Tuesday, November 29, 2011

A Beginner’s Guide to Blogging Basics

Here's a mini guide for brand new bloggers. We were all new bloggers once, and it’s tough. By Blogworld

Is the Secret to Twitter Success Link Sharing?

 

When it comes to using Facebook to promote your business or blog, it seems pretty straightforward as to how exactly to use it. By Blogworld

The Art of Planning Your Blog

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Thinking of starting a blog? So is everybody else. According to BlogPulse, there are over 174 million blogs on the Internet as of October 2011, and over 7,000 new blogs are created every day. By Denise Wakeman

Blogging Brings YOU into the Writing

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In academic writing or journalism, we're usually asked to chose whether we're going to write subjectively (an argumentative or persuasive essay, opinion piece or editorial) or objectively (an expository essay, investigative report, profile or news feature). By Denise Wakeman

Blogging On A Budget: 3 Tips for Bigger Impact

 

Blogging is one of the top sources of online content creation for many companies. Blogs are a great vehicle for interacting and engaging with current and prospective clients. Blogs are also an effective way for prospects to associate stories, anecdotes, and personalities with a company or brand. By TopRank

Charles Darwin’s 12 Rules of Blogging Survival

Blog readers have a myriad of reading options for almost every topic you can think of. In fact, within your niche, potential customers may be enjoying blog posts written by your competitors while they ignore your blog like the plague. By ProBlogger

Monday, November 28, 2011

Live blogging tips

What are the Top 2-3 things you should know before you attempt to live-blog an event? By TopRank

The Dynamic Duo of Business Blog Marketing: Optimize & Socialize

Blogs are often rated one of the top content marketing tactics for attracting and engaging customers and eMarketer has reported blogs reach over 50% of the internet audience. But many companies fail to combine two of the most important tools for boosting relevant traffic and reach: Optimization for search engines and for social media. By TopRank

The 10 Secrets to Making a Spellbinding Video Trailer for Your Next Blog

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You might like the idea of creating a trailer for your next launch. You might even believe it’s doable after reading this guide to creating movie trailers. By Problogger

How to Avoid Legal Trouble, Income Tax Fines, and Penalties as a Blogger

Making money online is no different than making money from any other type of business in that you have to abide by the same laws and regulations as any other business or citizen. By Problogger

Monday, November 07, 2011

Six Minutes to Understanding Business Blogging

Blogging. More like “blah-ging” right? Not quite, people. Sure, a blog is a great place to post funny pictures of cats, but it’s also a killer marketing tool that can fuel both your search and social media strategies. By Slingshot

Study: More women, traditional media are blogging

Among the findings in the Technorati

The blogosphere -- arguably the first engine of the new-media age -- is becoming more female, while traditional media is horning in on the blogging action. By Michael Martinez

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

How to Add a Feedback Tab for Your Blogger Blog with Get Satisfaction

Do you enjoy blogging? Do you love your blog? If you believe in what you are good at, then blogging is another activity you have been enjoying. If you are an individual blogger, mostly your blog structure, design and content depends on your preferences.

How to Add Google Analytics to Blogger




You may already using some analytics services to track your visitors or see statistics of your blog. Also Google Analytics is a popular web analytics service which provide you data about your site traffic and help you to find out marketing effectiveness.

Get Your Blog On: Get Your Nonprofit’s Blog Featured



Nonprofits are diving into Twitter and Facebook, and learning to share great content. What anchors your nonprofit content should be your blog- a place for your nonprofit to have a voice, to share what is going on in your organization, to bring to life the struggles, goals, and triumphs along your nonprofit’s journey. By Givezooks!

Page keyword optimization

Foundation for getting organic search traffic. By A-List Blog Marketing

Give Your Blog a Complete Makeover

18 Action Steps to a path of Blogging Success. By Marya

Successful Corporate Blogs: Are You Really Writing For YOUR Audience?

Remember the old saying, “If you throw enough mud at the wall some of it will stick”? 

The Juicer: Ideas for your Blog



Blogs are a great way to connect with your donors and supporters and give people insight into the work that you do. Blogs can also help your Facebook get traction. According to John Haydon, “the more content you produce, the more people share it on Facebook.” By Givezooks!

