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How to get more productive as a blogger

noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Peterson) — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 08:47:00 +0000

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Promoting your blog to the media

noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Peterson) — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 04:45:00 +0000

Here is the beginning of my post. And here is the rest of it.

Three blogging secrets that I bet you didn’t know

noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Peterson) — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 09:00:00 +0000

Blogging is a systematic process and most of the new bloggers don’t get it. They simply buy a domain, get hosting account, put in content with a few makeshift graphics and then expect the money to start pouring in. It doesn’t work that way. Here are a few blogging tips that I’d like to share with you guys –

Give your blog a professional start and do not monetize for the first six months – Do not monetize the blog with things like ad sense scripts. If are a tossing a banner or two, it is fine but I won’t advise you to look for money at the initial stages. In fact, it is recommended that you don’t go commercial for at least one year. Or else your readers might think that you are in the business just for making money. Also, affiliate marketing and ad sense ads can take the readers away from your blog even before they get to know your blog fully. You’d want your readers to be loyal and stay with your through thick and thin right?

Auto schedule the posts – Most bloggers write on the blog on the day that they want them to be published. If you write like this, then you will be under pressure to meet the blog schedule or else the blog might not get updated. I would recommend you to create some buffer by writing 2-3 months in advance and then scheduling the articles to come up on the designated date. This will give you ample time to think about the new posts that you want to write.

Targeted traffic means a lot – They say that the key to online success is traffic. But just any kind of traffic doesn’t work. For instance, for betterbloggingforbloggers.com, I target both new and veteran bloggers who want to learn blogging basics and those who are already experts and just want to sharpen their skills. People who are looking for tips on buying clothes won’t be my targeted audience. I would advise you to focus on generating the targeted traffic. Spending your effort and time on it makes more sense.

Blogging for Your Business

noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Peterson) — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 04:33:00 +0000

Business owners don’t have time for trial and error approach. You’d need help from people who have been there and done that to show you a path of successful blogging to grow your business. Browsing through the Internet, I stumbled across Blogging For Your Business by Mark Hayward and would recommend it to you. It is a ebook containing 143 pages and here the author teaches you how to create successful online presence for your growing business.

It takes the guess work out.
This book will save you from guessing and I would heavily recommend this book if you–
Are short on time and don’t want to waste it on guessing
Are not looking for ‘quick-money’ gimmicks
Have the burning desire to succeed
Are the kind of person who wants things to be done and don’t just want to read
Don’t want to feel frustrated or overwhelmed while blogging
Are someone who acknowledges the fact that it takes some time to build a business blog takes some time

Blogging for Your Business will help you

To set up WordPress blog even if you don’t have any technical knowledge
Make research on keywords even if you haven’t done it before
Understand the online competition that you are facing whether they are close to you or far away
Build strong footprint of social media even if do not know anything about it.
Set successful strategies of business blogging no matter what product you have

Blogging for your business by Mark Hayward contains 12 chapters and it will certain distil some confidence in you and I would recommend it to people who have been in blogging business for a long time.

Money back guarantee!

They are even offering a money back guarantee. If you are not satisfied with the ebook, then you will get your money back, not questions asked. This shows that the makers of the book are quite confident about what they are teaching.

Keep visitors coming to your blog – 4 simple steps

noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Peterson) — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 07:56:00 +0000

Blogging is great way to share your experience with people. Blogs are more like online diary or journal now. Companies blog to increase their business and for communicating with the people. A lot of bloggers don’t just blog for getting more traffic on their blogs, they want more visitors and also want them to keep coming back.

Intrinsically speaking, blogging is relatively new concept. There are blog writers who don’t share content with others and keep blogs personal. They are like online diaries. But most people do share their thoughts with others on the blogs. Blogging business is pretty big and it is used by companies as an inexpensive way for advertising. I am jotting down four ways to keep people visiting your blog –

Update the blog regularly – It is really important to update the blog regularly because readers then stay loyal to your blogs. There are some writers who update blog 2-3 times a day. If the readers need to wait a lot of days for the new material, they will lose interest in your blog. Be loyal to the readers and the readers too will reciprocate by staying loyal to you. There are tons of blogs available on Internet; if you don’t updated your blog regularly then readers will turn to other blog site.

Participate in the Web communities – Participate in the Web communities or some discussion forums where in you can mention your blog where ever you can for getting new readers. Be very loyal to other blogs and then tell them about your blog. Put good comments on their site and then invite those guys to your blog. If there are people having mutual interests then you can share links on the site.

Understand what kind of people read your blogs – A cool way to keep readers coming back to your blog is by understanding what kinda people visit you and what they are looking for. I am not saying that you should write only on one subject but you can weave most of the articles around that particular theme. If you have been writing more on humour, don’t suddenly start blogging about your woes or sorrowful tales. People will be more interested in reading about kinda content that attracted them to your blog in first place. You can get to know your readers better by including boxes for comments.

Put keywords – You will get new readers and also keep current readers by putting keywords in the blog. It will also bring more traffic on your blog.

Blog is now a new way of maintaining online journals. Companies use it for getting more popular on the Internet. There are thousands of blogs out there; if you want to keep your readers interested and keep them coming back for more, you should update regularly, participate in online communities, include keywords and understand your readers.

Be interesting and attract readers to your blog

noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Peterson) — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 05:49:00 +0000

You’ve probably heard about this and might not seem new to you at all. It is really important to interest your readers in order to grow your blog. No one will stick around if your blog is boring. So how can you get interesting? Here are my few bits on how to do it.

Surprise people – A great way to make yourself stand out from the rest is to break the ‘guessing machine’ of your readers. You can take surprising position and made outlandish kinda analogy or simply do the opposite of what you do normally. People will certainly pay attention if you are getting unexpected.

Get funny, make people laugh – Bloggers can get really serious at times. They are so busy with teaching people that they forget to entertain. Hence a lot of readers can fall asleep half way through the post. The best way to avoid this is to use humour according to your audience.

Tell them more about you – A lot of readers are always curious to know more about you. You can write about your experiences or about how you came out with your blog. I just read a blog where in the author had jot down his daily schedule. I have been following that guy for sometime and hence was interested to know how he spent his time.

Get startling by being honest – Tell them truth once in a while. Get so honest that you will be scared to hit the post button. I occasionally get so honest that my lawyer starts to feel the heat. Do this once in a while; people will certainly get attracted to it.

Tell an interesting piece of news – A lot of bloggers are writing about latest things that Google is doing. This is great for Google but bloggers aren’t getting any real benefit. Only the first person who breaks the story matters the most. He gets all the links, traffic and authority and rest all is relegated as echoes.

