Archive for the 'Blogging' Category

The psychology of blogging

October 17th, 2007

You have been blogging for several months or perhaps even years now. And you examine your posts to see how far you’ve been able to stick with your original purpose when first starting. Do you blog according to what you have planned beforehand? Or did you find yourself straying-off topic and blogging about something else – perhaps even on an unrelated topic? Are you inline online? I find myself asking the same questions. Do I serve the purpose I stated earlier when I decided to blog?

Bloggers usually blog with many purposes. The majority of them blog for money by placing advertising in the blog. Some bloggers do so to express their creativity. Others blog because they want to rant about something they can’t say face-to-face or seek feedback and acknowledgment.
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5 tips how find out who your target audience are for your blog

September 20th, 2007

When you just started to write for your blog, did you ever think about the audience or online visitors reading your blog?

For those who’ve already been blogging for quite a while, maybe they eventually figured out who are their visitors through the statistics on their blog or through the list of subscribers.

Why is it important to know my audience you may ask? I think by knowing who are your readers, you can become better prepared to write the best content. So, for those who just started to blog, like me, here are five tips to find-out or predict your audience.
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How to set up your web site for your writing; blogging that is

September 14th, 2007

In my previous post about my friend’s interest in wanting to write her first novel, she also plans to have her own website. She is on the right track and this will help her to get back to her main interests (after raising and taking care of her family).
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Is blogging for money for you? Find out how

September 07th, 2007

What is the main reason you blog? Are you trying to generate some income? If so, how do you make it work? Since I have my blog, and now reading a lot of other bloggers’ blogs, I’ve found the majority of them want to make money blogging.

At first, my main reason for blogging was to improve my writing skill and to prepare myself for writing opportunities in the future. Now I am intrigued by all the suggestions of making money by blogging. If I am going to blog for money I have to plan for it and here are the steps I will take:
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Sprucing my blog site with social media and RSS

September 03rd, 2007

Since I officially opened my blog online, it is time to getting it out to the social media like del.ici.ous, digg, reddit, stumble upon, squidoo and more.

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