Switching Adsense for Feeds to your other Google Account with Feedburner

I have two Google accounts.  One from before I began Blogging and One from after I began Blogging.  I have Adsense set up under my first Google Account, which is making it difficult to get Adsense for Feeds on my Blogs in my new Google account.  I found a way around that.

1. Click on the Settings Tab and then the choose Permissions
2. When in the Permissions screen, click 'Add Authors' then type in the email address you use in your other Google account.
3. Click 'Invite:
4. Now, go to your email account that you use with your other Google account.
5.  Find the email with the heading "You have been invited to contribute to "your blog"
6.  Click on the link inside the email
7. This will bring you to a Blogger screen that asks for the password you would like to use
8.  Type in a password
9. Now, go back to your blog
10.  Click on Settings and then Permissions again
11.  Click on give Admin Privileges (in blue type)
12. Now, go to your initial Google Account with your adsense account attached to it
13.  Your blog should be there if you click on Blogger.
14.  Open your blog and click on the 'Monetize' tab and then choose 'Adsense for Feed'
15. Near the top of the page, it will say 'Learn how to monetize with Adsense for Feed'.  Click on it.
16.  It will now, say that it has redirected your feed and that you now have adsense for feed.
17.  You are done!

Book Review: The Huffington Post Complete Guide to Blogging

Book Review:  The Huffington Post Complete Guide to Blogging
by  the editors of The Huffington Post

Part 1 covers the nuts and bolts of blogging.  Some of the topics are:  Getting started, Getting Noticed, Finding Your Voice and Creating and Building a Community.

Part 2, The Blog Revolution is Here? Be a part of it.  This part gives a history of the Huffington Post and its Impact and shows how the blogosphere is remaking the media.

Part 3 is The Huffington Post Resource Section.  It gives a list of blogs The Huffington Post follows and why, blogging terms and a website resource list.

Since I am new to blogging and am not into news blogging, I only read Part 1.  If you are going to start a news blog, I would recommend reading this book, but if you are new to blogging and are blogging about any other topic, I would just recommend reading Part 1.

Is it better to post on your blog every day or once every couple days?

I have heard that it is a good practice to post on your blog every day for SEO reasons and to keep articles fresh.  But, I have also heard that it is better to post every couple days, because it is better to research a topic and give quality posts and give time for comments.  Which do you do on your blog and why?  I am new to blogging and would love to hear everyones thoughts on the idea!

Book Review: PROBLOGGER: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income

Book Review:  PROBLOGGER: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income
by Darren Rowse and Chris Garrett

1. Blogging for Money - This chapter tells you that blogs do not become successful over night.  You have to write a lot of good content and keep up with it.  It also goes over direct and indirect monetization methods for your blog.  Advertising your blog is another key point.  If you write great content, but nobody knows about it, then it will not be successful.  It is good to have several blogs to see which work and which do not when you are starting out.
  

2. Niche Blogging - You should try to find a niche that you enjoy writing about.  If the niche is not very competitive and it ranks high in searches and you would enjoy writing about it, this may be the niche you should blog about.

3. Setting Up Your Blog - This chapter shows you how to set up a blog using mostly Wordpress.  It covers colors, schemes and widgets.

4. Blog Writing - "Content is King".  It shows how to write Useful and Unique Content and use titles successfully.  Lots of short posts are usually better than a couple long posts.  This also helps the search engines to pick up keywords in each of your posts titles.

5. Blog Income and Earning Strategies - This chapter gives a detailed description of direct and indirect ways to make money from your blog.

6. Buying and Selling Blogs - After your blog has grown or you get tired of writing, you can sell your blog for a pretty good profit.  You could also buy an established blog that already has a loyal following, so you don't have to do all of the start-up work.

7. Blog Promotion and Marketing -  It says to comment on others blogs and forums with a personlized signature that links back to your website.  It shares how to link to and from other sites and within your own blog.   It covers Search Engine Optimization for Blogs.  Writing a series is a big hit for visitors to a blog.

8. Social Media and Your Blog - This goes over how social media can help.  It defines Social Bookmarking, Social Networking and Media Sharing Services and gives tips on how to use each to drive traffic to your blog.

9. Secrets of Successful Blogs - Most successful blogs are around 33.8 months old.  The post many short posts each day.  They are popular on Social Media sites like Digg.com.  Most use advertising, but only 25% use AdSense by the time they are successful.