Predict the future – This too is sure to attract attention. Use your intuitive powers and predict something haphazard about the future. Claim something bizarre that is going to happen soon. People will certainly start talking about you.

Five basics for bloggers

noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Peterson) — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 06:05:00 +0000

Have you wondered why you blog at all? Why are you taking time out of your hectic schedule everyday for blogging? Do you wish to be a professional blogger and earn money by blogging? Or do you just blog for taking, ranting, and venting about your boss? You might have lots of reasons for blogging but then it is essential that people read what you want to say and also put comments on it. In order to achieve this goal, I am jotting five points that will surely help you promote your blog.

1 – Title should be powerful

You might have really good content but no one is going to read it if the title is boring. In this case, the content won’t even get touched. The title must stand out from the crowd and you should communicate quickly to the reader about what he will get if he reads further.

2 – Blog posts should be reader friendly

The blog post should be ‘scannable’ and the readers shouldn’t have to sift through all ‘words’ for getting gist of the content. Here are some ways to make the post scannable

Bullet Points
Numbered Lists
Header Tags
Pictures
Good spacing between the lines (this is technical CSS stuff)
Short Paragraphs
Quotes
Bold Text

3 Put pictures in all blog posts

They say a picture is worth a thousand words and hence you should put in a picture in all articles. They give some life to the article and social networking freaks will love it especially if it is creative, funny, and relates to the content.

4 Use videos

This should be used cautiously because this might get overdone. I put it in my blogs if I think it adds value to my content. Also, you should put small text paragraphs after the video. This shows that you took some time to get the video and it is important from the SEO perspective too.

5 Keep it short and simple

You might have heard this a zillion times but its importance can’t be emphasized enough. The blog posts should wind up in maximum of 500-750 words. Most people out there don’t read more than a couple of sentences. If the article is too long, they will just scan through it. I bet most of you aren’t even reading this sentence!

Commenting on blogs efficiently to save time and energy

noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Peterson) — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:06:00 +0000

Putting comments on others blogs is an integrated part of blogging and it is very important too. Blog commenting is really good way to build relationships. Leaving comments on other blogs can be quite overwhelming if you combine it with regular blogging activities. I know that commenting on other blogs is important but I can’t devote an entire day for it. Hence, there is a need for efficient blog commenting. By efficient, I mean working smart instead of working hard. You should get more work done in less time. Here I am giving you two tips which I follow –

A) Use social media like Twitter

I use Twitter for promoting my content by engaging with others. For commenting, relationships need to be given more priority than promotion.

I don’t follow a lot of people, so there is not much chance that I would get distracted. You can say that I am crazy but I do not want much noise. They start following me, then wait to see if I am following them too and if I don’t they unfollow me.

Twitter must be used like a tool for finding good blogs for commenting. One advantage of this is that unlike RSS reader, where I just see the blogs that I visit, Twitter helps me in finding new blogs. If the blog content is impressive, I add it to my list of RSS subscription and then become a reader & commenter. I have used this approach a lot and it has got me good traffic.

B) Use RSS feeds and organize them

Contrary to what many might think, RSS feeds aren’t dead. In fact, I always prefer to subscribe to blog through the feed before I go for email subscriptions. This is because of two reasons –

Reading blogs through feeds involves fewer distractions even if you have turned on the email notifiers.
I’d never submit any of my email address details to blogs without going through the content first. Reading the content of the blog through feeds let me examine the content quality and then I decide whether to submit my email details or not.

RSS feeds aren’t just for reading the blogs that you like the most, they also help you with blog commenting. I used Google reader to schedule my blog commenting because i find it quite organized. I put away 30 minutes everyday for visiting Google reader and commenting on the unread posts.

Also, if feeds are full then you will save a click. I got through the post in RSS reader and then click only if I wish to comment on it. This saves me a lot of time.

I use Chrome browser and have put in an extension for this. Firefox too has a couple of such extensions available.

Writing an article in 20 minutes – How to do it

noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Peterson) — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 06:07:00 +0000

I have been blogging for years and now, I don’t need to spend a lot of time writing my articles. In fact, I finish an article is about 20 minutes. This article too was completed in 20 minutes. Some might say that content is the king and you need to pay more attention to it but I never compromise on the quality of the work. It is more about smart work where in you get the same amount of work done in less time. Here are my few bits on how to do it –

1 – Keep a list of ideas – When any inspiration strikes you, scribble it down on a notepad. A lot of writers spend loads of time thinking about what to write. If you keep a list of ideas, you will be able to start writing faster.

2 – Your ideas should incubate – You might throw a brilliant idea away by sitting and forcing yourself to think of supporting information. Instead, let the topic sit for some time and supporting ideas for it will come automatically. You can then start writing about it.

3 – Editing before writing – Once you have a topic in mind, you might have a ton of supporting ideas for it. So it is really necessary to get brutal and kill the supporting ideas that you don’t need. Remember, I am talking about how to write an article in 20 minutes.

4 – Use bullets – Long stories can be pretty boring. Instead, you can use bullets as they are to the point and the readers can easily see what you are trying to say by just looking the points. A lot of people are too lazy to read the entire essay. Short bullets will hold their attention for longer time.

5 – Don’t make it too long – For writing an article in 20 minutes, it is important to wrap it up in 500 words. Don’t let any guilty conciensce prick you saying that the quality is being compromised upon. It is important to weave an article around one topic and stick to that topic throughout.

6 – Do come back later – If you are struck with writers block and don’t know what to do then stop writing. Don’t force yourself to think of ideas. Instead, work on something else and then if some inspiration strikes you, get back to that article. You can also switch from one post to another. The ideas will surely come and you will end up saving a lot of time.

7 – Don’t save good ideas – When you first go through your list of ideas, you might think of saving the good ones for later because they are easy to write. But then you don’t want to save on time; you want to save on time now! Hence it is highly recommended to pick up the juiciest topic and start writing.

Fall in love with your blog again with these tips

noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Peterson) — Mon, 30 May 2011 09:07:00 +0000

While running a blog, sometimes it feels like your content marketing strategy has simply worn out. Writing used to thrill you initially but now it is a chore. Readers have started getting on your nerves now and the tedious little tasks are also getting to you. Quitting isn’t on your mind though, all you want is to bring back the magic just like it was in the good old days. Businesses and blogs are like marriages; you need to put in some extra work in order to keep the spark alive.

