Horizontal Random Post Widget for Blogger

Do you want to have a random post that looks like a featured post slider? If yes, then you should check this widget out.

It appears just like the image shown below

Features for this widget

• Easy to install. 
• Horizontal appearance that looks like a feature post slider
• Easy to customize
• Thumbnail ready
• Doesn't affect loading speed

Install this widget

1. Go to blogger.com account

2. Dashboard then click "layout"

3. Add gadget and select "HTML/Javascript" then copy and paste the following code below

<b:if cond='data:blog.pageType == &quot;item&quot;'> <style type="text/css"> #random-posts li{width:125px;height:150px;margin-right:12px;float:left;list-style:none;position:relative} #random-posts li:last-child{margin-right:0} #random-posts li img{width:125px;height:150px} #random-posts li img a{border:#333 solid 2px}; #random-posts li .isinyako{position:absolute;width:250px;top:-150px;z-index:2;background-color:#F0F0F0;padding:5px;font-size:90%;border-bottom:2px solid black;transition:all 0.6s cubic-bezier(1,2,0,0) 0s;-moz-transition:all 0.6s cubic-bezier(1,2,0,0) 0s;-webkit-transition:all 0.6s cubic-bezier(1,2,0,0) 0s;-o-transition:all 0.6s cubic-bezier(1,2,0,0) 0s;visibility:hidden;opacity:0} #random-posts li:last-child .isinyako{right:0} #random-posts li:hover .isinyako{top:-40px;opacity:1;visibility:visible} .isinyako span{font-size:90%;color:#B30B0B} .isinyako p{font-size:90%;} </style> <span class="glap"> <ul id="random-posts"> <script type="text/javaScript"> var rdp_numposts = 5; var rdp_snippet_length = 150; var rdp_info = 'no'; var rdp_comment = 'Comments'; var rdp_disable = 'Turn off comments'; var rdp_current = []; var rdp_total_posts = 0; var rdp_current = new Array(rdp_numposts); function totalposts(a){rdp_total_posts=a.feed.openSearch$totalResults.$t}document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="/feeds/posts/default?alt=json-in-script&max-results=0&callback=totalposts"><\/script>');function getvalue(){for(var b=0;b<rdp_numposts;b++){var d=false;var c=get_random();for(var a=0;a<rdp_current.length;a++){if(rdp_current[a]==c){d=true;break}}if(d){b--}else{rdp_current[b]=c}}}function get_random(){var a=1+Math.round(Math.random()*(rdp_total_posts-1));return a}; </script> <script type="text/javaScript"> function random_posts(n){a=location.href;y=a.indexOf("?m=0");for(var f=0;f<rdp_numposts;f++){var l=n.feed.entry[f];var m=l.title.$t;if("content" in l){var o=l.content.$t}else{if("summary" in l){var o=l.summary.$t}else{var o=""}}o=o.replace(/<[^>]*>/g,"");if(o.length<rdp_snippet_length){var k=o}else{o=o.substring(0,rdp_snippet_length);var b=o.lastIndexOf(" ");k=o.substring(0,b)+"&#133;"}for(var e=0;e<l.link.length;e++){if("thr$total" in l){var h=l.thr$total.$t+" "+rdp_comment}else{h=rdp_disable}if(l.link[e].rel=="alternate"){var d=l.link[e].href;if(y!=-1){d=d+"?m=0"}var g=l.published.$t;if("media$thumbnail" in l){var c=l.media$thumbnail.url}else{c="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdHetsiyOy9uBVttOlKVUPGqycEWqWaevKEnseT_nJ5Zjr_g8hLkT3BMevtVAe-28j1q-6qlan-Ik-Pr9Gea0tYqVxeCFuTkJzrXNS10gJ2V85e_-ADGo8UFGmSi4MWCOx6mT04pOHdqg/s1600/no_image.jpg"}}}document.write("<li>");document.write('<a href="'+d+'" rel="nofollow"><img alt="'+m+'" src="'+c+'"/></a>');document.write('<div class="isinyako"><h5>'+m+"</h5>");if(rdp_info=="yes"){document.write("<span>"+g.substring(8,10)+"/"+g.substring(5,7)+"/"+g.substring(0,4)+" - "+h+"</span>")}document.write("<p>"+k+"</p></div>");document.write('<div style="clear:both"></div></li>')}}getvalue();for(var i=0;i<rdp_numposts;i++){document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="/feeds/posts/default?alt=json-in-script&start-index='+rdp_current[i]+'&max-results=1&callback=random_posts"><\/script>')}; </script> </ul></span> <script type='text/javascript'> //<![CDATA[ function resizeThumb(e,b){var c=document.getElementById(e),d=c.getElementsByTagName("img");for(var a=0;a<d.length;a++){d[a].src=d[a].src.replace(/\/s72\-c/,"/s"+b+"-c");d[a].width=b;d[a].height=b}}resizeThumb("random-posts",120); //]]></script> </b:if>

4. After copying and pasting the code, put it below header or just above the footer just like shown on the image.

Customize

• If you want to change the width and height just change this width:125px;height:150px.
• To change the number of posts just replace this number 5;
• To change the snippet just replace the value 150;

Troubleshooting

At first I have some trouble using this widget when I put it below header or just above the footer. The snippet is messing with the widget near it and it looks ugly. I tried reducing the snippet value to zero, it helps, but there are still some letters left.

