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 Write Write Write.. Do You Write Regularly?

Submitted by Ramkarthik on October 24, 2007 - 1:55pm in

If you are a blogger, you would have heard many bloggers saying "Write, write and keep writing". If not, you hear it from me today. You have to write everyday to develop your skills. Especially if you are a blogger, you really need to write everyday. Though many bloggers don't do it everyday, most of the successful bloggers have followed it and advice others to follow it. If you are wondering why you should write, here are some reasons:

Why Should You Write?
Writing everyday helps you to think more. It will be tough for you to blog everyday, but once you start doing it continuously, you will find it more comfortable. You will be able to write articles of 750+ words everyday. After a month of practice, you will be able to write two or even three posts a day.  If you are trying to become a freelance writer or a blogger who wish to own many blogs and write there everyday, this type of practice will be helpful. Most probably you won't be able to write articles of 750+ words everyday, but you will be able to do it in few days with practice.It is said:
"Practice Makes A Man Perfect"

What You Should Write?
When it comes to writing content everyday, you feel you don't have anything to blog about for that day. On those days, browse forums for new topic ideas. You can write for magazines or write press releases at these times. Better, select a product in your niche and write a review about it. Even after trying all these if you don't have anything to write, then take a paper or open a word document and start writing scrap. Write what you know, write what you don't know and write what you wish to know. Just write some crap. But don't post it in your blog.

If you can write something of 750+ words everyday, then you can consider yourself a "half writer". Practice, practice and practice. Once you are able to write one post of 750+ words everyday, expand your goal to 1500+ words/post or two posts of 750+ words. So stop checking your blog's stats every now and then and start writing.


 How To Send Visitors Off Your Blog Using Advertisements

Submitted by Ramkarthik on October 20, 2007 - 4:06am in

This post is to explain what you shouldn’t do when advertising in your blog. Anything said in a different way will easily be digested. If you stop doing what I mention below, you will be able to have the visitors stay for long in your blog.

If you are a blogger, especially a blogger who wish to earn a living online, you will push many ads and at times you might even over do it. You can advertise in a way that your readers should not be distracted by advertisements. After all, they came to read your blog and not to see advertisements. I always used to say this:

Have advertisements in your blog and not blog in advertisements

Try these and you will have your visitors off your blog very easily. Also you will see a decrease in subscribers.

Place AdSense more than twice in the middle of a blog post
Normally, bloggers say that you will get an increase in earnings if you place them in the blog posts. But this had led to a misconception that few bloggers place more than 2 ad units in the middle of the post.

Use In-Text Advertising in a weird way
I have seen bloggers who use In-Text advertising in an evil way :). For those who don’t know what is In-Text advertising, it is a type of advertising where special keywords will be double underlined and will lead to the advertiser’s website when clicked. You can differentiate it from normal links by seeing the double underline. To send your readers off your blog, try to find the keywords which the In-Text advertising double underlines and add a normal link to the words surrounding it. This will confuse the reader and will lead your visitor to the advertiser’s website.

Have Pop-ups and pop-under advertisements
This is the most efficient way of send your readers off your blog. Add Pop-ups and set them to appear after every refresh of your blog. You can use it in more evil way by setting your blog to automatic refresh after a particular duration and allowing the pop-up to appear. By doing this, your readers will get irritated and soon leave your blog. This will also lead to a situation where the readers will never return to your blog again.

Link to your affiliate link telling it is a good post
This is one of the worst types of linking I’m starting to see in the blogosphere. Tell you read a good blog post and link to your affiliate site saying it is the post you read. Hide the affiliate link else your reader will not click on it and go off your blog.

If you ever plan to do one of the above acts, don’t expect your blog reader to come to your blog again even if you write a top notch article. Head over to the big blogs and see how efficiently they display ads. Try to follow them. Your main aim should be getting more readers and subscribers. Earnings will automatically flow in once you have a large reader base. Now go to your blog and see all over as if it one of the 100 blogs you read everyday. Is that the type of blog you look forward to or is it having too many advertisements? If your heart says it is the latter, then change the advertising method soon before you lose any reader. Once you change it, you will see a increase in the page views and also in the subscriber count. Not only that, but your readers will also start to comment more in your blog.


 6 Steps To Building Your Website’s Brand Online

Submitted by Ramkarthik on October 18, 2007 - 3:30pm in

If you are the owner of a company which does selling and take contracts online, it must be popular to get you more profits. The brand you build online matters a lot when it comes to success in your field and profiting from it. When you start a website you have to see to that you do the following things to become popular online:

Have an Easily Remembered Domain Name
When it comes to online marketing, there are just too many websites and a normal person cannot remember the name of your site unless it is really easy to remember. It will be better if you have the domain name on your company’s name without any additional words or numbers.

Unique Website Theme
In today’s world of marketing, one need’s to have a unique website theme to be known well. There are many free themes available but those themes won’t do any good to your website. You can get unique themes for a very low price at forums or you can get a professional theme for a little higher price.

Logo Matters
When you choose a unique theme, unique logo will also determine how popular your site will be. Your logo should be designed in such a way that it should describe at least half of what your site is meant for. Have a story in your Logo. Be creative and attract the minds of the visitors. While professional logo’s cost more, you can go for logos created in forums for a much lesser price.

Mind Capturing Tagline
Tagline is one of the most important factors which control your website’s profile. Your tagline should convey 100% of what your site is about. It should be funny, creative and at the same time it should deliver a message. Say, if you are having a Soccer News Site, you can have your tagline like this:
“We deliver the news before the ball hits the back of the net”
Daily Blog Tips had a big list of some of the best taglines in the internet.

Maintain a Blog for Your Site
If you want to attract large audience, then you need to have a blog. In the present day, most of the companies have a blog associated with their site. This gives the site, more exposure. You can keep in touch with your site visitors by maintaining a blog. If you think you will not be able to write for your blog, get a freelancer and setup a contract.

Send Gifts When Possible
If you want to be familiar with people, you need to make them talk about your website. People love free things. If you can give a free e-book or a gift coupon, they will surely talk about your site with their relatives and friends. By this way, you can easily build your website’s brand.

When launching a website takes a lot effort, building the profile of the website is harder. You need to do something unique and be creative to accomplish goals in the field. You can be 99% sure that if you do the above things, you will build your website’s brand online.