BloggingTips.com Has Got A New Design – 3 Secrets

BloggingTips.com Has Got A New Design – 3 Secrets


Hurry, BloggingTips has got a new look!

I've been a regular contributor on this blog and I must say it's one of the best moments I cherish as a writer.

I was glad to see the new design, an awesome theme and how customized everything was.

But that's not all; I think Zac has done a fantastic job with this new project. It's the best decision ever. Kudos to you!

Admiring the design is good, but more has to come in. Our goal with BT is to ensure you grow your own blog and bring it to an A-list level.

Below, you'll find 3 secrets that can help your blog experience a meteoric growth. You don't have to stand to watch how others are doing it, get started today:

1. List Building Is "Vital"

If you look at the BloggingTips homepage, you'll see leads capture system at work. Zac has decided to focus mostly on capturing readers' email addresses and every visitor who comes to check out latest stuffs here.

Does it mean he should have started building a list earlier? Off course, he has an optin box on the sidebar – which generates trickles of leads I presume, but that's not enough for building a blog empire. You need to totally focus on building a mailing list.

To help you understand the power of email marketing, here is a quote from my affiliate mentor:

The success of your internet business is directly proportional to the number of people you're able to reach at the click of a button – Ewen Chia

2. Branding Is the Key

How unique is your business to millions of similar businesses around?

When it comes to building a profitable blog, branding is fundamental. Don't try to build a blog first, before instilling the brand image on readers' heart – from the outset, set up systems and platforms to make your blog stand out. Over 100,000 fresh blogs are being launched every day; you wouldn't want to compete with that number.

Bloggers don't have to compete; we only need to complement each other. Find out a 'thought' or information that prospects are searching for and fill it. Zac has created a powerful brand for BT.

Did you see his customized avatar holding dollar bills? Look at the dollar sign inscribed on his shirt, the crown showing kingship and authority. That's branding my dear. Use this same secret to boost your blog.

3. Exclusive, Quality Contents

The last secret I want to share with you on the new bloggingTips design is the exclusive contents on it. Most of the blogs out there that have landing pages as the forefront page do not provide enough quality contents to gladden readers' heart.

But here, if you're not interested in subscribing, you can click the blog (menu link) and dive into the blog itself. Those who were not convinced to subscribe initially would definitely reconsider, having satisfied their taste for exceptional contents.

So, when you're building a list of targeted subscribers, make sure you've figured out the best contents to feed them. People who visit your blog have one thing which is dear to their hearts and they can do anything to get it. Valuable information is what they crave for and if you can't provide it, don't blame them for leaving.

Your backend product should be exclusive, quality contents. Consistently deliver on this and your blog will grow exponentially.
Over to you

What did you like about the new BloggingTips design? Share your comment and views. Your success is sure – see you at the top!

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How to Upgrade WordPress via SSH - DailyBlogTips

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How to Upgrade WordPress via SSH Posted: 21 May 2012 05:40 AM PDT For most WordPress users updating to a newer version is pretty straight forward: log into the WordPress dashboard, click on “Updates” and then select the option to update WordPress. Within 10 seconds or so you are set. Depending on the settings of your server, though, the automatic update option will not work. In this case you’ll need to perform the update manually, which means deleting and uploading the files via FTP, which takes a lot of time (around 15 minutes for all WordPress files with an average Internet connection). Is there a better way? Yep, and it’s called SSH. SSH stands for Secure Shell, and it’s a protocol for remote communications. Using this protocol you can basically connect to your server and perform commands as if you were using the computer personally. Warning: Make sure to backup all your data and databases before trying any type of update, as you could mess things up and lose everything. Try the stuff below at your own risk. First of all you need to contact your hosting provider to make sure you have SSH enabled on your account. After that you can login to your server by typing ssh user@mydomain.com on the command line, and after that you’ll be prompted to put your password. Usually the user and password are the same of your FTP account, but they might be different. Once you are logged in you need to browse to your public_html directory, which is usually where WordPress is installed. If you are using a sub-directory, navigate to it. Then type this to download the latest WordPress files: wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz After that type this to decompress the file: tar xfz latest.tar.gz Next we need to delete the wp-admin and wp-includes directories, which you can do with the following commands: rm -rf ./wp-includes rm -rf ./wp-admin Now you want to move the new wp-admin and wp-include directories to the root, so type the following commands: mv ./wordpress/wp-admin ./ mv ./wordpress/wp-includes ./ Finally, go inside the WordPress directory with cd wordpress and copy its content to the parent directory (i.e., the root) overwriting the old ones: cp -rpf -f * ../ Finally, type “cd ..” to go back to the root directory and delete both the tar file you downloaded and the wordpress directory with this: rm -rf ./wordpress/ rm -f latest.tar.gz That’s it. All you have to do now is to run the upgrade script on your WordPress install (i.e., domain.com/wp-admin/upgraded.php). Original Post: How to Upgrade WordPress via SSH

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Clip Full Pages from the Web and Organize Them with Meaki

Clip Full Pages from the Web and Organize Them with Meaki

Have you ever wanted to save a full Web page as opposed to just a small section of the page? If you’ve been looking for an easy way to clip and save entire Web pages, meet Meaki.

“Meaki makes it easy for anyone to clip Web pages they visit into a visually engaging collection called a Clipset. You can share your Clipsets with the world or keep them private.”

 You can get signed up and started clipping content with Meaki in a matter of minutes.

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Schedulling Blog Posts and Automating Everything Else

Scheduling Blog Posts and Automating Everything Else

The only truly non-renewable resource is your time and that’s why it pays to find ways to give yourself more time. Outsourcing, as mentioned in earlier articles, can prove very fruitful in this regard. Another way that you can save some precious time is to automate the tasks that would otherwise occupy an increasingly large part of your blogging day.

