Tips on Blogging by Johnny Ray

Professional tips to blogging well

2011-12-30T12:53:00.000-08:00

All bloggers want to do a better job. Simple advice that goes straight to the core of blogging well are always the best. I hope this article helps you become a better blogger.

Johnny Ray

4 Essential Tips To Blogging Consistently And Successfully

Author: Greg Scott

Consistent blogging is the key to achieving success on your blog. However, life if full of surprises that can sometimes keep you from blogging as often as you'd like. With these 4 tips, you can attain a consistent blogging schedule to help you gain more readers, and earn more money from your blog.

1. Write A Topic List

Coming up with a topic can be one of the things that can stop you in your tracks. When you write out a list of topics that you want to write about you know exactly what you're going to write just by looking at your paper. Also when you keep a list of topics to write about, you can see what you've already written about so you don't have multiple blog entries about the same thing. (Or you can at least word them different to avoid duplicate content.)

2. The Buffer Zone

Life gets hectic. It's a fact that most of us experience on a daily basis. Stuff comes up at a moments notice, and it doesn't always allow time for blogging. When you have a buffer zone where you keep pre-written blog entries, you can just cut and paste the blog entry into your blog with a few clicks of your mouse. This helps you to maintain consistency without having to literally write EVERY day.

Take your topic list and pre-write a few entries. Write as many of them before hand as possible. Then keep a file on your desktop called ‘Blog Posts' or something that makes sense to you. Then once you get into a time crunch you'll have a buffer of entries that you can post up to maintain your schedule.

3. Use Your Down Time

Figure out a time of the week that works to write a few blog entries to add to your buffer zone. If it's Sunday afternoon before dinner, always try and write at least one or two entries for the week at that point. Then if on another day you're just sitting there watching TV after work, write a couple more. Once you get into the habit of doing it, you'll get quicker at it. Use your down time to write, so when stuff comes up that takes away your time, you'll have a buffer zone full of entries that are easy to post to your blog.

4. Create The Habit

Creating the habit of writing on a consistent basis is probably the hardest and most important step to achieve a consistent blogging schedule. That's why I recommend a specific time every week to write a couple entries if possible. Once you get into the habit, you'll just start doing it on auto pilot and you won't even think about it. The right habits are what it takes for success.

5. The Shortcut

I didn't mention the fifth tip, did I? The reason is that it's not really a tip for writing, but more like an easy way to get it done. This easy way is to hire an article ghost writer to take care of you blogging needs for you. Give them your topic list, or let them come up with their own. If they're good at what they do, they'll be able to handle it.

Consistent blogging is the only way to gain readership, and rocket your blog to the top of the internet heap. With these techniques you can develop a successful blog, and blogging schedule that will enable you to get your word out there, without taking up all of your free time.

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About the Author

I write your content so you don't have to >> www.gregscottwrites.com. I've got hundreds of satisfied customers under my belt. This article is copyright 2010 by Greg Scott. Anyone may use this article as long as all links in the article and resource box stay active and the article is not altered in any way.

2011-12-18T09:35:00.000-08:00

We all need more traffic. A few simple rules can make a world of difference.
I hope you enjoy the article below.

Johnny Ray

SEO Tips for Blogs: Increase Your Blog Traffic

Author:

youssef edward

Every blog can attract too much traffic by just following few simple SEO tips. Increasing blog traffic can be made in several ways but it takes a large amount of time and effort. By following few simple SEO techniques that lack this time and effort any blog can start to enjoy plenty of free online advertising. Once certain SEO techniques are followed, the Blog owner can expect to attract too much search engine traffic which is the desired type of traffic to get because of targeting and it is free.

Below are 3 SEO techniques any blog owner can implement to help attract more visitors.

Posting to Your Blog

The blog posting needs to be related to the subject the post is about. Each post should focus on only one subject and not many subjects. This will make it easier for you to efficiently optimize the post with keywords that are related to the post and will help serve search engines to rank that post.

One drawback to going away from your main topic will be the confusion it will create for the Readers of the post.

Another drawback is the search engines that will be confused if the post is not concentrated on one subject for the post.

Incoming Links to Your Blog

Actually the more incoming links your blog has the better for your blog and more visibility for your blog. Having external sites link to your blog is viewed as a vote to your blog. When these links are built on higher ranking sites or sites that have high page rank, they will help to give more votes in effect thereby helping to boost your blog ranking.

The best way to obtain new links regularly is to create good quality content on your blog and to post them too often. By posting regularly on your blog it will helps to attract search engine spiders to crawl your site for the fresh content. Every time this is happen it will helps to boost your site in the higher rankings which makes it more noticeable to new visitors and other sites that will link to your blog.

Internal Linking Inside the Blog

As you create more new posts inside your blog you will want to start linking similar posts to each other. It is true that most of your blog postings will contain parallel ideas and subjects. It is a good idea and recommended to link these posts to each other so the blog reader can easily navigate around the blog using that links to find similar subjects to what they are reading on the current page.

This technique of internal linking also help search engines to crawl the blog more efficiently and find any relevant content you have posted when crawling any page.

You must realize that linking your post based on similar content is very important SEO technique to consider. This will automatically increase the keyword density for the main keywords on the page.

The 3 SEO tips discussed above if done accurately will enable any blog owner to increase the amount free online advertising from other web owners and daily blog traffic. The above simple techniques will help to make any site or blog more search engine friendly giving a higher ranking for the blog. The result will be an increase in the search engine traffic which will be received at your blog.

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About the Author

Youssef Edward is an Electrical Engineer and he is the owner of tips-made-easy.info site. Learn more about Blogs and SEO below:

How Blogging Can help Search Engine Optimisation

Blogging Tip Use Blogs to Boost Search Engine Optimization

2011-12-18T09:30:00.000-08:00

I am been absent for a while, but am back to working with friends to help everyone learn how to blog better. I hope you find the articles and insight helpful.

Johnny Ray

Inner Circle Tips to Blog like a Winner

Author:

Duane

The main reason to do keyword research is to rank quickly and as high as possible in search engines. Gone are the days in which all you needed to do was write articles without much planning. Today it takes careful planning and a good plan of attack. Hopefully these Tips to Blog will provide direction on how to do a thorough research to drive free traffic to your website.

Tips to Blog: What is Keyword Research and Why is it so Important?

Keyword research is the study of search terms people enter into search engines to find out more information on a topic. Once your research is complete you will write an article or post on your blog centered on the keyword or keyword phrase that you have chosen.
Why is this study so important? Because if you can find a way to rank on the first page of Google, you will notice a major increase in traffic to your website. With more visitors to your website means more sales. More sales mean more money in your pocket.

Tips to Blog: Where to Get Started

Google has a free keyword search tool to help with your research, go to https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal . This tool will provide you with lots of great information. In the FIND KEYWORDS box, type in the keyword or keyword phrase you want to research.

The results of your keyword research show 4 very important facts of information:

• Column 1- Represents other possible keywords to consider
• Column 2- Shows the competition for that keyword
• Column 3- The amount of monthly searches on the global market
• Column 4- The amount of monthly searches on the local market

The ideal keyword result is to find keywords with low competition and with large monthly searches. Find a keyword or keyword phrase that has less that 25competition and with more than 1,000 monthly local searches. The lower the competition, the better chance to rank quickly in Google. If your niche is very competitive, then keep your competition level as low as possible. If you are experienced, then you can be more aggressive and go after highly competitive keywords.

In conclusion, I share several key Tips to Blog. Before you consider writing your next article on you blog, may I suggest that you use Google\'s FREE keyword research tool to provide you with focused direction. Think about the purpose of your blog. Why do you have a blog? If it is to make money, then you need to find ways to generate traffic to your website. Writing good content is the key to ranking higher in search engines. So what do you write about? It all starts with a good keyword research.

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About the Author

Duane Clark is an Internet Marketing consultant. Discover how you can make money online as quickly as a week by visiting my website where you can download the FREE step-by-step video training series now.

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2010-12-07T09:15:00.000-08:00

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Check these out and you might want to order some yourself
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Credit management is essential during the holiday season

2010-12-07T07:50:00.000-08:00

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Using clickbank to make money

2010-12-07T07:15:00.000-08:00

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Making money on your blog

2010-12-07T06:37:00.000-08:00

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HOW TO WRITE A MEMOIR BY JOHNNY RAY

2010-10-20T12:35:00.000-07:00

Johnny Ray has completed a new e-book on
HOW TO WRITE YOUR MEMOIR
Please check it out now!

One of the best ways to increase your traffic to your blog is to let people know who you are. Blog post can be thought of as a serial memoir. The e-book I just wrote can help you do that or write your memoir to be posted in one large post.

