One of the best strategies for gaining social media followers, mailing list subscribers, blog comments, Google Plus +1, and repeat blog visitors to your blog is to run giveaways. The main problem with running giveaways (especially for new bloggers) is getting the products to give away. For example, giving away the Genesis WordPress framework would…
It has recently been called to my attention that there is an increasing number of phony bloggers typing away on their keyboards in an effort to make some money online. By “phony blogger,” I mean that these people claim to have a lot of revenue but lack the proof, they don’t offer any “real” tips…
I recently started getting serious about building my email list, but the process of gaining new email subscribers really worried me at first. I use AWeber for my email marketing, so I need to be able to make money with my list in order to help pay for the $20 a month price tag. It…
Just a couple of days ago I decided to join Blog Engage. Basically, Blog Engage is a paid social network where bloggers can connect, share content, build backlinks, vote for other bloggers’ posts, and much more. It’s a great way to not only increase your blog traffic, but enhance your SEO, make connections, and potentially…
It hasn’t been that long since Google last updated their algorithm that powers Google search results, but bloggers and internet marketers continue to whine and complain about the updates. On September 27th (one month ago), Google released their newest update and dubbed it “Panda”. The Panda update slammed many sites that were ranking #1 in…
One of the reasons you may not be earning the amount of money you would like is because of poor advertisement placing. Online advertising is not much different from printed ads on billboards or in magazines in the sense that placement is everything. With ad placement, it’s important to remember not to overwhelm your users,…
In the world of blogging, I think it is important to collaborate and share ideas with other bloggers. This can lead to new ideas, friendships, and even a successful blog. I have decided to create a post here on Omega Web where I will ask a few questions, answer them myself, and then turn it…
The following is a guest post from Doug Glaston. Doug is a writer on social media and Internet marketing who also is a content provider for Home Security Team. It’s not very often that a federal government warns its citizens to refrain from using an Internet browser, but apparently the Federal Office for Information Security in…
If you visited Omega Web yesterday afternoon, you would have noticed an outage due to a change in web hosts. I recently switched to HostGator for a couple of reasons, and I hope I am here to stay. To recap, I purchased my first web hosting plan from FatCow in January of this year. I…
When I got to my new school this year and they were handing out our @nwfsc.edu email addresses, I noticed that they had stopped using Microsoft Exchange and started using Microsoft’s new service Outlook.com.
I first started blogging back in 2010, so I didn’t get to where I am today without a little practice. I needed practice writing in the style that is effective for the Internet, practice with blog design elements, social networks, common blog terminology, etc. Successful blogs do not happen overnight and neither do successful bloggers.
When I’m laying in bed at night, I often search for blogging tips, ways to make money, and things of that nature using my phone. Every once in a while I will come across a tip that I include in my blogs, but never like the one I found tonight… I was browsing the Internet…
If you have a slow computer that freezes up often or has many viruses, you can completely erase Windows and install Linux instead. Linux is a free, open-source operating system that runs on a variety of hardware and is compatible with many applications.
