Welcome to the Year of the Blogger Sample Blog, this blog has been created and is currently running on the same system which you will have with your own blog. As you can see with this blog theme there are many options to customise it to your liking, such as:

• Customising the header image
• Adding images and customising the sidebars
• Fully formatting your posts
• Add images to your post
• Add videos to your post
• Monetizing your blog with:
  • Affiliate Products
  • Your own products
  • Google Adsense
  • Yahoo Publisher Network

Please feel free to look around, when you ready to go back just click this link or click the button on the top left of the sidebar.

See you soon

YOTB Member
Year Of The Blogger © 2009

A blog can mean different things to different people, for some it can be way to share their personal lives with the world, others may see it as a way to share their knowledge and interests, while in another light companies use blogs to market themselves, promote products and to connect with their customers. But I can bet these are not the main reasons why most blogs are started, and I can bet that these are probably not the main reasons why you will want to start a blog either. My guess is that you want to make money online, am I right? Well I say this with all honesty, “It Can All Begin With A Blog”.

So, What Is A Blog

Well for starters this website you are on right now is a blog. Here is my ‘unofficial’ definition of a blog “A blog offers an easy and very simple way of publishing content to the web, it then can display it in a way that is easy to read and follow, plus also promotes discussion and interaction from readers.” Or if you want a slightly more ‘official’ definition, Wikipedia defines a blog as: Read the rest of this entry »

Having been in the Internet Marketing game for a length of time now, I have come to learn a few things that have allowed me to lead a life of happy times and freedom. What I want to share with you today is a few things that I hope you can relate to and maybe give you some inspiration as well. So I want to discuss the importance of participating in the YOTA Forum.

Ask yourself just why you are in the forum in the first place. What was the single most reason that made you become a member. Perhaps you had heard of this Internet Marketing thing that everyone seems to be talking about and wanted to see what all the fuss was about. Read the rest of this entry »

Most people who have ever switched on a computer have heard the term Search Engine Optimisation or SEO for short, but the majority of them would look at you with a blank face if you asked them… What is Search Engine Optimisation.

In this article, we give you the rundown on what search engine optimisation is, how it can benefit you and how you can apply basic SEO to your website or blog.

So… What Is Search Engine Optimisation

Search Engine Optimisation is the practice of optimising your website or blog and the pages contained in each, so that search engines can identify exactly what your page is about, and how relevant your page is to a particular search term.

The more relevant your page is to a particular search term is one of the factors search engines take into account when placing your site/page(s) within the search engine rankings for a particular keyword or keyphrase. Read the rest of this entry »

Since Social Media is one of the things I do on a daily basis as part of my internet marketing strategy, I often get asked by friends and family:

What is Social Media? How do you do it? What are the benefits?

Lets run through the what, why and how of Social Media below:

What Is Social Media

In basic terms, Social Media is simply people having conversations online. In most cases, you have the ability to choose who you want to converse with, these can be people you already know or complete strangers who you choose to start an online conversation with.

There are many social sites online for you to become involved in, two of the major ones you may have heard of (if you haven’t had your head stuck in the sand!) are Facebook and Twitter.

Both of these sites have become absolutely huge worldwide as they both make it simple to keep up with what your contacts are doing and also the ability to broadcast your message (being personal or promotional) whenever you like to your select group of online friends.
Read the rest of this entry »

Welcome to our Year of the Blogger sample blog, this blog was created to show you what is easily possible with your own YOTB Blog. Throughout this blog I will be giving you an introduction to social media, blogging, search engine optimisation, the Year of the Affiliate Forum and also introduce to this blogging platform.

Feel free to browse around the blog then simply click any of the “Back to Year of the Blogger” links to go back to the page you just came from.

Enjoy the blog, and I look forward to seeing you blogging on your own YOTB blog very soon

See you soon.

YOTB Member
Year Of The Blogger © 2009