Some people have strong personal feelings with respect to making money from their blogs.
If you think commercializing your blog is evil, immoral, unethical, uncool, lame, greedy, obnoxious, or anything along those lines, then don’t commercialize it.
If you have mixed feelings about monetizing your blog, then sort out those feelings first.
If you think monetizing your site is wonderful, fine. If you think it’s evil, fine. But make up your mind before you seriously consider starting down this path.
If you want to succeed, you must be congruent.
Generating income from your blog is challenging enough — you don’t want to be dealing with self-sabotage at the same time. It should feel genuinely good to earn income from your blog — you should be driven by a healthy ambition to succeed.
If your blog provides genuine value, you fully deserve to earn income from it.
If you do decide to generate income from your blog, then don’t be shy about it. If you’re going to put up ads, then really put up ads. Don’t just stick a puny little ad square in a remote corner somewhere. If you’re going to request donations, then really request donations.
Don’t put up a barely visible “Donate” link and pray for the best. If you’re going to sell products, then really sell them. Create or acquire the best quality products you can, and give your visitors compelling reasons to buy. If you’re going to do this, then fully commit to it. Don’t take a half-assed approach.
Either be full-assed or no-assed.
Now it is practically up to people on what they choose...
Viva - la - blog !!
Some easy references.........
http://marketing-affiliater.blogspot.com/2007/07/article-submission-directories.html
http://www.marketingaffiliater.com/article-directories/
http://affiliatescrawl.blogspot.com/2006/06/pings-and-blogs.html
http://affiliatescrawl.blogspot.com/2006/06/article-directroy-pro-and-adsense.html
http://www.freelancemom.com/submitarticles.htm
http://www.seocompany.ca/directory/web-directory-lists.html
http://blog.sponsoredreviews.com/?p=47
Showing posts with label blogging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blogging. Show all posts
Wednesday, 1 June 2011
Saturday, 27 December 2008
Time Needed For Blogging
Few minutes of blogging a day might be enough.
Or 26 hours in a day may not be quite enough.
It all depends upon how much you want to do, and how fast you want it done.
If all you wish to do is post a few messages every day on your blog, it won't take long at all. Just a few seconds to log on, write your message into an online form, and click a button to publish it to your blog!
You could even host it remotely on a free service - all it'll cost is the time you take to log in and post.
However, to be a true member of the blogosphere, you have to work a bit harder.
You'll need to spend time looking for, and visiting other blogs. You'll have to link to them - and get linked back in return.
You'll have to host your blog on its own domain, on your server. If your blog is commercial in purpose, you'll need to purchase commercial licenses from the software developer. Then you'll have to install it - or get it done.
It'll cost a bit, though not too much.
Look at it this way.
You could either publish in a flash for free and hope for a bit of good fortune to guide you to glory. Or you could do it step by step, investing in your blog, knowing you'll make money blogging in the future.
In short, try and enjoy blogging
Or 26 hours in a day may not be quite enough.
It all depends upon how much you want to do, and how fast you want it done.
If all you wish to do is post a few messages every day on your blog, it won't take long at all. Just a few seconds to log on, write your message into an online form, and click a button to publish it to your blog!
You could even host it remotely on a free service - all it'll cost is the time you take to log in and post.
However, to be a true member of the blogosphere, you have to work a bit harder.
You'll need to spend time looking for, and visiting other blogs. You'll have to link to them - and get linked back in return.
You'll have to host your blog on its own domain, on your server. If your blog is commercial in purpose, you'll need to purchase commercial licenses from the software developer. Then you'll have to install it - or get it done.
It'll cost a bit, though not too much.
Look at it this way.
You could either publish in a flash for free and hope for a bit of good fortune to guide you to glory. Or you could do it step by step, investing in your blog, knowing you'll make money blogging in the future.
In short, try and enjoy blogging
Wednesday, 24 December 2008
Blogging - Providing One Way Links
While blogging, do try and provide one way links back to your blog.
By doing so, you can greatly increase the visitors to your blog.
There are several ways to do this. You can rewrite your blog post and submit them to marketing sites. Two great sites for this include Article Marketer and EzineArticles.
Either one can provide thousand of links for your blog.
Blog carnivals are extended blog posts that round up different post on certain themes and are another way to promote your blog. Due to the large amount of readers that these blog carnivals receive you will notice an increase in the amount of traffic to your blog.
The last important factor in keeping your blog a success is to be patient.
You have to give all these techniques time to take shape and come into play. Your blog may grow slowly but the fact that it is growing is what’s important.
Professional bloggers such as Problogger’s Darren Rowse are steadily growing and you can be part of this blogging trend.
By doing so, you can greatly increase the visitors to your blog.
There are several ways to do this. You can rewrite your blog post and submit them to marketing sites. Two great sites for this include Article Marketer and EzineArticles.
Either one can provide thousand of links for your blog.
Blog carnivals are extended blog posts that round up different post on certain themes and are another way to promote your blog. Due to the large amount of readers that these blog carnivals receive you will notice an increase in the amount of traffic to your blog.
The last important factor in keeping your blog a success is to be patient.
You have to give all these techniques time to take shape and come into play. Your blog may grow slowly but the fact that it is growing is what’s important.
Professional bloggers such as Problogger’s Darren Rowse are steadily growing and you can be part of this blogging trend.
Friday, 3 October 2008
Blogging for Dollars
Last week, the blog search engine Technorati released its 2008 State of the Blogosphere report with the slightly menacing promise to "deliver even deeper insights into the blogging mind.
"Bloggers create 900,000 blog posts a day worldwide, and some of them are actually making money. Blogs with 100,000 or more unique visitors a month earn an average of $75,000 annually—though that figure is skewed by the small percentage of blogs that make more than $200,000 a year. The estimates from a 2007 Business Week article are older but juicier: The LOLcat empire rakes in $5,600 per month; Overheard in New York gets $8,100 per month; and Perez Hilton, gossip king, scoops up $111,000 per month.
With this kind of cash sloshing around, one wonders: What does it take to live the dream—to write what I know, and then watch the money flow?
From the perspective of someone who doesn't blog, blogging seems attractive. Bloggers such as Jason Kottke ($5,300/month) and the Fug girls ($6,240/month) pursue what naturally interests them without many constraints on length or style. While those two are genuine stars of the blogging world, there are plenty of smaller, personal blogs that bring in decent change with the Amazon Associates program (you receive a referral fee if someone buys a book, CD, etc. via a link from your blog) and search ads from Google. (The big G analyzes your site and places relevant ads; you get paid if people click on them.) Google-ad profiteering is an entire universe in and of itself—one blogger by the name of Shoemoney became famous (well, Digg-famous) when he posted a picture of himself with a check from Google for $132,994.97 for one month of clicks.
Blogs with decent traffic and a voice are also getting snapped up by blog-ad networks, which in turn package them as niche audiences to advertisers. On Blogads, advertisers can choose the "Blogs for Dudes!" hive or the "Jewish Republican Channel." Federated Media groups blogs into subjects such as "Parenting" and "News 2.0"; there is also a boutique network for blogs that don't want to cover themselves with ads called The Deck. These networks present blogs as "grassroots intellectual economy" and describe their audiences as loyal, engaged, and likely to see ads as not just ads, but useful bits of information. This may be a comfort to squeamish indie bloggers since it hints that putting ads on your site is not selling out but helping out.