People do Not Follow Blogs; They Follow Other People

So far on your blog, you might have done everything right, everything that you were advised to do. But why is that you are still not getting results with your blog? Crazy fans are not following you, readers are not hanging on to every word and your comments section looks barren? By Marya

Telltale signs of Blogger’s Burnout and how to deal with it

Are you spending every waking moment planning for your blog? Do you spend hours and hours searching other high ranked blogs related to your niche, reading blog after blog to find inspiration and ideas, checking traffic of your blog or sometimes just starring at your laptop’s blank screen and finally going to bed exhausted? By Blog Godown

5 basic tips to get more traffic to your blog

Increase blog traffic 5 Basic Tips to Get More Traffic to Your Blog

This post will guide you through all the basic techniques that will help you increase traffic to your blog. If you want more traffic to your blog or you are new in blogosphere, this post will help you to start with building authority and get traffic for your blog. By Vast9

One Tool that Really Sharpens Your Writer’s – or Blogger’s – Voice



It is a truth universally acknowledged that a writer in possession of a good idea must be in want of a voice. By Marya

Lessons from the ProBlogger Event

Looking for a clever way to start this post. Failing miserably at this stage. Better move on with the post itself before anything I write here becomes extremely redundant. No time to be fancy. By Marya

Tools of Marketing: 15 Must-Have’s for Your Blog Marketing Toolbox

Pretty good list to hang on to. By A-List Blog Marketing

5 Basic Blogging Tips To Help You Make A Career In Blogging

Career? Do we even need one? Well, yes you do. There is a life which needs you to earn and make a living out of something. Although blogging is a great resource to share your mind and knowledge with everyone, there is also a great opportunity to make a good sound career out of it. By Technogati

3 Reasons You’re Scared To Link To Fellow Bloggers



Did the headline hook you? In case it did, you’re probably one of those guys this post is about. I really hope that by the end of it you’ll change your opinion. By Blogger Jet

How I got 6K visits in my 2nd month of blogging!



Good article on obtaining traffic to your blog. By Blogger Jet

7 Signs That Your Blog Is Falling From

Whether you are new to blogging, or have been at it for years, it is almost certain that your blog is not performing the way it possibly could. By Blogger Jet

8 More Habits of Highly Effective Bloggers

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Do you ever feel as if your blog has plateaued? Like you’ve hit some kind of blogging hump you just can’t get over? By Copyblogger

Taking Your Blog Mobile: A Basic Guide

Has your blog gone mobile yet? I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but ever since smartphones were introduced, mobile web browsing has exploded. More and more people are visiting your site on their phones, and you may not be prepared to satisfy them with a great experience. By Blogussion

Blogging Manners

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Manners are not only important in everyday physical life but increasingly important with your online interactions as well. By Blogussion

Monday, October 24, 2011

How to Develop a Blog Business Plan

Having a blog business plan in place is important for turning your blog into a business. Okay, if you have a blog going and never developed a blog business plan, don’t fret, you can always develop a plan now for going forward. By DailyBlogTips

Get Started with Web Video and Video Blogging … For free

Video is increasingly important for bloggers and only likely to get MORE so, for: -Traffic generation -Community and relationship building -Teaching and demonstration -Social sharing -Monetization By Chrisg.com

Blog Checklist - 13 Things to Review Before You Hit Publish

Do you ever hit the "publish" button for your new post then cringe because you see a mistake or missing word, or realize your forgot to add an image? By Denise Wakeman

The Top 10 Reasons Why Authors Should Blog

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If you are an author, then you should have a blog. Yes, this is more work for you because it does require even more writing, more time, and another project to manage. The benefits, however, are invaluable. By Denise Wakeman

Blogging Turns Social Networking into Business Networking

While millions of people are doing business every day on social networking sites, some business owners are reluctant to spend much time there because they don't think it's a valid business activity. By Denise Wakeman

BlogWorld LA: Optimize & Socialize For Better Business Blogging

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Optimize and Socialize for Better Business Blogging by Lee Odden

The Picasso Guide to Becoming a Social Media Legend

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During his career he was loved, hated, admired, dissed, fought over … but never ignored. His name? Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y … Picasso. By Copyblogger

How to Write a Blog Post Like a Troublemaker with a Heart of Gold

In a world overflowing with bloggers, there’s the type of troublemaker you love and the type of troublemaker you hate. By ProBlogger

Make Your Blog the Event of the Year (and have People Clamor to Attend)

