WordPress is very popular with the majority of Internet users - from novices to advanced programmers - as it is extremely flexible and can be customized manually by editing the code. WordPress is extremely customizable and that's one of the beauties of it. When you are able to master customizing blog themes for WordPress, you can turn the platform into almost anything. There are lots of developers today that create incredible themes so Wordpress blogs, so it can be used as e-commerce sites, an affiliate site or just a simple blog. That's why, WordPress is widely used today, not only by bloggers, but also by internet marketers. Now, it's time to power it up, lock it down, and make your blog completely yours.
1. Theme
WordPress comes with two themes, Default (also known as Kubrick) and Classic. Installing a good theme is the primary step towards making your blog look like a professional and dynamic website.
WordPress is popular for the wide range of themes available for it. Find a theme you want to base your new theme off of. A good place to start is the default theme, but you may also want to just tweak another theme that's closer to the look/feel you are going for. On the Themes tab you see the current theme information and you can browse the available themes. You want to find the theme that presents the blog to match your personality and the image you wish to project. If the Theme preview is blank, do not activate the new Theme without investigating further. Your site may not be displayed correctly, otherwise.
2. Plugin
Just like you can extend Firefox with feature-adding extensions, WordPress also has a pluggable architecture and a whole world of plug-ins that can soup up your blog. A plugin is a small program written by a third party that can be integrated into an application for increased functionality. In a nutshell: plugins turn your blog from something ordinary into something sophisticated and optimized for maximum traffic. Do a complete search from among thousands of plug-ins. There are chances that you may be able to find all the plug-ins your need in your WordPress dashboard itself, that too free of cost
3. Sidebars
WordPress' sidebar and widgets feature is very powerful and customizable; in fact, you can create and customize multiple sidebars or site zones to show up on different pages. The sidebar may contain your primary navigation, text links to various pages, an email sign up form, or just about anything. You feel that you need the sidebar on homepage a little different from the sidebar on article pages. What are you going to do about it? Most of the time, we simply move on and let the sidebar be same through out the blog.
Create A Successful Blog: 40 Tips for Successful Blog
1. Read – The more you read and write better than you know. Being a reader of the blog helps to understand the minds of your potential readers: what are looking for, as they prefer that the information is presented and so on.
2. Take small steps – not crowded your business bloggers with too many activities, be patient and addressed all in good time;
3. Generate interest – Readers turn to find the latest information, valuable, and they know them entertained. Make an effort to communicate more than mere facts of the news information.
4. Make clear his point of view – an elegant style and impeccable grammar, although they are important weapons are useless if your readers do not understand. Make sure they understand what you write;
5. Provide quality material – The quality comes before quantity and is the first rule above all else;
6. Be consistent – You can tell that you are as good as the last post you wrote (or at least a dozen: you notice the number of posts that have a look when you visit a new blog and the time elapsed since the deemed valid or not: it will not be much better);
7. Give priority to quality rather than quantity – a few post but incisive and quality are better than most post “so so”;
8. Take the experience – Now you might not be an expert, but with time everything can change. Dive with passion into what you need and try to dominate knowledge;
9. Consider blogging a passion – Let the passion you always socrra veins and it becomes routine;
10. Communicate charm – If you love what you are talking about looking to shine your transportation to your readers, share your enthusiasm and make it contagious;
11. Learn to write better – We can all improve our writing style but it takes – a little ‘as in all things. efforts and motivation;
12. Be curious to learn – Make new things, broaden your horizons;
13. Share your experience – When you learn something new, tell your readers share your experience you and your readers will grow at the same time;
14. Experiment – Always try to discover and try new experiences, do not stay still never the same place for too long;
15. Be Unique – If what you have to give is the same or almost what you can find other blogs in 1000, because readers should bother trying to read?
16. Given the importance of design – Appearance counts, both in terms of aesthetic design of the blog is the image that you talk about yourself. Make your blog beautiful, captivating and unique as possible while maximizing your customizations;
17. Try to make a good first impression – manage your new frame of visitors to What does your blog in less than 10 seconds? Navigate easily? where the best content stored? Are clearly visible?
18. Be consistent – Try to be consistent in content in your blog post: usually costs less effort to be productive rather than continually stopping for periods of time more or less consistent and resume business;
19. Optimize your optimization – always improve what can be improved;
20. Write having a goal in mind – Do not distract the attention of your visitors, but provided them what they are looking for;
21. Build your reputation – Be aware of what you do and make it public;
22. Carefully consider the use of keywords – Find out what your readers want and optimize your site through Search Engine Optimization techniques;
23. Write compelling headings – Draw attention, promise benefits, caused interest;
24. Offer full feeds – The focus is more important than the number of visits;
25. Interview – Enrich yourself and your blog interviewing experts;
26. Given the recent news as possible – Try to be the first to tell a story, Tell it to everyone using social networks and receive many visits to entry;
27. Do any of the contest – The contest is fun, increase traffic to your blog and involve many people;
28. Surveys and research – conducting research and surveys and the results pubblicatene;
29. Self-congratulatory your successes;
30. Monitor your blog – The statistics will inform you about the health of your blog. Where does the traffic? You can do more? Your blog is growing or waning? There are many free services, the most notable of which is of course Google Analytics;
31. Comment and reply to comments – Feed your readers, let them know that they are worth. Leave comments on their blogs;
32. Generated link – If you want to link you to give your time;
33. Participate in forums – Exit out of your lair and “meet” other people;
34. Donate your work – Give and you shall receive. Free downloads are usually rewarded with more inbound links and traffic;
35. Make new friends – One of the pleasures of blogging and also the route to success;
36. Write for other blogs – Get to know other places by publishing your content;
37. Do not spare the questions – who is not stupid question, but those who remain in their ignorance;
38. Twitter – Communicate constantly and come to know what other fano. Anything that is too short for an article on your blog becomes ideal for Twitter;
39. Lose yourself in the Web – Train yourself to discover, recognize and share content brilliant. You can identify what can be imagined and what can be imagined can be created;
40. Be Revolutionaries – Break the rules, go against the current;
41. Have fun – keep doing what you do as long as it stops being fun. When you stop having fun, trying to revive the fortunes of your business rather than let it die.
