Wordpress Tutorials

I just learned about the following resource for Wordpress bloggers at Wordpress Tutorials. The site is very friendly to non-techies with sections addressing bloggers who are:

• New to blogging?
• New to Wordpress?
• Using Wordpress?

The homepage also features answers to frequently asked questions:

• Why blog?
• Do I need to speak geek?
• Will blogging help me get better search engine rankings?
• Can blogging help me get more visitors, sales and profits?

Paint-Your-Disclosure-Policy-By-Number

Thanks to one of our member bloggers, Society for the preservation of MY sanity, who helped us to discover what we're calling the Paint-Disclosure-Policy-by-Number approach to disclosing a blog's intent and policies.

We found this cool resource just be reading the Society's disclosure policy, aptly titled the Society's disclosure policy. We were intrigued enough to check out DisclosurePolicy.org , which walked us through six straightforward steps to creating a disclosure policy for The Patrol Blog:

• Step 1 of 6: Type of blog
• Step 2 of 6: Compensation
• Step 3 of 6: Advertising & content
• Step 4 of 6: Compensation
• Step 5 of 6: Conflicts of interest
• Step 6 of 6: Your policy

The proof of our effort is found on our newly created disclosure policy. Thanks, Society!

Weblog Tools Collection

Mark Ghosh has an impressive blog for WordPress users at the Weblog Tools Collection. According to his site description, "WeblogToolsCollection.com posts daily news, articles, reviews, plugins, themes, scripts and tools about blogging in general and Wordpress in particular."

If you're using WordPress, you've got to check out his site. For example, he's currently running a WordPress Plugin Competition that has 15 announced entrants. The site has over 140,000 unique visitors a month and more than 6,000 RSS subscribers. He must be doing something right!

Kudos to Dosh Dosh

It's been a long time since I've been able to post anything other than info and instructions pertaining directly to BlogPatrol. However, I just stumbled upon a site about monetizing blogs that really caught my eye: Dosh Dosh.

I don't know the author, but I recommend his blog for anyone interested in learning how to earn income from blogging. You'll also learn how not to earn income from your blogs since one of his objectives is "exposing fraudulent scams".

In particular, I recommend the following posts:

• An Introduction to Niche Blogging
  
• How to effectively create content for your niche blogs: An Introduction and Guide
  
• Networking within your Blog Niche: 7 Essential Tips for Bloggers

Kudos to Dosh Dosh. The writing is relevant and true to its niche!