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Must Have WordPress Plugins that You Will Love!

Must Have WordPress Plugins that You Will Love!
As you probably know, WordPress is the way to go and the tool to use for a fast and painless online business project. The only problem with that is the way how WordPress works. It has some core features that allow you to create posts and pages… and maybe one or two more things. And that's pretty much it. The good thing is that there are like thousands of widgets and plugins out there that allow you to DRASTICALLY change the way WordPress operates. Rest assured I'm not about to talk about all of them now. I don't even know most of them. To be honest there's no need to do that, because once you have a need for some feature or, simply put, functionality, you can just go to the Plugin Directory section of WordPress.org and search to your heart's content.

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Leveraging social media means choices

One of the first things that people who work on the Internet will tell you is the choices for the marketing that you can do can be overwhelming unless you've got a clear plan. That plan needs to include social media and here are few options that will help you to get a little more from some of the more popular choices.

Facebook does a lot of different things for different users and while there are tons of people who use a personal account to get the word out on their goods or services, not everyone knows a business page is available as well. It's a simple process to get started and all you need to do scroll to the bottom of s personal Facebook page, click Pages, and then Create A Page. The things that's different here from other kind of social media marketing is the fact that you'll need to spread the word about your new page organically.

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Google Penguin Update: Can Your Blog Still Make Good Money?

Google Penguin Update: Can Your Blog Still Make Good Money?

Ouch, your blog income just dropped!


The Penguin left the sea and didn't see the ugly blogs out there, but yours.
And you've obeyed SEO rules and optimization tricks from so-called experts who says: write quality contents and build backlinks as much as you can.
Oh, how can I get back my first page ranking in order to make Good money blogging?
Google must have good explanations for these quirky animal names they're using to render my blogging efforts homeless.

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Menggunakan linkbait untuk Keuntungan Puluhan Link Ditujukan untuk Situs Anda

Bukankah lebih baik jika puluhan blogger di niche Anda memberikan Anda backlink ke posting bertarget yang dapat meningkatkan penjualan afiliasi jika Anda peringkat baik di Google? Yah mungkin dengan sedikit kreativitas dan dengan menciptakan sebuah pos linkbait yang meningkatkan ego dari blogger lain dalam niche Anda.
Saya baru-baru menerima puluhan backlink dan tweets pada posting yang hanyalah daftar buku keuangan pribadi. Topik itu sendiri tidak sesuatu yang istimewa, tapi cara saya membuat posting ini bermanfaat karena melaju cukup perhatian sekarang peringkat di halaman pertama Google untuk pencarian yang diinginkan saya.
Idenya sederhana, jajak pendapat para blogger. Aku pernah melihat itu dilakukan sebelum dengan beberapa blog lain tentang blogging jadi saya memutuskan untuk mencoba hal yang sama di ceruk keuangan pribadi. Melihat karena ada ratusan blog di niche saya itu tidak sulit untuk menjangkau ke blog lain dan meminta mereka pertanyaan singkat.
Saya membuat sebuah daftar dari sekitar 100 blogger keuangan pribadi dan mengirim mereka semua email yang mengatakan:

    "Hai (blogger nama),
    Ryan sini dari plantingdollars.com. Saya melakukan posting tentang buku-buku terbaik keuangan pribadi menurut 100 + blogger keuangan pribadi dan saya bertanya-tanya jika Anda hanya bisa menjawab dengan mengatakan saya buku favorit keuangan pribadi Anda. Saya akan memberitahu Anda ketika posting pergi hidup dan memberikan backlink dari itu jika Anda memutuskan untuk berpartisipasi.
    Cheers,

    Ryan

Memang saya tidak memiliki mailing list yang didirikan terlebih dahulu agar saya benar-benar email masing-masing individu yang mengambil sepotong waktu yang baik, tetapi menindaklanjuti mudah sekali email asli ditetapkan.
Aku menunggu sekitar 2 minggu untuk melihat siapa yang menjawab. Total 38 blogger itu akhirnya menanggapi dari 100 yang lebih dari yang saya harapkan. Saya kemudian menciptakan posting berdasarkan respon mereka dan pada akhirnya menjadi suatu posting wawasan dan sepotong linkbait hanya dengan mengajukan pertanyaan lain.
Setelah posting ditulis saya juga menambahkan link afiliasi ke amazon untuk setiap buku yang disebutkan dan seperti yang dijanjikan masing-masing blogger memberikan backlink ke situs mereka.
Ketika posting pergi tinggal masing-masing Saya kemudian diemail kembali satu dengan pesan pribadi tentang memilih mereka dan membiarkan mereka tahu di mana posting berada sehingga mereka dapat dengan mudah link ke sana. Inilah yang saya dikirim untuk kedua kalinya:
    Hey (blogger nama),
Aku Hanya ingin mengirimkan pesan singkat untuk mengucapkan terima kasih untuk meluangkan waktu untuk menjawab pertanyaan saya tentang buku favorit keuangan pribadi Anda. "Art of the Deal" adalah sebuah buku yang saya juga menikmati cukup sedikit dan cukup inspiratif.
Total saya menghabiskan sekitar lima jam email para blogger, kompilasi jawaban mereka, menambah backlink, dan kemudian menindaklanjuti dengan mereka, tapi hasilnya puluhan backlink, dan posting yang berperingkat baik untuk jangka "buku terbaik keuangan pribadi" yang harus drive afiliasi penjualan tanpa batas.
Saya akan mempertimbangkan posting sukses mempertimbangkan akan mengambil secara signifikan lebih lama untuk mendapatkan backlink banyak sebagai tamu melalui posting. Dari pengalaman ini saya berharap untuk melakukan yang lebih sedikit "polling blogger" posting tipe untuk mendapatkan sebuah posting yang mendalam bagi pembaca dan memberikan menang menang bagi backlink untuk diriku sendiri dan para blogger yang berpartisipasi.
Apakah Anda memiliki keberuntungan mengumpulkan informasi dari blogger lain dalam niche Anda dan mengubahnya menjadi sebuah tulisan?

