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Blog Niches
What am I gonna write? What topic should I blog about? Should my blog have general and miscellaneous contents? Should my blog focus on one general topic?
If you are considering on setting up your new blogsite, those questions are probably the first things you have in mind. Well, to help you start off.. here’s a list of Blog Niches, and a list of blogging ideas, generalized categories/topics, i found on a friend’s website, that you might find helpful in finalizing your decision.
- Political blogs. These can be on news, activism, politics. One of the great source because the materials are endless and fresh.
- Personal blogs. These are the most common types of blogs. They can act as online diaries, day to day experiences, thoughts, hatred, love, friendship and many others.
- Topical blogs. They focuses on particular niche or topic. Usually these blogs are technical in nature.
- Health blogs. Focuses on health issues. Blogs which are written to medical news are called Medical blog. They are written by medical practitioners and/or patients themselves.
- Literary blogs. They are sometimes called as litblog.
- Travel blogs. Focuses on the bloggers journey on the places he has been. These types of blogs are very informative if you want the details for a certain place. Mostly they are written to educate travelers.
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List Of Blog Marketing and Optimization Tips
- Decide on a stand alone domain name www.myblog.com or directory of existing site www.mysite.com/blog. Sub domain is also an option blog.mysite.com. Avoid hosted services that do not allow you to use your own domain name!
- Obtain and install customizable blog software - WordPress and Moveable Type are my favorites.
- Customize blog look and feel templates - aka design.
- Research keywords and develop a glossary - Keyword Discovery, WordTracker, SitePoint, SEOBook Keyword Research.
- Optimize the blog:
- Template optimization - RSS subscription options, social bookmark links, HTML code, Unique title tags, URLs, Sitemap
- Add helper plugins specific to WordPress or MT
- Create keyword rich categories (reference your keyword glossary)
- Enable automatic trackback and ping functionality.
- Create Feedburner Pro account and enable feed tracking.
- Setup a Google account for Sitemap, validate and prep for future submission.
- Identify authoritative blogs, web sites and hubs for outbound resource links and blogroll.
- Format archived posts, related posts.
- Enable statistics for tracking - Google Analytics, ClickTracks.
- Submit RSS feed and Blog URL to prominent RSS and Blog directories / search engines.
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How to Build Successful Articles
There’s no successful website today that does not have articles on them. Why? Simply because articles are excellent way to drive traffic and in turn create profits for every on line business. As a website operator, you should have a good selection of articles relating to your campaign. Articles have been known as one of the key element to drive traffic towards any website.
Additionally, articles are the main factors why a website is found on top engines result. Spiders or robots scours the web for new content. The higher your ranking on their result such as from Google, the better your chances of ripping up massive income in your products or services.
A good, informative and well written articles attracts visitors and in turn keep them from coming back and a possible unlimited recommendation of your site to their friends.
10 Requisites for Professional Bloggers
1. Time: the first point on the check list is time, without plenty of it you will find it hard to build a successful blog that generates a good monthly income. Time is important not only for writing content but also for interacting with other bloggers, gathering information, keeping updated and so on. There are bloggers out there managing to generate money despite blogging only for a couple of hours daily (i.e. John Chow), but that is the exception rather than the rule, and most of the times those bloggers already had a lot of online expertise to begin with. If you are planning to earn a full-time income from your blog there is no reason to assume that you will not need to dedicate full-time to its development.
2. Expertise on a topic: apart from having plenty of time to blog you will also need something to blog about, and you must have some expertise around the chosen topic otherwise the blog will not be credible. Do not get me wrong here, you probably will not need a PhD in Physics to blog about “alternative energy sourcesâ€Â, for instance, but you must have a minimum background and you must also be updated with the latest developments on that field.
3. Passion for the topic: even if you know a certain subject inside out you will still need to write about it in a persuasive and engaging way. In simple words, if you are expecting to make money through your writing you better write some damn interesting things! People can feel whether you love what you are writing about or not, and if you do they will be more likely to become loyal readers.
4. Writing skills: are you able to write without grammatical mistakes? Do you have facility to communicate concepts and ideas through words? Those are some questions that you need to answer if you are planning to make a living out of your blog. Some bloggers might get away without outstanding writing skills, but only if the content is really compelling. Do not worry if you are not a Shakespearesque writer, though, as your wiring skills will probably improve naturally along the way.
20 Things To Remember For Good Web Copy
1. Tight writing. That doesn’t mean bad or easy writing.
2. Copy of about 600-800 words is better for SEO and catching the long tail of search.
3. Title – Subject – Support, in that order, like subject, verb, object.
4. Titles should be snappy and informative – clickable, but clear.
5. Leads (first sentence or paragraph) should get to the point. Tell the reader what the article’s about first thing.
6. No fancy, wordy intros where it’s not clear what you’re talking about.
7. Information beats fluff every time. Pretty is for books and newspapers (and only sometimes).
8. Information does not beat style every time. Style keeps people awake.
9. Sans serif fonts are easier and faster to read on computer screens.
10. White space is awesome – even better than big, pretty pictures.
11. Content should be scannable.
12. Think in bullets and subtitles.
13. People like lists.
14. Pictures should be specific and informative, not generic, decorative and ad-like.
15. Photos should be relevant to content.
16. People in pictures should look friendly and approachable (and have their whole head).
17. Photos should be full body if possible (so guys can check out packages and stuff).
18. Spell stuff right. It makes you look smarter.
19. Grammar IS important. Unless you’re not really a professional.
20. Online press releases should be even tighter than Web copy.
This is an excerpt from an article on writing good blog copy.
