We all heard the story right? Start a blog and make money they tell yea, pff yeah right! But wait, what if there’s some truth to the story? I know people are always talking about making money with blogging and like me you probably don’t believe it. Well today I’m here to tell you blogging can bring in money, in fact blogging can make you tons of money from blogging.

The truth is blogging is a great way to generate extra income but the part they forget to tell you is how much work is going to be involved with generating this new extra income. This is one of my favorite things about Hishaman from Famous Bloggers.

Hishaman tells it how it is. If you have followed his blog you will know he’s always looking out for the best interest of his readers and only shares programs that truly help bloggers make money. You will find so much great advice on his blog about Making Money Online, Web Design, Social Media and more. (more…)

Looking to create a personal blog? You want something more than a basic free theme? Maybe a premium theme that still has the features of a premium theme but doesn’t have all the extras that comes with professional CMS styled themes?

If you are wanting a theme like that, then you are in luck. Elegant themes offers a great looking theme that is simple, elegant, and full of style. That theme is Memoir .

Memoir Features

For a basic WordPress theme, Memoir still has a lot of great features to go with its good luck. It includes features such as multiple color schemes, page templates, image gallery, portfolio, thumbnail resizing, and a few others. (more…)

Generally speaking for some of our newer blogging members this might be the contest for you. I know joining blog contests can be a little discouraging because many of the contestants have huge social advantages over you.

Well today’s contest will not be like that. in fact this is perhaps your opportunity to get engaged and win a contest without all the top dogs fighting for first place. One of our blogging members, wursti is hosting his very own contest and wants to invite our blogging community members to participate.

Here are some guidelines that might help you provide the best work you can in order to maximize your chance of winning: (more…)

When I pick a blog that I’m going to follow and read consistently many things come into play. Sometimes I will pick a niche site to follow and watch but I truly find the most benefit in following a blog that covers many aspects of blogging.

With Piedadmo I find all the elements of blogging important to me in one central location. The content of the blog is always interesting and top quality. We have discussions about leadership, money, blogging tips and so much more.

What I find refreshing about the idea of a blog covering many topics is you never get bored. the blog is constantly publishing new and interesting topics from a wide range of area’s that I find interesting. this allows me to have something different from the same credible source time after time and with my short attention span this is great for me. (more…)

Building quality backlinks is key to SEO and online blogging success. If people can’t find your blog it’s not going to become popular. Backlinks Review is a great resource for finding all the quality backlink building websites on the internet.

Backlinks Review will provide you with quality reviews of the services they recommend and give you detailed information about the befits of using the services.

You can have full access to their data by visiting and subscribing to their blog. This way you will keep up to date on all the latest and great news regarding building backlinks and services being offered in the SEO industry. (more…)

Are you looking for a customizable business theme that has a clean layout, featured homepage slider, portfolio features, and all of it in a trendy package? If so, I have found a great looking theme that fits these requirements.

That theme is Kaboodle by Woo Themes. They offer a great theme that is fully customizable, looks professional, but still has that trendy look that everyone wants in a site. If you are in the market for a trendy business theme or just want a professional look for your blog, then this theme can work for you.

Kaboodle Features

Kaboodle comes with a ton of features including alternate color schemes, custom home page features, featured slider, portfolio page templates, and dribbble integration. (more…)

Hi everyone, I’m very happy to announce we have finished the blog directory theme and is now ready for you to submit your links. Some final details are being done but as of now it’s integrated with the current theme and ready to accept new submissions.

Building quality backlinks to your blog is very important and Blog Engage help you do this on many levels. We have this lovely new blog directory and invite all our blogging members to submit their blog links.

We have many categories to meet your need and if we don’t the option to suggest a category is available for you to use. Simply add the category you feel is missing, create a description and we will review and approve it. (more…)

I know many of our members will be excited with regards to today’s announcement. We have successfully implemented an e-mail notification for all users that add you to their friends list.

This means when someone ads you as a friend you will be notified and linked to their profile. If you add someone as a friend they will be notified and linked to your profile.

I know many members have been requesting this change and I’m happy to announce it’s now available and implemented already. So far from my testing with a few members online in chat it seems to be working perfectly. (more…)