This is a guest post from Gary Kohler from the free life insurance quote. Be part of this engaging community by following the guest blogging guidelines.

There are lots of ways to find writing ideas and inspiration from your daily life. Translating that into great blog posts is another story but lets look at the basics first.

Start by carrying around a notepad or have a file saved on your smart phone that you can use to save good ideas that you get during the day.

Finding inspiration in real life is the key so here is a list of places in the offline world where you can get ideas for your blog.

The newspaper

• They write short headlines that are supposed to catch your attention.
• They write 200-500 descriptions of current events and things that are interesting to lots of people.
• They need to continually entertain and inform, otherwise people will stop reading it.

Bingo! The newspaper is a great place to start and find ideas for things to write about and stories that will interest others.

Your friends

What are you and your friends always talking about? What movie are you excited about seeing? What hobby are you interested in that you know a lot about and that you like to share with others?

These are all real world examples of things that you enjoy. If you can get excited about them in conversation then that can likely translate to your blog.

Write about something that you’re passionate about and your readers will be passionate about your writing.

Television

People that watch a lot of television share a trait with people that spend a lot of time on the internet: a short attention span. Just like television commercials and clips for TV shows, you need to catch your reader’s attention right away.

You can also use TV to catch up on news and events that you can write about on your blog. You can also use video elements in your blog posts… so study up on what makes a good video and then give it a try!

Your job

This is likely an indirect inspiration but your job can be a great idea factory too. Many jobs leave people with some free time during the day. You should be jotting down ideas for blog posts and articles during this time.

If your employer is pretty relaxed you can probably write down ideas all day in your note pad. Perfect, you can get paid and work on your blog at the same time.

Nature

Sometimes being inspired and coming up with new ideas requires an empty mind and this is where nature can come in handy. Get out of that house and into the great outdoors.

A weekend away from your computer can be great for your health and for your creative juices too. You might even find that at the end of a weekend of camping, you want to start a blog about camping!

How to Find Blogging Inspiration from Real Life is a post from: Blog Godown

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Today I want to introduce you to Andew Rondeau of We Build Your Blog. He has been blogging for almost 3 years now and he is earning a living from it. He recently started his Income Blogging Guide in order to help bloggers who are not able to make any money out of their blogs. In this Interview I would be asking him about his blogging experience and also some questions regarding his new guide.

The Interview

Gautam: Andrew, I would like to know about your blogging journey. What inspired you to start blogging? Which was your first blog?

Andrew: For the first 30 years of my career I worked for large corporate companies. The corporate world allowed you to work hard and get well rewarded – which I was. I ended up managing large IT departments.

But I’ve always thought about making it on my own. Over the years I was always looking for something that would make me more money!

I thought that if I worked as hard on my own business as I did in the corporate world – I could make it work.

Then, ‘out of the blue’, someone said to me, why don’t you write a book on Management and sell it on-line?

I started to investigate and quickly got excited. I knew I could write the book due to my experience and I naively believed the hype and thought I’ll make millions on-line by selling the book and retire!

This was 3 years ago.

I found a mentor, online, (I knew nothing about being on-line), and he helped me. He told me exactly what to do, and I invested my earnings from the corporate world into it.

I created a website and a free management guide to start building my own customer list, and then my management book. I did all this in the evenings while staying away from home in the hotels and while traveling in the corporate role.

I finished the sales page and launched, expecting hundreds to sell. I sold about five in the first week, but I was expecting 5,000!

I quickly sucked the mentor dry – he couldn’t help me anymore – I had all his knowledge now, so I found a more experienced mentor, and he helped me in the marketing and we created two more products to sell.

Then I got into blogging and created several blogs and more products.

So now I had a variety of products to sell and my knowledge of making money on-line was growing. I invested thousands of dollars in my education, and it was taking over – I really enjoyed the excitement.

Eighteen months ago, I decided to leave the corporate world and decided to take the plunge and work for myself, full-time.

Since then I have created my own course helping others to build their on-line business.

Gautam: As I can see from your experience, though, you had a great product to sell, you weren’t able to make that much money in the start. Many bloggers and online entrepreneurs think big, but they are not able to reach their expectations. What major mistake do they make?

Andrew: Major mistakes they make include believing all the hype about ‘how easy it is to make money on-line”.

It isn’t easy. It takes hard work, passion and knowledge.

They create products that they THINK will sell rather than do some thorough research and what people want.

They try and do it all themselves. You can’t. Find someone to help you who are better than you and more knowledgeable than you.

Gautam: Andrew, you recently came up with the “The Income Blogging Guide“. Before I ask about the blogging course, I would like to know whether you are generating a good income from blogging?

Andrew: I suppose that depends upon your views of ‘good’!

I generate enough income to live comfortably but it is not just about the money…it’s about the freedom. I love the fact that if it is sunny outside I can choose to go and enjoy the sun – play Tennis or whatever. I work when I want to. Sometimes that might be late at night or 5 am in the morning. That freedom is worth a lot more than a huge amount of income…for me anyway.

Gautam: The best thing I like about your guide is the sales page of your guide. It is simple and crisp with all the information that is required. Could you tell me, who all would benefit from your income blogging guide? What can they expect from blogging guide?

Your Income Blogging Guide is a blogging course, but how do you think it is better than other blogging courses already available in the market?

Andrew: In my experience many of the other course include these types of problems:

They take certain things for granted…like your ability to create a blog or generate traffic. You need to have to be technical savvy in order to follow their “steps”. If you’ve never built a web site before, or have very limited experience, this can be one of the most daunting parts of starting a blog.

Many of the courses say, do this, do that – which is all well and good but our course tells you the ‘how to’ as well.

You may be told to “set up the pages for you to sell your products”. What you are not told is the “how to”. We show you’re the ‘How to’ via videos and screen shots.

Very often you buy the product and then you’re on your own with the information. If you don’t understand a part of it, you can usually submit questions, but there’s not a “go to” resource for figuring out part of the process.

Many e-course designers or marketers are more than happy to help…to a degree…but don’t have mechanisms built in for very involved technical help.

At times, you may even be referred to alternative courses designed to help you tp complete these steps. Who wants to spend even more money when the course was supposed to be step by step?

BEFORE, we created the course, we asked our visitors and customer lists what they wanted from such a course.

51% wanted the course to be easy to follow and use. We provide everything you need to build your own on-line business built around blogging. It’s not just about blogging…it’s about getting traffic, building your own customer lists, creating your own products, copywriting and outsourcing.

You don’t have to buy any other course.

Plus, 26% of the people who completed the survey wanted support mechanisms in place. As my business partner, Joel is the technical blogging mentor to some of the most famous bloggers in the world, we decided to go over-board with the support.

So we have a weekly live teleconference, a private members forum AND members can write to us directly (in case they want to keep things private).

77% of our members have stated that the course far exceeded their expectations and our refund rate is very, very low.

Why? It’s all about customer service. If the member gets really stuck, we go in and make the changes for them or have a one on one skype chat with them.

We want our members to succeed on-line and therefore we help as much as we can.

Gautam: Thanks Andrew for taking your precious time out to participate in this Interview and I think Bloggers would find your Income Blogging Guide Really Useful.

Andrew: Gautam

It was a pleasure. Thanks.

If you are interested in the Income Blogging Guide by Andrew, Take a look at it.

Learn how to increase the profitability of your Website with Andrew Rondeau is a post from: Blog Godown

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This is a guest article by Ben Johnson of Logoinn and he shares his tips on building a better business website that earns you dollars while you sleep.

First of all, what do you think a perfect business website is? Well, to me, if your business website takes your financial worries away, then it’s a perfect business website. This way you don’t have to work for anyone, you don’t have to worry about attending office everyday and you don’t have to worry about being punctual either. A perfect business website helps you earn bread and butter and gives you complete peace of mind.

Having said that, now we need to discuss that which vital elements ought to be incorporated in your business website to make it perfect.

It Must Be Appealing As Well As Relevant:

This is a misconception that you just create a website and it will start making you money. It’s a completely false notion. You have got to make your website attractive if you seriously want to win the trust of your market. Secondly, ensure that your website design is relevant to your business model.

It’s the quality of your web design that tells your market that your products will be of high quality as well. If your design is of low quality, you won’t be able to win the trust of your market. So, ensure that you make it attractive as well as relevant.

You Must Provide User-Friendly Navigation:

How much time would you spend on a site where you will see hundreds of confusing links all over the page? Well, you won’t spend more than a few seconds. The same thing will happen to you if you don’t create user-friendly navigation. Your website visitors or potential buyers won’t spend any time on your website and will most likely leave in less than 10 seconds.

Ensure that Your Copy is Benefit-Oriented:

What converts your visitors into customers is your copy. Your copy must highlight  all the benefits clearly and concisely. It should tell your market why you should be trusted. It should entice your market to prefer you. So, you will need to take some time to write a compelling copy or hire a professional copywriter to do the job for you.

Choose a Readable Font Size and Style:

A lot of websites don’t care about their font-size. They make it really small. Small font-size is not easily readable. If you visit a website and find it difficult to read, then you will leave immediately. Your visitors will do the same thing if you don’t select a readable font size and style. Also, try avoiding grey font. Black is the best in terms of readability.

