<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25493002</id><updated>2012-01-19T05:55:10.467-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Starting Smart!Ideas For Home Business &amp; Making Money Online With Your Blog</title><subtitle type='html'>A daily discussion of the ways that people are able to earn substantial incomes by working at home. I discuss a number of different topics involved in working at home, and I intend to do many reviews of Books and EBook publications on the subject of Making Money Online.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>GJR Stevenson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04426123294776065982</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>26</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25493002.post-114653888173933070</id><published>2006-05-01T21:00:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-05-01T21:11:18.810-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Search Engine Optimization - SEO Basics - Part 6 - Overusing Keywords</title><summary type='text'>When learning about Search Engine Optimization and Keywords it is important that we also learn how important it is to not overuse keywords, as using to many keywords may have the completely opposite effect on SEO than what we are looking for.It is not certain that Google and other Search engines penalize you for using to many keywords, or a few specialized keywords too many times in your page. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/feeds/114653888173933070/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25493002&amp;postID=114653888173933070' title='349 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114653888173933070'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114653888173933070'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/2006/05/search-engine-optimization-seo-basics.html' title='Search Engine Optimization - SEO Basics - Part 6 - Overusing Keywords'/><author><name>GJR Stevenson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04426123294776065982</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>349</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25493002.post-114633793708031567</id><published>2006-04-29T13:11:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-04-29T13:13:30.696-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Want to make more than Adsense pays you</title><summary type='text'>Try thisDollars InfinityOnly 18$ To join and you can make a pile of money</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/feeds/114633793708031567/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25493002&amp;postID=114633793708031567' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114633793708031567'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114633793708031567'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/2006/04/want-to-make-more-than-adsense-pays.html' title='Want to make more than Adsense pays you'/><author><name>GJR Stevenson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04426123294776065982</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25493002.post-114566087401159037</id><published>2006-04-21T17:06:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-04-21T17:07:54.013-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Just Found Out What My Site Is Worth.</title><summary type='text'>I Don't really know what this means, and I don't think that it has much to do with making money online, but I though it was kinda cool.   My blog is worth $2,822.70.How much is your blog worth?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/feeds/114566087401159037/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25493002&amp;postID=114566087401159037' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114566087401159037'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114566087401159037'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/2006/04/just-found-out-what-my-site-is-worth.html' title='Just Found Out What My Site Is Worth.'/><author><name>GJR Stevenson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04426123294776065982</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25493002.post-114562889064279457</id><published>2006-04-21T08:12:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-04-21T08:28:30.373-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Make Some Money With Adsense</title><summary type='text'>Most of the people who have a website or a Blog have a basic understanding of what Google Adsense is and how it works. For those of you who do not know, Google Adsense is an advertising program that is run by Google. It is free for a webmaster to enroll in the program. And once they have enrolled they only need to add a few chunks of code to their web page, or Blog, and the advertisements are </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/feeds/114562889064279457/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25493002&amp;postID=114562889064279457' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114562889064279457'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114562889064279457'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/2006/04/make-some-money-with-adsense.html' title='Make Some Money With Adsense'/><author><name>GJR Stevenson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04426123294776065982</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25493002.post-114555021634720323</id><published>2006-04-20T10:21:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-04-20T18:51:08.013-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Search Engine Optimization - SEO Basics - Part 5 - Selecting Keywords</title><summary type='text'>It is important that we learn how to select appropriate keywords for our sites in such a manner that they will be used to increase the traffic flow to our sites. We will need to learn how to pick the most powerful keywords that will help to pull in more traffic.Today I will examine the simplest methods for doing this.First of all you need to decide if you are going to try to utilize the highest </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/feeds/114555021634720323/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25493002&amp;postID=114555021634720323' title='16 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114555021634720323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114555021634720323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/2006/04/search-engine-optimization-seo-basics_20.html' title='Search Engine Optimization - SEO Basics - Part 5 - Selecting Keywords'/><author><name>GJR