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Sep 30, 2008

Video Blogging is Fun

With introduction of new tools and technology, now video blogging or vlogging has became a lot easier. That's why vlogging is becoming popular among bloggers. Now we have mobile phones that can record video footage and post them to the web. Now, most of the popular blogging platforms supports video content and most to interestingly we have a lot of software to edit and publish video. So, why people wouldn't go for video blogging?

If we think about advantage of video blogs over general text-based blogs, what point comes first? Well, for me it is the content! Video blogs delivers a message or information via video. As a video may contain both footage and sound, it is most likely to grab the attention of the web surfers. And it is already a proved fact that combination of both audio and video can efficiently deliver a message, compared to message delivered via simply audio or video medium.

The dynamic content of a video may make convert an ordinary piece of information into an exciting topic of discussion. So, chances are that your visitors become excited with your video content, share it with others. In such a way vlogging sometimes may become viral, which is good for building traffic! Need some inspiration for your vlog? Watch the funny video:

Go for Mobile Blogging

Want to try something different? Ever tried Mobile Blogging? Mobile blogging (moblogging) is a form of blogging in which you can publish blog entries directly to the web from a mobile phone or other mobile device. So, you can update your blog while on the move and don't have to worry about your location! The most interesting point is that it will enable you to make frequent updates and posts, even when current events are unfolding.

So, if you haven't tried mobile blogging yet, go for it today. There are many mobile devices that are suitable for mobile blogging. Just pick one of your choice and go with a blogging platform compatible for moblogging. And you are ready to blog on the move. Go for it. I'm sure that you will love it, specially when you travel a lot.

Blogging and Free WordPress Themes

I like Blogger platform because of it's simplicity and ease in blogging. This is the right platform to start blogging, without spending a cent. But, if you want to utilize the power of blogging, you will need some extra features that are absent on this platform. In my view, the best blogging platform in the world is WordPress. That's why, apart from this blog and a few other blogs, most of my blogs are powered by WordPress.

There are many advantages of the self-hosted WordPress blogging platform. Well, I am not going to discuss all those advantages on this post. Because you can check them by visiting WordPress.org. One thing I like about WordPress is the themes. They offers lots of options to personalize and optimize your blog. Even you can create a static portal or a news site with the help of a right theme, which is not possible with Blogger.

You can either choose a free theme or a premium theme for your WordPress blog. Premium themes comes with lots of features and customization options. But, to use them you need to spend some money. They are perfect if you want to create an unique and professional blog. On the other hand free themes means they are 'free' for use on blogs. There are thousands of free wordpress themes available in the web. All you have to do is to find the best and suitable theme.

But, how you are going to select the best free theme for your WordPress powered blog? Where you will find best free themes? Here, I would like to mention about Top WP Themes (www.TopWpThemes.com), a site dedicated to professionally designed free WordPress themes. On their site, you will be able to browse, test drive and download good quality themes for free. You can browse themes by category. For example, 2 columns, 3 columns, fixed width, right sidebar, widget ready etc.

Well, if you are new to WordPress and don't know how to install a new theme, then you must check their step-by-step guide on WordPress Theme Installation. This guide comes with some screenshot and nicely tells how to add a new theme to your blog. For any kind of help regarding themes, you can visit their support section.

My personal favorites regarding WordPress themes are the 2 column themes with right sidebar. What about you? Just browse the free themes on Top WP Themes. I am sure that you will find a suitable one for your blog.

Jun 25, 2008

Go for Blogging

Blogging is full of fun and I love it. You can do many things with your blog. In blogging you can open up, write and express yourself through words. So, it is a right medium to express your thoughts and feelings. Through blogging you can also know and meet a lot of like minded people. So, blogging can give you lots of enjoyment and mental support. Facing problem in life? Go for blogging and throw away all your mental stress, emotional breakdown, depression and other disturbances. I am sure that soon happiness will replace all your mental disturbances and you will start to enjoy blogging like me and thousands of other bloggers.