Great ideas to promote your blog. By ProBlogger

My 3-Step System for Finding Guest Post Opportunities

Tired of haphazardly, randomly struggling to find guest blogging opportunities? Or finding yourself stressed to the max because you’re unable to locate your next guest-post goal for the month? You’re not alone. Most bloggers don’t know where or how to search properly, and if they’re trying to search at all, generally end up with dead-end leads. By ProBlogger

How to Use Blogging as a Job Search Tool

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Blogging is not just writing your personal notebook these days: it’s a truly open platform where people share their ideas, passion, goals, and thoughts on subjects they care about. Gone are the days when people would consider blogs “a personal affair.” The scene has long since changed. By ProBlogger

Friday, September 30, 2011

The Secret to Getting More Traffic to Your Blog

Every new blogger today is on the lookout for new ways to get traffic to their blogs but very few of them actually get results from the tips they read from other blogs. By Blogging Tips

5 Places to Generate Enough Content Ideas

The reality of blogging is that to be able to build a successful blog you need content, and you need a lot of it.


It doesn’t matter what format your content takes, you need to work on ensuring you have an endless source of content ideas to help you run your blog and market it outside your field. By Blogging Tips

Distinguish Yourself Among Bloggers

 
There’s no way to get around it: if you’re looking to become a pro blogger, you’ve got some pretty tough competition. Even bloggers who write on supposedly “niche” subjects face opposition from similarly themed blogs. By Blogging Tips

Is it Really all about Your Content?

When it comes to “content being king” you need to know that the phrase “content is king” isn’t as conclusive as it seems. In fact, that statement can be very confusing and deceitful that it has made a lot of new bloggers quit because they can’t just get their “great content” to work for them. By Blogging Tips

Is Quality Content the Key to Blogging Success?

Or is valuable content more important than the quality? If you don’t feel like your writing skills are up to par you can implement video into your content planning. By Blogging Tips

Blogging Tips That Can Help You Become Successful

For many people, blogging represents a steady source of income. However, this activity can easily bring along not only a nice monthly income but also a great reputation. By Blogging Tips

The Importance Of Scheduling Your Blog Posts

 The Importance Of Scheduling Your Blog Posts
One of the most important responsibilities of running a popular blog is scheduling posts. This is particularly true for blogs in which the blog owner doesn’t write every day themselves. That is, they just need to organize the articles written by staff and guest posters. By Blogging Tips

5 Ways to Improve Your Writing and Become a Better Blogger

When it comes to being a better blogger and building a successful blog it is important for you to realize that your communications skills matter a lot. Working on improving your writing as a blogger can result in great rewards for you since writing is one of the major modes of communication for bloggers. By Blogging Tips

You Can’t Wow Them Until You Whoa Them; Writing Headlines

Do you suck at writing headlines? Does it seem like you can’t get your blog posts read? Maybe it’s your headline. You want the headline to stop them from skim reading so you can wow them with your content. By Blogging Tips

Key Concepts in Blog Marketing Strategy


Blog marketing has emerged as a great way to promote online businesses. While new concepts on blog marketing are evolving every day, there are few strategies that have been time tested and proven worthy. By Blogging Tips

The One Element Your Entire Blog Marketing Campaign is Subject To

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If you’re a new blogger, you’ve probably read a lot of articles online, and you read them all with hopes of achieving great results soon. After a few days, or weeks, of marketing your blog without getting results you come up with the conclusion that the tactic you used doesn’t work.

Have you ever thought about the possibility of the tactic working, but just one element missing? By Blogging Tips

Simple Tips to Avoid Information Overload

If you’re a new blogger you may be a bit confused by all of the information out there telling you how to set up, run and monetize your blog. You need to learn list building, traffic generation, SEO, email marketing, and a host of other things you should be doing. By Blogging Tips

Internet Broadcasting is the Next Big Wave

Also known as podcasting, internet broadcasting is much bigger than the term “podcasting”. Certainly, many of the blogs are adding their very own show. By Blogussion

Taking Your Blog Mobile: A Basic Guide

Has your blog gone mobile yet? I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but ever since smartphones were introduced, mobile web browsing has exploded. More and more people are visiting your site on their phones, and you may not be prepared to satisfy them with a great experience. By Blogussion

