Templates Blog

Templates Blog

by Azhari

Selain memiliki kelebihan, situs blog juga memiliki kelemahan, antara lain:

1. Isi situs harus sesuai dengan peraturan yang telah disepakati (lihat aturan dari Google tentang isi situs blog).
2. Pilihan templates yang terbatas (akan dibahas secara detail)
3. Domain name sesuai aturan mereka (“terserah_anda”.blogspot.com) atau (“terserah_anda”.wordpress.com) atau (“terserah_and”.bravenet.com).

Tips untuk domain name:

Untuk domain name, sebaiknya menggunakan “keywords” kalau digunakan untuk bisnis adsense, contoh: adsense.blogspot.com, affiliates.blogspot.com, situsblog.wordpress.com, bisnisampingan.wordpress.com. Tapi domain name yang menggunakan “keyword” seperti ini umunya sudah digunakan orang lain. Teman-teman bisa mencontoh domain name situs blog yang saya miliki di atas, dimana tetap menggunakan “keyword” dengan tambahan kata yang pendek, sehingga unik dan orang lain belum memilikinya.

Contoh:

http://adsense-epub.blogspot.com (adsense = keyword, -epub = kata unik)

http://getmoney-epub.blogspot.com (getmoney = keyword)

http://balihotel-epub.blogspot.com (balihotel = keyword)

http://bra-epub.blogspot.com (bra = keyword)

Templates

Tampilan situs yang friendly dan menarik adalah langkah awal untuk meningkatkan traffic (pengunjung), apalagi kalau situs ini digunakan sebagai situs adsense. Hal ini sangat dipengaruhi oleh templates blog yang digunakan (layout, warna, backgroud). Penyedia blog seperti Google atau Wordpress sebenarya sudah menyediakan templates standar yang siap pakai. Tapi umumnya templates standar ini fitur-fiturnya juga standard, sehingga kurang menarik dan terlihat ke-gratisan-nya.

Tapi nggak usah khawatir karena saat ini banyak yang menyediakan templates blog gratis (free blog templates) di internet dan tinggal pilih sesuai selera. Silahkan klik iklan adsense di sini yang menyediakan “free blog templates” dengan beragam tema yang menarik dan mudah mengcopynya. Satu aturan main kalau menggunakan templates blog gratisan adalah “kalau mereka meminta anda untuk tidak menghilangkan beberapa link yang ada, anda harus mematuhinya”, itu saja syaratnya.

Dalam situs ini, saya menggabungkan iklan adsense seperti pada banner (atas), text link (persis di bawah banner) dan google search (side bar paling atas) dengan Link affiliates yang saya ikuti dibagian atas, side bar dan halaman bawah (bottom page).


Bagi yang ingin mengcopy "templates" ini, silahkan klik "Free Templates" untuk mendapatkan penjelasan yang lebih detail.

Get Money

How to

Make Money off Your Blog

Washingtonpost.com, Sunday, January 30, 2005; Page M03

You pound on the keyboard each day, broadcasting your unalloyed truths to the world (or at least to friends and family) via your blog. Unfortunately, earning such singular authority demands serious time and energy, and what begins as a hobby can quickly start seeming like Job No. 2 -- sans paycheck. But haven't you heard? You can turn your Web log into a digital cash cow. Simply choose among these techniques (but keep in mind that it's not all free money -- come tax season, Uncle Sam gets his fair share).

LET GOOGLE WORK FOR YOU.

Selling ad space might be the oldest way to make a buck, and with Google's free AdSense service (www.google.com/adsense), it's way too easy. AdSense allows bloggers to display up to three content-specific "ad units" (boxes that can hold up to four ads each) per page. "If you're writing about sports cars, they'll be ads about sports cars," says Biz Stone, Blogger senior specialist at Google. Each time a visitor clicks these ads, you get paid. Google doesn't disclose its exact share of the revenue, but a personalized report page lets you track your own earnings. Earn at least $100 and Google sends you a check.

PLAY AD-SALES EXEC.

If you want more control over the ads on your blog, hit www.blogads.com. BlogAds lets you join its database free and set your own ad prices. Companies (including media bigs such as Paramount Pictures and Random House) then search for suitable blogs and purchase ad space for a set period -- say, one month. In contrast to the way AdSense works, your earnings don't depend on whether a reader clicks the ad. All you have to do is give 20 percent of your net revenue to Mr. BlogAd, and you keep the rest. Perhaps best of all, you can indulge your megalomaniacal tendencies by approving or declining potential ads at will.

