This is an email interview that former Sparkplugging Intern Cindy Bidar conducted with Daniel Scocco of Daily Blog Tips during her internship. Thanks to Daniel for taking the time to answer her insightful questions! How has blogging changed in the years since you started? I believe that around four years ago blogging had more close [...]

Just a few quick links I want to share with Sparkplugging readers today: What is the Actual Cost of Your Blogging – Great post by J. Angelo Racoma about what it costs to be a blogger.  I found it interesting to consider, especially when she compares what is earned from blog ad income to what [...]

There are so many social media networks these days it is beginning to be really hard to choose. Some of my friends love Facebook. It’s OK, despite all the redesigning, I still find it difficult to navigate. Also, because of privacy settings. I am not able to reach or tap into the crowd like you [...]

Just a quick post to hopefully clear something up. There is a big difference between Guest Blogging and Article Marketing. Article Marketing involves you writing an article and making it available to web and print publishers with Free Reprint Rights.  Basically, you tell publishers they can use your content as is so long as they [...]

We’ve heard a lot of buzz about membership sites over the last year.  For awhile it was ‘the’ topic in the internet marketing world, but that’s not why I’m talking about it.  I’m not a ”latest thing’ marketer. Actually, I’ve been running membership sites for over five years now.  Today, I’m pleased to launch a [...]

Are you one of the blessed?  (Do you have a Kindle?)  I would LOVE to have a Kindle.  It’s definitely on my wish list for Christmas ’09.  It would be so amazing to have my library available at my fingertips whereever I go. If you are one of the gadget elite, I have good news [...]

This is a guest blog post by Alice Seba, the Internet Marketing Sweetie. We work writing great content for our blogs and to be honest, it can suck if we don’t get the traffic we deserve (or that we need to earn a decent income!). It feels like a vicious cycle…you can’t get the traffic [...]