Tweet    With the rise in power of blogs, also comes responsibility. By late summer, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) plans start monitoring blogs for non-disclosure of free products, sponsored posts and affiliate links. Since the rise in popularity of using blogs to research products, many readers have been unclear or even unsuspecting that the [...]

Tweet I have a giveaway on my blog… now what? I pretty much think that’s what I said when I ran my first giveaway last December, I didn’t have a clue. While we have some great tips on how to give stylish giveways, like announcing/twitter/facebook trifecta for your giveaway, finding threads to announce in forums [...]

Don't ask me why, but I've always felt a little strange about making money. Why can't the cash just appear in my account and automatically replenish itself? Oh yeah, that's why we work. Back in March, I asked you all how essential twitter was to your blog... and mentioned I had been doing some experimenting with affiliate links in twitter. At the time, I didn't really think much about whether it was ethical to use affiliate links, because I only tweeted things that I really loved... until I read some recent articles about an affiliate backlash in twitter...

Tweet Post by the lovely Lauren from A Typical Atypical, image by Migraine Chick Blog giveaways are a huge phenomenon. They have seem to have sprung out of nowhere, and have done so for many reasons. They raise your hits, they attract attention, they encourage commenting. They can even be used to attract subscribers and [...]