BE THE MIDDLEMAN.

Many companies run "affiliate" programs: Post an ad provided by Amazon.com or Lands' End, for example, and receive a small commission every time your readers click that ad, go to the company's Web site and end up buying a book or splurging on a down parka. Referral fees -- the cash you get from these transactions -- vary (you can earn as much as 10 percent per sale from Amazon). LinkShare (www.linkshare.com) claims to run the Internet's biggest "affiliate marketing network," with more than 600 companies on its roster of advertisers. Another service, Commission Junction (www.cj.com), runs programs for eBay and Expedia.com, among others.

PASS THE CUP.

If you're toiling away to maintain a blog that people enjoy, why not ask your guests to show a little monetary appreciation? The online payment service PayPal (www.paypal.com) lets you add a donation button to your blog. You can opt to receive money in U.S. dollars, Canadian dollars, Japanese yen, pounds sterling or euros. When visitors give money, PayPal sends you an e-mail to let you know. Amazon's Honor System (www.amazon.com/honorsystem) and BitPass (www.bitpass.com) offer similar donation options.

SELL SCHWAG
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Don't dig ads? Uncomfortable asking for handouts? Then create your own blog-branded gear at CafePress.com, which offers more than 50 products begging for your unique logo. Choose from standard fare such as T-shirts and coffee cups, or, if Grandma doesn't read your blog, opt for sexy thong underwear (ooh la la). You get to sell each product at whatever price your entrepreneurial heart desires. CafePress gets back the original base price ($13.99 for T-shirts, $10.99 for mugs); you keep the markup. Just add your online store's link to your blog, and all that's left to do is wait for CafePress to send you a monthly check. See? It's practically like your real job. Mike Peed

Web Banner

Designing an Effective Web Banner
by Azhari

A web banner or banner ad is a form of advertising on the World Wide Web. This form of online advertising entails embedding an advertisement into a web page. It is intended to attract traffic to a website by linking them to the web site of the advertiser. The advertisement is constructed from an image (GIF, JPEG, PNG), JavaScript program or multimedia object employing technologies such as Java, Shockwave or Flash, often employing animation or sound to maximize presence. Images are usually in a high-aspect ratio shape (i.e. either wide and short, or tall and narrow) hence the reference to banners. These images are usually placed on web pages that have interesting content, such as a newspaper article or an opinion piece.

The web banner is displayed when a web page that references the banner is loaded into a web browser. This event is known as an "impression". When the viewer clicks on the banner, the viewer is directed to the website advertised in the banner. This event is known as a "click through". In many cases, banners are delivered by a central ad server.

When the advertiser scans their logfiles and detects that a web user has visited the advertiser's site from the content site by clicking on the banner ad, the advertiser sends the content provider some small amount of money (usually around five to ten US cents). This payback system is often how the content provider is able to pay for the Internet access to supply the content in the first place.

Web banners function the same way as traditional advertisements are intended to function: notifying consumers of the product or service and presenting reasons why the consumer should choose the product in question, although web banners differ in that the results for advertisement campaigns may be monitored real-time and may be targeted to the viewer's interests.

Many web surfers regard these advertisements as highly annoying because they distract from a web page's actual content or waste bandwidth. (Of course, the purpose of the banner ad is to attract attention. Without attracting attention, which makes it annoying, it would provide no revenue for the advertiser or for the content provider.) Newer web browsers often include options to disable pop-ups or block images from selected websites. Another way of avoiding banners is to use a proxy server that blocks them, such as Privoxy.

Web banner adverts are restricted by high cost and limited physical banner area.

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Banner pada website (tak terkecuali situs blog) merupakan salah satu komponen penting untuk meningkatkan traffic (pengunjung) pada situs kita. Tampilan banner yang menarik akan membuat pengunjung saat pertama kali membuka situs kita tidak segera menutup browsingnya. Selain itu banner merupakan halaman yang pertama kali terlihat oleh pengunjung situs, sehingga bila tampilan banner kurang menarik akan mempengaruhi minat pengunjung untuk menjelajahi seluruh isi halaman situs.

