Monday 20 September 2010

5 ways to blog Like Bruce Lee

Miscellaneous blog tips

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Bruce Lee on of the most influential martial artist live forever.

"Tao, Jeet Kune Do" he shared many of his philosophies of life and the fight against the teachings of his Information. great thing is that they can be applied any time, including a successful blogging.

Let's examine what Bruce Lee can teach us about the art of blogging.

"You can win if you want badly enough to" means that the will to win is a constant.The penalty imposed, no amount of effort, no amount is not the condition is too hard "to" win. "

Becoming a successful blogger is Damn hard. the fact that such a small fraction of the bloggers actually a, underscores, just how it is challenged.

Even if the above is true, has all the potential to achieve the aim to get a living blogger, as you can in fact is the desired location. it cannot be the mere thought of travelling or when feeling inspired fantasy.It is a fire that rages inside from the moment when you awaken when you hit the tables at night. If you do not have such a passion, your chances of becoming a professional blogger is thin.

"If you have an opening, then give it to fly and is divided up into a case."

If the opportunities, please do not hesitate. on the other hand, to transfer and put your effort behind it:

If you notice some time has not been sent a popular blogger, this may be due to your chance to submit the post by golden. Please do not hesitate, churn out the best materials and it flies.

If the killer idea post companion and you choose to save it when your blog is public, which is an error is much better to write that post now and submit it to the blog post by large, which increases the risk that the public now.Time to add to your blog popularity is now, not tomorrow. Seize the opportunity.

"Relaxed technician, intellectual and physical expends energy constructively, conversion, it contributes to the solution to the problem, and freely when it does."

Blogs are hard work using your energy wisely strictly you success.

Do not allow nasty emails or comments in the haters would result in a reduction in energy. instead, use the further your goal to make your existing blog even more successful.

If you are on a temporary basis, nor feed frustration flames.All the frustration rolls to energy.Instead, use your brain to send in their posts and extend your coverage of the storm and new subscribers, new ways to write.

Your energy is the currency in which you can continue to use it wisely, with the aim of..

"Each of the acts to establish relationships and, therefore, the next easier, more certain and more easily done."

Are you in writing on a daily basis? if you are a blogger you are the author of the best bloggers make consistent. the practice in writing; you don't have to post all written, but you must create it as a way to consistently as possible in writing. this lead is you with a better blog posts in writing except writing posts for the current time will be reduced also.

Practice your craft, as much as possible, and it will only pass on a daily basis.

"We are told that the talent to create your own opportunities. Yet sometimes seems that the strong desire to create your own opportunities for not only your own talent."

Not to get hung, do you have the necessary talent will be a successful blogger. Talent is not a fixed phenomenon. on the contrary, you can significantly improve your skills in blogging on reading and typing on a daily basis.

If you want to receive in accordance with security levels, type titles, you can do so if you want to write your blog posts. openings in quality, you need only research and internalize the methods which operate on the other addressed a successful bloggers.

If you want to write great content, you should make sense to comply with such as Darren's blogs and read frequently and widely.

Bruce Lee wisdom now and you'll be kicking ass is not in a timely manner.

About Author: Ted Pendinun is part-time actress who aspires one day on the blog, which gives many of his time, he enjoys the. surfing, martial arts and watching expeditions whale in progress.

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Thursday 16 September 2010

Why Link Exchanges Are Like Mosquitoes

in the eyes of Google (and most other search engines, for that matter). A link exchange means more links for your site as well as theirs, more links leads to a higher Google PageRank, and a higher PageRank will cause a site to show up closer to the front page of Google search results, generating greater traffic for a site. Greater traffic means more ad revenue, fame, and the resulting glamour of being a hot-shot blogger.

The bad news: By participating in link exchanges, you risk injuring your reputation, the reputation of others, and angering Google. What do all successful bloggers have in common? Trust. A link might send new readers to your site but they are only going to keep reading your site if they trust that you will produce great content every week. The links on your blog are part of the content on your site; by linking to another site, you represent to your reader that the link is of good quality and will provide something valuable to the reader. If a reader clicks on a link that takes them to a site filled with ads for pills and dating programs, or to a blog that produces worse content than your own, the reader is going to question your judgment and wonder why you chose to link to that site. Nobody likes the guy who has to buy his friends. Unfortunately, by linking to one lousy site, you also devalue the other good sites on your blog. Bad for you, bad for your friends.