If you are looking for some ideas for better business blogging, you are in the right place. Here are my few bits –

Learn new things - Remember what made your business look so cool in the first place? It was the learning curve. When you stop to grow and learn, you start dying. It is really important to keep learning not just for your business but also for your self respect.

Do Q&A call - If you are suffering from problems of self-doubt, then I would recommend you to announce Q&A free call for your audiences. You can use the free teleconference services that are available out there for putting the word out. Announce that you are going to answer questions of your readers live. It will surely bring you tons of traffic.

Connect - Go to some of your favorite blogs and commend love on the recent posts. This surely will inspire you to write better content. You need to make some connections and you can start with readers who always drop in comments. Also try connecting with bloggers who has got plenty of readers.

Write manifesto - One way to do this is to sit down and write core values that you business stands out for. If these values do not make you tingle, then chances are that you are not honest. It is essential that you put values that will form a lump in your throat. Don’t just put boring platitudes saying ‘excellent service’.

Use Twitter for growing your business

noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Peterson) — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:30:00 +0000

The first question that you’d probably ask is – Can Twitter really help by business or is it just another waste of time? I have heard a lot of words of praises for Twitter and I decided to give it a try. Initially, it was very hard for me and I didn’t understand it. But later I was really shocked at the level of access I got to high profile individuals. It is important to follow the right kind of people on Twitter. You will find that there are a couple of people who are very good at building relationships. When I followed these online community builders, I realized that they are great response copywriters. They get their followers on Twitter for taking action.

I spend sleepless nights putting together a plan for Twitter and started using TweetLater. I created strategies, used mindcap, varied the time of tweets and also used BUDurls for tracking the results and for improving my plan of tweeting.

Now, when I find time between my projects, I simply log on to Twitter and watch what people are talking about. While tweeting I impart some useful resource and information to my followers. There are also questions and surveys. Through this strategies, I saw an increase in enquires about my business after I set up my Twitter campaign.

My friend, on the other hand, took a different approach. She was a bit skeptical of Twitter initially. She told me that only teenagers would really send such small messages. Twitter was just for sending updates. She told me that there is no time for updates and who would actually care for reading them?

She then came across a friend in her office who was using Twitter since a long time and recommended it. My friend then discovered Twitter as a great business tool. She has been in one niche for about ten years and knows the players even though they don’t know her.

She made an account on Twitter and started following people that she respected. She says that they wouldn’t have had a chance of getting her name in front of industry experts, industry analysts or vendors had it not been for Twitter. She has had plenty of Twitter conversations that have gone on to become personal conversations.

For staying on the top of the mind with the experts, she is now offering interesting links, responding to tweets and posting thoughts for the conversation a couple of times everyday.

Opening your post with a bang

noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Peterson) — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 04:49:00 +0000

A killer headline will easily attract attention of the readers and these days, it is really important to have a good looking headline. No matter how good the article is, a reader might get turned off if the article looks too boring. For instance, take the headline of this post, it makes you wanna read further right? I would even go on to say that a lame article will be read with great enthusiasm if the headline is good. First impression makes the last impression and this holds true here as well. I am writing about five ways through which you can easily make your readers read further.

Asking a question – Open the post with a rhetorical question; it creates curiosity and makes the reader dig further. It might take you some time to think of a good question to start your post with but it is definitely worth it.
Sharing anecdotes or quotes – Anecdotes are small stories that make people laugh and establish the main point of the post immediately. A good quote from a big well known person or a famous celebrity can work wonders for holding attention of the readers in the crucial opening seconds.
Invoking the eye of the mind – Producing mental image in the mind of the reader is a very powerful thing that a writer can ever do. It is important to engage the imagination of the reader. Start your article with words like ‘do you remember when’, ‘picture this’ or ‘imagine’.
Using similes, metaphors, or analogies – Similes, metaphors, and analogies too are very powerful devices while telling stories in single sentence. It easily grabs the attention of the reader and acts for provoking the mental imagery which allows reader to tell the story to them.
Citing shocking statistics – Starting off with interesting factoids is a good technique. People like reading numbers, interesting data but it has to be shocking, startling, or unique. This statistic should be relevant to the point of the post as well.

Catchy headlines can win you the day

noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Peterson) — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 09:15:00 +0000

Picture this; sitting over the keyboard, fingers poised, a shadowy figure stares at the computer screen with intent. That unknown person could well be you, a blogger, a writer, or a journalist or a wordsmith of any kind. That is secondary. What is primary is this; if you are anything like me, you will struggle to come up with catch headlines of any kind. It’s why when I write an article or a post, I simply keep my title as “Title goes here” so that I can put in something, anything, at the end. I am no intellectual giant, but I’m not a mental midget either. And yet, my mental muscles strain to create anything resembling one of those catchy headlines we all love.

And so, when all else fails, I turn for inspiration to elsewhere. Books, magazines, TV shows, songs, ads…this one time I just stared out of a window and sought inspiration from the world at large. True story. Sometimes, I even Google collections of catchy headlines that (I hope) will spark my imagination. Admittedly, I even turn to The Onion sometimes. They’re brilliant with some of their headlines, they really are. But whatever medium I use to browse through headlines, I find that the best ones always get to me and plant a thought inside my head that takes root and grows, in a different context to the original headline of course.

Headlines are just so important because it’s what hooks readers on to the idea or business you’re trying to sell. I believe that the opening lines are also of great importance, but they work in tandem with a great headline. The most catchy headlines will always depend on the writer understanding what works with his target audience and then taking a somewhat original approach to coming up with his own headline. I say “somewhat” because it’s very hard to come up with a headline that is absolutely unique and path-breaking in every way.

Try to understand why a headline you wrote worked or failed. There is no easy way around this, but once you do get this down to an art, the rewards are there to be had. Even a well-written headline can fall flat if not penned for its target audience. The rewards will be seen by way of readership, traffic or sales. However you choose to measure it, the key is to always understand what headlines to use.

Dare to be different or be forgotten

noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Peterson) — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:03:00 +0000

Frida Kahlo. I was admiring her work at the Museum of Modern Art when I found myself remarking how different her work was when compared to most other artists I had seen. Mind you, I am no art connoisseur. Far from it, I am as amateur as they come to assessing art. But even my untrained eye noticed how Kahlo would dare to be different. Her eyebrows were as natural as the photos of her, and there was the slightest wisp of a moustache running across her upper lip. Such “imperfections” would be frowned upon and brushed out by most, but Kahlo left it up there for all eternity to take in. Why is that so?