If you are into affiliate marketing this new e-book of mine has an affiliate program available that pays out very well. I hope you do look into it.

HOW TO WRITE A MEMOIR BY Johnny Ray has officially been launched today.

Johnny Ray has worked as a professional ghostwriter for a while and is an award winning novelist in his own right. Since there are so many people wanting to author their own memoirs and people like Johnny Ray can only handle a few per year this guide and workbook is a perfect solution for many people wanting to record their legacy and pass on their advice to future generations.

Information on the e-book and how to get a copy is available on his promotional page http://www.sirjohn.org/MEMOIRSS.html

For those into affiliate marketing an affiliate page is available at http://www.sirjohn.org/MEMOIRSA.html

Anyone wanting to interview Johnny on a radio or TV show can contact him at sirjohn@wwisp.com

Johnny would like to thank everyone who helped with this project.

Johnny Ray

Building your list

2010-08-20T11:30:00.000-07:00

I think every blogger wants steady traffic. But to do so, you need to maintain the people coming to it. So, how do you do this? The best way is to give them a way to opt into a subscription list you maintain. Then you need to send them e-mail reminders of when you update, etc.

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2010-08-03T06:10:00.000-07:00

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Blogging tips on how to make money with your blog

2010-05-20T10:21:00.001-07:00

How Money is REALLY Made With a Blog

blogging tips coming from tweeting advice, the same rules apply

2010-05-13T10:57:00.000-07:00

Blogging is, no doubt, a life of it's own, but a little help from tweeting never hurts in bringing in new people to see what you write. As such I think this video I found can be useful.

Johnny Ray
and check out my newest blog while you are at it.
http://www.sirjohn.org/blog1

3 Bloggers Share their Blog Tips from Blog World Expo

2010-04-26T18:09:00.000-07:00

Who wants to know the best blogging tips from the very best bloggers

Who doesn't?
Enjoy the video on blogging tips

Professional blogger Johnny Ray hunts for the best blogs

2010-04-25T05:33:00.000-07:00

Award Winning Novelist Johnny Ray's quest to find the best blogs and video promotions.

When it comes to blogs on blogging which ones are you favorites? What does it take to become a great blog. What keeps you coming back? Today I will be surfing the web in the hunt for an answer. Please let me know what your thoughts are today. I will try to summarize all of the comments in a post in a few days. I have a list of my blogs here http://www.sirjoh.org/bloglist.
I'm also interested in blog videos as well. I love to know how people plan to brand their name or product to make it stand out.
Now, time for me to do some surfing, I hope you will help me on this web surfing Sunday.

Johnny Ray
Award Winning Novelist

Blog writing advice in the Johnny Ray series on blogging

2010-02-15T07:28:00.000-08:00

6 Useful Tips to Remember When Writing a Blog Post

By: TJ Philpott

When writing a blog post it is important to remember our readers expect to be entertained and informed. Of equal importance is the format in which the content is presented to them. An easy to read layout that doesn't mince words is usually preferred.

Here are 6 tips to keep in mind when posting:

1) Get to the Point

Every post you do should have a specific reason. You're writing to convey information or express your opinion on something. Get to it and let your readers know how you feel or what information you may have that could be of interest or benefit to them and how. We're not writing a novel with the intent to keep readers in suspense and string them along.

2) Maintain your personality

Blogging allows you to express yourself or impart information in your own unique style of delivery. This is what makes it so entertaining to many readers and this is many times why they subscribe to your blog. Let your personality shine thru since this will be what makes you stand apart from all the other bloggers. Whether it may be sarcasm, wit, enthusiasm, or a more analytical and to the point delivery your readers have chosen your blog for its information and also the way it is presented to them. Don't lose sight of this, continue to be you.

3) Be consistent

This is important both in style and subject matter. You've picked a particular niche to speak about and have attracted avid readers due to their interest in this subject. Do veer off onto other unrelated issues or topics for any significant period of time or you will confuse and lose your readers.

Your writing style also needs to be consistent. As we spoke of earlier, readers were in part attracted to your blog for your particular and unique style of delivering your opinion and/or information. If it ain't broke don't fix it!

4) Write Attention Grabbing Headlines

Your headlines can be controversial, cynical, or humorous. Write them in such a way that your subscribers will be curious as to what you're referring or why you may be referring to something in a certain way. Play on their emotions; shock, humor, sympathy, or even intrigue will generally catch their attention compelling them to read more.

5) Reader friendly format

When blogging present your content in an easy to read fashion. By using bullet points or numerical listings you have enabled subscribers and visitors alike to easily follow along or even refer back to particular portions of the content. This type of layout is also easier on the eyes due to the spacing involved with a listing format as opposed to words and sentences that seem to run together in a paragraph type of formatting.

6) Optimize your post with keywords

By correctly using keywords within your content you will make it easier for the search engines to find your content so it can be displayed in their search results for anyone looking for information related to what you've posted on.

So remember next time you're writing a blog post be yourself and keep in mind what both your readers and the search engines would like to see. This way everyone wins!

About the Author

TJ Philpott is an author and Internet entrepreneur based out of North Carolina.

For additional online success tips and a free guide that demonstrates how to find both profitable markets and products visit:http://blogbrawn.com/

(ArticlesBase SC #651160)

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Johnny Ray's Advice for those learning how to blog

2010-01-20T12:22:00.000-08:00

Learning how to blog is a process which the article below describes.
Johnny Ray
http://www.sirjohn.org/bloglist
http://www.sirjohn.us

How to Start Blogging - Tips for New Bloggers

Author: Debajyoti Das

How to Start Blogging - Steps for becoming a Blogger

1) Find your Niche – Now when I saw this Tip, I didn’t even knew what’s a niche. What it means to me is your interests. For Eg. -My Blog Realtrix is about Internet & Web and Computing Stuff. Similarly you should find your Interest about what you are going to Blog about. Some Ideas I think you can be blogging about are Blogging, Computing, Tech, Motivation, Entrepreneurship, Music, Bollywood, Parental, Personal & Education.

2) Find which Blogging SW you are going to Use – The are many. The most Popular is WordPress & Blogger. Lets be straight Wordpress is much better than Blogger. BUT is better as it not 100% free. Hence, Blogger is the Best Option. I am using Blogger as Its highly Customizable. Also Blogger is a part of Google Services.

3) How to Start & what to write – Before making your own blog see what other Bloggers are doing and writing about on the same topic you are going to write about. Then make a list of Stuff they are not Writing about but you think should be written about. Now you know what to write about in your Blog.

Tip : If you are a regular reader you might have seen that I use Images for every Post I write. So you can start collecting Photos for your Blog Post in advance.

4) Starting Your Blog – Check Out the Video here to know how to Get a Free Blog at Blogger.Com. Set Up the Blog there following the Video Tips. Read : How to Create a BlogSpot Blog for Free ? – Video Guide For Beginners

5) Search Engine Optimization – This is very Important when Starting a Blog… See Below “Tips for New Bloggers”

6) What Template to Choose and Where to find Them – Your blog Template, I think is one of the Factors which will keep bringing back Visitors. I means think it this way if you see a very Nice Looking Blog … Don’t you try to remember it and Go back to See what's new going On there ??

Best Tips for New Bloggers

Do you want to increase traffic to your blog? Well, here are some ready tips to make a move in the world of success blogging. Get started with the following tips that make your task easy. Some of the Easiest Ways to Improve your Blog, SEO and its Traffic/Visitors.

Make a habit of posting regularly in the blog.

Choose a proper template for your Blog. You don't expect people to like it if you have a cooking theme in a Technology blog.

Write a topic and post it in different sections and thereby create a series. This increases the curiosity of the web visitors who turn to the blog for the interesting follow-ups.

Optimize your blog to make it load Faster so that new visitor don't get annoyed to sit idle while your blog page loads.

Try to blog out breaking news first. It increases the popularity and creates an authentic image in the web community.

Use right keywords in the body content. The placement of the keywords in accurate density proves to be search engine friendly.

It is very important to encourage comments of web visitors in your blog. Highlight the most relevant comments on the blog. Try to build a cordial relation with the web visitors so that they visit your blog over and over again.

Submit your blog in blog directories and the RSS feed in RSS directories respectively.

It will be fruitful if you use the Ping-O-Matic service. Enter your blog name and its URL and select the directories according to choice. Any updates in your blog are automatically updated in the directories. The web visitors in these directories will able to access your contents.

While designing your blog it necessary to make an email subscription button and form. This proves to be very user friendly.

Try to comment on other blogs. This will introduce your blog in the blogger community.

