Hello everyone, it’s the end of the week again and as I usually do this post highlights the week’s key events, posts you will find interesting and anything else I wish to throw in.

Competitions
On the competitions front there is only 4 days left to enter for your chance to win a Free Domain Name and a YouTube Niche Video site to go with it. It’s a great money making opportunity and the ways you can enter are simple.

Since I posted the current donations, there has been a lot more contributed by very nice people. I will be posting about this and the prizes that will be up for grabs at the end of this month.

My Activity
I’ve been trying my hardest to write my eBook, start 3 other websites, write posts for this website and the others and be active on other blogs and promote the websites, that’s alot to do so please bear with me but it’ll be benefit you the reader. This week I decided to post about what I think you should not do in blogging and this will shortly be followed up by another post the things that I do myself in blogging.

Going back to my contest that I’m launching at the end of April, I wrote about never being afraid to do anything. Blogging is about learning and trying different things so don’t be scared to go out of your comfort zone and do something different. I wrote my blog report for last month and it turned out to be a relatively good month with good traffic and a nice amount earned.

I’m sorry I didn’t post my new “WordPress Themes Thursday” this week, I was so busy writing along with lots of other things. I’ll make sure I include 6 themes in next weeks post.

Great Posts
Here is this weeks selection of posts to blogs that I am subscribed to. I may not know about your blog so make sure you message me (now fixed) to tell me about your blog so I can take a visit and see what I can give you a plug on in these weekly posts.

InternetBabel.com
Want To Make It Big? Be Unique - A nice post by Jason of TheUniversityKid tells you about the importance of being unique with your blog.

JoeTech.com
No Foolin’ It’s Another Hundred Dollar Contest - Fancy a chance of winning $100? These bloggers wish to give you it after you do some simple things to enter.

Who wants to pay you?
- JoeTech.com
- Link Bait
- Gorilla Sushi
- CK Marketing
- The Big Bald Blog
- How 2 Blogger
- Jason Boom
- Mr Javo
- AFrogToKiss.net

Just Launched: TwitterTech.com - I haven’t really used Twitter yet but I will be trying to start using it properly this week. A very handy website that Joe has launched will assist you by sending you selected “tweets” when you chose. Still a lot more to be learned by me but heres just to let you know!

JohnChow.com
John wrote about his income for March and it passed $30k but you most likely have already read about it. There have been some posts writing about Twitter and they introduce you to Twitter and tell you what it’s about and some useful advice on how to make the most of it.
Follow Me on Twitter
Twitter 101 - Written by Gary Jones.

Carlocab.com
Bum Marketing, Does It Still Work? - Carl writes about how writing articles, submitting them to directories with your affiliate links will increase your cash!

TheRatingBlog.com
300 Reasons Why I Gained Over 3,000 Subscribers in 10 Weeks - Alan reached another incredible feet this month by reaching 3000 subscribers in just 10 weeks. Alan writes 300 reasons why he got those subscribers, definitely a good read!
Become More Productive Through 7-Day Challenges - Alan wrote this post over a week ago but it since contains new links to 7 day challenges you should set yourself to be a better blogger as you will be more productive.
Stop Wasting Time Online
Learn Something New Each Day
Wake Up Earlier

Moneybites.com
SEO Tips: What I’ve Done - Learn some very easy to implement techniques to improving your SEO.
A Large Moneybites contest - over $800 in prizes - Fancy your chance at this contest? Go enter.

ProBlogger.net
Who Cares How Many Subscribers You’ve Got? - A very interesting post that highlights how we can measure our blogs not on subscribers but by other means as we all can’t have thousands of subscribers.
How to Come Up with Topics to Write About On Your Blog - Something that many of us struggle to do and that is coming up with topics to write about; Darren’s video will help you out!

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This week has been very very busy for me, I passed my theory test and I’ve been working on my golf game for the season ahead as well as a huge list of other things! On Monday I posted an interview with Alan Johnson which you may find interesting to read. I launched my new category this week where I post in it every Thursday, that category is “Wordpress Themes Thursday“. In the post you will find 3 or more Wordpress themes which are free and will assist you on your search for finding a theme for your blog. I’m always looking for new ways to get the most out of Entrecard so this week I posted about “Using Your Entrecard Landing Page As A Lethal Weapon” which will help you make the most out of your visitors from Entrecard, rather than them just dropping and leaving! Do you want to make money by just searching like you usually do? Then try MySearchFunds which I posted about in the week here.

