
There is a very nice community of people that come here to the site! You all are very nice and helpful… you give excellent comments, help one another out, give me advice, and drop all kinds of cool info bombs on the crowd. Thanks for that! I hope this Facebook comment thing can help more people to join the fun.
Anyway, to the photo for the day. This is not the usual, but it was such a cool slice of life, I could not pass it up! I was walking through the streets of Malacca in southern Malaysia, and building after building have all sorts of industry spilling out of them. Many of them are just deep garages where people have holed up to perfect one craft or another. This one was full of thousands of little bicycle parts. I stood out front for a while, watching all of them slowly convert the metallic entropy into bicycles…
from the blog at www.stuckincustoms.com
Most Popular Income Sources for Most Bloggers
What is a blog?
Blog was created to be a web-based journal or diary. It is usually a type of website that always contains entries such descriptions of events, comments from readers, graphics or video. These blog entries are normally displayed in reverse chronological order. Many simple to use blog software are available. It is possible to create a blog in just few minutes because these blog software make the whole process very simple for many people.
It is possible to create a blog completely free. There are numerous services (blogger.com and wordpress.com) that let you to start a blog and host it for you at no cost. This offers an opportunity for those who are not web savvy to learn the fundamental of blogging while not having to deal technical part of blogging. Once you have learned the basic of blogging, you can move your blog to a web host of your choice.
Is it possible to make money on your blog? Definitely. You are able to earn money online through blogging. There are actually thousands of bloggers who make their living via blogging. You could start earning money just like they do.
Some bloggers are making a full time living from their blogging. How can they achieve it? Here are several main income streams which are commonly used by many bloggers.
- Join Advertising Networks: One of many ways to earn money is to show ads on blogs. Bloggers are paid on either a per-click or per-impression basis. The most famous Cost Per Click Ad (CPC) ad serving application is Google AdSense, which is run by Google inc. There are more CPC networks including Chitika, Infolinks and Kontera. While CPC pays on per click basis, you can find ad networks that pay by the total number of impressions (CPM). ContextWeb, AdClickMedia, Adbrite, Adify, BuzzLogic, and Casale Media are common CPM Ad networks used by bloggers.
- Affiliate Products: It’s quite common for bloggers to generate decent amount of money from selling other’s products online. They gain commission when individuals they send to vendor’s site purchase something from the vendors. They are affiliated with these vendors. You could find a lot of affiliate programs offered by many vendors at Clickbanks, CommissionJunction and Amazon.
- Private Sponsorships: Bloggers generate income by selling ad space directly to advertisers. You could find many link marketplaces online.
- Selling Digital Products: Some bloggers have their own products available for sale. These include how-to ebook and membership sites that provide valuable content or service to subscribers.
How much time is it going to take for you to make money on blogging? Making a living blogging requires hard work and time. There is absolutely no shortcut. The greater effort you devote to your blog, the more you will get out of it. The two main success factors are consistency and willingness to learn.