Today I want to talk about cleaning up your blogs for summer, I know summer is nearly half over but its better late then never.

Today I went through my blog sidebar and cleaned things up a bit, I removed the Clickbooth affiliate banner because it has not been doing well and instead replaced it with a banner for my ebook.

I also took out unneeded links and added an about me section as well as a quick easy way for you all to connect with me via twitter, youtube and technorati.

I believe this new setup will prove to be more useful then the last sidebar (be sure and let me know what you think).

I hope you all take the opportunity to look at your blogs this summer and clean up your sidebar a little bit!

IBB Update

So I am going to bring back the videos here on ibb! That’s right, those awesome video casts I used to do will be back starting sept 1st provided the blog has generated enough income itself for me to invest in a flip mino hd camera. I’m half way there this month so if you want to help out and make it happen grab a advert slot today.

I will also be working on a little something for all my current and new newsletter subscribers, I think its time to really give back to you all and I am going to develop a little section I like to call Free Wordpress Themes for anyone who wants them! The great part is all you have to do is signup to my newsletter and you will get free access to them!

I will also be putting a new theme for the blog up once I have time to work on it, right now this one will suffice for atleast the summer time but come winter I want something different and more organized so be watching out for that to!

Life News

So I found out this morning that my grandma died last night, she and my grandpa had moved back up north a year or so ago and my grandma became ill with cancer for I believe it was the 3rd time. This time it got her and she passed away but she is in heaven now and I know she is happy there! I look forward to seeing her again one day!

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Are you looking for a killer new logo for your blog, perhaps you want some t shirts designed that you can give away as prizes on your blog? Maybe you just need a simple logo for your moms pop shop built?

Whatever your design needs may be LogoMyWay probablly has a talented person in there inventory of designers who can help you get the job done quickly and to the highest level! Quality is of the up most importance when it comes to a logo but we will talk about that a little bit later.

Not only do they have people to complete your design needs but what if you are a designer and are looking for some extra cash? Well they have contests you can enter to and win awesome cash money prizes!

Right now they have several high paying logo contests running on their site, take some time and get involved in one and possibly take home a couple hundred bucks!

But lets get back to what LogoMyWay is really all about (getting the job done for you). On there logo designers page they have hundreds of designers who are capable of designing your custom logo that will last you a lifetime!

A great logo could be the one thing that separates you from “another blog” to “the blog of choice”, believe it or not people get attached to logos and they come to trust a certain brand based on what it looks like. A great logo can keep customers as customers and not let them become stagnant.

Not only does LogoMyWay provide insanely good designers for your needs but there site is very easy to understand and use which is hard to say about most logo design company websites (go figure!).

If you need a new logo or want to revamp your current one I highly suggest you check out LogoMyWay and be sure to let them know we sent you over! Also, be sure to comment below with any tips, suggestions or thoughts you have on this review and the LogoMyWay company, website and overall usability of there website!

Thanks everyone and have a great day!

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When it comes to blogging its not very often people backup there blog posts, databases, websites etc onto a Flash Drive. But today I want to encourage you to think about perhaps doing so.

What if you go on vacation and when you get back home the 5-10 stock piled posts you had saved on your hdd are gone? What if a virus took over and destroyed everything you have worked so hard on?

All of these concerns can be removed if you get a Flash Drive and remember to backup your files on a weekly basis!

Just remember that when it comes to Flash Drives the bigger the better that way you can always keep things stored. I personally like 4gb models or bigger but you can make your own decision on that kind of stuff.

FlashDealer.com has a wide selection of colors and storage sizes that you can checkout. Granted they are not all a best buy but they do have some deals that are too good to pass up!

Check it out today and be sure to comment below and let us know what brand and storage size you chose for your new Flash Drivefrom FlashDealer.com!

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I WAS WRONG!

That’s right, I should have been checking the blog because as it turns out my email subscription box (that gives away my free ebook) was not popping up when visitors came to my homepage. What does this mean? No subscribers for the last 30 days!

