Upstart Blogger

Pre order the Twitter Rocket for less than half price and seed the web with your Twitter link

Ashley Morgan — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:22:16 +0000

As regular readers will no doubt be aware, the Twitter Rocket is currently being beta tested by a small number of Twitter users. It’s an understatement to say that these willing test pilots are...

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Milestones

Ashley Morgan — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:17:48 +0000

It’s my birthday today. But that’s not the reason for today’s title. There’s a lot going on behind the scenes at Upstart Blogger. Exciting developments, in addition to the...

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The early morning interruption that produced a eureka moment

Ashley Morgan — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:38:24 +0000

Last week was perfect. My wife, my daughter and I got in the car and drove to the south coast, near to the place where I was born, and spent 4 blissful days by the sea, staying in what can only be...

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Star Maker and the Twitter Rocket

Ashley Morgan — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:08:13 +0000

Star Maker and the Twitter Rocket. Not the title of a late 1970’s Doctor Who script that never quite made it to the screen but the next two programs hitting the Upstart Blogger shelf in the...

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How many Twitter followers do you need to make $1,000 per month with your blog?

Ashley Morgan — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:23:00 +0000

$1,000 per month is often considered the break point for a blog. $1,000 not only represents a genuinely credible and useful amount of cash, it’s also a good psychological barrier that needs to...

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The Twitter Traffic Machine scam exposed

Ashley Morgan — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:01:16 +0000

It’s time to expose another Twitter scam. The Twitter Traffic Machine, the brainchild of self titled social networking evangelist and professional monopoly player Bill Crosby, makes it’s...

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Is this the beginning of the end for Myspace?

Ashley Morgan — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:42:58 +0000

Yesterday Myspace made 30% of it’s employees redundant. And, whilst I sympathize with those employees who are now wandering around employment websites, desperately trying find a job, this day...

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Smashing through the $10,000 per month blogging income barrier

Ashley Morgan — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:38:50 +0000

Making money with a blog isn’t rocket science. It’s simply the logical and methodical application of tried and tested principles. What can be slightly more difficult, however, is the move...

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The disconnection principle

Ashley Morgan — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:58:51 +0000

The vast majority of my friends are musicians. That won’t come as a surprise to regular readers, particularly those who are aware of my career as a jazz musician. What might come as a surprise,...

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Virgin blogger required for Twitter experiment

Ashley Morgan — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:14:24 +0000

With all the Twitter scams running around the blogosphere it’s very easy to forget that it is absolutely possible to gain power, influence and traffic quickly and legitimately if you know what...

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One year design pledge

Ashley Morgan — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:03:26 +0000

It’s finished. My design procrastination nightmare is now officially over. The design you see before you is not only the final Upstart Blogger design for a period of at least one year but the...

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The price value paradox

Ashley Morgan — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:03:34 +0000

The cynic and the dinosaur share many traits. Understanding the price of everything and the value of nothing, to paraphrase Oscar Wilde, is one such trait that prevents those dinosaurs from ever...

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Small number of ambitious bloggers required for long term profitable relationship

Ashley Morgan — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:52:54 +0000

The horizontal expansion of the Upstart Blogger empire continues with three new blogs. Blogs that I will pump traffic into but not author. This presents an opportunity for a small number of bloggers...

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The importance of the journey

Ashley Morgan — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:49:27 +0000

Last week I shared with you my vision of a single design that I could use across my network of blogs. If successful, this design will put an end to a syndrome I call design procrastination. I’m...

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How I persuaded one angry Twitter follower to happily work for me for free as an active traffic machine

Ashley Morgan — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:07:09 +0000

A little while ago I noticed a familiar name appear in my Twitter account. The name of a band that I used to work for, one that I had parted company with on bad terms, one that owed me money. But...

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A new aesthetic direction

Ashley Morgan — Wed, 27 May 2009 22:35:07 +0000

In order to put an end to the design procrastination I mentioned a few days ago I’ve decided to take Upstart Blogger, and my other blogs, in a new aesthetic direction. The goal is to put an end...

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Devils advocate

Ashley Morgan — Mon, 25 May 2009 22:51:22 +0000

I get a lot of email from people who claim to have found some sort of magic, money making secret code. They always make the same approach and offer the same promise. They will give me a free copy of...

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Smashing down the wall that stands in the way of the big blogging money

Ashley Morgan — Fri, 22 May 2009 21:29:54 +0000

It’s no secret that this blog generates a very credible income. An income that grew steadily up to a little under nine thousand dollars a month over the last eighteen months. But there’s...

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Creating the perfect blogging workspace

Ashley Morgan — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:39:39 +0000

This week I have taken delivery of two very interesting packages. One package contained some promotional items, a unique take on traditional paper notebooks and index cards which I will review in due...

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Increase your blogging productivity with zero tolerance grudge holding

Ashley Morgan — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:55:00 +0000

I’m in the middle of a productivity drive. I know I can be more productive, and ultimately make more money, but I am slowed down by a number of things that are, surprisingly enough, completely...

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Choosing the right blogging path

Ashley Morgan — Fri, 15 May 2009 21:46:04 +0000

In a week that has seen the news dominated by revelations of dishonesty, profiteering, racketeering, and tax fraud in the political establishment it seems fitting that the following story found...

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Fixing the weak link in the online money making chain

Ashley Morgan — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:52:47 +0000

Money is complicated. It really shouldn’t be, since making money online with a blog isn’t rocket science, but when the dinosaurs of the world get involved their old, outdated and often...

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Powerful custom built Inbox Zero implementation

Ashley Morgan — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:27:11 +0000

My recent Twitter success, which saw my account go from zero to over two thousand followers in under a week, has highlighted my ongoing need for a better email system. My audience is growing faster...

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Achieve more credibility on Twitter and grow a high quality community of followers in ten minutes a day

Ashley Morgan — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:07:11 +0000

The uneducated chase for massive followers on Twitter, usually facilitated by a scam method like Brute Force Twitter, is becoming increasingly futile. Spam loaded Twitter accounts are generated every...

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How much traffic can Twitter send to your blog?

Ashley Morgan — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:26:19 +0000

A question on many peoples lips, including mine a few weeks ago before jumping into the Twittersphere, is just how much traffic can a Twitter account send to a blog. Don’t worry, I am genuinely...

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