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Hey everybody. Well, like I promised, we are going to start producing kick butt content. Today. That’s right, I said today. Right here, right now, you are going to start getting blown away by what we’re going to accomplish here.

The challenge continues today, but I’m going to raise the stakes, and make this a little more interesting. Remember when you all voted to pick which of the three choices I would pursue? Click here to check out that post. Now, if you look, “Create a blog and sell it for $500 or more of profit” is the choice that won. But wait…what came in second place? Ah yes, “Create a blog and get it earning $100 a month” came in second. But guess what? We are officially adding that goal to the MonkeyBlogger Challenge. So now, we will create a blog, get it earning $100 or more a month, and sell it for $500 or more. But you know what, why stop there? Let’s make it $750…heck $1,000! Yeah! Now we’re talking!

So it’s settled then. We’ll create a blog, get it earning $100 a month, and sell it for at least $1,000.

When I say $100 a month, I don’t mean $100 gross profit, we’re talking net. So yes, there will be expenses for every month, but we’ll be profiting off it, so who cares right?

Now, the next step in the challenge is picking a name and domain, and we’ve done that. The name for our technology blog for the challenge is “Tech Smack” and the domain is www.techsmack.net

One reason I went with .net is because I can prove to those few skeptical ones that a .net site can still be just as valuable as a .com site. The other reason was that everything .com was taken. Haha, at least all the good ones. Either way, this challenge will prove that it can work.

That’s it for today, tomorrow we’ll start the blog creation, organization, customization and optimization processes and get the ball rolling. So stay close, it’s coming!

*NOTE* We here in Florida have a Hurricane/Tropical Storm coming, so there is a chance that tomorrow’s post will be delayed, but if it’s at all possible, tomorrow’s post will come tomorrow. *NOTE*

Very cliche huh?

Either way, I found this great video that covers the basics of making money with a blog.

Very good, and worth checking out!

Yes, you heard right!

My hit series, “The Freelancer’s Guide” is becoming an eBook!

The eBook version will contain new content, examples, and more! This eBook will be sure to get even the most lazy person with artistic ability on their way to freelancing!

I won’t give a release date just yet, but I want to get your guys opinions on this. I think it’s a great idea, and it will be a great eBook. I’m thinking free for subscribers, and a small price for others, but we’ll see. This might lead to another case study, so we’ll see.

I also want to mention that tomorrow we will have the next p ost in the MonkeyBlogger Challenge, I promise. So don’t worry about that, you’ll get you MB Challenge fix.

Well guys, had a tough week, my grandma had a stroke, and is well, dying. It’s been hard for the family and I but I know I must get my mind off it, so I’m going to start the Official, First….MONKEYBLOGGER CHALLENGE!

We are going to be having a lot of fun with this theme.

“Create a blog and sell if for $500 profit”

For this, we are going to have to go through a few steps to start up.

1. Pick a niche

2. Pick a name and domain

3. Set up blog, organize, custom, optimize

4. Start the content flow

5. Promote, promote, promote

6. Build lasting readerships

7. SELL THAT BAD BOY!

So to start off, we need a niche. A theme. A starting point.

I will be brainstorming and reasearching this a lot, and I’ll need your help in making final desicions. So in the comments of this post, I want you to leave your ideas regarding niche choice, and tomorrow I’ll be listing mine here.

On another note, at the end of the challenge, whoever brings this post the most traffic will get an amazing price. So don’t make haste to post about it in your blogs!

In the world of blogging, professionalism is key. If you want anyone to pay attention to you or your blog, you 1) need a domain, and 2) need a quality domain. If you pick a bad domain, not only are you stuck, but you discredit your blog big time.

When I first started blogging, I made some bad choices, and some good choices, when it came to choosing domain names. Let’s talk about the consequences of each a good choice, or a bad choice.

Bad Choice

When I made a few bad choices pertaining to domain name choosing, it effected my blog more than you’d think. I got many complaints, many lost readers, and a lot of confused readers who thought that it made me look like an unprofessional jerk. The blog eventually fell apart, and I believe the biggest reason was the bad choice of names.

Good Choice

Ah, time for the good choice. Well, for one thing, MonkeyBlogger.com is a fantastic domain if you ask me. But besides that point, the good effects you can get from a great choice in domain name, or business name for that matter are endless. Publicity is one thing. When you have a good name, it gets around. And fast. When your domain name is brandable, you build a brand on and off the internet, and it adds an extra hint of professionalism in your blog and/or business.

So that’s it for today, just thought I’d talk a bit about this, I’ll be talking more about professionalism in other things in my upcoming posts, and you should fine it very interesting, so don’t forget to subscribe to my RSS to stay updated.