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- Finding the Right Niche for Your Blog - 2012-04-17 09:52:07-04
In the last article, we discussed the difference between blogging for fun, blogging for business, and blogging for profit. While these endeavors may exist in the same galaxy, the concepts and blueprints behind each are entirely different worlds. Even so, there are a few common factors that should go into finding the right niche for your blog. These not apply to every scenario and every given circumstance, but these are factors that you should think about when you start looking for the right topic for your blog. Blog About What You Know It doesn’t matter if you’re blogging for the sake of blogging or you’re trying to make a profit, you should be writing about a topic that you know fairly well. After all, you can’t really claim to be an expert in a field when you really know nothing about it. This doesn’t mean that you have to know ...
- Top 5 Ways to Find Targeted Blogs for Guest Blogging - 2012-04-17 14:05:10-04
We as a website owner and blogger need to generate lots of high quality links for our website pages to make them rank well on Google and other search engines for their targeted terms. From the latest algorithm changes Google is doing in the recent times, lots of link building techniques seems to be losing their effectiveness. But the trend for guest blogging as a technique to generate lots of targeted and high quality backlinks is increasing day by day. Now lots of SEO experts and bloggers have started giving great importance to guest blogging as a medium to generate targeted backlinks, for increasing traffic to their websites from search engine and for speeding up awareness about their brands in the blog sphere. But the biggest question that we face in our campaign to use guest blogging as an effective link building method and for improving overall SEO values for ...
- New Google+ Layout – Leaving No Stones Unturned! - 2012-04-17 15:00:21-04
I fell in love with Google+ new look 24 hours ago! It was quite a surprise, I must say. While comparison with Facebook is imminent, the new Google+ layout is attracting quite a lot of critical debate. While some are ridiculing it for its "too much whiteness", others are appraising its improved navigational features. Let's see what are the changes dolled out in the update. 1) Improved Navigation Like Facebook (pardon me!), the navigation menu has been shifted to the left-hand side. Personally, I feel this is better from the previous layout. In some way, this menu bar is more "accessible". Try it. 2) Images! Images! Images! It seems social media and content marketing is incomplete without high quality images. This trend is getting more eyeballs now that Facebook has purchased Instagram for 1 billion USD…and people are hooked on to Pinterest! Now Google+ is treading the same path. The ...
- Selecting a Great Domain Name for Your Blog - 2012-04-18 09:52:09-04
A domain, as you may already know, is a set of characters that maps a website to a particular Internet address. The domain for Google is Google.com. The domain for the New York Times is NYTimes.com. Having a great domain name is very important for any website or blog, but it is not completely necessary for success. There are several websites out there that are very successful, even with less than perfect domain names. On the flip side, there are countless websites with fantastic domains that are anything but successful. A domain name is only one part of the equation, but it can be a very important part. Choosing the Domain Extension You have a lot of different choices when it comes to creating a domain name for your blog. You can get varations of .com, .net and .org domains, as well as domain extensions (also known as TLDs or ...
- How To Attract 1000+ Targeted Readers To Your Blog Without Google - 2012-04-18 16:28:36-04
“Targeted traffic is the lifeblood of internet marketing!” If you don't have it, you're likely going to fail. In the beginning of our blogging career, we thought thousands of free traffic was the best advice, but that wasn’t the reality. Or was it? In today's marketing world, you need few targeted traffic to succeed online. But why settle for few real buyers, when you can drive a handful of them? Maybe you've tried your possible best to drive traffic from Google. You even went as far as building so-called quality backlinks, wrote a lot of helpful posts on your blog, but still can't rank on Google top 10, my advice is simple: stop biting your fingers. There are other better ways to get 'better traffic' to your blog. Off course, Google traffic is excellent; I love it because it converts. In fact, my blog has a good standing with major search engines. ...
- Finding a Quality Blog Hosting Service - 2012-04-19 09:52:11-04
Now that you have an idea of what type of domain name you’d like to have for your blog, you need to find a web hosting provider. A web host is a service that allows you to post your blog and other content on the Internet for other people to see. Every website that you see on the Internet is hosted somewhere, whether it’s a small blog in rural Kentucky or a massive website like Facebook. The hosting costs for these two sites, understandably, is vastly different. There are literally thousands, if not millions of web hosting providers for you to choose from. This can be an incredibly daunting task for people who are new to blogging and it can be very intimidating choosing between all these providers, let alone the various hosting plans that they offer. Just like car manufacturers and boutique hotels, not all hosting providers are made ...