While monetizing your blog may be easier than ever, all of this comes with an ever-present hammer: the need to drive traffic. This month, the writer/blogger/productivity thinker Merlin Mann opened a window onto his angst with an anniversary post. Mann is best-known as the creator of the Hipster PDA (a modified Moleskine notebook) and his Inbox Zero talk (turn your e-mail into actions). In a post titled "Four Years," Mann sketches out how his site, 43 Folders, grew from a personal dumping ground for his "mental sausage" into a full-featured destination for productivity nerds and life-hackers. In 2005, he experienced a key transition:
At some point that year, 43f became the surreal and unexpected circus tent under which my family began drawing an increasing amount of its income. This was weird, but it was also exactly as gratifying as it sounds. Which is to say, "very." But, my small measure of something like success did not go unnoticed. In fact, the popularity of small blogs like 43 Folders contributed to the arrival of a gentrifying wagon train of carpetbaggers, speculators, and confidence men, all eager to pan the web's glistening riverbed for easy gold. And, brother, these guys actually like blogging and love to post and post and post.
Article Courtesy : http://www.slate.com/id/2201325/
"Bloggers create 900,000 blog posts a day worldwide, and some of them are actually making money. Blogs with 100,000 or more unique visitors a month earn an average of $75,000 annually—though that figure is skewed by the small percentage of blogs that make more than $200,000 a year. The estimates from a 2007 Business Week article are older but juicier: The LOLcat empire rakes in $5,600 per month; Overheard in New York gets $8,100 per month; and Perez Hilton, gossip king, scoops up $111,000 per month.
With this kind of cash sloshing around, one wonders: What does it take to live the dream—to write what I know, and then watch the money flow?
From the perspective of someone who doesn't blog, blogging seems attractive. Bloggers such as Jason Kottke ($5,300/month) and the Fug girls ($6,240/month) pursue what naturally interests them without many constraints on length or style. While those two are genuine stars of the blogging world, there are plenty of smaller, personal blogs that bring in decent change with the Amazon Associates program (you receive a referral fee if someone buys a book, CD, etc. via a link from your blog) and search ads from Google. (The big G analyzes your site and places relevant ads; you get paid if people click on them.) Google-ad profiteering is an entire universe in and of itself—one blogger by the name of Shoemoney became famous (well, Digg-famous) when he posted a picture of himself with a check from Google for $132,994.97 for one month of clicks.
Blogs with decent traffic and a voice are also getting snapped up by blog-ad networks, which in turn package them as niche audiences to advertisers. On Blogads, advertisers can choose the "Blogs for Dudes!" hive or the "Jewish Republican Channel." Federated Media groups blogs into subjects such as "Parenting" and "News 2.0"; there is also a boutique network for blogs that don't want to cover themselves with ads called The Deck. These networks present blogs as "grassroots intellectual economy" and describe their audiences as loyal, engaged, and likely to see ads as not just ads, but useful bits of information. This may be a comfort to squeamish indie bloggers since it hints that putting ads on your site is not selling out but helping out.
While monetizing your blog may be easier than ever, all of this comes with an ever-present hammer: the need to drive traffic. This month, the writer/blogger/productivity thinker Merlin Mann opened a window onto his angst with an anniversary post. Mann is best-known as the creator of the Hipster PDA (a modified Moleskine notebook) and his Inbox Zero talk (turn your e-mail into actions). In a post titled "Four Years," Mann sketches out how his site, 43 Folders, grew from a personal dumping ground for his "mental sausage" into a full-featured destination for productivity nerds and life-hackers. In 2005, he experienced a key transition:
At some point that year, 43f became the surreal and unexpected circus tent under which my family began drawing an increasing amount of its income. This was weird, but it was also exactly as gratifying as it sounds. Which is to say, "very." But, my small measure of something like success did not go unnoticed. In fact, the popularity of small blogs like 43 Folders contributed to the arrival of a gentrifying wagon train of carpetbaggers, speculators, and confidence men, all eager to pan the web's glistening riverbed for easy gold. And, brother, these guys actually like blogging and love to post and post and post.
Article Courtesy : http://www.slate.com/id/2201325/
Sunday, 7 September 2008
The topic of your blog
What will your blog be about? How do you choose the topic for your blog? To answer these questions you need to decide what topics you are interested in blogging.
What are the things that you enjoy talking about and that you would like to share with others? For instance, if you are a writer, then a blog containing information on writing would be suited for you.
The same is true for any thing that interests you. You can share the hobbies that you enjoy. If certain events that are taking place in the world get you stirred up this could be a good topic for your blog. You do however, have to choose a topic so that anyone interested in visiting your blog will know what to expect.
Otherwise, very few people may want to waste their time going to a blog when they have no idea what it is about.
After determining the things that interest you, your next step would be to choose the topic from these things that is broad enough to allow you to gather information to have something to talk about. You do not want to make two or three entries then run out of things to say. An example of a good topic would be a
network marketer.
Someone with this type of blog could write about tips on marketing tools and strategies. They could also talk about marketing software and a number of other subjects related to network marketing. The key is to have a topic that will allow you plenty of material to talk about, but still small enough that you can stay focused on one subject.
Readers come to expect a certain amount of information when they look at your blog. This is why it is important to stay focused on your original topic most of the time. If you begin talking about to many other subjects to often, some of your readers could lose interest and look elsewhere for information. It doesn’t hurt to throw something else in there occasionally just to keep things interesting, but for the most part stick to your topic.
Be Creative
Just because we said it is best to stay with your original topic doesn’t mean that you cannot experiment a little. There are ways to add zest to your blog while staying focused. For instance, many have found that adding interviews and group projects to their blogs worked really well. You could even invite a lot of people to blog together at the same time. There are a variety of different things that you can try on your blog. You just need to stay open minded enough to give new things a try once in a while. If one thing does not work well, move on to something else. Eventually you will find what works best for your blog to keep
your readers interested.
Use Popular Ideas
You can do some background research to see what is popular at this time. Big ticket topics are always things such as:
How to make money
How to lose weight
How to improve your life (your marriage, your job, etc,)
You can find out about hot topics to include in your blog with some simple and
easy research.
One hot topic is weight loss. This is a very popular topic today. People want to read about how they can lose a few pounds or get in better shape. Weight loss topics and techniques are incredibly popular and you can tailor your niche to things like:
Weight loss for new moms
Weight loss for seniors
Weight loss for the middle aged man
Weight loss after surgery
Weight loss for menopausal women
People are also highly interested in topics that are related to their diet and health such as which foods to eat, great exercises to get desired results, how to supplement a vegetarian diet, etc. You might do reviews and experiments of common weight loss programs, exercise programs, etc. There is just a mass of information to be found on the topic. If it pertains to health and fitness or weight loss, you are probably in the gold.
Make Money Blogging
You can’t forget this one! Making money is another very popular one. People love to have more information about how they can make more money. If you can help them find ways to make more money, they will gladly pay the small fee for your e-book. I mean, the potential risk is low and the potential gain very high.
