Friday, May 13th, 2011 at
7:58 am
Not everyone wants to create a blog for profit, but anyone can as long as they are willing to build a strong foundation and put in some hard work .. Bloggers who don’t focus on this foundation after time tend to end up with an unsuccessful blog. For a blogger to find big success with their blog, some tips on how to achieve this are discussed below…
Finding the Right Niche: It is important that you find the right niche so that you can make your blog profitable and enjoyable for your readers . Following your passion when creating your blog is highly desirable, but it is also essential to see if there enough interest in the subject to generate revenue so that you can make your profits grow. Just because there is a large niche, it doesn’t always mean that it will be profitable; some smaller markets can be very profitable. Stamp collecting is a huge niche but there aren’t many business opportunities in it. So that you can ensure that your blog will be able to create revenue, it is important to be careful when you select the niche for your blog. Focus on Quality: At first you might have grand plans of building up a really large blog with plenty of content. Focus on providing good quality content for your readers, as the quantity levels will take care of itself over time. Of course posting to your blog regularly still needs to be a consideration, but not at the expense of quality. For instance, if you only have a couple of hours to spend working on your blog each week, work on writing one good quality post, rather than just throwing 5 or 6 bad quality posts up there over that week.
Persistence is Money: Knowing how to be persistent will really pay off in the long run. If you begin slowly it is easy to get distracted or give up. You should know that things change quite fast on the Internet, and in order to keep up with these changing times and to grow your blog’s popularity, you will have to practice lots of persistence. Obviously there will be moments when you don’t feel like much progress is being made and things could take a dive but that’s when you need to stick to what you’re doing as well as keep moving forward. Every single blogger that made it big worked persistently in the start, so it doesn’t make you any different. Blogs get abandoned each and every day because only a fraction of those created will be successful. In order to find success as a blogger, you need to make sure that you apply the things you’ve learned here.
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Tuesday, May 10th, 2011 at
7:31 am
Of course it is possible to create a reader friendly blog, but frequently people are not prepared and do not bother to learn what is needed to achieve that. There are proven methods you can apply to any blog that will work to create the type of atmosphere and content conducive to reading.
Your blog needs to have a few things present to begin with so readers will want to stick around. Unless the intent is to quickly put something together for making money, most people put effort into their blogs for their readers in addition to hopefully making money. So if you want your blog to become more engaging, then encouraging discussions is important – and you do that simply by asking your readers for it. You may have seen posts in which the last sentence or two put forth a call to action of some kind directed to the readers to get them to talk about the post? There is nothing complex or elaborate with this strategy – you simply want comments that hopefully fuel a long discussion. People always love giving their opinion, and like being heard – so why not give them an opportunity to contribute by making it easy for them? Make it Simple for the Eyes: The colors that are on your blog have to make reading simple for the viewers. When you are trying to decide on a blog design, don not forget that most internet users are very picky when it comes go how a blog should look. If you really want to place brighter colors like orange and red on your blog, then be certain that it is done in a professional manner. Make sure that it does not make your blog look unprofessional. It is not become too difficult to lose a readership when your blog does not present well. Also, ensure that your blog’s fonts can be read. Even the theme that you get must be easy for the eyes to decipher. When these things are handled, it will make it much simpler for your visitors to stick around on your blog longer. Presentation does make a huge difference to the general results that you get, so pay attention as much as you can.
If you place pictures within your content, be sure they are relevant to the topic of that post. When it comes down to delivering a clear message to your readers, pictures/images are a great idea, and it kind of adds life to your blog. So reasonably it’s a good idea to use pictures on your blog as long as they are relevant to what your post is all about. You do not have to use images all the time in every post, so you can just mix things up a little bit. So, the next thing is to continue on if you have a blog, and if you do not yet have one – today is a good day to start planning.
Thursday, December 4th, 2008 at
2:29 pm
Sometimes when switching between hosting companies or when you add plugins to your server, you have to switch the permissions so everything works as it should.
It’s a pretty painless process, but I wanted to do a quick podcast on it nonetheless!
Changing Permissions On Your Blog's Server [ 4:12 ] Download
Changing Permissions On Your Blog's Server [ 4:12 ] Download
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at
10:08 pm
No blog is complete without having a custom footer message or link! You have to make sure the copyright is correct, right?
In this podcast, we show you how to change the text in your footer by adding a link. Keep in mind, most themes have the same sort of setup – so what works here will work for you as well!
Adding Text To Your Blog Footer [.wmv] [ 4:32 ] Download
Adding Text To Your Blog Footer [.mov] [ 4:32 ] Download
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 at
7:12 pm
Welcome to the third and final part of our blogging introductory sessions – Installing plugins.
Plugins are great because they add to the functionality of any blog. You can do anything from event management to project management to podcasting! And we will get getting to all those things in future episodes, but I wanted to make sure that everyone understood the basics of uploading plugins before we got started.
So below, this podcast is going to teach you how to upload and activate plugins! Nothing too complicated… More of an fyi than anything else! Enjoy!
bH 003 Shownotes:
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How To Install Plugins [.wmv] [ 6:41 ] Download
How To Install Plugins [.mov] [ 6:41 ] Download
Friday, November 7th, 2008 at
9:27 am
Installing WordPress themes might be mundane for blogging veterans – but beginners are pretty in the dark. So this podcast is dedicated to those looking to get started blogging with the best blog platform on the planet!
Podcast Links:
bH Podcast 002 - Installing WordPress Themes [.mov] [ 0:01 ] Download
bH Podcast 002 - Installing WordPress Themes [.wmv] [ 0:01 ] Download
Not everyone wants to create a blog for profit, but anyone can as long as they are willing to build a strong foundation and put in some hard work .. Bloggers who don’t focus on this foundation after time tend to end up with an unsuccessful blog. For a blogger to find big success with their blog, some tips on how to achieve this are discussed below…