If you’re new here, be sure to subscribe to my Social Media Blogging Blueprint course. Thanks for visiting! I have been getting a lot of questions lately from people wanting to know exactly how I make money online with social media. The short answer is I don’t, but to explain that more thoroughly, I though [...]
The Rules Have Changed! How to Comply with the New FTC Guidelines for Bloggers
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued new rules and guidelines last fall that directly affect bloggers and affiliate marketers who recommend or endorse products and services to their readers. The new requirement is to fully disclose any “material connections” you may have with a 3rd party, and the requirement extends to anyone who blogs, [...]
How To Get Your Posts and Pages In The Search Engines In Minutes, Even With A Brand Spankin New Blog
We all know that getting your pages indexed by Google, Yahoo, Bing, as well as other search engines is of the utmost importance for taking advantage of that valuable organic search traffic that follows. If your blog is already wildly popular with tons of visitors flocking daily, your posts and pages get indexed rather quickly, [...]
How To Add A Professional Graphic Signature To Your Blog Posts
I have been asked several times about this topic in just the last few days, so I thought it might be appropriate to do a short blog post and video tutorial showing a very fast and simple method for creating your personal graphic blog signature. This signature can be used on your blog posts, pages, [...]
The Secrets to Creating a Wildly Popular Blog
I have been a huge fan of blogging for several years now, and have my favorite blogs that I continue to visit and read on a regular basis. The reason I continue to visit these same blogs is because, when it comes to creating popular content written in a way that keeps you coming back [...]
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What the Heck Is a Gravatar, and Why Should I Have One?
22. Jul, 2010 Categories: Blogging by Jon Ochs 0 Comments
If you have read or posted comments on someone’s blog, you have probably noticed that some of the other comments display the commenter’s picture along with their comment. You probably though to yourself, “Hey, that’s cool, I wonder how they did that?”. Well, it’s called a “Gravatar”, and it’s not only cool, it also can [...]