My solution was putting a gap using an image that will blend between this widget and the widget above or below it. In my case, my template is white, so I downloaded a 728x90 pure white image and place it in between. Now it doesn't mess with the design.


[code source: www.growtechinfo.com]

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How Did I Increase My Rankings |Tips to Increase Alexa Rankings

If you are into Internet Marketing, you probably know about Alexa.com. The site provides rankings and useful information about a website. Its traffic rankings are based on the usage patterns of Alexa toolbar users and data from other diverse sources.

Also read:
10 online marketing myths you should know

Importance of Alexa Rankings

Besides Google pagerank, every blogger loves to have a lower alexa rankings. The better your blog rank the more traffic it could generate.

If you want to monetize your blog or website I suggest you should sign up for alexa and start gaining some ranks because Advertisers value websites that has a good alexa rankings. Websites ranking 100,000 below are considered as a worldwide top site. Remember that the lower Alexa rankings you have the more advertisers are willing to pay and the more you could generate money for your site.

Also read:
10 sure ways to make a profitable blog


If you want to have your ranks just follow these simple steps.


Tips to Increase Alexa Rankings


1. Go to their website

Go to alexa.com and sign up. Add your website to their listings and claim your site after. Then put your alexa ranking banner to your site. If you wan't to hide it from your home page, just put it on your "about" page so people will know how well you ranked on alexa.

Download the alexa toolbar and install it on your computer. This tool will monitor your sites performance and other blogs as well. It is great for webmasters because you can always see the rankings of other blogs and you can compare them with yours.

If you are on wordpress, install Alexa Redirect Plugin for WordPress. This plugin will edit all your internal blog links and will add http://redirect.alexa.com/redirect? before all hyperlinks so this will boost the Alexa ranking, because before content reaches destination, they are sent to Alexa to create awareness.

2. Write a post about Alexa

I am doing it right now. If you want to boost your alexa rank, write an article and link back to their site. I am sure you will rank better.

3. Set your blog as your home page

Once you have downloaded their tool bar. Set your blog as your default web browser home page, so that it will increase your number of visits on your alexa toolbar.

Also read:
Effective ways to promote your blog

4. Content is always important

Your blogs content will always be one of the most important part in your site's performance and rankings. High quality contents ranks good on search engines as well as alexa ranks.

Besides good contents, the consistency of how often you post articles will also affect your ranks. I notice it when I browse the Internet, then I see sites with very good contents but now are loosing traffic and the reason is  that they they don't post articles regularly.

5. Get your blog listed on web directories

Submit your sites to many web directories as many as possible. That way you will increase traffic for your blog.

Also read:
Get 3000 backlinks for free

6. Backlinks

Alexa and other seach engines evaluates backlinks firmly. If they see your backlinks are mostly paid and has no quality links, they can devaluate those links. For you to have a healthy link building strategy, try commenting on other blogs related to your topic. The main purpose of commenting is to build a relationship with the blog owner and receive quality backlinks to your site.  Having a lot of backlinks related to your topic will be a plus points to search engines and alexa rankings.

Also read:
SEO tips for beginners

7. Review your site on Alexa

If you want to get noticed, you should promote your blog and let other people review it on alexa.com. Having a lot of reviews will definitely give a boost on rankings.

Review my blog and I will review yours. If you want your site to be reviewed, kindly contact me using the comment form below.

REVIEW MY SITE

I have here statistics of my blog 3 months ago

Based on statshow, my global ranking 3 months ago is 5,578,176 and reaches roughly 2,550 users and about 5,640 pageviews per month.

After following the right method of blogging my global ranking increased dramatically by 1,303%! As of today my global rank is



I may not impress you with my results, but I am happy with it. I own many blogs and this is the fastest ranked blog I have created. Probably because I have matured over time, experience is indeed the best teacher and I know I could do more if I keep on learning.


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6 Signs You Need a New Job

The hardest part of quitting your job is figuring out if you should do it. A lot of people are thinking twice about leaving their job mainly because they don't know if it is the right thing to do, or where should I work after quitting. There are times that being burned out in your job can do more harm than good so you need to quit your job and move on with a new one, here are some list why.


1. You can't get along with your boss

If your boss is being such a jerk, an A-hole, or whatever reasons you two can't get along, I think you need to look for a new career. Having unhealthy relationship with your boss is very stressful and chances of getting a salary raise is very slim.

2. You hate your job

Based on my experience, I know a lot of people hated their jobs and most of them are registered nurses. They chose that career because it is in demand in other countries, without knowing if they actually liked nursing. Besides being a stressful job, nurses in the Philippines get very low salary.

A sign that you hated your job is when you wake up in the morning and hated the though of going to work. If you are getting paid lower based on your skills, no overtime pay, the job is not right for you then  I guess its time to move on and find a right job for you.

3. You have very stressful environment

If your job is very stressful and is causing health problems, you can't sleep, you put stress on your relationship with family and friends, then look for a new job. Your unhealthy working environment will only do more harm to you and your relationship with other people.

4. Your company is in trouble

No matter how important your job to your company is, if its future is grim I think you should leave and find a new job. Companies having a lot of problems will cause firing a lot of workers and even delaying your salaries. Most workers will end up striking, so consider looking for a new job if your company is in some kind of big trouble.

