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At the same time, you don't want to just ignore the 10 or 15 dollars you've generated. Wish you could find something worthwhile to do with that revenue? Remember the affiliate code you place after the ASIN or ISBN number inside a link to a product page? Well, you can replace your code with one of GiveQuick's codes and team up with other bloggers donating their blog dollars to make a bigger difference.
GiveQuick.org has a directory of non-profits that participate in their program. The directory allows web site owners to funnel their commissions to the non-profit of their choice. This means that the non-profit's commissions will grow faster, using the fees generated by a growing number of bloggers like you. The combined affiliate revenue means much larger checks than they otherwise would have.
GiveQuick is different from online "malls" that aggregate referral fees and then redistribute the money among many non-profits. The money generated through their affiliate links moves directly from e-commerce retailers to non-profit organizations, so there is no overhead to be skimmed.There are other ways bloggers can use affiliate programs to help raise funding for various causes.
Whether you're keeping it, giving it away, or , your goal should be to make it your own. Blog the items at Amazon that you have a perspective or opinion on. Incorporate books and music intdigging in and building a fancy JavaScript moduleo your blog the same way you would talk about them with a friend over coffee, and they will move beyond just commercial links to products and take on your character. That's what blogging is all about.
Blogging every day means a lot of built-up content over time. You can't put all your posts on a single page; this would be too long. Instead, you need an easy way to manage your posts into archives. Blogging software automates the process of creating archives for your posts so that you and your readers will have access to them for years to come. This chapter takes a look at Blogger.com's archives and explores some of the different ways they can be configured.
Because you can't put all the posts you've ever written on one page, Blogger automatically saves them as permanent files, organized by week or month (your choice). If you choose to have your blog archived weekly, once a week Blogger automatically saves your files for you. If you choose to archive by month, the files are saved once a month.
Archives are a blessing and (sometimes) a curse. They are fantastic because they save all your work for posterity. But if you're a beginner trying to customize them, archives can be confusing. Getting "under the hood" is a great way to learn but if you'd rather just skip the tech stuff, automatic archiving and pre-designed templates are all you.