I will make more blogging friends that will share same interest with me.

I also made lots of blogging friends this year. Perhaps this is because I am fortunate to attend an offline blogging event last year { Iblog 4 } and Trinoma Food Tour during my Vacation

I will teach my wife how to blog

Yeah I accomplish this one.. Actually my wife is now blogging at Myjournal.ph

I will try to post at least 2 post a day ( Morning and Afternoon )

I fail to do this one.. Perhaps it’s a busy year .. Remember I am just blogging part time.

I will try to enjoy blogging more.

For sure I enjoyed blogging more .. Accomplished

A new niche blog this year

Yup I accomplished this one by having my new personal blog { Dexter Panganiban } and my New { Pambata.com } which targets students , and most of my post is written in Tagalog. It is also this year that I made a folder in this site targeting the PRC Board Exam Results

More Projects

I have already mention some of my projects in item # 5.

I will be a source of information both in Blogging and Technology

I believe it is done, If there any disagreement let me know . You can also check my recognitions received this year to support my claim

I will try to help new bloggers succeed

I also believe this is done and will continue until there are bloggers in need

I will optimized this site more

Partly it is done, I have now some keywords which ranks well and there where also some keywords which is now not being seen in the SERP. I may say that Big G is becoming to choosy for my chose keywords. And I think it is now great to be included in the first page of www.topblogs.com.ph.

I will research more and share informations with my reader.

I think I am also successful with this one.. Did You know that it increases my subscribed blogs

What about you, Did you accomplish your goal this year 2009 ? You might be a blogger or not. But I still believe that you have set a goal last year. I hope you made it I will just post my New Blogging Goals for the year 2009 Later.

Photo Credit : Krista76

Below are some information taken from their site on How much will a blogger earn for a specific ads.

Well you will earn depends on the number of Average Unique visitors you received in the week that the ad campaign is built. You will then be arranged into specific “Blogger bands” that directly correspond to your number of Average Unique visitors. For each campaign, you will be paid a fixed amount for every ad unit. The amount depends on what your Blogger band is. The higher your Blogger band (i.e. more unique visitors), the higher your earnings.  All information on your blogger band and your earnings can be viewed within your CMS Earnings Page. All information will be updated within 3 working days after the ad campaign is completed.

Payments are sent 30 days after you’ve reached the minimum amount of Php 1,500. Initial payment methods of Nuffnang are the following: Bank Transfer and Peso Check

We still don’t know if this new adverting scheme will be applicable in this blog, But at least I tried it , I may not be successful with other Advertising Network but at least I tried.

You can see more information and from the following blogs covering Nuffnang story [ List from Jehzlau ]

• Testing nuffnang A New Advertising Network by Dexter Panganiban
• Earn from Each and Every Unique Visitor in your Blog! by Jehzlau
• Nuffnang for Bloggers Reaching Philippine Shores by Hannah Rika Villasis
• Make Money Offline With Nuffnang! by Jan Alvin Dimla
• Nuffnang Philippines is Here! by Kevin Codamon
• Nuffnang Philippines, Asia’s First Blog Advertising Network by Noemi Dado
• Nuffnang has arrived in the Philippines by Eligio Tapiador
• How to earn 20 Unique Visitors Per Day? by Pinoytek
• Nuffnang Launches in the Philippines by Timothy Tiah
• Nuffnang has arrived in the Philippines by Boss Ming
• Nuffnang Launches in the Philippines by Nuffnang Malaysia
• Nuffnang Launches in the Philippines by Nuffnang Singapore
• Nuff of the Waiting by Nuffnang Philippines
• Nuffnang has arrived in the Philippines by Technobiography

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• how much timothy tiah earn per month
• how to ad nuffnang ads in your blog
• nuffnang saudi arabia
• payment option of nuffnang in philippines
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MobileMe stores all your email, contacts, and calendars on an online server — or “cloud” — and pushes them down to your iPhone, iPod touch, Mac, and PC. When you make a change on one device, the cloud updates the others. Push happens automatically, instantly, and continuously. You don’t have to wait for it or remember to do anything — such as docking your iPhone and syncing manually — to stay up to date.

It will synchronize all your Apple Gadgets. I wonder if they will make a crossover platform where they can also link to Windows Mobile 5 users.  Although this might not happen because it is their competitor but having a collaboration will be great in the future.

Macrumors.com reported that MobileMe will launch on the evening of July 9th as shown in Mac site as follows :

MobileMe Launch
7/9/2008, 6pm-12am PT
As part of the MobileMe launch, www.mac.com will be taken offline at 6pm PT on Wednesday, July 9th.
Members will be unable to access www.mac.com or any .Mac services during this time with the exception of .Mac Mail accessed via a desktop application, iPhone, or iPod touch.
MobileMe will be available as soon as possible during this maintenance window.

I believed that this New Apple application will be released earlier than iPhone 3G so that iPhone 3G users will be able to take advantage of the service.