The end of the month is approaching so I will be posting my monthly report on the blog; it’s a much improved post than last month with better earnings and better statistics. Make sure you look out for that! As always I provide a round up of posts that you will find interesting and useful in this weekly post so here they are.

JohnChow.com
I had to start with John Chow this week because of his “shitty” viral attempt this week. I didn’t know what to make of it but it was funny. There are also some very useful posts there this week which are included below.
My Shitty Attempt at a Viral Video
5 Words Which Drive Potential Business Partners Away - If you’re looking for a business partner, these are some words that they won’t wish you to say.

TheRatingBlog.com
The 1001 Most Useful Webmaster Resources - Alan Johnson’s post that lists 1001 webmaster resources, yes 1001! gives you all you need to help you earn a living online.
Become More Productive Through 7-Day Challenges - Alan talks about how setting yourself 7-day challenges can help your blog. I will have to do one of these soon!

ProBlogger.net
20 Types of Pages that Every Blogger Should Consider - Darren wrote about pages that blogs should have on them, want to add another to your blog? Check out the post.
5 Ways to Get the Opinion of Others and Add Dimensions to Your Blog - Want to find out what others think of your blog? Then use these methods.

Blogging4cash.com
Achieving your blog goals - Jason writes about how setting up your milestones, time keeping, tracking your stats and other aspects can become an important rule when creating a successful blog.

JasonBoom.com - Last week in my Sunday post I wrote about Jason’s stop sign post. He posted part two this week which looks at more websites and what they present to attract the viewers attention.
Creating Stop Signs for Site Traffic Part Two

InternetBabel.com
Mom, I’m a Problogger! - This is a very interesting post and relates to me very much, I let my mum know about my blogging but she never really understands it. I hope she does when I earn my first $1000 one day!
Zac Johnson Interview - A very interesting interview with Zac Johnson.

Enjoy reading and have a nice week!

I’ve just come in from Ice skating so I’m very tired. This week I’ve been up to quite a lot blogging and trying to launch some new websites. I have a few projects that I am working on to try and earn from them so that’s taking up a lot of time. This week I have my theory test for driving and I’ve been hard at revising for that to!

This week I launched my campaign to collect Entrecard credits for my huge Entrecard credit giveaway at the end of April, I’ll be including all donators with a link in a post to help create links back to your blog. I managed to ask Alan Johnson for an Interview and he responded so I will be posting that sometime this week.

As always there have been excellent posts around the blogosphere and as I normally do weekly, I put them all in a post for you to visit.

InternetBabel.com
How to Run a Good Competition - Part 1: Planning - Launching a competition soon? Let Nick of InternetBabel provide you with the information that he followed when he gained over 100 RSS subscribers from a contest. This is the first part of how to run a good competition.

JasonBoom.com
Creating Stop Signs for Site Traffic - A very interesting post by Jason on how to get your visitors to stop and look at your site by using different techniques. It’s complete with case studies on how other sites do it!

JohnChow.com
With Better Health Comes More Money Online - This is something that I read very well because some of this I don’t do and it affects my health! Remember your health is important!

ProBlogger.com
How to Breathe Life Back into Your Blog - Need ideas to get your blog going again? A nice post here will give you some tips.
Create a Video Tutorial and Help Others - Something that I want to try in the future and this is a very helpful post that will help you do it to!

ZacJohnson.com
FireFox, Google’s Super Affiliate! - Very interesting information on Mozilla’s relationship with Google! Let’s just say the sum $66,840,850, a very nice sum!
How to Effectively Sell Private Advertising on Your Blog - Want to sell those spaces on your advert spaces? Zac Johnson writes how!

TheRatingBlog.com
How I Turned My Blog Into the Industry’s Fastest Growing Resource - Alan has put together all his blog has done, all the resources that will help you blog better and how Alan got to where he is. It’s a long read but compiles great information!

TylerCruz.com
Getting Creative With Keywords - Choosing great keywords will generate a lot of traffic for your website. This post provides great tips on how to make your keywords work for you.

Happy Easter and have a great week!

Before reading this post, why not check out last weeks Sunday Round-up or some great posts!

This week I’ve been very busy writing and promoting the blog, my contest to Win a FREE Domain Name and a YouTube Video Niche Site is still running until the 10th April 2008 so why not enter?
This week I:

• Launched my ‘Starting Blogging Now!‘ series which is very useful if you’re new to blogging.
• Advertised on John Chow dot Com for a day via Entrecard and the results were quite good, I’ll be posting about that soon.
• Earlier in the week I experienced a problem and I wrote about why backing up is essential.
• Told you how to put a FavIcon on your site to improve your branding here.

