Is your blogging business really a business? Or is it something that your doing for fun? Whatever your case is, sometimes you need a little inspiration and/or motivation to continue posting and pumping out fresh content for you blog. Well, I just found a great post written by fellow blogger Darren Rowse of Copyblogger.com. It is a true eye opener for those looking to make a full time income via blogging cash.

Darren is one of those people who I absolutely look up to when it comes to modeling a successful blog. He consistently provides valuable resources to help those struggling in the blogoshpere..

Read the article now by clicking this link——— Copyblogger.com

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Author: Emil Giurca

No matter how good your blog posts are they are literally useless unless people read them. And in order for people to read them , they need to make it to your blog . I mean , really make it there . It’s a struggle for them to find good content . And it’s a struggle for you to deliver and get them face to face with your good content .

And … to be honest … this isn’t about showing that you have the best possible car for sale . I’ve already addressed the topic of cloud blogging here . And , whether we like to admit it or not , cloud blogging is a fact . Chances are your content is just a variation of someone else’s ideas . But that’s not a bad thing . Baby steps . Nothing more than baby steps . That’s what evolution is . You take an idea and add a little something . Then someone else takes that idea and ads a little something else to it . And so on and so forth .

Picture a huuuuge parking lot with cars for sale . Every car is a blog . And every salesman is a blogger . Cloud blogging tells us that every car is a slight variation of another car from that parking lot .

Photo By Jcoterhal

And this is where the major rule of attracting visitors comes into play : ‘Don’t promote your blog , promote yourself’ .

This is what it should all be about . There is a very small chance that you are truly adding something brand new to the scene . Even this very blog that you are reading is , most likely , just a copy of someone else’s ideas . I just rearranged them and maybe added something new . That’s it .

Don’t try to reinvent the wheel . You will end up with a basket of frustrations and nothing more . Just use it .

This is what you are selling : yourself . It’s about the salesman that gets attention , not about his car ( surely , his car must be at least the same as everyone else’s ). The point is to get yourself in people’s face. Not in an aggressive manner , obviously . Just let them know that you know something about something . Make sure that after they talk to you they think to themselves : “I like him . He knows stuff .”.

Everyone tells you : promote your blog . Well , to be honest … I think it’s best to just promote yourself . It’s a whole lot easier to get people interested in you than in your blog . It’s easier to speak wisely and be funny and charismatic than it is to write original post after original post ( in fact – the ladder is basically impossible ).

Ohh , and yeah … charisma is an integral part in your blogs success .

About the Author:

I have been blogging for almost 4 years now , although I’ve only recently entered the big market of international blogs with Life within a page , a blog about … blogging . Hope I have something to share and you will enjoy my articles . Visit him at Promote your blog…

I’m developing a comprehensive e-book on how to set up a blog and make money with it. If you are interested subscribe to my feed, and I’ll let you have it for FREE.

This is only going to be free for my subscribers. I’m not sure how much to charge yet, so perhaps my loyal subscribers can check it out first and give me some feedback.

Looking forward to your feedback

Here’s some other useful info on how to set up a blog written by the professionals I learned from:

Photo courtesy of Michael

Want to learn how to start a blog but now sure where or how? Blogging is a lucrative source of income for some and blogs are hands-down the easiest to set up and maintain. Imagine a life where you are compensated for writing on stuff that interests you, whenever you want, wherever you are.

The mere flexibilityof blogging makes it simple for you to just kick back, relax and go on a holiday if you feel like it.

In this article, we’re going to go over  how to start a blog of our own at no cost! Curious? Read on!

First, we need to get a blog. There are several different options – host a blog on your own domain or get a free blog. For starters, let’s discuss the free blogs. You can obtain a free blog at www.blogger.com or the newer (and more effective) www.wordpress.com. If you have a pulse, you must have heard of Wordpress. Wordpress is a free blog engine that is robust and boundlessly expandable.