Stevenson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04426123294776065982</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>16</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25493002.post-114547538735071130</id><published>2006-04-19T13:33:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-04-19T13:36:27.393-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Search Engine Optimization - SEO Basics - Part 4 – Getting Crawled</title><summary type='text'>This is the fourth in a series of postings concerning Search Engine Optimization Basics.In this section we will learn how to properly set up our web pages in a way that allows our sites to be “Crawled” properly and effectively by search engines such as Google and Yahoo.Using Keywords The way that we use keywords to increase our rankings in search engines is so important that I am going to cover </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/feeds/114547538735071130/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25493002&amp;postID=114547538735071130' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114547538735071130'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114547538735071130'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/2006/04/search-engine-optimization-seo-basics_19.html' title='Search Engine Optimization - SEO Basics - Part 4 – Getting Crawled'/><author><name>GJR Stevenson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04426123294776065982</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25493002.post-114539296064490926</id><published>2006-04-18T14:39:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-04-18T14:42:40.680-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Blatant Self Promotion, Looking for Affiliates</title><summary type='text'>Hello Everybody,Today I would like to take a break from my discussion of how to promote your Blog to make money, and instead dedicate my discussion towards a blatant and shameless promotion of my own E-Book. I have created an Ebook dedicated to the discussion of starting a Home based business. This Ebook offers over 200 pages of detailed information that people need in order to start a homebased </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/feeds/114539296064490926/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25493002&amp;postID=114539296064490926' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114539296064490926'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114539296064490926'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/2006/04/blatant-self-promotion-looking-for.html' title='Blatant Self Promotion, Looking for Affiliates'/><author><name>GJR Stevenson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04426123294776065982</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25493002.post-114528969283608497</id><published>2006-04-17T10:00:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-04-18T14:06:02.296-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Getting Word out About Your Blog</title><summary type='text'>In order for your Blog, or any website, to be profitable people must visit it. In order to visit it, they must know about it. Pretty simple principle so far. Luckily there is an easy way to increase your chances of having your site found. Google and the other major search engines use some kind of advanced algorithm to determine where your site gets ranked. How these algorithms work is a mystery </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/feeds/114528969283608497/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25493002&amp;postID=114528969283608497' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114528969283608497'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114528969283608497'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/2006/04/getting-word-out-about-your-blog.html' title='Getting Word out About Your Blog'/><author><name>GJR Stevenson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04426123294776065982</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25493002.post-114520020870363573</id><published>2006-04-16T09:04:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-04-16T09:10:08.726-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Search Engine Optimization - SEO Basics - Part 3 - Search Engine Ranking</title><summary type='text'>This is the third in a series of postings concerning Search Engine Optimization Basics.When dealing with a new site you will want to have it ranked on major search engines and in major directories.In this post we will learn about the importance of search engines that are used to rank our sites. We will look at how to determine if our site is already ranked, and we will learn what to do if it is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/feeds/114520020870363573/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25493002&amp;postID=114520020870363573' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114520020870363573'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114520020870363573'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/2006/04/search-engine-optimization-seo-basics_16.html' title='Search Engine Optimization - SEO Basics - Part 3 - Search Engine Ranking'/><author><name>GJR Stevenson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04426123294776065982</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25493002.post-114514077822479479</id><published>2006-04-15T16:34:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-04-18T14:07:20.653-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Search Engine Optimization - SEO Basics - Part 2 - HTML Tags</title><summary type='text'>This is the second in a series of postings concerning Search Engine Optimization Basics.In this section we will learn how to properly set up our web pages, by including proper titles and headlines and elements such as these within it. As well, we will learn to utilize a variety of techniques that present our sites in a better way.The Title TagA Title tag are used to tell the web browser what </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/feeds/114514077822479479/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25493002&amp;postID=114514077822479479' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114514077822479479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114514077822479479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/2006/04/search-engine-optimization-seo-basics_15.html' title='Search Engine Optimization - SEO Basics - Part 2 - HTML Tags'/><author><name>GJR Stevenson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04426123294776065982</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25493002.post-114512719893810491</id><published>2006-04-15T12:52:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-04-15T12:54:52.410-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Using Viral Marketing to Increase Profits</title><summary type='text'>I have devoted much of my content on this Blog to the topic of increasing traffic to your website. I have done this because I believe that this is the single most important factor in determining your success. Today I would like to talk briefly about using Viral Marketing to help you make money with your website.  