Some examples might be:
How to make money in real estate
How to make money in the stock market
How to become a day trader
How to avoid common money-making scams
Making money without scams or pyramid schemes
There are many other great topics out there for you to write about. All you need to do is find the topic that will work for your blog and then research from there to keep updated content while blogging
What are the things that you enjoy talking about and that you would like to share with others? For instance, if you are a writer, then a blog containing information on writing would be suited for you.
The same is true for any thing that interests you. You can share the hobbies that you enjoy. If certain events that are taking place in the world get you stirred up this could be a good topic for your blog. You do however, have to choose a topic so that anyone interested in visiting your blog will know what to expect.
Otherwise, very few people may want to waste their time going to a blog when they have no idea what it is about.
After determining the things that interest you, your next step would be to choose the topic from these things that is broad enough to allow you to gather information to have something to talk about. You do not want to make two or three entries then run out of things to say. An example of a good topic would be a
network marketer.
Someone with this type of blog could write about tips on marketing tools and strategies. They could also talk about marketing software and a number of other subjects related to network marketing. The key is to have a topic that will allow you plenty of material to talk about, but still small enough that you can stay focused on one subject.
Readers come to expect a certain amount of information when they look at your blog. This is why it is important to stay focused on your original topic most of the time. If you begin talking about to many other subjects to often, some of your readers could lose interest and look elsewhere for information. It doesn’t hurt to throw something else in there occasionally just to keep things interesting, but for the most part stick to your topic.
Be Creative
Just because we said it is best to stay with your original topic doesn’t mean that you cannot experiment a little. There are ways to add zest to your blog while staying focused. For instance, many have found that adding interviews and group projects to their blogs worked really well. You could even invite a lot of people to blog together at the same time. There are a variety of different things that you can try on your blog. You just need to stay open minded enough to give new things a try once in a while. If one thing does not work well, move on to something else. Eventually you will find what works best for your blog to keep
your readers interested.
Use Popular Ideas
You can do some background research to see what is popular at this time. Big ticket topics are always things such as:
How to make money
How to lose weight
How to improve your life (your marriage, your job, etc,)
You can find out about hot topics to include in your blog with some simple and
easy research.
One hot topic is weight loss. This is a very popular topic today. People want to read about how they can lose a few pounds or get in better shape. Weight loss topics and techniques are incredibly popular and you can tailor your niche to things like:
Weight loss for new moms
Weight loss for seniors
Weight loss for the middle aged man
Weight loss after surgery
Weight loss for menopausal women
People are also highly interested in topics that are related to their diet and health such as which foods to eat, great exercises to get desired results, how to supplement a vegetarian diet, etc. You might do reviews and experiments of common weight loss programs, exercise programs, etc. There is just a mass of information to be found on the topic. If it pertains to health and fitness or weight loss, you are probably in the gold.
Make Money Blogging
You can’t forget this one! Making money is another very popular one. People love to have more information about how they can make more money. If you can help them find ways to make more money, they will gladly pay the small fee for your e-book. I mean, the potential risk is low and the potential gain very high.
Some examples might be:
How to make money in real estate
How to make money in the stock market
How to become a day trader
How to avoid common money-making scams
Making money without scams or pyramid schemes
There are many other great topics out there for you to write about. All you need to do is find the topic that will work for your blog and then research from there to keep updated content while blogging
Saturday, 30 August 2008
What should I write about on my blog ?
While blogging, there are many kinds of content you can put on your blog.
Stories.
You could use descriptions of things you've done, thought threads, streams of consciousness, idea feeds. Longer articles or short snippets. If you're using a long story, you could display a short summary on the homepage and link to the full post in an archive.
Pictures.
One of them is worth a thousand words. Good blogging software lets you store and display pictures and also combines them into sequences for display to readers in attractively packaged format.
Presentations.
You could have any type of data including media objects like MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents, Macromedia or Apple movies, PDFs, Audio feeds, downloadable applications - whatever.
That depends on many factors that go to why you wish to create a blog in the first place. The good news is that no one's going to punish you if you post material infrequently!
So relax. Enjoy blogging.
Stories.
You could use descriptions of things you've done, thought threads, streams of consciousness, idea feeds. Longer articles or short snippets. If you're using a long story, you could display a short summary on the homepage and link to the full post in an archive.
Pictures.
One of them is worth a thousand words. Good blogging software lets you store and display pictures and also combines them into sequences for display to readers in attractively packaged format.
Presentations.
You could have any type of data including media objects like MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents, Macromedia or Apple movies, PDFs, Audio feeds, downloadable applications - whatever.
That depends on many factors that go to why you wish to create a blog in the first place. The good news is that no one's going to punish you if you post material infrequently!
So relax. Enjoy blogging.
Monday, 25 August 2008
Keeping your blog up to date
If you are into blogging, you are also going to need to understand the importance of keeping your blog up to date. People want to see updated content on a regular basis. If you continue to have updated content, people will return. To keep your blog properly updated, you also have to keep a close eye on it and how things are changing. Since things can change rather quickly, it’s a great idea to stay on top of it. The more often you respond and remain in contact with your blog and the members that are reading it, the better sense of community you will create and the more comfortable people will feel on your site.
Another good thing about blogs and a good reason to keep your content updated is because the search engines regularly update them. You can raise your search engine ranking and bring more traffic to your site which means more profit to you while blogging
Another good thing about blogs and a good reason to keep your content updated is because the search engines regularly update them. You can raise your search engine ranking and bring more traffic to your site which means more profit to you while blogging
Wednesday, 20 August 2008
What technical skills do I need to blog?
Most weblog tools provide an easy-to-use publishing interface as blogging software was designed to allow non-techies to publish professional quality weblogs.
With most blogging software available today, all the author has to do is create content. The mental barrier to webpage design that holds many back from building websites is almost completely destroyed when it comes to blogging.
It's "fall-off-a-log" easy!
Installing blogging software on your server requires some basic knowledge about scripts and CGI. But if you hate doing this stuff, there are several services that offer 'ready-to-go' blogs.
Just register - and start blogging!
With most blogging software available today, all the author has to do is create content. The mental barrier to webpage design that holds many back from building websites is almost completely destroyed when it comes to blogging.
It's "fall-off-a-log" easy!
Installing blogging software on your server requires some basic knowledge about scripts and CGI. But if you hate doing this stuff, there are several services that offer 'ready-to-go' blogs.
Just register - and start blogging!
Saturday, 16 August 2008
Is it better to have blogging software run on your own server ?
Benefits:
More security. You don't have to give out your FTP details or password. Your blog's accessibility is dependent only on your server, not the remote hosting service's.
Disadvantages:
You need to have some basic knowledge about installing blogging software and scripts on your own server and troubleshooting problems. It requires some knowledge of changing directory access permissions, and other basic script installation techniques. Most of the blog software creators run helpful online forums and discussion groups to help out with problems.
More security. You don't have to give out your FTP details or password. Your blog's accessibility is dependent only on your server, not the remote hosting service's.
