Cindy Szponder’s Tips

Tips for making money with blogs, e-Bay, affiliate programs, and your own products.

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Is the Money Really in the List or in the Relationship?

February 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Read a cool article over on Yaro’s site this morning that really opened my eyes about e-mail lists. I’ve always heard “the money’s in the list”, heck I’ve even published on that topic on my blog. It was an eye opener to hear about the more important meaning behind the saying. It’s so true, now […]

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Tags: Creating Your Own Products to Sell · Blogging · Affiliate Marketing · Clickbank · Business Ideas · Website Ideas · e-Bay

Keyword Research for Bloggers

February 25th, 2008 · No Comments

What is keyword research and why should bloggers be interested? Keyword research is market research. It tells you what people are interested in, what phrases they are searching for, and in what numbers. While a lot has been written and said about keyword research, I’ve found a juicy 7,739 word document that discusses the […]

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What Is Blogging?

February 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Blogging is a method of sharing information over the internet for work, pleasure or both. Blogs are often described as online diaries, with dated posts displayed chronologically.’Blogging is the action of posting a message on a blog. A blogger is the person posting the message. Many blogs also allow you to post pictures and receive […]

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Tags: Creating Your Own Products to Sell · Blogging · Freelancing · Clickbank · Business Ideas · Website Ideas · e-Bay

Flickr Wordpress Plug-In

February 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Ever wish you could just drop in a photo from Flickr without having to leave you Wordpress admin area? You wish has been fulfilled. Created by Markus Urban, the Photo Dropper plug-in for Wordpress even creates a credit line to conform with Creative Commons attribution requirements. Found out about this goodie by visiting Copyblogger, one […]

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Tags: Blogging · Website Ideas

7 Great Reasons to Write an e-Book to Market Online

February 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Here’s my list of 7 great reasons to write your own e-book to market online.

Uniqueness. If you write your own e-book to market, you won’t be trying to market the same thing that hundreds of others are marketing, too.
Low Cost. You can write your own book for minimal cost. You probably already have some type […]

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Tags: Blogging · Creating Your Own Products to Sell · Website Ideas · Business Ideas · e-Bay

Invite the Robots to Index Your Blog

February 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Once I started blogging and checking my Awstats in my cpanel I noticed that there were 60 errors of type 404. Didn’t know what that meant, so I looked up the error code and realized that something or someone wasn’t finding a page they were looking for. That confused me so I went back to […]

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Tags: Blogging · Website Ideas · Business Ideas

How to Measure the Success of Your Blog

February 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Being fairly new to blogging, I was glad to learn how to track my blog’s success. I learned about this in Publish & Prosper, and although they are referring to tracking the success of a business blog, the info is valuable for any blog owner.
A simple goal to aim for would simply be, for example, […]

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Why Is Having a Blog Good for Your Business?

February 17th, 2008 · No Comments

The book I’m currently reading, Publish & Prosper, not only has some great ideas to learn from, it also sparks new ideas for me as well. 
First off, why have a blog for your business? What’s in it for your business?

It’s easy and quick to get started. As I learned when I set up this […]

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Tags: Freelancing · Creating Your Own Products to Sell · Blogging · Affiliate Marketing · Clickbank · Business Ideas · Website Ideas · e-Bay

Publish and Prosper: Blogging for Your Business

February 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Looking for great information about blogging for your business? I’m currently reading a book called Publish & Prosper: Blogging for Your Business and written by DL Byron & Steve Broback. It’s aimed at businesses large and small and is jam packed with gems. Got it in the mail yesterday and began reading it this morning. […]

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Tags: Freelancing · Creating Your Own Products to Sell · Blogging · Affiliate Marketing · Clickbank · Business Ideas · Website Ideas · e-Bay

How to Get Traffic to Your Website, Blog, or Lens: 10 Easy Ways to Generate Traffic

February 17th, 2008 · No Comments

In this world you only have two types of assets : Money and Time. I don’t know about you, but I like to save my money and don’t mind spending some of my time doing it.
So here are 10 surefire free traffic techniques that’ll get you a fair amount of targeted traffic:
This tip is so […]

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Tags: Affiliate Marketing · Creating Your Own Products to Sell · Clickbank · Website Ideas · Business Ideas · e-Bay