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Yogile – The Easiest Way to Share Photos with a Group

Yogile – The Easiest Way to Share Photos with a Group
If you’re looking for a super easy way to share photos with a private or public group, Yogile is the answer. Not only can you password protect albums as well as customize your album email & album URL, but you can also lets others add photos to your albums. Yogile is great for collaborating on photo albums with family members or a group of friends.

Creating and managing your albums are not the only simple thing about Yogile. It’s also extremely easy to sign up to use the service; you only need an email address and password. You can also choose a password for your album when signing up; this is only needed if you want your initial album to be private.
There is currently a monthly usage of 100MB, but you can get an unlimited amount of storage for $24.95 per year. This will give you unlimited uploads, storage and photo albums; you’ll also get “complete ad-free sharing and browsing”. That’s an affordable price for someone who is planning to share a lot of photos.
There are three ways to upload photos: via email, mobile MMS and direct uploads via the site. As I stated above, the email that you use to send in photos can be customized per album; so each album can have a different yet customize URL and email address for sharing that you can give to your family or friends to use as well. You can easily make it something that everyone will be able to remember.

Yogile has basic features like being able to edit your album title, viewing images in different overviews (small, medium, large), sorting photos by oldest or newest and viewing photos as a slideshow. For each album you can choose to review photo submissions before having them added to your albums. You can also choose to have your album listed in the public directory. So you really have control over your albums and who can see them.

With it’s dead simple setup and ease of use, Yogile is great for the whole family. It’s also easy to share photos via email with the built in share button. Unfortunately, there are not social sharing buttons; that would definitely be a nice addition to the site. In a nut shell, Yogile is the easiest group photo sharing & collaboration, and definitely worth giving a try.

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Rahasia Menjadi 10 Top Artikel di Lintas Berita

Rahasia Menjadi 10 Top Artikel di Lintas Berita
Di artikel sebelumnya yang berjudul "Lintas Berita Efektif Naikkan Traffic Pengunjung", saya coba berbagi Bagaimana Cara Naikkan Pengunjung Blog. Disana disebutkan bahwa judul artikel yang saya "titipkan" ke Lintas Berita memiliki Pageviews tinggi. Selain itu, artikel tersebut juga mendapat "cipratan" keyword yang kuat dimesin pencari khususnya Google dan Yahoo. Artinya, jumlah pengunjung saya makin bertambah saja.

Penulis dibalik Artikel ini:
Andi Kusuma  |  http://www.kedaiobat.co.cc

Beberapa Tips Agar Menjadi 10 Top Artikel Di Lintas Berita adalah :

1. Buatlah Konten berita yang original. Artinya berita yang ingin kita buat, didasarkan dari Data Sekunder. Data yang kita dapat dari beberapa data primer yang kuat dasar dan faktanya serta dapat dipertanggung jawabkan.

Hindari men-copy habis semua artikel yang menjadi Top Artikel disana. Sadurlah beberapa kalimat dengan mencantumkan sumbernya. Jika hal ini tidak dilakukan, Pasti hasilnya percuma saja! Traffic pasti akan "Kalah" dengan pembuat artikel yang pertama kali. Sedangkan Keyword di mesin pencari pun akan jauh tertinggal.

2. Buat Judul Artikel Yang Menarik. Pembaca akan segera meng-klik segala yang berbau "Penasaran" di halaman Berita Baru Melintas di Lintas Berita. Gunakan kata-kata efektif seperti kata penarik Pembaca, seperti : "Bussyeet!", "Inilah..", "Berita Hot..", "6 Fakta Terbaru..", dsb. Contoh berita ini : Inilah Ibu Termuda Didunia, Empat Orang Yang Mirip Presiden, Nama-Nama Bola Piala Dunia, dsb.

3. Berita Yang Disajikan Up To Date . Artinya kontent berita disesuaikan dengan hal yang sedang Hot pada saat ini. Misalnya : Siapa Pengganti Mbah Maridjan? , Daftar Gunung Berapi Lainnya Berpotensi Meletus, 6 Dampak Akibat Letusan Merapi, dsb.

4. Perhatikan Keyword Pada Judul Posting. Sebelum kita posting, silakan ketik dulu Keyword dari judul artikel sobat yang akan Submit ke Lintas Berita. Lihat 20 situs terdepan disana, apakah ada salah satunya datang dari Lintas Berita? Jika ada, mending sobat urungkan niat untuk posting itu. Jika belum, silakan "Tembak Keyword" tersebut dijudul postingan sobat. Kalau bisa merangkum seluruh Keyword yang dicari orang. Misalnya : "Info CPNS DKI Jakarta Di Situs Resmi Pemkot Jakarta.Go.Id Tahun 2010". Judul ini adalah gabungan seluruh keyword tentang Info CPNS Jakarta 2010, coba cek saja sob!

5. Perhatikan Pagerank Situs Pesaing Anda Di Keyword Judul Postingan. Jika di Keyword yang ingin sobat posting, urutan pertama sampai sepuluh, adalah dibawah Pagerank Lintas Berita yakni = 4, maka langsung saja (Babat Man!). Segera posting. Cara ini dan diatas ditujukan agar, sobat mendapat 2 keuntungan dari 1 artikel sobat. Pertama, mendapat Traffic Melimpah Dari Lintas Berita, dan Memperoleh Rangking 10 Besar Pencarian Google.