Strategically Organize the Content and Graphics:

Don’t make your website look like an unorganized place by having text and graphics everywhere. Organize everything in a nice and professional manner. Ensure that your website doesn’t look messy at all. Once you create the site, look at it and determine if it gives you a refreshing feeling or not. If it doesn’t, then you need to analyze your site and end the flaws.

So, these are some powerful tips that will empower you to create a perfect business website…for your business!

If you have any tips, please do share.

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Working Offline can be Really Productive

In this guest article, Michael Collins explains a method which you can employ to blog which can make your blogging highly productive. If you want get in front of readers, take a look at our guest blogging guidelines.

When you first start a blog, you might be able to stay committed, and designate a specific amount of time each day to work on your blog. In the beginning, at least, blogs require a large amount of time before they gain a steady flow of traffic. Because of this, many people get burnt out before their blog really takes off. Most people manage their blogs online. Although that might sound like the only way to manage a blog, the internet has millions of potential distractions. How many times have you been writing a post, only to be distracted by a social networking site, or a flash ad? All these distractions add up, and prevent you from working as efficiently as you can.

You might think it will be nearly impossible to run a blog offline. A blog is hosted online, and most blogging platforms have the dashboard set up in a way that allows you to do everything in one place. However, almost all of these things can be done offline, as well. For example, writing posts takes a lot of time, and with distractions, it can take hours to get a decent post done. However, if you just set your mind to it, and use a word processing application to write your post, it will be done much faster. If you’ve never tried to write a post offline before, try it. You’ll be able to see exactly how productive you can be, and how quickly you can pump out a quality article.

If you use SEO for your blog, you can also do most of the major planning offline. That way, when you go online, you’ll have a plan ready, and you can accomplish it as quickly as possible. If you plan on messaging web masters, you can type all the emails out before you go online. You can plan out a link building strategy, and execute it once you get online.

Working offline can greatly increase your productivity. If you’ve never tried it, give it a shot. For starters, write posts offline, and plan everything out before you get online. This way, once you start using the internet, you know exactly what to do. You can copy and paste the posts in, and you can send all the emails. This way, you will become much more efficient, and be able to accomplish much more in every work day.

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Think of Blog Writing as a Continous Process

Good Blog Writing is one of the essential attributes of a great blogger. You can take any A-list bloggers for that matter and you will see that there style of writing might be unique but the quality of writing is up to the mark.

It doesn’t mean that an average or poor writer cannot be good blogger. This is a fact, some good bloggers were not good writers, but they improved in their blogging journey. Blogging is a process which evolves us as human beings. If you are an experienced blogger, you might have noticed that blogging teaches you many lessons. These can be life lessons as well. Blog Writing is one among the many lessons you learn from blogging.

I know I am not a very good writer, but the scenario 3 years back was grimmer than it is now. I had to waste a day to write a 100-200 word article and that was the best output I was able to get out of myself. Also, my writing was not good and at that point of time I didn’t care about any grammatical and typographical mistakes. But, now the situation has completely changed and I am able to write long blog posts in a matter of few hours and which are almost free from errors.

Now, you can see that I have evolved as a writer from blogging and I am still evolving. This can happen to you too!

Similarly, blog writing is a process and each and every person is capable of becoming a good writer if he or she takes the right direction. If bloggers follow the right techniques, they will become better writers in a short period of time.

Improve Your Vocabulary

Most bloggers have a very limited set of words that they employ in their writing. This is because they have poor vocabulary. A great way to increase your vocabulary is to perform a simple technique while reading. Whenever you find a word that you haven’t seen before, note it down on a piece of paper. Once you have a list of some of these words in the end of the day, you can refer to the dictionary and find the meanings of each word. I personally use Oxford Dictionary for English vocabulary, but you can also use refer to Merriam Webster’s Dictionary which is equally good. Also, you can note down the words and their respective meanings in a workbook which you can refer each day and then memorize each word. This daily habit will help you build your vocabulary.

Correcting your grammar

Learning grammar is really important for conveying your message. Grammar helps to create a flow of writing. An error in the placement of a full stop or any punctuation can entirely change the meaning of the sentence. I don’t mean that you have to become a master of grammar, but you should try to learn the basics. If you are able to manage that, you will be assured that you are able to convey your message properly. You can refer any good online resources for improving your grammar.

Read Other Blogs, News and Magazines

Learn how to write by analyzing how other renowned writers write. The first place to find great pieces of writings are newspapers and magazines. These articles are free from any errors (They are edited before they are published) and they can teach you how to structure your thoughts and convert it into a presentable piece that is understood by your readers.

Also, you should refer to other blogs and analyze their writing. Compare it with yours and see what you are doing wrong and you have to make sure that you take a corrective action.

Experiment with your Writing

I know it might sound a little odd, but experimentation is really important to find the writing that works for your readers. Each blogger has a unique style because each of them has a different audience. You have a different reader base too, so you should try to vary your writing and monitor their responses. The ones that work best for you, should be your permanent style of writing.

Following each and every step of this writing process is equally important, if you really want to become a good writer.

What do you think about your writing? Self-Inspect and tell me about your positives and negatives.

The Process of Becoming a Good Blog Writer is a post from: Blog Godown

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Is your blog social media ready?

Are you taking social media marketing seriously? If your answer is yes, then you need to make a move to make it social media ready and get your blog in the limelight. Social media has a lot of traffic potential for your blog. The quality of traffic depends on the type of social media, but it is definitely lower than search engines. By quality, I mean the visitor/subscriber is low compared to guest blogging. But there is way to increase the conversion rate by optimizing your blog. Social media users are always bombarded with more information than they can actually handle. Therefore, to avoid wasting a lot of time, the users don’t read the entire article but scan through it. If they don’t like the article, they move on and if they like it, they usually share it with others. If your blog articles have a bad first impression, then chances are, that there will be a poor conversion of visitors to subscribers It doesn’t mean that social media marketing is a waste of time. It only means that you have to try to increase the conversion rate by optimizing your blogs and make it social media ready.

Readable Design

Before you kick off and write an article or perform any other type of optimization on your blog, make sure that your design is readable (Although, an impressive design will always be a better option). If you are not a designer, you can always buy a premium theme from a good theme club like WooThemes. A readable design does not strain the reader’s eyes and hence, it facilities fast and strain free reading by having an appropriate line size, font size and type and also a readable theme. It makes it simpler for the readers to judge the article in the little time they have. Some More Tips on Creating a Readable Design:

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Sparky Title & Hypnotic Beginnings

In any social media website, the first thing that shows is the title of the article and after that is the beginning of the article. Hence, the title along with the beginning paragraph is of utmost importance, as it decides whether your article is worth taking a look or not. It is the part of the article, which has to grab maximum attention. A catchy title can bring more attention than the old boring way of writing articles. You need to play with your titles and add adjectives that are catchy and are able to grab more eyeballs. Also, you need to write a hypnotic beginning which is able to glue the readers to your blog. You can try quotes or questions in the beginning so that you are able to generate more interest in the reader. More Tips:

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Structured Content

As these social media enthusiasts are always in a hurry, they prefer blog articles that are structured i.e. the content is formatted in such a manner that a reader can get a brief idea of the article by scanning through it. The article should be formatted into various paragraphs and also have different heading sizes to have a hierarchical structure. More Tips:

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Add a Vote Button

Many of your blog readers are a bit on the lazy side. They don’t want to strain themselves by taking an initiative and sharing your articles. If you don’t add a social media website vote button, chances are, that number of social media shares is very low and hence, it will not be able to drive as much social media traffic as it should. You will see your results change dramatically, if you add a vote button (A vote button saves a lot of time, when you are sharing an article on social media website). A vote button can start a chain of social media shares. People see the number of social media shares on the social media button. If they think that the number of social media shares is high, they might be motivated to share the article, themeselves which converts into a chain reaction. A simple retweet button can increase the number of retweets by ten times.

Be Controversial

Adding an element of controversy to your articles is always a great technique get massive social media traffic . Controversy can be straight out, burning a person or company’s image which can lead to many positive and negative comments. If you can handle this type of controversy, then it is best, you do it more often. But if you want lesser bad effects of controversy (negative comments) and more good effects (Traffic), try subtle controversy. Add your opinion but don’t criticize somebody and participate in healthy debates rather intensive name calling. I, personally prefer subtle controversy than straight out controversy. Which type of controversy you would like to use is your personal choice.

Branding

Branding your website is essential to have a higher conversion rate. When you present your website as a brand, people start identifying your websites with it. Hence, when your website articles are shared again and again and they see your brand, the reputation of the website increases. The improved reputation leads to more sharing and this becomes a exponentially increasing trend. Take an example of twitip or mashable, they have become renowned on social media due to massive sharing on social media and also because these websites are properly branded. If you follow these 6 steps, you would be able to create a social media ready blog which will attain a higher conversion rate from social media traffic.

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Hypnotic Beginnings - A method to attract your readers like magnets

Living in a metro city has its advantages and disadvantages. The major advantage is that you get plenty of choices on each and every product.  You, as a customer have an upper hand i.e. you have the power to choose. As there is intense competition in the market, each competitor is trying their best to grab the consumer’s attention. You see billboards everywhere around you. Some are good, some are bad and some are really out of the world.

You don’t give attention to each and every advertisement. There are some ads that really stand out and make an impact on you. This impact converts you into a  potential customer.