And, you certainly don’t want to irritate the most powerful player on the web. Google carries 71% of the search engine market and they hate link schemes. Google is in the business of providing the most accurate website hierarchy for a particular search term and falsely inflated links to a particular site lead to poor search results. In no less than three places in their Webmaster Guidelines, Google explains that participating in link schemes, including excessive link exchanges, could

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Tomorrow We Triple the Price on Copywriting Scorecard for Bloggers Grab a Copy Today for just $9.97

So if you’ve been umming and aaahing about whether to grab the Scorecard – it’s time to make a decision and lock it in at the intro price.

We’ll not be returning to the price of $9.97 again as it is only becoming more valuable as we add content to it.

Grab your copy today.



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How I Generated Over 6000 Ideas to Write About on My Blog in 15 Minutes

people have told me what they want to get information on, and they’ve given me specific questions. Now, some of these questions aren’t very helpful, some of the answers aren’t very helpful, you know, I’ve got someone here that says,

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ProBlogger Track Details – Blog World Expo


This was taken at a ProBlogger dinner we held last year at BWE – one of the most fun nights I had all year. Photo by Lisa Morosky.

I’ve found people to be very approachable and while there are thousands of others there it’s not as overwhelming as some of the bigger conferences like SXSW.



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How to Get Hired on the Problogger Job Board

it’ll be real, well-paid writing gigs with some of the best and biggest websites and content hubs on the internet.

Of course, with better gigs come higher standards

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ProBlogger is in Guest Posting Mode



22 Responses to “” - Add YoursBrandon Eley

September 3rd, 2010 6:22 am

Thanks for the insights, Darren. I’ve been working on my blogs a lot more lately and have been trying to build up an editorial calendar. I’ve been using Google Calendar, but I think an Excel spreadsheet like this would work much better.

Debt Leads

September 3rd, 2010 6:59 am

Great post, I wish you a good trip. Its important to keep a constant flow of content on a blog..standing Idle just causes unindexing. Plus your blog is incredibly popular need to keep it that way! Keep up the great work

David: Helping Wellness Business Owners

September 3rd, 2010 7:08 am

Hi Darren,
Delighted to hear you are taking a vacation.
I wrote a posting on my site in June called ’small business owners impress your clients take a vacation’. In it I talked about putting vacation time in your time planner just like you do business appointments. It works for my family and I.

Also, just like you I wrote my articles ahead of time and scheduled them.

Have a great time,
David

Greg Ellison

September 3rd, 2010 7:10 am

That is cool to sub in Guest Bloggers when you are gone on vacation. Thanks for sharing your information with us. Thanks Greg Ellison

Ritournelle

September 3rd, 2010 7:22 am

Sounds exciting! Thanks for giving us the schedule.

Matthew Needham

September 3rd, 2010 8:27 am

Looks like some really great articles Darren, enjoy your holiday!

Mike CJ

September 3rd, 2010 8:42 am

Have a good break, and I look forward to seeing you in Las Vegas on the 13th.

Scott Golembiewski

September 3rd, 2010 11:19 am

Thanks for sharing this, it really is encouraging to see that someone could line up 60 posts to allow for a break like that, are you letting someone push them live or are they scheduled?

Kate Kutny

September 3rd, 2010 12:01 pm

I can’t wait to hear your post about how you compose posts to drive millions through digg! That will probably be a great read. I hope you have an awesome time in Australia. I heard you on YouTube tonight and thought you sounded Aussie. That is cool. Are you Australian? I’m like a bunch of things in one. Dutch, Hungarian, Mohawk Indian, German, Polish, Irish, French, Check and English. People think I look more Indian. What do you think? Oh, by the way. I bought your book “Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income”. You are a great writer and I love this book so much! Thank you for writing it.

Aditya

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Avoid Blogger Burnout: 5 Tips to Save Your Sanity

Michelle — definitely agree.

It’s only when you embrace that you dont really have contol that you gain freedom to be yourself and let yourself flow where your interests take you. If it’s not working, don’t force it … Not only will it show in your content, you also won’t be having a fun time.

Steve

September 4th, 2010 3:04 am

It is easy to blog at first. You have all that pent up desire, energy and ideas. Over time it becomes harder as you have greater amounts of material written it becomes harder to write and not become repetitive.