Disadvantages:
You need to have some basic knowledge about installing blogging software and scripts on your own server and troubleshooting problems. It requires some knowledge of changing directory access permissions, and other basic script installation techniques. Most of the blog software creators run helpful online forums and discussion groups to help out with problems.
Monday, 11 August 2008
Popular blogging programs / platforms
You may already know that within each type of blog hosting, there are several different popular blogging programs or platforms, you have probably heard of some of them already and may have even tried some of them already.
Blogger
Blogger is a free hosted blogging tool by Google that has been around for a long time and is very easy to use. Many people make personal blogs on this site and it only takes about 10 minutes to set up your first blog. They have a nice selection of templates but Blogger doesn’t allow for a lot of customization. - http://www.blogger.com/
LiveJournal
LiveJournal allows you to set up online journals quickly and easily. It is a collaboration and networking tool that is great for individuals but makes customization difficult. Again, it depends on what you are trying to do with your blog but if you hope to make money, this might not be your best option.
Textpattern
Textpattern is a free self-hosted tool which works best for those that are good with technology. It is much more customizable that the aforementioned options and it has wizard based interface to make this easier for you. It also uses custom formatting.
Typepad (hosted)/ Moveable Type (self-hosted)
Typepad was created by SixApart and is the hosted version of their popular MoveableType platform. These are both options for you to consider depending on your specific needs. Typepad is a paid blogging platform but it is still relatively affordable. There are different levels of access that will affect the price ranging from Basic to Pro.
Wordpress
Wordpress is both hosted and self hosted, depending on what your needs are. Wordpress is free and is easy to setup and use. There are hundreds of plugins to extend functionality in different areas. This is by far one of the most popular options around today. Here is a list of some popular blogging platforms which bloggers can install on their own servers:
Grey Matter (free + opensource)
http://www.noahgrey.com/greysoft/
Open Journal (free)
http://www.grohol.com/downloads/oj/
• b2evolution
• bBlog
• blosxom
• ExpressionEngine
• Drupal
• Movable Type
• Nucleus CMS
• Radio UserLand
• Roller Weblogger
• Serendipity
• Subtext
• Textpattern
• Windows Live Writer
Here is a list of some popular blogging services, which bloggers can use with no installation.
• Blog.com
• Blogger
• LiveJournal
• Open Diary
• TypePad
• Windows Live Spaces
• Wordpress.com
• Xanga
You have to decide for yourself which platform you think will meet all of your needs the best.
Blogger
Blogger is a free hosted blogging tool by Google that has been around for a long time and is very easy to use. Many people make personal blogs on this site and it only takes about 10 minutes to set up your first blog. They have a nice selection of templates but Blogger doesn’t allow for a lot of customization. - http://www.blogger.com/
LiveJournal
LiveJournal allows you to set up online journals quickly and easily. It is a collaboration and networking tool that is great for individuals but makes customization difficult. Again, it depends on what you are trying to do with your blog but if you hope to make money, this might not be your best option.
Textpattern
Textpattern is a free self-hosted tool which works best for those that are good with technology. It is much more customizable that the aforementioned options and it has wizard based interface to make this easier for you. It also uses custom formatting.
Typepad (hosted)/ Moveable Type (self-hosted)
Typepad was created by SixApart and is the hosted version of their popular MoveableType platform. These are both options for you to consider depending on your specific needs. Typepad is a paid blogging platform but it is still relatively affordable. There are different levels of access that will affect the price ranging from Basic to Pro.
Wordpress
Wordpress is both hosted and self hosted, depending on what your needs are. Wordpress is free and is easy to setup and use. There are hundreds of plugins to extend functionality in different areas. This is by far one of the most popular options around today. Here is a list of some popular blogging platforms which bloggers can install on their own servers:
Grey Matter (free + opensource)
http://www.noahgrey.com/greysoft/
Open Journal (free)
http://www.grohol.com/downloads/oj/
• b2evolution
• bBlog
• blosxom
• ExpressionEngine
• Drupal
• Movable Type
• Nucleus CMS
• Radio UserLand
• Roller Weblogger
• Serendipity
• Subtext
• Textpattern
• Windows Live Writer
Here is a list of some popular blogging services, which bloggers can use with no installation.
• Blog.com
• Blogger
• LiveJournal
• Open Diary
• TypePad
• Windows Live Spaces
• Wordpress.com
• Xanga
You have to decide for yourself which platform you think will meet all of your needs the best.
Wednesday, 6 August 2008
Choosing your blogging platform
When you are ready to begin choosing your blogging platform, there are some questions you can ask yourself to help you decide what you need from a blogging platform.
For example:
1. Do you need something that will be easy to set up and use?
2. Are you new to blogging and new to internet platforms?
3. What is your technical skill level?
4. Are you going to want to change the look of the templates and other customization?
5. Do you need to have little, moderate or a lot of control over the interface?
6. Will you require spam control features, such as captchas and comment moderation?
7. Does the platform you are considering offer support and assistance?
8. Do you need to be able to have more than one person able to post the blog?
These are just some of the questions you might ask. You have to consider your individual situation. Will you need pages on your site that are non-blog pages? What kind of features are important to you?
These are all questions to help you choose the right blogging platform for your needs.
For example:
1. Do you need something that will be easy to set up and use?
2. Are you new to blogging and new to internet platforms?
3. What is your technical skill level?
4. Are you going to want to change the look of the templates and other customization?
5. Do you need to have little, moderate or a lot of control over the interface?
6. Will you require spam control features, such as captchas and comment moderation?
7. Does the platform you are considering offer support and assistance?
8. Do you need to be able to have more than one person able to post the blog?
These are just some of the questions you might ask. You have to consider your individual situation. Will you need pages on your site that are non-blog pages? What kind of features are important to you?
These are all questions to help you choose the right blogging platform for your needs.
Friday, 1 August 2008
Features of Blogging
When it comes to actually blogging and setting up your blog, you need to understand the features of a blog. Knowing and understanding these features can help you understand both what the blog is and how it works.
This will help you to understand how people make money off it and how you can do the same.
Below is an explanation of different parts of a standard blog and the features therein.
Posting Structure
Do you understand the posting structure of the blog and how it works? Each entry is referred to as a “post”. Posts may also be called entries or articles. They may be made on a daily basis or weekly, bimonthly, monthly, etc. The way you enter your blog post varies according to what type of blog service you are using. Many have a direct entry text box where you simply type in what you want to say. You don’t have to know any special coding information. Some blogs have what is called WYSIWYG editors. This stands for “what you see is what you get” and it means easy text entry no matter who you are.
Most blog sites and interfaces have HTML input as well for those of you who enjoy working with code and would like to enter your blogs this way. There are also different formats for listing links, photos, etc. Most work the same way as text. You have the option to either enter as HTML or enter in the WYSIWYG editors.
Interactivity
Another great thing about blogs is that they are interactive. This is one thing that made them so popular. People have the opportunity to respond to what they read. You can post comments to the blog when you read it which are often shown instantly. There are some cases where the blog owner may use a spam filter or blocker and your comment will have to be reviewed first. The comments are usually found at the end of the post. People feel great about the fact that they can add their own thoughts and opinions and communicate with other people that are reading the blog. This is also a great way for advertisers to find out how the readers feel about something.