5. You can't make enough money for your family


Everyone has a dream, we want to have a nice house, a car, a family, and a stable job, if we worked too long for that chosen career but still not getting those things that we dreamed of, I guess its time you look for a new job. You expects a raise but couldn't get one, it only means your skills are undervalued.

At first we are happy with our job, we are content of our salary but there are times that we needed more money, especially for our family. There are points in our life that we get married, got kids, and someday pay for their college tuition, that is why we need more money as we grow old.

6. You simply lost interest

Sometimes we simply lost interests in our jobs or get burned out. So I have here signs or behavior to tell a person if he lost interest in his job

• All you care about is paycheck
• Come early and you go home early, you hate overtime
• You spend about 2-3 hours of non-related work stuff like playing plants vs zombies, angry birds, or surfing the internet just to pass the time.
• You cannot focus on a particular activity without a dose of caffeine.
• You feel you are not challenged.
• You stop caring about other colleagues.
• Always looking at the clock so you can go home early.
• You look forward more on social interactions, like parties rather than work.
• You get sleepy all the time.

10 Most Profitable Home Based Jobs

Looking ways to make money with home based jobs is very popular. Because of today's tough economic situation, more and more people are looking for alternative ways to earn a living. And working at home is one of those alternatives mainly because some of its advantages.

Besides making money online, there are reasons why some people has chosen to pursue a career at home. These are some of the reasons why.

• Parents who wants to spend more time with their children.
• Single parents who has a hard time taking care of their kids.
• Retirees needing supplemental income.
• People with disabilities.
• Those with day jobs but still needs an extra income.

But before you start working at home you need to be a positive thinker, a S.O.B who doesn't know what giving up means, got discipline, self motivation and perseverance. So now, here are my 10 best and profitable home based jobs of 2013.

1. Call Center Representative

A lot of companies are outsourcing and are looking for call center representatives. This job will allow you to do regular call center task in your home, including verbal client troubleshooting. Check this site for more homewithkids.com.

2. Virtual Assistant

There are companies that offers telecommuting jobs, you can find some of them at oDesk.com. This is a job that doesn't require physical presence in the office. If you are good with accounting or handling telemarketing calls, then you should apply as a virtual assistant.

3. Web Developer/ Designer

Information Technology is the sector of where most home-based hiring is done. Most web developer offers services such as custom Web site design, template modification and redesigns, code updates, hosting, and usability reviews. This job is highly on demand, with over 15,000 new monthly work posting on oDesk.com alone.

4. Blogging/ Writing

Bloggers are also writers but not all are webmaster. They specializes on writing niche articles to their own blog site or submit it to other sites. Most established writers can earn as much as $5 dollar per post. Besides writing articles, successful bloggers also earn from advertising and affiliate marketing.

Also read:
Sure ways to make a profitable blog

5. Sell Your Own Products

If you have a small business like wine making, you should sell it online. The Internet is a huge marketplace to sell and make money, entrepreneurs should take advantage of the Internet boom, because most people are now buying online.

6. Computer Software Engineers

This is typical since majority of computer software engineers are freelancers just like some of the jobs that you could find on this list. The only skills that they require are the development of new application software. Its median salary is $85,000 that computes to $1,549 earnings in a weekly basis.

7. Home-Based English Teachers

The Philippines is an English speaking country, but not all can speak, write, fluently. If you are confident about your English teaching skills you should try it. This job is currently in demand to non-English speaking countries like S. Korea and China.

8. Market and Survey Researchers

This job deals in gathering of information through surveys. Hence, this is also a kind of job where some individuals take advantage of in order to scam people away. Be conscious on specific home-based jobs that deal in this field because, it is being used for fraudulent activities. Check reputable companies that offer this kind of position. Its median salary is $61,000 having $1,162 weekly earnings.

9. Online Affiliate Programs

Online affiliate programs do not require you to directly interact with customers or worry about finding room for products in your home. You can start a successful affiliate business by finding companies that offer products you are interested in and marketing them on the Internet.

There is no shortage of home-base business opportunities, but there are also numerous scams you will need to be aware of. If an opportunity sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Do your research before you commit to anything.

In the end, you will need to arrange your business so it doesn't interfere with your other priorities. There are many home-based businesses that will never require you to set foot outside your home, allowing you to spend the majority of your time with your family.

Also read:

Is you blog affiliate marketing ready

10. Internet Marketing

Internet Marketing is a broad field. It usually needs graphic artists, webmasters, bloggers, SEO consultants, photographers and many more. Not only it is broad, it also opens to more money making opportunities like e- commerce and affiliate marketing. 

In coming years Internet Marketing will be the most powerful sales tools in the world. The main advantage of this job is there are no strict requirements, what course did you finish or, where you from, the only thing you need to have is the willingness to learn and the will to finish what you have started.

Final Note

Indeed there are many way to make money at home, but keep in mind that scamers are just lurking around the web. To avoid wasting your time on fake employment, you should consider this first before you start working for someone online.

• The employer is established, has a good track record.
• Human resource personnel are available for questions.
• There is an application and interview process.
• The employer can detail the job duties and expectations.
• The ad includes the company name and does not have applicants reply to a blind e-mail address.