- Edit Images and Upload to All Your Social Networks at Once with Polarfox - 2012-04-19 13:30:18-04
Polarfox is a new desktop app that lets you “beautify and share images smartly” from Windows, Mac, and Linux; it runs on Adobe AIR. The best thing about Polarfox is that there is no registration required to use it; so it’s one less new account that you have to create. This is because it uploads to your social accounts via your mobile upload email addresses. So you won’t have to enter any usernames, passwords, or authorize any of your social networks to connect with Polarfox. Just enter your upload email address and you’re good to go! Interface Polarfox has a simple and beautiful interface, which is extremely easy to use. Let’s take a look. There are 5 navigation icons on the left side of the application, which represent (in order from top to bottom): upload – although clicking anywhere on the app’s wood background will also bring up the upload box share ...
- Home Office: 4 Effective Ways To Create A Conducive Home Office - 2012-04-19 20:44:41-04
So, you work from home and want to improve performance, irrespective of distractions from all angles? In this post, I want to share with you, four effective ways to make a home office conducive and productive. Here is the truth: Everyone is looking for ways to earn more money, with less input. And to achieve this, you need to understand how normal office settings operate. It's the easiest way to make your home office cute. These effective ways are proven to help you see results. Use them with great care. 1. Be Clear on your objective Yes, a home office can only yield results if the owner has a clear objective. What things do you want to actualize in the next 5 – 12 months? Since you're working from home, you don't have to see it different from the usual office settings; brick and mortar business. Let the same mindset ...
- Have Your Blog Up and Running in Minutes - 2012-04-20 09:52:12-04
Setting up a blog doesn’t need to be intimidating. Based on everything that we covered in the previous chapter, you should have now registered for an appropriate domain name and set up your web hosting plan with HostGator. Now, it’s time to walk through the process of going live with a new blog using the popular WordPress content management system. Why WordPress? Back in the ancient days of blogging, many website owners chose to code their own software and infrastructure. Needless to say, this left a very big barrier to entry for most bloggers. Thankfully, times have changed and just about anyone can have a blog up and running in a matter of minutes. While there are some other options out there, like MovableType and Joomla, I highly recommend using WordPress as the software powering your blog. First of all, it’s completely free to download and to use. There are ...
- How I Promote My Coupon Blog Using Social Media Marketing - 2012-04-20 16:21:51-04
In this article, you'll learn how I took my coupon blog from ground floor to becoming a profitable online system. This post offers some core blogging and social media lessons. You've to understand how to entice people to your offer naturally. Online shopping has grown over the years, and offering coupon discounts or rebates can make a whole lot of difference to your marketing activities. There are several relationships between coupon marketing and social media marketing. Both operate under the umbrella of 'communication.' If you can't communicate your brand efficiently, not much can be accomplished, irrespective of how valuable and informative your contents are. Why You Should Offer Coupon Discounts Do you sell products online or sell services in form of writing, designing, programming or researching? Offering coupon discounts can double your efforts and bring huge results. And when you understand the 'real' system behind social media, getting to the ...
- BloggingTips "ASK" Launched – Participate Now - 2012-04-20 19:37:28-04
Over the next few weeks we will be rolling out a whole line of new additions and improvements to the blog. Today we are going live with our new “ASK” section, which is a wordpress and blog directory for anyone to ask and any questions relating to anything about blogging. While the section is brand new, it will soon have hundreds of answered questions by our great community of blog users. You can visit the Q&A section at http://www.bloggingtips.com/ask. We would greatly appreciate if you would sign up for a members account and start asking some questions and maybe even answering a few. Please also leave us with some feedback on what you think about the new section and any improvement/changes you would like to see. hh Copyright © 2012 Blogging Tips. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news ...
- Creating Your First Blog Posts and Pages - 2012-04-21 10:00:30-04
Congratulations! You are well on your way to having your very own blog on the Internet. Youv’e already purchased your domain name, you’ve set up your web hosting account, and you’ve installed WordPress. Now, let’s start creating some terrific content for your blog. After all, what’s the point of having a blog if you don’t have any articles on there for people to read? When you first log into your blog’s WordPress user dashboard — which you can access by adding “/wp-admin” to the end of your domain (i.e., http://www.yourdomain.com/wp-admin) — you will see that three default test areas are already created for your blog. These help to demonstrate the very basic functionality of WordPress as a content management system. The three test areas are a blog post (“Hello World”), a blog page (“About”), and a blog comment. What do these terms mean and how are they different from one ...
