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You want to make money blogging? You do? I can help you. But don’t think I am going to give you yet another 101 ways to make money online. Because it doesn’t work that way at all. Seriously. If you already have a blog and is exploring ways to monetize your blog then here’s a list of over 40 Google AdSense alternatives to make money blogging. Over the past several months, I have been trying to scale-up my content creation process — to create more blog posts per month in a consistent way. However, I was not able to do it and is yet to find a way that works for me. But the good thing is, I ended up doing a lot of maths. I love maths. No, not the stuff that you and me learned at school — differentiation, integration, algebra, matrices, etc. — but the one applied in real life. In fact, that’s how I ended up writing a fun blog post about How Much Traffic Do You Need To Make $100,000 a few years back. It was all about traffic and income and … [Read more...] about What Does It Take To Generate 1,000,000 Pageviews & $3,000 Per Month

Two of the most commonly asked questions regarding changing a WordPress theme are: Will it affect my blog’s SEO? Will it affect my blog’s traffic? The answer to this question changes with different scenarios, and I will try to answer this question from all angles with regards to WordPress, SEO, and traffic. But before I move ahead, there are a few things that you should know: Many WordPress themes like Genesis and Thesis come with built-in SEO options, and if you are using the theme’s SEO feature, chances are high that your blog’s SEO will be affected. If you are using an SEO WordPress plugin to handle your blog’s SEO, you are more likely to retain your overall SEO, but only if your new WordPress theme is SEO optimized. Who is Handling Your Blog’s SEO? WordPress Theme or SEO Plugin? Before shifting to the Genesis WordPress theme last year… … I was using the Thesis theme, and thanks to the Thesis SEO feature, it handled all of my … [Read more...] about Does Changing WordPress Theme Affect SEO & Traffic?

Keyword ranking up’s and down’s are nothing new, but one confusion which most of the webmasters have is about ranking fluctuation for a new blog post. Usually when you publish a new blog post, you will be seeing it in first 4-5 pages of Google search, but over the time ranking usually drops, vanishes or increases. This also bring up a question about: If the quality of page was not that great, why at the first place such blog post/pages got ranked in Google search, and why ranking dropped over the time. In a recent video, Matt Cutts answered this question, and after you watch this video, I will explain how you could retain your ranking even after Google honeymoon period. So lets check out the video first: Let me first throw some lights on Matt’s explanation: Years back Google rolled out Caffeine web indexing, which helped Google to index the web faster and helped Google search to show recent;y published post. Based on Caffeine, Google rolled out an algorithm tweak to … [Read more...] about Why Does New Blog Post Ranking Changes & How to Retain Ranking

Popular company Basecamp have 28 out of 40 employees working remotely. That is literally 70% of their workforce working outside. So most of their employees get on Video calls to discuss strategy and communicate with their colleagues. A lot of business takes place on Skype and Google Hangout and it is completely essential to put your best foot forward and be prepared for this. You can either be attending an Interview for a remote job or you could be speaking to a client for the first time. For all this, it’s essential to understand the etiquettes of a Video call and to make sure you look good. It’s not only about the physical appearance, but also about communication as well that would make you look good. 4 things you must do for successful video meeting from home 1. Internet Connectivity The biggest problem faced during a call is mostly to do with connectivity, a slow Internet connection where the people cannot hear each other or are talking over each other. If you having a … [Read more...] about How to Make Video Meetings Effective When Working From Home

“Be Consistent” – This is one of the most popular blogging success mantras we read and hear day after day. Today I was writing down some thoughts on the future of blogging, and I realized that one of the major key points for creating a memorable blog is indeed “consistency”. Many of you who are hobby bloggers or part-time bloggers may be wondering why the word “consistency” carries such significance in the field of blogging. In this article, I will try to help you to understand the anatomy of being consistent, and why you should take this matter very seriously. What do I mean when I say “be consistent”? Let’s go back to the offline world, and think about expectations for a minute. We all have our own individual skill sets and our limitations, and we tend to perform accordingly. For example, if you have been consistently scoring 60% in your exams, you are consistent with your scores. If you deliver beyond that expected … [Read more...] about What Does Consistency in Blogging Mean & Why You Should Care