There are lots of remarkable bloggers and publishers doing great work, and those who stand out deserve to have their work recognized, relate with each other, and see their readerships grow. That’s why the World Media Awards exist- to recognize and reward great contributions to media from bloggers and publishers.

In my own career, I’ve learned and benefited so much from others that I wanted to help build some way to give back to an industry I love show appreciation to the up-and-coming leaders. The World Media Awards will culminate in a one day event in San Francisco that will celebrate the best in blogging, forums, publishing and media from around the world.

So if you are a superb blogger, why should you enter?

1. 1. Get Recognized- You Deserve It !

You put a lot of work into making your blog amazing. You understand it and your readers know it. The World Media Awards is a way for you to get authoritative credit from other bloggers and industry experts. That recognition will help you build your readership, make new collaborative connections, and hopefully have a few warm fuzzy moments that make all the late nights even more rewarding.

1. 2. Meet Other Bloggers Who Care

Blogging, forums and most other on-line media is about conversation and interaction, but sometimes it’s easy to end up trying to hide away behind a monitor in your office or home all alone. Meeting other bloggers and publishers keeps the fire lit and the conversation going. When you enter the World Media Awards, you’ll be listed alongside other bloggers and publishers who put the same level of satisfaction, attention and work into making their blog great.

1. 3. Expose Yourself to New Partners

If your blog or forum is part of your business, being part of the World Media Awards will increase your exposure by putting your name in front of numerous visitors to our site and the award ceremony. That means you can find out who else is doing great work, strut your own stuff, and expand your network of contacts and collaborators.

1. 4. Make Yourself Irresistible to Clients

What helps your chances at being victorious that next pitch more than increasing your network? Telling that network that you are the winner of a World Media Award. Winning an award shines a light on your achievements, and it serves as an example of the commitment, engagement and exacting standards you apply to your work.

1. 5. Be Part of the Beginning of Something Big

Because 2012 is the first year for these awards, you have the one-time benefit to be the inaugural winner and set the standard for the World Media Awards in your category. Getting in on the ground floor of these awards will open doors for you as a blogger and a publisher.

The bottom line is, the World Media Awards will shine a spotlight on the year’s most prosperous bloggers and publishers, and on the companies that serve and interact with them.

Now is your chance to be one of them.

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World Media Award judges include Steve Hall, Sarah Austin, Chang Kim, Julie Wohlberg, Pierre Zarokian, Ivka Adam, Cheryl Contee, Krystyl Baldwin, Adrian Harris, Jeremy Wright, Rob Bloggeries, Dave Duarte, Tanya Alvarez, Dana Oshiro, Tom Foremski, and Judith Lewis. hashtag #wmads on Twitter.
Media partners include Adrants, Bloggeries, MediaVision, The Affiliate Marketing Awards, Read Write Web, My Blog Guest, Web Traffic Control and FeedBlitz.
Murray Newlands is author of How to Make a Blog Book and Online Marketing; a User Guide. He is also founder of the Affiliate Marketing Awards. Born in the UK, he now spends his time in San Francisco and New York. Murray works for Audience Mindshare and consults for Trancos Ins as well as being an advisor for VigLink. Actually he is working on his new book: The Email Marketing Book.

Hello Money Makers!

Today I want to dive into the world of blogging to make money. I have talked about it before but never quite like this. Today we are going to do it in video format!

Hello Linkers, Seo’s and all you awesome people!

Today we are going to talk a little bit about buying links. Generally speaking all us seo guys tell everyone not to buy links.

You all don’t listen. So rather and re-hash that same message again and again instead I am going to simply give you the guidelines you should follow when buying (since you will anyways).

Search Engine Link Buying Guidelines

The process of buying links can be very tedious. Not only is buying links difficult to keep out of the engines eyes but often times when you do buy them they still don’t affect your rankings as one would think and hope. However if you are going to delve into the world of buying then here is what you need to know most.

What To Not Look For In Links

The first step to properly buy links is to first know what you should be looking for. A lot of time people skip this step and its the most well known mistake people can make. So this begs the question what should you be looking for?

1. The quality of the content your linked in matters. Contextual links is where the most power and relevance comes from so be sure to research where you are wanting to be placed and ensure its relevant to what your site is about.

2. Do not look at PageRank no matter how bad you want to. The page rank means absolutely nothing anymore to the search engines and using it as a factor in todays search will provide terrible links the engines can spot easily.

3. Price point matters. There are always exceptions however in general a well paid link means a well placed well worth it link. Just a little nugget of Gold for you.

I hope these tips prove to be useful for you. Here is a video to sum-up the post and be sure to comment below with your thoughts!