2. Take small steps – not crowded your business bloggers with too many activities, be patient and addressed all in good time;
3. Generate interest – Readers turn to find the latest information, valuable, and they know them entertained. Make an effort to communicate more than mere facts of the news information.
4. Make clear his point of view – an elegant style and impeccable grammar, although they are important weapons are useless if your readers do not understand. Make sure they understand what you write;
5. Provide quality material – The quality comes before quantity and is the first rule above all else;
6. Be consistent – You can tell that you are as good as the last post you wrote (or at least a dozen: you notice the number of posts that have a look when you visit a new blog and the time elapsed since the deemed valid or not: it will not be much better);
7. Give priority to quality rather than quantity – a few post but incisive and quality are better than most post “so so”;
8. Take the experience – Now you might not be an expert, but with time everything can change. Dive with passion into what you need and try to dominate knowledge;
9. Consider blogging a passion – Let the passion you always socrra veins and it becomes routine;
10. Communicate charm – If you love what you are talking about looking to shine your transportation to your readers, share your enthusiasm and make it contagious;
11. Learn to write better – We can all improve our writing style but it takes – a little ‘as in all things. efforts and motivation;
12. Be curious to learn – Make new things, broaden your horizons;
13. Share your experience – When you learn something new, tell your readers share your experience you and your readers will grow at the same time;
14. Experiment – Always try to discover and try new experiences, do not stay still never the same place for too long;
15. Be Unique – If what you have to give is the same or almost what you can find other blogs in 1000, because readers should bother trying to read?
16. Given the importance of design – Appearance counts, both in terms of aesthetic design of the blog is the image that you talk about yourself. Make your blog beautiful, captivating and unique as possible while maximizing your customizations;
17. Try to make a good first impression – manage your new frame of visitors to What does your blog in less than 10 seconds? Navigate easily? where the best content stored? Are clearly visible?
18. Be consistent – Try to be consistent in content in your blog post: usually costs less effort to be productive rather than continually stopping for periods of time more or less consistent and resume business;
19. Optimize your optimization – always improve what can be improved;
20. Write having a goal in mind – Do not distract the attention of your visitors, but provided them what they are looking for;
21. Build your reputation – Be aware of what you do and make it public;
22. Carefully consider the use of keywords – Find out what your readers want and optimize your site through Search Engine Optimization techniques;
23. Write compelling headings – Draw attention, promise benefits, caused interest;
24. Offer full feeds – The focus is more important than the number of visits;
25. Interview – Enrich yourself and your blog interviewing experts;
26. Given the recent news as possible – Try to be the first to tell a story, Tell it to everyone using social networks and receive many visits to entry;
27. Do any of the contest – The contest is fun, increase traffic to your blog and involve many people;
28. Surveys and research – conducting research and surveys and the results pubblicatene;
29. Self-congratulatory your successes;
30. Monitor your blog – The statistics will inform you about the health of your blog. Where does the traffic? You can do more? Your blog is growing or waning? There are many free services, the most notable of which is of course Google Analytics;
31. Comment and reply to comments – Feed your readers, let them know that they are worth. Leave comments on their blogs;
32. Generated link – If you want to link you to give your time;
33. Participate in forums – Exit out of your lair and “meet” other people;
34. Donate your work – Give and you shall receive. Free downloads are usually rewarded with more inbound links and traffic;
35. Make new friends – One of the pleasures of blogging and also the route to success;
36. Write for other blogs – Get to know other places by publishing your content;
37. Do not spare the questions – who is not stupid question, but those who remain in their ignorance;
38. Twitter – Communicate constantly and come to know what other fano. Anything that is too short for an article on your blog becomes ideal for Twitter;
39. Lose yourself in the Web – Train yourself to discover, recognize and share content brilliant. You can identify what can be imagined and what can be imagined can be created;
40. Be Revolutionaries – Break the rules, go against the current;
41. Have fun – keep doing what you do as long as it stops being fun. When you stop having fun, trying to revive the fortunes of your business rather than let it die.
✅ On Becoming Fearless In Love, Work, and Life
About the Author: Arianna Huffington, is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, a nationally syndicated columnist, and author of eleven books. She is also co-host of “Left, Right & Center, " public radio's popular political round table program.
In May 2005, she launched The Huffington Post, a news and blog site that has quickly become one of the most widely-read, linked to, and frequently-cited media brands on the Internet.
In 2006, she was named to the Time 100, Time Magazine's list of the world's 100 most influential people. Originally from Greece, she moved to England when she was 16 and graduated from Cambridge University with an M. A.in economics. At 21, she became president of the famed debating society, the Cambridge Union.
"On Becoming Fearless. . . .in Love, Work and Life" is Huffington's most recent and most personal book to date, offering a road map for achieving fearlessness in every aspect of life, a straight-to the point manifesto on how to be bold, how to say what needs to be said and do what needs to be done in order to find the freedom to love, lead and succeed.
"Fanatics and Fools: The Game Plan for Winning Back America", offers a scathing portrait of our contemporary political landscape with a bold, inspiring and practical approach to restoring America to the promise envisioned by our greatest leaders. It was published in 2004.
"Pigs at the Trough: How Corporate Greed and Political Corruption are Undermining America, " a New York Times bestseller, was published in 2003.
"How to Overthrow the Government, " on the corruption of our political system and the need for reform, was published in 2000.
"Greetings from the Lincoln Bedroom, " a political satire, was published in 1998.
"The Fourth Instinct, " on the longing for meaning in a secular world, was published in 1994.
"Picasso: Creator and Destroyer, " a biography of Pablo Picasso was published in 1988. It was a major international bestseller, translated into 16 languages. The book was made into a film starring Anthony Hopkins as Picasso and produced by Merchant-Ivory for Warner Bros.
"The Gods of Greece, " celebrates the power of myths as guides to forgotten dimensions of life and ourselves. Atlantic Monthly Press republished it with paintings by Françoise Gilot
"The Woman behind the Legend, " published in 1981, a biography of Maria Callas quickly became an international bestseller.