#3 is one of the best ways to overcome this issue. A well thought out plan for you blog will help a lot.

Thanks for another great post!

Stacy

September 4th, 2010 3:48 am

This is a great post, all points are excellent! I don’t think that anyone can do everything all of the time so planning a schedule and being patient with yourself is really important!

Hokya

September 4th, 2010 4:10 am

Great points

and also have a clear-headed when things go out of plan

Dave Schulz

September 4th, 2010 4:39 am

Thanks for another great article!

I cannot emphasize enough how important pre-planning is. Take time to sit down and think before you get your hands to it. Otherwise it is like shooting a film without a script.

With kind regards,
Dave

Nancy

September 4th, 2010 5:30 am

Solid points! Especially #3. Planning is huge.

As an extension to #5 – Don’t be afraid to take control of your comments.

A lot of my worst days are days are related to bad comments — random people attacking me or my opinions.

I used to keep all of those nasty comments up. I thought people would respect me for not censoring anyone. Then I realized that comments like those weren’t helping anyone. They made me feel terrible, and they also stifled conversation.

So I deleted them. Not only did it feel great, but it got conversations going again. Win-win.

This might not be an issue that beginners have right away. But it’s bound to happen — one day they’ll get a comment that makes them question why they put so much effort into blogging in the first place if they’re just going to be insulted by strangers. If a comment is bad enough that it makes you feel like giving up, delete it! Because some comments just aren’t worth keeping.

Stuart Laing

September 4th, 2010 6:07 am

Great post Georgina,

These are important points to bear in mind when you feel overwhelmed by the amount of work required to create a successful blog.

When you begin a new blog the initial wave of energy allows you to produce three high-quality posts every day, but unless you can sustain that pace over the long-term it’s counter-productive as it sets the expectation of your readers artificially high.

I also agree with Joshua that it’s important to blog when you have something of genuine value to share with your readers. If you focus on your blogging schedule to the exclusion of your core blogging message, there’s a risk of turning something you love into a chore. Poor quality grudge posts don’t provide value for anyone.

One of the chief driving forces behind my blog is to provide valuable information to help other people achieve their online goals.

Another way that I motivate myself to keep blogging is to view the stats as a game. I love testing things to see what works and doesn’t work to improve my blog stats.

- Stuart Laing

mike kirkeberg

September 4th, 2010 6:17 am

Like it. Expecially the parts about downtime (which I need) and bad days (Of which I have a few lately).
Mike

Chris

September 4th, 2010 7:18 am

Thanks Georgina. This covers about my first 5 days. Any suggestions for day 30

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Blogosphere Trends + Guest Posting


Lesson: There are several reasons you might solicit guest posts for your blog: They provide fresh voices and content, allow you to take breaks without leaving your readers hanging, and as this post demonstrates, guest posts can be used to provide a unique point of view. This guest poster wrote about the Emmy Awards from the perspective of an attendee whose spouse was nominated for an Emmy

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How to Build a Blog Network from the Ground Up

Indihow

September 6th, 2010 1:29 am

Blog networks are indeed the best way to maximize the visibility of the participating blogs’ content. By integrating RSS and Custom Search Engines, it would be easy to provide access to say 100(posts/month/blog)

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5 Clever Ways to Make A Sticky Blog

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It worked. Even today people religiously visit Facebook and get lost in a trance for hours at a time.

You want to create something similar for your blog

5 Ways to Stick Your Readers to Your Blog Like Glue#1: Interlinked Posts

As you write, look for opportunities to link to other posts that add value to your current topic. Go ahead and note these posts in your editorial calendar along with the topic you are planning to write. Be frugal with these links, only pick one or two of your most relevant posts; too many links can become a distraction (and obnoxious).

#2: Tell the Story in Different Ways

People learn in different ways. Up to this point, blogging has favored visual learners who like reading and viewing charts. Now you can use video and audio to create a great experience for your auditory learners too.

It’s simple to read your post and offer as a podcast, or turn your post’s main points into a PowerPoint slide and offer it as video. You can take this one step further by adding a video commentary or introduction to your post.

The point is to appeal to your reader in the way that gets them to

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How to Re-Ignite Your Blogging Fire When You’re Feeling Burnt Out

Can you post a better article about X than any other blog?