The program that I would like to discuss is called CBClicks. This program is used to</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/feeds/114512719893810491/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25493002&amp;postID=114512719893810491' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114512719893810491'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114512719893810491'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/2006/04/using-viral-marketing-to-increase.html' title='Using Viral Marketing to Increase Profits'/><author><name>GJR Stevenson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04426123294776065982</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25493002.post-114503676866414859</id><published>2006-04-14T11:43:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-05-01T21:04:59.100-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Search Engine Optimization - SEO Basics - Part 1 - What is SEO</title><summary type='text'>Today I would like to begin talking about Search Engine Optimization, or SEO. What do I know about SEO, honestly not much? Yet! So what we are going to do here is test the old axiom that “Teaching is the best way to learn”.So at this point lets assume that neither me, nor you, have any idea what SEO is or how we are to use it for our websites. Essentially let us start right on square one.What is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/feeds/114503676866414859/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25493002&amp;postID=114503676866414859' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114503676866414859'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114503676866414859'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/2006/04/search-engine-optimization-seo-basics.html' title='Search Engine Optimization - SEO Basics - Part 1 - What is SEO'/><author><name>GJR Stevenson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04426123294776065982</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25493002.post-114494629774830709</id><published>2006-04-13T10:31:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-04-18T14:08:57.983-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Should I Incorporate my Home Based or Small Business?</title><summary type='text'>Many small businesses are faced with the question of whether or not they should incorporate their business. The answer, like most answers in life is “It Depends”.Incorporation can provide many benefits to a new enterprise, but there are also negative aspects associated with incorporating. You must way the pros vs. the cons and determine for yourself whether incorporating is right for you and your</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/feeds/114494629774830709/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25493002&amp;postID=114494629774830709' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114494629774830709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114494629774830709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/2006/04/should-i-incorporate-my-home-based-or.html' title='Should I Incorporate my Home Based or Small Business?'/><author><name>GJR Stevenson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04426123294776065982</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25493002.post-114489630627228093</id><published>2006-04-12T20:42:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-04-13T08:49:28.166-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Submitting Your Blog Update Quickly &amp; Easily</title><summary type='text'>As we all know, one of the most important aspects involved in creating a healthy stream of hits coming to our Blogs and WebPages is providing fresh and new content. However, many of us struggle to properly inform the major sites and search engines about when we have updated our Blogs. Software that does this submitting for us may be expensive. For some the investment is definitely worth it, as </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/feeds/114489630627228093/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25493002&amp;postID=114489630627228093' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114489630627228093'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114489630627228093'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/2006/04/submitting-your-blog-update-quickly.html' title='Submitting Your Blog Update Quickly &amp; Easily'/><author><name>GJR Stevenson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04426123294776065982</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25493002.post-114489545317021975</id><published>2006-04-12T20:30:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-04-12T20:30:53.173-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Building Blog Traffic With Links and Exchanges</title><summary type='text'>Today I would like to discuss building traffic with links. Trading links with other Bloggers is simply the easiest and most cost effective manner of increasing traffic to your Blog. Try to trade links with the Blogs that you enjoy reading personally, and especially those that are relevant to the topics that you discuss on your own Blog.When trading links with others you may want to have them </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/feeds/114489545317021975/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25493002&amp;postID=114489545317021975' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114489545317021975'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114489545317021975'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/2006/04/building-blog-traffic-with-links-and.html' title='Building Blog Traffic With Links and Exchanges'/><author><name>GJR Stevenson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04426123294776065982</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25493002.post-114480194575832323</id><published>2006-04-11T18:29:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-04-11T18:32:25.770-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Blogging Business Book Review 1</title><summary type='text'>I just finished reading “Buzz Marketing with Blogs for Dummies” by Susannah Gardner. If you are new to Blogs and Blogging, as I am, you will find