Friday, June 26, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
How To Sell Ads On Your Blog
Banner advertising is usually the first monetization option explored by any blogger looking to make some money.
The iPhone blog
The iPhone Blog (TiPb) is for those who dare to phone different. Featuring in-depth news, help and how-to, the latest App Store and accessory reviews, the iPhone Live! podcast, and the best darn iPhone forums in the ‘verse, you can engage with us right here on the site, through RSS, on Facebook, and via @theiphoneblog on Twitter.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Google to Launch Microblogging Search Engine?
Microblogging has become a very popular way for people to share news and information or even live-blog events in real time.
Review: Using the iPhone OS 3.0 for blogging
Now that iPhone 3.0 has arrived, here are some thoughts on whether the iPhone is good for performing a variety of common blogging/social media tasks.
Careful Bloggers, the FTC Might Start Watching You
There is a big buzz in the blogosphere about a regulation that the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) is planning to approve late this summer.
Increase Your Blog Traffic with Twitter
An unexpected benefit of Twitter is its ability to help in driving traffic to your blog or for branding yourself.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
How to have succes with a niche blog
A few basic things that you need to know about niche blogs and what you need to do to have success with your niche blog.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
How much traffic is Bing sending to your blog?
See how much traffic Microsoft's new Bing search engine is sending to a range of blogs.
Pre-Written and Scheduled Posts vs Timely Posts
How do you balance having pre-written posts with timely content - what’s a good balance to strike?
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Blogs perform better in search
There are a lot of people that will tell you that you need a blog because it’ll perform better in search engines and gain more traffic.
5 Ways to ‘Systemize’ your Blogging
Some suggestions for keeping your blog running in a consistent manner.
Monday, June 08, 2009
The Biggest Challenge Of Blogging
Blogging often starts out as a hobby and/or money making endeavor and we’re led to believe it is something we can do in our free time.
23 Essential Elements of Sharable Blog Posts
What makes a blog post something that people will send around to their friends? If you’re looking to find some kind of value and impact in your blog as a communication tool, it might be useful to know what makes a post share-able, versus those posts that people read and forget.
Writing With Passion
If you’re a writer, whether you write fiction or you’re just a blogger, you must have passion or you wouldn’t be writing, right? It does take passion to keep writing on a daily basis.
The Benefits Of Co-Blogging
Co-blogging, even if the authors aren’t big names in the industry, are marketed and maintained better than a single authored blog. What are the benefits of co-blogging?
A Forgotten Key to Blogging Success
To try to work out what the extra ingredient successful blogs seem to have was, first look for what they all have in common.
Monday, June 01, 2009
How Google Wave will reshape the blogging world forever
Google Wave, which was announced last week, is a new model of communication and collaboration on the Internet. It will be launched late this year and it will change the way bloggers write their blogs, and the way that blog readers read the content and interact with the blogger.
5 Ways to repurpose content
With the importance of content in online marketing, many businesses are hard pressed to come up with original articles, blog posts, videos, images, presentations, etc. on a regular basis.
The #1 Conversion Killer in Your Copy (And How to Beat It)
What makes people almost buy? What makes them get most of the way there, then drop out of your shopping cart at the last second?
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Live-Blogging EconSM Gathering About Social Networking on Mobiles
The topic is how social networking is working out on mobile phones.
Unselfish Self Promotion
As a blogger or even business person you need to promote yourself. Many people think it is embarrassing to promote themselves but if you want to make a living as a blogger or business person you must promote yourself. No one else is going to do it for you.
Where do you find an audience for your blog?
So how do you get in front of your ideal reader (aka prospect/client).
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
What to look for in hiring a professional blogger
With more and more companies switching to different mediums to grow their businesses, blogs have become an integral part of promotion strategies and a new and effective way to directly connect with the customers. With the increase in blog becoming an essential part of every business's online marketing strategy, the requirement of professional bloggers has increased significantly.
30+ Blogger widgets and plugins
Here are some best widgets and plugins for blogger powered blog that can spice up your blog for better reader experience.
U.S. Now Has Almost As Many Paid Bloggers As Lawyers
Some startling numbers pumped out by the Bureau of Labor Statistics: The U.S. now has almost as many paid bloggers as lawyers.
Myanmar tops list of worst places to be a blogger
Bloggers in Myanmar, Iran and Syria work under some of the most repressive conditions in the world, facing tactics such as regulation, intimidation and even imprisonment, according to a report from the Committee to Protect Journalists.