And then I thought to myself, why not? It is only those that dare to be different that make an impact on our lives. Her artwork is very unique and a reflection of herself. It’s very intense and memorable in its own way, and it certainly stands out in its own right. Many think she is one of the foremost artists of the 20th century, and I doubt they would make that assertion if she hadn’t brought such a different style to the table (or should I say easel?). You can make sure that you’re just as memorable and you don’t even need to paint yourself with a unibrow to make it so.

There are a few lessons we can take away from Frida Kahlo’s art.

Be true to yourself

Kahlo painted the only thing she knew well; herself. There were no pretenses or false airs about it, and it was the only thing she had that could be painted while recovering from numerous surgeries she had to go through after an accident. As bloggers or businessmen, we can do the same. Tap into that part of yourselves that is honest and speaks to readers and audiences and you will reap the benefits. I’m sure Kahlo would have been a fantastic blogger.

Stand firm

Frida was married (twice) to the famous Diego Rivera, and theirs was a tumultuous relationship that also had a lot of respect for the other’s work. Living off Rivera’s fame would have been possible, but she wanted to make a statement of her own and she stood up for herself at a time when society was a much more conventional one. Be passionate about things you love and stand by it; it’ll win people over for sure.

Stick to a style

There’s a lot of raw emotionality about Kahlo’s paintings, but there is one thing she lied about; her year of birth. Despite being born in 1907, she said she was born in 1910. That’s because she wanted to say she was born at the same time the Mexican Revolution began and Frida carried that style with her all the way. Even in hospital, she was in layers of traditional fabric and jewelry while recuperating. That was her style and a reflection of herself. What about you? What’s your style? If you don’t have one, set about creating one and then stick to it as best as you can. The connection between the message and a larger theme does have its own rewards.

Email subject lines, now made irresistible

noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Peterson) — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 12:16:00 +0000

Email is back with a vengeance. People keep on saying its dead and that coming up with terrific email subject lines that aren’t destined for the trash can is a futile pursuit, but it really isn’t. I believe that social media has saved email in a way and they make for a potent combination. Fact of the matter is that email is still the best way to reach out to all of the lucrative mainstream niches such as elderly men or even slightly older men. Younger types will not be bothered by even the best email subject lines since they will see it as spam, but this is not true of older people. Email subject lines need punch since they decide the fate of your email. But email has its own funkiness that needs to be injected for it to really work, like so.

Follow the fundamentals

Email subject lines are just like advertising headlines, just in a completely different context. An advertising headline decides whether you read on and whether you are interested or not. But check any email subject line you use and see if it is all of these four ‘U’s’

Useful
Ultra-specific
Unique
Urgent

If you feel people should read your email, shouldn’t you put enough time into it to make sure it is the best it can be?

Be uniquely identifiable

Getting the headlines right is one thing, but beyond that there needs to be quality too. Your emails should be easily identifiable from you. The look, the feel, the language, the flow and tempo, the urgency; everything should have your unique imprint. For instance, if I were to create a mailer for eBay, I’d say [eBay] before anything else in the subject line. Little things like this make a big difference. And keep thing short, because you’re not going to hold attention for very long, so make what you get count.

Grow the trust

At one time, people gave out email addresses more readily. Not anymore they don’t. So when someone does give you their email address, repay their trust and make it grow over time. Confirm the fact that they were right to repose their faith in you. You don’t bother with the subject line when you know it’s an email from that quirky high school friend, right? Similarly, fostering trust means email subject lines can grow irrelevant because there is a certain implicit trust. There is something special about being given the keys to someone’s email inbox. Don’t abuse that trust.

Promoting your business via social media

noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Peterson) — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 10:58:00 +0000

Using social media, you can start building up an audience right away. The beauty of social media lies in the fact that you can make a lot of personal connections via it and if you want to get a list of followers for your business quickly, all you have to do is build up this audience. It's the easiest way to go about promoting your business and here's how you can go about it.

Add social media icons to your site

It's all about ease of accessibility. You don't need to force anyone to share your content or details about your business, but you should make it easier for anyone that wants to help you in promoting your business. I can't begin to tell you the number of times I’ve stumbled on a page and realized that the only thing stopping me from sharing the page is the fact that I can't find anything that will help me share it. Similarly, your mailing list sign-up should be visible on each page and these should all link back to the social media accounts you hold. Mind you, this holds as true for businesses as it does for bloggers. Make everything part of a giant networking platform and you will begin to reap the benefits of it all. Give people the option of sharing something via their favorite social media account and you will gain in the short and long term. There are plenty of free icons out there, so pick out whatever you want to.

Use your audience to your advantage

The best way of building an audience is to use your current audience to help you do exactly that. Invite people to connect with others by requesting them to do so in a blog post or in a newsletter. If you've got people already connected on one platform, ask them to connect with other platforms as well, they're likely to be more than receptive. And don't forget to touch up your bio while you're at it; you can build these links into your bio as well. But should you link to a bio on each of the sites you have (if you run multiple blogs, for instance)? I don't believe you should, because that would be information overload. Just link back to the one account that you feel best or most active on. It goes a long way towards helping you put your best foot forward and create a strong relationship with your readers or users.

Draw attention to your social media presence

Don't get a bunch of flamenco dancers doing their thing, but do try and draw attention to your social presence every now and again. Doing this regularly will help you have top of the mind awareness and it will help you build your site up to a level where you won't need to tell your readers/users to help you because they'll be doing it themselves. Go out there and get this done now. Stopping reading, start doing. Go.

Influencing people and affecting viewpoints

noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Peterson) — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 12:46:00 +0000

Influence in itself is nothing more than exertion of power to change the mindset and behavior of others. It is the power of persuasion, plain and simple. And in order to be better at influencing people, you need to be able to understand what makes people tick in the first place. If you are to influence the way people think, it is important that you have some kind of leverage and and understanding of their motivation is certainly one kind of leverage. But there is a very basic problem with that assumption; you won't get to know everyone you ever come across. There is a certain amount of time that is taken in understanding people's likes and dislikes and sometimes it's a luxury we can't afford.

And this is particularly true of the online world. People are like ghosts, statistics that are recorded and played back later but how do you get to know these people that visit your website? Who are these digital ghosts? Why are they visiting your site? You need to understand this if you are to be effective at influencing people. Here's the thing though; people will always have general patterns of behavior and thought that you can point out and work with. And by working with that, you have the perfect tools you need to influence them. It always helps to know someone personally, but you don't have to know someone personally to understand what they love or hate.