Also read:

How to spot a scam site

Image:

www.netmillionaire.net

New social subscribe widget for blogger

Kumusta! Today I am going to share a cool new social subscribe widget for blogger. This social sharing tool includes Facebook, Twitter, RSS, and Google plus. The icons look like drawn from crayons which is cool, above it is a mail box! It is simple and attractive, I am sure with this widget you will get more subscribers.

A demo of this tool can be seen on this very blog, I have replaced my old social subscribe widget because it is already been used by many bloggers.

Installation

As always installing blogger widgets here at FH2M is very easy. All you need to do is go to your blogger layout and click > add gadget > choose HTML/Javascript and add the codes below.

<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/FromHobby2money" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: .5em; margin-right: 1em; float: center;" rel="nofollow" target="blank"><img border="0" height="40" src="http://www.sassyandgeorge.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/subscribe2-copy.jpg" width="290" /></a>
<style>
.mbtips-email{
background:Fff no-repeat 0px 12px ;
width:250px;
float:center;
font-size:1.4em;
font-weight:bold;
margin:2px 20px 0px 35px;
color:#686B6C;
}
.mbtips-emailsubmit{
background:#0084CE;
cursor:pointer;
color:#fff;
border:none;
padding:3px;
margin:0 0 0px 0;
text-shadow:0 -1px 1px rgbaundefined0,0,0,0.25);
-moz-border-radius:2px;
-webkit-border-radius:2px;
border-radius:2px;
font:12px sans-serif;
}
.mbtips-emailsubmit:hover{
background:#E98313;
}
.textarea{
padding:2px;
margin:0px 2px 0px 2px;
background:#f9f9f9;
border:1px solid #ccc;
resize:none;
box-shadow:inset 1px 1px 1px rgbaundefined0,0,0,0.1);
-moz-box-shadow:inset 1px 1px 1px rgbaundefined0,0,0,0.1);
-webkit-box-shadow:inset 1px 1px 1px rgbaundefined0,0,0,0.1); font-size:13px;
width:170px;
color:#666;}
</style>
<style class="text/css">
.center
{
text-align:center;
font-weight:bold;
margin:10px;
}
</style>
<div class="center">
Submit your Email Address to Get Free Blogger Tips Directly to your Inbox
</div>
<div class="mbtips-email">
<form action="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify" id="feedform" method="post" target="popupwindow" onsubmit="window.openundefined'http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=FromHobby2money', 'popupwindow', 'scrollbars=yes,width=550,height=520');return true">
<input gtbfieldid="3" class="textarea" name="email" onblur="if undefinedthis.value == &quot;&quot;) {this.value = &quot;Enter email address here&quot;;}" onfocus="if undefinedthis.value == &quot;Enter email address here&quot;) {this.value = &quot;&quot;;}" value="Enter email address here..." type="text" />
<input type="hidden" value="FromHobby2money" name="uri"/><input type="hidden" name="loc" value="en_US"/>
<input class="mbtips-emailsubmit" value="Submit" type="submit" />
</form>
</div>
<style class="text/css">
table
{
border-bottom: 0px solid #E6E6E6;
float: center;
width: 240px;
margin:10px 0 0 15px;
}
.subicons
{
border-right: 1px solid #E6E6E6;
}
.Fadeout {
filter:alphaundefinedopacity=100);
opacity: 1.0;
border:0;
}
.Fadeout:hover{
filter:alphaundefinedopacity=80);
opacity: 0.8;
border:0;
}
</style>
<div class="table">
<table>
<tr>
<td><div class="subicons"><a class="Fadeout" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/FromHobby2Money" imageanchor="1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFT0xK7MjJvaOPeSEQaR3-9nrjIKSqJ7THWy1Sh6C0_goMWpwh2ajRMgVp7XDoQBXjfwHzAi_9xg7lJeccLGgJZstbvs6b1_9SZx4XjV0-cH0HgL4_OunGPHCoX6c4sn1FqvSruOGJ30EB/s1600/facebook-48.png" /></a></div></td><td><div class="subicons"><a class="Fadeout" href="http://twitter.com/dadhust" imageanchor="1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5J_FaYzjGV3NQyADJE5WiwY2NvIYAShpDfQ1UEwh4tRd-jD2VucUECDy-XX0ep_nTDVXxE7RaeUv37Ocp3l09WrBt8bPBcMOg-DU1F-jMy7eN1x8kFy7CtLELpWl9PJo53q-8lX_pM-LM/s1600/twitter-48.png" /></a></div></td>
<td><div class="subicons"><a class="Fadeout" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/FromHobby2money" imageanchor="1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaYv_6M866cnYa82ivdI5RzjuSYQePdGzzZiUkHltV6xUf1oe0atxU9YfUQTqqdT_j8xzaAEL2YoMjjFBL-Xg1gL0OetXN7xs6PmHM6oNOsqrWpKzUCVZovZUJcDR4A-VzFKr4x9k1Najd/s1600/rss-48.png" /></a></div></td>
<td><a class="Fadeout" href="https://plus.google.com/118431186284938329492/posts" imageanchor="1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkBCMmZjdjByaoBWbfC3xR2I4xSRr2zISoLuMqq1Ag55GPm6BJ_KbZF-ZKhqnYT9QjJ1PgDkQ0gLAe0kh9TQP0_I0v1doxPL0HM7ZoS40rPpPtqeJnre3fMlKtRtJojAALYepLLsHsFgyW/s1600/google-48.png" /></a></td>
</tr></table>
</div>

Customize

• Replace FromHobby2money with your own feedburner username they appear 4 times on this widget.
• Replace FromHobby2Money with your facebook fan page username.
• Replace dadhust with your Twitter username.
• Replace 118431186284938329492 with your Google plus profile ID.
• If you want to change the width of the widget, you can edit this to fit perfectly on your blogger sidebar. Change this 240px.

