Pop Quiz: How can I reduce the space between sidebar gadgets?

Answer:  Because sidebars and footers can quickly fill up with gadgets it is sometimes nice to find a way to have less space between each one to fit more in a small space.  For HTML gadgets there are a

Blogging 301 ~ Lesson #5: Monetizing a Blog with Personal Referral Programs

Another opportunity to earn from your blog is thru your personal referral links for programs you are a part of that offer bonuses for referrals.  You have the option of posting about them or adding their links or banners to your homepage.

Depending on how topic-specific your blog is it may be hard to fit in posts for them.  At Simply CVS I post

Pop Quiz: Is there an easy way to re-post an older post as a new post?

Answer:  In Blogger there are two ways to repost an older post.

1. You open the old post in the edit post mode, click on the Edit HTML tab, copy the full HTML code and paste into a new post (under Edit HTML), and publish it.  This may be seen as spam by search engines and not show up as

Blogging 301 ~ Lesson #4: Monetizing a Blog with Companies thru Affiliate Programs

Many companies offer their own affiliate programs and do not go thru an affiliate network like we discussed in lesson #3.  The ones I have come across seem to be smaller companies and once again, offer bloggers a commission on some action performed by their readers, many are pay per clicks on their ad or pay per

Resources: Random Number Generator for Giveaways

There is a great resource for bloggers to use to choose a winner from the many entries in a blog giveaway.  It is found at Random.org.  You simply enter the numbers of posts from 1 to how ever many you had and click generate and it chooses a random number.  Beats writing hundreds of numbers on little slips of

Blogging 301 ~ Lesson #3: Monetizing a Blog with Affiliate Network Services

One favorite way of monetizing a blog for many bloggers is the use of affiliate programs.  There are several, if not dozens, of affiliate networks that you can join as well as individual affiliate programs.  When you apply to become an affiliate you do the advertising for the company or product and receive a commission when a certain action is performed by one of your

Pop Quiz: Why should I name my images before uploading them to my blog post?

Answer:  It is important to give titles to your photos for Search Engine Optimization.  Many times people will search images for photos and info on certain subjects.  If you name your images before uploading them to your blog post they will show up in search engine results and just may bring

Giveaway Winner Announced ~ Congratulations!

I wanted to announce and congratulate the first giveaway winner here at Simply Blogging University:  shala_darkstone.  I used Random.org to choose a number from all the entries.  Congrats and enjoy!

Blogging 301 ~ Lesson #2: Monetizing a Blog with Amazon Affiliate Program

I live in a state where I cannot use the Amazon affiliate program so I have asked FrugalMom, my blogging buddy, to guest teach and share her knowledge with students here at Simply Blogging University.

Amazon.com is one of my favorite online websites to shop at, so when I realized that there was a way for me

Pop Quiz: How do you make an HTML gadget centered in the sidebar?

Answer:  To make an HTML gadget centered in the sidebar add the following to the HTML:

At the beginning:  <center>
At the end:  </center>

Check out all the Pop Quizzes here at Simply Blogging University for other quick tips for blogging.

Blogging 301 ~ Lesson #1: Monetizing a Blog with AdSense

AdSense is one of the easiest and most recognizable ways to monetize a blog.  AdSense ads are found on many of the sites you visit regularly—from small blogs to email sites to extremely large sites.  AdSense pays sites per click on ads—from pennies to dollars per click,

Pop Quiz: How can I add something to automatically show up at the bottom of every post?

Answer:  In Blogger to have something automatically show up at the bottom of each post, open the post editor for a new post and place whatever it is you want to show up in that post--pictures, words, links, whatever (this is not a necessary step if you are familiar with HTML or if you just want