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Things To Get Over!

Friday, February 8th, 2008

Blogging can be fun at times, and worrisome at other times, but you have to keep in mind that blogging is something that you do for fun, and if it is work for you, then it should be fun work, or you should quit blogging.

Sometimes, though, as an avid blogger, you will have your downtimes. There will be periods when your blog doesn’t get as much traffic as you were hoping. Sometimes, as a blogger, you will have to get over the fact that errors will happen when you are working with a blogging company.

And if you are working with a blogging company, you have to keep in mind that not all things run smooth all the time, and not everything will work out the way you planned them.

Heck, most of the time, you end up nowhere near close on where you planned to be.

So, we need a solution for when there are downtimes, and shortages, and low traffic relating to low self-esteem issues.

One solution is taking a break. Nothing like taking a break from blogging will replenish your taste/hunger for blogging. If you are used to being on a computer all the time and typing into Wordpress Formatted blogs, then taking a break will make you want to get back to doing that.

Blogging is not a drug, but it sure can be addicting at times. When you have been gone for a week, you want to see how your blog has been doing on the web, how much traffic its been getting, and things such as this.

So, while you can’t always take a break from being on the computer, you can take a break from blogging.

There is the downtime blog post today from BlogNewsWatch. Hope you enjoyed it, and TAKE A BREAK! :D

Choosing Your Content

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Choosing your content, sometimes, is the best thing you can do for your blog to intercept traffic. Besides, hot-women pictures, and unique writing styles, another way to get a internet-user to your site is doing some type of review.

For example, if you have a tech blog, then you might consider buying some of the high tech gadgets that you write about and make a youtube video, or your own video format, to tell your readers exactly how it works.

Sometimes, people want to see the gadget in use rather than the simple existence of the gadget. For example, I am much more likely to see your site if you have a post that reviews a gadget, including a video on how the gadget works, the pros and cons of the object, rather than just seeing an image of an object and a description.

Yes, sometimes, description can be good, but you have to vary your posts so that the readers aren’t bored by the constant descriptions.

It will be different for each type of blog that you are writing. For example, if you are writing in a personal blog, you don’t really have much to review other than submitting a personal video. If you have a book blog, then typing in some of the books words, can be a good way to start your review of the book (but make sure you give credit to the author)

Mind you, doing review of all things is going to be a tough ride, you don’t really want to do that. Instead, you can review something one time every 2 weeks or something like that. The key word here is moderation.

Blogging Comments

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

Well, I am no expert in this area, as you can see, I can never bring in any people to comment. Is it because I’m not giving them enough? or is it just because they’ve already read what I’m writing somewhere else? Or are they just very lazy?

Well, before you try to get your readers to comment on the site, you have to keep in mind this:

People are lazy.

Yes, they are, don’t you tell me I’m wrong. You see it everywhere, and you know that is enough proof. (One for example would be that people are making diet commercials [ yes you know you see them on tv too]. The fact that there are diet commercials means that there are people lazy enough to not walk a few places to get there things.)

Anyways, this means that your writing has to be unpredictably, and unfathomably, original. In addition to this, your writing for your blog must have something that will bring in your reader (and keep him guessing what the actual fact is) and leave a great conclusion that will make your reader want to come back to read more. (In other words, a substantial end-of-the-post Punchline)

Yes, sometimes pictures can help bring in your readers, but never will the pictures make your readers comment on your blog post. (Actually, I got one comment that said something along the lines that I was posting too many sexy lingere women pictures)

This was the time where I was getting to the point that attractive pictures will bring your reader in. And of course, it got readers to see the picture at first, and then read the article. BUT, you can not count on the pictures doing all the work for you, when you are writing a blog post and want a reader to comment on your blog and/or site.

And maybe, if you make the posts shorter than 500+ word count posts, it can also have a great effect. Begging for comments never helps, so leaving the begging for comments out of the posts :!:

Hope you enjoyed the article today, and have a Great Day! :D

Blogging Ethics

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

When you are blogging, you eventually, run out of ideas to put on your blog, and eventually you also run out of ideas for youtube videos. This is when you go searching the web for more ideas, or even blogs to see what other people are doing.

Sometimes, just out of curiosity, I’ll take a look at some random wordpress & Blogger blogs to see what in the world people are writing about. And sometimes, I come upon ideas that others have written on, and want to write on myself.

However, its unethical to post exactly what they posted on, in my blog, but you can’t really link to their blog just yet, because you don’t know the validity of it yet. You don’t know if they are just making up nonsensical things to waste their time.

So, then, I will pour out to google to find out other people who have written about almost the same thing. Fortunately, when I find some credible source, I link to that. So, what do you think? Is this an ethical issue of infringement, or is it completely legit?

I would say that it is ethical, mostly because I’m not exactly copying what the other blogger wrote about, nor I am not linking to where I found the actual source or links to my article.

I am simply finding something interesting in a minor blog, and then finding it in a major blog, and taking my opinion into the idea. The most important thing to know is that taking your own opinion of an idea that other people have already written about is what makes your blog (post) conformable.

Is Blogging worth the time?

Monday, February 4th, 2008

For many of you, blogging is something that you would do for fun, or maybe its just a diary of what happens in your daily life. A blog can be anything from a techblog to something more personal such as your myspace blog.

So, before I go on, I must assume that many of you already have a myspace page, as it was and maybe still is the most popular thing to do. Now, you may not think as myspace as a type of blogging service, but really, it is. It is just more easier than actually typing out the articles on a regular blog.

Technically, its more of a social network interface, but many people have written many stories in their “Introducion” space.

Anyways, back to the point on whether or not blogging is worth your time. Some people will tell you that it is worth your time, and some people will tell you that it is not worth your time. (Usually, the people who tell you it is worth your time are making money, and the others are not correspondingly)

And here I am trying to answer the question: Blogging is not actually for everyone, some people can handle it and some people can’t. Its just hard for some people to type up an entry EVERY SINGLE DAY into a blog. Some people can’t even brush their teeth every single day.

So my advice to you is that if you are willing enough to spend a lot of time into blogging, (and assuming that you have a decent amount of time, maybe an hour a day) then you are available to the blogging world. Mind you, I did not say that you should go ahead and blog.

If you would like to make a personal blog, then it is all for you to go make it, but if you are going to make a blog that is trying to make money, well, you will be faced with obstacles of Hell, which I will discuss in the next post tomorrow:!:

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