Paid to click programs can't make you rich!

Paid to click programs (PTC) are those sites that lets you earn money by clicking on their ads. PTC sites offers about $0.0001 to $0.02 per click, if they offer $1.00 or more it should be a scam site.

Also read:
Spot a scam site

I have been with PTC sites before, but I quit due to a very small commissions per click. I hardly makes $1 a day, its like P40.00 pesos per day for about 2 hours (thanks to our slow internet connection), if I go longer electricity bills will kill me. Sure, I can upgrade my account but no thanks, clicking ads everyday is boring, and its not fun either.

A lot of people are joining these sites mainly for the following reason.

• It is the easiest way to make money. Clicking on ads is very simple, anyone can do it. No skills needed (not really).
• Membership is free. You can pay if you want an upgrade but it is optional.
• You can see your results. If you join PTC sites you can see your earning on your screen which motivates you to click more, which is more real.
• Main reason is to make money .

PTC sites can actually earn you money, and you can join a lot of sites for higher earning potential. The downside of joining many sites is that you will get tired sometimes, repeating the same routine all over again... click, log in, click, log in, click, log in... believe me you will get bored.

Besides clicking on ads, referring other people to join can also earn you money, which is I think is the most effective strategy to earn on PTC programs. The number of people you referred will determine your success. If you have a hard time referring people, earning big bucks with PTC sites is just a dream. It's because you cannot mainly depend on clicks to earn a lot of money.

Referring people is hard task, you need to have online marketing techniques, which is a SKILL needed to make money even on simple programs like Paid to Click.

Who says about easy money? Even on PTC sites skills are needed. 

Also read:

Get rich quick it doesn't exist

PTC programs is the like a leprechaun we see on cereal boxes, he keeps chasing a pot of gold through a rainbow, in the end there are no gold all he sees was cereal. This kind of programs promises huge earning potentials but in the end, results are just a small bucks and that is why paid to click programs can't make you rich!

How to earn money on CashCrate: Tips and Tricks

If you are looking for GPT (get paid to) websites then I suggest joining CashCrate. This site provides legitimate ways to earn money, from surveys to completing offers.

Finding a "get paid to" websites is a challenge because there are a lot of scam sites out there and is a waste of time, but CashCrate is a trusted website and it has a good reputation for paying people when its pay out time.

To earn a profit on CashCrate you need to complete free paid online surveys, games, shop, and earn more points for prizes.

If you are already a member or just planning to join, I have here tips to get you started and earn money fast. There is absolutely NO COST to make money on CashCrate, so your money is safe.

Here are my tips on how to earn money on CashCrate: Tips and Tricks.

Create a new email account for cash offers

If you are using GPT websites, you should always use a different email accounts. Mainly because you will be asked to complete surveys in which requires email address.

The email you enter when joining these kinds of sites will receive spam emails, so the alternative way to avoid this, is to create a new one or just separate it from your main account. Another reason is, they already have your information, and therefore, do not want to pay you for the same information.

But if you are completing daily surveys, use the same email account that you are using to sign in.

Download roboform free software

Completing offers is one of the ways to earn money on CashCrate. For me it is kinda boring because you keep on repeating, inputting data s and email address and it is also time consuming. If you want to speed up your earning you should download RoboForm which is free. Roboform is an automated form-filling software that is recommended for CashCrate and any other GPT site.

Download RoboForm

Enable cookies on your computer

If you are using a browser like Mozilla Fire fox you should enable cookies on your computer. Every time you fill out a form or completed a survey, leaves a cookie on your computer and it is required so that you can receive credit for your actions. If it is disabled, advertisers can't leave a cookie on your computer and you will not get paid for your efforts.

Clear cookies after receiving credits

A cookie is left on your computer after you completed an offer. If you are actively using CashCrate to earn money, will be taking a lot of offers from the same advertisers and you need to delete those cookies after you receive credits to keep on receiving offers from that advertiser. Use CCleaner to delete those cookies fast.

Download CCleaner

Enter valid contact details

This is very important, enter your valid name, email, and sometimes phone number into offer forms. If you put in fake details you will not get paid or sometimes get banned and loose earnings.

One reason why your blog is not earning money

Make money online has been the trending word on the Internet, whether it is on facebook or twitter you will see a lot of ads linking to making money online. And blogging has been the most popular way to earn money on the Internet.

There are a lot of bloggers around the world trying their luck to be successful online. Based on stats, there are almost 3 millions articles being posted everyday, 500, 000 + of them are from professional bloggers trying to transition their audience from reading to buying.

But the truth is, only about a small percentage of bloggers are actually making money, some are blogging for peanuts, others quit due to frustrations.