Magnetic Headlines along with Hypnotic beginnings, if combined together, work the same way and they act as an advertisement for your articles. Visitors are busy people and they might be following many blogs. They are not interested in reading each and every article (they don’t have that much time). They are actually flicking through all the articles. What they read is the first paragraph. If they like the idea, they will read further. If not, then they will move to another blog.

Whether you are able to make it or break it – It all depends on how well you are able to send the message across. If you are able to make an impact from the Title and the Beginning Paragraph, then you have a chance of converting many visitors into loyal readers.

Hypnotic Beginnings are an opening to your articles. Bloggers can use it as a tool to generate interest in the reader.

Have you seen an opening ceremony in a global level competition like Olympics? Isn’t it grand. A big celebrity line-up and many fantastic performances. You should keep that in mind when you are constructing an introduction to an article. Don’t think of good, think of Grand.

Questions

Questions are really intriguing and they can manage to generate lots of traffic. Questions are trying to cater to the inquisitive side of a human’s brain. If the reader is able to relate to the issue, then he will surely read the rest of the article. Questions are basically intended to enquire whether the reader has experienced the same thing. Whether it is a burning issue or a major problem. Questions can help establish the connect between the reader and the content.

If I had to start this article with a question, it would have been something like this:

Have you skipped an article just because the beginning was not convincing?

Quote

Starting with a quote or saying is a good way to give weight to what you are trying to say. If a famous person has said anything relevant about the same issue – that you are trying to write, then it can help you prove that your article is about an important issue.

Alternatively, quotes are there to inspire readers so that they are set in the right direction when they are reading the rest of the article and they actually follow what is actually been said on those articles.

Summary

Yes, summaries are usually at the end of the article. Here, i am trying to say that articles can start with brief points and ideas which will be described in the later stages. It is basically used to familiarise readers with the concept, so that they are able to understand the rest of the article and they don’t end up confused.

Also, readers can make a decision on whether they want to read it or not, based on the summary provided in the beginning paragraph.

These three techniques can be used by the blogger according to his choice. But, bloggers should ensure that whatever technique they use,  they should make it a point of using it appropriately and make an impression which is Grand

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Are you falling prey to world cup scam websites

The World Cup, like many other live sporting events, has become a major target for spammers. A quick search to find a place to watch the World Cup final online and you will quickly run into site’s full of pop-ups, fake video feeds, dodgy survey’s that ‘unlock’ live feeds, and subscription services to pirated content that is already available for free online.
You do not need to be a victim of these dirty underground spam websites to watch the World Cup online. Here’s a list of safe World Cup live streams and the epic Netherlands vs. Spain final.

Its looking to be a very exciting game, and the female fans in the World cup are looking pretty hot too.

To those in the know about online marketing you will probably be familiar with how these ‘watch online scams’ work.

CPA Survey Scams

A popular scam is where the scammer puts up a blog containing the live feed for the World Cup (or any sporting event, movie or TV show). The video might not even work, and often it doesn’t, but before you can watch the video you’ll see a pop-up asking you to fill in a survey to unlock the content.

These surveys are run by dodgy unethical marketing companies that will ask for your email address and contact details to spam you with, and the survey itself will often just be asking you to complete certain offers (like signing up for a DirecTV subscription) in order to win a prize, and the conditions to win that prize are often extremely difficult, meaning its rare for anyone to actually win the prize.

There’s nothing really wrong with such surveys, you give your contact details and sign up for some cheaper offers to win something of more value, but in the majority of cases it is not made clear how difficult it really is to win, and how much spam you will get in your inbox as a result, and the survey itself is designed to trick and confuse people.

Then there’s the fact that after filling in these surveys, which can take over an hour, the live feed you wanted to watch may not even work in the first place. The owner of the site will be making about $1 (paid by the CPA network) off everyone who submits their email address to complete the survey.

It may surprise you but I suspect there are millions of dollars made every month by the spammers getting $1 for these CPA scams, the CPA networks themselves, and the marketing companies behind the surveys. People are throwing up these spam ‘watch online’ blogs in mass, and throwing up more spam to promote them. The traffic is huge and the major Search Engines aren’t too hot at filtering out the spammers from those generally offering ways to watch something online.

Paid Internet TV Services

There are official and legitimate paid internet TV services out there which will give you access to sports games, movies and TV shows. However, the majority of these ‘Watch Satellite TV on Your PC’ are just providing access to pirated content that is otherwise available for free.

In some cases they may have made the pirated videos easier to access, but usually no better, and sometimes worse, than the free pirate TV sites like ATDHE. To make matters worse these paid internet TV services will have lies in the sales copy such as stating all channels are HD when they are not, hidden recurring fees, and fake endorsements. There’s nothing new about these, I first came across them in 2004.

Fake Videos

In order to build additional traffic to their websites these scammers are routinely posting fake videos onto YouTube and other video sharing sites. In the case of the World Cup they may post highlights of a match or the full game.

However, when you watch the video you may be lucky just to see a few still pictures and a notice to go to their website to watch the full video.

Don’t Be Tempted

You may be tempted by the large amount of money that these scammers might be making. However, be warned it is a bad business model to be part of for several reasons:

• The easy money was made years ago before lots of people realized they could make money this way. When you are reading about it on a blog it is too late, it is now very competitive. Just look at the amount of ‘watch online’ spam in Google search results.
• Legitimate services and quality free pirate TV websites are squeezing out the scammers.
• The spammers are liable to be sued by the rights holders of the video for a serious amount of money and could face prison sentences in severe cases.
• People are becoming more wise to the scammers.
• They overly rely on Google, who are constantly working to remove spam and scams from its search results.

You can put effort into making a legitimate business that helps people, make more money doing it, and not have to worry about breaking the law or making people’s lives harder.

The Dirty Business Model of World Cup Spammers is a post from: Blog Godown

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Writer’s Block – The term that is used generally for writers who aren’t able to write because there mind gets clogged. It may be due to lack of ideas, or maybe due to a bad mood. Whatever may be the reason, the problem is still that author is not able to write.

The problem with the Writer’s block is that the more you try to write or find ideas, the more frustrated you get and slowly and steadily you get engulfed into a vicious circle. Then the situation becomes pretty bad.

As bloggers do the work of writing posts, therefore, writer’s block is a commonly faced problem among them. This can affect your blog posting frequency and if it becomes a frequently occurring problem, then it can be really disastrous for a blog’s growth.

So, we have to curtail the frequency of this problem, in order to sustain our blog’s growth.

1. Structured Blogging

You might have heard the saying “Prevention is better than Cure”. Structured blogging approach is more of a prevention mechanism. So, we are trying to prevent any situation that might ultimately lead to a condition of writer’s block.

Structured blogging approach starts with a setup of a blog posting workflow. A workflow that divides the blogging task into small parts. This makes the task of blogging a little bit easier as you are concentrating on each small job – one at a time. Hence, you are decreasing the chances of getting stuck up. You can refer to my blog posting workflow and develop one for yourself.

2. Take Inspiration

Sometimes, the problem is about creativity. You are just out of ideas and you need real inspiration to make you work and write an article.

Reading Blogs

You can get inspiration from other people’s work. A piece of writing can really inspire you to write better. So, you can read some of the blogs that you like, and maybe you might get some ideas in your head which might propel you to write.

Newspaper

Similar to blogs, newspapers contain articles that are really well written and they are a full of ideas. You may never know that a blog might get it’s inspiration from news articles.

Videos

I have found videos to be really inspiring, because they are filled with new and unique concepts. They are always full of ideas that you might like to add to your blog. A funny video can inspire you to do a parody post.

There are infinite number of places to find inspiration. You just have to find one for yourself and use it when you are really stuck while writing an article.

3. Unnerve yourself

Sometimes inspiration does not work for you and your are really stressed out.  Then, you really need some time to unnerve yourself and take a break to bring back your mind into a stable state.

Outdoor Activity

This technique works everywhere. I used outdoor activity to de-stress myself when I got stuck with a maths problem. It used to take me hours and I still wasn’t able to solve it and once I came back after the activity I was able to solve the problem in a few minutes. It is a recommended stress buster and is a must do in these type of situations.

You can take a walk in the nearby park, or play games like badminton and tennis or even try swimming (Good activity for the summer season).

Lighten Up

Lighten your mood by watching your favourite television shows or listening to your favourite music. The point is to really de-stress yourself.

Comedy Shows

I would highly recommend comedy shows. “Laughter is the best medicine” and is indeed a really great stress buster. Relax and Enjoy and remember to Laugh Out Loud.

Give it a Break

You are totally messed up and you are in no mood to write. This is the time when you should give writing a break and maybe proceed with it on a later stage.

This would be the right time use your previously planned posts so that you will be still be able to keep the same blog posting frequency

3 Great Ways to Get Rid of Writer’s Block is a post from: Blog Godown

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What would you do with 10000$

Some of the bloggers out there are only for money and some are still finding out how to blog. They also want to buy certain blogging products but they aren’t able to do so because of the huge money crunch. But, what if you had hit jackpot and got 10000$ in a instant of time. Wouldn’t that be a great feeling.

Having 10000$ and the freedom of using it the way you want. That is situation that I want you to consider.  I know you could a lot of things with that huge sum of money, but I would like to know, how would you use the money to improve your blog in any sense. The possibilities are endless and that is why I would like you to comment and tell me, how you are going to spend this huge amount of money.