"After Reason, " on political leadership and the intersection of politics and culture was published in 1978.
"The Female Woman, " on the changing roles of women, was published in 1974 by Random House and translated into 11 languages.
Huffington has made guest appearances on numerous television shows, including “Charlie Rose", “Oprah", “Nightline", “Real Time with Bill Maher", “Inside Politics", “Larry King Live", “Hardball", “Good Morning America", the “Today" show", “Countdown" and “The O'Reilly Factor".
She serves on several boards that promote community solutions to social problems, including A Place Called Home, which works with at-risk children in South Central Los Angeles. She also serves on the Board of Trustees for the Archer School for Girls. Arianna Huffington lives in Los Angeles with her two teenage daughters.
About the Book: “On Becoming Fearless: . . .in Love, Work, and Life" is a definite excellent source of concrete ways to deal with fear. In this book you will read and open your mind to many ways to battle just about every type of fear known to womankind. The information and helpful tips are not from a person that has read a book or heard about fear, this book brings its reader, first hand experience and advice based on those experiences.
This book will talk about so many fears such as: love, parenting, childbirth, relationships, divorce, being alone, finding the best friend in you, failure and success, work (overworking), money, illness, aging, freedom to dream forever, letting go, God and death, loss of a person deemed to be your strong hold and foundation, leadership, speaking out, and changing the world.
"ON BECOMING FEARLESS" will help its reader to identify and understand the how's and whys of certain fears we as women are forced to deal with every day. It will teach you how to find your self-esteem that you once had and strengthen it so that no challenge life offers will taint it again. The author speaks through experiences of a normal everyday women, with every level of issues that we ourselves at one time or another have come in touch with. You will read about be an female activist in a, “mans world" and how the author has managed to overcome her fears in yet another battle against the, “Old School" way of thinking. Arianna Huffington also tries to reach her readers through this book with her insights in the political world and as a women who dared to say, “SO WHAT" and show them that they can be that women of fearlessness!
Womensselfesteem.com highly recommends, “On Becoming Fearless" to anyone that has ever wasted a single minute of their lives in fear and doubt.
Book reviewed by DorothyL@womensselfesteem.com
Personal Note from Dorothy: Thank You Arianna Huffington for sharing your life experiences with us!
In May 2005, she launched The Huffington Post, a news and blog site that has quickly become one of the most widely-read, linked to, and frequently-cited media brands on the Internet.
In 2006, she was named to the Time 100, Time Magazine's list of the world's 100 most influential people. Originally from Greece, she moved to England when she was 16 and graduated from Cambridge University with an M. A.in economics. At 21, she became president of the famed debating society, the Cambridge Union.
"On Becoming Fearless. . . .in Love, Work and Life" is Huffington's most recent and most personal book to date, offering a road map for achieving fearlessness in every aspect of life, a straight-to the point manifesto on how to be bold, how to say what needs to be said and do what needs to be done in order to find the freedom to love, lead and succeed.
"Fanatics and Fools: The Game Plan for Winning Back America", offers a scathing portrait of our contemporary political landscape with a bold, inspiring and practical approach to restoring America to the promise envisioned by our greatest leaders. It was published in 2004.
"Pigs at the Trough: How Corporate Greed and Political Corruption are Undermining America, " a New York Times bestseller, was published in 2003.
"How to Overthrow the Government, " on the corruption of our political system and the need for reform, was published in 2000.
"Greetings from the Lincoln Bedroom, " a political satire, was published in 1998.
"The Fourth Instinct, " on the longing for meaning in a secular world, was published in 1994.
"Picasso: Creator and Destroyer, " a biography of Pablo Picasso was published in 1988. It was a major international bestseller, translated into 16 languages. The book was made into a film starring Anthony Hopkins as Picasso and produced by Merchant-Ivory for Warner Bros.
"The Gods of Greece, " celebrates the power of myths as guides to forgotten dimensions of life and ourselves. Atlantic Monthly Press republished it with paintings by Françoise Gilot
"The Woman behind the Legend, " published in 1981, a biography of Maria Callas quickly became an international bestseller.
"After Reason, " on political leadership and the intersection of politics and culture was published in 1978.
"The Female Woman, " on the changing roles of women, was published in 1974 by Random House and translated into 11 languages.
Huffington has made guest appearances on numerous television shows, including “Charlie Rose", “Oprah", “Nightline", “Real Time with Bill Maher", “Inside Politics", “Larry King Live", “Hardball", “Good Morning America", the “Today" show", “Countdown" and “The O'Reilly Factor".
She serves on several boards that promote community solutions to social problems, including A Place Called Home, which works with at-risk children in South Central Los Angeles. She also serves on the Board of Trustees for the Archer School for Girls. Arianna Huffington lives in Los Angeles with her two teenage daughters.
About the Book: “On Becoming Fearless: . . .in Love, Work, and Life" is a definite excellent source of concrete ways to deal with fear. In this book you will read and open your mind to many ways to battle just about every type of fear known to womankind. The information and helpful tips are not from a person that has read a book or heard about fear, this book brings its reader, first hand experience and advice based on those experiences.
This book will talk about so many fears such as: love, parenting, childbirth, relationships, divorce, being alone, finding the best friend in you, failure and success, work (overworking), money, illness, aging, freedom to dream forever, letting go, God and death, loss of a person deemed to be your strong hold and foundation, leadership, speaking out, and changing the world.
"ON BECOMING FEARLESS" will help its reader to identify and understand the how's and whys of certain fears we as women are forced to deal with every day. It will teach you how to find your self-esteem that you once had and strengthen it so that no challenge life offers will taint it again. The author speaks through experiences of a normal everyday women, with every level of issues that we ourselves at one time or another have come in touch with. You will read about be an female activist in a, “mans world" and how the author has managed to overcome her fears in yet another battle against the, “Old School" way of thinking. Arianna Huffington also tries to reach her readers through this book with her insights in the political world and as a women who dared to say, “SO WHAT" and show them that they can be that women of fearlessness!