Blogger.com is really owned by Google, so it will be discovered on Google’s search engine faster and you’ll be indexed faster. Wordpress.com, however, is a comparatively newer option so I have no comparison on the speed of getting indexed by search engines. Nonetheless, Wordpress is significantly more superior in the sense that it has more advanced features such as trackbacks and indisputably more customizable. With wordpress you’ll be able to change any and everything concerning your blog; giving you to opportunity to effectively make money with a blog. I mean, ultimately, that’s what it boils down to more about this later).

So, the first step to start a blog is to go to Wordpress or Blogger.com. Then, acquaint yourself by putting up your first post on your blog and messing around around with the options and templates.{Yes, I’m partial to Wordpress:}

**Note: Don’t spend too much time with the techie stuff. Just pick a topic that interest you and get something up.

Here are a few basic “blog-related” words to assist you along the way:

1)    Permalink – Permalink stands for permanent link, which is a URL (uniform resource locator) that leads to an individual post that you make in your blog.
2)    Trackback – When you post about someone else’s blog post elsewhere, your post will show up in their “trackback” section. This feature, however, is not available with a Blogger.com account.
3)    Pinging – Blogging appears to be paired with pinging just about every time either one is brought up nowadays. Pinging is actually the action where a certain aggregator is notified whenever your web log  or blog is updated, so that the aggregator may show the freshest post of your blog on their website. This is also a useful method to pulling in traffic, which we shall discuss later.

For now, I’ll  leave you to trying out your new blog and the features that come included with it. In the near future, we’ll discuss the many ways we can gain profit from a blog, as well as tips on how to publish posts that keep visitors glued to your blog and keep coming back for more!

Please feel free to ask questions about how to start a blog.

Be Different by pasotraspaso

Why You Need More Than An Extraordinary Idea For Your Blog

Reportedly, there are 900,000 blogs being developed everyday. With so many blogs and websites about blogs on the World Wide Web, it is not so easy differentiate your blog from all of the others. Whether you are starting up a new website aimed at a particular audience  or you’re calculating reconstructing your existing blog to be a bit more distinguishing, the key to constructing and sustaining a website or blog that will capture the interest and attention of the crowd that’s in your niche.

If you are able to satisfy a demand in a way that no other authority blogger does, you will be able to establish a list of satisfied readers. Don’t think for one second that once you’ve discovered your unique niche,you done working. You will still have a great deal to do. However,determining your particular place in the blogosphere is the place you will definitely want to commence.

All great blogging internet sites begin with a great idea, and you will not establish a prosperous web site that will last without one. There are a lot of great sites targeted at today’s audience, and rivalry for the attention of this growing demographic is ferocious. That’s why you’ll have to make your blog leap out from the crowd. You’ll want to offer up something that no other site is currently providing, or perhaps do the same thing that an already popular blogger does but in a much more impressive or innovative way. In other words, you’ll have to get a bit creative.

A simple trick to discovering an ideal model for your blog is to look at the sites that have already successfully captured an audience and determine if you can legally copy some of their strategies to help realize your own vision. Naturally, you will need to add a unique style to your project in order to stand apart from your competitor.

Some folks agree that the blogs that perform the best in today’s market are the sites that have the most
personality. The fiercely individual surfers, who are your audience, is a demographic that responds especially strongly to personality. So consider how you will be able to give your site a unique and attractive feeling by adding your personal voice and sensibility to your blog’s design and content.

Once you’ve got the perfect idea for your site, realized that you are well prepared to fill a somebody’s need, and have infused the site with your own personality, the next step is calculating how to articulate to your audience.

Ultimately, a great idea just isn’t adequate to propel your blog into a money making success story. You’ll need to muster up a smart and realistic marketing plan in order to attract readers to your site. Once you hook a reader with some great content, you’ve got to do it consistently so they keep them coming back. It is crucial that you instantly establish who you are and what you have to say or you and/or your blog will not have an opportunity to make a dent in cyberspace.

I Dare Say; Be Bold! Be Different!

What do you think? In what ways can we be different?