I started a new blog, Online Bull, which will focus on providing smashing internet marketing tips. Of course, I did not start the blog all on my own, I started it in a join venture partnership with Jason. This is my first internet marketing blog. My main inspiration for starting this blog was Net Strife which was previously run by Lucas. I was really impressed with Lucas’ blog and wanted to delve more deeply into internet marketing.

I have only published a Hello World there. The blog will be officially launched in a few days. But I have plans and ideas for future posts which will have 100% no-nonsense, quality content. There are changes being done on the blog logo and design. And soon, I’ll have a professional-looking blog ready. Don’t worry though, I won’t stop posting on Blog Smartly. I’ll be devoting equal attention and time towards both the blogs.

I’m also having a small contest for the blog. I’m giving away $10 to one random email subscriber. Remember, I will only give away the prize to an email subscriber, not an RSS subscriber. I will announce the winner on the day I launch the blog. So those who haven’t subscribed yet, subscribe soon!

So head over to my new blog and drop a comment there. And don’t forget to subscribe to Online Bull via RSS or via email. Tell me what you think.

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All of you bloggers have this problem of getting the best theme for their Wordpress blogs. I’m sure all of you have been searching for the best theme since the day you started your blog (probably even earlier!). You feel totally disappointed if you don’t find the perfect theme. You might think that you need to spend thousands of dollars, hire a professional designer and get your dream theme. Well, there are a few almost-perfect themes out there.

Have you ever heard of Carl Ocab before? Most of you might have heard about this 15 year old blogger from Philippines. Carl got a really good theme for his blog long ago. Many bloggers wanted a theme like that. But he did not release it to the public. He wanted his theme to be unique. Recently, Carl changed his mind. He decided to sell his theme to the public.

Let me introduce you to - The Ultimate Blogging Theme, a truly awesome theme for your blog brought by a blogger who ranks #1 for the term “make money online”.

What’s So Different About This Theme?

So what makes this Wordpress theme different from the rest? Here’s how:

1. Awesome Design - The Ultimate Blogging Theme has a stunning design. Every element fits into place. Enough attention is given to the subscriber box which is essential for every blog. Prime importance is given to the content. To be frank, this theme’s design will make any blogger stare in wonder at it.
2. On-page SEO - This theme comes straight from a guy who to ranked #1 on Google for the term “make money online”. So you can be sure that the design has been coded so as to rank high in search engines.
3. Customizing as Easy as A-B-C - When I say setting up and managing the theme is as easy as A-B-C, I’m serious. The theme options page make it very simple to put up advertisements and do many other stuff. Its ideal for those who are allergic to PHP/HTML/CSS code.
4. Advertising Space - The Ultimate Blogging Theme allows you to place as many ad spaces as possible without disturbing the content. All the advertisements are in strategic locations so as to receive maximum click-through rates. Managing advertisements is a breeze with the theme’s option panel.
5. Attractive Flavors - There are six flavors to choose from if you buy the full version of the theme: Spit Fire Red, Chillin’ Blue, Quirky Pink, Vogue Red, Charming Blue and Earth Green. Each flavor is suited for one particular type of blog. If you buy the limited single blog license, you get three flavors to choose from - Spit Fire Red, Quirky pink and Earth green.
6. Easy Navigation - The theme has a very clean navigation menu along with boxes on the top of the page and at the bottom. The whole layout is arranged in perfect order so that the visitor will not have any difficulty in navigating through the blog.
7. Lightweight Code and Images - Lighter Images and Cleaner Code = Faster Load Times. The Ultimate Blogging Theme combines both of these with clean XHTML and CSS code. People get impatient and leave blogs which have slow loading times.

What I liked about UBT

I have been a fan of Carl’s blog theme since the day I set my eyes on it. When Carl released his theme to the public, I was even more happy because it was a chance for me to finally get it.

I liked almost every aspect of the theme. There are some times when the colors of the Spit Fire Red flavor (the original kidblogger theme) don’t match the blog’s tempo. But there are many flavors to choose from so that isn’t a problem. I like the way Carl has placed multiple subscription boxes - near the top, below a post and one at the bottom. There are so many spots for ads yet they don’t affect the content. I think this is due to the brilliantly crafted design.

What I Want from the Theme

While the current method of managing advertisements is great, I would like it even more if it were automated by adding a plugin like OIO Publisher which can take care of everything from selling adverts to rotating banners.

