It’s an old adage, a saying that goes back for decades, probably for centuries: You have to spend money to make money. But, is it true? Well, yes, I believe it is true, but it is a lot less true than it was a couple of decades ago. Why is it less true now? Because […]
Have I confused you? Oh, I’m happy!
The strange title there, Bob, don’t you think? Oh, not really, just read the article and you’ll understand what I mean. Sometimes I like to find ways to confuse my readers. I know several “old standby” ways of confusing people who come to my sites, and I employ them from time to time, just to […]
Need help in promoting your site?
Over the weekend, I got an e-mail from a reader of one of my sites. The site that he wrote about is my Live in the Philippines Web Magazine (LiP for short). LiP is a hugely successful site, frankly, most of my income comes indirectly from LiP. It is a very important site for me, […]
What about all that SEO work?
If you have a website or blog (really, I don’t think there is a difference, a website and a blog are mostly the same thing), you certainly want to get yourself listed in the search engines like Google, Yahoo and others. In fact, getting listed itself is not the most important thing, the thing you […]
But, I’m not passionate
A few days back I wrote an article about how to earn money blogging. Basically, my conclusion was to write on a topic for which you have a passion. Write about what you are interested in. Your passion for the topic will shine through to your readers, and that passion will make you very successful […]
Mind your website
If you want to make money from your website, one thing is for sure, you have to mind your website. You have to keep it healthy, fresh and welcoming. If you ignore these things, you are sure to lose readers and your website popularity will surely suffer. Google has a program where they monitor websites. […]