Simply put, our online behavior is a mix of conscious and unconscious thought and behavioral patterns. For instance, some people just like community based review and recommendation systems, and this could be either a conscious or an unconscious preference. Perhaps your visitors just like creating an online persona, so allow them to key in their details and get recommendations and results tailored to that. Like this, there are many techniques that you can use to improve your website either as a marketer or as a blogger. Explore all of them and you will be able to make visiting your site a more fulfilling, happier experience for everyone that knowingly or unknowingly visits your online presence.

Content ideas need to constantly be fresh

noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Peterson) — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:02:00 +0000

As bloggers, I think the one thing people struggle for more than anything else are great content ideas. Content creattion is just such a slippery, tricky slope that everyone inevitably ends up sliding on it. I write for a living and I still struggle to come up with great content ideas that are fresh and unique. After some time, tiredness sets in and there's nothing you can do about it. Running an active blog can make it a must to constantly come up with angles and posts that pique your readers interest. Make no mistake about it, having fresh content all the time can be difficult but it is a must. So just what do you do when you run out of content ideas? After all, you need it to rake in more readers, rank higher across search results and yes, rake in more advertising dollars as well. All of that is only possible if you constantly blog and create quality content as much as possible.

If you're like me, the only real problem is to find the inspiration to come up with something of real quality. Content ideas can flow as freely as drinks sometimes, and at other times inspiration just runs dry. I have however come up with my own ways to always have ideas close at hand.

Schedule things

One of the best ways for me to keep my eye on the ball is to have a calendar of sorts. You don't need anything fancy, a simple everyday calendar will do nicely. Sometimes you just have ideas and you have to make a note of things on the spot before you forget about it. Sometimes I just want to dedicate certain topics to certain days. For example, a Christmas themed post just before Christmas, or a New Years themed post prior to the New Year. It's a very basic and very useful tracking system that allows you to keep track of post types as well. That way even if you don't what to write, at least you have a format to stick to! All it takes is a bit of foresight.

Work smart

Coming up with ideas for writing can be difficult, but writing in itself is only one part of the whole process. The biggest problem when it comes to writing is...well, writing itself. Sometimes you just don't fee like putting the words down on the page and this happens to the best of us. thankfully, there are several ways for you to get content without doing any work yourself. Ghostwriters are one way to get the job done (for a fee) and while I myself have never used, I know of people who do so. And so do you. Do you really think George “Dubya”Bush wrote his autobiography? I rest my case. Most of these content writers will cost you money but if you don't feel like writing for a day but need quality content, this is your best option.

A better idea (and one I like) is to get guest bloggers to write for your website. That's all the quality of ghostwriters with none of the money paid out. It's a win-win situation. All you have to do is pay these guest bloggers back with links to their website. It's a very popular option among bloggers, and with good reason too! The last option I’d turn to is to use free articles. Some articles are freely available for reprint, and most of them are listed out in article directories. Think of a niche, and you can find free articles on it. The problem is quality. It's just so hard to find something reasonably useful and of reasonable quality. I for one gave up after having to trawl through 100's of articles only to find two or three that were reasonably alright. I don't think it's worth the time, which again makes it all the more important to come up with quality content ideas of your own.

Get rich quick is not all it's cracked up to be

noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Peterson) — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:18:00 +0000

It's a strange paradox of life. I go to my physician and I ask him how to feel better and he looks at me with this fixed gaze and says 'don't eat junk food and exercise well.' So he's basically asked me to do the two things I don't do; eat healthy and exercise. Great! I walked out of the clinic feeling like I had wasted my time. If I wanted to hear someone tell me to eat better and exercise, I’d have called mum. It's been some time since I have. Anyhow, later in the day, I was at this comedy club where one stand-up pointed out that for every dollar Americans spend on fitness centers, 19 are spent on cocaine. Sounds about fair. The reasoning was simple; half a minute spent snorting cocaine makes you feel invincible. Two weeks of exercise makes your whole body feel sore. I had to laugh at that, but it's true. We want everything, and we want it now. We want love now, we want to get rich quick right now and we want everything to be fast and easy, including our women. Boom! Maybe I have a career in stand-up waiting for me...maybe not.

There is innate truth in it though. We look at the big dream, that larger than life project and just crawl back into bed. And then I see people chasing get rich quick schemes and so many banner ads saying you can make thousands of dollars sitting at your kitchen table in your underpants. Of course those offers are tempting, they're meant to make you go weak in the knees. It used to be the case that you needed to spend hours upon hours building a business (or a blog) before you saw any returns at all. Writing paychecks to everyone else, spending long hours toiling away used to be normal. But the technology revolution has gone and changed things forever.

The technological revolution means that we can market to a far wider audience than previously possible. And because we can do this on a shoestring budget, it takes up next to time and offers greater profits. We are the pampered tech generation. Gone is the 60 hour work week. I don't think most people even remember what that's like! But sometimes, you just have to work your derriere off. Sometimes you have to burn the candle at both ends, that's just the way it is. And sometimes, in business and in blogging, money isn't going to wing itself to you overnight. These things can take time.

But sometimes, and I feel this way too, it takes a whole lot of effort, perhaps more than I'm willing to put in sometimes. It's the same thing with exercising; my normal day job takes so much out of me that I have no time to put into any secondary stream of income that will see me get rich quick, far less any exercise. Business (and blogging) isn't just about turning up and watching the money roll in. It takes brain power and that is something not a lot of us are willing to expend.

Freedom, money, stuff; you can have it all just so long as you don't bank on get rich quick schemes. It might take time, some effort, some cerebral exertion, but it could be worth investing your time in. The reason it's so difficult are the same reasons that makes it so worthwhile.

Blogging Passion plus Profits

noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Peterson) — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 12:43:00 +0000

In a blogging world we all are stuck at some point or the other, even after successful steps taken to boost the growth of our blogs. It’s a slow phase as I would tag it, we have done our best still the slow down, its natural and its worth it as this gives ourselves a better chance to improve our blogs by taking a step back and looking over the blog story. For many of us, blogging is all about passion and some very passionate bloggers are very keen on writing rather than making money. But your passion for blogging could well come out to be a money making machine. After starting a blog, you need to be comprehensive about the posts that you put up on your. You have to make your blog look attractive even after one year of its existence; old blogs fetch more value than the newer ones.