- Top 10 Blog Analysis Tools - 2012-04-21 15:00:02-04
Blog analysis tools are essential for measuring blog performance – traffic, click ration, conversion rate, and inner page accessibility – and of course, blog analysis allows you to research the particular niche better and prepare plans for higher scalability in terms of SERP and real readership. Here we give you 10 blog analysis tools every blogger needs to use: 1. Google Analytics The 'Bible' of all bloggers to gain insightful data on blog performance, the new beta version of Analytics has loads of customizable and new features to help you understand your blog better. Visit Google Analytics 2. Stat Counter This is a web tracker, with real time details of traffic coming in your site. Sign up for free, copy paste the tracking code on the blog/s, start monitoring and analyzing incoming traffic. Visit Stat Counter 3. Woopra Woopra is a good analytical tool for those who run multiple blogs ...
- 5 Useful Pinterest Extensions for Chrome to Extend its Features - 2012-04-21 16:00:11-04
Pinterest is a great tool on its own with wonderful features, but you can extend its features even further with the use of one or more Chrome Extensions. For instance, if you want to save time when viewing images on the homepage, you can add a zoom extension so that you don’t have to click on a pinned image in order to enlarge it. With only 5 extensions, this list is far from “the best” extensions for Pinterest users; however, it does include 5 very useful Chrome extensions that will come in handy for you. Pinterest Recent Activity Expander This extension helps to expand the Recent Activity section on Pinterest, by displaying small thumbnails whenever you scroll your mouse over an activity. Now you can see which of your pins were liked and repinned, right from the Recent Activity feed on the Pinterest homepage. Once you install the extension, you ...
- Adding Images, Links and Categories to Your Blog - 2012-04-22 10:00:31-04
The most successful blogs in the world are the ones that provide the best information, link to outside sources and have great images throughout their respective sites. These can sound like daunting tasks for people new to blogging, but WordPress makes it extremely easy to add these types of features to your blog. In this article, we will show you exactly how to do it. Adding Images to Blog Posts They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. A relevant image that adds something to the article can be worth much more than that. Whether you need to illustrate a point or you simply want a picture to draw attention to your post, having an image (or more) attached to your post can be very helpful. So, how do you do it? First, go into the area in the WordPress administration panel when you can write a new ...
- Here's a few small business mobile marketing tips. - 2012-04-22 17:08:45-04
The numbers are saying that mobile marketing is already the next big thing, and while that doesn't mean it will be around forever, businesses that don't swim with the current trends get lost on the backwash. Small business marketers have their hands full on a constant basis and keeping up with all the new tools and gadgets that come out on what seems like a daily basis can seem daunting. Look around and there's another venue for you to look at when you're considering the Internet marketing landscape but there are some constants that act as anchors for many of the avenues that you pursue. Nowhere is this interaction more important that in the mobile world ( in 2011 there were over 5 billion subscribers ) and you need to create mobile friendly content to stay afloat. Here's some pointers that apply to content in general and mobile content specifically. ...
- How T-Shirt Printing And Custom Logo Can Grow Your Blog Traffic - 2012-04-23 07:46:01-04
“Custom logo makes a blog unique and credible!” Oftentimes, we neglect to strengthen the foundation of our blogs. It's not enough to write blog posts these days, and expect thousands of people to fall in love with us. There has to be a strategy for promotion the post – do you rely on one strategy or multiple strategies? And this strategy begins with well-structured plans. I've been blogging for a while now (9 months actually), and this new career has thought me so much about prospects, consumers and corporate marketing. I also learnt that you don't need to promote your blog solely online; there are millions of people eagerly waiting for your posts outside. I mean, these people are on the streets, in the city and in your Local business centres. How will this group of potential readers know you ever existed – it's through T-shirt branding? T-shirt printing ...
- Customizing Blog Theme Layouts and WordPress Options - 2012-04-23 10:00:33-04
When it comes to your home computer, you may have taken the time to choose a new wallpaper, install your favorite applications, and do other customizations so that it works just the way you want it to work. Your blog should be no different. In fact, it’s even more important that you take the time to customize your blog, because you’re sharing it with everyone on the Internet! Thankfully, customizing the various options and features in WordPress is a very straightforward and easy-to-understand process. You could stick with the default settings, if you’d like, but you can do so much more by adjusting a few options here and there. New Layouts, Themes, and Templates Under the “Appearance” section in the WordPress administration panel, you’ll find the ability to customize the layout and general “look” of your blog. This starts by choosing a theme. We’ll be going into further detail in ...
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