Womensselfesteem.com highly recommends, “On Becoming Fearless" to anyone that has ever wasted a single minute of their lives in fear and doubt.
Book reviewed by DorothyL@womensselfesteem.com
Personal Note from Dorothy: Thank You Arianna Huffington for sharing your life experiences with us!
Your List of DoFollow Article Directories for Your Photography Blog!
Article marketing is an essential strategy to use when running an SEO campaign for your wedding photography blog and the keywords you are working on. When building backlinks to your site, Google ranks your website or blog based on the quality of Dofollow backlinks pointing at your site.
It's an essential component in your SEO strategy to implement writing articles and submitting them to directories that have the Dofollow source tag attribute.
Writing articles is an excellent way to drive free targeted traffic to your wedding photography blog via related title topics. The directories also allow you to place an author bio section in the post where you can link your domain and also allow deeper linking within your blog.
Google and search engines love sites that have deeper linking within a blog. When undergoing deep linking ensure that you place/link it to other relevant pages in your blog. This will make the user experience more simple when they read your posts and want their information answered.
Implementing an article submission campaign for your keywords is an essential component in your SEO strategy. Be sure to read the directory's rules thoroughly so you understand how many links are allowed and the minimum quantity of words allowed. Ensure you place your post to the most relevant article category.
To make your SEO campaign much simpler we have obtained some Dofollow directories together with their page rank for you to utilise and your own discression.
Do-Follow Directories
PageRank 6 ' EzineArticles ' Go Articles ' Self Growth ' iSnare Articles
PageRank 5 ' Article Dashboard ' Article City ' Site Reference ' Web Host Industry Review ' Articlet
PageRank 4 ' Easy Articles ' Articles Factory ' Articler ' Article Blast
PageRank 3 ' Article Rich ' Article Teller ' Idea Marketers ' Article Compilation ' Talkinmince ' All Best Articles
PageRank 2 and Under ' Web Site Design ' Article on Ramp ' Amazines ' E-Articles ' Article Sphere ' Article Directory ' Everyone's Articles ' Article Co ' My Free Article Directory ' Article Resources
Implement your article Do follow submissions regularly to build your backlinks naturally. This will increase your traffic and exposure of your business online.
It's an essential component in your SEO strategy to implement writing articles and submitting them to directories that have the Dofollow source tag attribute.
Writing articles is an excellent way to drive free targeted traffic to your wedding photography blog via related title topics. The directories also allow you to place an author bio section in the post where you can link your domain and also allow deeper linking within your blog.
Google and search engines love sites that have deeper linking within a blog. When undergoing deep linking ensure that you place/link it to other relevant pages in your blog. This will make the user experience more simple when they read your posts and want their information answered.
Implementing an article submission campaign for your keywords is an essential component in your SEO strategy. Be sure to read the directory's rules thoroughly so you understand how many links are allowed and the minimum quantity of words allowed. Ensure you place your post to the most relevant article category.
To make your SEO campaign much simpler we have obtained some Dofollow directories together with their page rank for you to utilise and your own discression.
Do-Follow Directories
PageRank 6 ' EzineArticles ' Go Articles ' Self Growth ' iSnare Articles
PageRank 5 ' Article Dashboard ' Article City ' Site Reference ' Web Host Industry Review ' Articlet
PageRank 4 ' Easy Articles ' Articles Factory ' Articler ' Article Blast
PageRank 3 ' Article Rich ' Article Teller ' Idea Marketers ' Article Compilation ' Talkinmince ' All Best Articles
PageRank 2 and Under ' Web Site Design ' Article on Ramp ' Amazines ' E-Articles ' Article Sphere ' Article Directory ' Everyone's Articles ' Article Co ' My Free Article Directory ' Article Resources
Implement your article Do follow submissions regularly to build your backlinks naturally. This will increase your traffic and exposure of your business online.
5 Tips on How to Maintain a Great Blog for Your Business Website
Blogging is an excellent tool to be helpful to prospective customers by sharing your expertise and knowledge about your business. It also establishes yourself as an expert in your industry. But many businesses, in spite of having a blog in their website don't maintain it well. They need to know that blogging regularly will generate quality leads that match your target customer profile.
The 5 tips listed in this article will help you create and maintain a great blog your business website. Keep reading.
Write for your niche market
First you need to know who your prospects are, what information are they looking for and what they want to know about your products/services and your business and then give them relevant information about your niche.
Your blog is for your potential customers, so write for them. Your blog should be able to provide them clarity and solve their problems; otherwise they will not consider your business to be credible.
Create valuable content
This is very important. A successful business blog is the one that can provide valuable content to its customers. In addition to talking about your products, services and your business, you need to educate your customers on how to properly make a purchasing decision. This is the value addition you will be adding in your blog and this is what customers are looking for.
By adding valuable content in your blog, you create a bond with your customers and it shows them that you know your industry well and they are likely to become your loyal customers.
Publish on a regular basis
Your blog is a great way to build credibility in your industry and within your niche. But for that, you need to post and update your blog on a regular basis. Blogging regularly makes a lasting impression on customers mind.
Make it a habit to post business updates, industry news, latest products, discounts and more. Posting relevant content on a regular basis shows that you are keeping your potential customers informed about your business and it helps you stay connected with your customers.
Add share buttons
To make your blog shareable, you need to use social networking icons like Twitter, Facebook, Google +1 and LinkedIn at the bottom of your blog post. If readers find your blog useful and informative, it becomes easy for them to share your blog with others.
In this way you will slowly begin to attract more readers who are interested in your blog and consequently, drive traffic.
Encourage readers to comment on your blog
Encourage your readers to leave a comment in the comment box at the end of the article. It shows that you are ready to take their feedback. It also helps you know your visitors concerns and address them properly.
You also need to reply to the comments you receive, it shows that you care about the readers? opinions. Readers like it when their comments are responded, they will participate actively and you will slowly build a blogging community.
There are many advantages of maintaining a business blog and if you follow these tips, you will surely create a great blog that will help you promote your business.Article Source: Consulting LLC offers small business Internet marketing services across the USA. Marvist's blog helps you engage your readers by providing useful content, and make them loyal, and choose your products/services. Use Marvist blog writing service to update your company's blog and build respect as well as connect with the audience.