So here, you are all set to start or bolster up an already existing blog. Today, with this post I am going to teach you the perfect methods for passionate blogging and how to earn money and make huge profits from them. It’s a six week program and by the end of the sixth week I am sure you would ready to roar with your blog and make good money too:

The first week: Before starting your blog or before even deciding to change your blog niche you have to analyze and decide on many a things like the name of your blog, the niche it will deal in, what category of people it will cater too and how you want to deliver the results. For starters, you can make use of the online available editors that would help you get started with writing and teach you how to build links and make your blog popular in the social media.
The second week: for making your blog unique you have to give your audience unique articles and unique experience. For this, you have to create unequal characteristics of your blog with other similar blogs. Learn to search new images and videos that will interest your audience and find user friendly way that will lead your blog at the top position.
The third week: Knowing social media is a very important thing in order to make your blogs popular and drive in traffic to your blog. There are huge number of people attached to social media so it is one of the best platforms to showcase your blog.
The fourth week: create your own communities to drive traffic to your blog, does your blog exists as a myth, obviously not so gear up to give your readers a platform where they can interact and help you publicize you blog.
The Fifth week: Arrange for different contest and prize distribution on your blog to create further quest for the people to keep coming back to your blog, traffic on your blog is the only way out to get it popular.
The Sixth week: now is the time to start monetizing your blog, you can put banner ads from private parties or make use of google Adsense in your blog to start making money.

Money making power on the Internet

noreply@blogger.com (Ricky Peterson) — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 06:21:00 +0000

Already we have millions of users online and the power and opportunities that Internet provides is so vast that it is now paying dollars for the people who are beingonline. Not many people are into blogging but surely they are helping other people make money by the number of clicks they make. The popular social networks of today have one thing in common and it teaches people to get connected and how to network. Networking is now another mega tool that helps people get into loop and get going in money making industry. Blogs, for example have been popular only since 5 years now but you can see its popularity. It is popular and it is common and it makes a good sense to have your own blog, while everybody is into making money online. There are numerous opportunities for someone like you who are looking to make a quick mega buck over the Internet.

The Internet is like one big supermarket that offers everything – entertainment, money, shopping, movies, fun, dating, design, construction, cars, etc. it just has everything around what you can think of. Everyday millions of people log onto search engines to find information and for each searches there are another millions waiting to get clicked. You might wonder, how does all this work? It may sound simple but it’s a lot more complicated thing. You have to have right knowledge on google Adsense, the search engines, the keywords, the blogging, the money accounts, etc. there have been never a dull moment in the networking world and that is the main reason why billions of people see Internet as a ray of hope that can fulfill their desires and wishes.

Other than blogs there are several other things you can start making money online by setting up your online e-commerce website, online business, consulting over the Internet, etc. if you think a little deeper the Internet can provide more than what you could have imagined you could make online. Blogs require patience till the time you start seeing the results and earning money. There are no immediate results you can get in the Internet business especially with the blogs. You can reach the people in the remotest corners of the world through Internet whether it may be selling, teaching, consulting, blogging or putting your ideas forwards or trading business with. The online business culture allows people to be more open minded in the sense that it encourages individuals and offers everyone to put their creative thoughts forward. The Internet is an infinite arena where sky is the limit, you have to make sure that you are heading in the right direction, explore your ideas and research well before investing your money in any transaction or endeavor.

We Deliver, We Empower, We are Enlist Media

noreply@blogger.com (Liane) — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 08:08:00 +0000

Enlist Media takes pride of its steady growth. This growth is very much evident with the increase of global readership together with the expansion of our quality blog network. Which obviously is well-displayed by our newest venture- the acquisition of Better Blogging For Bloggers.

To start with, let’s get to know Enlist Media- a company that delivers and empowers all kinds of businesses with its top-notch SEO, review and blogging services.

Enlist Media – A Network That Works!

EnlistMedia provides the perfect platform to explore, contribute, share, and connect, by bringing bloggers, readers, prospective customers, and media together. It’s a comprehensive directory of well-designed, content-rich, targeted blogs that engage a wide audience on areas that interest them.

Enlist encompasses diverse topics such as finance, travel, automobile, technology, and health. By placing your ad on one of our targeted blogs, you're sure to connect with your intended audience. Spark a new discussion amongst our readers. Advertise your product or service and ignite some result-driven conversations about your brand.

Businesses seek out Enlist Media as a tried and tested company for the optimization in search engine rankings of online business websites as well as the promotion of products and services through comprehensive reviews that reaches a well-targeted global audience. Wherever you are in the world, Enlist Media can help you reach your goals!

What Enlist Media CAN Do For YOU

We Target
Our audience is passionate about their interests and is always on the lookout for new information that would entertain, engage, and excite them. By targeting this highly-focused group through our blogs, you're ahead of the game.

We Influence
Our sites are continually being updated with the latest styles, trends, and news.We've captured the attention of our readers and have achieved a certain level of credibility within their minds.And this will only benefit any advertisers on our site.

We Deliver
With over 1 million+ unique visitors every month and over 90,000 subscribers, your brand is sure to catch the attention you're looking for. There are several advertising opportunities to choose from, depending on the range, scope, and budget of your intended campaign. We'll help you to choose.

Enlist Media holds top blogs on popular niches. Here’s a short rundown: its health blogs receives more than 90,000 unique monthly visitors; travel blogs- 70,000 unique monthly visitors; finance blogs- 50,000 unique monthly visitors; automotive blogs- 100,000 unique monthly visitors; technology blogs- 40,000 unique monthly visitors and many more!

For a complete list of blogs, please refer to www.EnlistMedia.com

Need More Reasons? Here’s Why Enlist Media is your go-to Company

High-quality posts
Worldwide reach with demographic profiling
Digestible content for a fast-paced lifestyle
Fresh and frequent content
Receptive audience
Passionate bloggers with unique voices and opinions
High level of community engagement
Fully customizable promotions

Enlist Media Blog Network Services

1)Get Reviewed: Get your product(s) reviewed on our network of blogs focusing on travel, health, finance, tech, and automotive. Gain exposure to over 1 million captive readers.

Direct Traffic
Put the spotlight on your products and generate tons of targeted reviews.

Buzz & Branding
Generate leads, reviews, links, and buzz by broadening your exposure through our extensive base of readers.

Search Engine Rankings
Purchase links from quality blogs, increase your link popularity and rank better in the
search engines.

Valuable Feedback
Submit your product(s) and services and receive genuine and valuable feedback, which will enable you to better understand your audience.

2) Opportunities for Search Engine Optimization:

Gain maximum exposure for your Web site(s) with our Travel, Health, Tech, Automotive, and Finance sites.
Optimize your site through our professional team of rich-content writers.
Improve your client's natural search-engine rankings by using our powerful link-building platform.
Generate natural traffic by placing links on highly visited properties.
Boost your online presence through direct reviews of your products and Web sites on our traffic-heavy sites.