Selain mendapat Traffic dan Posisi Bagus di Google SE, Tips Agar Menjadi Top Artikel Di Lintas Berita ini dapat membantu sobat dalam mengikuti Kontes Blogger. Seperti : Kontes SEO Yang Berjudul "Pasang Iklan Gratis Sebagai Langkah Awal Mulai Bisnis Online". Banyak Manfaat Dari Kontes SEO ini. Selain teman dan keakraban, Kontes SEO ini dapat menambah pengetahuan kita dalam meng-optimasi artikel atau blog kita agar lebih baik lagi (Promosi Blog).

Demikian 5 Tips Agar Menjadi 10 Top Artikel Di Lintas Berita ala "Nyubie". Semoga bermanfaat dan berguna. Terima kasih.

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What Is High, Normal And Low Bounce Rates?

In the past I already explained what is bounce rate, and why small and new websites tend to display their bounce rates incorrectly. Today I want to talk about what is considered to be high, normal and low bounce rates.
The first thing we need to consider is that every type of website will have a different ballpark number for what is considered high, normal and low bounce rates. Online forums, for examples, will naturally have lower bounce rates when compared to blogs, because people tend to read many threads on forums, while blog readers might visit the site to read a single post and move on.
The second thing to consider is the fact that a high bounce rate might not be a bad thing. If you have a website where your priority is to make money with ads, for example, you’ll want people to click on these ads, so a high bounce rate would mean you are well optimized (provided people are bouncing by clicking on the ads and not by closing their browsers’ tabs).
With that out of the way let’s talk numbers.
As far as blogs go I would say that a high bounce rate is one above 70%. It’s a high number, but that is because blogs are naturally “bouncy.” Blogs have many subscribers, and those are users who might visit the blog only to read the latest post.
If you have many ads on your blog, and making money with them is one of your priorities, then a high bounce rate might be acceptable. For example, on my other blog my bounce rate is around 82%, and I am fine with that because the CTR on my ad units is quite high.
If you don’t have many ads on your blog and your priority is to grow your traffic and audience, then your bounce rate should be between 40% and 70%, which is the normal range in my opinion.
Finally, if you have exceptionally engaging content and a very user friendly design you might get your bounce rate below the 40% mark, which I consider to be low (and therefore very good).
Over To The Readers
Defining what is high, normal and low bounce rate is always tricky. If you research around the web you’ll find all kinds of answers. That is why I wanted to ask you guys what is your bounce rate (if you know it) and what you consider or heard to be high and low bounce rates.

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Why Your Story Matters

One of the first things I’ve started saying to my new clients is: “Tell me your story.”
Which seems like a strange thing to say, considering that the blogosphere is rife with people telling their stories. Person X blogs about their new cat, Person Y blogs about where they went to dinner last night, and honestly, readers could care less about both of those people.
There are two types of bloggers out there. The first type talks about themselves in diary fashion, writing ad nauseam about cats and dinners. (If you want examples, of what I mean, surf Blogger.com randomly. I’d guess that 99% of personal blogs on Blogger are written for Grandma’s interest, if anyone’s.)
The second type of blogger writes about business, and only business. You might actually say they’re hyper-focused on business because they don’t want to be confused with the I-write-about-my-cat crowd. What’s your blog about? Why, it’s about circuit board repair. Today we’ll be continuing our exploration of the many different kinds of solder.
Most of the people who hire me as a coach are blogging about finance, or human resource management, or fashion, or any number of other specific topics. Usually, these people are trying to sell something, and turn their blog into a living. Usually, they’re very good and knowledgeable about what they do — and in a fair world, they’d be considered authorities that people interested in that speciality topic should listen to.
But, despite all of this, they’re not really getting anywhere, and the root problem always boils down to the same thing:
They don’t stand out. They’re one of a million people doing what they do.
The internet is a big place. You want to write about finance? So do five million other people. I don’t care how much you have to say about the very best no-load index funds; I can find similar opinions in dozens of other places just by typing a few words into Google. This speciality thing of yours? It’s a commodity.
If you want people to stick around — and read your thoughts on finance instead of those of any one of the other financial blogs — you’ve got to realize a fundamental blogging truth:
Readers don’t form a loyal bond with the information in your blog. When things work, it’s because they’ve formed a loyal bond with YOU.
And that’s where your story comes in.