I recently hit a bit of a wall with blogging, but focusing on numbers 2 and 4 above have helped tremendously already.

Just need to get around to starting the other two now! :P

Terri Brooks

September 9th, 2010 1:16 am

Thanks Darren, these are great action steps I can begin to work on today. I was recently in a 30-day blog challenge, which I thought would be impossible for me, but I managed to blog 27 out of the 30 days, so I was quite proud of the accomplishment.

But now I haven’t blogged in a week, so thanks for the “kick” to get back out there.

Terri :)

Dev - Technshare.com

September 9th, 2010 1:53 am

Glen,

Awesome to see you here.

Really super awesome post, as always. I really like your point on challenging yourself.
Will Going to check out that video.

Thanks for sharing this great Post. You’re really doing awesome work Glen ;).

Laron Henderson

September 9th, 2010 2:11 am

Thanks for the tips. I just started my blog and try to post to it everyday. I’ll keep these techniques in mind.

Thursday Bram

September 9th, 2010 2:15 am

Glen

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Save the Sanctimony: Make Your Blog Sound Like a Trusted Friend

Georgina for a very useful guide, I think respect for his readers is the best way for every blogger can approach them. Any profession, respect for others is a basic factor to be sociable with people.

Joshua Black

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5 Ways to Blog Like Bruce Lee

If you think you have the opening, you should let it fly and not be half-hearted about it.”

When opportunities arise, don’t hesitate. Instead, make the move and put your full effort behind it:

If you notice a popular blogger hasn’t posted in a while, this could be your golden opportunity to submit a guest post. Don’t hesitate, churn out your best material and let it fly.

If you come up with a killer idea for a post and decide to save it for when your blog has a larger audience, that’s a mistake. It’s far better to write that post now and submit it as a guest post to a large blog which will grow your audience, now. The time to increase the popularity of your blog is now, not tomorrow. Seize the opportunity.

3. Use Your Energy Wisely



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How to Outsource Your Blog… Or Part of It

Precision Diving

September 2nd, 2010 1:50 am

Hi Georgina,

This is great information, but for a beginning blogger, they may not have much money to spend on designers, contractors and such. I’ve had to do everything myself (including how to use Photoshop and write PHP code) because I don’t have any money to spend on someone developing graphics for me and other things I’m not good at.

Thanks for the great information.

Duane

TrafficColeman

September 2nd, 2010 1:56 am

Georgina

Outsources your work to other free up time and make life more easier, I don’t use outsource that much..but when I do its more less setting up more niche sites.

I must say you covered all details in the article.

“TrafficColeman “Signing Off”

David: Helping Wellness Business Owners

September 2nd, 2010 2:24 am

Hi Georgina,
That is an excellent article you wrote. I have bookmarkedi it.

Personally, I believe the decision to outsource comes as part of your long term business planning. I sense blogs like yours and Darren’s succeed because there is a plan in place and any outsourcing comes about when you have reached a certain level of development.

I will add the choice of what to outsource comes down to your current skill set. Your decision to outsource can be linked directly to actions you not only have a lack of time to complete but you also have little interest in learning how to do.

I agree with you and Joshua (who commented above) that it is extremely important to verify the credibility and ability of who you outsource to.

If you or other readers are interested I wrote a short article on the process of how to choose what you delegate and the article is located at http://growyourwellnessbiz.com/business-development-decide-delegate-defer-delete/

All the best to you and everyone reading this.
David

Ryan Biddulph

September 2nd, 2010 2:49 am

Hi Georgina,

All great tips, thanks for sharing.

Keep #6 in mind. I had an unfavorable experience with an outsourcer by neglecting this step when a newbie to the online world. Do strict due diligence before paying anybody to do anything for you.

Ryan Biddulph

Brian

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Blogosphere Trends + Encouraging Comments


Lesson: As Darren pointed out in his excellent 2006 post on comments, one way to encourage comments is to write open-ended posts that leave room for readers to provide extra information and expertise. This example provides one side of the story, allowing readers to add detail or jump in with opinions and facts that support the other side of the argument. Being thorough but not too thorough tempts readers to fill in the gaps.

2.  Labor Day
Example: ComicMix’s

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1 Easy Solution to 3 Big Blogging Problems

they’re obviously dedicated to blogging success and might like the idea of getting a blogging buddy too. Or seek out like-minded bloggers on sites like Twitter, LinkedIn or Brazen Careerist.