Interested? Enlist Media is Ready to Serve

Contact Enlist Media now through Dan Silver (dan@enlistmedia.com) or by calling at 347-512-2327. You can also head out to www.EnlistMedia.com to learn more. We’re looking forward to hear from you!

The New Writer: Meet Tejal Sarvaiya

noreply@blogger.com (Liane) — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:52:00 +0000

Okay. Before I finally, finally, leave Better Blogging For Bloggers, I think it's my last responsibility to introduce to you guys the new person who'll take over me. You all know this blog will now be under the Enlist Media Network, but to be specific, meet the person who'll really be on the reigns when it comes to content!

It's no other than Tejal Sarvaiya, the Content Planning head of Enlist Media Network. And this, is what she has to say...

"...Blogging has been my greatest passion since three years now, and I have tried my hands in several niches that gave me first hand experiences on writing just about anything and everything. It was my love for reading that made me so delved in this industry and just while I was thinking of the gone by years, betterbloggingforbloggers came as a huge surprise. The domain name made me tickle my brain twice, as if thinking - was it for real, oh yes, pinching myself made it so neat and clear. Well, this newly acquired blog would be a part of our mainstream umbrella banner - Enlistmedia Network, the blog made our network of 100 blogs so complete and satisfying as if we were waiting absolutely for this one to arrive. Billions of people are using Internet on a daily basis and probably a million of them already have their blogs on, you get enormous exposure online through varied media networks. This blog especially caters to the needs of young bloggers, it consists of all the details relating to how you should go about your blogs and networks.

Our main objective to acquire this one, is simple - to provide our network readers a shelf where they can pick a topic and start equipping themselves with the Blogging knowledge that would help them become one like us. Through betterbloggingforbloggers, I am sure that you will gain rich knowledge about the basics of Blogging, how to make money online, how does Google Adsense work, how to expand your business and concepts about affiliate marketing. Thousands of people create blogs on a monthly basis but not all of them are successful enough to earn handsome money, the key lies in giving your best internal self, by being natural, by being creative and by being open to your readers. People tend to get more attracted to you when you talk personal; it’s a strange relationship that you create with your readers online and this is one main driving forces to become popular.

With betterbloggingforbloggers, I am sure I would be able to provide you with wealth of knowledge relating to Blogging world. There are many cracks you tend to see in a loop of networks but you can mend them with several other options available in the market that we so dearly call as “Networking Tools”. The best of the best knowledge, tips, steps, measures, business basics are laid out on this site and I am sure you would enjoy reading all of it under one roof.

All the Best!..."

Tejal R Sarvaiya
Content Writer
Content Development Team
Enlist Media

Better Blogging For Bloggers is Now Part of Enlist Media

noreply@blogger.com (Liane) — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:34:00 +0000

The three-year milestone I’ve had with this blog has never been easy. I’ve stared from scratch and with virtually no capital or information to lead me. With my passion, and mostly my gut, I tried to work out the idea of a 15-year old taking into the plunge of professional blogging. Since then, I’ve never looked back.

But as I’ve explained in my previous post, I’ve realized that now is the right time to move on. As I go into the academic route, I cannot afford the time and energy that my once regular blogging had demanded of me. And so, I’ve announced that I’m letting go of Better Blogging For Bloggers and is looking for a new owner (the best possible) that can rebuild and catapult it further into the blogosphere.

After almost two months of searching for the worthiest candidate, finally, I’ve come to find them.

Today, I am very pleased to announce that Enlist Media, a premium company of professional blogs, will now include Better Blogging For Bloggers in its network.

About Enlist Media

“Enlist Media is a network of professional blogs encompassing diverse topics like finance, travel, automobile, technology, health, and environment. It creates a platform to explore, contribute, share, and connect the world by bringing bloggers, readers, prospective customers and media together…”
-From www.EnlistMedia.com/about

I’ve visited the site and tried to research about this company that wants my blog. With all honesty, I was very impressed with how they run their networks of blog and by the team that handles them. Their dedication to quality and to building a community gave my high hopes for my blog. Hopes that in their hands, my blog will grow even better than I can possibly make.

Meet the Enlist Media Team

There are the people that are significant to the foundation of Enlist Media- the very same people who will now operate and ensure the growth of Better Blogging For Bloggers.

Ritesh Sarvaiya, CEO

There’s too much to say about this person. For one, he is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Enlist Media- a company that runs hundred of prime blogs and manages a large team of seasoned writers, web designers, and SEO professionals. Ritesh is a very driven person that exudes excellence in leadership and organizational skills and has a gift of motivating the various people that are part of Enlist Media. His diverse knowledge, from psychology to Information Technology to environmental research, had been a tremendous asset to the development of Enlist Media.

Tejal Sarvaiya, Content Planning

Ritesh’s wife, Tejal will be very much influential to the development of this blog- and of many other professional blogs under Enlist Media. She’s the powerhouse trainer of successful content writers that are notorious for their quality write-ups in various niches.

Bhavik Sarvaiya, Chief Operating Officer & Mehul Brahmbhatt, Chief Technical Officer

Bhavik and Mehul, as Ritesh says, are among the pillars for the realization and conception of Enlist Media.

Bhavik Sarvaiya, Chief Operating Officer, used his urge to make a difference in the internet media in turning his passion into a full-time profession. His role includes maximizing traffic and providing the blogs with appropriate search engine exposure with various marketing tools. When he is not busy with Enlist Media’s operational infrastructure enhancement, he motivates a team of 30-40 SEO professionals that drives the content to the world.

On the other hand, this young and motivated professional, Mehul Brahmbhatt, Chief Technical Officer is the chief architect, developer, and technologist, responsible for creatively designing, implementing, and operating the vast network directory of Enlist Media. He develops and manages products and functionality, which, quite significantly, augments the user experience on Enlist Media, while presenting advertisers efficient and innovative ways to reach their audience. Mehul’s ingenious and creative ideas help Enlist Media to be ahead of the competition, always. He has a professional post graduate degree in IT.

Last but not the least, there is also Avinash Singh, Content Head. He is a man of many talents, whose career permitted him to hold wide range titles. With over 12 years of varied experience in Quality Control, Process Design and Re-engineering, and Content Editing, Avinash Singh brings his vast knowledge to Enlist Media and heads a team of 30 content writers, who write professional blogs on diverse topics like travel, finance, business, automobile, health, technology, etc.

The Dream Team

Together, and with a few more unmentioned yet equally important people who’re part of Enlist Media, they’ll be the one who’ll lead Better Blogging For Bloggers into it’s new beginning. And indeed, I’ve never been happier to have found such amazing company with brilliant people.

