Articles about Blogging

My husband is blogging now, too. I finally convinced him to join me doing the paid blogging because he needs some extra money for his leisure activities. I can't always share mine since I cover for what we need for our children sometimes. So he needs to make extra money for himself, especially for playing the lottery...LOL, he wants to hit it, but to spare him from spending his savings money, why not do it through paid blogging instead. Anyway, I am just making a quick update, in case I get to grab another opp lateh.

All bloggers need ways of keeping in touch with key topics and here is a useful new Weblog, Gimmie the Scoop. The two entries on the blog are about the subjects that I need to read about - SEO and... Brilliant Ideas to get Started in Business. I am wary of Internet Scams so I review online opportunities with a cautious eye ...

Blogging is a concept that started in late 90s. It used to be a way to comment an existing webpage, an opportunity for visitors and readers to react or voice out one’s opinion on the said page. What started as a single-sentence commentary has evolved into pages of personal take on just about anything and everything under the sun. As it continues to move forward, online advertising has tapped into the blog’s potential. Here are 5 reasons why you should use blogging as an Internet marketing tool. Atomic Blogging System. 1.Blogging is simple. The simplest way to get your piece on the net is through blogging. No skills are necessary… an average adult can read and type, or at least click a mouse. It’s like having a virtual piece of paper and you just write your ideas, experiences, new products, and hope that the truth behind your articles comes out and entice your reader to also try your product. If you have a PC and an Internet connection (who doesn’t?) then you can blog

I have been wanting to take a blogging test, to see if I am addicted, and well, I scored almost a hundred...LOL. So, I must be right up there, on the verge of being a blogger addict...eeek. Oh...well, that's the craze these days. Everyone has got to have a computer eh...LOL. And so do I. Okay, till here for now, it's time to earn my extra income. I am desperate...LOL.87%How Addicted to Blogging Are You?Mingle2 - Online Dating

Image by Debbie Ridpath OhiAxinia points out to the The Blogstudy 2007 (available in German only) of the Leipzig University that gives an interesting insight into the bloggers' nature and psychology.The study of 600 heavy-user in Germany clearly identify 5 blogger types:Knowledge-hungry(23,7%) - “fed up with regular media” Active consumer(22,8%) - “get references, tipps & tricks” Information seeker(18,9) - “get the knowledge behind the news” Social networker (17,7) - “staying in touch” Self-performer (17,7) - “I have something to say”Reasons for blogging or reading blogs: Blog user are interested in new, fast knowlegde and intersting background information.The main motivation for blogger and blog-reader is the same: to learn something new what they can not learn from the other media.Every third blogger (66%) calims to “have something to say”, and only 7,5 % of blog-readers claim the same (can it be the reason for weak commenting?)Every 5th blogger has a mi

This is my first blog entry. I was bribed by Rocky into sweet-talking you guys about him. I am not a blog expert, I don't even have my own blog but for Rocky… I'm willing to lie.Jokingly aside, Rocky John Tayaban is the Blogger behind Blogging Mix. He is a fan of Darren Rowse of Problogger and Brian Clark of Copyblogger. Currently, he is finishing his Masters in Business Administration at Durham University, United Kingdom. He graduated Accountancy and Commerce, major in Financial Management at Saint Louis University, Baguio City, Philippines.His passions among others include Blogging and Debating. Rocky John became the first President of the prestigious Northern Luzon Debate Council and was a representative to the Worlds University Debate Championship 2005 held at Melaka, Malaysia. Rocky was also the former President of the SMA-CAT Alumni Association.During his free time, Rocky John can be found at the basement of the library dating his Sony Vaio laptop. He spends 5 hours blogging

Some interesting information on Google Adsense and where it will be heading....Pennies From Blogging: Adsence Chit Chat! The Benefit to You...#links#links

Why I blog? I blog because I want to know what a blog is. I want to try blogging. After I had tested, used and experienced it, I came to know of Google Adsense. It is opportunity to earn money. After that I learn how to make money from blogs. There are various products which I can sell, making your own products, and even selling your affiliate products from various affiliate programs that you join. Recently there are lots of companies paying you to blog for advertisers. I have signed up and tried on plenty of them. So far I have no payment issues, except for some occasional delays and and there. However, the most disappointing ones that I had experienced now is ReviewMe. You can read more at Review of ReviewMe and Earn From Review Me. ReviewMe had not paid me yet until today. Last night I had cancelled all links to the advertisers involved whom ReviewMe did not pay me. I know it would not be fair for those advertisers who had paid ReviewMe. But ReviewMe never pays me!