Should You Buy the Ultimate Blogging Theme?

If you aren’t satisfied with your current theme and are looking for a good one then I recommend Ultimate Blogging Theme for you. There are a very few good themes that you can get at such a low price like $67 and the Ultimate Blogging Theme is a gem. Go ahead and buy it!

I’m planning to change the design of Blog Smartly and switch to the UTB. So you can expect some big changes on this blog soon. I’ll try my best to make it look smart and awesome.

So those are some of the blogs that I regularly read. What are the blogs that you read? Do tell me. Do you read my blog regularly too?

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This is the second part of the blogs that I read series where I write about the various blogs that I read regularly. If you missed it, you can read the first part. In this post, I’ll be continuing from where I left.

Net Strife

Net Strife was previously owned by Lucas Tan, a 14 year old who continuously updated his blog with smashing internet marketing tips. His posts contained lots of valuable tips and advice on internet marketing. Now, Net Strife is owned and managed by Louis Edwards who’s another great internet marketer. Louis is continuing the tradition of giving the best internet marketing tips. I definitely recommend you read Net Strife.

Melvin Blog

I have been following Melvin’s blog since he first started it (I was the first to comment on his blog ). Melvin has written many posts which are usually about making money and affiliate marketing. Melvin gives his honest opinion on different stuff like commenting, affiliate marketing, etc. which are really nice to read.

Stand Out Blogger

Stand Out Blogger is run by Thomas Sinfield. Tom has been giving really good tips on blogging and social media traffic. Tom knows very much about gaining a lot of subscribers for his blog.

Rajaie Talks

Rajaie is a great blogger and a good friend of mine. Rajaie writes only top-notch content on his blog. Recently, Rajaie has started releasing free themes to the public as a way of promoting his blog. Rajaie’s post are really unique and I really recommend that you read them.

Desmond Blog

Desmond has plenty of experience in website flipping. I have been reading his blog from the start and I can say that this guy knows a lot about flipping websites. Most of Desmond’s posts are in the form of case studies (which I really enjoy reading ). Keep up the good content, Desmond!

Linkers Blog

Linkers Blog is run by Danny Cooper. Most of Danny’s posts deal with link buiding. Last month, Danny tried out an experiment where he used blog commentating as the only method of link building for his blog. The results were amazing. This inspired me to take up blog commentating seriously too.

So those are some of the blogs that I regularly read. What are the blogs that you read? Do tell me. Do you read my blog regularly too?

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I thought it would be nice to write a list of blogs that I regularly read and give a small explanation on why I read them. So here we go.

ProBlogger - I always read ProBlogger for the best blogging tips. Darren gives very good advice on blogging and I enjoy his posts. If you’re subscribing to only one blog, then it has to be ProBlogger.

Shoemoney - I enjoy reading Jeremy’s posts. He does not post much about making money online, but he may occassionally shell out some really good affiliate marketing tips. I started reading Shoemoney after I won a free t-shirt his blog just for commenting there. Shoemoney is a guy with loads of experience in affiliate marketing and he has been in the game since many years, so I recommend you read his blog to pick up a few good tips.

Entrepreneurs Journey - Entrepreneurs Journey is run by Yaro Starak, the same guy who launched the Blog Mastermind Program. Yaro gives excellent advice and tips on internet marketing as well as blogging. I recommend reading his ebook Blog Profits Blueprint.

The Net Fool - Jim gives writes very good posts on blogging, making money and of course, the stock market. I also occassionally read his other blog, Bullish Bankers to get to know about the economy a little.

The University Kid - Jason writes really helpful and inspiring posts to make money online. Anyone who’s just getting started with making money online should read Jason’s posts. Jason offers 100% awesome, no-nonsense, practical posts on making money.

Carl Ocab - You might think I’m being silly by mentioning that I read a blog with a tagline, “Make Money Online with a 13-Year Old”, but I’m not. Some of Carl’s posts are really enjoyable and a few of them contain really good tips on internet marketing. That along with the awesome design, makes his blog look very professional.

Balkhis - Syed Balkhi writes a lot about Wordpress tweaks, design tips and website management. His posts can be really useful when you’re about to change anything on your blog or website. Over that, Syed is a blog designer too. He gives a free blog design every month to one of his readers. I hope I’m chosen this time.

Those are some of the blogs that I read regularly. Don’t worry though, there are still so many blogs left. I will continue it in the next post.

What are the blogs that you read and enjoy? Tell me.