I would start off with myself. If I get 10000$ hard cash, I would buy a great pc (more of a dream machine – the most expensive of all pcs and laptops) – so that blogging becomes more fun. I would like to buy an Xbox so that I am able to avert the writer’s block.

I would try to remove all the activities that consume a lot of my time. I will outsource the blog promotion work to others. Also, I would like my blog to grow at a faster rate, so, I would spend a major chunk in advertising my blog at big sites.

I would like to hire a designer, so that I don’t have to do every little modification to my blog and waste a lot of time correcting my blog design. I would also hire a blog manager so I am only responsible for managing these people and writing content, rest is all outsourced.

If I still have some money left with me, then I might use it for personal reasons but that would be my least priority because I love my blog.

Now it’s your chance to spill the beans, what would you do if you had 10000$ in your bank account and you had to spend it on your blog?

What Would You Do If You Had 10000$ in your Account is a post from: Blog Godown

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Have you ever considered planning before you write or planning your blogging schedule?

Riches do not respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence

Napoleon Hill

So, if you want to be a be a six figure blogger or whatever maybe your blogging goals, it cannot happen without prior planning. Planning is really helpful when you are dealing with adversities. At that time you might see your careful planning bearing fruit and helping you out in times of immediate need.

Facing Writer’s Block

Bloggers don’t give importance to planning as they think of blogging as a spontaneous activity and they try to write according to their mood. But what if you get trapped in the writer’s block and you are not able to write at all. This will seriously impact your blog posting frequency and will keep your readers at bay. You cannot predict a writer’s block type of situation, but you can control the situation by planning some basic backup articles (which you might have written earlier) which can be used in times of utmost need (like this one).

Time Management

There will be times in your blogging career where you might have a full day for blogging and there will be times when you have a few minutes.

If you don’t plan wisely and manage time properly, you are going to lose on articles for your blog.

If you have a full day for blogging, why not write 2-3 articles for that day? You might as well use the spare time to some good use rather than just checking out your analytics or the amount you earned (I know that’s important, but content should be your first priority).

You can treat the extra articles as backup articles. I call them backup articles because they prove to be useful when you are usually facing a time crunch.

Guest Blogging – More Free Time

Guest blogging is great!. You get some free content in exchange for the exposure the blogger gets. When you receive a guest article, you have to write for one less day or week. This means more spare time. Why not motivate yourself and start writing.

Listen, more content never goes waste. If you’re articles start piling up, then you can use them as guest articles for other blogs. Or you can start a new side blog of the same niche and publish these articles on the new blog.

Taking Breaks from Blogging

We bloggers are real people, like you and me. We love to spend time and have fun with our friends and family. We love to go on vacations. But, what if we have to go for long vacations? What would happen to our blogs? Will it be totally abandoned?

If we had some articles ready beforehand, we could have scheduled it and still had fun. No one would notice the difference that you have gone for the vacation and you will still be retaining the readers of your blog.

Notes

Planning articles does not mean that you have to write full articles. Writing notes on a piece of paper is also a part of the planning process.

Whenever you have a Eureka! moment, you can write your ideas on a piece of paper. The next time you can do the mind mapping and add some basic points to it. Basically, you can follow a logical sequence of writing so that you have a mix of fully prepared and semi-prepared articles. This logical sequence can be your blog posting workflow or any other technique you follow.

The semi-prepared articles can reduce the time to write an article by almost 90%. This means that if you have very little time, you can still think of completing an article.

Discussion

According to me, planning ahead is a wise choice. But what do you think about it?

Preparing Posts – Advanced Planning is a post from: Blog Godown

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Newspaper's First Page Has Article Excerpts

In this article Karan Singhal of Trafficke wants to solve the battle between excerpts and full sized posts on the blog homepage. You can express your unique blogging view or blogging tip by following our guest blogging guidelines.

A widely debated issue in the blogging community is the question of leaving your blog homepage with full-sized posts or excerpts. Should new visitors see a preview of your posts, or should they be able to read each of them easily by simply scrolling down?

The best choice might seem, at first, to keep full-sized posts enabled, but if you look closer you’ll find this is a big mistake for your blog.

Implementing excerpts is definitely, and I mean without a doubt, the best choice for your blog, no matter what niche you’re in. Here’s why:

Too Much To Handle

Have you ever thought of the possibility that full-sized posts on your homepage might just be too much for a new visitor to handle?

A visitor who is overwhelmed at the first sight of your blog is very likely to close out and never come back. You don’t want your visitors doing this. The only way to keep it simple for your visitors is to use post excerpts that give the reader an option to read more.

Difficulty For Visitors

Even if you’ve managed to pull in a few dedicated readers that have become used to your (stupid) overwhelming homepage, all is not well. At least for your visitors. Have you ever thought of how hard it is to keep on scrolling through posts that you really don’t want to read? (don’t laugh at me, I’m serious) By putting full-sized posts on your homepage, you are creating huge difficulty and potentially setting yourself for a higher bounce rate.

This too, can turn your blog into a waste of time for your readers.

Benefits of using post excerpts:

Bite-sized nuggets of information – By providing excerpts instead of posts on your homepage, you are providing quality information that they can easily swallow, and if they aren’t interested, scroll down a little for more. If they are interested, they can just as easily read more by simply clicking on a link for the full post. By doing this, you are making your homepage manageable for your traffic, especially for new visitors.

Pull in more visitors to your content – If you use post excerpts, you’re making your content much more inviting. I always feel much more attracted to a small readable paragraph instead of a huge 500-word full sized post. And most likely, so do your readers. After all, which would you like better: getting a small taste and being invited for more, or getting the entire meal at once? I think the choice is clear, for you and your readers.

A better opportunity for you – Excerpts are what your visitors will read. Post excerpts give you an added opportunity to pull in the traffic your posts were made to get. This means a better performance for all of your posts. But you can also add to this opportunity by really spending a good amount of time writing you excerpt so that it brings even more traffic to your posts.

There are many reasons why you might want to use post excerpts on your homepage instead of simply leaving the WordPress default of full sized posts. This post has just listed a few. To summarize, just know that using post excerpts decreases your bounce rate and reduces clutter and difficulty for your website traffic, especially new visitors. They also help your posts perform better and attract much more traffic.

Thanks for reading! Please retweet, I spent a lot of time writing this article for you!

Blog Homepage: Excerpt vs. Full Size Post is a post from: Blog Godown

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CommentLuv (also known as Comluv) is a plugin that has changed the way we comment. Who knew that a piece of code could change the state of blogosphere. The unique way it gives appreciation to the reader’s comments with some link love is something great. In a span of two years it has gained more than 20000 users. That is a huge achievement!

Now some people have become comment freaks (they comment like addicts)  due to this and Andy Bailey has to take the blame for it .

Before I explain more about commentluv, let’s take a stroll through the memory lane.

In September 2008 a new generation of CommentLuv became available utilizing AJAX and platform independant technologies which brought about support for Blogger, Typepad, GoDaddy Blogs, Drupal and Expression Engine.

A support site was released at the same time to provide statistics for CommentLuv members and an easy way for a new user to register and verify their blog (enabling them to have the last 10 posts from their blog returned to them when they comment)

The site got busier and busier and during the month of April 2009, it received more than 9,000,000 hits!! (8 mil the month before and 6 mil before that)

Concept of CommentLuv

The reason why commentluv has become so popular is because of it’s unique concept. Andy Bailey came up with this ingenious idea and Kudos to him for that!. Commenters are usually composed of two types of people – bloggers and non-bloggers. Readers usually comment if they have a query or they want to discuss something. Commentluv’s concept is to encourage these bloggers to come forward and comment on a regular basis.

Each blogger gets the option to post a link to a recent article of his blog to his comment as shown below. The latest version of commentluv allows the ability to choose from the latest 10 articles (as shown in the figure below).

After you choose a particular article, it’s get added to your comment below your comment text.

Advantages for Commenters

1. They can get more traffic to their blog: If somebody finds the title of a particular article interesting or appealing, then he might visit your blog. So, if you are commenting on multiple websites, then your comments might bring you some serious traffic.

2. Extra Link Love: If a blog is dofollow, then you might get two link backs for just one comment. That is a good return of investment (Here, investment is your precious time that you spend on a particular comment). This might help you in your link building strategies.

Advantages for Bloggers

Bloggers are addicted to comments. It’s a daily dosage that they require to survive or else they might quit blogging. Commentluv encourages more comments. So, if a blogger installs commentluv plugin on his blog, he will definitely get more comments in return for the display of links in comments.

Also, if you are an active part of comluv community, then you might get some bonus traffic from the comluv website.

The comluv has a daily leaderboard which lists the following:

1. Top 5 CommentLuv sites by comments received in the past 24 hours
2. Top 5 CommentLuv members by comments made in the past 24 hours
3. 5 Latest sites with CommentLuv Installed (updated every hour).

So, if you are an active member of commentluv and if you comment often, then there is a high chance that you will get rewarded for your effort and you might see some bonus traffic from comluv website.

Most of bloggers whom I know have already installed comluv. I have been using it for more than an year and I love it. If you haven’t added the plugin, then you should do so immediately.

