Blog adviser

Hello dear readers!

As your blog starts to grow it very important not to use one of the standard blog themes. It's gonna look nicer and it will ad some professionalism. So let's do it, I will tell you how step by step.

Step 1
First let's find adequate template for your blog on the internet. Just type 'Free blogger templates' in google and search some, you will soon find a nice theme. I can recommend you this site, it seems OK.

Step 2
Let's download the template. There should be an icon that says 'download' somewhere by the template.

Step 3
I will explain this step for the mozilla users, but I'm sure that other will understand what to do. Go to Tools - Downloads, and a new window should open (Note: Sometimes the new window opens automatically after you make a download), and there should be your new download. Right click - Open Containing Folder. Now new window should appear, containing the template. Right click on the theme folder - Extract here. Now you should get a new file, that is not Ziped.

Step 4
Logg in to blogger.com, then go to Layout - Edit HTML. Click browse, and find the theme folder (Important: Don't open the Zip folder, but the extracted one.) Inside there should be an .xml file. Chose that one, and click upload. Before it uploads it, blogger will probably warn you that it has to delete some widgets. You can't save them, so just continue.

And that's it, your theme should be in use! If you have any questions, probblems or comments, please feel free to comment!

There are thousands tips about blogging on the internet. Some are more useful some are less, but here are top 5 blogging tips that I think are the best:

1. Be yourself
I think there's no reason to copy someone else. You should try be the same offline and online. If people like how you write they will come back.

2. Post frequently
I try to post every day, because I think then people will come back every day looking for a new post. If you don't write anything for a week, someone will sure think that you stopped writing and he will not come back.

3. Importance of content
I believe that content is most important to make visitors return. People come to your blog to read, not to see the design or something else.

4. Be nice
If someone comments on your post or sends you an e-mail, it's nice to thank him and answer his questions.

5. Be honest
Just be honest - people will appreciate it.

Hello everyone! Today I'm gonna share with you a few ways to earn money by blogging. I believe that 90% of blogs are making money. And why wouldn't they? Why wouldn't you? You lose almost nothing, but you can get much. So here are some ways to make money blogging:

Google Adsense
I think Adsense is the most simple way of making profit. When you use it, it adds some links on your blog and when someone clicks on the link, you get money.

AdBrite
There is no much difference between Adbrite and Adsense, only Adsense makes you more money, so it's probably better.

AdBrite Inline adds
This one is a little different. If you use it, some words in your text will be double-underlined, and they will have hyperlink. If someone clicks on hyperlinks, your wallet becomes thicker.

Text-link-adds.com
Pretty simple is how this work: They find a sponsor who pays you to put some links on your web page. Of course, sponsor won't come to a starter blog, but to one with much traffic.

PayPerPost and ReviewMe
Simply, after you sign up, clients will purchase reviews from you. You can get much money here, but you also have to be a got reviewer.

We've all googled 'How to promote your blog?', 'How to get more traffic to your blog' or something similar to that. And I've mostly found same tips on every page, so I decided to make a list of unusual (but very useful) ways to promote your blog.

1. Promote yourself on forums.
There are several ways to promote on forums. You can put you blog's link into your signature, you can put it below each post you make, and send personal messages to other people on forum (with your blog's link, of course). But be carfeoul and don't get to difficult.

2. Exchange links
This method can really help you in getting more traffic. I suggest you to try exchanging links with some popular blogs, or even web-sites, because more visitors they have - bigger chances they will click on your blog. If you've found a website you want to exchange links with, it's better to contact the owner by e-mail than by commenting one of his posts.

3. Comment other blogs
Again - if you comment more popular blogs, more people will see your blog. And still, don't just post a comment with your blog, but read the post and write something about it. It's very stupid to write just "nice post" or "cool blog". When you writethat, everyone knows you didn't even read the post. And that's not good.

4. E-mail a friend
Make an e-mail with your blog's adress, and type something like "please send this e-mail to another 5 people", and you start sending the e-mail to your contacts. Maybe some of them will continiue sending, and so on and so on. You can do the same with private messages on facebook, myspace and simmilar web-sites.