Ada banyak cara mendapatkan banner web (biasanya ukuran 728 x 90) secara gratis di internet, baik melalui banner yang kita buat sendiri dengan software gratisan atau melalui tukaran banner (link banner exchange). Ada tips menarik bagaimana mendapatkan banner yang menarik tanpa harus membuat sendiri atau tukaran banner, yaitu:

1. Banner dari Adsense Google
Banner yang kita peroleh dari adsense google (ukuran 728 x 90) menjadi pilihan utama bagi anda yang saat ini sedang menjalankan bisnis adsense. Selain materi banner yang ditampilkan cukup menarik (otomatis sesuai isi situs yang kita buat), hal ini juga akan meningkatkan "klik" iklan adsense (berarti dollar akan banyak masuk ke kantong nih!). Adsense google menyediakan banyak pilihan banner (728 x 90 dan 468 x 60) dan gambar, silahkan lihat di sini!.

2. Banner dari Link Affiliates
Bagi anda yang mengikuti bisnis affiliates (sebaiknya melalui affiliates provider seperti Commision Junction, Clickbank, Linkshare atau Amazon.com), banner pada website dapat menggunakan banner yang disediakan oleh perusahaan dimana kita bergabung sebagai publishernya. Selain materi banner atau gambar yang disediakan cukup banyak dan beragam, juga dapat menjadi lahan bisnis yang menjanjikan (mendapat komisi kalau ada visitor yang membeli produk / jasa melalui link situs atau banner yang kita pasang).

Beberapa contoh banner affiliates yang saya pasang di situs blog:

Web Blog Logo

Designing an Effective Web Logo
by Azhari

A logo (from the Greek λογότυπος = logotipos) is a graphic element, symbol, or icon of a trademark or brand and together with its logotype, which is set in a unique typeface or arranged in a particular way. A typical logo is designed to cause immediate recognition by the viewer. The logo is one aspect of the brand of a company or economic entity, and the shapes, colors, fonts and images are usually different from others in a similar market. Logos may also be used to identify organizations or other entities in non-economic contexts.

The uniqueness of a logo is often necessary to avoid confusion in the marketplace among clients, suppliers, users, affiliates, and the general public. To the extent that a logo achieves this objective, it may function as a trademark, and may be used to uniquely identify businesses, organizations, events, products or services. Once a logo is designed, one of the most effective means for protecting it is through registration as a trademark, so that no unauthorised third parties can use it, or interfere with the owner's use of it.

There are several elements of a good logo. An effective logo:

• should be unique, and not subject to confusion with other logos among viewers
• is functional and can be used in many different contexts while retaining its integrity
• should remain effective whether reproduced small or large
• can work in "full-color", but also in two color presentation (black and white), spot color, or halftone
• should be able to maintain its integrity when printed on various fabrics or materials (where the shape of the product may distort the logo)
• displays basic design principles (space, color, form, consistency, and clarity)
• represents the brand/company appropriately

Logo merupakan salah satu komponen website yang juga harus diperhatikan. Karena melalui logo ini, dapat meningkatkan brand name suatu perusahaan atau organisasi, termasuk juga brand name dari sebuah website. Logo yang bagus, seperti Blogger, Google atau Yahoo, akan memudahkan seseorang mengenali suatu perusahaan atau organisasi, dibandingkan harus mengingat nama perusahaan atau organisasi itu sendiri.

Bagi anda yang tidak terlalu mengenal dunia grafis, mendesign sebuah logo memang tidaklah mudah karena memerlukan keahlian khusus. Memang banyak software khusus yang akan membantu kita membuat sebuah logo, seperti Adobe Photoshop, Corel, dll, tapi itu tetap memerlukan keahlian dalam mengoperasikan program aplikasinya.

Di internet sendiri, banyak ditemui progran khusus untuk mendesign logo, baik yang free (gratis) maupun yang berbayar. Anda bisa memilih salah satu di antaranya di bawah ini:

1. http://www.templatesbox.com/free-logo-templates/index.htm

2. http://cooltext.com/

3. http://www.thefreelogomakers.com/generators/

4. http://www.mastertemplates.com/logo-templates/index.htm

5. http://www.aaa-logo.com/

6. http://www.logomaker.com/

Salah satu yang saya rekomendasikan adalah http://www.logomaker.com/, karena bisa langsung membuat logo dengan pilihan tema sesuai selera anda. Sebenarnya membuat logo melalui http://www.logomaker.com/ tidak gratis alias harus bayar. Tapi anda diberi kesempatan "free" dengan mengcopy code HTML dari logo yang telah kita buat di sini.