The main reason why a lot of bloggers is not earning enough money is because of one important factor, NO ONE LISTENS.

Your audience is your key to success

Every blogging decision you make will decide the outcome of your blogs traffic or the number of audience. Keep in mind that you are blogging to help them, with that you gain reputation, and if your audience trusts you, they will purchase anything you endorse them.

But even though most people has a good amount of traffic, they still can't earn the money they desire.  It is because they targeted the wrong audience.

Also read:
My 5 deadly blogging mistakes

Select a profitable audience

If you are writing about something, try to picture your ideal audience, what is he like? does he have the power to purchase? will my writing help them?

Since my blog is about blogging, here is a sample of my target audience, he is 25- 45 years old, got a day job, his blogging skills are new and wanted to learn more, he loves blogging designs, etc... Because he is my target audience I intend to write simple blogging tips, simple installation of blogger tricks for him to understand my writings easily.

In short, your targeted audience should understand the value you are delivering to them. They wanted to know something that you could only deliver it to them. Your content fits perfectly to what they are looking for.

You can see the signs if they like your post on the comments section. Some of them are still hungry for more and will try to email you for updates or inside information. Check out how long your visitors stick to your posts by using Google Analytics.

Also read:
10 sure ways to make a profitable blog

Attract your desired audience

The most simple way to attract your profitable audience is to show your expertise, your experience and great results. Help your readers and see their results, if it turned out to be good, they will refer you to their network of people. Carrying yourself as an expert will help build confidence to your readers.

Hang out with them. Find the place where they usually get together, and try guest posting or leave though-provoking comments, in that way they will notice you. Ask questions on what your audience problems, then make a unique post about it or even write an E-book.

At first they will not come to you. Why should they? Prove yourself first and be aggressive. Show up and deliver consistently.

Once they come to your blog, never disappoint them. Keep on writing those unique contents they desire until they beg to do business with you. If you do this correctly, expect a lot of subscriptions and marketing sales.

Also read:
10 effective ways to promote your blog

Your blogs ugly design will not make you money

Although content is the most important in blogging, its design also plays a big role to attract readers. Its difficult to get your readers interested on your content if you have a bad looking design. If you want to make a good relationship with your audience, you should practice good grooming on your blog sites.

Fist time visitors usually notices your blogs design first, if they find it appealing they will stick around and will come back for more, if it is ugly they will close it immediately without browsing your content.

Also read:
Reasons I will leave your blog under 20 seconds
How to make a professional looking blog
10 widgets you should remove

Write for a specific niche

Some bloggers write for themselves and some write for everyone. It is both wrong. You should target a specific niche because it adds character to a blog. If your blog doesn't have a specific niche, it won't attract a lot of people and will have a hard time earning money.

If you don't know what topic could make money
Also read:
Most profitable blogging topic

TechCrunch like social subscribe widget

Happy 3 Kings everyone! today I am going to share a cool subscription widget just like what you see on TechCrunch. This widget features social sharing sites like Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Google plus, Linkedin, Stumbleupon, and Rss count. Using this kind of widget will surely help increase traffic because it gives you a chance to interact with other social networking sites. Lets begin installing the widget.

Features of this widget 

• Facebook icon to boost your page likes.
• Twitter icon to increase your followers.
• Google Plus+ to increase your circle count.
• Linkedin icon to increase your followers.
• Stumbleupon Icon to increase your website stumbles.
• YouTube Icon to increase your subscribers as well as videos count.
• Rss icon for increasing your subscribers of your blog.
• Sprite images so the widgets loads fast.
• SEO optimized added "Nofollow" tags.

DEMO

One of the features I like about this widget is, it loads fast. It uses sprite images which loads faster than other social sharing widgets. Installing this is very easy, you just go to lay out > add gadget and paste this code.