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This post about commenting by Danny Cooper at Linkers Blog really got me inspired enough to write this post.

After reading about the fantastic results of one month of serious commenting by Danny, I want to utilize the power of commenting for my blog. So, I’m going to use commenting as the only source of link building for my blog for one month. Here’s what I expect to achieve after one month (December 6):

• Loads of High Quality Backlinks - Obviously, this is the foremost goal of this experiment. I plan to gain a lot of backlinks from other blogs by commenting on them.
• Traffic - Traffic comes next to backlinks. I’m also going to comment on large blogs with lots of traffic and receive a little from them.
• Become Everyone’s Favorite Commentator - Ah! This one is pretty ambitious, eh? By posting quality comments, I’m hoping to become everyone’s favorite commentator.
• Get to know other people - By commenting more, I also hope to get to know other people and make friendship with them.

I’ll tell you guys the result of this experiment after one month. So, here I go, commenting my way to success!

I feel that using your blog to gain exposure is a good way to get a lot of people to sign up under you. If you wish, you can sign up as my friend.

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This is a make money online post. I have previously blogged about My Homepage Friends at Teenblogger.net. If you’re looking to make some money, then read on.

What is My Homepage Friends?

Basically, My Homepage Friends is a program which pays you to search using their search box. They use the Yahoo! search engine, so I guess the searches are worth it. I think Yahoo! pays them to search and they pay people to search on Yahoo!.

How does it work?

Whenever you use their search, you get paid around £0.01 (they pay in pounds, not dollars, so the payment is pretty nice). You can easily make around a hundred searches a day and earn about £1.

Now, the most easy way to make money from My Homepage Friends is by telling your friends about the program. They will give you a referral link and allow you to send a ready-made message from their site. Once you have a friend signed up under you, you earn 10% of his earnings. They also pay with Paypal. The minimum payment limit is £20. I think reaching the payment limit takes a lot of time, but if you have a lot of referrals under you, it can be an easy one!

I earned a little during the time I signed up with them. But, even after I stopped using it, my was earning money from my referrals which was very nice to know.

My Opinion

I don’t think this program can generate a lot of money but it sure can give you some extra income (20 pounds is almost equal to 40 dollars). It involves a lot of work for a few pounds, but it can be very helpful to those trying to earn some startup income.

I recommend that you earn more money from referrals because doing all the searches yourself is a boring task. Why not split up the work?

I feel that using your blog to gain exposure is a good way to get a lot of people to sign up under you. If you wish, you can sign up as my friend.

Subscribe to my RSS feed to get a free backlink on my sidebar (its your wish, whether you want a nofollow or dofollow backlink). Just subscribe via RSS or email and contact me to get your free link. And also, every week, one random email subscriber will get a free 125×125 on my sidebar for 7 days.

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Another Sunday. I didn’t write a single post this week, but others have done many good ones. Here are the best posts for this week:

• Why Teens should try Making Money Now
• How to crack into Google’s servers and find Keyword Gold
• You Can Have a Killer Blog
• How to Find Profitable and Hot Niche Easily and Quickly

Melvin in his blog talked about why teens should start saving making money. I agree with his views. I mainly blog for experience and pride . There was a very informative post at John Cow about a useful little tool called Google Insights. Ryan from Smarter Wealth wrote a post about how he could spend 8 hours a day in creating a mammoth blog. Only if I had 8 hours of free time for my blog everyday.. And lastly, Desmond wrote a post on how to find hot niches.

Blogging Idol 2 Goes live!

Blogging Idol 2 just started on November 1st and I’m participating in it. You can check out the live scoreboard to see how the competitors are faring. I joined this competition to test my skills, not just for the prize money. I have also got some really good ideas on how to increase my RSS subscribers. I did not update this blog much over the last few weeks, but now, with the determination of winning Blogging Idol, you can expect 110% great content posts from me.

Subscribe to my RSS feed to get a free backlink on my sidebar (its your wish, whether you want a nofollow or dofollow backlink). Just subscribe via RSS or email and contact me to get your free link. And also, every week, one random email subscriber will get a free 125×125 on my sidebar for 7 days.

So what are you waiting for? Subscribe to my blog now!

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And the first two people to comment here will get a free 125×125 for one week. Remember to mention the link to your banner and your site.