The archive feature
Archiving is another great feature of blogging. Most blogs have this option so that you can archive your posts by categories and date. If you find a blog that you like, you can look back on past entries. In fact, most blogs have an archive that is searchable for you to easily bring up certain topics or dates and read the entries.
The regular blog will have features set up so that after a certain number of days or certain number of blog entries posted, the older entries will roll off the main page and become archived. There are also other features that are usually built into the blog itself such as the ability to subscribe to the content of that blog or excerpts of the blog content. You can also use RSS feeds or Atom feeds to let people know you have updated content or to let them put your content on their sites.
Blogs also have links to other blogs so they all link together, or at least the ones with similar content do. So you can see how great it is for a company or business that wants to get their name out there or make themselves known. It can be very useful to make yourself known with the popular blogs in your topic or category so that you will get advertising to your own as well.
Software
What do you need to know to build your blog? Do you need to be an expert in HTML and coding to complete this successfully? Back in the early days of blogging, programmers would have needed to know HTML to create their blogs. That isn’t true today now that we have software that converts what you type into what you want it to look like. This software makes blogging simple and easy even if you don’t know any HTML. All blogs are either hosted on someone else’s server of self-hosed on your own server. Blogger is a popular example of a blog that is hosted and Wordpress is an example that is self-hosted. Read on to find out more about these two hosting types.
Hosted blogs
Hosted blogs are usually more affordable, or even free so this is a big plus for many people, especially those that have never blogged before. Hosted blogs are really easy to create and maintain. There are some disadvantages to all this ease of use. You won’t have as many options for customization, etc when you use a hosted blog. You pretty much just have to work with what you are given.
Also, if you later want to move to a self-hosted site, you may have to start over with the search engine rankings and it can be difficult to move and keep all of your existing content.
Enjoy blogging
This will help you to understand how people make money off it and how you can do the same.
Below is an explanation of different parts of a standard blog and the features therein.
Posting Structure
Do you understand the posting structure of the blog and how it works? Each entry is referred to as a “post”. Posts may also be called entries or articles. They may be made on a daily basis or weekly, bimonthly, monthly, etc. The way you enter your blog post varies according to what type of blog service you are using. Many have a direct entry text box where you simply type in what you want to say. You don’t have to know any special coding information. Some blogs have what is called WYSIWYG editors. This stands for “what you see is what you get” and it means easy text entry no matter who you are.
Most blog sites and interfaces have HTML input as well for those of you who enjoy working with code and would like to enter your blogs this way. There are also different formats for listing links, photos, etc. Most work the same way as text. You have the option to either enter as HTML or enter in the WYSIWYG editors.
Interactivity
Another great thing about blogs is that they are interactive. This is one thing that made them so popular. People have the opportunity to respond to what they read. You can post comments to the blog when you read it which are often shown instantly. There are some cases where the blog owner may use a spam filter or blocker and your comment will have to be reviewed first. The comments are usually found at the end of the post. People feel great about the fact that they can add their own thoughts and opinions and communicate with other people that are reading the blog. This is also a great way for advertisers to find out how the readers feel about something.
The archive feature
Archiving is another great feature of blogging. Most blogs have this option so that you can archive your posts by categories and date. If you find a blog that you like, you can look back on past entries. In fact, most blogs have an archive that is searchable for you to easily bring up certain topics or dates and read the entries.
The regular blog will have features set up so that after a certain number of days or certain number of blog entries posted, the older entries will roll off the main page and become archived. There are also other features that are usually built into the blog itself such as the ability to subscribe to the content of that blog or excerpts of the blog content. You can also use RSS feeds or Atom feeds to let people know you have updated content or to let them put your content on their sites.
Blogs also have links to other blogs so they all link together, or at least the ones with similar content do. So you can see how great it is for a company or business that wants to get their name out there or make themselves known. It can be very useful to make yourself known with the popular blogs in your topic or category so that you will get advertising to your own as well.
Software
What do you need to know to build your blog? Do you need to be an expert in HTML and coding to complete this successfully? Back in the early days of blogging, programmers would have needed to know HTML to create their blogs. That isn’t true today now that we have software that converts what you type into what you want it to look like. This software makes blogging simple and easy even if you don’t know any HTML. All blogs are either hosted on someone else’s server of self-hosed on your own server. Blogger is a popular example of a blog that is hosted and Wordpress is an example that is self-hosted. Read on to find out more about these two hosting types.
Hosted blogs
Hosted blogs are usually more affordable, or even free so this is a big plus for many people, especially those that have never blogged before. Hosted blogs are really easy to create and maintain. There are some disadvantages to all this ease of use. You won’t have as many options for customization, etc when you use a hosted blog. You pretty much just have to work with what you are given.
Also, if you later want to move to a self-hosted site, you may have to start over with the search engine rankings and it can be difficult to move and keep all of your existing content.
Enjoy blogging
Sunday, 27 July 2008
Blogging in the 21st century
The turn of the 21st century brought about a lot of changes, including changes in blogging. Technology has given internet users a whole new way to write and present their blogs. Instead of all text with a few images thrown in to make it a little more interesting you can now add audio to your blogs.
To make it even more interesting put in a short video to intrigue your visitors. Did you know that you can even update your blog when you are on the go if you like? All you have to do is use a PDA or a mobile phone and you can connect and update anytime, anywhere you please, this is called mobile blogs.
Technology has certainly changed the way blogging works. There are no longer very many limitations holding the blogger back. So what are some of these different types of blogs that are now available today and what do they mean? Basically, there are two common types of blogs and each has different sub-genres included within it. Most blogs are either basic blogs or expository blogs.
Basic blogs include links to something interesting and a comment or two.
Expository blogs focus mainly on writing.
There are several other blogs that fall under these two main broad categories. Some of these include:
• Group – A variant of the same basic blog but with multiple authors
• Topic- blogs based on a specific topics (such as politics, news, religion, education, etc.)
• Journals – Diaries; usually expository and of interest to the writer, family and friends
• Photo- As the name suggests, this is a graphic heavy blog with photos etc.
• Linkblog- Similar to the regular basic blog but with only links and without commentary
• Public relations- blogs geared towards public relations, advertising, etc
• Other- There are many other types and categories of blogs that can fall in this line as well.
There are so many different things that blogs are used for these days.
So let's get down to blogging
To make it even more interesting put in a short video to intrigue your visitors. Did you know that you can even update your blog when you are on the go if you like? All you have to do is use a PDA or a mobile phone and you can connect and update anytime, anywhere you please, this is called mobile blogs.
Technology has certainly changed the way blogging works. There are no longer very many limitations holding the blogger back. So what are some of these different types of blogs that are now available today and what do they mean? Basically, there are two common types of blogs and each has different sub-genres included within it. Most blogs are either basic blogs or expository blogs.
Basic blogs include links to something interesting and a comment or two.
Expository blogs focus mainly on writing.
There are several other blogs that fall under these two main broad categories. Some of these include:
• Group – A variant of the same basic blog but with multiple authors
• Topic- blogs based on a specific topics (such as politics, news, religion, education, etc.)
• Journals – Diaries; usually expository and of interest to the writer, family and friends
• Photo- As the name suggests, this is a graphic heavy blog with photos etc.
