Comments on: Setting Up A BlogSite – Freelance Writing Guide

By: Tempie Lafortune

Tempie Lafortune — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:23:43 +0000

There is obviously a lot to know about this. I think you made some good points in Features also.

By: Monika

Monika — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:01:02 +0000

@ regina: You are welcome. I’m glad it helped.

By: regina

regina — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:12:35 +0000

Thanks for the clarification.

By: Monika

Monika — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:25:33 +0000

@ regina: Hey, don’t worry about asking questions, I’m happy to help where I can. Click bombing is when a person consistently clicks your Google Adsense ads in order to get your account shut down. This is why one should NEVER click their own ads in the first place. Sometimes all you need is up to ten clicks per person and your account will be gone. Unless you notice this right away and contact Google to let them know someone is click bombing your account your chances of keeping it are not so good.

Therefore you always need to check your stats every single day. If you notice something dodgy, either take the ads off for a few days or get in touch with G to tell them of your concerns. If you use a free stats tracking software like Statcounter.com you will see whether clicks originate from the same IP address or not (e.g. same user).

When you register a private domain nobody will know it is yours, that is what I meant. Public domain info can be accessed by anyone online by doing a WhoIs search (http://whois.domaintools.com/) on the domain itself. You’ll find people’s names, addresses, phone numbers and everything else that is noted in the registrars database (except financial details of course). If privacy is an issue for you, then stick to private rego. Hope this clarifies your questions.

By: regina

regina — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:33:15 +0000

I’ve registered 2 domain names, one public and one private. Please pardon my ignorance (I am a total kindergartener in this field and trying to understand it) but what exactly is ‘click bombing’? And when you say with private registration “they don’t know who they are dealing with”, why is that? I’ve seen that with private registration, the info regarding account owner is not plainly viewable – but it is with public. Who else exactly can see the account owner info when you do public registration?

By: Monika

Monika — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:04:23 +0000

@ regina: If you are doing niche marketing with Adsense revenue then private registration is a MUST! Why? Because there are some really nasty people out there and they will not stop until they stuffed up your account by click bombing it. If you are registered private you can avoid half the trouble. It won’t stop people click bombing, but they don’t know who they are dealing with which stops many in the first place.

Another good thing about private registration is if you do link exchanges with other webmasters. Keeping under the radar is smart.

By: regina

regina — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 21:22:19 +0000

What are the pros and cons of public vs private registration?

By: Monika

Monika — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:22:11 +0000

@ Loraine: Copywriting is certainly a great industry and it pays very well too. Every word you write in essence is copy, therefore yes, the more you understand about the human psychology, the easier copywriting will become to you.

I did a course with David Garwinkel a couple of years ago. It was held by phone and consisted of several parts. I have to say it was money well spent as my eyes were opened to a lot of things to do with online and offline sales.

Besides though, there are eBooks on copywriting that might be cheaper and good enough for you. But unfortunately I can’t recommend one to you myself.

By: Loraine

Loraine — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:28:37 +0000

Hi Monika,

I jumped ahead and read your post on copywriting. It seems to be an essential skill in the freelance writing business. Any recommendations on a good course to take?

Thanks as always,
Loraine

By: Monika

Monika — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:10:46 +0000

@ Loraine: I don’t mind at all, I love helping people so never be afraid to ask questions. The reason why I don’t host with GoDaddy is simple; their hosting is crap and if you have your domain registered at the same place as your host you could get into trouble if they ever decide to shut down (not that it is highly likely).

However, their hosting plans are really not great at all. In my early days I actually did host a site with GoDaddy so I do speak from experience. They don’t give you much space and their site builder (for static sites) is about the only useful tool they have for beginners.

You are much better off to run with a host like Hostgator as they give you tons of space you will most likely never need for a great bargain.

To design the site is easy if you go with WordPress (you can run Wor8dPress as a CMS (a static site) and for that you can choose from thousands of free theme templates all around the net. My site is built on a paid theme and all I had to do was customize it to my liking.

To setup WordPress is easy if you choose a web host that offers Fantastico installation (fast installation of many applications such as WordPress). It takes all but a couple of minutes.

But if you want to design a site with other software that is free instead you can look at NVU, a free tool. However, doing this will require you to tinker with the website setup in the host via FTP.

Monika