One thing I really hate about using WordPress is the built-in text / HTML editor. Although it has come a long way since version 2.5, and saw massive improvements in GUI and functionality in 2.7, it still leaves you wanting.

It’s especially frustrating if you’re trying to create a highly formatted post or sales page with WordPress, and you’ve been using something much better (like Dreamweaver) to do it all this while. With the TinyMCE Advanced plugin for WordPress however, this problem is largely solved.

The truth is, the TinyMCE user interface you see in WordPress is only half (or less) than the full set of features offered by the popular open source web editor. All the other functions have been hidden or disabled since the average blogger won’t need them anyway.

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Adsense is not the only way to make money from blogging. Surprised?

In fact, in some niche markets it’s much better for you to make money as an affiliate. If you’re running a “How to Make Money Online” type of blog and you’re not making affiliate commissions, you’re probably on drugs.

That’s because in some markets, as I discovered on my Internet Home Business blog and on this blog as well, I can make so much more by removing most forms of blog advertising and replacing the empty spaces with affiliate links or links to my own products. Don’t ask me why – it’s just the way it is.

Bottom line: Adsense works well in some blogs (like my voip blog or music blog), but not so well on other blogs. If Adsense isn’t working for you, there are other ways.

Affiliate Blogging 101

Yes, you can make money from affiliate programs, by recommending affiliate products on your blog either directly or by a process now well-established with the term pre-selling. Let’s call this method Affiliate Product Blogging.

Making money from affiliate products can be a good option if:

1. There is an abundance of products in your market with affiliate programs
2. There is a wide range and type of product, i.e physical goods, books, ebooks, software and services
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Seven out of 10 bloggers I know blog for money, and there is no wrong in it provided as long as one follows some blogging etiquettes. A blog is a platform to express or share one’s opinion about topics which may or may not form a niche.

With the power of words and the underlying expertise, this opinion is converted to a principle and hence one starts making money. For professional bloggers, it becomes highly significant to not only create good content but also get good traffic, just because most monetization programs do not depend on content but traffic. Both of these factors are extremely important for a blogger to mint money.

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Today, we shall deal with one of the most important concerns of a blogger – Optimization of a blog. This is a a tricky process and often involves spending long working hours on the blogs. It has given a lot of bloggers several sleepless nights, testing ad units and their placements and finding an appropriate network to get on board. Boosting your profits can be simple if you are a keen observer and can interpret and match the layout of your blog with a great theme. Having your own winning formula apart from the money you make from your content consistently includes ad placement skill, use of  plug-ins, choice of colors, text, etc. which can make a big difference.

Let us focus on few requirements which can shape your idea to fit into the frame of profit making business.

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The striking catchphrase used in the world of online marketing today is the “Affiliate marketing” which can be twigged directly with the e-business. The rules is, “People have their websites & web communities where they build an opportunity to display various advertisements. Any reference to transaction from the ads will furnish them commission.”

The underlying concept of “Affiliate marketing” is fairly simple but sometimes people get entrapped in the web of intricacies.

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