• Linkblog- Similar to the regular basic blog but with only links and without commentary
• Public relations- blogs geared towards public relations, advertising, etc
• Other- There are many other types and categories of blogs that can fall in this line as well.
There are so many different things that blogs are used for these days.
So let's get down to blogging
Tuesday, 22 July 2008
Comparing blogs to websites
While blogging, you might have already noticed that blogs and websites have several similarities.
There are, however, important features that make them different. The way that these sites function is very different. A regular website stays what is called "static". While it may be updated, it is not updated as regularly as blogs. Most of the information and content that is on the website will stay the same.
A blog however, may be constantly changing not only on a daily basis but from hour to
hour, etc. Blogs have the bonus of having a permanent web address just like a website but they are different because they are also interactive and very dynamic. The person keeping the blog maintains in conversation with the reader so they feel more in touch with the blogger and the blog.
It’s more personal than simply reading words on a website.
Enjoy your blogging
There are, however, important features that make them different. The way that these sites function is very different. A regular website stays what is called "static". While it may be updated, it is not updated as regularly as blogs. Most of the information and content that is on the website will stay the same.
A blog however, may be constantly changing not only on a daily basis but from hour to
hour, etc. Blogs have the bonus of having a permanent web address just like a website but they are different because they are also interactive and very dynamic. The person keeping the blog maintains in conversation with the reader so they feel more in touch with the blogger and the blog.
It’s more personal than simply reading words on a website.
Enjoy your blogging
Thursday, 17 July 2008
Types of Blogs
You may already know that there is not only one type of blog out there. Blogs come in a wide variety of types and are made distinct and personal by the blogger himself. You will become well-known to others by the voice you use on your blog regardless of what type of blog you choose to use. The type of blog that represents the original blog the best is where the blogger sorts through different topics provided by internet sites.
They then take the important and most interesting facts from these sites and post them to a blog to be viewed by others. By doing this you are presenting the reader of the blog with an easy and simple way of keeping up with what’s going on in the world without doing all the research themselves. This is great for people that are short on free time.
You can choose to stick to one main interest or change around and talk about different subjects, as the blogger it’s your choice. The most popular blog today would be where the blogger posts their personal journal of their day’s event. If you want to share the events of your life with others this would be a great way to do so.
Many people have used their hobbies to post on blogs, giving others who enjoy the same thing good information about the subject. If there is something going on in the world that you strongly protest or support many people have found that these types of blogs work well for them.
If you are newbie in blogging world, you may wish to know the types blogs that are in existence. Many bloggers simply create their own blog using any of the standard blogging software but many sites have popped up offering specialized services for users to create their own travel blogs and share their photos.
More details on the types of blogs available can be retrieved from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_blogs
They then take the important and most interesting facts from these sites and post them to a blog to be viewed by others. By doing this you are presenting the reader of the blog with an easy and simple way of keeping up with what’s going on in the world without doing all the research themselves. This is great for people that are short on free time.
You can choose to stick to one main interest or change around and talk about different subjects, as the blogger it’s your choice. The most popular blog today would be where the blogger posts their personal journal of their day’s event. If you want to share the events of your life with others this would be a great way to do so.
Many people have used their hobbies to post on blogs, giving others who enjoy the same thing good information about the subject. If there is something going on in the world that you strongly protest or support many people have found that these types of blogs work well for them.
If you are newbie in blogging world, you may wish to know the types blogs that are in existence. Many bloggers simply create their own blog using any of the standard blogging software but many sites have popped up offering specialized services for users to create their own travel blogs and share their photos.
More details on the types of blogs available can be retrieved from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_blogs
Saturday, 12 July 2008
How to begin blogging
If you are new to blogging and have never used a blog at all before, then it would be best to start out as simple as possible. To do this you should begin by experimenting with setting up your first blog on blogger. This is the easiest way to begin with only three easy steps to follow.
The first thing you do is to go to blogger.com.
From here you can acquire all the information you need to set up a new account. You will need both a username and a display name. You will have to provide an email address and a password for your protection.
After this has been done you simply select a template and begin to post to your blog. Entering the blogosphere isn’t as hard as you may have thought it was. You now have a good idea of what it means to blog for fun.
However, to make money you will have to get a lot more in depth. For instance, you will have to choose an interesting topic to blog about. For those of you that already have your own domain, you can normally download another program for blogging called Wordpress.
This can usually be installed with just one click of the mouse from your domain. Once this program is installed all you have to do is follow the instructions for logging in and begin posting right away. After experimenting with either of these blogging programs for a bit you are ready to move on to more interesting blogging.
The first thing you do is to go to blogger.com.
From here you can acquire all the information you need to set up a new account. You will need both a username and a display name. You will have to provide an email address and a password for your protection.
After this has been done you simply select a template and begin to post to your blog. Entering the blogosphere isn’t as hard as you may have thought it was. You now have a good idea of what it means to blog for fun.
However, to make money you will have to get a lot more in depth. For instance, you will have to choose an interesting topic to blog about. For those of you that already have your own domain, you can normally download another program for blogging called Wordpress.
This can usually be installed with just one click of the mouse from your domain. Once this program is installed all you have to do is follow the instructions for logging in and begin posting right away. After experimenting with either of these blogging programs for a bit you are ready to move on to more interesting blogging.
Monday, 7 July 2008
Free Internet Marketing
It's only that nlogging has becomes one of the addicting as well as advertising fads.
Teenagers have resorted to blogging as an outlet for their emotions, where they can blurt out whatever bugs them or whatever makes them feel elated.
Savvy marketers have discovered that blogging is one of the best Internet marketing methods that won't cost you a cent.
Blogging for your Internet business is one surefire way to boost the visibility of your products and services. Here are a few ways to boost your internet advertising with the help of a blog:
So, how do you set up a blog?
Either you load a blogging-software or let a blogging hosting service do it for you.
Host services such as LiveJournal and Blogger.com are the most popular in this field. Those hosts will provide you with easy instructions on how to put up your blog.
Teenagers have resorted to blogging as an outlet for their emotions, where they can blurt out whatever bugs them or whatever makes them feel elated.
Savvy marketers have discovered that blogging is one of the best Internet marketing methods that won't cost you a cent.
Blogging for your Internet business is one surefire way to boost the visibility of your products and services. Here are a few ways to boost your internet advertising with the help of a blog:
1. Make your clients or customers abreast on your website's alterations. Your new products and affiliate websites could also be announced through your blog.
2. Keep track of your business objectives and plans through open writing.
3. Air your opinions, advice or reviews on specific services or products that are related to your business as publishing is a very easy process with blogging.
4. Include links that will fetch back links and subsequently improve your ranking on search engines. This could be better executed through putting well-written articles in your website. Affiliate links could also be included in your blog to earn more extra income.
5. Collect response through the ability of blogs to fetch comments from your blog readers. You can learn and improve your products and services through with the feedback from your readers.
6. Connect easily with other bloggers. When other bloggers notice that you have something good in your blog, they will put you in their favorite lists that will automatically link you to their blogs.
So, how do you set up a blog?
Either you load a blogging-software or let a blogging hosting service do it for you.