How to sell with stories

I’ve been fortunate in my blogging career, and saw a lot of success very quickly. I didn’t realize it at the time, but I owe that success to the fact that I instinctually understood two principles:
1. Blogging is selling
and
2. Stories are a great way to sell
Let’s say you run a charity blog. Or it’s a “movement” blog, trying to generate momentum for some thing or another. Or let’s say you do run that circuit boards blog, but you’re not selling tech consulting or an e-book. You’re just trying to establish some expert status, by getting a lot of readers and followers.
None of those blogs are about selling, right?
Wrong. All blogging is selling.
I sell blog and website setups, coaching, and information products (including one on how to sell using stories, ahem) on my blog. I also refer other trusted folks through affiliate promotions. So you’d look at my blog and think, “This guy sells stuff.” But in the above examples I just gave, the tendency is to totally miss the fact that you’re selling simply because money isn’t changing hands. And that would be a mistake.
You’re selling yourself as an expert. You’re selling someone else on the idea of promoting your cause, or talking about you. You’re selling readers on finishing the post, leaving a comment, or coming back. Want to guest post? Well, I personally had to sell Daniel on accepting this one, and that’s true of any guest post, or JV, or anything involving another person… which is everything.
The problem with selling is that it’s ultimately one person trying to get another person to do what they want. If you’re selling right, what you want that other person to do is something that will benefit both of you, and if that’s true, selling becomes far easier. But you’re still selling. You still have to overcome resistance, or maybe just inertia. That person flitting by your blog? They have other things on their to-do list. Why should they read your stuff?
If you engage them first with story, you disarm people. You catch them in a tale first, and instruct later.
When I was promoting my course Question the Rules, which is an instruction manual for being a punk rock entrepreneur, I didn’t try to lay out the course’s benefits up front. Instead, I told the story of my days as a punk rock kid. What did that kid learn? And how is it exactly like what an entrepreneur has to learn when working outside of the nine-to-five, straightlaced life?
People would read that story and instead of thinking, “This guy is trying to sell me something,” they thought, “Hmm, I’m not unlike him. I guess I am kind of a punk rock entrepreneur.”
The guy writing about circuit boards might talk about why electronics fascinated him as a kid, and why he’s so passionate about circuitry. Try to make the readers feel just as passionate, rather than merely try to interest them in the technology.
The finance blogger should eventually spill his “origin story,” and talk about how he used to work in a brokerage, but got tired of the greed and corruption and yearned to get out there and tell the real, no-BS, no-hype truth about how real people should manage their money for maximal returns.
Your stories should have a point, of course. But the most important thing is that you should tell them.
Give it a try. As you get the hang of it, I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised by the way your stick times and readership numbers increase.
About the Author: Johnny B. Truant is the creator of Storyselling 101. He coaches, sets up websites for clients, and writes about ninja sharks at JohnnyBTruant.com.

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How Do I Get Stuff to Review?

In my last post I talked about whether or not Contests are viable sources for blog traffic. After a week of the contest I can say that my traffic has totally jumped and I now have quite a few new readers. So, I would say that contests do have a way of growing your traffic. Also, it has been very fun for me to do this contest. During this I was asked by a reader how I get things to review.
How I get things to Review
When I decided that I wanted to get into doing reviews I sort of mapped out a plan.
1. Start reviewing items I already own
2. Connect with a review company
3. Look for products I like and would fit my audience
4. Ask directly of brands
5. Form a Media Kit
Start Reviewing Items I Already Own
I was not being asked to review products so instead I looked at products in my house and decided to start reviewing those things. I hit upon the idea of reviewing Children’s Books. We were going to have a baby soon and we were already getting tons of books for her library. I was able to read them quickly and write up little reviews. I eventually branched into reading the books and review them as I read the book and do it on video.
Connect with a Review Company
There are plenty of sites out there where you can connect and get into the reviewing gig. For parent bloggers there is Dad Central Consulting, My Blog Spark, Mom Central Consulting and many more. With a review company at your back you can try for bigger and better things to review and also learn from other reviewers.
Look for Products I Like and Would Fit my Audience
Search for products that you think would certainly fit your audience. If you start reviewing things that do not fit your audience then they will not want to hear what you have to say. You can certainly introduce interesting new things from time to time, owever do not forget the audience.
Ask Directly From Brands
Many brands have PR firms and you can try and connect with them directly to get review products. For me I’ve written posts directly to companies because I was interested in their products. Sometimes they have sent me products and sometimes they have not. I would never know unless I asked. When you ask make sure you back it up with some numbers that would make it worth while for the company.
Form a Media Kit
Package up all of your own offerings for PR firms and brands and make it easy for them to find and work with you. This is where you can highlight some of your best work as well as how it was received by your audience.
Any other Ideas? Please share them in the comments.

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Why Written Content Won’t Be Replaced

The other day I was putting together another news article for Big4.com and it occurred to me there’s a big difference between solid Internet advertising techniques and fads that come and go. The thing that really caught my eye happened when I was writing an article based on a Deloitte press release about social media and how business is moving toward it tentatively.
The research that I did states although 65 percent of respondents plan on using social media for their businesses, a large number of those surveyed are unclear about what the return on their investment will actually be. The whole push behind the Deloitte survey seems to be defending the idea that business knows it needs to use social media but it’s not really sure why.
One of the problems helping to foster this kind of uncertainty is the fact there’s no clear way to measure the effectiveness of places like Twitter or Facebook in driving traffic and sales. Of course there are people who argue social CRM is the answer that will quantify how productive social media is as an advertising tool, but like many other things on the Web, this technique is in its infancy and nowhere near as reliable as business needs to make a full commitment to social media.
The whole argument reminds me of when you could first place a video on your website and all the hoopla that surrounded that new technology. If you listened to the kind of hyperbole that was blazing across the Internet at that time, you'd be sure that written content was dead. Now it’s all about social media and how this latest craze is poised on the brink of changing the way business does business with the younger generation.
Granted, there’s no doubt people are buying more on the Internet than ever before and  the wise business person takes a look at every means available to get the word out on their goods or service, but they need to be able to differentiate from fads and complimentary techniques that improve but do not replace good content.
In other words, I think the Deloitte survey highlights a good point about social media and it's quite simply that business doesn’t trust it fully yet. Of course the Internet way of selling goods and services is all about engaging the customer but from a business standpoint there have to be quantifiable results to any kind of advertising campaign and up until now social media doesn't provide that.
For now, it all comes back full circle. If you're starting out in business or looking to upgrade or change your advertising techniques, make sure you don't go along with those people who are trying to reinvent the wheel right away. Obviously you won't break the bank by getting a Facebook or Twitter account to help you get exposure, but try to remember that articles, good optimized web pages and even blogs are the tried and true method of getting traffic that drives sales.