If you haven’t installed it yet, then you are missing on something good.

If you are commentluv user, then share your experiences here. Tell me how you have benefited from it.

Happy Commenting!!

CommentLuv- The Revolution of Commenting is a post from: Blog Godown

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Ryan Biddulph shares his experience on blogging. He runs a great blog on Cash Gifting and he is sharing some tips he learned when he made mistakes during the course of his blogging journey. Want to be part of this tribe, take a look at the guest blogging guidelines.

Are you new to blogging?  It can be a humbling experience.  I remember my first few months in the blogosphere.  Visiting accomplished blogs was a nerve-racking experience.  How could I run a blog like that?  I had zero coding experience and my writing was poor.  Instead of inspiring me, stopping by top blogs was a confidence killer.

I got past these feelings by deciding to stick with it.  If, nothing else, I’m a persistent person.  I might not know how to do something but I’ll find someone to teach me how to do it or I’ll learn the in’s and out’s myself.

Over time, I  have developed a few pointers which someone new to blogging might want to heed right off of the bat.  Save yourself months of trial and error by following these tips.

Pick A Theme And Stick To It

My general theme has remained consistent but my sub-themes have varied.  I focus on a work at home activity called cash gifting and teaching how to use the law of attraction.

Over time I’ve strayed from my topics.  This lack of direction has confused some of my readers.  By sticking to a particular theme you create clarity. Clarity is  powerful ally to a blogger.  It creates order in your mind which promotes a more powerful reader experience.  In addition a reader gets a firm idea of what to expect when visiting your blog.

Practice Writing One Post Per Day

Don’t be concerned with the length or quality of your posts in the beginning.  Get familiar with writing.  Practice makes a person perfect in blogging.

I was terrified to write in the beginning.  People were going to criticize me, I thought.  They’d make fun of my writing style.  This fear prevented me from writing on a consistent basis which was my biggest mistake as a blogger.  To gain confidence as a blogger you must write.  It doesn’t matter how well you write when you are a newbie; you just have to write or you will never improve.

Comment On Every Blog Post Which You Read

My readership didn’t grow significantly until I started to comment on every post which I read.  Virtually every guest post opportunity I’ve received came from writing thoughtful comments.

Don’t write a “comment drive-by.”  Read the post and take your time in crafting a valuable commentary.  A blogger loves thoughtful comments.  They add value to the post while demonstrating that the blog has a presence.  When I see 10 or 15 comments I realize that this blogger is becoming influential.  They probably have something interesting to say so I’m likely to stick around for future posts.

Open A Twitter And Facebook Account

Twitter and Facebook allow you to share posts with your friends.  Most blogs provide a Retweet or Facebook Share button.  Use them!

Since RT’ing and FB Sharing my posts have been shared on a greater scale.  Whatever you want, you must give.  Want to be promoted?  Promote others.  This is a simple law of the universe which many ignore.  They try to do everything on their own.  This isn’t possible.  It’s fine to aggressively promote yourself but make sure to do the same thing for other bloggers.  Each RT or Share potentially establishes a brand new network for you.

Have Fun

Blogging should never feel like a job.  If it does, take a break.  If this feeling persists for weeks or months you’ve selected a poor motivating factor.  Re-assess why you wanted to become a blogger and either move forward with enthusiasm or move in a different direction.

What tips would my fellow bloggers would like to add?

Top 5 Tips For New Bloggers is a post from: Blog Godown

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This is a guest article by Dana of Blogging Tips Blog where he shares his experience with nasty plugins that deteriorate the blog’s performance and why you should uninstall a particular wordpress plugin. You too can join in by following our guest blogging guidelines

In my opinion, WordPress is the best platform for blogging because there are so many WordPress plugins available that can be used freely to optimize your blog’s functions. WordPress plugins allow bloggers to use many advanced blogging functions without the need to learn “how to code”. Bloggers only need to find a suitable WordPress plugin (which is easy to find), upload, and then install it. There is no need to do coding like in the other blogging platforms. However, since the WordPress plugins act as a third party application, it may not work well for our blog sometimes. It may slow down our blog, produce a broken layout, or cause any other blog problem.

We may be forced to uninstall a plugin to overcome a particular blog problem or if the blog’s state is very bad or it needs to improve it’s performance. Here, I share six reasons why you should uninstall  WordPress plugins from your blog:

Reason #1. You Can Do It the Manual Way

WordPress plugins are used to do certain advanced blog functions without coding in the first place. However, there are many WordPress plugins that perform very simple functions. These kind of WordPress plugins  load our blog with unnecessary additional interfacing and increase the load time. Also, we can replace these simple WordPress plugins with simple programming code. Therefore, I suggest that we always use the  manual way instead of using a WordPress plugin for simple functions since the code will be very simple. It will be able to reduce the blog fault problems and load time significantly.

Reasons #2. Slow Down Your Blog

I already mentioned it in reason #1 but I think it is better to discuss it in a separate section. It is because of this reason is extremely important. Since WordPress plugins act as third party applications and also, they usually need database resources, sometimes there will be a significant reduction in blog speed. It is always true that too many WordPress plugins will surely slow down our blog. The bad WordPress plugins are the major cause behind the slowing down of blogs. Therefore, we should uninstall all the WordPress plugins that significantly slow down our blog.

Reasons #3. Find A Better Plugin For The Function

There are so many WordPress plugins out there and some of them provide the same basic function. It means that we can always replace one plugin with another plugin and still enjoy the same functionality (with more features and advanced functionality). Therefore, it is normal that we uninstall a WordPress plugin and replace it with a better WordPress plugin. Improvement in blog performance is a good reason behind a plugin change.

Reason #4. Conflict With a More Important Plugin

If we use many WordPress plugins, there is a big probability that a conflict occurs – a conflict between two or more WordPress plugins. I, myself experienced this WordPress plugin conflict. The conflict which forced me to uninstall some of the WordPress plugins. In this conflict situation, we will be forced to sacrifice some WordPress plugins for more important WordPress plugins. It means that we uninstall the less important WordPress plugin so that the important one can run smoothly. We can remove it forever or search for another plugin that does not conflict with the important plugin.

Reason #5. Feed Up The Blog Resources

This reason is related with our web hosting service. There are many bloggers that use cheap web hosting service which allow limited resources to be used. If our resources feed up, our hosting account may be blocked or disabled. It is legal because it is already mentioned in their web hosting contract (Term Of Service/TOS). Therefore, we  need to a keep the resources’ usage below the threshold. For this, we may be forced to uninstall our blog’s WordPress plugins since there are some WordPress plugins which demand very high resources to run properly.

Reason #6. Create Too Many External DoFollow Links

As we know, too many external dofollow links can harm our blog rank in search engine eyes. It is because too many external dofollow link make search engine determine our blog as link farm site. Therefore we need to be careful and always in full control of our blog’s external dofollow link. In this case, we may need to uninstall our blog WordPress plugin since there are some WordPress plugins which require dofollow links from users.

Final Words

In my opinion, the best thing about WordPress as blogging platform is that there are many WordPress plugins available to help bloggers who do not have deep knowledge in programming. Therefore, it allows Bloggers to have advanced blog functions without the need to do coding. However, sometimes, there are reasons to uninstall our WordPress plugins. In this blog post, I already shared six reasons to uninstall WordPress plugin from our blog. If we look at the relationships between all of the reasons that I mentioned in this blog post, all the reasons are related with improvement in blog’s performance.

That’s all the updates this time, wait for the next update!

6 Reasons Why You Should Uninstall A WordPress Plugin is a post from: Blog Godown

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Mannequins with Awesome Clothes - A Teaser for the Shoppers

Shopping is a fun activity and sometimes you do it just for the fun i.e you do window shopping. In window shopping you are not actually looking to buy any products and that is why you are just glancing through the products. While you are glancing through a clothes shop, you will see many mannequins displaying very beautiful clothes (Usually they are one of the best of the stock). These mannequins give us a teaser trailer to what we can expect in the store (Even though it might not have clothes of the same quality or standard). If you don’t like what you see outside, you will not bother to see what’s inside. If you really like what you see outside, you will be compelled to see the shop and you might end up buying some of these clothes.

A teaser trailer forced you to buy a product even though you had no intention of buying. So, now you can understand the importance of a good teaser trailer

Title – A Teaser

Titles are very similar to your mannequins. They give readers a sneak preview of the article. Readers then judge the article on the basis of this title. If they like the title, they will move forward and read the article and if the title is not able to impress them, then they will skip reading it.

Titles usually get the maximum attention and hence bloggers should use it as a tool to tempt the reader to read ahead. Writing captivating titles is a skill and like many other skills, this can be learnt through a little bit of guidance and lots of practice and experimentation.

I will try to focus on the guidance part and I hope you will try to do the experimentation part.

Reader Focus

Before we try some eye catching headlines, you have to focus on the reader. Titles will catch more attention if they are focusing on the reader. Reader’s are always looking for answers to their blogging questions. If the title is able to sell to the readers that the article would be able to find a solution to their problems, then the probability, that your readers will read the article will be very high.

There is an easy way to find out reader’s problems. The comment section of your blog is the best place to find out your reader’s problems. Readers usually give their feedback and also ask their questions in their comments. You have to collect these questions and convert them into articles and write titles proposing a solution to their problem.

