Fighting the advertising/affiliate program tax in your state »
I’ve had a couple of busy weeks emailing my state representatives about Colorado HB-1193, the advertising tax that affects bloggers and website owners who work with affiliate programs like Overstock.com or Amazon. Even if you’re not a Colorado blogger, you should pay attention because other states are planning to enact similar bills: Alabama, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Minnesota and Tennessee.
Read more...Spring cleaning your Twitter account with UnTweeps »
Have you noticed that you’re following people you haven’t heard from in awhile – like all those people who are tweeting as Mad Men characters? Well, UnTweeps is a Twitter application that lets you unfollow those dead accounts. This free service has you log in via Twitter, which will then bring you back to the UnTweeps site. After you enter the number of days in the past you want to check (the minimum is 15), click on the “Check stale tweets” button. For example, if you enter 30, then anyone who hasn't updated their tweeted in the last 30 days will show up on your list.
Read more...How to copyright your blog »
We’re 20 days into the new year. Have you changed the copyright date on your blog yet? (I just did it yesterday on both my personal blogs and the blogs here at Mom Central. Oops.)
Read more...$30 can make you a better blogger and help you build traffic »
Chris Garrett's Guest Posting Workbook: I’ve written about how guest blogging can help increase your traffic. But Chris goes one step further with his Authority Blogger ebook, Guest Posting for Targeted Links and Quality Traffic. Chris explains how guest posting can help you:
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