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5 Reasons Online Collaborations Can Help You Beat Out The Competition - DailyBlogTips

The dictum that two heads are better than one can apply to many things, including blogging.
I collaborate with my brother on five websites, which makes me uniquely qualified to explain the benefits of online collaboration.
Here are 5 reasons collaborating with a partner can help you beat out the competition.
1. More variety in your writing. Single-authored blogs with the exception of guest posts will always be based on the standpoint of one author. Having a partner that writes posts with you ensures that your blog will always be filled with variety and fresh ideas.
2. Proof each other's posts. Spelling and grammar mistakes occur in even the most popular blogs. Having a partner ensures you always have someone to proof your writing. Your partner can also let you know when your writing isn't clear and flowing as well as it should be.
3. Make a good product amazing. If I show my partner a "final product", he can take a look and give me a few additional ideas and tweaks that can make what I've written even more powerful. This process has helped my brother and I make humor pieces go from funny to downright hilarious (at least to us).
4. Combine your skill set to create new websites that kick-ass. The most recent site I've launched with my brother is a funny online comic called the Spicy Tornado. I draw the comics and my brother colors them in. By sharing the duty of creating each comic neither of us becomes overwhelmed by it. Combining our unique skill set in the creation of each comic makes for a finished product of the highest quality.
5. Significantly increase your capacity to promote. Without promotion your site won't go anywhere no matter how quality it is. By doubling your capacity to promote your chances of gaining momentum multiply. For example, your partner can maintain your site while you do a guest post campaign. Also, you now have two twitter accounts instead of just one and double the connections with people who can link to you and promote you.

The down side of collaborating with online ventures

The two greatest downsides are that you must split profits and find someone you can trust completely.
It goes without question that collaborating is not for everyone and involves risks.
I'd argue, however, that considering the sheer competition out there, the upside of collaborating with a partner with online ventures overwhelms the downside.
What's your take on collaborating with online ventures?
About the Author: Bamboo Forest is an Email Life Coach, helping people work on something in their lives over the course of a month through email.

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Berapa Jam Waktu Anda Untuk Mengurus Blog

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Bill Yann bertanya:

Berapa jam yang Anda habiskan bekerja di blog Anda setiap hari? Saya seorang blogger baru, dan saya mengalami kesulitan untuk mengatur jadwal untuk blog saya.

Ada dasarnya tiga periode dalam perjalanan blogging saya, dan selama setiap saya akan bekerja sejumlah waktu yang berbeda di blog.
Ketika saya pertama kali mulai blogging itu hanya hobi, dan saya ingat saya pernah bekerja sekitar satu jam per hari, biasanya pada malam hari, sebelum tidur. Periode ini berlangsung sekitar satu tahun.
Setelah itu saya mulai mendapatkan penghasilan blog, dan akhirnya saya keluar dari pekerjaan saya untuk bekerja full time di Internet. Tiga blog aku berlari pada waktu itu mewakili sebagian besar pendapatan saya, jadi saya menghabiskan sepanjang hari bekerja pada mereka (sekitar 8 jam per hari). Kegiatan termasuk search engine optimization, web design, penelitian, menulis konten, promosi dan jaringan. Periode terakhir sekitar tiga tahun.
Kemudian sekitar satu tahun yang lalu saya mulai melakukan diversifikasi proyek-proyek saya, dan meluncurkan website baru. Beberapa menghasilkan uang dengan afiliasi pemasaran, yang lain menjual produk secara langsung kepada pengguna akhir. Akibatnya saya menjual beberapa blog, dan terus hanya ini satu dan Daily Tips Menulis (di mana saya staf penulis jadi saya tidak perlu menempatkan terlalu banyak pekerjaan).
Jadi sekarang saya menghabiskan sekitar 2 jam per hari di kedua blog. Setengah dari waktu yang dihabiskan moderat komentar, menjawab ke email dan menjalankan tugas pemeliharaan lain yang terkait, dan setengah lainnya dihabiskan menulis konten di sini.
Saya punya beberapa tips mengenai bagaimana Anda dapat membuat jadwal yang efisien untuk blog Anda, tapi aku akan menyimpan itu untuk posting terpisah.

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Membuat Article Otomatis dengan Content Professor

Menjadi blogger sukses, anda perlu posting blog yang baik. Jika Anda ingin menjadi bisnis yang sukses, konten di situs Anda harus berkualitas baik juga. Masalahnya adalah bahwa ini bisa menjadi proses yang memakan waktu, terutama jika Anda ingin mengelola beberapa situs dengan sebuah perpustakaan besar konten.
Content Professor adalah bahwa Anda dapat menyimpan banyak waktu, mendapatkan beberapa artikel yang unik, dan mempostingnya di situs Anda untuk hasil yang lebih baik. Mungkin bagian terbaiknya yaitu bahwa Content Professor adalah gratis.

Apa itu Content Professor?

Singkatnya, content professor terdiri dari dua elemen kunci. Pertama, ini adalah artikel spinner. Jika anda sudah mengikuti industri pemasaran Internet, maka Anda mungkin telah memperhatikan peningkatan minat dalam jenis alat. Sebuah spinner artikel memungkinkan Anda untuk mengambil sebuah artikel yang sudah ada dan "spin" ke dalam beberapa lebih lanjut tentang topik yang sama. Dengan cara ini, Anda diberikan apa yang mungkin muncul sebagai konten "unik" ke Google, Bing, dan sejenisnya.
Kedua, Content Profesor juga merupakan mesin pencari PLR. Sebagai direktori PLR (hak-hak private label) artikel, Content Profesor memberi Anda akses ke perpustakaan besar dari artikel gratis yang dapat Anda posting di situs Anda (s) dengan tidak takut pelanggaran hak cipta. Puting kedua elemen bersama-sama, Anda dibayangkan dapat menghasilkan ribuan artikel dengan ada tulisan yang sebenarnya di pihak Anda.