List your favorite blogs in the blog rolls. You must also try to list your blog in other blogs.

It is highly important to add your blog’s URL to your email signature and any profiles other social networking sites. This will also introduce your blog in the web community.

It is essential to use Digg, Stumble and other social bookmarking sites for your blog. Once you send a post in the aggregators, it will reach millions in no time.

Write on related topics. Post related Articles in a row. This helps in stirring up the interest of the web visitors.

Show the topmost posts in the your blog which received great popularity. This will bear evidence of your blog’s authenticity and significance.

It is mandatory to add “previous” and “next” post buttons. This helps the user to quickly and easily navigate through the Blog.

Try to build up inbound links in your blog. This will help the web visitors to access other important pages in your blog and thus enhance traffic flow.

Rework on the previous Old posts. Try to check out every detail in your post and make it exciting.

Track your Visitors. See where they Come From, Searching for What. When they leave. etc.

Use photos in your post.

Make a Translation Widget In your Blog to help foreign visitors read what you have written.

Utilize your Online time when Not Blogging.Find Important Things to Do when Not Blogging.

Also Read : How to Boost Blog Traffic - Must Read

About the Author:

Debajyoti Das is an Engineering Student who loves Technology & Web 2.0 .He is a Blogger at http://realtrix.blogspot.com/ . You can see details there.

Article Source: ArticlesBase.com - How to Start Blogging - Tips for New Bloggers

The Ultimate List of Blogging Tips

2010-01-04T18:41:00.000-08:00

If you want the best list of tips on blogging, this is about as close as you can get. I hope you all take notes on this one. Be sure to check out the second part of this post as well.

Johnny Ray
www.sirjohn.org

Blogging Tips - the Ultimate Blogging Tips

Author: Shawn Lim

THE ULTIMATE BLOGGING TIPS

Here, I'm going to make them as simple as possible, as straight forward as possible. So here are The Ultimate Blogging Tips :

1. Simple Blog Design

I believe you've heard this phrase before, "Simply The Best". So you got it, make your blog as simple as possible. The only thing you should pay more attention to is your content. Write something that is very informative and you will eventually get the traffic you wish for. If your blog design is too complicated, most of the visitors will feel messy about your blog then you will waste your traffic. Plain simple design will be the best.

2. Your Content Is King

Always remember this. In blogging sphere, content is the most important ingredient if you want to success in blogs. Why are people visits your blog? Because your blog has got information they're looking for. If you don't have anything that can attract visitors, then there will be no reasons for them to come to your blog. Here is what you can do about your content. Try to use a appearing colour for your content compare with all the other words outside of your content. You want to make your content easy to read and stand out. Dull font options will make your visitors difficult to read. This is especially true if your post is very long and full of words. Visitors are not going to read something that is very long and difficult to read. So you get my point here.

3. Use Less Techie Widgets

Its nice to have a high tech widget stay in your sidebar. But if they're too much, then your visitors might attracted to them and follow the link to other sites. This is what you don't want. Besides that, using too much high tech widgets will make your blog loads slower. Again, you may lost visitors due to this reason. It is not that you can't use any of them, but my suggestion is, use less. Don't let your widgets eat up your traffic.

4. Make Your Blog As Professional As Possible

You can achieve this via many ways. One of them is use a standard font size and colour for all the words in your blog. For example, use blue colour to indicate links. In the world of internet, everyone knows that blue means link. As for your title and sub title, you can also standardized the colour. Do not use all different colour, they will look confusing and unprofessional.

5. Repeat Your Best Posts

You may want to repeat your best post, but in a different manner. I'm not asking you to repost the same thing exactly. You can stress back again with your best post in your blog. Some visitors might miss your best post. You want people to read about your best right, so this will be it. However, don't keep on doing this though. Or else your visitors may think that you don't have any other topics to write.

So here are all the tips for now. To your success.

About the Author:

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The ultimate blogging tips you don't want to miss

2010-01-04T18:34:00.000-08:00

This is the rest of the best of the blog tips.

Johnny Ray
www.sirjohn.org

Blogging Tips - the Ultimate Blogging Tips (part 2)

Author: Shawn Lim

THE ULTIMATE BLOGGING TIPS (PART 2)

6. Always Ping After Posting

This is what you need to do after every posts. Remember, always ping your blog. This is to make sure that search engine spider will always crawl your blog after you've updated it. Search engines like sites that are always updated. Therefore you must 'ask' the crawler to crawl your blog regularly. This will also help you improve your ranking in search engine. A site which always updated is will rank higher than a site that seldom update. This will also help you tell your subscribed readers that you've publish a new post. You can ping your blog here at Ping-o-Matic!

7. On Page optimization

You can do this very easily. You can bold of italic your keywords that you want to optimize for in every of your posts. This is a strategy to that can help you increase your ranking in search engine. For example, if you are targeting keywords like make more money online, then you can bold those words. Just like what I did here in my blog. Although on page optimization is less

important than off page optimization (Number of links). But on page optimization still is a factor that will affect your search engine ranking. This is a very simple step that you can take. So be sure to bold or italic your keywords in your blog content. There are still many other on page optimization you could do, but this is for now.

8. Update Your Blog Regularly

I believe you've heard this over and over again. But since this is also consider as a blogging tips, so I included it here in The Ultimate Blogging Tips. You know, a blog is something like a diary, just that it is in electronic form. A diary is something that you should write down everyday, so goes for blogs. You should always publish new posts in your blog. The best is everyday, but if you're busy, then go for at least 5 posts a week. This is what most people do with their blogs, post regularly. If you don't have any topics to write on, simply use the search engines or any article directories to look for your topics. But don't copy other people's content. Just the rough idea, and write with your own words.

9. Include An "About" Section

I've stress about this in my previous post, 10 Common Blogging Mistakes. In fact, all the points in that post can be insert here. Why do you need an "About" section? Very simple, you want your readers to know more about you. And if you're promoting products in your blog, a brief profile of yourself will definitely increase the credibility of your blog and products. Readers and visitors will trust your products more if they know more about you, right? By the way, you can consider including your photo in your blog as well. I'm going to make this short, because you can read the rest here, in 10 Common Blogging Mistakes.

10. Use Simple Language

A blog is site, a more user-friendly site. And if you tell your friends about your blog, the first thing goes into their mind is that they will think that your blog is about your personal life. Most people don't know that blogs can be use for money making purposes. So, what I'm going to tell you is that, because content will be your main reason why visitors coming to your blog. Therefore you should have a friendly content, write using simple language. You want to be friend with your readers, and not those buyers-sellers relation. Don't make your blog too formal, a warm friendly feeling blog is a good blog. So you get me, write in plain language just like you always talk to your friends. It will be even better if you can write in those language that a 7 year-old child can understand you. This will make sure that your readers understand what you're going to tell them.

Well, these are the tips for The Ultimate Blogging Tips (Part 2). I hope that all these tips here are going to help you in your blogs. To your success.

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The top 7 blogging tips on how to increase your adsense earnings.

2009-08-12T21:08:00.000-07:00

Professional blogger makes money

Perhaps I need to repeat that--A professional blogger makes money from ads on his sites that clients click on. To do this, he has to know the top secrets in how to use adsense or whatever ads he uses. This is a great article and needs to be studied completely.
Johnny Ray

7 Tips and Tricks to Increase Your Adsense Earnings Guaranteed

Author: Mickie Kennedy

7 tips and tricks to make your AdSense ad receive more clicks and more profit!

Find out how to deal with a few little tricks to increase your AdSense revenue dramatically ...

The First tip: - Tip #1

Use the proper framework for AdSense. Google AdSense offers you the ability to change the appearance of your AdSense display. It has been shown that AdSense without a framework bring more clicks than AdSense with a frame. Internet users have developed enough savvy to recognizes advertisements on a site immediately.

Once you have a framework for your AdSense ads it "triggers" the users to avoid clicking on the ad.

More often than not, this flags the user to simply ignore it!

An AdSense ad on your website, which has framework results in the visitors doing nothing more than ignoring your banner.

Avoid anything immediately recognized as a advertising. This is particularly true for the when there is a frame outside your text link AdSense ads. Define your settings in the configuration of the AdSense simply the border color with the same color as your site background. Thus, for example: Home White background = white AdSense framework.

The Second - Tip #2
Setting the text color and the color of the hyperlink AdSense ads The case is similar with the color of the text and the link color. If you do not want your AdSense ads to be immediately recognized by visitors. You must define the text color as well as the hyperlink color, just as your home page text and links on the homepage also appear. If that is your hyperlinks to your site are displayed in green so you define the link color in the AdSense ads with the same green color. The same applies to the AdSense text, even this should be the same color of the text.