3 Simple Ways to Make Money Blogging Without Selling Out


 3 Simple Ways to Make Money Blogging Without Selling Out








Over the past several years, blogging has become a new source for generating money online. Early on it was a major focus on creating web sites and e-commerce platforms. By Blogussion

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Enhance your Blogging Experience with Select Bowser Add-ons and

Bloggers know that running a blog is not a simple task: it takes a lot of time and effort to ensure that your blog is constantly updated with valuable and unique content and that it’s aesthetically pleasing—aesthetics play a huge role in attracting a strong audience; and as many bloggers may already know, without a strong audience it’s very difficult to earn revenue from your blog(s). By Technotip

New dynamic view from Blogger

Built with the latest in web technology (AJAX, HTML5 and CSS3), Dynamic Views is a unique browsing experience that will inspire your readers to explore your blog in new ways. The interactive layouts make it easier for readers to enjoy and discover your posts, loading 40 percent faster than traditional templates and bringing older entries to the surface so they seem fresh again. By Rick Klau

Your Lesson Today is on Blog Tags

Your Lesson Today is on Blog Tags

Some great suggestions on how and when to place tags on your blog posts. By BlogBloke

5 Ways To Monetize Your Blog Without Banner Ads

The reason is simple, banners don’t necessarily portray credibility. With all the unscrupulous acts online, one has to be very careful and ensure your hard earned cash isn’t diverted. By Marko Saric

7 Essential Tips for Creating Effective Video Blogs

So how do you create popular video blogs? This article outlines the seven most essential tips for creating effective video blogs for any niche. By Marko Saric

How to Choose What to Blog About

It’s probably the first question every blogger has to ask themselves. It comes before writing the first post, choosing the theme or even selecting your blogging platform: What is my blog going to be about? By BloggingPro

Why You Should Backup Your Blog

It would be nice if all bloggers had to worry about was coming up with the next great post.  But in a world of constant security threats, even WordPress blogs need to up backed up once in a while. By Performancing

Blog Checklist - 13 Things to Review Before You Hit Publish

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Do you ever hit the "publish" button for your new post then cringe because you see a mistake or missing word, or realize your forgot to add an image? By Denise Wakeman

Content Marketing Optimization: 8 Content Ideas for Business Blogs

Tips for business blogs. By Toprank

A Practical Strategy to Increase the Value of Your Blog

If valuations are based on earnings, it is obvious that earnings must increase if the value of your web property is to increase. Many online entrepreneurs take their time growing their web property organically, often on their own due to funding restrictions. By Problogger

7 Ways Interviews Can Skyrocket Blog Growth

Interviewing experts in your field is a gold mine waiting to be cashed in on, and it offers many benefits to the blogger. By Problogger

Principles of Effective Blog Design

The content of your blog is always more important than the design, but you need to woo people with your design first. You draw them in with design, and keep with content. By Problogger

Sunday, September 04, 2011

17 Tips to Get More Exposure for Your Blog Posts

The most significant challenge that bloggers face is attracting visitors. For new bloggers nothing can be more frustrating than trying to figure out how to get people to see the content that you’ve spent time preparing. By Vandelay Design

9 Reasons for Freelance Designers to Blog

For freelance designers blogging can serve many different purposes depending on where you are in your business and what direction you want to go. By Vandelay Design

Exposing Common Myths About Blogging

There is no shortage of content available on the topic of blogging, but many who are interested in the subject still have misconceptions about making money through a blog.  By Vandelay Design

Monday, August 08, 2011

Why You Should Add A Podcast To Your Blog

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While podcasting is much bigger than it was a few years ago, it’s still not as big as a could be. Many bloggers have yet to get into the art of podcasting. By Blogsessive

Optimizing your Blog for Google Panda

What is Panda all about? By Blogsessive

Best 3 Advanced Chrome Extensions To Manage a WordPress Blog

When it comes to choosing a web browser, Internet Explorer and Firefox tend to be two of the most popular. However, Google Chrome is now making its mark in the browser sector. Many people are enjoying the easy to navigate and simple Chrome features, though one problem has cropped up for bloggers. By Blogsessive

Use a Blog to Build Your Brand

Brand building is the only route to business success in the present global market scenario. Sales alone cannot make a business successful since they do not increase until the brand becomes a forceful tool that will launch the business into the big league. By Blogsessive

How to Choose a Blog Topic

Choosing a blog topic is the most important factor in having a successful, well-read blog post that attracts comments and attention. Here is how to choose a topic for your blog post. By Blogsessive

9 Plugins To Help You Optimize WordPress Performance

Time is more precious now than ever before and most people definitely have less of it (than ever before); so you want to be sure that your blog is optimized for maximum performance.

