Today I’m very pleased to announce the launch of a new project that I had been working on for the past couple of months. It is a completely new online training system that will show you how to drive massive online traffic using the best of social networks & web 2.0 viral marketing tactics.

Why am I so excited about it? Well, because for this site, I teamed up with 3 of the smartest internet marketers on the planet. Their names are: Jack Humphrey (a renowned blogging and networking authority), Bryan Winters (owner of the emerging JoePopular.com social network) and Jerome Chapman (relationship marketing specialist).

Keep reading: Driving BIG traffic with Web 2.0 & social networks

There’s a new kid on the block - and it sure looks like a bully that’s getting ready to slap back at Google. Hard. The name of this new kid is Pay-Per-Play and I predict it will be a VERY interesting development in the world of online advertising (for both advertisers and content publishers like us).

So what exactly is “Pay Per Play”? In short, it is a new advertising channel for advertisers to increase their branding through online audio with 5-second sound-bites. Big advertisers are already queued up for it… and by big I mean brands like Coca-Cola, Toyota, Blockbuster and the sorts.

Keep reading: Is PPP the true Google AdSense killer?

Once you’ve launched a blog, added good content to it and have a few blog monetization strategies in place, you’ll need a constant stream of targeted traffic to build your readership.

If we narrow things down to the very basics, there are only two types of traffic that you can generate: paid traffic and free traffic. And while there are literally thousands of different places that you can buy traffic from, today we’ll only focus on tentraffic generation methods that require little or no money. These are 10 methods you can start using this same week to start building momentum and kick-start your blog’s readership immediately.

Keep reading: Top 10 ways to drive traffic to a new blog

In part 1 of this quick glance at blog monetization we talked about earning cash directly from your blog’s content. While I still think that monetizing a blog through its content is the more effective strategy in the long run, there is one sad fact to consider…

That the majority of the visitors who land on your blog will not take the time or consideration to read your delicious content.

The average visitor is in a hurry and will only click around to find what he or she came looking for - and that may not always be within your blog. For that reason alone, you must also consider a few different approaches at making money; which brings us directly into the second general strategy to monetize your blog:

Keep reading: The only 2 ways to monetize your blog (Part 2)

Once you have a blog up and running, you’ll want to find a few ways to make money with it. Even if you are blogging out of pure passion, you can’t deny that enjoying a hobby that makes you money while having fun is one of the best things that could happen to you… right?

Blog monetization is a hot topic in the blogosphere. Thousands of posts have been made on the subject talking about different tactics, techniques and methodologies to earn money from blogging. The matter of fact is that there are only two general strategies through which you can monetize your blog. They are…

Keep reading: The only 2 ways to monetize your blog (Part 1)

WordPress is one of the most popular blogging platforms in the world. It is a great application, but in my opinion, what makes it stand out from the rest is the amount of fan-made plug-ins that have enhanced its original toolset.

While there are literally thousands of WordPress plug-ins out there, there are seven particular ones that I wouldn’t dare starting a blog without. I know that I left out a lot of good plug-ins, but the idea here is to make a list of only 7 plug-ins for new bloggers to start out with. If you know of a particular plug-in that *should* be on this list, please add it on the comments section.

Keep reading: 7 WordPress plug-ins you shouldn’t be without

Selecting a good theme (design) for your blog can be fun, but it is also a critical factor regarding the overall success of your blog. There are a few key elements that you must keep in mind when selecting your blog’s theme.

It doesn’t matter if you’re working with WordPress, TypePad or any other blogging platform… The single most important thing you can do when selecting a theme for your new blog is to try to look at all the available options from your reader’s perspective. Why? Because in the end, it is your target audience who will visit your blog frequently to read the information you publish – and if the design you select makes your readers grow tired of it fairly quickly, then the blog will never become a popular destination.

Keep reading: How to pick a winner theme for your blog