If you another blogger leaves a comment on your blog go back and leave a comment on their blog. With luck the blogging buddy relationship will grow naturally from that. If you find a friend who doesn’t have a blog but wants to support you with yours I recommend you help another budding blogger by commenting on their blog. Giving something back to other people really does make you feel happier in yourself. I love leaving comments on other people’s blogs and it’s a great way to start networking with people.

The more blogging buddies you can get in the beginning the better. You can tide each other over until you really do build up a good community of readers who care about what you write and leave you comments.

Have fun finding a blogging buddy. I hope they’ll be as enthusiastic and supportive in their role as Teresa was and that you’ll be able return the favor. I’ve got a few blogging buddies now and I’m still trying to get Teresa to start her own blog and share her writing with the world. Hopefully one day I’ll be able to kick start her blogging journey as she did mine.

What do you think? Would you like a blogging buddy or have you already got one? If you haven’t, check out some of the other commenters’ blogs and leave them a comment. You never know, it could be the start of a beautiful blogging relationship and a long-lasting, successful blog.

Annabel Candy covers business, success, writing and blogging tips at Get In the Hot Spot. Subscribe free by email or RSS feed to stay motivated and learn how to win business and influence people online.

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5 Ways Your Blog is Undermining Your Business

ProSales_Mike

September 14th, 2010 3:40 am

Thanks for the healthy reminder of the basics. By the way, I can’t figure out why all the comments are dated with tomorrow’s date 9/14. I keep checking my watch… did I miss a day!?!

Thanks for sharing.

Rebecca

September 14th, 2010 4:11 am

This is a great list to be aware of. However, I think most of the blogs I read attached to a business are more likely to impress me than turn me off. A well kept-up business blog can be a true asset, and nowadays I want to know a business is using social media. Otherwise, they seem like a dino to me.

Marlon

September 14th, 2010 8:35 am

In the current era, a blog is a must-have for business owners. The traditional websites (most of them are still static) are no longer as effective as they used to be. Business websites does not only serve as a “front” anymore. The function of a site goes beyond the traditional “product presentation”. More than a presentation tool, a website is now considered a “communication tool”. Here comes the need for a blog. Blog can bring them the much needed traffic. The more these companies communicate, the more likely they can get leads for their businesses.

These 5 tips can be used as elements for benchmarking. Nice post!

jason

September 14th, 2010 8:38 am

I would say that poor content planning would definitely be something that affects more businesses than you think.

Carl Burke

September 14th, 2010 9:08 am

Well although great post, this is one of the true beauties of blogging, Humm! Business Blogs. this is a slice em dice em..
post..I hope the intent was purely corrective criticism, We teach and help others … that is one of the great features of a blog, comments and contact form…If you find these errors it is almost your duty to point them out, not in the audience of there peers.

Oh that is Read Not Rad
(What other problems

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How to Use the Ansoff Matrix to Develop New Products for Your Blog

perhaps you can reciprocate?Allowing affiliates to sell your product.

Market penetration can be the simplest way to increase sales, as it uses the products you already have.

Market Development

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4 Ways I Compose Posts to Drive Millions of Pageviews to Blogs Through Digg

What also made this post popular stand out, is that mainstream media wasn’t giving it the attention that the American people thought it should. Now touching on the subject of race, I received a hundreds of racist insults. Expect to get verbally abused when taking a strong stance on many subjects; especially touchy subjects that cover sensitive issues such as race. Just log out of Foursquare and Facebook Places before hitting the check-in button while you watch your 3-year old impersonate a Oreos commercial eating cookies in your house. Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.

3. Infographics

Infographics are visual representations of an outline of information. The graphic typically constitutes a skyscraper and rectangular image that is 500 pixels or wider. Inside the infographic, you can see factoids represented by smaller images. The smaller images can constitute pictures, graphs, and/or any other imagery associated with the information its representing.

Infographics can get tough to do if you don’t have a graphic designer. However, beyond the sparkling quality of the color and resolution of the images, the information conveyed in the infographic is what will determine its viral success. I put up a simple infographic on what other items could be bought with the money put into a Super Bowl ad and drove over 50,000 views to the Adfreak blog in a few hours.



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