Hey guys! A very happy Sunday to you all. Let’s kick off this Sunday by rewarding the best posts this week with some link love. So here they are:

• Five Most Under-rated ways to Make Money Online
• Guest Post Marketing for your Blog or Website
• Twitter - My thoughts after 4 Months of Use
• How to make sales from your blog and earn profit

Desmond again shed some light on the lesser known ways of making money online. Jim wrote about doing guest posts to market your site. He even suggests that we outsource the work of writing the posts . Jeremy of Shoemoney.com wrote about his experiences with twitter after 4 months of using it. One look at his stats shows that he gets most of his visitors from twitter. That is enough to get people to start using twitter. And last but not the least, Balkhi wrote a post on how to make sales from your blog.

For all those who are about to buy domains, here’s a little coupon that you will surely find useful. Just use the coupon code 199TEST on Godaddy and get a .com domain for $2.19. That’s a big saving for those who buy a lot of domains. Thanks to Jason from The University Kid for pointing it out. You can also thank me for pointing it out to you.

Also, I’m selling my proxy Unisurfer.info which is one month old. Till now it has earned over $8 within this one month. If you wish to buy it, just contact me. The minimum bid is $20. And the BIN price is $40.

In the real world

It was a pretty busy week for me. My exams are coming up soon (on October 29). We have holidays until 28 because we have a big festival coming up, Diwali. On this day, people play with crackers and fireworks. This is gonna be a very wonderful day because all my friends are coming to my home and we’ll have fun bursting crackers. Happy Diwali to you all!

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Let me repeat that statement - Blog about what you love and you will succeed. Its a fact. Do what you are passionate about. It can be anything. If you do something which you obviously enjoy doing then you will find it easy to succeed. The same goes for blogging too.

If you start a blog solely to make money from it, then I’m afraid to say, you cannot. Do what you like, and only then focus on making money. For example, one of my passions is badminton. I love the sport and enjoy writing about it. So I started a blog about it. When I started, my intention wasn’t to make any money, it was just a way to express love for a sport which I like very much. Everyone has their own interests. You might be passionate about soccer or science or movies or whatever. The thing is, you should focus where you interests lie. I recently read a nice ebook by Yaro Starak of Entrepreneurs Journey. You can get the ebook my subscribing to his blog. Let me quote a few lines:

Enthusiasm is the first and most critical ingredient to build a successful business.

If you care about your business, what your business does and how it does it, then you will maintain motivation day after day through the highs and lows. And I guarantee you there will be plenty of both.

If you don’t have enthusiasm, you won’t keep working long enough, nor will you enjoy what you do. If you don’t enjoy your business, it will fail, perhaps slowly, but eventually it will fail. If you do not have enthusiasm for your project, if you are not completely “sold” on what you do, you are not meant to be running that business.

Let’s say you are passionate about movies. You know everything about movies. You have your opinions about the latest flicks. You can start a blog related to that and giving out the latest news in the movie industry. And along with that, you can make some money off your blog too.

What I’m saying is that if you blog about your interests or passions you will enjoy and at the same time you will be able to make money from it. So, do blog about what you are passionate about. All the best.

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The first two people to comment here will win a 125×125 for one week on my blog. Just give me the link to your banner in the comment and I will put it up right away.

Let’s take a look at what happened this week:

• Lack of Posting - I wasn’t doing any posts this week because I was extremely busy with school and other stuff. Sorry for that. I will get back to writing good content from now.
• New Header design - Did you see the new header? Of course you did. My blog got a new header and a theme tweak done by Sparx Media. I got in touch with him on Digital Point forums. He was doing free designing to build up his portfolio. I love his work and I’ll surely hire him for my future designing needs. Hey I want to hear your opinion on how the new design looks.
• New Blog - I started a new blog yesterday - Badminton Blog. I’m a great badminton fan and I wanted to start a blog related to the sport so that I can meet other people interested in badminton. Its brand new, so there is not much content yet. What do you think?

Here are the link updates for this week:

• Google Keyword SEO : Friendly Niche Marketing to Dominate your Competition - I liked the content that Jim posted. Good ways to market your website for sure.
• I liked Desmond’s post where he explained how He earned $560 even in this bad economy. I can see that the sales at Sitepoint forums are dropping. People are not much willing to buy sites in times like this.
• Tom of Standoutblogger has written a post on 5 ways to take your blog to a new level. Great post. I always find that Tom gives the best posts on blogging tips. Keep it up Tom.

Well that’s all the for the updates for this week. Tell me how you liked the new design in the comments below

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