I’ve been a fan of bloggingsecret.blogspot.com when I was starting my blogging a while ago. So, congratulation to Louiss for aquiring his new domain name for blogging secret. Back to the main thing. Currently, Louiss is running a review contest to other blogger. What is the prize of this contest? Taken from blogging secret post: THE PRIZE Grand Prize(x10) 6 domains name for 1 year and 1 month hosting plan(value:$70) One month link in my sidebar section(value:$15) Free links from pr2 and pr1 blogs(value:$15) Consolation prize (unlimited) Linkback to your reviews and blogs from 3 blogs.(value:$30)This is one way to make easy money online but for me, as long as I can get a linkback from Louiss who start internet business with his other blog. Anyway, he is from Malaysia (same country as me)  :smile: . If you are interested in joining the review contest, just head to his blog. By the way, before I forget, you need to have a Paypal or Google Checkout account to

CallCenterVet has gotten many "thank you's" recently, that I thought about this... Why is it somehow similar? For me, I have found an avenue where I can get my messages across and ultimately help callcenter people get the work they want. And isn't customer service about informing, clarifying and helping people? CallCenter Customer Service has really gotten a bad rap in terms of the stress it entails. Talk about listening to strangers talk about their problems everyday. Yes that gets to you sooner or later. But the callcenter job is definitely more than that! When you're in customer service, you ARE the face of whoever client your company outsources from. Therefore putting you in a position to make or break the client. In the eyes of the customers, you are the company. But What do you really do in customer service?There are three goals that customer service and blogging share. Help, Convince, Convert.In a callcenter setting, helping is the really hard part. You need to come through b

What criteria do you use to select and invite bloggers?Where as I take open contributions as well, criteria to invite bloggers to write Fine Art of Blogging posts are simple. I email invitations to those who I think can contribute meaningfully and add to the bloggy knowledge; writers, experts in any chosen field, bloggers with good rank and authority (as Technorati says it). Those who have new things to say, others (and I) can learn from.Alina Popescu, best wishes for your license paper and other academic pursuits.PS: Suggest bloggers you want to b included in this project here.

I am sure many of you know that you can get paid to blog. Yes, you can earn money from your blogs. As long as you have a blog, you can start earning money! One of the way you can earn money from your blog is to sell your own products. Take pictures of your products, publish them on your blog and you are showing people around the world your products! Even if you do not have your own products, you can always sign up various affiliate programs on the internet like commission junction, shareasale etc. Besides affiliate programs, there are other ways of earning money from your blogs. The most common one is Google Adsense. Google Adsense allows you to earn money when visitors click on your advertisements on your blogs. Nowadays, another new way of earning money from your blogs is writing reviews and placing advertiser links on your blogs or posts. There are various companies in which you can join. Some examples are Smorty, ReviewMe, Blogsvertise, PayPerPost, Blogitive, Bloggerw

Rob Benwell is back with “Blogging To The Bank 2.0”. I purchased his ebook back in 2006 and greatly benefits from it. Now he released the latest version of this ebook and shares his secrets of how he makes money with blog. Beside affiliate marketing and writing my own ebooks, my second source of income came from my blogs. It’s free to start a blog and the best thing is you can create as many as you want. That’s what Rob will be sharing in his new ebook. Plus some techniques that other Gurus don’t want you to know! The latest version of this ebook cover various techniques from selecting a topic and optimize it for the search engines. The best thing I like about this new version is how easily we can drive traffics to the blogs. In fact, it does not take you thousands of dollars to get traffics, you can do it for free. What you will learn in this ebook is a simple formula to create cash on demand without a product and website of your own. Even discover on how to tap into the hot

Roberta FergusonBlogging to me, is coming together in this large, vast world to share opinions, ideas, stories, and inspirations. It is the opportunity to have friends that you'd have otherwise not met. People share their personalities and photos with the world in hopes that other like-minded people will feel the same, or maybe differently. A blog to me, is a forum with an unlimited amount of possibilities as to what you can put on there for the world to see. Be it an online journal, a place to share family pictures, or a place to rant and rave about work and others of life's misgivings.They also ask how do I make blogging easy. Well, I could say that I make blogging easy by taking whatever information I can find and sharing it with my readers, in my own voice. I put my personality out there and others do the same. Blogging is easy and I would encourage everyone out there to get a blog. If not to chronicle day to day activities, then to say something! Have a voice and be heard!Blogg

