Ileane

I'm a blogger, podcaster, YouTuber and social media diva (or Social Media Veteran if you like the way that sounds better). True story: I started blogging by accident when I actually thought I was "subscribing" to my daughter Nicole's first blog. Since then I'm committed to helping others avoid all the mistakes I've made along the way. Get one-on-one coaching and exclusive perks when you join my community on Patreon!

Keep Google Chrome, Gmail and WiseStamp Up To Date

118 Comments / Tech / /

Google Chrome is by far one of the best browsers available on the internet and back in May of this year, Google Chrome edged out Internet Explorer to become the most widely used browser around. I especially think that all bloggers should use Google Chrome even if they only use it as a second browser. There are so many Chrome extensions that help us get our work done more efficiently and over the past 2 years I’ve heard from hundreds of bloggers who have left their beloved Firefox behind and ditched it for Google Chrome. What do you think about Google Chrome, have you installed it yet?

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Create a Custom Google Adsense for Search on Your Blog

The Ultimate Guide to Google AdSense for Search on Your Blog

88 Comments / Blogging Tutorials / /

AdSense publishers are bloggers and webmasters who have been approved by the Google AdSense team to participate in the program and earn a cut from the ads placed on their blogs. In a nutshell this is how the AdSense program works: Advertisers set up accounts in AdWords and Google will attempt to match up the ads and display them on the web pages with relevant content. The hope is that people will see an ad that interests them, and they will click through to the Advertiser’s site and eventually invest in their products or services.

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Blogger Interview: Srinivas Rao of Blogcast FM

44 Comments / Blogger Interviews / /

BLOGCAST FM founder/host Srinivas Rao has been a 2-time speaker at Blogworld Expo and was listed on Problogger’s annual list of 40 Bloggers to Watch in 2011. He’s a regular contributor to the Adage 150 blog, {GROW} and his work has been featured on Social Mouths, Write to Done, Dumb Little Man, Twitip, Kikolani, and many other social media and personal development blogs. Srinivas has interviewed nearly 300 people since starting BLOGCAST FM and continues to have the best and brightest guests from the online business industry. Here is my interview with Srinivas Rao.

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YouTube Advertising Formats: The Essential Guide

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When it comes to a successfully monetizing your content on YouTube, you must first join the YouTube Partner program. Then be sure to have good titles and meta data in the description and tags of your video just like you would on a blog post. Keep in mind that YouTube is the number two search engine on the planet so why not take advantage of it. In addition, YouTube provides free hosting for your videos too (which is nothing to sneeze at by the way). Get familiar with the different ways you can monetize the content you upload to your YouTube channel

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The Ultimate Collection of CommentLuv Blog Lists

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CommentLuv blogs are very attractive to anyone who is trying to make a name for themselves in the blogosphere. You don’t even need to have the CommentLuv plugin installed on your own blog in order to take advantage of this plugin. Simply visit CommentLuv Enabled blogs, read a few posts and leave a valuable question or comment and in return (depending on the individual blog owner’s set-up) you can get tons of benefits and value…continue reading…

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Top Warning Signs You’re Not Ready to Start Guest Blogging

5 Warning Signs You’re Not Ready To Start Guest Blogging

205 Comments / Blogging Tutorials, Guest Posts / /

When you start guest blogging you’ll find countless benefits. Some even consider it the Holy Grail of building authority, generating backlinks and attracting new readers. But just like anything else we do in life – timing is everything! The very first sign that you’re not ready to do a guest post is that you just started blogging a few days ago, so in this post we’re not even going that count that one, ok? lol One other thing we aren’t going to count is those of you who don’t even read or follow the instructions that the host blogger has provided for you. If that’s you, there’s a chance you might not even be ready to have your own blog let alone get started with guest blogging…continue reading…

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