Help with starting your blog.

https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?cl=132158&c=ib&aff=219310Some people write for love. Others write for money. I say it’s possible to do both, by starting a blog and monetizing it.

Although I dislike that neologism, I do embrace its underpinnings, i.e., that the laborer is worthy of his hire.

This week’s giveaway, an e-book called “How I Make Money Blogging: The Beginner’s Guide to Building a Money-Making Blog,” can kick-start your own efforts to be rewarded for your thoughts.

Some people make a little money blogging. Some make a lot. The book’s author, Crystal Stemberger, is in the latter camp. She really works it, running a handful of sites and also acting as ad-sales goddess, mentor, consultant and freelancer. Apparently she is allergic to sleep, because she recently added yet another specialty: pet-sitting.

Not everybody wants to work 24-7. But if you want to start a blog or if you’ve got a site and want it to start paying its way, this e-book can help. A lot.

Here’s what I once wrote about it:

“Crystal covers the nuts-and-bolts info (domains, how to choose a format) as well as the more esoteric stuff like page rankings and search engine optimization plug-ins. I’m not particularly tech-savvy so this book was a great help to me. It showed me a bunch of things I should have been doing and explained them in language I could understand.”

If you’re not the winner but still want the book, please consider buying it by clicking on the link above. If you do, my daughter will get a small finder’s fee for the sale. To sweeten the deal, use the code surviving10 to get a $10 discount.

First, though, you should enter:

If you do any (or all!) of these things, please leave separate, additional comments to get credit for each entry.

The deadline to enter is 7 p.m. PDT Tuesday, April 15. If I don’t hear back from the winners by 10 p.m. PDT Wednesday, April 16, I’ll pick a new winner. So if you enter, be sure to check your e-mail.

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76 thoughts on “Help with starting your blog.”

  1. I would love to read this book, so I’ll check it out even if I don’t win. This would be a great way to augment income in retirement. Maybe I could even talk my Mom into letting me be the tech consultant for a blog she might write. Thanks for these offers.

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  2. I am getting ready to start a blog. This would an enormous help. I would love to win this book! Thanks for having great giveaways!

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  3. Would be awesome to win. A friend and I bought a domain name a year ago and found setting it up quite tricky…and so still haven’t done anything. Need the motivation as well as the advice.

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  4. Looks like a wonderful resource- I started mine and while it’s in the baby stages I can use all the help I can get. Thanks for the opportunity!

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  5. Hi, I have not one but two websites and have no idea where to begin. This book would be a significant help for a newbie who knows nothing! Thanks for having the contest!

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  6. Have a few thoughts on blogs and had planned to start the “research phase” this weekend. This would be perfect way to start my next adventure!

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  7. This could be interesting as I was just let go from my job. Yes, I am looking at the remaining snow on the mountain tops as I type this. 🙂

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  8. I can’t wait to read this book. I’ve been thinking about blogging for quite some time but never knew how to get started. I’ll probably buy this if I don’t win it but, hey, free would be good! Thanks!

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  9. I follow your website, it’s on my favorites board (I don’t use twitter or facebook). This book would be great to have. I will be moving to a rural area soon and would like to work from home with one “revenue” stream being blogging.

    Hope I win 🙂

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  10. I would just love to win this e book and will have my fingers and toes crossed. I have just discovered your blog and am really enjoying your posts.

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