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Screen shot from Contest Blogger

Holding a contest in a blog is a good way to increase subscribers, links and even traffic. I see nothing wrong with it especially if the prize is attractive such as cash. In fact, I ran a small one when I was still a member of Entrecard, and even joined some. Luckily, I won some ad space and an interview that I will never forget.

However, bloggers especially newbies should be aware that some of them may be scam. Although it may look hard to detect which one is scam or not, one should only have some common sense to be smart enough. The tips below may not be the actual indication of a scam contest, but they can serve as clues. Read the rest of this entry »

Photo Angel Cuala and Janette Toral

Last October 25, I attended a blogging event – DigitalFilipino.com Club and Bloggers Manila Networking Event at the Casino Filipino, Parañaque City, Philippines. This event was sponsored by PAGCOR, and upon the invitation of Janette Toral of Blogging from Home. As I have mentioned in my invitation post on my other blog, this free event was organized by DigitalFilipino.com Club.

Although the venue was around 68 kilometers from our place, and the event was scheduled until 11pm, I did not hesitate to come. It was a great honor to meet fellow Filipino bloggers for the first time, especially those who became my virtual friends. I also had a chance to see Filipino bloggers who are doing well in this industry, and bloggers from different fields. Read the rest of this entry »

Photo credit to ahnhoover

Making good money out of blogging may be the most popular topic one can find, and there are hundreds or even thousand bloggers who are teaching us how to do it. But why are we not achieving it?

If you will notice, I used the term we since I am also in the same situation. So if you expecting me to give you some good sites to join in, sorry I cannot share one right now although I know some. But if you are not interested to know why you are not getting good money out of blogging, then I suggest you finish reading this post. But I must warn you; this post is quite long as I am going to be as detailed as possible.

So why are we not making good money out of blogging? Here are some of the heartbreaking reasons and how we can cope up with them. Read the rest of this entry »