The 5 tips listed in this article will help you create and maintain a great blog your business website. Keep reading.
Write for your niche market
First you need to know who your prospects are, what information are they looking for and what they want to know about your products/services and your business and then give them relevant information about your niche.
Your blog is for your potential customers, so write for them. Your blog should be able to provide them clarity and solve their problems; otherwise they will not consider your business to be credible.
Create valuable content
This is very important. A successful business blog is the one that can provide valuable content to its customers. In addition to talking about your products, services and your business, you need to educate your customers on how to properly make a purchasing decision. This is the value addition you will be adding in your blog and this is what customers are looking for.
By adding valuable content in your blog, you create a bond with your customers and it shows them that you know your industry well and they are likely to become your loyal customers.
Publish on a regular basis
Your blog is a great way to build credibility in your industry and within your niche. But for that, you need to post and update your blog on a regular basis. Blogging regularly makes a lasting impression on customers mind.
Make it a habit to post business updates, industry news, latest products, discounts and more. Posting relevant content on a regular basis shows that you are keeping your potential customers informed about your business and it helps you stay connected with your customers.
Add share buttons
To make your blog shareable, you need to use social networking icons like Twitter, Facebook, Google +1 and LinkedIn at the bottom of your blog post. If readers find your blog useful and informative, it becomes easy for them to share your blog with others.
In this way you will slowly begin to attract more readers who are interested in your blog and consequently, drive traffic.
Encourage readers to comment on your blog
Encourage your readers to leave a comment in the comment box at the end of the article. It shows that you are ready to take their feedback. It also helps you know your visitors concerns and address them properly.
You also need to reply to the comments you receive, it shows that you care about the readers? opinions. Readers like it when their comments are responded, they will participate actively and you will slowly build a blogging community.
There are many advantages of maintaining a business blog and if you follow these tips, you will surely create a great blog that will help you promote your business.Article Source: Consulting LLC offers small business Internet marketing services across the USA. Marvist's blog helps you engage your readers by providing useful content, and make them loyal, and choose your products/services. Use Marvist blog writing service to update your company's blog and build respect as well as connect with the audience.
Best Ways To Generate Outstanding Content For Your Blog
Should your blog not be doing as well as it should, you need to have a plan of action before you actually start one to avoid this.
If you go to your server logs, and you see that people are spending less than a minute there on each page, this can be very disheartening. You might want to find an experienced Web writer, and have them evaluate what is actually going on. In order to get this problem under control, having this critical feedback may be exactly what you need.
If you want your blog post to go over well, it should be structured the same way that you would structure an article. Good structure is constructed of very specific parts, parts that people have gotten quite used to, even if they don't know it. Even if a reader isn't cognizant of each element individually, he or she will instinctively know when something is off or a part of the structure is missing. The sort of structure you need to follow is going to depend primarily on what kind of content you want to compose. Maybe you're going to compose a product review or maybe you're post is going to compare as well as contrast a variety of products. Try to remember, however, that comparing two products works the best because it frees up room to go into specifics. Content that talks about one specific product or service is going to have its own structure. Every post that you do on your block needs to have an organizational structure. Readers may not be experienced at the English-language, but they will certainly be able to tell that it feels wrong when reading it. You do the same thing when you're reading blogs. When you are reading content, you can tell very easily if the writer is actually saying something, or just writing things down to do it. So prior to making your own post, sketch it out, and get an outline before you write anything. Just start with what you want to say (your main point) and then write the rest. You can then explain to the reader the purpose for writing this content. Of course, the reader might not care one way or another about what you have to say. Essentially, your writing an opinion piece, an expression of your own views on a certain topic that you are writing about.
Spice up your blog content rather than just reporting on something or giving straight information. One way to do this is by finding a relevant topic in your niche and writing about it.
Once you find this information, write an opposing viewpoint to what you have just read. You can find a counter-argument and just write about it. So if you find a topic that you have some problems with, passionately write about the opposing opinion. Whatever you write, this will come through in a much more believable way if you are completely sincere. The topic that you write about, if you are passionate about it, this energy will certainly come through. And once the reader has completed your article, they will make comments on what you have said.
Even though you may write great content, you need to do a little more to make your blog posts successful. The best place to start is with good content, and then create a post that they won't soon forget. Since everything is secondary to good content, make sure you create blog posts that are invigorating to read.
If you go to your server logs, and you see that people are spending less than a minute there on each page, this can be very disheartening. You might want to find an experienced Web writer, and have them evaluate what is actually going on. In order to get this problem under control, having this critical feedback may be exactly what you need.
If you want your blog post to go over well, it should be structured the same way that you would structure an article. Good structure is constructed of very specific parts, parts that people have gotten quite used to, even if they don't know it. Even if a reader isn't cognizant of each element individually, he or she will instinctively know when something is off or a part of the structure is missing. The sort of structure you need to follow is going to depend primarily on what kind of content you want to compose. Maybe you're going to compose a product review or maybe you're post is going to compare as well as contrast a variety of products. Try to remember, however, that comparing two products works the best because it frees up room to go into specifics. Content that talks about one specific product or service is going to have its own structure. Every post that you do on your block needs to have an organizational structure. Readers may not be experienced at the English-language, but they will certainly be able to tell that it feels wrong when reading it. You do the same thing when you're reading blogs. When you are reading content, you can tell very easily if the writer is actually saying something, or just writing things down to do it. So prior to making your own post, sketch it out, and get an outline before you write anything. Just start with what you want to say (your main point) and then write the rest. You can then explain to the reader the purpose for writing this content. Of course, the reader might not care one way or another about what you have to say. Essentially, your writing an opinion piece, an expression of your own views on a certain topic that you are writing about.
Spice up your blog content rather than just reporting on something or giving straight information. One way to do this is by finding a relevant topic in your niche and writing about it.