Existing .Mac subscribers should already be able to send and receive emails at their new @me.com addresses. MobileMe retails for $99/year, but iPhone 3G (or Mac) buyers will be able to pick up a year subscription for $69 on July 11th.

Now I really have to save to buy a new Macbook Pro Laptop. And it will cost me about SAR 7,000+.

Via macrumors

Adobe explain the new features as follows :

Adobe Reader allows more securely view, print, search, sign, verify, and collaborate on PDF documents, online as well as offline, from your home or office. Reader has a completely redesigned interface, new tools, and new options for viewing information more efficiently. Access to an online, real-time meeting in seconds.

Reader is integrated with Adobe Connect software, which enables users to instantly communicate and accelerate approvals with virtually anyone, anywhere, at any time. Add more security to your documents, forms, and drawings with digital signatures. Leverage Adobe LiveCycle Policy Server and the new Adobe Online Services Document Center to enforce access rights at the document level.

Version 9 includes compatibility with Acrobat.com for enhanced web-based collaboration and other features, built-in multimedia support, a streamlined interface, support for searching all PDFs on a drive, and more.

Please find below the Download link for Adobe Reader 9, Hope you like it .

Download Adobe Reader 9

Another way to interpret number 1 is not to rely on just one blog. Create several blogs that will cater to various income streams.

Not many know this but I actually have four blogs.

1. A static website blog that simply serves as an online store to market and sell products online and offline. Biggest income source – direct sales. 

Nice idea, I have not yet done this for now since I am abroad and I don’t know what are the goods that Arab people like to buy. PayPal is not yet well known in Saudi Arabia and I also don’t know how to be involve in their Online Market. It is what I called culture difference.

2. A crappy blog that’s dedicated to paid posts and sponsored reviews, doubles as my SEO playground. And since it’s crappy by nature, I simply grab ALL the opps I can get hold of. Hehe. Biggest income source – PPP

One way to really have an income thru blogging is making paid post. I am also doingpaid post, But most of the time I make it using direct method thru online entrepreneur that I am getting to know thru forum. Why, They don’t oblige you to say that your post is sponsored or usually I can receive money before making the post. The only disadvantage is sometimes payment is not as high as the established site. Such as SponsoredReviews.com, PayPerPost, ReviewMe.

3. A Made-For-Adsense blog that’s full of keyword-rich posts aggregated from public domain articles. This one is sooo boring to maintain, but gives good income anyway. Biggest income source – Adsense (obviously) and Kontera

Well actually those kind of site was very popular last year where there are lots of MFA site that are floating in the net. The best part of this is the Passive Income that it is giving. I also maintain some sort of blog that Fitz mentioned, For me I maintain a Song Lyrics Blogs. I also monetize it thru Kontera , Adbrite, & Adsense.

4. And a flagship blog, the one all of you guys know, where I provide the most value to the readers and I enjoy the most writing. Biggest income source – Adsense

Yup as an Online Blogger, It is always our goal to have our brand. That is why we always maintain our best site . Like me I maintain this site as my main site. This site is a semi-Tech, Blogging, SEO with a personal touch. BTW I maintain a blog and not a NEWS site. So better be happy on what you are doing and Online Money will come next. Again Thanks Fitz for sharing this info. Best of Luck to Your Finance Site.

This is also One way of thanking him for being active on commenting at my site. . I am now opening another category on this blog and call it Visitor’s Comment.

Picture is taken at Fort Santiago, Jose Rizal’s Prison, I put my signature with out knowing that I have to donate by doing so.

So here are my Top 10 Tips :

1. Blog on niche or subject that you really know, and not those subject which to pretend to know. I can see blogs that blog about those subject that they really don’t know. They just pick information in the net and compile it on their blog. I believe it is not fair.
2. Show expertise on your niche to be able to get the trust of your reader, You must be able to answer question which pertains to your blog subject.
3. Be friendly both Offline and Online events. remember without your reader your blog is useless.Try to respond to the comments that they have written in your blog and got to their blog and comment also. You may also try to subscribe to their Feeds so that you will able to know the latest information about that blog.
4. Write for your readers and not for the Search Engine, I sometime write for search engine but I make sure that those post do not appear on the homepage. So that it will not disrupt my new visitors.
5. Learn how to make research on proper keyword to be used. As the saying goes there are many ways to cook an egg. So be sure to cook it properly and tasty.
6. Learn how to apply SEO on your post, This is most of the time being neglected. Always remember hat if you want to earn something from your online presence, Visitors coming from the Search Engine are your probable customers.
7. If you really like to blog and make a brand for your blog, why don’t you spend $10 for your domain name and some money for your host. A blog looks more professional when domain name does not come from free hosting site. And consider making a good graphics for your new blog.
8. If you are just gaining visitors and you would like to promote your blog, Be sure your blog has enough good information before you advertise or market your blog.
9. Know how to use the social book marking sites and learn to get your analytics.
10. Make a very strong Password to avoid being Hacked.