Try using light grey for both your text and your Google Adsense ADS.

The Third - Tip #3 What is the most efficient AdSense format for use on your home page?

This point can not be quite so easy to define, because ultimately, the AdSense format also must somehow fit into your home page. With great certainty a less efficient AdSense format is the banner 468 x 60!!

This is because this format is the standard format of banner ads, and thus immediately recognized as an advertisement by most internet users.

As mentioned above, today's Internet users have added the banner format 468 X 60 in their memory and immediately recognize it as a banner, even if that includes text ads. Avoid if possible using this banner format in the installation of your AdSense on your site. As one of the most effective banner formats, the AdSense format 336 x 280 is proven to be more effective.

Properly configured and deployed, it is with this format on a homepage that you will see the greatest results. Most people don't filter this out and recognize this as advertising.

The Fourth Tip - # 4 Never build a website based soley on one niche and Adsense.
You should avoid all your Internet revenue being solely based on AdSense. Because what happens when Google internal business policy changes, or your account gets hijacked?

I've been reading a few forums and blogs about Google Adsense tips lately, and thought it would be helpful to consolidate as many as possible in one place without the comments. I've also thrown in a few tips of my own. We start out with some of the basic general stuff and move to the more specific topics later on.....

Build an Empire....?

When you're deciding to become a website publisher you will fall into one of two broad categories:

• Publish 100 websites that each earn $1 a day profit?
• Publish 1 website that earns $100 a day profit?

The reality of it is, most people end up somewhere in between. Having 100 websites does indeed leave with maintenance, management and content issues. But having one website also leaves you open to all sort of fluctuations (search engines algorithm's, market trends, etc).....

You can adapt your plan on the way, but you'll have an easier time if you start out going in the direction of where you want to end up.

Would you rather start a soda vending machine business and maintain 100 vending machines everyday?

Or would you rather work from the comfort of your home slowly growing and maintaining 100 websites?

It will take time but start with one build it and let it settle for a month or so while you continue creating niche based websites.

You will spend a minimal amount of money and lots of time getting started but.....would you pay $200 a month for 3 months learning a business that will pay you back your initial investment for a continued period of time?

I would happily pay $2000 for a few months to learn a business that could ultimately make me $2000 per month for the rest of my life.....

The secret that will make your AdSense revenues can double. There are ways in which your current AdSense revenue up to 100% or more can increase by a small but effective trick - even the pros use - for the design of your AdSense ads.........

Well ... Do I have your attention?

Tests on my websites have actually shown that this effect is not stunt his misguided and thus the turnover was substantially increase it.

Tip Fifth Tip - #5 Where should the AdSense units to be placed As mentioned above, it is most effective when the AdSense running on your home page text can be implemented.

".....The best so that the text will flow around the AdSense and thus creates a visual layout, as would the AdSense for content on your web site belongs....."

Tip ixth Tip - #6 Now I know how to improve my CTR but how can I improve my earnings? AdSense is one of the best tools you can use to draw dollars to your site. Remember that there is no easy way to make money on Adsense... it takes a lot of work.

".....You can start of by blocking low paying advertisers with Filters......"

Why to loose a visitor for 0.01 cents?

Use Overture or Google Adwords Keywords tool to discover keywords that are less popular with advertisers.

Tip #7 AdSense How many boxes can be placed on a website?

Google allows you to three ad units and one link unit per page. How many should you use?

"....Quite simply, everything you can. You are three ad units and an ad link unit. Provided of course that you have enough text on your home page, it is possible that not all units ads are filled with ads....."

Check after a few days to see whether all the Adsense ads are relevant. You know what AdSense ads bring the most revenue in you're niche.

"......In the Setup menu in Google AdSense, you have the possibility of using your AdSense channels units in groups to capture statistics. This provides Google with a little more focused way to know which groups AdSense better turnover and which are not as likely to be clicked...."

If you want to take things even further you can also...

• Discover what AdSense ads are clicked find the provider of the AdSense ads, or the website on which the advertisement, and find it even more possibilities and partner and sell affiliate products.

For example, if you notice that your Site visitors often ads to click on a particular topic would be also a product that you are on your site can offer, because it seems to be the case that your target audience to a need for this product.

So why not own the product offering as an affiliate and earn more margin than just a few cents with AdSense?

Some Brief History about me....

I've always been extremely eager to learn about all of the ways you can make money from the internet.

There are so many different ways to make money, I'll admit that it can get very overwhelming.

But, if you boil everything down into the one "thing" that is necessary to generate money online - "it comes down to how well you can generate "targeted" traffic to your website."

When I started online, way back in the early 2000s, I owned a aquariam supply related website.

I managed to get my website to the top of Google for the most competitive keywords in the world. Keywords like: salt water aquarium, aquarium supplies, wholesale aquarium supplies

I put ALOT of work into getting my website to the top of Google for those keywords. Why did I spend so much time and effort to try and rank highly for those keywords?

I'll tell you exactly why... Because I knew those keywords would send ALOT of traffic to my site. Back in the day, I thought...

Alot of traffic = Alot of sales.....!

WRONG........

I mean, heck, common sense would tell you that the more traffic you got to your website, the more sales you would make, right?

WRONG ... Back then, I, like most other people, thought that's the way it all worked, or I obviously wouldn't have spent to much time and effort on those keywords.

Let me explain....

While I did have #1 rankings for nearly every single major keyword related to the aquarium supplies industry and it was bringing in over 10,000 visitors to my dinky little website PER DAY, the conversion rate (i.e. the amount of sales I made per visitor) was ridiculously low.

I sold roughly 1 product for every 1,000 people that came to my site.

That's a .1% conversion rate. You heard me right, "point one percent".

If you don't know what a good conversion rate is, let me just say that you should never have below a 1 percent conversion rate, let alone a .1 percent. Getting 1,000 visitors to your site per day takes a heck of a lot of work....

".....If I had to do it all over again, I would NOT spend my time on such broad, competitive keyword phrases like: weight loss. ... only to have such a poor visitor value and very little return for my time and effort....."

I would spend my time ranking for, bidding on, and basing my entire business on keywords that are already 100% proven to convert visitors into buyers....

Because, let's face it, we want people to come to our website and BUY our stuff. We don't want people visiting our site if they're just going to leave, right....?

There are two major problems that online marketers have, and they are:

They focus on extremely broad keywords that just bring a lot of random traffic to their websites. They don't know how to properly research their market to find which people are buying what they're selling.

Because you've read up to this point, problem #1 should no longer be a sticking point for you. It can lead to a lot of extra work, with very little results.

"......In fact, in my case, it was downright depressing to have 10,000 daily visitors, only to make 10 sales a day. I had imagined that when the day came that I had 10,000 daily visitors, I'd be sitting on the beach somewhere, sipping margaritas :-) and that obviously didn't happen...."

So, at this point, the only problem that remains is not knowing how to properly research a market or niche, to find exactly which people are buying what you're selling.

Well, guess what......?

Even though it took me 3 years of my life to come to grips that in order to make a heck of a lot of money on the internet, you absolutely have to focus on very specific, targeted keywords...

I finally learned, and because of this, I've been able to help thousands of other achieve the type of online success I've been fortunate enough to have.

I want you to visit my website for more tips. l show you exactly which keywords you should focus on, to literally triple or more, the amount of money you make from your online business.

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blogging tips on how to obtain free links

2009-08-05T19:12:00.000-07:00

Bloggers all know that to have high ranking it take many links to your site.
The problem is one of time and money. The following article is good at showing you how to obtain free links to your site.
Johnny Ray
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I Got Links To My Site That Increased My Ranking For Free
Author: James Rudolph

Here are several methods to website link building, the paramount way to add to your search engine rankings. The sites you see ranked dressed in the top Google results take part in several thousands of links all on the internet putting them in those top positions.

One way to effectively build your site links is through forum signatures. Join discussion forums where you are tolerable to send your links in your digital signature so that each time you position in a thread, your link will appear. This is a well-liked, simple and completely boundless link building strategy.

Exchanging your links with those of other online entrepreneurs is an alternative standard and effectual link building method. You build up traffic to your website by having your links on someone else's page and vice versa and it can in addition be very beneficial in conditions of search rankings to engage in lots of links to other sites on your page. It is recommended you benefit from this strategy primarily due to how actual it really is for being a free of charge resource.

On the other hand, individuals who care for to invest in generating supplementary traffic can best do so by purchasing links for their site. This can be expensive so it is a route taken mostly by those looking to strengthen the revenue of an already engaged site or, in universal, site owners with bigger advertising budgets. Buying links from bloggers with substantial viewership is amongst the slightest costly option for buying links.