Once you find this information, write an opposing viewpoint to what you have just read. You can find a counter-argument and just write about it. So if you find a topic that you have some problems with, passionately write about the opposing opinion. Whatever you write, this will come through in a much more believable way if you are completely sincere. The topic that you write about, if you are passionate about it, this energy will certainly come through. And once the reader has completed your article, they will make comments on what you have said.
Even though you may write great content, you need to do a little more to make your blog posts successful. The best place to start is with good content, and then create a post that they won't soon forget. Since everything is secondary to good content, make sure you create blog posts that are invigorating to read.
Promote Your Blog For Free With These 10 Effective Traffic-Generating Tips by Gregory De Villiers
To the majority of people, a blog is simply an online journal where computer nerds, geeks, lonely teenagers or political activists record their views and thoughts in cyberspace. However, a few savvy Internet marketers have seen the true amazing potential of blogging in generating online business and sales. Blogs have been quietly revolutionizing the way business is done on the web. Now is the time to join the "blogging revolution" and to get your share of the blog profits.
The huge advantage of blogs is the ease at which non-technical people can set them up and update their blog content almost immediately. Once set up, blogs are easier to drive traffic to than regular websites. Here are some practical tips to get traffic zooming to your blog in minutes: ( for more great tips on how to promote and profit from your blog, visit )
1) Submit your blog to the regular search engines such as Google, Yahoo, MSN etc.
2) Also submit your blog to blog directories such as Yahoo, DMOZ, Moreover, Syndic8, Newsisfree etc. For a comprehensive list of blog directories and resources, go to
3) Find other blogs in your niche area, read them and make comments on them. Your comments must be useful and interesting to get noticed. Incorporate a link to your own blog to promote it via your posted comments.
4) Place a subscription form on your site with Bloglet. Readers who subscribe get sent a single email from Bloglet informing them of your blog updates. For more information on Bloglet subscription forms, visit
5) Pinging refers to the process by which a blogsite notifies one or more servers every time new content or material is posted on that blog. Use Ping-O-Matic to ping the blog directories. Try and do this whenever you update content. To learn more about pinging, go to
6) Make sure every page on your website has a link to your blog.
7) Also include a link to your blog on all outgoing correspondence, including emails, autoresponders, reports, sales copy etc.
8) It is important that you have an RSS feed URL that people can subscribe to. RSS( Rich Site Summary\Really Simple Syndication) is a group of file formats used by blogs and websites for creating web syndicates. RSS feeds are used to provide items containing short descriptions of web\blog content together with a link to the full version of the content. To discover how RSS readers work, visit
9) Keep posting to your blog to attract readers to return and also to recommend you to others. It's a good idea to include links to other websites, blogs and articles in your posts.
10) Regular blogging is a must. Try to add new content to your blog daily or at least weekly to attract search engine spiders and boost your ratings.
With these top blog promotion tips, you will have traffic swarming to your blogsite in record time. Make your blog the new "buzz" everyone is talking about!
Gregory De Villiers writes on a variety of Internet and computer related topics. Visit for more valuable tips on blogs and blogging.
Note to publishers: You may freely republish this article as is, without editing or modification, and all links must be kept live.
The huge advantage of blogs is the ease at which non-technical people can set them up and update their blog content almost immediately. Once set up, blogs are easier to drive traffic to than regular websites. Here are some practical tips to get traffic zooming to your blog in minutes: ( for more great tips on how to promote and profit from your blog, visit )
1) Submit your blog to the regular search engines such as Google, Yahoo, MSN etc.
2) Also submit your blog to blog directories such as Yahoo, DMOZ, Moreover, Syndic8, Newsisfree etc. For a comprehensive list of blog directories and resources, go to
3) Find other blogs in your niche area, read them and make comments on them. Your comments must be useful and interesting to get noticed. Incorporate a link to your own blog to promote it via your posted comments.
4) Place a subscription form on your site with Bloglet. Readers who subscribe get sent a single email from Bloglet informing them of your blog updates. For more information on Bloglet subscription forms, visit
5) Pinging refers to the process by which a blogsite notifies one or more servers every time new content or material is posted on that blog. Use Ping-O-Matic to ping the blog directories. Try and do this whenever you update content. To learn more about pinging, go to
6) Make sure every page on your website has a link to your blog.
7) Also include a link to your blog on all outgoing correspondence, including emails, autoresponders, reports, sales copy etc.
8) It is important that you have an RSS feed URL that people can subscribe to. RSS( Rich Site Summary\Really Simple Syndication) is a group of file formats used by blogs and websites for creating web syndicates. RSS feeds are used to provide items containing short descriptions of web\blog content together with a link to the full version of the content. To discover how RSS readers work, visit
9) Keep posting to your blog to attract readers to return and also to recommend you to others. It's a good idea to include links to other websites, blogs and articles in your posts.
10) Regular blogging is a must. Try to add new content to your blog daily or at least weekly to attract search engine spiders and boost your ratings.
With these top blog promotion tips, you will have traffic swarming to your blogsite in record time. Make your blog the new "buzz" everyone is talking about!
Gregory De Villiers writes on a variety of Internet and computer related topics. Visit for more valuable tips on blogs and blogging.
Note to publishers: You may freely republish this article as is, without editing or modification, and all links must be kept live.
✅ Greed and Desire - Do You Know the Difference?
What is the difference between greed and desire for riches?
"Greed" is wanting something that you do not deserve or did not work for, such as overcharging for a service or product or stealing someone else's money.
"Desire" for riches is wanting a fair price for a great service or product that you provide to millions of people who need or want it. Don't feel guilty about wanting anything, unless you intend to steal it.
MONEY: GOOD OR BAD FOR US?
Why are we so conflicted about money? We have all heard the following sayings: “Money is the root of all evil. " “Money is power. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. " “Money can't buy happiness. " “Money can't buy love. " “Money can't buy friends. " “The best things in life are free. " “No one can earn a million dollars honestly. " Do you share these beliefs?