this book to be extremely helpful and informative.It helps you to understand the basics of Blogging, and has an emphasis towards how to use Blogs with business. If you enjoy the style of the For Dummies series, you will not be disappointed with this </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/feeds/114480194575832323/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25493002&amp;postID=114480194575832323' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114480194575832323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114480194575832323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/2006/04/blogging-business-book-review-1.html' title='Blogging Business Book Review 1'/><author><name>GJR Stevenson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04426123294776065982</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25493002.post-114468348551464995</id><published>2006-04-10T09:36:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-04-10T09:54:45.200-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Adding AdSense to Your Blogger Blog.</title><summary type='text'>I have been Blogging for only a short time. And in that short time I have been simply amazed at the number of Blogger hosted Blogs that do not contain AdSense Ads.I can’t understand why this is, and the only thing I can think of is that maybe the average Blogger dose not realize how easy it is to add AdSense to their Blogs.Maybe there is a lack of understanding as to what AdSense does. Okay, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/feeds/114468348551464995/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25493002&amp;postID=114468348551464995' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114468348551464995'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114468348551464995'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/2006/04/adding-adsense-to-your-blogger-blog.html' title='Adding AdSense to Your Blogger Blog.'/><author><name>GJR Stevenson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04426123294776065982</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25493002.post-114461248288598020</id><published>2006-04-09T13:54:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-04-09T18:29:10.813-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Blogging Books I Intend to Read.</title><summary type='text'>As I am new to Blogging I thought I would compose a list of books that I plan on reading on the subject. If anyone has already read any of these publications I would appreciate any advice or comments that you may have as to the quality of these books.Here is the list books I plan on reading from (in no particular order):*  Blogging For Dummies*  Blogging in a snap by Julie Meloni *  Buzz </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/feeds/114461248288598020/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25493002&amp;postID=114461248288598020' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114461248288598020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114461248288598020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/2006/04/blogging-books-i-intend-to-read.html' title='Blogging Books I Intend to Read.'/><author><name>GJR Stevenson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04426123294776065982</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25493002.post-114460908260679246</id><published>2006-04-09T12:56:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-04-09T12:58:03.320-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Blog Explosion! Driving Hits to Your Blog.</title><summary type='text'>I just found a great site for increasing the traffic to your Blog. It is called Blog Explosion and it is offered for free.  Essentially it is a traffic exchange for Bloggers to display their Blogs for others to view.  This is a great way to generate more traffic to your Blog, and one of the best parts is that all of the hits that you are going to receive come from members of the Blogging </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/feeds/114460908260679246/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25493002&amp;postID=114460908260679246' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114460908260679246'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114460908260679246'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/2006/04/blog-explosion-driving-hits-to-your.html' title='Blog Explosion! Driving Hits to Your Blog.'/><author><name>GJR Stevenson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04426123294776065982</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25493002.post-114444871360999063</id><published>2006-04-07T16:24:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-04-18T14:10:29.320-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Increase The Number of Hits on Your Blog</title><summary type='text'>I have been researching ways to increase the number of hits that you receive on your Blog. As I have done this research I have discovered some interesting ideas and suggestions for increasing traffic to your Blog. I have included two separate lists of tacticts to increase your hits. The first is a list of the simplest and most honest ways that you can increase your traffic. The second list </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/feeds/114444871360999063/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25493002&amp;postID=114444871360999063' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114444871360999063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114444871360999063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/2006/04/increase-number-of-hits-on-your-blog.html' title='Increase The Number of Hits on Your Blog'/><author><name>GJR Stevenson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04426123294776065982</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25493002.post-114444181873298063</id><published>2006-04-07T14:26:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-04-08T12:11:20.420-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Bringing Free Traffic To Your Website</title><summary type='text'>We all know that the single most important piece to the online success puzzle is getting traffic to your website. No traffic = No sales. Without people visiting our websites we are unable to use them productively.So anything that offers an easy and reliable way to increase the traffic that we see on our websites would be a very valuable thing indeed. That’s where Traffic Swarm comes in. Traffic </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/feeds/114444181873298063/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25493002&amp;postID=114444181873298063' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114444181873298063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114444181873298063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/2006/04/bringing-free-traffic-to-your-website.html' title='Bringing Free Traffic To Your Website'/><author><name>GJR Stevenson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04426123294776065982</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25493002.post-114443540600573343</id><published>2006-04-07T12:37:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-04-18T14:11:11.936-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Is Autosurfing Dead?