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Blogger integrates with Amazon Associates

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Please note that this post is copied word-to-word from Blogger Buzz . Earlier this year we simplified the process for monetizing your blog by   adding a “Monetize” tab   in the Blogger app. We started with AdSense, which allows you to add contextual advertising to your pages; more recently we   added AdSense for Feeds   to help you generate revenue from the distribution of your blog via RSS and Atom. Today we launched a third option: direct integration with Amazon Associates to search Amazon’s product catalog and add links to products that earn you commissions when your readers buy products you recommend. With this feature, you can search Amazon directly from the Blogger editor and add pictures and links to Amazon products right into your posts. Your readers will earn you commissions whenever they buy the products you recommend, and if you don’t already have an Amazon Associates account, you can sign up for one for free without leaving Blogger. If you’ve ever written...

How to Make Money From Your Blog – Some other Direct Methods

Having thought through whether you should blog for money it is now worth taking a look at some of the different models for doing so. I tend to break the different models that bloggers are using to make money from blogging into two areas – Direct and Indirect methods. I described some direct methods in the previous post. If you have not read that post please first read it then read this post for some other direct mehods to make money. Methods 1 and 2 are listed in the previous post and the other methods are : 3. Affiliate Programs Affiliate programs are where you take a commission for referring a reader who purchases a product or service to a company. Probably the most common of these for bloggers isAmazon which has tens of thousands of products that you can link to (I reviewed it here). Other affiliate programs that represent many different companies and products includeLinkshare, Commission Junction and Clickbank. Affiliate programs take some work if you want to get the most out of th...

How to Make Money From Your Blog – Direct Methods

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Having thought through whether you should blog for money it is now worth taking a look at some of the different models for doing so. I tend to break the different models that bloggers are using to make money from blogging into two areas – Direct and Indirect methods. Direct Income Earning Methods - these methods are where a blogger earns an income directly FROM their blog. Indirect Income Earning Methods – these methods are where a blogger earns an income BECAUSE of their blog. Most blogs tend to fall into one or the other of these methods – although there is nothing to stop bloggers experimenting with elements of both ( I’ve seen a few bloggers get into trouble with this (example: Scenario 1 in the previous post). In this post I’ll look at 8 direct income earning methods and in the next post of this series I’ll explore indirect methods. Please note that on occasion in the following post there will be few affiliate links to services that I use and have had some success with. These wi...

Use Microsoft Office 2010 as Blogging Tool

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Use Microsoft Office 2010 as Blogging Tool The Microsoft Office 2010 Package allows you to share the document files in several ways ranging from sending them to the email, save to Sky Drive, save to sharepoint to Publish as Blog Post. Currently the blogging sites which are supported are SharePoint Blog, Wordpress, Blogger, Windows Live Spaces, Community Server & Typepad. In order to get this task done you need to Register your Blog for the first time after which you can easily write article in the MS Word and publish them to your blogs. Once you have selected the right blogging platform, next you need to register your blog. Enter your blog URL in this option correctly and also fill in your admin login details. Since i use Wordpress, the tool asked me to enter the wp-admin login details and the main blog url. Thats it after the settings are confirmed you can start blogging very easily through the MS Office 2010 softwares. You need to make sure that you have selected the right optio...