So I went ahead and saw this and fixed it yesterday, in one day I went from 888 rss subs to 896 thats alsmot ten new ones practically overnight! Who knows how many I missed because my subscribe section was not functioning properly!

I am so mad at myself for this but I understand these things happen, I encourage everyone to do minimally a weekly check to ensure everything is working, and don’t be afraid to be a good samaritan either, if you see someones blog not functioning right go ahead and email them letting them know, you may become a friend for life!

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The decsion is really up-to you if you think its worth it but in my own opinion it can’t possibly be worth paying a backup service to do what I can do myself on an external hard drive every week…

That brings the question, what do you think? Is a online backup service worth it? Give me your thoughts and opinions and lets discover the majority vote! Once I have the majority vote I can decide better whether its worth it for me or not.

I do want to mention the fact that Carbonitehas won the Cnet Webware top 100 award for 2009. Its a great honor and I believe with a little more time Carbonitecould turn into a bigger service that more people use. I think before it can truly become big the Internet speeds globally will need to get quicker for the cheaper price. Here is a short snippet of what Cnet had to say about Carbonite!

Carbonite is an online storage provider that specializes in backup. Users install a small piece of software on their machine, which automatically syncs any new or changed files over a secured connection. In case of an emergency, you can simply use the software to get everything back, and because it’s not localized to where your machine is, you can get that backup from wherever you have a connection.

Carbonite isn’t a free service, but there’s no limit on the size of your computer’s backup, something which makes it more attractive as the speed of home Internet connections continues to rise.

I think that pretty much says all that needs to be said don’t you think?

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Today is no different and its time to find out what you all really want to know! Below I have provided a couple of  new ideas that I am willing to do to IBB for you all and its up-to you all to decide which you want most!

Video Casts – I have really been slacking off the video casts because video at this point is kind of hard to monetize for cold hard cash but if its what you all want then I could start doing more video posts?

Contests - I know my readers love contests, and I thought we could start running more contests but doing them for shorter periods of time, perhaps something like contests like 2 weeks long.

Free Wordpress Themes & Premium – I was thinking about giving out some free word-press themes as well as selling licenses of my main themes for $19.95 each.

Free Domains With Web Hosting Purchase- I thought about starting a web-hosting deal where if you signup to hostgator with my affiliate link I give you a free-domain in return?

Pick one and comment below with why you think it should be that one, let me know guys!

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Sadly its not but it did teach me a few things that I think are important to note. Read along and see some places that you may not have thought about placing ads of any kind!

Sidebar Real estate- When I first placed adsense on my sidebar I put it towards the bottom, then later moved it to the middle below my categories and finally to the top above everything else.

Since doing so I noticed that the middle section actually converted better then the lower or upper part. This baffels me because usually the higher things are up on the page the better then convert, however because I have more then 1 post per page I think some people scrolled down to see the other posts and when they looked to the right sidebar the ads were there and they clicked.

Its important to note this and you may want to try adsense on your own blog like this and track the clicks you get in each area. Every site and blog is different and you never know what hot spots might be goldmines for you, especially if your doing a ppc or affiliate offer!

Affiliate Offers- I have only run 1 true affiliate offer on my blog thus far, but I am excited because ClickBooth called me up and wants me to start running there offers, they believe it will really work for me and I am excited to get them onto my blog this week!

Lets hope it can generate some extra income for me right? If and when it does I will be sure to report you all what I have done / learned so you can replicate the success I have. Or atleast you will know what not to do!

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 I hope you all join the contest and you can do so by following the below…

How to enter

To enter simply follow these steps…

1. Follow me on twitter

2. Tweet the following message to all your followers:

Just entered the Cash $$ contest. You can win by following @shandaman and retweet http://xr.com/spq. He follows back too!

Contest winner will be announced at the end of May 2009 or once I reach 2,500 followers (whichever comes first). Anyone can enter so use multiple twitter accounts if you want!

