How to choose the most popular social network for your blog?- #1

How to choose the most popular social network for your blog?- #1

One of the main reasons why many bloggers fail in social networking is, they don't choose a social site which suits their blog's need.For example ,it is unlikely to get purchase from digg if you have a blog on history because Digg users love tech stuff and newzy material.That is why choosing a right social media site is of paramount importance if you wish to market you blog socially.In this post and two other posts of this series you would learn to choose a right platform to network.

In the earlier post of this series I have given an outline of social network marketing.I have talked about three questions you should ask to yourself to be able to to choose a right social platform.In this post I will talk of first question and how the answer of this question helps you in choosing the most popular social site for your blog.

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Social network marketing: Taking your blog to next level

Social network marketing: Taking your blog to next level

Image by glenn.batuyong via FlickrOne of the reasons most successful bloggers are successful is because they market their blog through social networking.The reverse is also true, most bloggers fail because they don't market their blog socially.Social network marketing ,also called as social media marketing, is one of the arsenals that web 2.0 has given us to promote our blog.But most of you are not able to take full advantage of it because you simply don't have an idea how to use it.

I am writing a series of post where you can learn about social network marketing and thus, you will be able to promote your blog socially. This is the first post of the series and in this post I will just outline the things that you would discover in the rest of the posts of this series.But before I would do this, it would be nice thing to define social network marketing.

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Drive traffic to blogs through search engines: Tips SEOs forgot to tell you

Drive traffic to blogs through search engines: Tips SEOs forgot to tell you

Image by ocean.flynn via FlickrAfter reading out the title you may have guessed , I would talk about search engine optimization.But in this post I would not say a word about it. I would not talk of keyword research or anchor text optimization or anything else about SEO. Instead I will talk of how you can apply SEO techniques to get more hits (not high search engine rankings).There is some difference between getting more hits and getting high search engine rankings.You will unfold the difference between the two somewhere in the following paragraphs.

Optimizing just your home page is biggest mistake-

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5 unique traffic generation posts from 5 unique bloggers

5 unique traffic generation posts from 5 unique bloggers

Image via WikipediaEvery blogger wants traffic, only some of them constantly and seriously try to generate it and still fewer get it.This is the real picture of blogosphere in terms of traffic generation.If you are quite serious to generate some quality traffic for your blog ,then check out the links to the posts of some successful blogger and learn some unique and innovative ideas to build traffic.

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Blogs I read

Blogs I read

Blogs on blogging-

1. Problogger
2. Daily blog tips
3. Blogging Tips
4. Dosh dosh
5. Blogger Buster

Blogs on Making money-

1. Johnchow.com
2. Money maker info

Others-

1. Steve pavlina
2. Thesis writing made easy
3. Tourist Places in India
4. The Ex Factor
5. Daily writing tips
6. Office life
7. Loose thread
   

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Surefire ways to promote your blog?

Surefire ways to promote your blog?

Image via WikipediaPromoting a blog is one of the most tedious tasks as a blogger.This becomes even more unmanageable when you are a part time blogger like me.Promoting a blog is an ongoing process and you have to promote your blog as long as you write on your blog.

If you are looking for some shortcuts then I fear I might disappoint you.I have no secrets to disclose on the topic .But if you are quite serious to promote your blog and ready to schedule the task on a daily basis then you will find this post useful.

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What makes a successful blogger successful?

What makes a successful blogger successful?

Have you ever thought how successful bloggers build readership or make money or get tons of hits on their blog?Have you ever thought what makes a successful blogger successful?According to one of the surveys 99% of bloggers fail.So, have you ever thought what makes a blogger to get in the 1% list.

I had a hawk eye look at some of the bloggers over past few weeks and sorted out some of the points that make them distinguished.I have been following many successful blogs like,problogger, daily blog tips and doshdosh to name some.In this post I will share some of the tips that I have learned after looking at those blogs closely.

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Posting daily Vs posting 3-4 times a week

Posting daily Vs posting 3-4 times a week

Image by comicbase via FlickrAfter seeing the title of this post you may have said-"Ah!!! the age old discussion on posting frequency once again." But I thought I should write about it as the discussion is still hot and almost all discussions on this topic has been inconclusive.I have seen many posts on posting frequency and found most of the bloggers leave you in a mesh between posting daily and 3-4 times a week.


There are a couple of school of thoughts on the posting frequency-

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The best way of driving traffic to blogs

The best way of driving traffic to blogs

Image by ocean.flynn via FlickrToday one of my reader emailed me asking the best way to drive traffic for blog.His exact email was like this-

"Blogs like any other website get traffic from either search engines or referring sites (Other blogs + Forums) or social bookmarking sites like Stumble upon. What do you think is the best way to drive traffic to blogs? On which means a blogger should particularly focus upon?"

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Unique way of building links- I can bet you don't know about it

Unique way of building links- I can bet you don't know about it

Most of the bloggers will tell you to comment on other blogs and forums and submit your blog to directories to build links.There are many other ways they usually talk about.I know these are very effective ways of building links for your blog. But problems with building links this way are-

• Often you get a 'no follow' links specially if you are commenting on other blogs to build links.(Most of the blogs now use 'no follow' in comments) Many of the directories also befool you by using either 'no follow' or robot.txt.
• You can build links for your homepage and other 2-3 pages only.Most of the directories don't allow inner pages and in forums you can only leave 1-4 links in your signature.

Now what you are going to learn here in this post is an unique way of building links. By using this technique you will be able to build links for any no. of pages (even all of your posts) and most importantly it will be 'do follow'. So, stick yourself with your seat as you are going to discover a very unique way of building links.

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