It is as well advantageous to include your site on as many website directories as possible. These directories showcase key information on millions of sites that you enter yourself and submit along with your website URL.

Your website and online small business will by no means grasp their greatest extent promise devoid of a helpful selection of links. Using a few or all of the above strategies will instantly expand your traffic, leads, and sales labors to your detailed advantage.

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Using humor is a great tip on writing a blog

2009-08-03T12:46:00.000-07:00

Blogging tips cover many areas but some of the best are to make the reader want to come to your site.
Writing is not that hard if you you simply relax and have fun. The tips below give great advice on using humor.
Johnny Ray
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6 Tips For Using Humor In Your Marketing

Author: Jj Kennedy

If you know me personally, or have read my articles before, you know I am a goofball. There is nothing subtle about me or my sense of humor. I’m sure a psychoanalyst could write reams of data about what is wrong with me. I’m blatant, crude, way over the top, off-color, and often offensive.

But that is me and my blog, NOT my work as either a consultant or as a marketing executive in my previous life. Because my blog is personal (as I think all good ones should be) it is the genuine me, burrs and all.

However, when I am working with a client, the suit goes on, the language is toned down, and humor, which defines me as a person, is actually rarely used as a marketing vehicle at all. It kills me, but there are SO many pitfalls if used inappropriately, it is often just not worth the risk for a client.

Sometimes I get lucky and a client and their audience have a very similar tone and market as me. In that rare case, our marketing results are just off the charts, but those cases are few and far between.

Being a guy who places tremendous value in humor, I offer these 6 tips for using humor in your own marketing materials. Use at your own risk.

1. Be Genuine

There are many types of humor: Subtle, sarcastic, slapstick, off-color, clever, etc.

What you need to figure out is which one you are. I am definitely the slapstick, off-color type. What can I say - I realize I am a large child, and fart jokes still crack me up. Compare that to Mikey, a good friend of mine (he hates when I call him that…It’s Mike, thank you.). He has a fantastic subtle sense of humor. He is the type that rarely pipes up, and you really have to pay attention; But, when he says something funny, it is obviously well thought out, and it always frigging kills me.

The point is that there is NO WAY I could pull off Mikey’s type of humor. Because I am so over the top 99% of the time, it would just get lost in the commotion. On the flip side, Mikey would look like a total idiot and loose all respect of people if he tried what I do. You can’t be quiet and mild mannered and then randomly start singing about your love of string cheese in the middle of the supermarket. It just don’t work.

If you are going to use humor, make sure it is your real humor, and not what you think your audience wants. Nothing is more cringeworthy than a joke that receives dead silence. In almost every case it comes from poor delivery, which is usually the result of not feeling 100% comfortable and confident in what you are doing. It works the same way in marketing. If your humor does not match that of your audience, take my advice - Don’t use it.

That was a super fancy segue into our next section if I do say so.

2. Know the audience…WELL

It is so super important to always know your audience when you are marketing. When using humor, it is doubly so. Not all people find the same things funny. Some type of humor (particularly mine) will even turn people away who would otherwise be customers. If your product or business paints it prospects with a broad brush, it is an absolute necessity that you niche out your segments if you want to try a shot a humor. Try your best not to let the segments cross paths.

Why? Because consensus humor is just not funny. If you try to make humor fit every audience, it will not fit ANY audience. If you have ever worked for a large corporation, you know that marketing creative is often brainstormed and approved by a group of marketing execs. I genuinely believe that that type of marketing usually sucks as it is so watered down to reach a consensus that it is also too watered down to earn a customer reaction. The same thing happens with humor.

3. Know how the audience views YOU

I have the luxury of hand picking my audience for my blogs and articles. I have built my sites from the ground up with the same tone and humor the entire time. If you like it, you stay, if not, you leave – and I’m totally cool with that.

When you are working with another business, or as a representative for a business that is not an exact replica of you, this is not the case.

What you really need to figure out is how the audience views you. And that will tell you if the type of humor you are using fits. If your audience perceives you as a “subtle”, then they are probably following you because they are “subtles” too. That tells you that the humor needs to be subtle as well.

Going back to points 1 and 2, if you are not a “subtle” as well, you have two options:

Option 1:. Don’t use humor. or

Option 2: Find a Mikey with a great subtle sense of humor and let him lead the creative.

4. Take risks if you can

The key point of this is “if you can.” This really depends on your type of humor, how risky the material is, and how big the potential upside is.

Everybody knows that the bigger the risk, the bigger the return. I’m finding that out in great detail with my own blog. Whenever I post a article that is a bit offensive and off color, the traffic for those posts usually goes through the roof. My article called “Retards and the Chinese” is a perfect example of this. To sum up, I received a few angry posts and emails about my casual use of the word “retard.” The article that addressed those comments was designed specifically to push peoples buttons and provoke a response. And it really did. But, truth be told, I was biting my nails for the entire week after I posted it. I got lucky, but it could have been a disaster.

The point is that it was a calculated risk. I knew that my audience base was predominately outspoken and thick skinned, so I figured they could take it. I was also very careful to turn the article sympathetic towards me after I ruffled everyone’s feathers. It worked well, but definitely took some time to get just right. I probably rewrote the closing paragraphs about 10 times.

5. Know when to say no

“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no point being a damn fool about it” - WC Fields

Sometimes humor is just not the right choice. Yes it is fun, yes it can produce fantastic results, but yes, it can also kill you if done wrong. If you find yourself on the negative side of any of the above tips, then just stop. It’s not worth it.

The key to humor is 100% confidence. If you are not true in your humor, if your audience is not into your humor, or if your audience image of you is not congruent with your humor, then your chances of success can not possibly outweigh the potential risks of using it.

Stick with the tried and true marketing vehicles that have worked for you in the past. They will not get the big results you are hoping for, but you won’t shoot yourself in the foot either.

Also, as a final caveat on know when to say no. Some things are just inherently not funny and should not be taken lightly. I wouldn’t recommend using humor under any circumstances to market when people have been injured physically or emotionally or are truly in need of help.

A great example that comes to mind is the recent Cash4Gold commercial that aired during the Super Bowl (I reviewed it and other ads on my blog recently). It starred Ed McMahon and MC Hammer pawning all their goods because they were broke. It was supposed to be funny. Not only did it not work, but it made me feel bad for the stars. If you think about the underlying context of WHY someone would be selling their stuff to a pawn shop and how desperate their situation must be, I think you would agree that there is nothing really funny about that.

6. Thicken your skin

Jokes flop. Even the best comedians will tell you that. If edgy, they will also offend some people. It’s gonna happen sooner or later. My final piece of advice is to grow a thick skin. Not everything will work the first time. As with stand up comedy, humor in marketing often takes a while to work out phrasing and timing.

At my site, I often push the edge on what is “professional.” After all, I am a serious and professional business person. I have a ton of real experience and have made a ton of real money. But that often does not jibe with the image I represent, especially on first impression.

Most people who stick around past the first article will usually become fans –loyal motivated fans - for a long time, but that does come at a price of losing a good percentage of visitors who just don’t get it or cannot get past the apparent professional/goofy disconnect.

That is a trade off I am willing to accept. I am 100% confident and 100% congruent to my personality on my site, so I can weather the comments and criticisms that I occasionally get. If I were not, I’m not sure I would be able to stomach someone truly thinking I am an idiot and what that might mean to my reputation.

I’ll end with a great quote that sums up a lot of what I do on my own site, and being the spaz I am, my general approach to humor. It’s simple, but says quite a bit.

“I\'m not funny. What I am is brave. “ - Lucille Ball Stay Cool. JJ

About the Author:

JJ Kennedy is CEO of Evil Genius Interactive, and editor of Evil Genius TV - Business, Humor, and Observations - From a Fancy Dude

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The basic tips and advice on blogging, a great place to start

2009-07-27T01:59:00.000-07:00

Some of the best tips on blogging come from simple common sense
To have a great blog you need to follow simple proven advice on building your blog and promoting it. The following article is very good at reminding you what you need to do.
Johnny Ray

5 Hard and Fast Blogging Tips
Author: TJ Philpott

If making money is your goal, here are 5 vital blogging tips to insure your blog has a solid foundation from which it can grow.

1) Have knowledge or a Passion to Learn

If you don't have some knowledge of or at least a passion to learn more about the material you're blogging about it will be difficult to add content to your blog. Your knowledge or passion will be the motivation needed to continually post content that is both interesting and useful to your readers. It will also make your posting routine more enjoyable and less like work.

2) Establish a domain name

It is recommended that you purchase your 'own' domain name. The cost is minimal and and it will look more legitimate to your visitors. Also your domain will be more highly regarded by the online advertising networks, many of which will not accept sites without their own domain names.

