There are a few things that many bloggers should do along the way to making it to the top. These are merely suggestions but they have proven to work for many just like me. I am not saying that I am at the top but I do plan to be there soon. Planning Every blogger needs a plan. A plan can be simple or rather complex. A plan can list your goals and ambitions so that you can continue to profit or it can be merely be to become better at writing or blogging. The plan is up to you but without a plan, you will probably fail. I have a…
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Keyword Density and Keyword Stuffing
There are times when I often write for myself more than I do for the search engines and I do this because I want you to feel like I am writing for you and not for a computer who doesn’t care otherwise. Keyword stuffing is a term used with people most often stuff keywords into a post hence the word keyword stuffing. I try not to stuff keywords into my post especially since this will actually cause search Engines like Google and Yahoo! to mistake you website as spam and it also will cause you to loose your traffic. Instead of keyword stuffing you should try to integrate keywords into…
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Blogging skeptics
I haven’t been feeling the best today and just about everyone in my house is sick so I am going to make this short and sweet. When I first started out blogging, I had no clue as to what I was actually doing but I knew that I wanted to build an empire for myself. My dream was nearly crushed one day when I read a blog post by someone that said that if you think you can make a living by blogging then you might as well give up now. I started thinking after reading that post and I realized that they were wrong because I have had proof…
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Free blogging platforms
When I first started a blog a few years back, I did something that most newbie bloggers do, I blogged on a free blogging platform. It wasn’t because I was cheap and couldn’t afford it, but instead because I wanted to test the water and see what it was like. I remember my first real dollar from my blog, it made me feel excited and overwhelmed that people really can make money from their blog. From that day forward, I made it a mission of mine to learn how to use the internet to my advantage using blogs as a main source of income. I don’t use a free blogging…
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101 ways to get Subscribers
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have 100 plus subscribers to your blog? I have and I am finding out the secrets. I met this guy, actually I didn’t really meat him but I have given him a virtual high five every now and then, he has showed me a heap of things that I have learned and passed on to my readers. My friend over at Fulltiltblogging.com is showing people how to get 101 subscribers to their blogs and it is easy. The step by step program is so reliable that many are now bragging about it. I am proud to be learning a few things from…
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10 Ways of Creating Traffic to Your Blog
If you really want to create traffic to your blog then you better listen up. There are things that you can do to help get traffic to your blog for free without every having to pay anything. I created this list after asking myself what drives me to reading others blogs. Once you ask yourself this question, you too can create your own list. I am not like some of the other bloggers, I don’t just tell you what to do, I give you a reason of why you should do it to get traffic to your blog. Enjoy the list and be sure to comment or add your own…
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Blogging to the top
I came up with my one year goal on July 9 and decided that I wanted to add a little more too it to see how this could pan out for a blogger like myself. I haven’t really decided what my goals are accept that by the end of one year I plan to be one of the top bloggers that you often hear about on the web. I have seen very few bloggers actually accomplish very much in a years time so I am doing this challenge to prove to you that it can be done. I want to do something a little different than most bloggers with goals though, I…
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Why I set monthly goals and why you should too
Each month, I set a new goal for myself. This goal can be anything but lately it has been more about money for me. This is all due to a new baby arriving in March and the need to become more financially stable. I work as a freelance writer and as most freelancers know, you don’t always make the money when you want too. I keep track of my income and develop a plan to be all odds against the people who say that I can’t possibly work from home and live comfortably. Well, these people are wrong. This month, my goal was to make $1000 using Associated Content as my source of income.…
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9 Reasons I love The Mad Blogger
The other night I sat down to write a post for this blog and I started thinking about what it takes to be a real blogger. Does it mean that you have a million post on your blog or that you have a million readers subscribing to your RSS feed? Could it be that you have a million comments on each of your post? I might have exaggerated a little, actually a lot, but you get the picture. The answer is no. A real blogger is someone who has the passion to write. I call this the mad blogger because just like the mad scientist they often accomplish something in…
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Getting Readers by Using Popular Keywords
