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Greg B. is ‘just another guest blogger’. He is setting up his new blog as we speak, so don’t get overexcited.

We all know it’s tough to start a good blog, tough to be original. There is no top blogger, there are only good bloggers and newbie bloggers that want to become good bloggers. Here are some tips to help you get started.

1. If you’re serious, get a domain (been told like a thousand times and people still don’t listen)
2. Get a .com domain
3. Your domain should be the same as the name of your blog
4. The blog must be installed in the root directory, and not @ blog.domain.com or domain.com/blog
5. Use Wordpress
6. Use Timestamp
7. Proof-read your posts. Twice.
8. Be the first to comment
9. Provide a Full RSS feed. It attracts loyal readers
10. Find a huge RSS button
11. Register with Feedburner
12. Make a to-do list
13. Always have emergency posts in case you run out of time
14. Never go off-topic
15. Reply to users’ comments
16. Link to other bloggers
17. Make friends with them
18. Try to find guest bloggers
19. Guest blog yourself
20. Comment on other blogs
21. Install DoFollow
22. Write down ideas
23. Track your stats
24. Enable users to post your entries to social bookmarking sites
25. Monetize only after at least 6 months of blogging
26. Optimize your blog for search egines, don’t forget Yahoo and Live!
27. Put your keywords before the title; > example: “Cook ‘delicious meals’ with Martha Ilikecake”
28. Use your keywords in entries.
29. Use them only if they don’t ruin the meaning of a sentence
30. Always show related posts
31. Organize a blog carnival
32. Organize a contest. Try to find a sponsor
33. Write a free e-book
34. Advertise your blog on forums, chatboards
35. Make your own free VistaPrint Bussines cards
36. Register at Digitalpoint Forums
37. Make an About page
38. Make a Top posts page
39. Show some love to your top commentators
40. Write a huge list of blogging tips

Giving some love again to the top commentator of the week:

car news guy – Congrats car news guy! You have stolen my crown, AND done it while I was guest blogging which is an impressive feat! So everyone, check out his site (that I believe is just about a month old) and give him some LOVE!

Reviews:

No reviews of Casey’s blog were done this week.

Play it smart and do a review of my blog! If you’re the only review up here for that week, then hey, more attention for you.

Here’s how:

1) Be the top commentator for that week. Check the Top Commentators on the sidebar to see where you are at!

2) Write a review of Casey’s blog.
Review must be it’s own post and at least 25 words long. (Really not that hard) Link to Casey’s homepage using keywords like: make money online, make money easy, earn money easily. Also, feel free to link to any posts you find interesting as well!
[Remember, you can also make money for the review as well!]

Anyone who writes a review will be featured for that week. Just make sure to contact Casey after you have written it!

Over at my own site, I wrote a post a little while ago about certain bloggers earnings. The post was an interesting one imho because it pointed out how a site can be succesfully monetized through different revenue streams. For instance, John Chow seems to make most of his income from sponsored reviews but Everton over at Connected Internet seemed to make his money from AdSense. (And I’m talking about literally thousands of dollars here). Interesting right?

Well for anyone who has ever tried AdSense on their blog, you know that it’s not as easy as just plugging in the code and getting money. There are certainly little tips that you can employ to increase your AdSesnse revenue and in order to increase my own knowledge on the subject, I shot Everton a private message on his forums on the subject. In response to the question, he went above and beyond the call of duty and wrote a FANTASTIC post that will surely help anyone trying to make it with AdSense ads.

So hey, make you sure read Why My Adsense Earnings are Better Than Other Blogs over at Connected Internet!