<style> */http://www.fromhobby2money.blogspot.com*/ .rr-mod.module-rightrail-social-widget{margin:0 0 10px 0 !important;}#rr-social-widget-chiclets div{width:32px;height:32px;display:inline-block;margin:0 4px 0 0;}#rr-social-widget-chiclets a{width:32px;height:32px;display:block;background:url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVYeLUBkh0W1mGIwtDbhakarqRTFaFwLUZEKafAvpq1nvswvMKs7OTuEq2dsq5T1nGKsr6LoRlP0ROpRETGqH2J0-_emVkNYOC0yapOJ-MEsYvs3J_GLrX_TxRA6vKQ3niupC8jlMlZW2z/s1600/rr-social-icons.png) no-repeat;}@media only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio:1.5), only screen and (-o-min-device-pixel-ratio:4/3), only screen and (min--moz-device-pixel-ratio:1.5), only screen and (min-device-pixel-ratio:1.5){#rr-social-widget-chiclets a{background-image:url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVYeLUBkh0W1mGIwtDbhakarqRTFaFwLUZEKafAvpq1nvswvMKs7OTuEq2dsq5T1nGKsr6LoRlP0ROpRETGqH2J0-_emVkNYOC0yapOJ-MEsYvs3J_GLrX_TxRA6vKQ3niupC8jlMlZW2z/s1600/rr-social-icons.png);background-size:248px 32px;}}#rr-social-widget-chiclets-facebook a{background-position:0 0;}#rr-social-widget-chiclets-twitter a{background-position:-36px 0;}#rr-social-widget-chiclets-googleplus a{background-position:-72px 0;}#rr-social-widget-chiclets-linkedin a{background-position:-108px 0;}#rr-social-widget-chiclets-stumbleupon a{background-position:-144px 0;}#rr-social-widget-chiclets-youtube a{background-position:-180px 0;}#rr-social-widget-chiclets-rss a{background-position:-216px 0;} </style> <div class="rr-mod module-rightrail-social-widget" id="module-rightrail-social-widget"> <div class="configuration-neighbor"> <div id="rr-social-widget-chiclets"> <div id="rr-social-widget-chiclets-facebook"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/FromHobby2Money" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" onclick="s_objectID='rr_sm_icons_facebook';"></a></div> <div id="rr-social-widget-chiclets-twitter"><a href="http://twitter.com/dadhust" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" onclick="s_objectID='rr_sm_icons_twitter';"></a></div>
<div id="rr-social-widget-chiclets-googleplus"><a href="https://plus.google.com/118431186284938329492" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" onclick="s_objectID='rr_sm_icons_googleplus';"></a></div>
<div id="rr-social-widget-chiclets-linkedin"><a href="LINKEDIN URL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" onclick="s_objectID='rr_sm_icons_linkedin';"></a></div>
<div id="rr-social-widget-chiclets-stumbleupon"><a href="STUMBLEUPON URL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" onclick="s_objectID='rr_sm_icons_stumbleupon';"></a></div>
<div id="rr-social-widget-chiclets-youtube"><a href="YouTube URL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" onclick="s_objectID='rr_sm_icons_youtube';"></a></div>
<div id="rr-social-widget-chiclets-rss"><a href="RSS URL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" onclick="s_objectID='rr_sm_icons_rss';"></a></div>
</div> </div> </div>

Customize

• Replace http://www.facebook.com/FromHobby2Money with your own facebook fanpage URL
• Replace http://twitter.com/dadhust with your own twitter acount URL
• Replace https://plus.google.com/118431186284938329492 with your Google Plus URL
• Replace LINKEDIN URL with your Linked IN URL
• Replace STUMBLEUPON URL with your own STUMBLEUPON account URL
• Replace YouTube URL with your own Youtube URL
• Replace RSS URL with your Blog's RSS URL

How to earn money using banner advertising

One of the most effective way to earn money online is through banner advertising. In this article I will share to you the different ways to use your blog's banner to earn more money. Most bloggers uses this method because it is easy and very effective. If you have a very popular blog, then start saving some ads space and try these different ways to earn money using banner advertising.

#1. Create an "advertise here" page

If you are new to banner advertising I suggest you do this first. You need to create a single page with all the information of your site like, alexa rank, page rank, monthly impressions, etc. Also put a detailed information for your prospect advertiser and what payment method you accept. Direct advertising is good because it will save you money from paying commissions on advertising networks. But you need to pull in a lot of advertisers to become successful doing this method.

#2. Buy sell ads Network

This is one of the most popular ways to earn money through banner advertising. High ranking blogger blogs like mybloggerlab and mybloggertricks.com uses this method. But it only accepts self hosted websites and blogs. Free blog domains are not accepted. The good thing about buysellads.com is there is a lot of advertisers who will pay good money for buying your blog space. Publishers gets 75% of the earnings, the rest goes to them.

 #3. AdvertiseSpace 

If you have no luck of being accepted on Buysellads.com try AdvertiseSpace.com. It is an alternative advertising network that accepts almost any type of blogs. It is a good way to make money from banners but you need to have a huge volume of traffic for it to be effective.

#4. BuyAds

If your blog is one of the Internet giants, buyads.com is for you. Mashable, Tech crunch, Huffington post are just some of the blogging giants that used this site to sell banners. The good thing about this is publishers and advertisers are working directly, buyads.com will not charge the advertiser a single penny unless the publisher approves it request. It also gives transparency which is cool because you know where your money goes.

#5. BannerPlay

Here is another way to earn more bucks using banner advertising. Bannerplay.com is good for publishers, advertisers, affiliate marketers and even for  banner designers. The site is not only for buying and selling ads, you can also browse a lot of beautifully designed banners for your ad campaign.

Note

Earning through banner advertising is not that easy, a blog needs to have a specific niche, a good amount of traffic, and consistent article posting. You can experiment with these methods as wish and select which one fits your style.

Also read
Most profitable topic
Online marketing myths you should know

SEO tips for beginners

SEO or search engine optimization has been a nightmare for non techie bloggers. Majority of my time blogging is being spent learning about SEO instead of writing. At first I have no clue of what is it all about, but after reading and learning from experts, SEO is just plain common sense and simplicity.

What is SEO

Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of affecting the visibility of a website or a web page in a search engine's "natural" or un-paid ("organic") search results.[jargon] In general, the earlier (or higher ranked on the search results page), and more frequently a site appears in the search results list, the more visitors it will receive from the search engine's users. SEO may target different kinds of search, including image search, local search, video search, academic search, news search and industry-specific vertical search engines.

As an Internet marketing strategy, SEO considers how search engines work, what people search for, the actual search terms or keywords typed into search engines and which search engines are preferred by their targeted audience. Optimizing a website may involve editing its content, HTML and associated coding to both increase its relevance to specific keywords and to remove barriers to the indexing activities of search engines. Promoting a site to increase the number of backlinks, or inbound links, is another SEO tactic.

