CommonSense With Markk

The Last Post : Sundown at CommonSense

noreply@blogger.com (Markk) — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:32:00 -0500

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 is...

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Write Crap and You'll Overcome Writer's Block

noreply@blogger.com (Markk) — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:48:00 -0500

The recession is tearing (oops, it should read rearing) its ugly head and it seems some bloggers are going through some kind of "downturn" too -- there seems to be a slack in blog postings lately....

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Making Sense of Typography On Your Blog

noreply@blogger.com (Markk) — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:23:00 -0500

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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Blogging Experience And Beyond

noreply@blogger.com (Markk) — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:25:00 -0500

At some point in your blogging experience have you ever wondered whether to call it a day or slow down your blogging pace? Has blogging become too tedious for you to carry on or has the passion and...

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Hello, Hello, Are You Home On Your Blog?

noreply@blogger.com (Markk) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:49:00 -0600

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

noreply@blogger.com (Markk) — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:11:00 -0600

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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Reprise: Making Sense Of Blogging

noreply@blogger.com (Markk) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:40:00 -0600

You have read so much about the gurus with their "insider secrets" and "success stories" but what about the untold numbers of Internet dropouts who just can't make it? One of the biggest complaints...

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

noreply@blogger.com (Markk) — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:13:00 -0600

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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Get Smart and Avoid Google's Smart-Pricing

noreply@blogger.com (Markk) — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:25:00 -0600

If you ever wanted to get smart with Adsense, the ground rules for dealing with it is being spelt out by Courtney Tuttle and Victor Franqui. These two partners of Blogging Zoom have been going great...

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Niche Blogging and The Long Tail Explosion

noreply@blogger.com (Markk) — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 16:01:00 -0600

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

noreply@blogger.com (Markk) — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:33:00 -0600

And A Happy New Year!

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

noreply@blogger.com (Markk) — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:37:00 -0600

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!

noreply@blogger.com (Markk) — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:53:00 -0600

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

noreply@blogger.com (Markk) — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 13:34:00 -0600

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

noreply@blogger.com (Markk) — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:57:00 -0600

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?

noreply@blogger.com (Markk) — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:30:00 -0600

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

noreply@blogger.com (Markk) — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:12:00 -0600

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?

noreply@blogger.com (Markk) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 14:46:00 -0600

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?

noreply@blogger.com (Markk) — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:45:00 -0600

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

noreply@blogger.com (Markk) — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:46:00 -0600

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

noreply@blogger.com (Markk) — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:26:00 -0500

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?

noreply@blogger.com (Markk) — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:31:00 -0500

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?

noreply@blogger.com (Markk) — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:50:00 -0500

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

noreply@blogger.com (Markk) — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:27:00 -0500

After you have gone some distance with 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...

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Holiday In Paradise - That's Hawaii

noreply@blogger.com (Markk) — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:05:00 -0500

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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