Valentine’s Day Links For You

I’m probably committing some sort of blogging faux pas, sharing link love twice within the same week. What the heck, today is Valentine’s Day and I feel like being generous. Besides, I keep finding these little gems as I scour the internet, pearls of wisdom that must be shared with my faithful readers.

To that end, I offer the following links of note:

How Do You Find Private Advertisers For Your Blog? @ ProBlogger — good information for people who want to monetize their blogs without getting penalized for it.

Unasked For Advice to New Writers About Money @ Whatever — This article is an essential read for all wannabe writers. If you think that you’ll get rich (or even make a living) off of writing, think again.

Freelance Writers Appreciation Week — February 10-16 @ Inkthinker — I knew that those warm and fuzzy feelings I’ve been experiencing since Sunday had something to do with it: this week is Freelance Writers Appreciation Week and I wouldn’t have known that if I hadn’t stopped by Kristen’s blog. Thanks for the validation!

My Top Five Myths About Freelance Writing @ Catalyst Blogger. Jennifer gets it right: we freelancers don’t work in our pajamas, at least on a daily basis!

Will Write For Botox @ Craigslist Curmudgeon. Yes, get free botox when you write about a charity event. Sheesh!

You Don’t Have To Be On Page 1 To Be Successful @ SeoUnique Blog. Agreed! I score well for several keywords that fall well outside of Top 10. Maybe we’re obsessed with Google positioning?

A Common Freelance Writing Scam @ Chris Blogging. I am a fan of Digital Point, but not for getting work. Lots of the jobs are low-ball offers and the work being done is usually poor. Scams abound too as Chris notes in this post.

Does Flash SEO Still Suck? @ The SEO Consultant. Tim Nash always has a lot of good stuff about SEO and the internet. When I want to dig deep about a subject, I know to run over to one of his sites.

Blog Challenge: Testing Your Blog’s Accessibility @ Lorelle on WordPress. I’m sure we all like to that our blogs are fully accessible, but do you regularly test your sites to see how they perform via different browsers and screen settings?

But I Don’t Want To… @ Write Stuff. There are days when we just don’t want to write, then what? Personally, I build in “goof off” time for those hours or days when writing for work isn’t what I want to do.