Blogging with Laptop

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Recently, I bought a Lenovo laptop for my personal use. It is not a costly one. But it has all the functions, latest processor and enough memory. Now I am using this laptop to write and update my blog posts. It is really a good tool for blogging. It not only gives me freedom to blog from anywhere but also takes up very small space on my desk. Now my home is Wi-Fi enabled and I can blog from anywhere.

Why I am telling all these? I am not writing this post to endorse any product. I just want to say that having a laptop is beneficial for bloggers. It gives you freedom to work. So, if you are a blogger and you can afford a laptop, then you must buy one. I can bet it, a laptop will help you to take your blogging experience to next level.

Why I am with Blogger?

Why still I am with Blogger? Many people ask me this question. Even some of my readers gave me advice to move to my own domain. Then also I am with Blogger - the most popular free blogging platform. Why?

I am with Blogger due to a number of reasons. Let's talk about a few of them:

I love the Blogger platform. It is simple and easy to manage, though some popular features are missing here.
Blogger helps me to get some good quality traffic. It naturally drives some traffic towards me.
Search engines loves this platform and indexes pages very fast. I think the permalink structure is one of the reason.
Blogger templates are very easy to modify and there are lots free resources about Blogger over internet.
Though it is a sub domain, I am happy with it.

There are some others reasons that I can't share here. Well, I am happy with Blogger and I will continue blogging with Simple Browser on this free platform.

What Blogging gave Me?

Why I blog? What I got from blogging? People used to ask me this type of questions. I simply give them a simple. Because I know what I got from blogging and why I blog. And they will never understand the importance and impact of blogging in my life.

I started blogging when Blogger was launched. I continued for a few months and moved towards websites. And with time my blog died. But I was never satisfied with websites. Because blogs are extremely dynamic and comes with a personal touch. So, I returned to blogging in 2006. I have created uncountable blogs. Some for my own use and some for friends. Some blogs are still alive and some lost due to inactivity. Still I love blogging and now it is my profession.

Yes, I have taken blogging as my profession and quit my managerial level job. It shocked my family members and friends. I don't care. Because this is what I love to do. Thanks God, my life partner supported me and encouraged to continue.

Now, I am a happy person. Blogging is now supporting my life and I seems like I can't live without it! Am I addicted to it? I don't know. Blogging also gifted me some nice friends. And I am sure that these friends will stay with me forever.

What about you friend? Do you love blogging? What is your story? Feel free to share it.

Blogging, Success and Pitfalls

Probably, you have already heard many stories about blogging success. I am sure about this because, there are hundreds of Make Money Online blogs and most of them regularly reports the success stories in blogging. What you may not comprehend about is that there are further many bloggers who have fallen into some of the pitfalls of blogging when they first started their own. And also take note, some of these are the same persons who are so good in running their own business!

Now, the question arises: "Why do this competitive and successful people fall short when it comes to blogging?"

The probable answer is - "Blog pitfalls". Not knowing what are these and how to best avoid them, many people are falling into this pitfall of blogging. There different pitfalls in blogging that you need to be aware of to ensure you do not make the same mistakes that others have fallen into.

How you can fall into these pitfalls?

You are writing nonsense instead of trying to provide answers to questions your consumers have.
You have no blog category. The readers are confused about what topics are you writing about.
You pretend to be an expert in order to build more credibility but in reality, you do not have any idea about the field.
Your blog does not reflect you and your business. So, readers get confused.
Your blogs have no appropriate contents posted, except the marketing materials!
You have no idea about other blogs in the same field. You don't know what is happening in your niche market.
You have not visited your blog for some time and there is no updates.

So, if you want to be successful in blogging, try to avoid the above pitfalls. Make your own plan and work hard to take your blog to the next level. Otherwise, it is your blog, your life. You can off course ruin it!

May 23, 2008

I am with SocialSpark

I love blogging. I don't know why, but I love blogging. For me it is like an addiction and it gives me some kind of satisfaction. Blogging helps me to discover new blogs, new persons and new communities. It is an exciting World and I am proud to be a part of it!