10. Creating Something Worthwhile - You have to find out what the viewer wants to see when they get on the computer.  It has to be unique and useful.

11. Taking Your Blog to the Next Level - This chapter describes how to turn your well-developed blog into a full-time business.

These guys really know what they are talking about when it comes to making money from blogging.  They have been blogging for a long time and they themselves make a six-figure income from their blogs!  I found so much great information in this book and plan to use it on my blogs.

Blogging for Money

I have learned from several books and websites that one of the ways to make money from a blog is to start several blogs on topics that interest you.  Advertise it and see how they do.  You will find that some blogs will do better than others and you can keep working on the ones that you are earning money on.  One reason some blogs are successful is because the blogger has found a niche that does not have much competition or it is a very popular blog in a competitive niche that has been advertised very well and offers something that other blogs don't offer.  Getting into a competitive niche market takes a bit more work and money, but it could be lucrative.

LinkShare affiliate program. Make money on your site!

Linkshare is an affiliate program that has hundreds of companies you can choose to advertise on your website.  Signing up for affiliate programs is a great way to make money from your blog or website!

Drive Free Traffic to your Website with LinkReferral

I recently joined LinkReferral and I have gotten more than 100 visitors to my website in the past few days. Signing up is free.  You will need to look at up to 30 other websites a day through LinkReferral, post to the forum once a day and review up to 5 websites a day.  Each action equals one credit.  Each credit equals one visitor to your website.  

Drive Free Traffic to your Website with TrafficG

I have been using TrafficG for about a week and it has driven hundreds of people to my site!  It is free.  All you have to do is look at a blog for 20 seconds and then enter the security code, which proves that you are human and that you just looked at the blog.  After you do that, another blog will pop up for you to look at.  Each time you enter a security code, your receive a point.  Each point sends a new person to your blog.  Here is the link:

Link Referral

I have found a site that drives traffic to your website for free.  It is called Link Referral.  

Here is the information I found on the website:

- Receive 100's of authentic, quality, targeted visitors per day.
- Receive valuable written visitor feedback.
- Network with 250,000+ of your peers.
- Get it all free of charge. 


I have read that you have to view a couple websites and write a review to make up for it being free, but that doesn't seem to hard, especially if it will bring as much traffic as it says!  I just signed up for it, so I will let you know how well it works after a while.  

Free Hosted Blog Software

The two most popular sites for free hosted blog software are Blogger and WordPress.  Since I am a novice, I decided to choose Blogger.

Blogger is very simple.  You don't have to know any computer programming to use it.  It is more basic than WordPress.

WordPress is a great site if you know something about computer programming.  It has a more expanded amount of things you can do on it.

Blogging for Dummies

Since I am just entering the blogosphere, I decided to read "Blogging for Dummies".  This book has helped me so much.  It covers what a blog is, how to set up a blog in Blogger and Wordpress, what goes into an effective blog, finding your niche and building your audience and making money from your blog.  I have found so many tips that I have already put into action.  This book has helped me so much, since I am a beginner in blogging.  I would recommend reading this book if you are new to blogging.

The Other 8 Hours by Robert Pagliarini

This was a motivational book about your other 8 hours.  In this book, the author shows that we sleep for 8 hours, work for 8 hours and then we have another 8 hours.  He gives a lot of great ideas of what to do during those other 8 hours to make money and do the things that you enjoy the most.  The first couple chapters motivate you to be creative with your other 8 hours and to get more out of your day.  He also lists life leeches to avoid with techniques on how to avoid them.  He shows you how to do something worthwhile with every minute of your day, even while waiting for an appointment or driving home from work.  In Chapter 5, he motivates you to stop being a consumer and begin being a creator. Chapter 8, which is almost 100 pages long, gives advice on how to make money at home in your other 8 hours.  He shows you step-by-step how to get into blogging, inventing, writing books, screenplays and music, starting a company, reselling, affiliating and licensing, taking advantages of fads/stunts, working for stock in a company, advancing or jumping careers, freelancing and turning hobbies into income.  He divides this chapter up into sections and at the end of each section, he lists websites (and what resources you can get from them) that can help you with each venture.  He also lays out a simple, step-by-step plan in each section.  Near the end of the book, he talks about scheduling your time to weed out unnecessary time wasters and to fill that time in with things you find more valuable, like spending more time with friends and family and learning new things every day.  I highly recommend this book to anyone that feels like they are not doing anything with their other 8 hours.  It motivated me to begin this blog!