Host services such as LiveJournal and Blogger.com are the most popular in this field. Those hosts will provide you with easy instructions on how to put up your blog.
Thursday, 3 July 2008
Why Should You Blog ?
Because just about EVERYONE is!
Another way to say that it is......that 6% of the entire U.S. adult population (internet users and non-users alike) have created blogs. That’s one out of every 20 people or that translates into more than 11 million American adults who say they have created blogs.
Moreover 16% of all U.S. adults (or one in six people) are blog readers.
Well, OK, if that isn't good enough for you, here are two more reasons.
Blogs let you - communicate.
Communicate with whom?
Your audience. Customers, subscribers, prospects, readers. Anyone whom you could earlier reach by email. Fact is, e-mail is getting less effective as a communication tool simply because it often fails to reach the intended recipient. Blame it on the deluge of spam email and the increasing use of aggressive filters by ISPs and end users.
This is where the blog enters - where a message is on the Web for anyone to see. Then there is the issue of getting the word out when you update the blog - but we will get to that later.
Another good reason... blogging helps you reveal your true personality, by letting the YOU shine through. It's easier to establish rapport with audiences through a blog post that's an unpolished form of your thought processes - than through a corporate bulletin or edited newsletter.
So utilize your blog to the fullest and communicate
Another way to say that it is......that 6% of the entire U.S. adult population (internet users and non-users alike) have created blogs. That’s one out of every 20 people or that translates into more than 11 million American adults who say they have created blogs.
Moreover 16% of all U.S. adults (or one in six people) are blog readers.
Well, OK, if that isn't good enough for you, here are two more reasons.
Blogs let you - communicate.
Communicate with whom?
Your audience. Customers, subscribers, prospects, readers. Anyone whom you could earlier reach by email. Fact is, e-mail is getting less effective as a communication tool simply because it often fails to reach the intended recipient. Blame it on the deluge of spam email and the increasing use of aggressive filters by ISPs and end users.
This is where the blog enters - where a message is on the Web for anyone to see. Then there is the issue of getting the word out when you update the blog - but we will get to that later.
Another good reason... blogging helps you reveal your true personality, by letting the YOU shine through. It's easier to establish rapport with audiences through a blog post that's an unpolished form of your thought processes - than through a corporate bulletin or edited newsletter.
So utilize your blog to the fullest and communicate
Sunday, 8 June 2008
Freelancing/ Blogging Job Links
In addition to monetizing your own blog with advertising spots, paid reviews, affiliate marketing, freelance jobs etc., there are many opportunities on the Net for getting paid for blogging and other freelance jobs.
Helium - Where publishers and freelancers meet. At Helium’s Marketplace, publishers post the titles they need articles for right now. "Publishers are paying from $20 to $200 for each selected article"
B5 Media
"They normally post their job openings for bloggers at ProBlogger"
ProBlogger
Lists a number of blogging opportunities on it’s site.
Associated Content
Associated Content invites everyone to contribute original video, text, audio and images on any topic to gain exposure and earn cash. AC offers upfront payments for some content submissions as well as a monthly Performance Bonus payment for all of your original content.
WiseOrb
Write articles on any of a vast array of topics, including product reviews, “how to” guides, holiday reviews, essays and much more. If approved by WiseOrb editors, Wise Orb will publish your article on this site, and pay you according to how popular the article is. You can write about whatever you like, as long as the article adheres to WiseOrb terms and conditions.
Constant Content
Website that sells original content for your websites, blogs, newsletters, etc. Writers can submit articles on many topics and once approved, it is available for sale. Clients can also request custom articles from writers. You can sell the articles by usage or exclusively to one client. With Constant Content, you are paid for sales, rather than paid by article.
Blogger Jobs.biz.
Career blogging listings.
Defense Talk
Get Paid to Write About World Militaries and World Military Weapons. For articles that are accepted, you get paid $25-$35In addition, you can bid on writing projects at all of the freelance boards listed below
Elance
The largest online freelance site. Large freelance writing section
Rentacoder
Probably the second largest coding freelance site. Focused on programming but there are technical writing jobs there to be had.
Scriptlance
This site has the lowest costs but it doesn’t have some of the features of Elance and Rentacoder. You can find some writing gigs here but it is focused more on coding/ programming.
Getafreelancer.com
Another reasonably good freelancing site
Guru
A very large outsourcing site with plenty of writing jobs.
Contracted Work
A medium sized contracting site
Sologig
A medium sized contracting site
Freelance.com
Freelance IT jobs.
Freelancers.net
Freelancers.net lists many jobs and projects open to UK freelancers, however clients from across the globe use Freelancers.net regularly to source freelancers outside of the UK.
Hotgigs
Freelance Jobsearch
AllFreelance.com
Craigslist
Naukri.com
Monster.com
iFreelance.com
Project4Hire.com
Freelance Jobs
GetaFreelancer.com
In addition to the above sites, you can go to any of the search engines and using the search feature, type in [blogging or writing jobs] to find the writing and blogging jobs available.
Helium - Where publishers and freelancers meet. At Helium’s Marketplace, publishers post the titles they need articles for right now. "Publishers are paying from $20 to $200 for each selected article"
B5 Media
"They normally post their job openings for bloggers at ProBlogger"
ProBlogger
Lists a number of blogging opportunities on it’s site.
Associated Content
Associated Content invites everyone to contribute original video, text, audio and images on any topic to gain exposure and earn cash. AC offers upfront payments for some content submissions as well as a monthly Performance Bonus payment for all of your original content.
WiseOrb
Write articles on any of a vast array of topics, including product reviews, “how to” guides, holiday reviews, essays and much more. If approved by WiseOrb editors, Wise Orb will publish your article on this site, and pay you according to how popular the article is. You can write about whatever you like, as long as the article adheres to WiseOrb terms and conditions.
Constant Content
Website that sells original content for your websites, blogs, newsletters, etc. Writers can submit articles on many topics and once approved, it is available for sale. Clients can also request custom articles from writers. You can sell the articles by usage or exclusively to one client. With Constant Content, you are paid for sales, rather than paid by article.
Blogger Jobs.biz.
Career blogging listings.
Defense Talk
Get Paid to Write About World Militaries and World Military Weapons. For articles that are accepted, you get paid $25-$35In addition, you can bid on writing projects at all of the freelance boards listed below
Elance
The largest online freelance site. Large freelance writing section
Rentacoder
Probably the second largest coding freelance site. Focused on programming but there are technical writing jobs there to be had.
Scriptlance
This site has the lowest costs but it doesn’t have some of the features of Elance and Rentacoder. You can find some writing gigs here but it is focused more on coding/ programming.
Getafreelancer.com
Another reasonably good freelancing site
Guru
A very large outsourcing site with plenty of writing jobs.
Contracted Work
A medium sized contracting site
Sologig
A medium sized contracting site
Freelance.com
Freelance IT jobs.
Freelancers.net
Freelancers.net lists many jobs and projects open to UK freelancers, however clients from across the globe use Freelancers.net regularly to source freelancers outside of the UK.