Tips to Write Attention Seeking Titles

I will provide with tips that have worked for me and have brought huge amounts of traffic and comments to my article

Numbers

What would be a better starting than using numbers? Articles with numbered titles are usually roundups or list articles and they are like a very luxurious Item. They make you want to see them and hence, they are an instant attraction . Many bloggers wonder why these are so popular. I have given a theory behind the numbers but there has been no concrete reason behind the attraction. Even if there is no reason behind it, but it is a fact that readers are obsessed with numbers.

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Adjectives

Adjectives can be used to present your articles in a glorified manner. By “glorified” I mean that you add adjectives to show how good or useful your article is. These adjectives are usually of higher degree i.e they are usually used to express extreme feelings. A Mind Blowing article would provide something really very valuable and unique (at least the readers will think that way). Here are a few adjectives which can be used for your article.

Smashing

Breathtaking

Mind Blowing

Gorgeous

Heavenly

Golden

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Slangs

People might think that slangs are inappropriate for titles, but the fact is that slangs are the new adjectives  and they have immense popularity. Readers prefer slangs because they use it often and slangs have become a inherent part of their lingo. So, slangs are easily understood and grab attention really fast. Some commonly used slangs are:

Kickass

Dumbass

Badass

Noob

Punk

Woot

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Ask a Question

Asking a question in titles can generate interest in the reader’s mind. Readers can be intrigued by the idea and they might want to follow up. By asking a question you are provoking a thought. The reader might have the same question in his mind and this will force him to read the article and find a solution to his question.

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Personal Experience

Blog readers are always looking for a advice that is genuine. They prefer personal experiences that could teach them something truly valuable. Titles that usually use I and me drive attention because they are usually contain blogger’s personal experiences and hence they include genuine advice.

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Controversy

Yes, you can create controversy with titles and it has proven to be really beneficial for me. I tried to write an article which showed that google wave has really failed to make a mark. People who were in support and who were against this thought were forced to join in this discussion and push their thoughts forward. This led to a burning discussion that generated humungous amounts of traffic.

The only problem with controversy is that it can convert into an ugly discussion and things might get out of hand. So, use controversy with caution.

Have you tried these title writing techniques? Do you have a unique title writing technique? Share with us.

Smashing Tricks to Writing Eye Catching Titles is a post from: Blog Godown

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Don't be disappointed

Guest Bloggers face rejection if their article is not appropriate for the host’s blog (according to the blog owner). Many bloggers are not to handle rejection well and they eventually give up. Karan of Trafficke SEO Services thinks that rejection is a good thing as it helps bloggers in improving their blogging abilities. You too can join in by following our guest blogging guidelines.

Contrary to popular belief, rejection doesn’t always have to be a bad thing. Actually, in blogging, it’s a great wake-up slap and it helps you improve in a variety of aspects. How will you ever improve as a blogger if you don’t know what you’re doing wrong? You can’t. That’s why it’s important to get rejected once in a while. (but not on purpose, of course )  Let’s see,  how rejection can actually help you in your quest to become a professional blogger.

Guest Posting

‘These days, I’m putting a lot of focus on guest posting. I submit at least 3 or 4 per week, without losing time for posting on my own blog. In my opinion, this is a great way to promote your website. So much traffic potential, so many new prospects, a whole new community to share your content with, all in exchange with the simple task of writing an article. My posts usually get accepted, but often, when I’m asking A-list blogs like ProBlogger and CopyBlogger to publish my content, I get rejected. Not because my posts are bad. (at least I hope not ) But more because that so many guest posts reach Darren’s inbox each day that you really do have to be a “pro blogger” to get a guest post on his signature blog.

So, rejection happens. Sure, my goal when I sent Darren my guest post was to get it published, but it isn’t really his fault that he can’t publish it, so I’m not angry or anything.

But besides that, when I get rejected, I’m not sad, I’m not angry. I’m actually eager to find out what was wrong with my post.

Was it on a level that the readers of the blog would feel to be too easy? Is the post structured badly? Is the post boring for the reader. Maybe, maybe not. These are all good questions and the only way to find out the answer is to ask. And the only way you get this amazing opportunity to improve your writing and get personal tips from some of the top people in your niche, (in my case, blogging and SEO) is rejection.

So, don’t be afraid of seeing an email that says that your post can’t be accepted. Because, rejection is more than what’s on the outside. It’s how you can improve as a blogger. If every guest post intended for the best blogs on the internet that you wrote was accepted, you’d feel no need to improve. Rejection is there to change that and helps you become a better writer, and as a result, a better blogger.

Pretty much anything else…

Pretty much anything you can do as a blogger that involves other people may lead to rejection in some shape. So pretty much anything you can do as a blogger that involves other people may lead to you improving in some shape. Seriously.

For example, even if it’s a small and insignificant one, blog commenting. If your blog comment isn’t accepted by a blog, you may rethink about your comment. Was it really valuable? Did it add to the conversation? Did you do anything other than repeat what other commentators have already said? These questions won’t come to mind if you don’t get rejected. See, how rejection helps you to improve in all aspects of blogging, and not just guest posting?

Rejection doesn’t have to be a bad thing. And if you know how to handle it calmly and properly, you’ll only benefit from it. Rejection acts as a wake-up-call and it slaps you into improving yourself. So don’t be mad that your article wasn’t good enough for that A-list blog, and don’t be mad if your comment wasn’t good enough.

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Why Rejection Isn’t A Bad Thing In Blogging is a post from: Blog Godown

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Have you compared two articles, one whose title includes a number and the other which doesn’t include a number? Have you noticed the difference in the amount of comments or traffic these type of article get?

Articles that have numbered titles like 75 Beautiful Free Social Bookmarking Icon Sets have something that attracts more eyeballs. From my experience, I have seen readers liking these type of articles more than the usual type of articles. Also, if i use seventy five instead of 75, the total advantage of having a numbered headline will be nullified.

As a reader, I love numbered titles. I don’t know, but there is something in numbered titles that makes it irresistible and you are forced to read the article. Even if the quality of content is not up to mark, but numbered titles are still able to do their job by bringing a lot of traffic.

The real question each blogger wants to be answered is: What is in numbers that attract huge attention? Because, if we get the right answer to it, we can utilize it in other areas and attract a even bigger audience.

I don’t think there is a sure shot answer to this question, but I would like to give some theories that supports the fact that people are attracted to numbered titles:

1. Readers love collections

Usually articles with numbered titles are collection of ideas in the form of list posts, or they are collection of articles in the form of roundups.

Roundups and list articles can be thought of a collection of many small articles in a bundled form. People love information which is precise and is available at a single place (i.e. they don’t have to search for more information).

Take an example of a person searching for a certain piece of information available in files. There are two ways to collect all the information.

First method: The person can scan through 20 different files and note down the relevant points from each file. These files may have overlapping data and therefore, the person may be wasting time in reading the same information repeatedly. Once all the points noted down, he has to remove the redundant information and note the most relevant points.

Second Method: The person can scan through a single file and get all the information in one go.

Which method will you choose? Obviously, the second one, because it saves you time and effort.

Similarly, articles with numbered headlines are treated as well rounded tutorials which can be thought as good resources. That is why readers prefer reading these type of articles rather than reading many articles as it saves them time. After all, all readers want to sit back and relax and have some free time to have more fun, right?

2. It’s a Brain Problem

I think the reason why we are attracted to the numbers may be because our brain may be sensitive to the numbers. There may be a centre of the brain that grasps numbers easily. As numbers take less space than words, they are easy to assimilate by the brain.

A particularly interesting thing to note with numbered headlines is that rounded figures usually have an upper hand. Using 1000 instead of 999 is preferable. 999 is considered as a number in the 900s in our brain whereas 1000 is considered in 1000s although the difference between them is just 1. Hence, a round figure has a higher appeal and therefore, it is used very often in headlines.

3. Structured Articles

Many bloggers forget the importance of articles that can be scanned and skimmed with ease. Bloggers ruin their blogs by making these common mistakes of improper formatting and structuring articles into logical boxes.

Structured Articles are easier to read and understand. Some bloggers fail to put their point forward as they are not able to structure their ideas.

Articles with headlines are already divided into numbered blocks and hence, it is given that the articles will be available in structured form and they will be easier to interpret.

4. More the Merrier

The numbers in headlines are important. People always want more money and land. People are always wanting for more. An article without a numbered headline may seem as an article covering a single topic. On the other hand, articles having numbered headlines are perceived as articles covering more than one idea and hence, they have more information to offer.

The higher the value of the number, more is the appeal attached to it. An article with number 100 will be considered better than the article having a number 50 or 25.

5. Lucky Number

Some people might associate some numbers as their lucky numbers. These numbers, if found in articles are usually read by people who believe in lucky numbers. (7 is the classic example. It is considered by most.)

This is a just theory not a fact. You can have your own little theory about it.

What do you think is the actual reason behind this number obsession? Are you attracted to articles having numbered headlines?

5 Reasons why Readers are Obsessed with Numbered Headlines is a post from: Blog Godown

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How many times have you been irritated by an article because it is difficult to parse what the author is really trying to say?

Bloggers usually put their thoughts in a random fashion. They write as and when they get new thoughts in their mind.