Spinning untuk Keunikan

Pertama, selalu perhatikan permintaan artikel di blog anda, artinya artikel apa saja yang paling banyak dicari pada blog anda. Caranya bisa menggunakan Google Analytic dan yang lainnya.
Mereka yang akrab dengan pemintal artikel lainnya akan terbiasa dengan antarmuka umum. Anda dapat menentukan serangkaian istilah alternatif yang dipilih secara acak di dalam {dan} kurung, dipisahkan oleh | pipa. Anda bisa "spin" satu kata, frase, atau kalimat secara keseluruhan. Hal ini membuat arti sebenarnya dari artikel dasarnya sama, tetapi Anda dapat menghasilkan artikel yang tampil unik.
Ini jelas tidak sama dengan menyewa penulis untuk membuat artikel yang unik bagi Anda, tetapi dapat jauh lebih cepat dan jauh lebih efisien. Untuk bantuan lebih lanjut dalam upaya pemintalan Anda, Content Profesor memiliki alat di sisi kanan layar yang akan mencari sinonim dan menyoroti mereka dalam artikel untuk Anda. Mengklik pada istilah yang digarisbawahi, Anda kemudian dapat memilih alternatif mana istilah yang ingin Anda "spin" ke artikel tersebut.
Ketika anda siap meluncurkan Artikel, Anda dapat mengklik tombol “Generate spun articles” di sebelah kanan, menghasilkan jumlah artikel berputar yang Anda tetapkan dalam ruang yang sama. Ini menjadi sebuah arsip artikel download dan disediakan dalam format teks mentah.

Mengakses PLR Search Engine
Melengkapi artikel pemintal adalah mesin pencari PLR. Di sini, Anda dapat menemukan serangkaian artikel yang bebas untuk Anda download, berputar, dan mempublikasikan sesuai keinginan Anda.
Pada saat review ini ditulis, database PLR Content Profesor berisi lebih dari 13.000 artikel dari berbagai panjang. Kebanyakan berada di kisaran 400-1000-kata dan dalam bahasa Inggris. Subjek termasuk mulai dari berbicara profesional untuk duplikasi CD, tanda-tanda pasangan berselingkuh untuk konsep tai chi. Database ini benar-benar dicari, sehingga Anda dapat mencari kata kunci target Anda.
Fitur berguna lainnya adalah bahwa Anda dapat mengklik tombol "Load Pasal" di bawah kolom Tindakan dan ini secara otomatis akan mengisi spinner artikel dengan isi artikel yang sesuai. Anda tidak perlu copy dan paste secara manual ke utilitas.

Berapa Biayanya?
Content Professor datang dalam dua edisi. Ada versi gratis yang memberi Anda akses ke semua fungsi inti dari spinner artikel dan direktori PLR. Ada juga versi berbayar yang menawarkan fitur lebih maju dan fungsi, melainkan biaya $ 9,95 per bulan atau $ 97,00 selama setahun.
Kunjungi Content Professor dan melihat program penuh untuk diri sendiri.

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Submit Artikel Otomatis ke digg

Setelah Anda berhasil melakukan Pendaftaran ke digg.com, seperti tutorial saya sebelumnya. Kini saatnya Anda lebih mengenalkan Artikel-artikel dari Blog Anda keseluruh Dunia melalui digg. Caranya yaitu dengan submit otomatis artikel anda ke digg. Ikuti langkah-langkahnya.

Imfor Feed Blog
Dengan cara ini secara otomatis ketika anda menulis artikel di blog maka artikel tersebut akan ditampilkan di digg. Akan tetapi seperti yang saya katakan di artikel sebelumnya bahwa jika artikel anda ingin tampil dihalaman utama digg artikel tersebut harus populer, dengan cara user lain banyak yang digg it!.
Kembali ke pokok bahasan, setelah Anda login ke digg.com buka halaman profil setting kemudian klik pilihan Import Feeds dan isikan feed blog anda secara benar.

Pada kolom isian URL masukan URL feed blog Anda kemudian tentukan topic atau category Blog anda dengan yang tersedia, setelah itu klik ADD FEED.

Verifikasi Feed Blog
Setelah memasukan URL Feed Anda akan diminta untuk melakukan verifikasi blog, untuk melakukan verifikasi yaitu dengan cara membuat posting baru yang isinya kode yang diberikan oleh digg. Setelah itu coba anda buka alamat Feed Blog untuk mengecek postingan tersebut sudah muncul di halaman feed. Jika sudah, maka anda kembali ke digg dan klik Verify. Jika berhasil maka akan muncul tanda Verified pada URL feed blog anda.
Setelah semuanya berhasil, maka secara otomatis artikel akan muncul di digg.