Cara mendapatkan logo melalui situs http://www.logomaker.com/ :

1. Klik situs www.logomaker.com

2. Klik gambar seperti di bawah ini:

3. Pilih tema logo yang akan dibuat (choose in icon)

4. Pilih simbol logo

5. Pada STEP 2 (Layout), anda bisa memasukan text, jenis hurup serta perubahan ukuran, rotasi dan warna logo yang akan dibuat

6. Bila telah selesai, simpan design logo tersebut dengan menekan "SAVE LOGO"

7. Anda diminta untuk meng-"create account" sebelum perintah simpan (save) kedua dijalankan.

8. Bila account telah diisi dan mengklik "save", maka logo yang telah anda buat tadi akan ditampilkan dan klik "FREE WEB LOGO" untuk mendapatkan code HTML-nya.

9. Silahkan copy-paste code HTML logo tersebut dan letakan pada website (situs blog).

10. Selesai

Blogging

Fast Blogging-Steps to Pump up Money out of Blogging

by C. Douglas Conlan

If you probably enjoyed maintaining a diary when you were just growing up, blogging would be more appealing to you. For some it could just be hobby. But a very large of the population who are now blogging are after the profit or sales these blogs can give them.

How could these blogs help you draw money? Here are the steps that would surely pump up your sales as well as your earnings.

1. Get more back linking. If you have friends who are blogging as well, link back to them. This will increase the possibility of those people who are viewing your friends will click the link and visit your blog.

2. Comment on other blogs. Just remember that you should not appear as if you are spamming the blog of other people. Make your comments legitimate. People who read your comment may get interested and visit your own blog.

3. Have quality content. If you have interesting and informative content, people will keep coming back to your blog. Lure every visitor to read on to what you offer on yur blog.

4. Subscribe for monetization. Adsense or other banners or link ads will attract a huge traffic to your site. And the good news is, you also able to earn a portion of a commission for each click of these advertisements to your blog.

5. Go for keyword rich content. Optimize your search engine with appropriate keywords that would lead to higher page ranking in these popular search engines.

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Raymond Nesa is an experienced web marketer specializing in article marketing, traffic generation, and list building.

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Web Blog

Writing a Web Blog

by Azhari

Memiliki situs atau website secara gratisan (domain name + server hosting) saat ini bukan sesuatu yang sulit. Blogger, WordPress, Bravenet adalah beberapa nama yang sudah terkenal di dunia maya ini yang memberikan keleluasaan bagi siapa saja untuk memiliki situs di internet secara gratis, yang biasa disebut sebagai situs BLOG. Yang paling terkenal adalah blogger dari Google dan WordPress.com.

Yang membedakan situs Blog dengan situs yang umum adalah kebebasan untuk melakukan perubahan isi situs tanpa harus meng-offline-kan dan mengupload berulang-ulang. Boleh dibilang situs blog merupakan “Online Journal” atau “Online Diary”, karena kapan saja kita bisa melakukan perubahan / penambahan isi pada situs jenis ini. Inilah yang menjadi daya tarik utama (selain gratis), kenapa situs blog sangat diminati di seluruh dunia saat ini.

Selain itu, sejak diluncurkannya program Adsense oleh Google beberapa tahun yang lalu, kehadiran situs blog (terutama blogger-google) semakin penting. Karena situs ini sekaligus dapat dimanfaatkaan sebagai sarana mendapatkan penghasilan ratusan dollar setiap bulan, yang biasa kita kenal sebagai situs Adsense.

Beberapa contoh situs blog yang saya miliki:

Blogger – Google

http://getmoney.blog.blogspot.com (blog + adsense + affiliates)

http://caribbeantravel-ecom.blogspot.com (blog+adsense+affiliates)

http://hairloss-ecom.blogspot.com (blog + adsense)

http://fashion-epub.blogspot.com (blog + adsense)

http://trainingfordog.blogspot.com (blog + adsense)

Wordpress

http://awetmuda.wordpress.com

Bravenet

http://solusihemat.bravejournal.com

Web blog “getmoney-epub.blogspot.com”, sebuah situs blogs (blogger) yang saya buat dengan mencoba mengoptimalkan beberapa aspek penting seperti layout, background, text colour dan penempatan iklan (adsense ads) atau affiliates program. Tujuannya adalah agar tampilan situs ini lebih professional walaupun beberapa fitur yang ada saya peroleh secara gratisan (free).

