Aug | 09 | 2011

Where to Get Content for Your Niche Blog

Posted by Jimmy as Blog Tutorial, Monetization, Tips, Writing One of the most important factors that affect the frequency of your updates is whether or not you have ideas to write down. I am sure that in the beginning of your niche blog endeavor, you will probably have an overflow of ideas. You might want to jot them down – at least the topics – so that you can organize your post flow. But what do you do when the natural flow of ideas dry out? This does happen, you know, and at one point or another, you are going to experience a dry ...
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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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Jul | 13 | 2011

Beating the Blog Rut

Posted by Guru as Tips, Writing Bloggers are very familiar with the blog rut. There are days when you simply can't think of anything to write. This is where Jimmy's series of posts on Tips On Coming Up with Topics (I, II & III) comes in very useful. However, for themed blogs there are those days when there doesn't seem to be any new news and rehashing old topics just doesn't appeal to you. To get out of my blog rut I often do several things... 1. skip a day - If you write everyday then skipping just a day or two to relax ...
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Jun | 23 | 2011

Exploiting Clichés

Posted by Jimmy as Blog Tutorial, Opinion, Tips, Writing Who said that clichés are never good? Well really should avoid them most of the time. After all, I am sure that you can come up with something more original and something that would drive your point home – most of the time, that is. Yet what about those times when you simply cannot get those creative juices flowing? Will you settle for something less compelling rather than make use of a cliché? Personally, I would say no. I am not all that against clichés, really. There are clichés, and there are clichés. I ...
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Jun | 16 | 2011

Are You a Fence Sitter?

Posted by Jimmy as Blog Tutorial, Opinion, Tips, Writing The Free Dictionary defines this expression as: fence sitter n. Informal One who takes a position of neutrality or indecision, as in a controversial matter. Take a look at some of your posts which feature particularly controversial topics. For example, when it comes to blogging practices, we have topics such as keyword density, black hat or grey hat SEO, and the like. For blogs that tackle many other topics, politics, religion, etc. could be controversial topics. In those posts, did you voice out a definite opinion on the issue at hand? Did you choose a side and defend it? ...
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Jun | 09 | 2011

What If You Hate What You Blog About?

Posted by Jimmy as Blog Tutorials News, Opinion, Tips, Writing The basic premise in blogging, I believe, is that you blog because you want to. As such, you should blog about things and topics that you actually care about. Why blog if you hate what you are blogging about? After all, who is forcing you to remain as a blogger? There are some special cases, though. Ghost blogging is not a secret. There are many people who write for blogs as professionals. They write the content for the blog owner who may not have the time or the resources to write his own entries. ...
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