There has been ALOT of talk around the blogosphere about blog networks lately - ALOT! Some of it is as a result of the closing of the Know More Media blog network, some of it as a result of AOL and Gawker making changes to the way their networks pay bloggers and some of it is…. well…. just because every six or so months there seems to be talk about blog networks.

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Today Vered DeLeeuw from MomGrind suggests ways for turning a mommy blog into a business. These tips are not limited to mommy blogs: they can be applied to personal blogs in general. Image by KellyandApril

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Today the Social Media Love-In here at ProBlogger continues with a list of 145 bloggers who use Plurk . So far we’ve presented you with bloggers who use Digg , some that use StumbleUpon and a lot of them who use Twitter

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One of my biggest regrets of 2007 was not being able to attend Blog World Expo . The reports that came out of BWE from thousands of bloggers were quite amazing.

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In the last week a new ad network has launched - PerformancingAds . Bloggers who have been around for a while will know that this isn’t the first time Performancing have ventured into the ad network space - they previously launched a network back in 2006 but closed it down last year during a period where they when through a management restructure and ultimately were sold. I was sad when the network closed last time as I thought it did have promise and love to see new ad options launched specifically aimed at bloggers

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It has been a while since I’ve run a group writing project here at ProBlogger so I thought it might be time to another one (if you’re new to ProBlogger and don’t know what a group writing project is I’ll describe it below). While I’m getting things ready I’m looking for prizes from up to 3 sponsors

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Last week Google announced their ‘Knol’ service and I (among others) questioned whether it would have a significant impact upon smaller publishers ability to rank well in Google’s search results.

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Over the last few weeks there have been a number of offers and deals for bloggers - some exclusive to you as Problogger readers. As some of these expire at the end of the month I thought I’d give a brief recap of three of them with cut of dates that are approaching: $100 Signup Bonus from Chitika - Chitika are offering all new publishers who sign up through ProBlogger the chance to earn up to $100 as a signup bonus. Any new publisher signing up with them will have their earnings up until the end of August doubled - dollar for dollar - to a maximum bonus of $100

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It’s time to release into the wild another two of our Social Media Love-In lists - this time it’s all about social bookmarking. The opportunities for collaboration and cooperation on sites like Digg and StumbleUpon are amazing.

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Yesterday I linked up to an interview with an Australian blogger (Alborz Fallah from CarAdvice.com.au ) who has built his blog from a hobby to a million dollar business in just two years. I’ve not been able to get Alborz story out of my mind since as it’s a brilliant example of what is possible with blogging - but also resonates with my own story and approach. Today I’d just quickly like to pull out a few of the threads of the conversation in that interview that I think were important (there were many more but these resonated most with me): Passion for Topic It is totally possible to blog successfully and profitably on a topic that you have little or no interest in - but Alborz is so obviously passionate about his topic and I believe it is key to attracting a readership who shared his passion.

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