Mar | 27 | 2008

Blogging IS Writing

Posted by Jaren as Blog Tutorial, Creating a Blog, Opinion, Submissions, Terminology, Tips, Writing Blogging is often taken as informal writing. While this may be true, it does not mean that it is okay for a blogger to disregard writing rules. It’s bad enough that Internet sources are not considered as scholarly, and it’s worse that there are sites that prove it right – because of poorly written articles. As a blogger, you should remember that you do have some responsibility on what you publish online and this is not only about content. If you want to keep a good blogging reputation, better start with the technicalities of writing. When writing your posts, it ...

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Sep | 17 | 2007

How to be a better Blogger

Posted by Jaren as Blog Tutorial, Blog Tutorials News, Creating a Blog, Tips The Do's and Dont's to be a Better Blogger Do -- Write What the Readers Want Your main topic, article or posts should always be focused on what the readers would want to read it should be helpful to them like How to Have the Perfect Body, How To Make Lots of Money Online, How to make an Award-Winning Resume, that my friends would mean that you would always think of ways on how you would help the readers, and give them to solutions to everyday problems. Don’t -- Write What the Readers Don't Want The exact opposite of what I said ...

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Aug | 30 | 2007

My Opinion on Link Baiting

Posted by Jaren as Blog Tutorial, Blogging Tools, Creating a Blog, Linking, Opinion, Submissions, Tips, Writing Because of this post on Guru's post on succesful link baiting it came to me as an idea that there is also one form of link baiting which I do often. I post exagerated articles like this for example : A Day without Coffee at the QuickStop. I know , I exagerated a bit but heck it did give me a whole lot of traffic, I didn't lie. I just added a couple of hours, to make my post seem more exciting. Plus, another successful form of link baiting is debunking rumors or news about something which is accepted as ...

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Aug | 22 | 2007

Add pictures to your Blog

Posted by Jaren as Blog Tutorial, Creating a Blog, Images, Tips, Writing Here's a cool blog tip. Try add pictures relevant to your post to make it more appealing and more attractive to other readers. If you can add you own homemade video the better. Pictures add dept to your posts makes it more exciting and more true. Although an overload of pictures on your post may seem overkill so limit it to just 2-3 pictures. But you can still go as many as 5-10 pictures If it's about photography. Also add your own personalized logo or your picture and tell something about yourself. Advertise yourself : state your strengths, hobbies or anything ...

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Aug | 12 | 2007

Cute Suggestions for New Bloggers

Posted by Jaren as Blog Tutorial, Creating a Blog, Tips When I started blogging I didn't know what to do. I asked my cousin to teach the ways of blogging, but to no avail just keeps on laughing and tells me to learn to "use the force my young padawan". Finally after months of trials and errors finally found a blogging gig and I'm starting to get the drift of it. Now I know my tips may or may not work for you, but it sure did work for me. as you can see from my blog : the QuickStop, here's my 11 hard learned tips, 1. KISS ( Keep It ...

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Aug | 10 | 2007

Marketing Your Blog: The 4 Ps (Product)

Posted by Guru as Creating a Blog, Design and Themes, Marketing and Search Optimization The use of blogs as a marketing tool is increasing in popularity. The funny thing about blogs though is that whether you are using it to simply promote a product, service or company or are promoting the blog itself it is still very important to market the blog properly to get lots of traffic. In short, the marketing tool needs to be marketed! There are so many ways to market a blog. However, to simplify things let us go back to the basics of marketing and tackle the 4 Ps one at a time. If you do not know the ...

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May | 24 | 2007

Setup A $0.99 Blog With Domain In 2 Minutes

Posted by Brix as Blog Tutorial, Creating a Blog, Software Features, Tips I do this regularly when I need an instant blog for a particularly product or service. Follow the steps: 1. Think of keywords for your blog. Keywords are important because we want our blog to be easily remembered by potential visitors. It is also great for Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Figure out what's apt for the blog you want to make. For instance, if you are going to blog about cars and you are located in Detroit, you can use 'cars' and 'detroit' in your keywords. You can get help from Yahoo’s overture tool for suggested keywords. For ...

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Apr | 29 | 2007

Voices Carried Thru Blogging

Posted by Professor as Blog Tutorial, Community Building, Creating a Blog, Design and Themes, Opinion, Submissions, Terminology, Tips, Writing Blogging has been getting quite some attention lately and the bottom-line of it all is the fact that blogging holds a lot of what a person holds in his mind, mostly expressions he or she holds back most of the time. There is no question that most people hesitate to let their voices be heard, apparently being wary of possible violent reactions from people who know more about particular areas and do not accommodate any points that would not have sufficient claims. Blog Discussions

Blogs are not meant to replace the usual definitions and terminologies that all ...

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Apr | 28 | 2007

Staying On-Topic When Blogging

Posted by Professor as Blog Tutorial, Creating a Blog, Design and Themes, Hosting, Templates, Terminology, Tips For most bloggers, the ideas running in their heads will most likely become distorted due to anxiety and the desire to be able to expound on various topics of concern properly. This is only normal but just like in any activity that they are very much inclined to prove, the need to discipline and take into consideration that they should not get off topic must be observed. Focused Writer

The issue here is that readers will not be too forgiving in making criticism, taking them to levels where they would bash bloggers at will once they have ...

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Apr | 26 | 2007

Instant Blogging Mind Rush

Posted by Professor as Blog Tutorial, Creating a Blog, Design and Themes, Opinion, Terminology, Tips The key towards creating sensible blog content is through immediately putting the thoughts in mind into writing. People who use the habit of saving them for later are likely to lose that thought and end up recalling endlessly the series of events that let them to actually putting these ideas into perspective. Instant Ideas

The spur of the moment ideology is only normal and usually, it is these thoughts that attract attention on the web. People may not think of them to highly but the truth of it all is the fact that they are indeed ...

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