This blog is now one year old. During this one year, I have learned that, the sense of community is very important for success in blogging. That's why I was very excited about the launch of SocialSpark, a social media marketing service. This service is different from others in terms of the community aspect. It not only helps bloggers to monetize their blogs, but also provides them tools and services to build a strong community and drive traffic to their blogs. That's why I have joined SocialSpark.

SocialSpark is the latest innovation of IZEA. It is a 100% transparent system, that connects bloggers with interested advertisers and helps them to create a good relationship among themselves. SocialSpark have a marketplace, where advertisers offers opportunities to bloggers. The opportunities are of three types - Sponsored Post, Blog Sponsorship and Spark. Sponsored Post means, you need to write an unique post on your blog, as per the requirements of the advertiser. For each unique post, the advertiser pays some amount of money to the blogger. Blog Sponsorship means the advertiser uses SocialSpark's unique technology to display a 'welcome mat' and persistent sponsorship banner on blogs. They pays the bloggers on per day basis. And Spark means free opportunites that serves as ideas for blog posts. Bloggers can use it to write some reciprocal reviews.

Unlike other similar services, SocialSpark requires 100% audit-able in-post disclosure. It helps bloggers to retain the faith of their readers, by clearly telling them that it was a sponsored post. They also takes proper care about the search engines and the risk of pagerank slap! All their links comes with a nofollow tag. It makes the sponsored posts 100% search engine friendly. This is a great reason to join SocialSpark.

As a memeber of SocialSpark, you will be able to discover new blogs, make new friends and drive traffic to your blogs. With the help of their in-built messaging system, you can contact your friends. You will also be able to rate other bloggers and blogs. So, the more you participate, the more benefit you will get from this system.

So, why I would recommend SocialSpark?

You will be able to monetize your blogs.
They have 100% transparency in transactions.
All sponsored posts carries 100% audit able in-post disclosure.
All links are search engine friendly.
You will be able to make new friends.
Accepts English and Spanish language blogs.
Your blogs will get better exposure.
And many more points, that you will discover after joining it!

So, what about you? Do you love blogging? If you do, then you must join this exciting social media marketing service. I am sure that it will help you to make some money, besides giving some good exposure to your blogs! Join SocialSpark today.

Blogger Olive Riley

Take a look at this granny. Probably she is the world's oldest blogger! She is 107 years old, grandmother of seven and writes regularly on her blog "The Life of Riley". Her name is Olive Riley and she is from Australia. We salute this blogger and hope that she will continue writing the wonderful stories from her life. Link

Good Morning everyone. My name is Olive Riley. I live in Australia near Sydney. I was born in Broken Hill on Oct. 20th 1899.Broken Hill is a mining town, far away in the centre of Australia. My Friend, Mike, has arranged this blog for me. He is doing the typing and I am telling the stories. He thinks it’s a good idea to tell what’s going on. He already made a film about me a few years back and people liked that, so they might like this blog too, he says. We’ll see. - From the First Post of Olive Riley.

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The 4-Hour Workweek contest by John Chow!

Yesterday, John Chow announced a simple, but interesting competition! This is for all bloggers! Wait, wait! First know, what is up for grab?

The prize is a hardcopy of "The 4-Hour Workweek" signed by the author Timothy Ferriss. This book will teach you how to become rich by working 4 hours per week! Wow! John Chow highly recommends it. So, for what you are waiting? Just grab one or join the contest to win one!

How to join the Contest?

It is simple! Go to John Chow's Post and send him a comment! That will be your entry into the draw. If you want more entry, don't post multiple comments. But you can blog it on your own blog and send him a talkback to get a second entry! And wait, he is also offering a chance for third entry! Just Stumble the post! Good luck...

May 10, 2007

Simple Browser

I am addicted to Browse the Web. That's what this blog is all about! My posts will reflect what I browsed! Hope you people will love it!