You'll also want to have your site hosted as opposed to a free site since this gives you total control of the site. A site hosted by for instance Google or wordpress can be shut down at any time due to any activity they view as a violation of their policies.

3) Keep Your Content Current

The more frequent you post to your blog the better. Your posts should remain fresh to encourage visitors to return while attracting new readers as well. Think of it as breathing air into the life lungs of the blog.

4) Identify with Your Readers

Be sure to cater to the interests of your readers by responding to and acting upon their comments. With the ability to interact with your visitors thru the comments they leave comes the opportunity for you to know them better. What is it they want to read about? What problems may they have that you can assist them with? Don't ignore your readers; speak TO them not AT them. Their appreciation of this will be reflected by them continually returning to your blog.

5) Setting up a Money Making Blog

If you're interested in making money by blogging, there are ways to optimize your blog to accomplish this. The use of banner ads that reflect products you may want to sell is a very popular and passive way to earn an income. Please note that by representing or promoting multiple products or services will diversify your income opportunities. Expecting to make a living with just one product is unrealistic. Google adsense, affiliate products, and other online advertisers looking for viable ad space are some of the more popular ways to monetize a blog, but by no means do the opportunities stop there.

I hope these basic yet vital blogging tips have given you a definitive direction in which to take your blog. Also remember to blog about something your interested in. The point is to make this experience enjoyable not only for your readers, but also for you!

About the Author:

TJ Philpott is an author and Internet entrepreneur based out of North Carolina.

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The top five blogging tips for bloggers

2009-07-22T06:18:00.000-07:00

The article below is great on pinpointing the top five tips on blogging
Everyone has different goals concerning their blog, but all can have similar methods in obtaining them. Studying the tips on blogging from many sources often leads to a discovery of what works for the individual.
Johnny Ray
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5 Blogging Tips Every Blogger Should Know

Author: Cory Threlfall
Blogging is a great way to earn a living and get your views out there on the World Wide Web. No matter whether you are blogging in order to make a living or simply want to express your opinion on a subject near and dear to your heart, there are 5 blogging tips which every blogger should know and follow in order to make your blog a complete success.

Blog About What You Know

It is really important to blog about what you know. Since you are providing information to the masses and most individuals depend on this information for accurate details, it is crucial that you blog about the things you know best. As far as blogging tips go, this is an extremely important one. You want to make sure not only that the information you disperse to the public is accurate but also that the topic is easy for you to write about.

Take Advantage of Money Making Ventures Via Blogging

Whether you are blogging for work or fun, there are many ways to turn your blog into a money making venture. This is one of the more vital blogging tips as most people want to make some money while doing what they love. Various money making ventures via blogging include affiliate programs, pay per click programs and selling your own products through your blog.

Keep Your Blog Current and Up to Date

In the grand scheme of blogging tips, the following is quite important. You want to always be sure to keep your blog information current and up to date. Blogging consists of new information which is continuously kept current. This will also help you to make more money should you have money making programs attached to your blog.

Fill Your Blog with Helpful Information

Some of the best blogs out there these days are ones which provide helpful information to the readers. Although it is interesting to simply read one's blog about their life or past experiences, it is even better to leave the blog having gathered helpful information about one subject or another. Filling your blog with this helpful information will make it that much more popular and aid individuals in their day to day lives.

Make Every Blog Entry Interesting and Engaging

The last of these blogging tips which you should consider in your daily blogging journeys is to make every blog entry interesting and engaging. It doesn't matter what the topic may be, there are ways to spin them so that they interest and engage the readers. This will keep them coming back from more. This means that those who use their blogs to make money will have repeat customers on a frequent basis. You want your blog to stand out from the rest as there are so many different blogs on the Internet. When writing your blog entries, think of what you would want to read on someone else's blog and what would keep you coming back for more time and time again.

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Blogging tips on building links

2009-07-21T10:39:00.000-07:00

Building links to your site is work but worth it for a professional blogger
One of the greatest tips on blogging is the development of in bound links. This is and will be for a long time the major part of the search engine's responsibility in finding the most relevant web or blog sites. The article below details how important this is.
Johnny Ray
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New Strategy For Inbound LinksAuthor: Kevin Sinclair

In this article I am coming back to the oldest Web marketing strategy - inbound links. The importance of inbound links to your Web site never diminishes. Search engines still value quality inbound links to a Web site for higher rankings. However, the emphasize is now on the quality, not the quantity of links. A dozen quality links to your site from useful sites are more valuable to a search engine than 700 links obtained through a link exchange program.

Before I discuss how to obtain quality inbound links to your site, I would like to mention some don'ts of inbound link strategy. Never participate in an automated or manual link exchange program. These programs are useless; they don't benefit you and sometimes the search engines may even penalize your site for such links. Also, stop soliciting link exchange from other sites where your links will be placed in a link farm on a page along with hundreds of other links. The two don'ts are - link exchange program and link farms.

Now I will talk about the new strategy. The number one strategy is to write articles with your resource box attached. Your resource box should mention your expertise in the subject and only one link to your site's home page. I know you have already started frowning on the idea of writing articles to promote your site. You are telling yourself that it is not a new strategy and it has been going for the past few years.

You know that thousands of articles are written everyday and distributed through article directories and submission services. You can still continue promoting your site using article directories and submission services. However, I will mention a few new twists to the old article publishing idea to distinguish you from the pack.

Write original articles. If you buy private level rights to an article, rewrite it to make it unique. You don't have to buy the rights to private level articles to create original article. Using the Internet, find good quality articles on the subject that interests you and read those articles. It requires a few hours of time commitment every week.

On the weekend, take an additional few hours and write in your own words what you have read in the preceding week. Voila, you have a good quality original article. Remember, you can always write in your own words the ideas that you have read in other articles. You cannot simply copy verbatim from other articles. That will be copyright violation.

If you are good at writing humorously, do exploit that skill while writing on any subject. Humor is very powerful and it attracts more readers. People love a bellyful of laughs. If possible, say something bold or controversial without being a hate monger. This will also attract others' attention.

Once you have your original article written, find a few quality content rich site (not article directories) and offer them your article for free with your resource box attached. You are not asking for any link exchange, you are just giving away your high quality articles for free to a few selected sites.

Once you have a few good articles on the same subject, compile them into an e-book. Write a short bio(less than 300 characters) with your Web site link and ask a few selected site owners to distribute your e-book for free to their visitors. You can also ask other site owners to include your e-book as a free bonus in some of their prime selling products. Ask the site owners to distribute the e-book from their sites with courtesy notes and links back to your site.

If your Web site has a forum, offer other sites to use it from their sites. Setup your forum so that it has almost seamless integration from other sites. Ask other sites to directly link to your forum from their main menu. In return, tell them that you will write nice reviews of their sites and their offerings and publish those reviews in your site.

Develop a tips and tricks section on the subject of your Web site and update it regularly. Allow other sites to publish your tips and tricks for free with courtesy links to your site. Make the process automated (using RSS other techniques) so that when you update your tips and tricks page, all sites publishing your tips and tricks are also updated.

Whenever you get an opportunity, use your cell phone to shoot short videos and take pictures. You need to get a good cell phone with a camera. Give your pictures and videos to other sites for free. Ask them to put links back to your site below every video and picture they publish in their sites.

Join a few social networking sites like MySapce, etc. Create your Web pages on those sites with videos and pictures. Provide links back to your site from those pages. Update your Web pages in social networking sites periodically with fresh videos and pictures.

Publish link to your articles in community based popularity sites like digg. A well "dugg" story can generate thousands of hits to your site. If you have a controversial or humorous story, the chances are even better for "digging" your articles from these type of sites.

Write reviews of products and services, related to your site's subject, that you have used and publish those reviews on different review sites with a clever way to put links back to your site. Some creativity is required to achieve this feat. You cannot simply spam these review sites. Be genuine and at the same time marketing savvy.

Network and build good rapport with a dozen or so good site owners. Help each other in site promotion, idea and content exchanges. For all content exchanges, don't forget to include resource boxes with links back to your site.

About the Author:

Kevin Sinclair is the publisher and editor of besuccessfulnews.com, a site that provides information and articles on how to succeed in your own home or small business.

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Blogging tips to engage the reader

2009-07-20T07:41:00.000-07:00

Are you writing for yourself or for the reader?

The difference in motivation varies for all writers and especially bloggers. A blogger generally wants to get his message out there. He wants to have his say in the world. In some cases readers really appreciate that and appreciate an honest opinion. In many cases however they want to have confirmation of what they expect in the world.

