Opportunities for the middle-aged blog

You’ve been at this blogging thing for a while now. The initial surge of WOO HOO has worn off. You survived the inevitable downward part of the enthusiasm cycle that follows that first massive high. And you’re still keeping at it, maybe even with renewed passion and energy. Welcome, you’re now a middle aged blogger!

Blog Marketing and Tips

Some links to helping you market your blog:

Diva Marketing: http://www.bloombergmarketing.blogs.com/

Blog Business World: http://www.blogbusinessworld.blogspot.com/

Duct Tape Marketing: http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/weblog.php

Good Resource for Bloggers: Directories, RSS, Forums and more

Here are some links that will be usefull to most bloggers, lists of directories, forums, RSS submission sites, blogging tools and more.

What Your Boss Thinks of Your Blog

Japan.internet.com recently reported on the results of a survey conducted by JR Tokai Express Research into what bosses thought about their subordinates blogging (and other unreported topics related to business blogs).

Will One Popular Post Make Your Blog Successful?

Do you believe that a jackpot post exist in blogging - one post that can turn your blog successful?

Best Blogs: Social Calls

Feature Want to learn how social entrepreneurs do good (or not)? Three blogs take you inside the nonprofit world.

The Ethics of the Blogsphere

Nowhere is it more apparent that there are no grays, just blacks and whites, than in the blogosphere. We - yes, including me - are all ready to jump into the faces of others and scream "blasphemer" and say why people are doing things wrong in the social media, or new media, or whatever you want to call it.

Does Peronalization Jump the Shark for Corporate Blogging?

Teresa Valdez Klein writes about Dave Taylor's article about the requirements of being a professional blogger.

Newspapers: To Blog, or Not To Blog

One person's take on newspapers facing whether to blog or not.

Blog Power: Chinese Style

If you want to see the power of the blogosphere in action, check out this post about the Chinese blogosphere and the influence they are wielding over a Western business. Look out Starbucks!

CES Bloggers.com

CES Bloggers are the people behind the Blog Business Summit, a conference series focused on the business applications of blog technology. They’re also a blogosphere consulting company. We work with businesses to develop blogosphere strategies.

From Blog to Podcast with Odiogo

Do you have a favorite blog you like to read every morning? What if I were to tell you about a new service that will make it easier for you to get your daily fix...straight from your iPod?

Read the Yahoo article here.
Find out how to get this service here.

The Pixelage

Great blog site covering web design.

10 Must-Have Things That Should be on Your Blog's Side Bar

An extremely useful design feature of every blog is the side bar. I think that many bloggers underestimate its power, but if you follow Google's Heat Map, [here's additional Google Heatmap info] you'll soon realize that side bars are among top hottest zones of any website. This said, here are top ten "must-have" items that should be placed in side bars of every blog...

Search Engine Optimization for Blogs

Part 1: Because blogs naturally offer new content to search engines, you might think you can skip optimizing your blog. Start with Quality Content on a Specific Topic.

Part 2: The way Search Engines index your blog is by sending "robot" crawlers to your site to track what you’ve written and follow the links. Linking Strategy.

Part 3: Submitting your blog to search engine and blog directories is a good way to attract visitors to your blog. Submit your blog to search engines and blog directories.

Part 4: Need more search engine food? Here are some other things you can do to get those search engine robots to index your blog. Miscellaneous Strategies

Team Blogging

While most blogs are written and mananged by a single person, more and more blogs, such as the Team Timex blog and The Huffington Post have multiple authors and contributors.

This poses some challenges for the blog (mostly in terms of the blog's design and the way the posts display) because of the many cooks tending the soup. Read the article.

Cult of Mac

For those who love Apple, here's Wired's blog covering everything and anything related to Apple's products and news.

Best Blogs: Social Calls

Want to learn how social entrepreneurs do good (or not)? Three blogs take you inside the nonprofit world and show how organizations deliver results.

Donor Power Blog

Houtlust Nonprofit Advertising

Philanthropy 2225

Blog Demographics--One Blog's Data Points

Here are some blogging stats collected by Guy Kawasaki during a recent readership survey, click here. A total of 1,631 people responded. These are my ten of his favorite stats:

1. 39% are outside the U.S.

2. 45% live in households that make more than $100,000/year

3. 58% have no children

4. 24% are a CEO/President/Chairperson/Owner

5. 12% read my blog more than once a day

6. 12% have spent $5,000 or more in the past year on gadgets

7. 52% place comments on blogs and sites

8. 82% of you get asked for advice on technology

9. 39% rarely travel by air for business

10. 31% consider yourself an expert on consumer electronics gadgets

It seems to me that these results would describe most readers of tech/marketing/entrepreneurship blogs if you’re looking for this sort of information.

Beginner's Guide to Digg

I recently read a great explanation of Digg by Neil Patel of Pronet Advertising. It’s called the Beginner’s Guide to Digg. If you’re a blogger and want to increase page views, you should read it.