As always all week there have been great posts and I’ll share them with you.

ProBlogger.net
How I’d Promote My Blog If I Were Starting Out Again - Darren writes about how he would promote his blog if he were starting over in his blogging journey. It’s extremely useful information to promote your blog!

TheRatingBlog.com
AskingAlan - March 14 - Alan answers some great questions in his weekly Podcast including:

• Can I be successful if I only work one hour or two a day on my website?
• A blog or a forum, what should my first project be?

How I Gained Over 2000 RSS and Newsletter Subscribers in 7 Weeks - Only 3 weeks ago did Alan pass the 1000 subscriber barrier, and he has gone and doubled that! Amazing.

JohnChow.com
Creating The Best Ideas In The Land, Sure Way To Make Money Online - Alex writes about ideas that will help you make money online.

InternetBabel.com
13 Ways to Make Money Online - A nice list you may wish to refer to in the future if you’re thinking of trying something new to make some money.

WinningtheWeb.com
Craziest Internet Marketing Contest You’ve Ever Seen - $9,191 in FREE Cash & Prizes - An amazing contest with amazing prices which you can easily enter!

Blogging4cash.com
Track your post with Stumbleupon Alerter - Learn how to keep track of stumbles on your posts, very useful.
Mega Social Bookmarking - Social Poster - Submit your post to over 75 directories with one click!

Have a good week!

As always here’s a weekly round up of great posts that I’ve read from blogs that I am subscribed to. This week has been really busy as I continue to do as much as I can to promote my blog. Part of this has been launching my competition! If you want the chance to win a Free Domain Name and a Youtube Niche Video Site then you can enter the competition here.

BligBlogBlag.com
What’s wrong with Thatblogsite.com - Alfred Saforo wrote a very nice review about my website on March 9th and offered me some great information about what I could change. Take a visit to his blog, which provides great reviews and lot’s of other great information.

Anywired.com
Messy Productivity: Why Perfection Will Slow You Down - Being perfect can’t always be a good thing.

JasonBoom.com
Ten Reasons to Write Well, Not Good - Jason writes why writing well is important to your blogging.
How to Podcast with Audacity and Wordpress - Part One - With doing a podcast for this blog well on my mind, I very much found these posts by Jason very useful!
How to Podcast with Audacity and Wordpress - Part Two - Part two.

JohnChow.com
Running Out Of Article Ideas? I Wish I Had That Problem! - Have lots of ideas, find you go home and forget them sometimes? Alex writes about he manages his influx of post ideas, he referred to it as “Blogging Diarrhea”.
Build A Success Blog In 2 Hours - Building a successful blog takes 2 hours, by taking the time and just writing.

Wrevenue.com
Living Well, Indefinitely + $20 Blogging Challenge - You may have noticed my post the other day about Longevity research, Scott Wainner’s in-depth post is a great read. If you read his blogging challenge you can earn yourself a very easy $20 and a backlink on a PR6 blog. He’s offering $20 to the first 100 people to blog about it.

ProBlogger.net
8 Lessons Bloggers Can Learn From Sony - This post outlines some facts I didn’t know about Sony. Like Sony started with $350 and worked in a bombed out building, look at Sony now, Evan Carmichael writes how Sony’s ways will help you to blog better.
Five Blogging Rules to Make a Great First Impression - 5 important things that you should make sure are there to create a great first impression for a visitor.

ShoeMoney.com
SEOMOZ whiteboard at SMX on monetization blogs - Jeremy Schoemaker talks about monetization with Rand Fishkin, owner of SEOMOZ.

Blogging4Cash.com
Statistics Are Not Everything - Over at B4C I wrote about how you should not let statistics affect your blogging.
Gain Traffic with Articles. - Jason talks about how you can gain traffic by submitting your articles to directories.

TheRatingBlog.com
AskingAlan - March 7 - I asked Alan a question last week, after my spell in the middle of February where I did not write, he answered it in AskingAlan, I hope it’s useful to other people and check out the answers to the other questions that were submitted to.
From Zero to Hero - Alan started his new series this week about going from Zero to Hero with your website. Be sure to follow it! I know I am.

WinningTheWeb.com
6 Reasons Why You Should & Should NOT Buy Links To Increase Your Search Engine Rankings - This post addresses the issue of whether your road to the top is worth buying links.

Enjoy browsing and have a good week!