The best way to do this is through the use of plugins. By Blogging Tips

Sunday, August 07, 2011

7 Time Management Tips for Bloggers

Let’s face it, blogging takes a lot of effort. This is especially true for those of you who hold down a full time job, coach your son’s little league team, and are involved with your church on the weekends. Can blogging ultimately give you the freedom that you deserve? Absolutely Yes! By Blogging Your Passion

10 Best iPad Apps for Bloggers

Here's a listing of 10 apps for bloggers. By Blogging Your Passion

How To Add Adsense Ads to Your WordPress Blog

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Tips on adding Add Sense to Wordpress blogs. By Blogging Your Passion

How to Manage Multiple WordPress Blogs in One Dashboard

If you are like most bloggers these days, you have several interests and passions. Although when just starting out, it is recommended that you stick with one blog and put all your effort into getting it off the ground. By Blogging Your Passion

Productivity Tips for Bloggers

If you haven’t already figured it out, blogging can take a lot of work. Bloggers taking shortcuts for the sake of managing their time better. This is a bad strategy. You should never sacrifice quality for quantity. Blogging Your Passion

7 Habits of Successful Bloggers

The truth is there are more than 7 work tasks that you can get involved in when blogging. Unfortunately, many tasks do not contribute to your blog in any substantial way. Being able to drown out the noise and focus on the most important tasks is a great achievement in the life of any blogger. By Blogging Your Passion

How Do Bloggers Make Money?

Whenever someone is first introduced to the world of blogging, invariably the first question is “How do bloggers make money?” By Blogging Your Passion

Keyword strategy too

How best to determine keywords for your blog. By Blogging Your Passion

20 Different Blog Post Ideas

Ever sit down to write for your blog and you become hypnotized by the blinking cursor? Do you need some blog post ideas? Sometimes we just need some fresh ideas to get us started. By Blogging Your Passion

6 Steps to Creating a Simple Blog Business Plan

Some good tips on creating a business plan for your blog. By Blogging Your Passion

A Blog Traffic Strategy: Quality vs Quantity

When it comes to blogging, there are different mentalities around both the quantity of traffic and the quality of traffic. At different stages in a website’s development, we tend to focus on one or the other, but when we start a new blog, we primarily want to get traffic to it. By Problogger

Friday, August 05, 2011

How to install Wordpress 3.2

How To Install WordPress

WordPress is the most popular blogging platform. It powers more than 50 million blogs including the majority of the greatest blogs online. Installing WordPress is a great start to a great blog. By How To Make My Blog

Want to post to Blogger from Google+?

Tip on how to post to Blogger with your Google+ account. By Rick Klau

Using Opinion Polls


Allowing people to contribute to your blog is a great way for you to establish that you are serious about what they think. There are a lot of different ways that you can allow people to contribute to your blog, and one of the best ways would be by using opinion polls. By BloggingPro

Ho to be a more productive blogger

At its core blogging is about sharing ideas and personal opinions. While bloggers may have ideas bouncing all over the place, a crucial choking point is trying to convey those ideas from our mind to paper. By DailyBlogTips

SEO 101: Beginner's guide

For many bloggers, SEO seems to be one of the hardest obstacles bloggers run into. By SEO 101

How Blogging Helped Me Keep My Sanity

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Life is not a walk in the park. There will always be times when we encounter problems and trials. By The Blog Herald

5 Legal Guides Every Blogger Should Read

With a slew of potential legal issues including copyright, defamation, trademark, privacy and much more, there are many ways a well-meaning blogger can find themselves being sued. By The Blog Herald

Thursday, August 04, 2011

14 blogs that even celebrities love to read!

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Celebrity blogging is one type of blogging that attracts lots and lots of attention if done right. Perez Hilton has been one of the biggest success stories not just in “celebrity blogging” but overall blogging industry. By Blog Design Studio

How To Clone A Blog (And Why)


Why is cloning a better, more automated way to go? By David Risley

Blogging Pitfalls: It’s Time to Kill the Popup (Again)

Popups: A single word that drives both fear and anger into the hearts of nearly all web surfers. By BloggingPro