The future is indeed bright for Better Blogging For Bloggers. Now, I wish for your continued support.

Better Blogging For Bloggers is Looking For A New Owner

noreply@blogger.com (Liane) — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:16:00 +0000

“The best advice someone ever told me is... you just have to know when to leave the party…” –Simon Cowell on his farewell speech to American Idol.

To my friends, readers, followers, critics, and everything in between…

After three years (yes, I’ve reached my third year blogging), countless of written posts, a product, an ebook, a report, and lots of critic services given, I’m finally deciding to leave Better Blogging For Bloggers and pass it on someone who may have that energy, time, and optimism as that once 15-year old blogger that I’ve been.

If you think you’re that person, I’m very much eager to hear you wanting to take this opportunity.

The (brief) story of Better Blogging For Bloggers

You may have heard this countless of times (I make it a point to remind every now and then. Haha), even so, let me at least share this one last time.

Better Blogging For Bloggers was a blog established by a 15-year old back in the summer of 2007 (I was bored, and I love to write… so it made sense to devote my whole summer to this). Blogging for me, was something I considered, not just a passion, but learning playground.

Time and time again, I see people complaining… “Liane, why do you have such a very long domain name?” Actually, I forgot. I just remembered having that name since time in memorial, and of course I don’t want to do away with it. My domain name is more than just a name, it’s a message. That everyone, anyone, can be and will be a better blogger.

Right now actually, I realized it’s a pain in the head memorize by a split-second, but I guess due to three year’s worth of socialization and keeping in touch with the blogosphere, it now has something Seth Godin calls a ‘brand’.

Why am I leaving Better Blogging For Bloggers?

And this perhaps, is the part you’re so curious to hear.

The truth is, I am NOT leaving on my own free will. I am simply forced by circumstances to do so.

It's a long story actually. But in summary, it's this...

This year, and the year before that have been a very crucial point in my life. I left home, and basically my carefree days and went to college. I knew at this point, it’ll be hard to manage both my undergraduate studies and blogging, but nevertheless, I pursued, thinking I really could..

I’ve had some long blogging pauses here and there, but in general, I believe I still carried a balance between my studies and this blog. Of course last summer, I made it a point to be extra active. Which I did with the release of the Blogging Blunders report and even of the newsletter.

Then came my second year in college.

After just mere 2 weeks, the academic readings that I need to finish (not including other subjects) have covered my entire desk. I barely had the luxury to sleep, much more blog. Before, even with a busy sched, I still had the time to clear up for 1-2 hours a day and check on Better Blogging For Bloggers. Now, no matter how hard I try, I just couldn't.

And believe me, I tried. This blog meant a lot to me than you can imagine.

When and Why Did I Decide to Leave?

I never wanted to. Truly.

First week in class, I already predicted the stressful months lying ahead of me. But I tried to hold on thinking I can still blog. Then came the second week and I started to feel the futility of trying to balance blogging and school. On my third week, I finally decided to do what’s best for me blog.

I’m deciding to leave because I don’t want Better Blogging For Bloggers to turn stale and inactive like most blogs do. I know this blog holds potential. Since the time I gave it it’s name, I imagined it to run alongside credible and trustworthy blogs (doesn’t every blogger do?).

I realize at this moment, Better Blogging For Bloggers still hasn’t reached it’s maximum potential. But I know, with those 3 years of effort, the race to success could be close.

The bottomline is, I decided to leave because I don’t want to stand in the way and drag my own blog down (which is what I’m doing right now). It’s sad. I know.

Sometimes, you have to now what’s good for your blog. Even if it means taking yourself out of the picture.

That’s the extreme case. Unfortunately, that’s the case I’m facing right now.

Liane is Looking For a New Owner of Better Blogging For Bloggers

Now comes the big announcement.

I am looking for someone who’d be interested to buy this blog and take over. It’s much preferable if I know you, a reader, or a friend perhaps. But as long as you have a good track record for blogging, and you’re determined to push Better Blogging For Bloggers upwards, then I’d be more than grateful to pass the ownership to you.

Bare minimum requirements:
• Must be a blogger for (at least) 1 year
• Must have at least one blog above PR2
• Must have good grasp of the English language
• Must be dedicated and willing to maintain this blog

Those are the bare minimum requirements. It’s particularly important that you satisfy the 3rd and 4th items. The first two items can be negotiated as long as you show good proof of your skill as a blogger.

What do you get when you buy Better Blogging For Bloggers?

Obviously, you will get the blog and the domain (with the additional .info subdomain too if you want.

Below is the complete list:
• The Better Blogging For Bloggers Blog
• The .com and .info domain of this blog
• All the branding materials/images
• All accounts associated with the blog (RSS feeds, Technorati, etc.)

Beyond the obvious things, you will also get:
• The 70 Ideas For Your Next 70 Posts product (yes, a product. Selling price of $14.95 per copy)
• The Blogging Blunders report (free report as of now but I’ll give full rights should the new owner decide to sell it)
• The BlogStarted ebook (a blogging tips ebook I created 2 years ago. I haven’t released this yet but I’m willing to pass the full rights of this ebook too)

So as you can see, the new owner, whoever he or she is, will already have a product and giveaways at his/her disposal.

The Brandability of Better Blogging For Bloggers

This blog may just have a PR3 (or is that high already?). But with three years of social networking and connecting/partnering with a lot of bloggers and readers, the brand of this blog has grown steadily over the years.

If you market it to some A-List bloggers, you’d see that it’s recognized too.

Interested to be the next owner? Please Contact Me to get more details

Email Liane (me) at webloggr@gmail.com or you can use this contact form.

I would not be selling this at a buy and sell market since I want to personally talk to interested people. The next owner would be determined by two main factors. First, 50% goes to the amount one is willing to pay for this blog. Second, the remaining 50% will be determined by the expertise of the interested buyer.

This is the fairest thing I could come up with (I just don’t want the next owner to be the highest payer), it must be balance. He or she needs to have what it takes too. With me leaving, I at least want to leave it in good hands.

(Interested to have Better Blogging For Bloggers? Go here.)

To everyone,

Please see watch out for my next (and last) post.

This is not my goodbye yet. I plan to write a dedicated post for that. I at least owe a decent good bye to you right? 3 years. Sigh. Hopefully by my next post, there will be a new owner. And I’d like to have the pleasure of introducing that person to you.

Whoever that is, I wish you’d support him/her as much as you’ve supported me.

Thank you very much. This is still not the end. At least for now.

-Liane