I have finally taken the plunge and dipped into Kick Apps. I am going to use my WRE site integrate the user community with their widgets.
Currently it all seems a little misplaced and all over the shop, but maybe that’s just because it is new to me.
Anyway, here’s the link
Kick Apps community site and once the CNAME redirection kicks in (excuse the pun) you will find it at social.ghead.co.uk
Whilst I am working on a new version of this site I have started to use BugNet and I must say I am very very impressed. It tracks software bugs as you would expect but the difference is it will link with visual studio 2008 via a rather handy ide control developed by one of the users. You can upload documents and assign users to tasks etc.
This really is the bug tracking application of choice especially if you a predominantly Microsoft house.
I am starting to use it with the source control system by subversion and visual svn for integrations to development studios.
More on those later
As this blog is now ticking over and the adsense hits are rolling in (sic), it is time to expand the operation. I am going to start writing about the mortgage industry in the UK you can check it out here blog called inside the mortgage industry aimed at professionals
Any profits generated from that website will be added to the total here
Ezine Article:
Can you make a living from blogging?
Well, this is a question that seemingly gets asked thousands of times per day. It is probably asked by new bloggers and "pro" bloggers. A new blog has sprung up and it is claiming to detail every aspect of a blog lifestyle whilst proving the theory right or wrong that blogging can make a living. I have been looking into this site and there seems to be many of the "old school" tactics hanging around and some new ones.
What is an old school, seo tactic?
These would include link building, site submission, blog submission, leaving comments on other blogs, meta tags and generally well constructed content.
What are the new school tactics?
The author has created a google gadget which can either be added to iGoogle or added to another blog / website. Interestingly enough though is that offline marketing will be used and results printed in the blog.
What really makes this site stand out from the rest?
The concept of "The web revenue experiment" has been brought about by having two angles of approach. It has the experimental website www.ghead.co.uk where all of the tactics are put to the test. It also has seperate pages for different affiliate schemes, donations and ad blocks. The website is created using a custom built .net application, this is the brains of the experiment. It creates on the fly, fully optimised landing packs for each page created expanding its content exponetialy whilst enhancing the users experience.
The other half of the concept is a blog located at http://blog.ghead.co.uk this is where tactics are disccused, suggested and explained. Here you will also see results of each of the experiements. You will also learn how the custom application works and you can suggest an idea you have been thinking of.
The experiment is due to run for exactly one year building its self up and reporting results along the way.
I have submitted my first article to Ezine and it is awaiting approval. All over the ezine site is states that writting must be upto scratch and it will be reviewed by someone maybe in 2 weeks.
I am reluctant to submit anymore because you have no idea if it will be published. Also when you are writting about your own site fo you write from the first person or the third person perspective?
I will keep a eye on my mail and see what they say. I will of course post news here if there is any!!