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Tutorial Pendaftaran Digg

Digg. Apa itu dig? Mengapa kita sebagai Blogger harus mendaftar ke digg.com? Apa keuntungannya bagi kita?.
Menurut The Free Dictionary digg merupakan sebuah situs Web yang menerima link dan deskripsi singkat untuk artikel berita, video dan podcast dari anggota, yang semuanya dipilih oleh anggota lain yang memilihnya atau istilahnya "digg it!". Didirikan pada akhir tahun 2004 oleh Kevin Rose, artikel yang diajukan oleh pengguna dan memperoleh suara terbanyak atau populer akan ditampilkan dihalaman utama digg dan dikelompokkan berdasarkan topik, dan link.
Salah satu tujuan seorang Blogger membuat Blog yaitu agar mereka terkenal di dunia Internet terutama, artikel-artikel mereka dikenal dan bermanfaat bagi pengguna internet lainnya. Dengan adanya digg kita bisa berbagi artikel dengan sesama blogger tanpa harus repot-repot mengenalkannya satu persatu kepada mereka.
Nah sekarang bagaimana supaya kita terdaftar sebagai member di website digg tersebut. Caranya ikuti langkah-langkah yang akan saya paparkan di bawah ini:

Pendaftaran User

Pendaftaran di website digg sangat mudah sekali, kunjungi website digg.com kemudian klik JOIN dan akan muncul pop-up form registrasi, masukan identitas Anda sesuai dengan kolom registrasi tersebut.

Setelah semua lengkap klik CONTINUE dan Anda akan diminta untuk mengkonfirmasi melalui E-mail yang anda daftarkan tadi, buka e-mail Anda dan klik link konfirmasi dari digg. Anda telah berhasil terdaftar di website digg.

User Profil

Setelah menyelesaikan tahap pendaftaran, anda tinggal mengatur setting profil. Caranya Anda Login ke digg kemudian klik option profil. Anda disana bisa menambahkan foto profil keterangan biografi singkat Anda dan yang terpenting bagi seorang Blogger adalah menambah link Blog anda supaya ketika user digg lain mengunjungi profil Anda link ke Blog akan ditampilkan sehingga pengunjung akan datang secara otomatis ke Blog dan traffic blog bertambah :).

Sampai disini anda sudah berhasil melakukan pendaftaran ke digg dan selamat menambah traffic Blog anda melalui digg. Kemudian bagaimana supaya artikel kita jadi terkenal dan muncul dihalaman utama digg? caranya yaitu dengan submit artikel ke digg secara otomatis.

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Hal Penting Dalam Memilih Web Hosting

Bagi seorang Webmaster atau Blogger, Web hosting merupakan hal utama, apalagi bagi mereka yang menggunakan software Blog semacam Wordpress atau Content Management System (CMS) seperti Joomla dan lainnya. Meskipun penyedia blog gratis banyak sekali semacam Blogger.com dan Wordpress.com, akan tetapi kebebasan user sangat dibatasi. Berbeda dengan kita mempunya Hosting sendiri. Kebutuhan masing-masing memang sangat berbeda-beda, hal ini sangat mempengaruhi dalam hal pemilihan Web hosting. Ada beberapa hal penting yang harus diperhatikan dalam pemilihan Web hosting.

Keandalan dan Uptime

ketika kita mencari sebuah Web hosting untuk Blog, hal penting yang harus diperhatikan adalah uptime dari web hosting tersebut, abaikan semua fitur-fitur lain yang menurut mereka luar biasa. Karena hal itu hanyalah sebagian dari promosi mereka.
Memang sangat sulit sekali untuk menentukan kehandalan sebuah perusahaan web hosting tanpa kita mencoba dan menjajalnya sendiri. Tetapi untuk mencobanya kita harus mengeluarkan biaya.
Untuk itu carilah review-review dan umpan balik (feedback) mengenai perusahaan web hosting tersebut, atau anda bisa melihat dan bertanya di forum-forum terkemuka yang membahas tentang web hosting. Dengan begitu anda dapat mempertimbangkan web hosting mana yang akan anda pilih.

Kapasitas dan Bandwidth

Bagi Blogger pemula (seperti saya), Anda bisa memanfaatkan jasa shared hosting yang lebih murah atau sekalian yang free hosting saja. Banyak sekali penyedia free hosting menawarkan unlimited webhosting dengan bandwidth yang besar. Tetapi anda harus menyadari yang namanya free web hosting dengan penyimpanan dan bandwidth yang tidak terbatas, tidak benar-benar seperti itu. Menurut beberapa sumber, tidak mungkin sebuah server web hosting menyediakan jasa penyimpanan dan dan bandwidth yang tidak terbatas karena kita mengetahui bahwa hard drive server itu ada kapasitasnya, apalagi web hosting yang free. Hanya saja ada beberapa perusahaan penyedia web hosting gratis yang memberikan jatah penyimpanan data yang besar.
Jika Anda berencana membuat website dengan traffic yang tinggi, anda harus mempertimbangkan web hosting mana yang akan anda pilih, misal Hosting berbasis Cloud Hosting, Dedicated Server serta Virtual Private Server.

Fitur dan Kompatibilitas

Hal ini sangat tergantung dari rencana anda membuat sebuah website atau blog. Dalam hal pemilihan sebuah web hosting, perhatikan fasilitas-fasilitas yang disediakan oleh sebuah perusahaan web hosting. Perhatikan juga kompatibilitas web hosting dengan website anda, misalnya website anda akan menggunakan Content Management System (CMS). Website anda menggunakan lebih dari satu database? Apakan diperlukan beberapa alamat E-mail? Apakah anda memiliki banyak domain atau sub domain? Perhatikan hal tersebut, apakah web hosting pilihan anda menyediakan semua kebutuhan anda tersebut.

Pertimbangkan Harga dengan Fasilitas

Banyak sekali perusahaan jasa web hosting yang tersebar di seluruh Dunia. Penawaran harga dan fasilitas pun berbeda-beda. Sebelum anda menentukan membeli sebuah webhosting, alangkah baiknya jika anda terlebih dahulu membandingkan beberapa web hosting pilihan. Agar nantinya anda tidak kecewa karena anda telah salah memilih sebuah web hosting.

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