Purple Hazard

I’ve always been interested in ways to monetize your blog, but I don’t always spend the time on implementing or fully testing them. Hits have been increasing on all my blogs recently, specifically my new BuddyPress install at www.rugbyshout.com and this increased my “awareness” of monetizing my blogs.

Anyway, enough with the musings. I’ve heard some good and bad things about CMF, but the system is pretty easy to understand and the rates and payment work for the average blogger’s blogs. Most of the publishers seem to have someone advertising on their blog, and that’s a step in the right direction, even if you’re not earning that much, you’re still earning.

I’ve put the ads in my sidebar, so you can see how they look. It’s the standard “widget ads” in the 125×125 format. Payout start at a very low 1$, and you can also use the same account and credits to advertise on other blogs. Pretty simple.

You can visit CMF site HERE. (Yes, it’s a referral link. We’re not out of the recession yet.)

Bugger, here’s the normal link:  http://cmfads.com . (Referral links make me feel quilty.)

Hi,

This is a quick thank you to all members of the PurpleHazard.com blog and Community. As of 2010 this blog is now community driven, with classifieds, forum and “post your article” sections it’s a great way for bloggers to get exposure and share blogging knowledge.

As such, we would like to invite old and new members to login/register and start adding classifieds, posts or general discussions. Posts and classifieds will be moderated. Please keep it blogging and SEO related.

We would also like to start with author revenue sharing. If you have any thoughts on that let us know.

If you have any questions please e-mail – support [at] purplehazard [.] com

A while ago I started testing social networking scripts, but mostly got stuck on Elgg. I even setup a test site where I displayed different Elgg themes and plugins.

I recently decided to clean out the old files and database and replace it with a new fresh theme and settings. In the process a new Blogging Social Network developed, aptly named, SonOfaBlog (SOB),  running on Elgg and a free theme  from Webgalli.

If you would like to join a community, which I believe can contribute to the success of your blog and other’s , please visit www.sonofablog.info .

Social Network Includes blogging, networking, communities, collecting of news using feeds aggregation, social bookmarking and media sharing.

It seems a strange thing the blogging sphere, always growing but always declining. A bit contradictory you think? Not so. A world of possibilities opened with the introduction and expansion of blogging platforms such as WordPress. Yes, more and more people open blogs to share their knowledge, but for every knowledge giver there’s a few hundred profit seekers.

Open up a free blog with generic content, use free services to drive traffic and voila, you can have yourself a money making, knowledge killing machine in a few days. It’s all over the web. “How to make money blogging, but do nothing.”

It’s as if knowledge or useful information is being deluded one cent at a time. It’s not that I’m complaining, I’m sure I’ve contributed my own bit to deluding useful information in my futile attempts to generate some profit, but fortunately, I’ve learned.

My blog went offline for about a week. When I got it up again, my hits, naturally, dropped to about zero. But in a few days the hits increased to a natural number. This natural number was due to people I know and converse with on the internet. My pagerank climbed up one spot and I was happier than ever.

All I could wish for is some kind of way to verify a real blog, some service that can provide you with a big old yellow ribbon stamp saying : “This is a real blog, managed by a real person, providing real interesting and useful information.”

Now wouldn’t that be nice?

Looking for a job? Offering a job? Need to advertise your website or find a specific one? Browse our classifieds or just post yours for free.

We currently have 8 categories you can post in:

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve setup some interesting and FREE ways for you to promote your blog right here.  It’s easy to use and easy to win.

1. WebDefinitions for Beginners

Open your blog to a world of beginner internet users. Take part in our “Web Definisions for the Beginner” series.

2. Submit posts for free advertising

Submit any blog or technology related posts to this blog. You will be awarded with a free week’s worth of advertising for every post.

3. CommentLuv Enabled

When you post a comment your latest blog post will be displayed. Easy link-back and quick traffic.

I sincerely hope you take part in one of the above mentioned options, if not, you can still comment. Peace.

I’ve decided to launch a new section called “Web Definitions for Beginners” or Webdef for short. Webdef is aimed at providing beginner bloggers and internet users an easy to understand definition of all things related to the web.

This section is not aimed at replacing or competing with services such as Wikipedia or your trusty old Oxford Dictionary, but only as a  place for new internet users to be able to look for and easily understand the definitions provided by ordinary internet users.

Of course I won’t be able to run this service by myself, and that’s why I’m asking you the internet user to provide easy-to-understand definitions where possible.

Every week I’ll list a number of words to be defined in less than 200 characters. To define the any of the words listed in the post you can do so in a comment. Please use your correct e-mail address and website, because you will be referred to in the post defining whichever word.

How you can contribute :

1. Suggest Definition : Visit the Webdev category and view the latest “Words to be Defined” post. Post your definition in the comment box.

2. Suggest Words : Visit the Webdev category and view the latest ” Suggest a Word” post. Post your word suggestion in the comment box.

I also plan on making a PDF document available for download every month, containing the old and new web definitions. Yes, those who contributed will be listed in the document.

Hi all you bloggers out there. We’re officially CommentLuv enabled, which means when you make a comment and enter your blog’s url, a link to your latest blog post will appear at the end of your comment.

It’s a thank you from us to everyone who visits our blog.

If you’re sharing the love with CommentLuv, please make a comment and tell me about your blog. If you are CommentLuv enabled I will add you to our list. Don’t miss out, comment now.

Recently I’ve been very busy focusing on other business projects and consequently miss out on writing more for this blog. It’s a shame because the blog receives a constant stream of traffic. This is where you come in.

I will be adding two 125X125 ad buttons above the Twitter and Rss feed buttons in the sidebar. Every week you submit a post to Purple Hazard your ad will be displayed in either one or both of those spots.  You will also be allowed to link back to your blog from the posts you submit.

If you would like to take part please register for an account and submit the post as a contributor OR join the forum and submit your post there.

Today we launched a new blogging social network, which intends to connect bloggers and give new bloggers the resources to make it big.

Some features of the site:

1. Start your own blog.
2. Upload/Share Media (Video’s and Pics)
3. Microblogging (Status Updates Etc.)
4. Message Boards
5. Start or join groups
6. Upload, share and download files (Eg. WP themes, plugins)
7. Promote your blogs for free.

The website is centered around a nice profile for each user and a activity stream. Everything is free and this is a great way to meet other bloggers and promote yours.

Join us here.