Blogging
ScribeFire 2.1 Released
The ScribeFire blogging client has been sitting dormant in my Firefox add-ons. It’s a long time since I gave it a try. About a week ago it was upgraded to version 2.1. As I have been poking around with Tumblr for the last little while, I was interested to see Tumblr support as a new [...]
How did he make $18,343 in a single month?…
About four years ago I made a decision to monetize Ian’s Messy Desk. Google AdSense seemed the way to go, so I signed up, pasted the ad code into my site and waited… And waited… And waited…
In the first month, I made .44 cents.
I wasn’t discouraged. I figured, my site traffic was small and maybe [...]
Top 5 Posts for March 2008
These were the five most visited posts for March 2008 at Ian’s Messy Desk:
10 Steps For A Successful Speech – An article by professional speaker Jacki Rose, with 10 ways to craft and deliver a successful speech.
8 Ways to Improve Your Attitude – Transform your attitude from something ordinary to something extraordinary.
10 Resources to Help Overcome Procrastination – A [...]
Blogging Resolutions for 2008
A few days ago I wrote about how Ian’s Messy Desk had done in 2007. I learned a couple of lessons from last year’s approach to blogging:
Narrowing the focus of my blog brought significant increase to my traffic and earnings.
Having a plan is beneficial. I started 2007 with the decisions to take Ian’s Messy [...]
Top 10 Posts for 2007
2007 was a breakthrough year at Ian’s Messy Desk. I realized an increase in traffic and revenue with a few simple changes to the blog. As I look back over 2007, these are the posts that drew the most traffic or the most attention:
Tips for leaving a good out-of-office message – This post ranked well [...]
How Niche Blogging Increased My Earnings
Darren Rowse has started a One Question Interview Series: What one thing did you do on your blog in 2007 that improved it the most? While he’s given the question to his A-list of bloggers, as always, he has invited readers to weigh in on the question.
2007 was the year that niche blogging proved its [...]
Liz is having a party for 646 of her closest blogging buddies…
and I’m invited.
She is marking two years, 104 weeks of SOB’s. I am quite proud to say, way back at week 7, Liz considered me an SOB.
When: Wednesday, October 24, 2007, 7a.m - 11p.m. Chicago Time (Central Time/GMT -6hrs)
What: It’s an all-day conversation with outstanding gifts for EVERYONE.
Open Comments all day.
Flash mob commenting.
Photographic Party [...]
What Kind of Blogger Are You?
A little blogging fun from Blog Action Day and a reminder that Monday, October 15, 2007 is Blog Action Day on the environment. As of this posting, there are 9,229 blogs signed on. If you haven’t, there is still time. Click here to commit to participating.
$54,000 worth of Prizes on Offer in the ProBlogger Birthday Bash Competitions!
ProBlogger recently passed the three year anniversary. To celebrate, Darren has put together a birthday bash contest with $54,000 worth of prizes.
Over the next week here at ProBlogger I’m planning to give away over $54,000 (USD) of cash and prizes in the ProBlogger Birthday Bash! (you can see the full list of prizes here).
$54,000 [...]
Top 5 Posts for September 2007
Here are the September 2007 most visited posts at Ian’s Messy Desk:
8 Mental Steps to Self Motivation — It’s all in your head… or, at least, a big part of self motivation comes from within our minds. Some tips to help us focus in the right direction.
4 Healthy Eating Tips to Bust Stress — Keep stress under [...]