48 Excellent Examples Of Blog Post Footer Designs
What happens when your visitors are done reading a post on your blog? Maybe they comment on the article, go read another one, click on an ad, get in touch with you, vote and share the post on social media sites, subscribe to your RSS feed, or… simply leave your site.
How The Kindle Now Lets You Steal This Blog
Amazon’s new blog publishing program has a major flaw: it lets anyone steal other people’s blogs and charge readers for them.
8 Twitter tips to promote your blog
Twitter can be an effective marketing tool for leveraging your followers - NOT as a blog replacement.
Do you know what Blogging Consistency and Frequency are really about?
By blogging consistency you should understand that…
Avoiding scam blog contests
Holding a contest in a blog is a good way to increase subscribers, links and even traffic. However, bloggers especially newbies should be aware that some of them may be scam.
Display current location on your blog
If you use Google Latitude, you can now display your current location on your blog using a Google Public Location Badge.
What Everybody Ought To Know About Podcasting: Part I
What do you prefer the most? Blog posts, podcasts or online videos? Good chance if you’re reading this you probably prefer blog posts.
Blog Marketing
Jack Humphy has gathered some more blog marketing resources to further help you understand the simplicity of marketing your blog by focusing in on the core components of a good marketing campaign.
Blooger have mad skills - pay them accordlingly
Bloggers have skills. Mad skills. Their pay should be reflective of all the work they do.
Companies can control their blog content
ProBlogger book for Kindle
If you're using the Kindle and like blogging, you can now purchase the ProBlogger book.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Monday, May 04, 2009
How To Grow Your Blog Through Customer Development
When you think about growing your blog, whether it is a personal, professional or company blog, what is the first thing that comes to your mind?
Blogs to Books: Un Upcoming Trend?
Turning a blog into a book is nothing new, but it looks like the trend is picking up. The NY Times, in fact, is running a story titled: Public Provides Giggles; Bloggers Get the Book Deal.
Bloggers - Are You Using Video Yet?
In a report out this month from Nielsen, they report that since November 2007, video audiences have OUTNUMBERED email audiences.
Read article
Read article
Sunday, May 03, 2009
5 Reasons To Contribute To A Blog
Unfortunately there are many designers that have extensive knowledge but don’t share it with others. Here are five reasons why every designer should be contributing to blogs and how that will help his or her career.
Saturday, May 02, 2009
Generation Y
Yoani Sanchez is a graduate in Philology. Lives in Havana and combines her passion for information science with her work on the Portal Desde Cuba.
Also see Generation Y
Also see Generation Y
10 Worst Countries to be a Blogger
CPJ names the worst online oppressors. Booming online cultures in many Asian and Middle Eastern nations have led to aggressive government repression. Burma
DotSpots
Enables anyone to update the news in real-time with dots: mini-blog posts, including videos, pictures, documents and links, that appear in context on all relevant news articles.
Google's Marissa Mayer thinks DotSpots is 'beautiful'.
Friday, May 01, 2009
Showcase Of Elegant And Original Blog Designs
When visiting a blog for the first time, you get an instant and strong impression from the design and layout. Cluttered and confusing blog layouts can be an instant turn-off, while sleek and elegant designs immediately captivate the audience.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
America's Newest Profession: Bloggers for Hire
In America today, there are almost as many people making their living as bloggers as there are lawyers. Already more Americans are making their primary income from posting their opinions than Americans working as computer programmers or firefighters.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Essentials of Breakthrough Content Marketing
Your business needs help, fast. Your site isn’t getting the traffic you need. You aren’t converting that traffic to sales. The tactics you used to rely on aren’t working. And the lousy economy means you won’t be able to even give up in disgust and just keep (or go get) a day job.
Ever run out of things to write about on your blog?
If your answer is yes - you’re not alone.
One of the biggest challenges facing bloggers with blogs that have been around for longer than a few months is to come up with fresh content on a regular basis.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Blogger simplifies posting via SMS and e-mail
Last month Google released a less complicated way of linking up your phone with one or more of your Blogger blogs as part of its Blogger in Draft program. It put the settings to post to a specific blog through your phone or e-mail next to each blog's title inside of the dashboard using small and simple icons. And as of today the change is now live to everyone.
Read the article here at CNET.
What Type of Blogger Are You?
Maybe “What type of blogger are you?” is the wrong question. Maybe it should be “What type of blogger have you been lately?”
Leverage Twitter to Promote your Blog
Some thoughts by which to use Twitter to promote your blog site.