Beberapa fitur menarik yang coba saya tampilkan pada situs ini, antara lain:

1. Templates blog
2. Banner
3. Logo
4. Adsense Google
5. Templates adsense
6. Link gambar
7. Link affiliates program
8. Tip-tip menarik mengenai traffic exchange dan search engine
9. Adwords Google

Make Money

How to make money from your blog: 5 tips

By Jeff Wuorio

Many of the people who write blogs today simply want to share their opinion on something. But then there are the business-minded folks, who have found a way to use blogs, or Web blog, to bring in a little extra cash too.

I recently wrote a column detailing how to get a blog up and running to boost your small business. If you're interested in taking it further — blogging for bucks, if you will — here are five strategies that could turn your blog into a moneymaker.

1. Sell Advertising.

This is likely the most common means of leveraging a blog to generate income. If yours happens to become a well-known blog, or one that is well-received in a particular niche, it's always possible to sell ad space on your own. For lesser-known blogs, services such as Google's AdSense or BlogAds enable bloggers to establish ad programs.

AdSense's — which lets you select several ads that are consistent with the content of your blog — pays you based on how many readers click on the ads for further information. Even better, it's free. Blog Ads, on the other hand, hooks bloggers up with would-be advertisers and levies a commission in return for any ad placements that result. "The nice thing, too, is that the ads are relatively unobtrusive," says Scott Allen, co-author of "The Virtual Handshake: Opening Doors and Closing Deals Online."

2. Help sell others' products.
Here is another click-through opportunity. Affiliate programs enable your blog to serve as a conduit between readers and online sites offering various goods and services. One popular choice is Amazon.com. If, for instance, you offer book reviews or even just mention a book in passing in your blog, an affiliate program provides a means for your readers to click directly from your blog to Amazon to obtain further information about the book. If they break out the checkbook or charge card, you get paid as well.

3. Solicit contributions.
Not every blog-related income opportunity involves hawking goods or services. As Blanche DuBois did in "A Streetcar Named Desire," consider relying on the kindness of strangers. Ask for contributions. If, for instance, your small-business blog supports a cause or issue in some fashion — say you repeatedly mention tax reform, health care or some other topic — you can always ask for reader support.

Even if you've attracted a group of regular followers who simply enjoy reading what you have to say, they may be willing to underwrite their loyalty with a little financial help. Programs such as PayPal make it easy to establish a simple on-site contribution collection button. "There are lots of worthy 'cause' blogs that would qualify for donations from grateful members of the blog community," says Las Vegas communications consultant Ned Barnett.

4. Market your services in your blog.
Many people associate blogs exclusively with a cyberspace-based soapbox — a place to shout your opinions and little more than that. Granted, blogs are an ideal venue to share your thoughts with others, but don't overlook their capacity to generate new business as well. When appropriate, work in references to what you do and, in turn, what you may be able to offer any would-be client or customer who may be reading your blog.

That can spread your opinion and your business moxie at the same time. "Instead of short commentaries that begin a dialogue with readers, as many blogs do, I write the equivalent of journal articles that demonstrate my abilities, strategies and perspectives on specific issues," Barnett says. "When it resonates, it means money. Since starting this approach, I have generated three new paying clients and brought in about $10,000 on revenue — directly attributable to specific blogs."

5. Use a blog to deepen your existing customer relationships.
Nor does any marketing material inserted in blog content have to be limited to bringing in completely new business. By using a blog to regularly communicate with existing clients as well as other readers, you can take advantage of the opportunity to fully inform them about everything your business does. That may expand your readers' understanding of the full scope of your products or services.

"My blog has helped existing clients determine the range of my skills and services," says Ted Demopoulos of Demopoulos Associates, a Durham, N.H. consulting and training concern. "One client who had only used me for training in the past was surprised at my range of expertise and is now using me for a consulting project. Another who only used me on technical projects is now considering me for a more business-oriented project."