CommonSense with Markk

The Last Post : Sundown at CommonSense

markk008@gmail.com (admin) — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:32:00 +0000

Sunset - Photo: AlphaTangoBravo / Adam Baker CommonSense With Markk -- my very first blog launched in early 2006 -- has gone past its sell-by date. The time has come to send it to pasture. This...

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Making Sense of Typography On Your Blog

markk008@gmail.com (admin) — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:23:00 +0000

Photo: Elisabeth85 Are you fully aware that typography if used correctly can enhance the appearance of your blog and increase readability? I've seen blogs that don't regard typography as an...

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Hello, Hello, Are You Home On Your Blog?

markk008@gmail.com (admin) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:49:00 +0000

What's so grand about this free service from Google that's called GrandCentral? For starter, it's a free service and you can get a free account right now if you have half a mind to do it. The...

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SEO Book Ebook Guru Changes Direction

markk008@gmail.com (admin) — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:11:00 +0000

Ebooks are going down the path where dinosaurs have gone before but still there are Internet marketers who believe they can rope in some buyers especially the newbies. In fact, there is a general...

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Making Sense of Keywords

markk008@gmail.com (admin) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:40:00 +0000

Making sense of keywords I've been doing some searches on Google's search engine with certain keywords that appear in my articles on my two blogs CommonSense With Markk and The NextPost. I'm...

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C'mon Guys, Let's Do It For RT

markk008@gmail.com (admin) — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:13:00 +0000

It's not often we see another person or a blogger going through a difficult patch that may have a profound impact on his life and his family. If we can help by any means and even in our own small...

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Niche Blogging and The Long Tail Explosion

markk008@gmail.com (admin) — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 22:01:00 +0000

If you have been involved in Internet or email marketing before, you would not have missed the often-quoted line "The money is in the list." If you have a rich email list you are assured of "putting...

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Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year

markk008@gmail.com (admin) — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 16:33:00 +0000

And A Happy New Year!

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If You're Lazy, Here's How To Pick A Web Host

markk008@gmail.com (admin) — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 06:37:00 +0000

Do you have common questions about web hosting? Well, http://www.webhostingchoice.com is a kind of learning center for those who need to know more about certain aspects of web hosting. Nagging...

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Scratch My Widget, Please!

markk008@gmail.com (admin) — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:53:00 +0000

We have got news the ScratchBack widget is undergoing some changes this year. They will come in smaller sizes and the widget also have "personalized tipping 'buy' pages". I guess Jim Kukral is...

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Blogging Year-Ender: The Top 10 Happenings

markk008@gmail.com (admin) — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:34:00 +0000

Around this time most newspapers will be preparing their end of year reviews of the major events that took place around the world during the year. They call it the "yearender" which is usually a...

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OpenID Commenting Comes to Blogger.com

markk008@gmail.com (admin) — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:57:00 +0000

At first, people thought Blogger.com must have gone bonkers. Some even thought the "evilness" of Google PageRank slapfest has taken hold at Blogger.com. I'm sure WordPress and other non-Blogger...

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Is This Herd Mentality Or Judgmental Decision?

markk008@gmail.com (admin) — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:30:00 +0000

Photo Credit: Kylin There's a lot to be said about herd mentality. In the Blogosphere, the bane of herd mentality will never go away so long as there's a continuous flow of newbies coming into...

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Why Blogging Smarties Are Coming On Strong With Smorty

markk008@gmail.com (admin) — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 22:12:00 +0000

When Smorty came on the scene to provide opportunities for bloggers to get paid to blog the company was considered a "small fry" trying to gatecrash the party that its more established competitor was...

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Will RealRank Turn Out To Be A White Knight?

markk008@gmail.com (admin) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:46:00 +0000

Have no fear, RealRank is here. If your blog has been one of the "victims" that got cut down to size by the recent Google slapfest, maybe this new metric from Izea, the parent company of PayPerPost,...

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Are You One of 85,000 PayPerPost Bloggers?

markk008@gmail.com (admin) — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:45:00 +0000

What more than 85,000 bloggers love best is to get paid to blog. These are the number of Posties (that's what they are called) who have signed up with PayPerPost (PPP) and I'm sure most of them are...

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Of Zen And Blogging

markk008@gmail.com (admin) — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:46:00 +0000

I'm not one for pretentious mission statement like this..."I blog, therefore, I am". When I see this I cringe. When you travel far and wide in the blogosphere, you're bound to come across all sorts...

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The 'Do No Evil' Empire Strikes Back

markk008@gmail.com (admin) — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:26:00 +0000

The Adland Digest keeps coming to me via email because I subscribe to it as a member of Adlandpro.com. Now and then I'll come across some hard-hitting articles written by special guest writers in...

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How About A Cosy Room To Do Your Blogging?

markk008@gmail.com (admin) — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:31:00 +0000

While I was browsing a brochure showing some nice ideas to improve the home, the pictures of conservatories started to play on my imagination. Yes, just imagine having an elegant conservatory which...

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Are You A Successful Blogger?

markk008@gmail.com (admin) — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:50:00 +0000

So much has been written about how to become a successful blogger that it boggles the mind (mine included). How is that? There are so many different views as to what the term "successful blogger"...

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Quality Content Beats Crappy Stuff Anytime

markk008@gmail.com (admin) — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 21:27:00 +0000

After you have gone some distance in your blogging...after you have visited hundreds of blogs...you probably will arrive at this conclusion... Or is it an awakening of sort? That you don't have what...

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Holiday In Paradise - That's Hawaii

markk008@gmail.com (admin) — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:05:00 +0000

The holiday season is drawing near and so is winter time. Some of us will be getting the travelling bug to get away and enjoy the sunshine on some tropical island. Hawaii always has that special ...

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Make Money: The Sound And The Fury

markk008@gmail.com (admin) — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:26:00 +0000

It's like an uplifting sermon when blogging newbies and make-money-online wannabes get to read about some great ideas and schemes to...well, make money online. You're told by these self-appointed...

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Discount Coupons Just The Ticket To Buy Gifts

markk008@gmail.com (admin) — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 22:50:00 +0000

Discount coupon deals are just great when you're looking for good bargains and gift items especially when Yuletide is looming around the corner. October is never too early to start checking out some...

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How NOT To Be A Blogging Snob

markk008@gmail.com (admin) — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:24:00 +0000

Here's my two-penny thought. I'd like to get it off my chest. Sometimes you might wonder what makes bloggers do what they do? You know, like blowing your own horn, paying lip service to big-time...

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