Jul | 20 | 2011

Benefits of Guest Posts

Posted by Guru as Community Building, Marketing and Search Optimization, Tips, Writing In my last post Beating the Blog Rut I neglected to mention another way of making sure that you still have entries even when you are having a writer's block - having guest bloggers. Asking friends and colleagues to write one or two posts on your blog is actually very advantageous and will benefit you beyond helping you get out of your rut. Some of the advantages of asking other bloggers to write an entry or two in your blog include: 1. fresh perspective - A guest blogger can give fresh perspective to the same topic. You can ask the ...
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Apr | 20 | 2011

Make The Most Out Of Your Reading Time

Posted by Jimmy as Blog Tutorial, Blogging Tools, Community Building, Tips More than writing actual posts for your blog, I bet that you spend a considerable amount of time reading other blogs. This is in fact one good way to get ideas for your posts. Though of course I am not advocating stealing copy, you can always get inspiration and learn lessons from reading other blogs. In fact, that is one of the tips that I mention a lot – do not isolate yourself from the rest of the blogosphere. Anyhow, if you are like me, there might be times when you get too engrossed reading blogs and before ...
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Apr | 27 | 2010

Blogging is In with the Young

Posted by Jimmy as Community Building, Monetization, Tips eMarketer Digital Intelligence reported yesterday that, according to BlogHer and iVillage, the generation of Millennials (18-25 yrs) are the most active in the blogosphere. Active defined as both writing and reading blogs with a total of 40.4% of the bloggers belonging to the age group and 30.3% of the readers belonging in the same group. As can be expected the number of bloggers and blog readers go down as the age bracket goes up. It is good to know though that even the seniors (62-76 yrs) have jumped in on the bandwagon with more participating as readers (17.2%) instead ...
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Mar | 28 | 2010

Finding Your Niche II

Posted by Jimmy as Community Building, Writing Last time I said that when finding your niche you should choose one that you are already knowledgeable at and that isn't that competitive in terms of number of bloggers already writing about that field. Today I will be giving a few more tips on finding your niche. 1. Find out what people want - To be able to determine what people want to know about use search trend tools like Google Trends. There are lots of tools available that can help you determine the keywords and phrases that people search for everyday. The popular keywords can give you an idea ...
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Mar | 27 | 2010

Finding Your Niche

Posted by Jimmy as Community Building, Writing Although it is much easier not to constrain yourself to a specific theme every single week, when it comes to blogging, creating a niche is essential. Blogs that do not have themes just don't have a chance at success since readers come back for a reason - to read something they are interested in. It might be argued that personal blogs do not require a niche but if you really think about it, it actually still revolves around a specific topic - your personal life. So it isn't surprising that celebrities have popular personal blogs and the rest, except for a ...
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Nov | 24 | 2009

Guest Blog Your Way to More Readers and Links

Posted by Jimmy as Community Building, Syndication, Tips I have done a few posts on guest blogging. Other bloggers here in blog-tutorials like Jaren and Guru have also posted about the same topic. However, the usual focus is on the benefits of having a guest blogger, with the most obvious being helping you out when you’re in a rut or need to take a vacation from your blog for some other reason. What I haven’t expounded on though is the benefits of blogging on other blogs. The most obvious advantage is of course added exposure. You get the benefit of being read by the other blogs’ regular readers without ...
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