I am part a of group that often tries to find more ways to make our articles on the internet to gain more attraction. I finally came up with something and it worked. My Article Goal The goal was easy. I created an article using Google’s trends but instead of just using one keyword, I used multiple ones. How I wrote the article I wrote an article on coupons and thought about what people would search for when they think of coupons. After thinking a moment, I searched through Google’s trends to see if there were any related words that were being searched for that day. As my luck would have it, there was.…
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Keywords in your URL
This is one of the most important things to do when you are writing a blog post or writing content for the internet. Using keywords in your URL will help to bring you more search engine traffic. The keywords that you use in your URL should also be used throughout your post or article so that it flows naturally; no one likes reading something that sounds like a robot put it together. It is actually better to use the keywords close to the front of your URL instead of the back especially if you are going to be writing for websites that pay you to write. Most of the time your…
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Technorati
Technorati has been around for a while and it is one f the footprints that most bloggers use to get their name out there. On Technorati you are able to claim your blog and what this means is that you get to take credit for your blog and the post that come from it. Every blogger should have Technorati on their blog since it shows your authority or allows others to add you to their favorites in technorati. Every blog that links to your blog will help to raise your authority up on Technorati. The higher your Technorati authority is the higher your rankings are for Technorati. For those bloggers who haven’t claimed…
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5 Reasons why I may have stopped reading your blog
There are many reasons that people just like me will stop reading your blog. There are a few things that bloggers often do that gets on my nerves even though they may not realize it. Yes, I am speaking to you when I say that I may not be reading your blog because of something that you did. Get over it; it is no one else’s fault but your own. Here is a handy little list of 5 reasons that I stopped reading your blog and I hope that you use this list to make your blog even better. Regurgitated information I am not saying that it is wrong to…
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I Sound Like Britney Spears
I sound like Britney Spears when I say, oops I did it again. I had a few complications with my blog when I tried to move it from Yahoo! Small Business over to Godaddy. It wasn’t Godaddy’s fault; Yahoo! was the ones with the issues and my hosting account plus the domain name that I had registered with them. I made a newbie mistake and didn’t back up my files on my blog. Actually, I want to rephrase that, I would have backed up my data on my blog except my two year old decided that she wanted to play with the computer while I was on the phone and…
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One Year Goal
This is my own personal challenge that I wanted to start for myself. I don’t know if you have been following a long or not but recently I lost all the data from my blog. As a result of this unfortunate mistake, I have had no choice but to start my blog over from scratch. I loss a lot because of this. Oh Gaje Master, it can’t be that bad! No, it is even worse. My blog was down for a few days as I was trying to bring it back up after switching host and domain registars. I loss everything and when I say everything I do mean everything.…
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The Best Time to Write
I was asked this question a while back on one of my other blogs and I must say that I have found that the best time to write blog post is before noon. Why is this? Well, because most bloggers have a tendency of roaming around the web after the noon hour. It may be a little odd but it is very true. For those of you who aren’t really that familiar with me, I have a bad habit of writing whatever strikes my fancy and writing it whenever I feel like it. I am not like most bloggers who only write a certain amount of post during the day…
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The Power of Twitter
I have heard many bloggers and other people in the real world state that Twitter can have an amazing outcome. I have also heard people say that twitter is only a power house for bloggers who want others to think that they are special. I have used Twitter to help me to get the message out there when I thought that something needed to be heard. I don’t know if you have heard of Twitterholic but it is a site that allows you to view the top 100 people that have been followed and also are following the most people. Twitterholic is an interesting site once you view it and it often…
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Constant Blogging
I try to blog as often as I can and I have learned that when you don’t blog frequently, your readers will slowly perish. With this in mind it is important to keep up with your blogging whenever you can. When should I blog This is completely up to you but I would recommend a schedule that you can stick to so that your readers will know when to expect a new post from you. I try to blog at least three days a week and more often if I can. Time Stamp It I love wordpress since it allows you to use a time stamp on your blog post to publish…