The plural of the abbreviation SEO can refer to "search engine optimizers," those who provide SEO service.

[source: wikipedia]

SEO tips for beginners

There are two parts of SEO that you should be aware of. It is called on page and off page optimization. 

• On page optimization is making sure that your website pages are optimized properly so that search engines know what your pages are about.
• Off page optimization is all about getting backlinks to your website from other websites. Backlinks determine how important your website is because search engines perceive backlinks as votes.

Also read:

Factors of SEO

I will share to you basic SEO techniques that will help you increase your ranks on search engines as well as improve traffic.

1. Add meta tags.

Websites mostly rely on big search engines like google and yahoo for good traffic. And when search spiders come to your website for archiving, they may not pick those keywords, phrases, information from your website if you don't have meta description tags.

A meta description tag is supposed to be a brief and concise summary of your page's content. It is optional you may or you may not add, but I prefer adding them to get better traffic from search engines. How you do it.

Go to your blogger template, look for <head> tag and below it copy and paste the following.

<title>TITLE_OR_NAME_OF_YOUR_WEBSITE</title>
<link href="mailto:YOUR_EMAIL_ADDRESS_HERE" rev="made"/>
<meta content="ALL_KEYWORDS_HERE_SEPARATED_BY_COMMAS" name="keywords"/>
<meta content="YOUR_NAME_HERE" name="author"/>
<b:if cond='data:blog.url == data:blog.homepageUrl'>
<meta content="GENERAL_DESCRIPTION_HERE" name="description"/>
</b:if>
<meta content="CHOOSE BELOW" name="ROBOTS"/>

Change the words in capital letters

Replace the words colored in BLUE with your own description
For the words colored in red choose any of the 4 below.

(ex. <meta content="INDEX, NOFOLLOW" name="ROBOTS"/>)

INDEX,FOLLOW Index this page and follow all links.
INDEX,NOFOLLOW Index this page but do not follow or index links on this page.
NOINDEX,FOLLOW Do not index this page but follow all links.
NOINDEX,NOFOLLOW Do not index this page. Do not follow or index links on this page.

2. Image descriptions

Search spiders can only search text and that is why you need to put descriptions on your images so that they can crawl your blogs images. Start your images with an ALT tag, here is an example.

From this

<img border="0" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgAP8ngV-ffjfIVn7rgVZ_Ku6ClCCPKVn9c0KclCdKOBRGVg9FVWQu93aIvCKJwuGjX-Sk-4keHqaRY3YkYNY8LWLTDppYxmsywYrPwWXR39sNlxJ7LPwaaHal-U14x8qQxZU_M2RiDrU/s400/seo+basic.jpg" width="400" />

To this

<img alt="SEO tips for beginners" border="0" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgAP8ngV-ffjfIVn7rgVZ_Ku6ClCCPKVn9c0KclCdKOBRGVg9FVWQu93aIvCKJwuGjX-Sk-4keHqaRY3YkYNY8LWLTDppYxmsywYrPwWXR39sNlxJ7LPwaaHal-U14x8qQxZU_M2RiDrU/s400/seo+basic.jpg" width="400" />

You will notice the words colored in red has been added to the image tag. You just add alt tag and insert a keyword rich description.

3. Keywords

You should be conscious of placing appropriate keywords to your titles, content, URL and image description. Make sure it is related to your blogs content and you don't overuse it. Use tools like Google Adwords to search for appropriate keywords for your site, remember to select keywords with low competitions for you to rank better on search engines.

4. Internal linking

You should consistently link back to your past articles, use tools like linkwithin or nrelate for related post results. The more relevant words point to a page, the more likely that page is to appear in search results when users run a query with those terms.

5. Submit to search engines

Submitting your site to search engines will help you get indexed. But do not use auto submission service or a submission software it could get you penalized or banned. Here is the link to submit your site on Google  http://blogsearch.google.com/ping?hl=en

6. Find and fix broken links

A broken link is a hyperlink which does not take you to the required page when you click it. Sometimes these links produces errors in your browser. If you have a lot of link errors you will rank poorly on search engines, so I suggests fixing your links even just once every month.

Also read:

How to find and fix broken links

7. Create a sitemap

Adding a site map -- a page listing and linking to all the other major pages on your site -- makes it easier for spiders to search your site.

8. Updated content

Updating your content regularly will help you increase search engine rankings. High quality articles are rewarded highly by Google, avoid copy pasting other articles it will not help you and you will be penalized by most search engines.

9. Social media marketing

Most people are on social networking sites like facebook and twitter, if you post your articles on those websites it will help increase traffic. Just be careful and avoid spamming or else you will get banned. Make sure you are posting your links professionally.

10. Keep it simple 

To rank highly on search engine all you need is plain common sense. Avoid copying other articles, make sure your site loads fast, avoid unnecessary graphics and it must be user friendly.

11. Meta tags in a single post

Before, putting meta tags in a single post is a lot of work. But now blogger make it easier by putting search description in your blog post. If you are going to create a new post, take a look on the right side and enter the description of your blog post.

Also read:

How to make a professional looking blog

Blogging widgets you should remove