As mind cannot divide all thoughts into individual categories, therefore, the major problem with this approach is that the article is in a haphazard form and sometimes, it does not make any sense. The Result: Confused and irritated readers.

To resolve this problem we have to try a structured approach towards writing. This approach makes it easier for the reader to read the article. Also, it should make it easier to skim and scan through the article so that the reader is able to make an informed decision to read the article or not.

There can be many design approaches which can help you make your content appear in a more readable form. But, other than that, each blogger should keep certain points in his mind while he or she is writing an article. These are just slight modifications in writing that will make the content standout and it will also make it reader friendly.

The modifications are as follows:

Hierarchical Model

Hierarchical Model for Headlines used in Structured Articles

Using a hierarchical model for writing is the first step towards creating a structured blog article. The article should have headlines having different weights i.e the article headlines should have different types of headlines i.e headlines, sub-headlines and sub sub-headlines (basically a hierarchy of headlines). Headlines and sub headlines should have different fonts sizes (Headlines having a higher font size and sub-headlines having a smaller font size). A Hierarchical structure of headlines defines a certain importance to each headline. It helps in highlighting the most vital points and thus, it helps readers by decreasing the scan time to 1 minutes which helps the reader to get a brief idea about the article.

Paragraphs

Every blogger use paragraphs for  his/her writing, but a few are able to use paragraphs effectively. Length of a paragraph is an important parameter for a readable blog. It should not be too long. It will bore the readers and some readers may go off-track and may lose the continuity. It should not be as short as a single line (at least not all paragraphs should not be too short. There can be a few exceptions) as it will lead to many breaks in reading which will eventually lead to slow reading speed.

A medium sized paragraph is recommended for faster and a more comfortable reading. Your job, as a blogger, is to divide your articles into meaningful medium sized articles for better viewing.

Accentuating Key Words

Highlighting key points discussed in the article is a really good method and it assists scanning techniques used by readers. The key points are usually words connected to the idea being discussed in the article. The key words can emphasized in the following ways:

Coloured and Highlighted Text

The keywords can be highlighted by using bold, “quotations” or italics. Also, you can use a different color than the one in your color scheme in order to make the key words stand out from the content. The option of using any of these techniques to emphasize keywords is the author’s choice.

Summary

Instead of highlighting each and every keyword, we can provide a list of key words at the end or provide a summary of the article for those who are in a hurry. This requires a little more investment of time in writing a summary but it is worth the time spent on it.

In-linking

Most people think that in-linking has only benefit that is of seo, but in-linking process can be used to give the readers more information about a subject. For example, I’m talking about search engine optimization in an article and a newbie reads my article. He doesn’t know anything about seo and hence, he doesn’t understand my article fully.

In order to resolve this issue, I link seo to a useful article for newbies which explains seo in detail. Thus, In linking can do much more than just seo and traffic, it can bring continuity to your articles.

How to Write Structured Articles is a post from: Blog Godown

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Your audience is defined by the type of content you provide. The saying “Content is King” is an appropriate saying, because content has the ability to drive subscribers and traffic to your blog and also build a reputation for your blog. No matter how good a design is, it cannot substitute quality  content. The type and the tone of writing is the author’s personal choice.

There can be two types of content depending on its relevancy with time:

Timeless Content

Timeless content, as the name suggests, is the type of content which never ages with time i.e. it remains meaningful for a long period of time. Producing timeless content requires extensive research of the topic and also great amount of experience, as it needs to be relevant at all times, which is  a really difficult task to accomplish.  It requires building of quality tutorials that guide the readers and also teach them something truly valuable.

Fresh Content

Fresh content is like a fresh glass of juice, it is fresh and has something new to offer. Fresh content can be something that others are not providing and the website is getting exclusively for it’s readers (for eg. celebrity websites which have fresh celebrity gossip). Fresh content has a very short life span, it is relevant only for a small period (a couple of months or weeks or even days) after it is actually published. After certain period of time, the juice’s flavour gets altered. Similarly, fresh content loses it’s value, it’s relevancy starts to decay with time. Therefore, website owners that provide fresh content, have to constantly update their websites, in order to be relevant.

Now, you have got a hold of these two types of content, then which one is better for your website?

Blog Niche

Taking a decision on which type of content suits your blog depends on your blog niche. A fashion tips blog can have timeless content as well as fresh content, but a news website has to have fresh content.

Similarly, certain niche areas demand the content to be fresh and new, whereas some niche areas require timeless content or a mixture of both. The type of writing to a large extent is dependant on the niche of your blog/website and hence, considering your blog niche is a top priority when you are deciding between these two types of content.

Targeting Subscribers

If you are targeting subscribers which have subscribed to your blog for fresh articles, then fresh content is a better option. Timeless content can still hold certain value for your blog subscribers, if they have a few fresh ideas incorporated into it.

SEO Traffic

SEO traffic usually arrives long after the post is published, as it takes little time to be indexed by the search engines and get a high ranking in search results. As fresh content loses it’s value after some time, therefore, fresh content will be useless for visitors arriving from search engines. In order to keep the fresh content relevant, we will have to update it frequently so that it is relevant at all times. Timeless content will be a perfect choice for SEO, because they will retain their relevance for a long time and hence, they will be useful to visitors arriving from search engines.

Social Media Traffic

Social media is always buzzing with news and latest articles. Social media is a bit biased towards fresh content, as the articles are unique and they have something new to offer. Articles containing timeless content get the due attention, but the chances of them getting viral on social media is a bit difficult. Usually timeless content is already covered by other bloggers and hence, your articles do not have anything new to offer and therefore, they have little or no appeal in social media.

I, personally try to mix fresh and timeless content in my blog articles. It is a modified form of timeless content with bits and pieces of fresh content. By this technique I am able to fulfil all the requirements and take advantage of all the traffic.

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I find many bloggers complaining about writer’s block, they are just not able to write their articles (They get stuck). They face problems when they are searching for blog post ideas. Whenever they think of an idea, they reject it because either the idea is not good enough for their readers or they don’t have enough expertise to write about it.

In my opinion, the reason they end up in the same situation again and again is because their approach is just not right!

They approach writing articles by thinking of an idea and they just start writing about it. By the time they reach the middle of the article, they are totally out of points. They don’t know what to do next and they get frustrated in the end. This situation is not very healthy for bloggers. Bloggers usually quit blogging for the sole reason that they frequently face writer’s block.

This situation had to occur because they didn’t invest enough time in thinking or brainstorming on the concept.

Bloggers should approach each article by performing a mind mapping exercise. It would be a structured approach towards blogging and it would certainly cure writer’s block.

Mind Mapping Exercise

Mind Mapping is a really interesting exercise, because it needs only one resource – your Brain. Brain has a fast processing speed and therefore ideas come in fractions of seconds.

In Mind Mapping you have to create a mental map of related keywords and ideas. This map will thus act as a reference when you are writing articles for your blog.

1. In mind mapping you need to think of certain keywords, which will act as a basis for your article ideas (for eg. article writing, copywriting, blogging tips). If you are a niche blogger, then you can think of keywords related to your niche. These keywords may be very general in nature or they can be highly specific.
2. After selecting keywords, you have to brainstorm about ideas revolving around the keyword (for eg. Blog Marketing for beginners for the keyword Blog Marketing). These ideas can be very specific and if, in your opinion, the idea has many aspects to it and it would become a really long article, then you can always try to break the idea into smaller chunks, which means more articles from the same concept! (eg. You can break blog marketing for beginners into guest blogging and social media marketing).
3. Think of an appropriate title for your article. The title is usually a starting point or the foundation for the article. Once you have an idea you can easily visualize the article. I spend most of my time in deciding the title of my article, and everything that follows, it  becomes really easy.
4. Once you have a title in mind, you can think of certain points you would like to include in your articles. These points can be thought of a summary of the article. These points will be elaborated while you are writing the article.
5. Though, this is a mind mapping exercise, it would be advisable that you write each and everything on a piece of paper ( or as Alex does – by using a Blackboard) because mind has a limited capacity and it would overflow in no time. You may forget certain key points which might be required when you are writing the article.

Why Mind Mapping

Why should bloggers perform the mind mapping exercise, when they are able to manage writing their articles without any problems?

Why follow such a long procedure just to search for blog post ideas?

I think bloggers should still give mind mapping a try, because it has certain benefits which outweigh the use of normal writing approach:

• Easier to start: Instead of writing straight away where you have to think a lot, mind mapping is a lot easier and can become even easier with practice. Consistency is the key to super fast mind mapping.
• Less Time Taken: With mind mapping, you already have the title and the important points in your hand, which will be covered in detail in the article. By this method, you are definitely cutting on the excessive time spent on repetitive brainstorming of points while you are in the middle of an article.
• Plenty of Ideas: If you even spend a day on mind mapping, you can get ideas for a whole month.

What is your take on mind mapping?

