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Blogging Expert John Chow to Speak At BlogWorld Expo 2008

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One person I’d like to meet at the next BlogWorld Exp (Sept. 19-21, 2008) in Las Vegas is John Chow. Well known for his crazy videos, explosive income growth and personality, he has one of the most successful blogs on the internet and he shares his secrets to success. He actually keeps a log of his monthly income growth and what programs he used to generate that income.

John is best known for showing the power of blogging when he used his blog as an income case study. He took thejohnchow.com from $350 per month to a over $27,000 per month in just one year.

This is what is posted on his blog:


Total Blog Income for May 2008: 227,705.80 RMB

Despite the difficulties of doing business in China, the blog posted a record high income of 227,705.80 RMB, or 228 times greater than the average monthly income of a Chinese factory worker. The income converts to $32,529.40 USD. Here is the breakdown.

  • Private Ad Sales: $16,380.00
  • Affiliate Commissions: $9,757.04
  • ReviewMe: $3,000.00
  • Text Link Ads: $2,036.22
  • Kontera: $1,000.00
  • TTZ Media: $329.50
  • Subscription: $20.00
  • FeedBurner: $6.64
  • Grand Total: $32,529.40

Don’t forget to take your video camera and take videos.

20 Top Blog Submission Directories in a WordPress Plugin

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A new WordPress plugin has been created that will have direct links to 20 different places to submit your blog.  These twenty blog submission directories are popular places to advertise your new WordPress blog. They appear as links inside the back office of your WordPress blog.

These links are great places to submit your blog to get traffic back to your URL.  Some of the links go to blog tracking web sites like www.technorati.com where you can see tracking statistics and find out the popularity of your blog.

Some of the links, like the blog analyzer go to places that analyze your blog posts so you can see which of your posts are pulling the most traffic.

Other links are popular blog submission directories that have been recommended.

wordpress plugin blog submission directoriesThis is just a sample of how it will look in the back office of WordPress.  You can see it in on the right side of the page when you use the write screen to write a post.
Hopefully it will give you some ideas of where to submit your new blog.
Download the WordPress Plugin here.

If you want to suggest a blog submission diretory to be added to this list, please suggest one!

What does it cost?

I am releasing this 20 Top Blog Summission Directories WordPress plugin into the blogging community as donation-ware.

However, these plugins do take time to write, update, and provide support – so if you find it useful then please consider making a donation. You just click the button below and it will direct you to PayPal. You can donate any amount you wish.





Punahou High School Graduates Invited to Comment

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Inviting all Punahou high school graduates to comment about their favorite Punahou memory.  That includes any Punahou graduates that may even be running for President of the United States, running large corporations or just kicking back on the beach.   A large group of alumni are gathering on LinkedIn to network with one another, so don’t miss out on the opportunity to join us.

Hawaii was certainly a wonderful place to attend high school. Memories of high school events somehow seem to fade away with the sunset.  Anyone have fond memories of beach parties, prom nights, the Punahou carnival, malasadas, ferris wheels or lily ponds?

Comment below to share your most memorable time with Punahou. 

old school hall at Punahou High School
Old School Hall, Punahou Campus

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Pauahi Hall, Punahou Campus

Blogging Tips Plugin for WordPress

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Blogging has become a popular way of building a website and many times that website can become a lucrative business.  Getting ideas to write about becomes difficult for some people and after they have written their first ten posts, they don’t know what to write about. They need blogging tips.

One of the first plugins to be written for Word Press was a plugin called, “Hello, Dolly.”  Similar to the Hello Dolly format, which puts a line of lyrics in the upper right hand space in the Word Press Administration screen, the blogging tips plugin displays random blogging tips and suggestions. The tips are just some ideas of what you can do to improve the popularity of your blog and improve the content.  All of the tips are designed to inspire you to be a better blogger.

It is easy to install plugins to your blog.  You just download the zipped file and then open the folder on your computer.  You read the installation instructions and then just upload one file to your blog.  You will put it in the folder called plugins which is under the folder called wp-content.  Then you look for the file in your plugins directory within your Word Press back office and find the plugin called “Blogging Tips.” You click on activate. Be sure you deactivate the Hello Dolly plugin if you are currently using that. Enjoy the plugin.

Add a little fun to your Word Press blog and download this plugin for blogging tips.

What does it cost?

I am releasing this WordPress Plugin with Blogging Tips into the blogging community as donation-ware.

However, these plugins do take time to write, update, and provide support … so if you find it useful then please consider making a donation. You just click the button below and it will direct you to PayPal. You can donate any amount you wish.