Category Archives: Blogging Notes

Google Reader Is Gone. Any Alternative?

In a surprise shakeup, Google has announced that it will be shutting down Google Reader on July 1, 2013. This move comes as Google tries to consolidate its services — to put more wood behind fewer arrows, as its CEO says. This consolidation first resulted in numerous services being rolled up under Google+ (including Reader and Picasa) in 2011, then a bunch of shutdowns throughout 2012, and now the shutdown of Reader and iGoogle in 2013. As Google attempts to reduce its reliance on Search, which still accounts for 90% of the company’s income, we can expect more consolidation behind a few key products: Android, Chrome, and Google+.

3 Superfire Ways To Pillar-izing Your Blog Content

We have long been trying to figure out what pillar content actually is

In this infographic, I have listed the best three ways to mold regular content into pillar content, that is, pillar-izing your content. 

Build Your Own Blog Brand, Don’t Be Like The Rest

“If it sounds like something else, it’s not going to be strong in the marketplace,” Ms. Adelson says. The founders of Bonobos Inc., an online-only men’s apparel retailer in New York, wanted a name that was whimsical yet reflected that their clothing was clearly for guys, not gals.

So they named the company after a great ape, an endangered species that’s pronounced bo-NOH-bos, not BON-oh-bos.

Not only in the brick-n-mortar world, brand is WHAT makes you stand among the billions and billions of online blog arena that crop up everyday on the World Wide Web.

Guest Posting Tricks By Mary Jaksch

You only get one chance to get a guest post accepted.

That’s why writing a good pitch is so important.  There are many different ways to write a pitch, but it needs to contain some important factors in order to work.

Here is what a good pitch should include:

  • Address the blogger or editor by name.
    You can usually find the name by reading the About page or by googling the blog.
  • Say why you love the blog you’d like to write for.
    The best way is to give a link to a post you especially enjoy. Choose a post written by the blogger, and not by a guest poster.

Can You Make Money Blogging – Fast and Easy?

Here I am, and I am going to talk about one of the most interesting subjects on blogging today.

Can you make money blogging – fast and easy? No, you cannot.

Before I proceed further, I want to show you a Warrior Forum thread on the same topic – “So how much money do you really make?”

Three Keys to Spectacular Guest Posting Success

Got a new blog?

Want to grow it to mammoth proportions?

Then you’ve got to be guest posting.

You probably don’t need me to tell you this – the smartest minds in the blogosphere have already wizened up to the fact that guest posting is one of the best ways you can find to grow a new blog.

What Is The New Style Of Blog Writing?

If you want to improve your writing, where do you look for inspiration?

I mean, would you use Shakespeare as your guide?

Or Hemingway?

Or other famous authors?

I hope not. Because writing for the Net is different.

The new style of blog writing is based upon …

The answer may surprise you.