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Worst things that can annoy readers

This is a guest post by Chavah Kinloch, a WAHM (Work at Home Mom) of four young children – She’s an artist. You can regularly find Chavah at her blog, Creating My Reality, and you can find her here on Twitter. Be part of this community and check out our guest blogging guidelines

1. Flash – Can we say 1990′s? No one likes sitting there while it loads and then having to click past an intro just to arrive to some more flashing photos.
2. Music – Please, please, get rid of it or make it optional to start. People will either click away as soon as they hear the music or go insane as they try to find the window that’s making that crazy noise.
3. More ad’s than content – If your ad’s are taking centre stage, you will get no credibility.
4. Pop up’s – I can handle pop up ‘join my mailing list’ ads but anything other than that means I will never again return to your site. In saying that though, let me at least read what you’ve written so I can choose whether you’re worth following or not.
5. Really Bad english – A little bit of error can be tolerated but if it is glaringly obvious that you’ve never had to speak english to communicate for the sake of survival, you should probably be looking to outsource your writing or write in your native language and use something like Google Translator.
6. Loooong Blog Posts – If it’s going to take forever to say it, break it up. Create a series.
7. Broken links – Check, check and triple check! Or install this if you use WordPress.
8. Making people register to comment – You’re likely to lose many commentors if you choose to go this route.
9. Spam – Take precautions with your blog to ensure as little spam as possible gets through.
10. Bad content – Reading a post about something we’ve read a hundred times before isn’t interesting.
11. Writing like a professor – No one wants a lecture!
12. Lack of images – Try to include a photo in each of your posts.
13. Caps lock – I can’t believe I still come across this. Caps in text is the equivalent to yelling, SO USE IT WITH CAUTION.
14. wRiTiNg LiK dIs – Wow. Just wow. Really? Need I say more?
15. Writing about how perfect your child is – I see this a lot as well. It’s great to be proud of your child, I’m not suggesting that you shouldn’t be but make sure you don’t overdose your readers with how wonderful little Jamima is at everything. I mean goodness… I have four. I know the deal.
16. Your site is ugly – There are some extremely bad tasting blog and website designs out there! Search for a talented designer. I use Swish Development.
17. I click on a link I thought was part of your site and suddenly I’m somewhere completely different – A reader should only leave your blog if they choose to.
18. The design of you site changes on each page – Only use one template for your all over design.
19. Slow loading pages – Keep images small and minimise posts on your homepage.
20. I can’t read the first post on your blog without clicking through – This is a big pet peeve of mine. I want to be able to read at least one post by landing on your blog’s homepage.
21. There’s no search function for your site – Sometimes people come back for a specific post. If you don’t have a search tool they have to scroll through pages and pages of posts. This isn’t likely to happen so instead you lose the reader and a possible link back.

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Trying to Impress your Audience

Do you write articles keeping readers in mind? Do you think that the content of the blog should answer reader’s questions? Well, then you have come to the right place. It is but natural that you want to keep your audience satisfied and in order to do that you try the old school blogging techniques to target your readers and write articles that solve their problems.

Reader’s Mindset:

Readers are always looking for articles that can inspire them to write better and also motivate them to pursue to their passions. They are looking for articles which are complete and act as tutorials. Also, they are looking for something that could solve the problems they are facing each day.

Blogger’s Mindset

A Blogger thinks of his blog as a product or a service and he thinks that the best way to sell his product is to give what readers want, i.e. articles that help them solve their problems.

Slow, Old Blogging Approach

There is nothing wrong with this approach. Most bloggers use it to attract readers. But there are many bloggers  are actually doing the same thing and they may be more experienced than you. So, if you continue this old style of blogging, it will take you years to be successful as a blogger.

Super Fast, New and Unique Blogging Approach

Yes, this is the one. The one you are always trying to find. The one, for which you pay thousand of dollars in blogging products. The actual key to success is right in front of you. And, it does not cost money, but it actually requires focused efforts. Now, that is not hard, right? It can be hard if you are very lazy in your approach towards blogging. And I hate to say that, but you can never achieve appreciable success, if you remain lazy.

Once you have a focused approach. You need to think about your writing style and the content. I would like to quote a dialogue from a famous movie “Bruce Almighty”. In this movie, Jim Carry (who is the acting GOD) grants each and every person’s wish without even thinking even once. The result: Chaos and Mayhem. So Jim Carry asks GOD, what went wrong and he replies:

People don’t know what is right and wrong for them and you have to think logically and do what is best for them.

Similarly, your readers usually don’t have much clue about what they want to read. What they think is right, may not be the best for them and you as a blogger have a duty to write content that is the best for them.

Let me exemplify this situation:

A blogger who is eager to make money will search google for money making websites which will help him make him an extra buck. He will read articles about the best ways to make money online by choosing the best ad networks. Now, he has got the information about making money through his website and so he will move on and monetize his blog. Do you see something lacking in his approach? He didn’t find out how to actually make money from these ad networks. If he doesn’t get hold of this extremely critical information, he will not be able to make money even if he chooses the best ad network.

As a blogger, you have to take the high road and guide your readers and teach them something new. Something they will need, but they are not looking for it. This approach will enable you to write unique and informative articles. This uniqueness will be your Unique Selling Point, as you will stand out among the crowd. Also giving readers what they weren’t looking for but they actually needed, it will totally surprise them and it will make your blog a favorite among your readers.

This approach guarantee’s success and a very fast one. I didn’t use the word “Instant”, because there aren’t any ways to get instant success. If there were any, everybody would have been successful by now and you would not have been reading my blog or any other blog for that matter.

Now, you should consider revising your blogging approach and think about your writing. Ask yourselves simple questions like whether you are providing the best?, or you are just providing a solution? If you are providing a solution, then you need to step up and write the best.

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If you are anything like me, you would love reading entrepreneur success stories! Naturally, you might have come to the conclusion that you should be an Ex-Googler or a college dropout to be an entrepreneur . But there is another category of people, suitable for entrepreneurship, Bloggers!

Who can be an Entrepreneur?

When people hear “Entrepreneur”, most think of BIG money; Seed funding, venture capitalists! Forget all of that, you don’t even have to come up with a company to be an entrepreneur! Nowadays, most of the medium and high profile bloggers offer services like SEO, Blog migration etc. They too are entrepreneurs. Anyone can be an entrepreneur if they have something to offer.

Being an entrepreneur doesn’t mean you have to invent something new either! Having a solution to a common problem or finding a way to do something differently also puts you along the track.  Troy Rhodes Jr , a college graduate and founder of MyBookBorrow.com built a business out of a common problem he was facing, overpriced textbooks!

So What gives Bloggers a Head Start?

First of all, if you have been blogging for some time, chances are that you have a loyal reader base! So, while others have to find potential clients, you already have them! Plus, you are passionate about your niche and know what your users want!

The Benefits

Have you noticed Crunch base? TechCrunch’s app that displays info on companies and start-ups. Or Mashable’s Blippr ? They are all examples of innovative services which not only had carved up their own user base (and money!) but also aid the blog! Your blog sends out visitors to your product and People, who find your product by other means, visit your blog! Either way, YOU benefit!

The Downside ?

It is NOT EASY! Launching a product or providing a service demands

• Hard work
• Understanding what your clients want
• Your undivided attention
• A blog with a good reader base .

Also managing your blog and your services hand in hand is really HARD! And you have to work day and night to build your product ! Moreover the amount of stress and tension it gives you is enormous . So only choose this path if you are ready to face the consequences .

So are you ready to turn into an entrepreneur ? Spill your views here!

This article is a part of the guest blogging contest. If you liked this article, then help in supporting this author by retweeting and commenting on it, which will enable the author to win this contest. By the way, you can be a part of the contest, it is still not late

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Guest post by Andre Conferido

Many people make money on the internet become from being the poorest guy yesterday, to collecting millions today. Although success does not come instantly, there is no money involved when they started their venture.

Most of the rich men in the internet did not have money to commence their business. They did not have the huge capital needed for other types of businesses. If you want to make money on the internet from scratch, here are some investments you can make, aside from money.

Invest with your Time

Like any other business, you have to invest time on your make money on the internet venture. Different ways to earn include setting up a blog and writing articles or product reviews. These two ways require that you must have time to work on them.

You can do them during your free hours while waiting for your turn to pay in the cashier, sight seeing in the park or while relaxing. The work does not only provide you with added income but also helps you increase your knowledge on different issues. With no money involvement and just your time needed, you can make money on the internet easily.

Invest with your Effort

Another way to start without monetary capital is to invest with your effort. If you are good in bookkeeping, you can help people organize their virtual files. You can also try encoding if you are fast in typing. You may also offer companies to sell their products. The internet community is very generous in paying the efforts of people. By offering your help, you can make money on the internet.

Invest with your Expertise

A great way to make money on the internet is through selling your expertise. Without the need for huge capital, you can advertise yourself and accept work from other people. If you are an information technology expert, the online community is in need of your services.

There is a huge market waiting for you. Just set up a free site and let the world know your services. You do not have to set up an office to provide your expertise. With your virtual office, you can run your site and receive as much clients as you can accommodate.

Invest with your Credibility

You can also make money on the internet with your name as your only capital. You can refer clients to different companies and get payment for every successful referral. By creating a good name in the market, the online visitors will see you as an expert in the field and trust your referrals. On the other hand, companies see you as a powerful attraction to increase the number of their clients.

Huge opportunities await you to make money on the internet. Even without funds, you can start earning as long as you have what it takes to be a millionaire. All the necessary ingredients are time, hard work, good name, and skills. When you have these, riches will come to you in no time.

This article is a part of the guest blogging contest. If you liked this article, then help in supporting this author by retweeting and commenting on it, which will enable the author to win this contest. By the way, you can be a part of the contest, it is still not late

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