</title><summary type='text'>Are we seeing the end of Autosurf programs? Or is this just the beginning? As nearly everyone involved in Autosurfing already knows, StudioTraffic – one of the largest Autosurfing sites on the Internet (with somewhere around 400,000 members) just went tits up last week.I was a member of studio traffic, and yes I lost some money with them. Not much, but enough to make me wonder about my sanity for</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/feeds/114443540600573343/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25493002&amp;postID=114443540600573343' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114443540600573343'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114443540600573343'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/2006/04/is-autosurfing-dead.html' title='Is Autosurfing Dead?'/><author><name>GJR Stevenson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04426123294776065982</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25493002.post-114435328555710438</id><published>2006-04-06T13:51:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-04-18T14:11:43.280-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Listing a Blog and RSS Feed</title><summary type='text'>I just spent the entire morning listing this Blog with a bunch of different Blog Directories. I did this to help increase the amount of traffic that this site recieves. I guess that’s how you all found this site, so it seems that the effort was worth it. While I was going through all of these different sites, adding my link and filling out the forms, I kept thinking that there must be an easier </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/feeds/114435328555710438/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25493002&amp;postID=114435328555710438' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114435328555710438'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114435328555710438'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/2006/04/listing-blog-and-rss-feed.html' title='Listing a Blog and RSS Feed'/><author><name>GJR Stevenson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04426123294776065982</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25493002.post-114430075493325671</id><published>2006-04-05T22:00:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-04-18T14:14:32.470-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Starting Smart! The Ultimate Guide to Owning &amp; Operating a Home Based Business</title><summary type='text'>I've got great news! My Newest E-Book "Make Money! The Ultimate Guide to Owning &amp; Operating a Home Based Business" is now online and ready for sale. NOTE: Since this original posting I have Changed the name of this EBook to From "Starting Smart!" to "Make Money!".This E-Book has been written, by me, to show you how to create and run a Home Based Business. And it shows you how to do it Profitably.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/feeds/114430075493325671/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25493002&amp;postID=114430075493325671' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114430075493325671'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114430075493325671'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/2006/04/starting-smart-ultimate-guide-to.html' title='Starting Smart! The Ultimate Guide to Owning &amp; Operating a Home Based Business'/><author><name>GJR Stevenson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04426123294776065982</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25493002.post-114428715786231287</id><published>2006-04-05T19:11:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-04-08T11:00:30.416-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Become Hated, (But Rich!)</title><summary type='text'>Hello Again Everyone,I have just purchased and read a copy of the E-Book "Become Hated, (But Rich!)".I read this book from start to finish as quickly as I could. Then once I was done, I sat back and thought about what I had just read. Amazing. The ideas that it expresses are so simple to use that I had to ask myself why I haven’t been using these all along to make money on the internet.This </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/feeds/114428715786231287/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25493002&amp;postID=114428715786231287' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114428715786231287'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114428715786231287'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/2006/04/become-hated-but-rich.html' title='Become Hated, (But Rich!)'/><author><name>GJR Stevenson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04426123294776065982</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25493002.post-114428161066389774</id><published>2006-04-05T17:48:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-04-18T14:15:22.616-06:00</updated><title type='text'>First Post. Getting Started</title><summary type='text'>Well, Here Goes. This is my first post on my brand new Blog. In fact this is my first post on my very first Blog, so I don't even know if I am doing this right.Let me start by telling you all why I have finally decided to create my own Blog. I am in the business of writing. I to love write, I write all day everyday.I do a variety of different writing, and I have simply I created this Blog so that</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/feeds/114428161066389774/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=25493002&amp;postID=114428161066389774' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114428161066389774'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/25493002/posts/default/114428161066389774'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://startingsmart.blogspot.com/2006/04/first-post-getting-started.html' title='First Post. Getting Started'/><author><name>GJR Stevenson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04426123294776065982</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