Hotgigs
Freelance Jobsearch
AllFreelance.com
Craigslist
Naukri.com
Monster.com
iFreelance.com
Project4Hire.com
Freelance Jobs
GetaFreelancer.com
In addition to the above sites, you can go to any of the search engines and using the search feature, type in [blogging or writing jobs] to find the writing and blogging jobs available.
Thursday, 8 May 2008
Internet Home Business and Blogging
Internet-Home-Business and Blogging go hand in hand. Most people into Blogging would also be into some form of Internet-Home-Business and vice versa. So its better, you know something about it.
Internet-Home-Business is not something new nowadays... most work-at-home moms practice it, students in college utilize it for extra income, it keeps retirees busy and some working people use it as a part-time income source.
Few people have also made it a full time occupation and have succeeded as well...
I am also in this jig, and reckon one of the things you ought to know before starting a home-business is how to avoid the setbacks
One of the important things after you have identified your home-based-business, is that you have to sit down and analyze certain factors, i.e., your skills, the areas you are good at etc.,
Few of the important factors required prior to starting on a home-based-business venture are mentioned below.
This is something most of us overlook - I used to, and still am a mess when it comes to organizing and time management. This is mainly because of the lack of discipline that slowly filters into home-businesses. No wonder they call it working in your pajamas!
So it would help if you initially do a bit of time management and eliminate some of the things that aren't important to you. In short, readjust your priorities. What's eating up your time that you could eliminate or if possible, delegate to someone else?
Work on your resilience, an important factor... which is widely recognized as EQ or Emotional Quotient competency. This pertains to being able to bounce back from failures, loss, rejections and adversity. It will keep you from slowing down and wasting precious energy when you hit an obstacle or challenge.
The EQ competency will help you maintain a sense of balance. Try not to be a perfectionist; as if you constantly dwell on the things that don't go exactly as planned, you'll get into a negative mindset. Working to stay positive and congratulating yourself occasionally is extremely necessary.
Focus on what goes right and not what goes wrong -We normally overlook the many things that went well during a given day, and give importance to that one thing that went wrong. So just switch this around and pass it on and you will feel more relaxed.
Every time somebody tells you something that didn't go well, counter with something that went well. This will help you build your self-esteem and resilience, and will positively affect those around you.
Find a way to combine self-nurturing and support with a great home-business that would enable you to achieve that financial flexibility.
Surround yourself with as many positive situations as you can. If someone's really negative, that it's best to stay away from him or her. Even while shopping, try finding a store where the clerks are smiling and helpful. There are many. Find the office supply store where they're really glad to have your business, and pay attention to you when you're shopping.
Most of the successful Internet businesses ventures have faced tremendous setbacks and they have comeback only stronger. So don't give up... the initial stages are a bit hard...
Internet-Home-Business has since then come a long way. Thanks to the home computer and Internet, you now have access to unlimited information and opportunities, and unlimited ways to make money...
It is even clearer from the fact that most of the successful companies today on the Internet had one thing in common. That most of them, started from nowhere, and all they had was access to a computer, a connection to the Internet, some free time and a determination to succeed so as to obtain their financial freedom!
Most of them didn't start well. They faced many problems, didn't understand the concept and had to learn from their mistakes. They had to take one step at a time and evaluate the results.
Most times, they had to retrace their steps. But they didn't give up. In fact they returned stronger and more determined to discover and understand. Then slowly, things started getting better and better every month.
New ideas were born, they started exploring and getting to know how Internet works and how they can capitalize from it. Slowly, income streams started appearing and their commissions grew monthly. This is a classic example of most success stories on the Internet.
I have mentioned this so as to emphasize that there are no instant riches on the Internet (no matter what some of the internet marketers say). Your primary objective would be to lay a solid foundation and the rest should follow automatically.
Now the one common factor was that they were not willing to call it quits whenever they faced a stumbling block.
So, no matter what....don't ever close up shop and call it quits.
Wishing you the best in your internet-home-business.
Internet-Home-Business is not something new nowadays... most work-at-home moms practice it, students in college utilize it for extra income, it keeps retirees busy and some working people use it as a part-time income source.
Few people have also made it a full time occupation and have succeeded as well...
I am also in this jig, and reckon one of the things you ought to know before starting a home-business is how to avoid the setbacks
One of the important things after you have identified your home-based-business, is that you have to sit down and analyze certain factors, i.e., your skills, the areas you are good at etc.,
Few of the important factors required prior to starting on a home-based-business venture are mentioned below.
This is something most of us overlook - I used to, and still am a mess when it comes to organizing and time management. This is mainly because of the lack of discipline that slowly filters into home-businesses. No wonder they call it working in your pajamas!
So it would help if you initially do a bit of time management and eliminate some of the things that aren't important to you. In short, readjust your priorities. What's eating up your time that you could eliminate or if possible, delegate to someone else?
Work on your resilience, an important factor... which is widely recognized as EQ or Emotional Quotient competency. This pertains to being able to bounce back from failures, loss, rejections and adversity. It will keep you from slowing down and wasting precious energy when you hit an obstacle or challenge.
The EQ competency will help you maintain a sense of balance. Try not to be a perfectionist; as if you constantly dwell on the things that don't go exactly as planned, you'll get into a negative mindset. Working to stay positive and congratulating yourself occasionally is extremely necessary.
Focus on what goes right and not what goes wrong -We normally overlook the many things that went well during a given day, and give importance to that one thing that went wrong. So just switch this around and pass it on and you will feel more relaxed.
Every time somebody tells you something that didn't go well, counter with something that went well. This will help you build your self-esteem and resilience, and will positively affect those around you.
Find a way to combine self-nurturing and support with a great home-business that would enable you to achieve that financial flexibility.
Surround yourself with as many positive situations as you can. If someone's really negative, that it's best to stay away from him or her. Even while shopping, try finding a store where the clerks are smiling and helpful. There are many. Find the office supply store where they're really glad to have your business, and pay attention to you when you're shopping.
Most of the successful Internet businesses ventures have faced tremendous setbacks and they have comeback only stronger. So don't give up... the initial stages are a bit hard...
Internet-Home-Business has since then come a long way. Thanks to the home computer and Internet, you now have access to unlimited information and opportunities, and unlimited ways to make money...
It is even clearer from the fact that most of the successful companies today on the Internet had one thing in common. That most of them, started from nowhere, and all they had was access to a computer, a connection to the Internet, some free time and a determination to succeed so as to obtain their financial freedom!
Most of them didn't start well. They faced many problems, didn't understand the concept and had to learn from their mistakes. They had to take one step at a time and evaluate the results.
Most times, they had to retrace their steps. But they didn't give up. In fact they returned stronger and more determined to discover and understand. Then slowly, things started getting better and better every month.
New ideas were born, they started exploring and getting to know how Internet works and how they can capitalize from it. Slowly, income streams started appearing and their commissions grew monthly. This is a classic example of most success stories on the Internet.
I have mentioned this so as to emphasize that there are no instant riches on the Internet (no matter what some of the internet marketers say). Your primary objective would be to lay a solid foundation and the rest should follow automatically.
Now the one common factor was that they were not willing to call it quits whenever they faced a stumbling block.
So, no matter what....don't ever close up shop and call it quits.
Wishing you the best in your internet-home-business.
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