If the purpose of your message is to reach the reader there are certain points that you need to consider. Most readers are very busy and want straight specific information. They usually scan the article meaning they see the title, the first sentence or two, subtitles and the ending. Maybe they will even check to see who the author is. Then they click another site, perhaps gone forever.

If the reader finds a point he wants to remember or recall later, that is when they bookmark the site. This is the time they send it to others. I think most people want quick information now and later want to return if they can see value in it. If the article is too short or doesn’t provide perceived value, they click on to something else.

There are times you need some back story or basic information for the reader and at other times you need more specific information. A great site provides both allowing the reader to feel comfortable with the article. Internal links are a wonderful thing. It gives additional information to only those that need it.
Another great way to isolate a reader into the part he is looking for is the use of subtopics. Remember this is where the eyes are concentrating. If you don’t obtain their attention they will not take time to hunt for what they need. They know other sites have information for them as well.

At the ending, you need to let the reader know you are the expert in this field. This is usually the last chance you have in the reader remembering or book marking your site. This is also a great place to add additional links for the reader to check on. Let’s face it; he is planning on going somewhere. It might as well be another one of your articles.

What are your thoughts on engaging the reader?
Johnny Ray
http://www.sirjohn.org/bloglist

Blogging tips on having a successful blog

2009-07-17T12:38:00.000-07:00

Important tips to having a successful blog

After developing a nice blog site you have to have traffic to be successful in getting your word or message out to the general public. This is the main points you always have to keep in mind.

1)The saying that content is king is so true. This is why people come to your site and why they will return and tell others about it. They want original content that is timely and answers a question or amuses them in some form.

2)Readers want fresh content and will quickly quit coming if they see nothing new on the site. On a new site it means posting every day. When you have a lot of content it can be spaced more. They want to follow a blog that has something new and interesting in it for them.

3)Engage other bloggers in blogging communities and enter communities that specialize in your area of expertise. This is a great way to pick up new readers. It is also a great way to learn what readers are looking for. It is also a great feeling to have readers list you on their blog rolls.

4)It is always important to post with a certain style and tone to your work. The readers want to feel comfortable and expect you to be the same every time they come. They soon expect you to be like a friend they can find predictable.

5)Think about search engines and seo when you post. The keywords you want to capture have to be repeated on every post. It is good to have those keywords in front of you every time you post. This is what is going to get you found in the search engines.

To be successful you have to put in the time. If you want readers you have to love reading other blogs. People love to return the favor of a great comment on their site. Learn to explore other sites and you will have many new ideas for your own site as well as having fun along the way.

Johnny Ray
http://www.sirjohn.org/bloglist

The importance of becoming the expert in your field is one of the best blogging tips you will ever receive.

2009-07-13T10:58:00.000-07:00

Let's face it people use the internet to find the best answer to a question or a desire they have--they want an expert.

I think this brings up the question of exactly what is an expert. Obviously it is someone that has researched the subject and perhaps published many articles on it. On any one particular subject it is really not that hard to be known as an expert. The trick is concentration and determination to know more than others. The perception is easier than you think.

Johnny Ray
www.sirjohn.org/bloglist

Article Marketing Tips - How to Become an Authority Figure Through Article Marketing

Author: Fabian Tan

Article marketing is probably one of the most cost-efficient and high prospect-generating ways to drive traffic to your website out there. The truth is, anyone can get out there with a bunch of optimized articles and start generating targeted traffic to their website by the weekend.

Here is another less mentioned 'perk' of article promotion: it is a great way to brand yourself as an authority figure in your niche.

Here is how to do it:

1. Write articles that original. If you write articles with original and new content, people will sit up and take notice immediately. Writing 'me too' articles is less likely to achieve the same effect. So write hard-hitting articles that deliver strong opinions and content, and you'll become an authority figure in no time.

2. Don't be a perpetual product pusher! In other words, provide content to your readers as well as mixing them up with promotions. Write pre-sell reviews of affiliate products instead of blatantly promoting them all the time. This will get you more readership and greater word of mouth.

3. Get your articles all over the Internet. Allow others to republish your articles, and distribute your articles to dozens of article directories. Submit all your articles to the best directories to expand your marketing reach.

4. Use your articles to build a list by driving your traffic to an opt-in page. By building a list, you have a mechanism where you can contact your potential prospects over and over again with content and promotions.

These 4 'shortcuts' will take you to the upper echelons of article marketers in no time!

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Blogging tips on creating Pillar Post

2009-07-01T11:59:00.000-07:00

Creating Pillar Post
While creating attention to your site, the more articles you have the better up to an extent. The content must be interesting and fit the need of the reader. And while many post are short, the blog must have some central post that really anchor the blog. These are the ones you want quoted on other people’s blogs. These take much more time to research and write. In general they are much longer and full of details. They are the type post that can be just as good today as they will be years from now. This is not a time to copy and paste from a free article site. This is a post that the writer needs to express his own point of view based on his own research. This is the time you want the readers to understand that you are the expert, the reason to come back again and again. Original post also helps with the search engine rankings. After all, the search engines are designed to help readers find answers from experts. Another added benefit is the amount of attraction from other experts and writers that it generates and hopefully will lead to links to the article from their own sites. The additional links also greatly help with your ranking.
By taking the time to have a least five to six of these pillar articles on your blog, the rewards will come in for years. In fact, I’ve heard that at least one major pillar needs to be added every month. Remember this is where you make your mark. This is where you convince your readers that you are, in fact the expert. So, spend the time and do the research and become known as the expert in your field.
Johnny Ray
www.sirjohn.org

Great video on blogging and twitter tips

2009-06-23T16:21:00.000-07:00

Blogging and twitter tips

It pays to listen to the professor when it comes to learning some of the great secrets and tips of becoming a great blogger. These tips on blogging presented in this video are great.

Great blogging and great writing go hand and hand

2009-06-17T17:38:00.000-07:00

I think it is easy to say that to be a great blogger you also have to be a great writer. Learning from the advice of others is sometimes much easier than learning it in the college of hard knocks. This article gives you a lot of advice that needs to be applied on a daily bases.

Johnny Ray
www.sirjohn.org/bloglist

Mark Twain, Stephen King, adjectives, and hell

Author: Tom Aaron

If you look for advice on your writing, surf the Internet and you will find advice galore. One writing site tells you that one reason we plunk down money for writers like Stephen King is because they use adverbs to make their writing interesting. While adverbs, like adjectives, can help your writing in moderation, many writers overuse and abuse them. This overuse and abuse has resulted in today's overly strong reaction against adverbs and adjectives. As King says, "The road to hell is paved with adverbs."

Mark Twain shared King's lack of excitement about adverbs. He wrote about them in his "Reply to a Boston Girl," in the June 1880 issue of Atlantic Monthly:

I am dead to adverbs; they cannot excite me. To misplace an adverb is a thing which I am able to do with frozen indifference; it can never give me a pang. ... There are subtleties which I cannot master at all,--they confuse me, they mean absolutely nothing to me,--and this adverb plague is one of them. ... Yes, there are things which we cannot learn, and there is no use in fretting about it. I cannot learn adverbs; and what is more I won't.

King and Twain are looking at writing textually rather than from a grammar perspective. Thinking of grammar, most adverbs end with "ly". A number of writing sites suggest using your search function to find "ly" and editing it out unless the adverb is absolutely necessary. Following this advice, I checked this draft. I found three examples with "ly", two were mine and one was Twain's.

1. From me: This overuse and abuse has resulted in today's overly strong reaction against adverbs and adjectives.

2. From Mark Twain: they mean absolutely nothing to me,

3. From me: A number of writing sites suggest using your search function to find "ly" and editing it out unless it is absolutely necessary.

Let's see if we can edit these adverbs out and improve the texts:

Example 1

Original text: This overuse and abuse has resulted in today's overly strong reaction against adverbs and adjectives.

Revised text: This overuse has resulted in today's strong reaction against adverbs and adjectives, ignoring their value and place in English.

The new text deleted "overly" and added a phrase starting with a gerund, a phrase using a gerund and nouns. From reading this phrase, we can tell that the reaction is too strong and we explain why: because the reaction ignores the value and place of adverbs and adjectives in English. The question is which is your preference: an adjective or the additional informative text?

Example 2

Original text: they mean absolutely nothing to me,

Revised text: they mean nothing to me,

I hesitate to edit the words of Mark Twain. Were he here today, he might agree about deleting "absolutely." Or he might say that "absolutely nothing" sounds better. After all, they both mean the same thing.

Example 3

Original text: A number of writing sites suggest using your search function to find "ly" and editing it out unless it is absolutely necessary.