So here are my Top 10 Blogging Tips. Hope you like it, What about you do you have any tips to share ?

This post is my official entry to blog.fuelmyblog.com & pureblogging.com

Good that I have prepared my calling card. BTW I won an iblog 4 shirt . Yahooo.

Update : Check for the pictures that i have uploaded here.

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Update : check Janette compilations about iblog4 here and check the pictures that i have uploaded here

Check out their announcement here

This time around, most of the changes to the Terms and Conditions fall into two broad categories: 1) future products and features and 2) privacy requirements. Specifically, one of the main changes is that the terms anticipate future products that may become available in other advertising formats and mediums, for example Gadget Ads. As we look forward to monetizing more online and offline content, we’ve re-worded some portions of the terms to make them applicable across a broader array of media and formats — anticipating, for example, that future products may be priced, paid, or managed differently than current ones.

We’ve also added some specific requirements that make it necessary for publishers to post and abide by a transparent privacy policy that users see. According to this policy, publishers must notify their users of the use of cookies and/or web beacons to collect data in the ad serving process. This change relates to advertisers’ use of innovative products and features like Gadget Ads and other offerings in the future

So each and everyone who uses Adsense should understand the new Terms or else suffer the consequence. The new TOS could be read here.

BTW the Manny Pacquaio VS Marquez fight is nearly coming so for those Filipinos who wants to earn some bucks in Adsense using those keywords mentioned in my previous post better optimized your site and practice SEO.

Karlo wrote a great article on his blog about ”

Do you spend time in marketing your blog? If yes, how did your efforts affect the status of your blog? Share your thoughts on the topic by leaving a comment below!

I prefer to make a post regarding Karlo’s question because his post made me think on how I market my blog to others. Marketing your blog is something you should focus if you really want to be an authority in your niche. Well How do I really make Tech At Hand Dot Net Marketing ?

1) Commenting

I have seen good feedback in commenting to other blogs as what I have wrote before. But it is not just comment in a blog that should be given emphasize try not to forget putting your links and the URL Address in the commenting section. This is where fellow blogger can track you.

2) Joining Forum

Well I have joined different forums ( here and here ) but to tell you the truth I am very lazy with this one. Although I can see some visitors at my site referred buy forum site. Don’t forget to put your signature links targeting your website with proper anchor text.

3) Social Media Sites

Techathand.net is having a good social media site exposure specially in Stumble Upon. I even site the experience I get when my site has been stumbled. Thanks guys whoever is stumbling my site. I also gain some visitor thru Mybloglog. and other social media site.

4) Yahoo Groups

When I join yahoo groups I met a lot of interesting people whom in turn become my regular reader and RSS Subscriber. They also become my so called network bloggers. Why? They link to me and I link to them also.

5) Joining SEO Contest

To tell you the truth I know that I have less chance in winning this SEO Contest. But I can proudly say that most of the time I am at 1st page of Google for those SEO Contest. If the participants could see you at the SERP definitely they could have an interest in your site. And if they found out that you have good content. You will gain another good Visitors or feed subscribers

6) Making Post at Group Blogs

Pinoyblogosphere is of great help to this site and my former site. Since the said site is being indexed by Google fast most of the time I can see some referral coming from those site.

7) The Traditional SEO

Just imagine how many people is searching in a day. If you could just get a percentage of those search that you could let them visit your site. There will always be a possible money on it. Check my SEO Category and I know you will have lot’s of helpful information to gather.

Directory

The last few days I have been submitting my blog in some Directories . I am dreaming that those directory can also be a source of my visitors to this site. It would be great if you could get a Directory that does not require reciprocal links.

9) Entrecard

Entrecard has been a good site of visitors for this site but unfortunately is just giving a high bounce rate. based on stats I am having a 90% bounce rate. Which is too high. So now I seldom dropped cards and just wait for advertiser to have their site here. But when somebody advertise on this site for sure I am checking his post and if I like it he will be included in my Reader

10) Offline Marketing

Although I am also lazy about this I believe that joining a get together, or any gatherings specifically for blogger’s and other netrepreneur could give an additional exposure for your site.

Wheeewww.. That was a big list. So you may not wonder why I choose to make post on Karlo’s question. So what about you, What are you techniques in advertising.

Blogging Tips

Jeferrer has something to say about tips on increasing page rank.

Get Readers Involved If You Want More Comments a nice tip at Daily Blog Tips

Karlo listed some Offline Blog Events for Pinoy Bloggers this December , I just hope that I am dreaming that I am in Philippines at this time so that I can attend those blog events.

Give Away

Darren Rowse has a book give away for his commenter’s. Win a Copy of WordPress for Dummies , Another way to increase comments for your blog

PayPal Stories

I did not know that there are some problems in Union Bank And PayPal Users thanks to Jozzua in revealing those comments

Tips

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Rhodilee shares her Three Reasons Why is she an Online Shopper

Hope you like it.