You Have to Connect WIth Your Readers to Keep Them
When looking at blogs and the “traffic” you get to your blogs, we should break that traffic down into two distinct categories:
- Visitors
- Readers
How To Add 'Twwet This" links to your Blogger Template
Twitter has become one of the most popular ever syndication and networking tools for bloggers. Here's a way to add a "Tweet This" link to our Blogger templates, and a method of automatically shortening the URL of our blog posts.
The Right Way To Use StumbleUpon For Blog Promotion-Part One
Tips on using StumbleUpon to promote your blog post. This series is broken down in two parts. The first part is the StumbleUpon basics, and the second part, is about the blog promotion part.
12 Reasons To Own Your Blog
With the explosion of social networking and free blog sites, it is easier than ever to create your own blogs with just a few clicks of the mouse. The questions that don’t get asked are, do I own the content I create?
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
5 ways gadget blogs fail readers
Mike Elgan offers his opinion on five ways gadget blogs fail readers.
Goldman Sachs hires law firm to shut blogger's site
Goldman Sachs is attempting to shut down a dissident blogger who is extremely critical of the investment bank, its board members and its practices.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Blogger becomes casualty of Iran cyber-wars
The first line of his first blog from Tehran in September 2006 asks: "What is freedom?"
Blog As An Online Reputation Management Tool
Most people who blog are blogging for either two reasons: making money from the blog or just passionate enough to blog (even without getting compensated).
What does it mean to really connect with your readers?
Many people in the blogosphere nowadays fail to really connect with their readers. Sure, you reply to comments on your blog and you respond to emails. But is that all there is to really creating a steady user base? And on that note, recurring readers/visitors?
5 Funny Things Bloggers Do To Make Their Blog Look More “Official”
Here are 5 things other bloggers do on their blogs to make ourselves look more trustworthy to our readers.
Keep Your Blog Rockin’ While You’re Away
Here are some suggestions for keeping your blog going strong even if you're gone on vacation.
3 Essential Questions to Ask Yourself Before Launching a Corporate Blog
Ask yourself these 3 essential questions before taking the step and launching a new corporate blog.
How To Make A Sticky Blog
Sticky blog? I am sure you pretty much know what a sticky blog is, but just in case you are not entirely sure, let’s take a moment to describe one.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Ways To Create Blog Posts
Here's an article showing many different ways and weblog clients to create blog posts more effectively.
Sunday, April 05, 2009
Does Any Blogger Have More Energy than Joe Romm?
For sheer volume, dedication, facts at his fingertips, and hackle-raising headlines, none can compare with Joe Romm. Read the story here.
30 Fresh and Promising Design Blogs to Follow
This article presents 30 new and fresh design blogs that are worth checking out. Weblogs featured here discuss web, graphic, and print design.
Why Variety is Wrong (and Right) About Film Blogs
Variety covers what they see as wrong and right about blogs covering films.
'First' Major Label Blog Launches... in 2009
Seven years after the first MP3 blog (Fluxblog) arrived on the scene, EMI Australia has unveiled what it's calling "the first major label blog" in the world.Seven years after the first MP3 blog (Fluxblog) arrived on the scene, EMI Australia has unveiled what it's calling "the first major label blog" in the world.
Monday, March 30, 2009
20 Excellent Blogs for Those Who Love Design
Whether you’re a web designer, a print designer, or a photographer, you probably share a common trait with me and other creative types - a love for all things design related.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Blogger of the Week - The Amazing Limyh
A new blogger with the mysterious alias of "limyh' made his debut on Social Media Today a few days ago and promptly broke all our records for most-read post in a single week.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Blogging Your Way Through This Recession
The global economy is down and more people lose jobs, luckily the social web has blogging and other writing jobs that allows you to pass time and earn some cash in the process.
Mr. Bloggy
Travel the world from the comfort of your computer screen, as Mr Bloggy hops around blogs from different corners of the world. Mr Bloggy’s taste for both the exotic and mundane is unsatiable, and he will go to the far reaches of the world to tell you about the colorful realm that is blogging.
Beyond Eyeballs: The Three Body Parts that Create Real Revenue
The advertising world is obsessed with “eyeballs.” If you want to sell ads on your blog, for example, you’ll have to show potential advertisers how many unique users are coming to the site each week–how many eyeballs are looking at your stuff.
Is Blogging Your Dream?
See if you fall within this list to see if blogging is what you think it to be.
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