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Jim Hardin

Do you have Visitors Coming for the Holidays?

For the past 4 days my Google Analytics account shows I haven’t had any vistors. No visitors at all. Zippo! None! 0.0%Though I know some people have come to my Blog taken the time to read some posts and make a few comments. Thanks Sire, Kristi, Ned, TheInfoPreneur! I would also like to thank Anyone that has come by and taken the time to read my Blog!

How far does your Blog to Reach?

Well I’m lucky if my Blog reaches the guy across the street.

The question is how to you do you get your blog to reach further across the Internet?

Don’t Be Afraid to Install a WordPress Theme

If you can add an Image to your Post you can install a Wordpress Theme. Let me explain.

So in my previous post I talked about searching the Internet and finding some great Wordpress themes. What I didn’t tell you is that it is really pretty easy to install wordpress themes from the Internet.

Let say you do a Google Search for “Free Wordpress Themes”. From your search you find several Websites pop up with Free Wordpress Themes. So you are scanning a few sites looking for something appealing something that catches your eye. I was actually doing this tonight

Affiliate Links and Where To Get Them

I just wanted to share a few of my favorite places that I like to get affiliate links.

1. Commision Junction: A global Leader in Affiliate marketing Commision Junction has a wide range of companies that you can promote on your website or blog. From AARP Auto Insurance to Buy Costumes.com they really have everything from A to Z.

2. LinkShare: Like Commission Junction Linkshare has a large selection of great companies to promote. 1-800 Flowers, Apple iTunes, FAO Schwarz, NFL, Jelly Belly…. just to name a few

3. Amazon: I recently have started using Amazon Affiliate links as you can see on this blog. After signing up for to be an Affiliate link of Amazon you have at your finger tips millions and millions of products to promote. They also have a nice section where you can choose Banners and you can even create your own widgets. Honestly I have only tapped a little into Amazon. There is so much more to learn

How to Add In-Text Advertising to Your Blog

In my previous post about How to Create a Niche Blog I had told you I had experimented with a few different things. One of the things I experimented with was In-Text Advertising. I had seen this In-Text Advertising on other sites and I wanted to see how it worked. Make money on the internet with Infolink text advertising

How to Create a Niche Blog

Well more often than I have lately. But this post isn’t about that. This post is about why I haven’t been posting as much on this blog.

I decided to dabble in creating a small niche blog. I wanted to do this for several reasons. Some of the reasons included experimenting with different plug-ins, using

Twelve Pains of Blogging

The Twelve Pains of Blogging

The First Thing About Blogging,
That is Such a Pain to Me
Finding a Topic to Write About.

The Second Thing about Blogging,
That is such a Pain to Me
Writing Post Excerpts,
And Finding a Topic to Write About.

The Third Thing about Blogging,
That is such a Pain to Me
Adding Links to Posts,
Writing Post Excerpts,
And Finding a Topic to Write About.

Words with Meaning

An author is able to take words and arrange them in a particluar order so that they have meaning and to create a story. If the author didn’t put these words in the right order what would you have. A book words without meaning. Again just like a songwriter it takes a special talent to write a book. To arrange words in a particular order to be able to describe a scene and to make it come alive is definetly a gift.

Words without Meaning

I have been thinking that there sure are lot of words out there in the world. Everywhere you look there are words. Most Blogs are full of Posts and these Posts are chock full of words. I mean what would this Blog be without words? Well pretty much an empty shell with a few images and thats about it. But the real question is how do you put meaning behind the words? It sure can be difficult. I sure have trouble with it sometimes. I think it is purely amazing how songwriters put songs together. It certainly takes a special talent, maybe I should say gift, to write a song with meaning. And on top of writing great lyrics they arrange music around

Live Each Moment Like Your Last

Ok this isn’t a Blogging Tip or Trick, but I saw this Nickelback video the other day and found it inspiring. The lyrics are powerful and so is the video. It just makes me think that we need to live each day to the fullest. Life is short anything can happen at any moment. Lately [...]