Or, do you agree with these: “Money makes the world go around. " “Lack of money is the root of all evil. " “Rich or poor, it's good to have money. " “If you want to know the value of money, try to borrow some. " “Whoever said money can't buy happiness didn't know where to shop. " “All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy. " “Being rich is having money; being wealthy is having time. "
Ever watch the hit game show “Deal or No Deal" on NBC? If you still doubt whether people really want money, a lot of money, watch that show. Average, sensible, nice families, who are obviously neither rich nor poor, absolutely go to pieces, many of them breaking down in tears and no longer able to stand, while trying to decide between taking home a $200,000 guaranteed windfall or taking a 1 in 4 chance of winning $1 million. Each time, the live studio audience seems equally emotionally invested in the family's dilemma. If $1 million, or even $200,000, is such an evil thing, then why do nice families fall to pieces at the chance of having it? If you don't value money, you don't value freedom.
When you have money, you can always give some or even all of it away if having it offends your beliefs or sensibilities. But, at least you would have the choice. The choice to work if you want or not. The choice to take a day, a week, or month off, or not. The choice to meet people you always wanted to meet, go where you always wanted to go, and do everything you always wanted to do. In a sentence, money gives you the power to do whatever you want whenever you want, as long as it doesn't hurt others. In a word: Freedom.
VALUE HAS A FAIR PRICE
Do you think everyone should get what they want without working for it or paying for it? Of course not! We can't and don't expect entrepreneurs to offer their valuable services and products to us for free. They are entitled to a fair price for investing their time and money to develop their ideas into the services and products we want and for making them available to us for the price we are willing to pay. So what is wrong with wanting to get rich based on the time and money we invest in bringing our services or products to all those who want it?
Maybe you just think it's wrong to want a billion dollars for something that cost you, say, only a few thousand dollars in the beginning to develop, market, produce, and sell to the public. Don't worry, even if you are lucky enough to start your business with so little cash, you will need a whole lot more than that to grow it into a billion dollar business. Do you think Starbucks is greedy to charge $3 for a cup of coffee? You wouldn't if you knew the history of the company dating back to 1971 and the investments the owners made over the years to make it grow from one small store in a Seattle shopping center to more than 7,500 world-wide as of February 2007. In any event, they make good coffee and make us feel good when we treat ourselves to a cup now and then. That is the value we want and get for standing in long lines and paying top dollar.
LUCKY MONEY v. HARD-EARNED CASH
Would you think it was wrong if you won millions of dollars in a lottery with the purchase of a mere $1 ticket? No! You would jump for joy and thank your lucky stars! You bought the ticket to try to win, and the higher the jackpot the better! So, don't be hard on people who do so much more than just buy a lottery ticket-putting their blood, sweat, and tears into their businesses-to make the same millions. And, don't be afraid to want the same for yourself, if you are willing to work hard for it, too!
In fact, you are much more likely to keep your millions if you earned it as opposed to winning it because it is the work of earning it, saving it, and investing it that teaches you to keep your millions and grow it into a billion dollars. Hence, the many true stories about lottery winners who quickly blow their winnings, and of celebrities who rocket to fame and riches only to lose it all by foolish overspending or, worse, by blindly trusting someone else to handle all their money. Don't play the lottery. Study how to get rich, and then do it! It's not easy, but it is simple.
SIMPLE v. EASY
Simple means easy to understand, like the following formula for success: If you want X, find out how most people got X, then do exactly what they did. Simple, yes. But, easy? That depends on what X is. If it's getting rich, the answer is usually no because “easy" means “not difficult. " Here is how you would apply the formula for success to the goal of getting rich: If you want to be rich, find out how most people got rich, then do exactly what they did. Although this is a simple plan, it is still difficult to carry out. It's possible-and simple-but not easy. It requires a lot of discipline.
In my prior article “Millionaires v. Billionaires, " I gave some simple tips on how to start getting rich by sticking to a frugal lifestyle and investing the savings into conservative investments and further suggesting your own business if you are shooting for a really big fortune in your lifetime. Those tips are based on data collected from American millionaires who started with less than $100,000 annual income. The plan is very simple, yet difficult in that they require a lot of discipline.
CONCLUSION
Most people say they would like to be millionaires, but most people won't follow the simple, nearly risk-free plan to become one because they find it too difficult to switch to a truly frugal lifestyle. Wouldn't it be great if we could all follow the formula of make money, save money, and invest money to become millionaires? To defeat the odds by overcoming the temptations to follow the crowd and spend, spend, spend is truly heroic! But, why stop there? Why not be a billionaire? To learn how, read my next article “How to Be a Billionaire in 10 Steps. "
Copyright © Shanel Yang
Easy Steps to Success
(blog)
(archive)
Shanel Yang shares the Easy Steps to Success that she has distilled after trial and error since 1971, when she came to the U. S. from South Korea with her parents and three younger sisters. Her parents had no education, no marketable skills, knew no English, and only $50 when they landed at LAX with absolutely no idea how they would survive in this new country. The responsibilities were divided between the parents and Shanel like this: The parents earned as much money as they could with odd jobs, like janitorial work in a church, dishwashing in a restaurant, and sewing in a downtown sweatshop, while Shanel learned as much as she could about how to do everything else in this country and taught it to the entire family.
All of that responsibility from such an early age left Shanel with a lifelong desire to help others similarly in need of all the important lessons she had to learn to help her family survive-and eventually thrive-in this great country. She went to UCLA Law School and practiced law for 10 years in Los Angeles. Now, she has begun her second career as a writer to provide self help advice to help others succeed in their lives. Her formula is People, Work, and Money. And, for immigrants who are struggling now as her family once did, she adds English and Law. Shanel believes that success in life can be simple if you focus on people first, work second, and money third. To simplify it further, if you have great relationships-especially the most important one, which is with yourself-the rest will naturally follow. Dare to be awesome! Strive to be your own hero!
"Greed" is wanting something that you do not deserve or did not work for, such as overcharging for a service or product or stealing someone else's money.
"Desire" for riches is wanting a fair price for a great service or product that you provide to millions of people who need or want it. Don't feel guilty about wanting anything, unless you intend to steal it.
MONEY: GOOD OR BAD FOR US?