Every blogger once in a while feels unmotivated to continue blogging. This can be due to several reasons, and the most common reason is the failure to generate expected traffic. If you're an ambitious blogger like me, probably, you've set a blog objective of generating more than 10,000 visits to your blog for your first month. However, after your first month of blogging, you've only managed to generate 10% of your goal. Obviously, this is depressing and it could be a sufficient reason for bloggers to stop blogging. But before you raise the white flag, take your time to read this article. It might help.So, you're depressed and unmotivated now? That's NORMAL! Right now, you are not the only blogger who feels depressed and unmotivated. Even successful bloggers like Darren Rowse and Brian Clark have experienced what you're going through right this moment. They too have their own share of unmet expectations or objectives in blogging. They too felt unmotivated and depressed in several

Do you set objectives for your Blog? Do you have the right objectives? How do you formulate them? Are you working hard to realize them?In our study of the Blogging Mix, we came across the term 'Continuity' that is one of the major elements to a successful blogging. Continuity is about constant progress and development. It's also about consistency in posting both in the frequency of posts and the nature of your topic. How do you make your post consistent is one of the blogging problems that can be resolved through the setting of 'Objectives'.For today's post, I have decided to blog about 'Blog Objective', which I found useful and important to all bloggers. The reality is that most bloggers do not have a clear Blog Objective and their failure to have one constitutes to a less effective and less optimized blog.Essentially, what is a 'Blog Objective'?Blog Objectives are the anticipated end result of programs of activity, and therefore have a central role in strategy formulation.

I have decided to compile all the blogging tips of the day on this post. If you want to contribute or share unique blogging tips to other bloggers, please send me message through my E-mail or you can just leave it as a comment to this post. Thank you very much!Answer relevant questions at Yahoo! Answers using posts from your blog. And don't forget to include a link to your post. [June 27, 2007]Get your Blog or Website listed to the Open Directory Project. It's very useful and it's FREE! [June 28, 2007]Be the first one to comment on Brian Clark's or Darren Rowse's posts. [June 29, 2007]Bookmark your own posts at digg, reddit and delicious. [June 30, 2007]Join Social Networks like Friendster.com and Myspace.com. [July 2, 2007]

Here's the list of my articles. You can click on the title to read the the whole article. The blog articles are arranged in chronological order with the latest on top and the oldest at the bottom. Hittail: Works Best With Mozilla FirefoxBlog Directories - Free SubmissionFree Three Column Template IIFree Three Column TemplateHow to get Stumbled by the Top Stumblers of StumbleUpon.com?7 Proven Effective Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Blog - Part II7 Proven Effective Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Blog136 Free Links - Submit to Article DirectoriesBlogger Behind Blogging Mix - Rocky John TayabanTraffic Referrals From Blogcatalog - Traffic Tips to New Bloggers7 Major Traffic KillerIncrease Your Traffic Using 103bees1000 Blog, Search Engine and RSS Directories - Free SubmissionUse Social Networks To Drive Traffic To Your Blog - Use Friendster7 Blogging Mistakes That Bloggers Do When Building LinksBloggers, Don't Give Up BloggingStrategic Blogging - Set Your ObjectivesImprove your Blog's Sea

The common mistake that bloggers do is to go straight to writing after they're done constructing their blogs. This is definitely no problem is you have a clear idea of what you're suppose to write, who are you writing for and how you should write it. Writing content for your blog plays a crucial role to your blog's success and therefore, it requires skills and knowledge to do it.Today's article focuses on writing good content for your blog readers and in order to do so we have to deal with these three questions:1. Who are you writing for?2. What are you suppose to write?3. How should you write it?Millions of people surf the Internet everyday to look for some specific information. The information ranges from anarchism to zionism, the latest to the oldest, or from 0 to infinity. Given this case, bloggers have so much to blog about. Unfortunately, not every topic can be possibly covered by a single or a few bloggers. Even wikipedia does not have all the information in its database. Mo