Revised text: Some writing sites suggest using your search function to find "ly" and editing "ly" out unless the adjective is necessary or improves the writing.

In example 3, more text was edited than simply the adjective. In order to have authentic examples of adjective use in this article, the draft was not edited before selecting the examples. Thus the original text contains unnecessary words, an empty it, and an adjective, all of which were edited out. The new text, without absolutely, is better.

When you write and edit your writing, edit out adjectives whenever possible. If you have difficulty editing your writing, some suggestions may help. You could have two places for your writing work. One place is where you work to write and the other is where you work to edit. The two places are much like the two hat approach. You wear your writer's hat, the blue hat with the red feather, when you write, and you wear your editor's hat, the green hat with the blue feather, when you edit. You sit near the window when you write; you go to the coffee shop when you edit. In writing you may cherish adjectives, but in editing you search and destroy without hesitation.

If you put your writing away for a week, you may be able to read the text as if it had been written by someone else. You may feel no connection to the writing and given the lack of connection, you may begin to edit without feeling ownership of the text.

Still, in spite of everything we've said, moderate adjective use can improve writing.

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Staying focused to make a better blog

2009-06-12T16:51:00.000-07:00

How to improving your blogging

One of the top problems with many blogs is the lack of focus. Sometimes there is no clear cut purpose in having one other than the fact the author just wanted one. It is important to remember you have to give the reader a reason to want to go to your site. I know we all think we are extremely interesting or funny, but in reality unless you showcase it and let your reader know that, he will usually never come back. Readers don’t like being sidetracked or tricked into reading something. They usually are hunting for something and have many places to look.
So, what do you want your reader to do? Perhaps you want your reader to become a new friend, to buy something from you, or to simply to agree with your way of thinking. In any case, the tone and the message must be clear. A blog is in many ways a two way street. It requires a little give and take. And many people only give back after you give to them.
It is good to write a post on exactly what you are trying to accomplish. It will help not only you, but your visitors. It will definitely help you stay focused.

Johnny Ray
I’ve created several new blogs I’m focusing on now. One is concerning the mortgage business and the other is on Grilling steaks. If you have time check them out.

Blogging tips, the need to be consistent

2009-06-09T07:16:00.000-07:00

Blogging consistently is one of the best blogging tips
As any business man can tell you, it is all about the repeat customer. In a bloggers case, it is repeat readers. To keep readers coming back to your site, you have to have new material for them to see. If your site is mainly for references and a source of information that is static, perhaps a permanent web site would do better. The main attraction in a blog is the currently updated information. There is always many other blogs you compete with and once one of your readers finds another site to entertain them, they may not come back.
So, how often should you blog? While it varies with the individual and the site, many sources will say that you should add to your blog at least once a day. Yes, it takes some commitment in your time. This commitment comes from developing the blog site, maintaining it, researching the material for the blog, actually writing it and finally letting cyberspace know you have it out there. And, of course, staying in contact with your constituents that leave comments is important and can be time consuming as well.
It is important to stay in a rhythm; a history of daily post followed by several days of no post will leave your readers confused. In the same reasoning too many posts in a short period time to make up for not posting earlier will leave many of the articles unread. It doesn’t hurt to experiment some when you first start blogging, but soon the proper rhythm can be obtained with a little analysis of your account. This is a good reason to study your analytics on your site. While many people offer blogging tips, the most important ones are the ones you research on your own through a complete analysis of your blog.

Johnny Ray
www.sirjohn.org/bloglist

Content is King

2009-06-04T16:54:00.000-07:00

How good are you at writing content?

The bases of any blog have to be the content. Yes, it is great to have fantastic graphics, but if you don’t have something to say that is of interest to your readers they soon get bored. They also get bored if they see articles they are not specifically interested in. With this in mind, the content has to follow the original plan for the site. You have to know who your target market is. It also helps to know who the people that come to your site are. Using products like Google analytics can help a lot.
Not only must the content be in tune with your readers, it has to short and concise. Take a look at how long readers stay on your site. Is it ten or fifteen minutes? You wish. Most of the time and for most sites it can be measured in seconds. The attention span of most people surfing the web tends to be very short. They want information and know there are many places to find it. If you can provide them with what they want, they may bookmark your site for additional visits later. This is your best hope in getting traffic to your site. They want to know they can find answers on your site.
Another main consideration is how current your information is. Yes, it can take a lot of time to update every day, but it can be worth it. It only takes once or twice for the reader to lose interest and never return. Some articles can be short and others long, but the most important thing is to be regular in your post.
Feel free to post your comments and observations.
Johnny Ray
www.sirjohn.org/bloglist

Driving traffic to your web site

2009-06-04T06:09:00.000-07:00

Constantly looking around the net to find new ideas I saw this article that I think everyone will enjoy. Much of the news is common sense, but I hope there are some gems in there you can use. If anyone wants to add sites or comments, please feel free to do so.

Effective Writing applied to Blogs

2009-05-23T09:28:00.000-07:00

Writing a blog that people would want to read and remember is like any kind of writing; it has to be effective and interesting. I think the article below by Christina Pomoni is very good in highlighting this important point of blog writing.

Johnny Ray

Ways to become a more effective writer

Author: Christina Pomoni

Writing reflects an author’s mind set down on paper. An author’s style is, in effect, his/her choice of what words to use and how to use them in writing. But, it is also attitude; the attitude the author has towards the topic and the audience.

From ancient times, writing has been the means to communicate and transfer knowledge in a direct, immediate way. In modern society, language is the chief liaison between an author’s brain and the minds of an audience. If a writer wants to be understood, the use of effective language is a key priority.

Typically, when we talk, syntax is not modulated, sentences are incomplete and words are abbreviated. If the habits of oral speech are transferred into the written speech the results are indistinct. Imprecise language may distort the writer’s ideas.

So, what constitutes effective writing? Experienced writers are prompted to experiment with writing as they go along. They write for quite sometime, they leave their work and return with a fresh perspective. This break allows them to see their work from a distance and judge it, impartially and objectively. Normally, the changes that they make after these short breaks work for the better.

Effective writing is a fundamental part of journalism. Writing with creativity requires primarily a focus on the expectations of the audience. Trying to catch what the audience expects is a good basis for building up a good article. At the same time, the writer should have a clear idea of what he wants to tell the audience in relation to the story. Without a clear plan, it’s easy to be out of subject.

To develop the plan of the story, experienced writers use the inverted pyramid. Introducing a headline that excites the audience and a sub-title that provides an insightful summary of the topic, the inverted pyramid format helps readers to get quick information on the article even if they do not read it all. The most valuable information is in a lead paragraph on the top, written in a captivating way so that readers are fascinated to read more.

Good writers always write about what they know avoiding subjects they are not so familiar with. Although the Internet is a valuable source of information, details do not come easy if the writer doesn’t know the topic. For instance, Hemingway’s ambulance vivid descriptions were coming from the heart as he was an ambulance driver himself.

Good writers are also voracious readers. Reading a lot helps building up grammar skills, using proper punctuation and developing a rich vocabulary. It is very important that a writer knows grammar and understands what he writes. Otherwise, the article construction is poor and the reader is lost. Also, the use of jumbled vocabulary results in distortion of ideas.

By reading different types of readings helps in getting acquainted with diverse writing styles and setting up themes for plotting stories. Acquiring variety in writing helps also in avoiding repetition and developing imagination. In that way, the writer grasps the reader with new writing techniques and strategies among a wide variety of topics and styles.

Effective writing is, also, the result of good mood. Putting orderly ideas on a piece of paper requires good energy and positive thinking. When someone is tired and stressed, he cannot think properly. The writing process requires a relaxed state of mind so that the brain is set on the topic of interest and works at its best. A positive attitude based on realistic expectations always works wonders. Hence, good writers have fun with writing.

The main advantage of writing over oral communication is that it provides time for proofreading. An effective writer always proofreads his writings; otherwise he may look like lazy, incompetent or rude towards the audience.

By and large, writing is an ongoing process that needs constant effort and development of writing skills. Especially in journalism, writing is a powerful tool that derives its influence from its potential as a resourceful and valuable means of communication. Good journalists are engaged with the moral duty to produce strong articles that comply with the use of accurate language as a means of effective communication.

About the Author:

I work as a financial and investment advisor but my passion is writing, music and photography. Writing mostly about finance, business and music, being an amateur photographer and a professional dj, I am inspired from life.

Being a strong advocate of simplicity in life, I love my family, my partner and all the people that have stood by me with or without knowing. And I hope that someday, human nature will cease to be greedy and demanding realizing that the more we have the more we want and the more we satisfy our needs the more needs we create. And this is so needless after all.

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