Why are we so conflicted about money? We have all heard the following sayings: “Money is the root of all evil. " “Money is power. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. " “Money can't buy happiness. " “Money can't buy love. " “Money can't buy friends. " “The best things in life are free. " “No one can earn a million dollars honestly. " Do you share these beliefs?
Or, do you agree with these: “Money makes the world go around. " “Lack of money is the root of all evil. " “Rich or poor, it's good to have money. " “If you want to know the value of money, try to borrow some. " “Whoever said money can't buy happiness didn't know where to shop. " “All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy. " “Being rich is having money; being wealthy is having time. "
Ever watch the hit game show “Deal or No Deal" on NBC? If you still doubt whether people really want money, a lot of money, watch that show. Average, sensible, nice families, who are obviously neither rich nor poor, absolutely go to pieces, many of them breaking down in tears and no longer able to stand, while trying to decide between taking home a $200,000 guaranteed windfall or taking a 1 in 4 chance of winning $1 million. Each time, the live studio audience seems equally emotionally invested in the family's dilemma. If $1 million, or even $200,000, is such an evil thing, then why do nice families fall to pieces at the chance of having it? If you don't value money, you don't value freedom.
When you have money, you can always give some or even all of it away if having it offends your beliefs or sensibilities. But, at least you would have the choice. The choice to work if you want or not. The choice to take a day, a week, or month off, or not. The choice to meet people you always wanted to meet, go where you always wanted to go, and do everything you always wanted to do. In a sentence, money gives you the power to do whatever you want whenever you want, as long as it doesn't hurt others. In a word: Freedom.
VALUE HAS A FAIR PRICE
Do you think everyone should get what they want without working for it or paying for it? Of course not! We can't and don't expect entrepreneurs to offer their valuable services and products to us for free. They are entitled to a fair price for investing their time and money to develop their ideas into the services and products we want and for making them available to us for the price we are willing to pay. So what is wrong with wanting to get rich based on the time and money we invest in bringing our services or products to all those who want it?
Maybe you just think it's wrong to want a billion dollars for something that cost you, say, only a few thousand dollars in the beginning to develop, market, produce, and sell to the public. Don't worry, even if you are lucky enough to start your business with so little cash, you will need a whole lot more than that to grow it into a billion dollar business. Do you think Starbucks is greedy to charge $3 for a cup of coffee? You wouldn't if you knew the history of the company dating back to 1971 and the investments the owners made over the years to make it grow from one small store in a Seattle shopping center to more than 7,500 world-wide as of February 2007. In any event, they make good coffee and make us feel good when we treat ourselves to a cup now and then. That is the value we want and get for standing in long lines and paying top dollar.
LUCKY MONEY v. HARD-EARNED CASH
Would you think it was wrong if you won millions of dollars in a lottery with the purchase of a mere $1 ticket? No! You would jump for joy and thank your lucky stars! You bought the ticket to try to win, and the higher the jackpot the better! So, don't be hard on people who do so much more than just buy a lottery ticket-putting their blood, sweat, and tears into their businesses-to make the same millions. And, don't be afraid to want the same for yourself, if you are willing to work hard for it, too!
In fact, you are much more likely to keep your millions if you earned it as opposed to winning it because it is the work of earning it, saving it, and investing it that teaches you to keep your millions and grow it into a billion dollars. Hence, the many true stories about lottery winners who quickly blow their winnings, and of celebrities who rocket to fame and riches only to lose it all by foolish overspending or, worse, by blindly trusting someone else to handle all their money. Don't play the lottery. Study how to get rich, and then do it! It's not easy, but it is simple.
SIMPLE v. EASY
Simple means easy to understand, like the following formula for success: If you want X, find out how most people got X, then do exactly what they did. Simple, yes. But, easy? That depends on what X is. If it's getting rich, the answer is usually no because “easy" means “not difficult. " Here is how you would apply the formula for success to the goal of getting rich: If you want to be rich, find out how most people got rich, then do exactly what they did. Although this is a simple plan, it is still difficult to carry out. It's possible-and simple-but not easy. It requires a lot of discipline.
In my prior article “Millionaires v. Billionaires, " I gave some simple tips on how to start getting rich by sticking to a frugal lifestyle and investing the savings into conservative investments and further suggesting your own business if you are shooting for a really big fortune in your lifetime. Those tips are based on data collected from American millionaires who started with less than $100,000 annual income. The plan is very simple, yet difficult in that they require a lot of discipline.
CONCLUSION
Most people say they would like to be millionaires, but most people won't follow the simple, nearly risk-free plan to become one because they find it too difficult to switch to a truly frugal lifestyle. Wouldn't it be great if we could all follow the formula of make money, save money, and invest money to become millionaires? To defeat the odds by overcoming the temptations to follow the crowd and spend, spend, spend is truly heroic! But, why stop there? Why not be a billionaire? To learn how, read my next article “How to Be a Billionaire in 10 Steps. "
Copyright © Shanel Yang
Easy Steps to Success
(blog)
(archive)
Shanel Yang shares the Easy Steps to Success that she has distilled after trial and error since 1971, when she came to the U. S. from South Korea with her parents and three younger sisters. Her parents had no education, no marketable skills, knew no English, and only $50 when they landed at LAX with absolutely no idea how they would survive in this new country. The responsibilities were divided between the parents and Shanel like this: The parents earned as much money as they could with odd jobs, like janitorial work in a church, dishwashing in a restaurant, and sewing in a downtown sweatshop, while Shanel learned as much as she could about how to do everything else in this country and taught it to the entire family.
All of that responsibility from such an early age left Shanel with a lifelong desire to help others similarly in need of all the important lessons she had to learn to help her family survive-and eventually thrive-in this great country. She went to UCLA Law School and practiced law for 10 years in Los Angeles. Now, she has begun her second career as a writer to provide self help advice to help others succeed in their lives. Her formula is People, Work, and Money. And, for immigrants who are struggling now as her family once did, she adds English and Law. Shanel believes that success in life can be simple if you focus on people first, work second, and money third. To simplify it further, if you have great relationships-especially the most important one, which is with yourself-the rest will naturally follow. Dare to be awesome! Strive to be your own hero!
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