Copyrights, Trademarks, and Patents

I love it when news like this gets the front page every now and then; it encourages people to look further into the story and its repercussions in their own goings-on. In the bloggers’ case, this means understanding what a copyright, a trademark, or a patent can do for your write-ups and original images, audio […]

PRESENCE is the new black

To have the blogger’s mindset is to analyze and think about the best ways to present, initiate and encourage discussion on ideas that may first appear as irrelevant together and not worth thinking over. In the months I started pushing web content, I unconsciously developed a rather anal-retentive process as to which ideas make their […]

Do You Have Blogorrhea?

Bloggers who write detailed accounts of their lives tend ramble on about the littlest details. Sometimes they’re juicy (what you did during a weekend getaway with—oops!), sometimes they’re a tad too colorful (how you won a hotdog-eating contest and had an appendectomy in the same day). You don’t mind, since it’s unbelievably soothing to write […]

Who Clicks Them Anyway?

We all know that Google AdSense holds a huge potential that is waiting to be tapped as far as monetization goes. In Brix’s previous article, he tackled the basic game plan on how to make money off Adsense. My colleague was right in stating that the basic idea is to: 1) get visitors to go […]

You Are A Brand (Part 1 of 2)

If you’re a blogger whose main objective is to achieve a certain level of popularity and celebrity status, it is imperative that you view yourself (and your blog) as a brand. Just like in any field, clients and customers will go to the institutions and venues that would cater to their needs. This will be […]

Techniques to Learn from the Probloggers

There are various approaches and techniques towards blogging. It has been preached that anyone can take up this new gift of technology but no one has an idea of what it can give them in return. It can give them a means of honing their grammar, build their confidence level and share to the world […]