Be sure to tell your friends to join as well because it won’t hurt your chances of winning because there are many prizes up for grabs, here they are again in case you forgot…

Prizes

I know you are probably wondering what you will win after doing the above simple steps, well here is a breakdown of the current prizes. More may be added in after some time.

• 1st Place = $50.00 PayPal Cash
• 2nd Place = $25.00 PayPal Cash
• 3rd Place = $10.00 PayPal Cash

PRIZE UPDATE

One of the readers on IBB, Suwari has put up some prizes for the contest! Check out his blogs and prizes below!

http://thingsaboutcomputer.blogspot.com- 2000 EntreCard Credits
http://allblogcontest.blogspot.com – 1000 EntreCard Credits

PRIZE UPDATE 2

Alan Mater, one of the readers here on IBB, is a certified proofreader and offers Professional Proofreading and Editing Services. He’s offering his service as a prize for the contest as well.

http://www.replaceyoursalary.com/proofreading.html – Free article/blog post edit up to 1,000 words!

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Today we are going to discuss the Best Online Income Sources I have found that I actually use myself every month to generate hundreds per month!

I have not provided a really good list type post in some time here on IBB.

Today is your lucky day because I am going to finally reveal my best income sources online.

If you keep up with my monthly earnings posts you will probably have recognized a few of them but here they are again anyways for those who have not been paying attention!

I want to talk about 3 in particular Text Link Ads, Review Me & HostGator so come along and learn how I make money!

Text Link Ads / inLinks

The first one I want to show you is Text Link Ads / inLinks. They are basically the same thing these days if your a blogger. They sell content links within posts on your blog, its a great way to make monthly income and you can see from the screenshot below on one of the blogs I run I make an average of $35/mo. Join the program now to make money yourself!

Review Me

This is one of my favorites because I have made upto $245/mo on this program, I have provided a screenshot to show this, granted some months are better then others but I also got more picky about which sites I was willing to review because I was getting complaints from some readers. Join Review Me Today and make money yourself!

Host Gator

HostGator is just plain awesome for affiliate marketers, I have been using it for a few months and I make $75.00 per sale! I mad 4 total so far and have racked in a couple hundred bucks! Join the HG Affiliate program now!

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The only way to enter this contest is to have a Twitter account.

If you don’t have one yet go ahead and register so you can enter and win!

The contest is really simple to enter and Cash $$ is the prize!

I am open to offering other prizes along with the cash $$ so if you have something like an ebook, training course, plugin or other prize you want to offer for free press to your site simply send me an email.

How to enter

To enter simply follow these steps…

1. Follow me on twitter

2. Tweet the following message to all your followers:

Just entered the Cash $$ contest. You can win by following @shandaman and retweet http://xr.com/spq. He follows back too!

Contest winner will be announced at the end of May 2009 or once I reach 2,500 followers (whichever comes first). Anyone can enter so use multiple twitter accounts if you want!

Prizes

I know you are probably wondering what you will win after doing the above simple steps, well here is a breakdown of the current prizes. More may be added in after some time.

• 1st Place = $50.00 PayPal Cash
• 2nd Place = $25.00 PayPal Cash
• 3rd Place = $10.00 PayPal Cash

PRIZE UPDATE

One of the readers on IBB, Suwari has put up some prizes for the contest! Check out his blogs and prizes below!

http://thingsaboutcomputer.blogspot.com – 2000 EntreCard Credits
http://allblogcontest.blogspot.com – 1000 EntreCard Credits

PRIZE UPDATE 2

Alan Mater, one of the readers here on IBB, is a certified proofreader and offers Professional Proofreading and Editing Services. He’s offering his service as a prize for the contest as well.

http://www.replaceyoursalary.com/proofreading.html – Free article/blog post edit up to 1,000 words!

What is Twitter?

Some of you may be wondering what Twitter is, if thats you then watch this quick video that explains it!

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