New Blogger Talk And Tips

There are certainly thousand of blogs covering the topics of blogging tips.I even subscribe to the most famous one like Problogger,Dailyblogtips and Bloggingtips.So am I being a copycat?

Yes if I take what that have written in other blog tips blog and copy it in my blog,no because each blog have a different approach,different writing styles even if it does touch on the same topic and giving out almost the same tips.

Why I write about this?I read in Blogging Tips about a comment from one of their reader saying that Blogging Tips is just rehashing what other blog about blog tips have covered,but the irony is that particular reader have just started his own blog about blog tips!

Kevin Muldoon explained in great length on what he thinks about that comment,and some of the things that he mentioned does interest me and that is what I'm going to share with all of you.When you wanted to start your blog,you will have to decide which topic it will cover,and looking at all possible popular topics,there is none that is possibly have not been done by others before you,so when you enter that niche,you will be competing with other older blogs,you cannot run from this,even if you start a personal blog,there are lots of other personal blogs,so the only difference is it will be about your life,your experience,but chances are,there will be others that have the same look about life,almost the same experience,so it won't really make your blog any different isn't it?

Blog tips and making money tips are among the most popular blog,so what will make your blog different,how are you going to compete with thousands of other blog,and against the more establish one?How could you write something that others have not written?You can't,but this should not stop you from starting your own blog if you really like blogging and you love to share about blogging tips or making money tips.

I have a blog about making money,which covered topics about tips,being careful in making money programs,and I never felt intimidated by other older or more successful blogs because to me each blog has its own chances of being successful,being accepted by readers,as long as you can write good quality post,do all you can to expose it,do the right SEO,never give up easily,you have every chance of getting where you want to be.The same goes to this blog,I do what I like to do,write what I want to write,it is up to the readers to decide,and each blog success is determined by the readers.There is no guarantee that a very successful blog today will still be successful next year,or next two years,and there is no one who can say that you won't make it because you are new,writing about stuff that others have written and you are doomed because you are new.

There are 120,000 new blogs created everyday,so you still have your chances of people reading your blogging tips even if only half of that number are people new to blogging.Just do what you want to do,you can't choose to start a blog and writing something that others have never thought of writing,there will be competition in which ever niche you choose,being competitive will make you more alert,more creative and will push you harder to strive to be among the best,which I believe what everyone is aiming for.

If you write something that have been written by other well known blogger,people will say that you are not being original,but what if those well known blogger wrote about stuff that you have written first,will their readers have the guts to tell it to them?or will they be big enough to credit you as the one with the original idea?A more well known and establish blogger have the advantage of being seen as the first to report every breaking news stories,giving great tips,writing great articles,just because their blog are more widely exposed and read,but not because what they wrote is extremely brilliant.Some new and smaller blogs actually have better and well written content,only less people read it,so not many people actually get to share it.

Be a persistent blogger,keep on doing what you like,don't bother about what other people say or think.Look at Google for example,even though not many people like them,but the hard fact that we have to agree that it has become the major player on the Internet.MSN and Yahoo have been in business longer than them,yet they still join in,do things differently,and they now have the biggest share of searches among the top search engines.It is not because of them doing dirty business,but MSN and Yahoo are doing things the same old fashioned way,Google do things differently,injecting new method.It is not about who is new,who is more establish,it is about who can give something different,do things differently in a more fun way.

Being new doesn't mean you are a copycat,unless you do things the same way as all the others have done before you.You must Dare To Be Different.

There must be a reason you start your blog.You want to share your thoughts,experience or views with others.You learn how to blog,how to promote it,getting traffic,getting subscribers.Instead of just a hobby,it becomes a passion,to some it even become a profession.So what are the things that can help you become a successful blogger,even if you're doing it out of passion or as a profession.I read about this topic in Blogging Tips,written by Andy MacDonald.He shares some very interesting tips and I added some too.

We all feel insecure when we first start blogging I think..do you?I know I do..but because of the need to get it started is more overwhelming,we get past it and started our blog.Then the feelings start to creep back in,right after you finished writing your first article..you read it maybe 20 times,changing something each time you've done reading but you just can't get your self to hit the publish button..Why?

Sounds familiar?It does to me..even after all those post I've made,I sometimes feel this way.The best thing to do is ignore it,just write what you want to and then publish it.Thinking about those things won't get you anywhere,you will end up not posting anything until you feel really sure that it is what people want to read.How long do you think it will take?How about forever?

Do you know what is the best thing about a blog?

Don't look at other blogs and start comparing yours with it,it will make you feel more insecure.Let them do what they want with their blogs,and let them enjoy the success of it.Concentrate on your blog,especially the content and soon you too will find success with your blog.

It is quite disturbing to see the trends in forums now,especially from new members.They use forums to advertise their product or service,or just to promote their blog,this is what spam is all about.Most of them are too eager to show off their blog that they don't even bother to read the rules set by the administrator of the forums.Some just being ignorant to what forums is suppose to be.These are three current trend that I see in forums these days.

Comments.

Forums and comments are two things that can certainly help boost traffic to your blog,or website,but only if you do it right.If you're doing like what I said above in forums,do you seriously think people would want to visit your blog or website over and over again?We are not talking just any visit,but people who like your blog and would certainly come back to read,even subscribe to it,unless the thing you only care about is the number on the counter of your blog.Leaving comments on other blogs meaning you leave your signature,your calling card.By reading your comment,the blog owner will feel intrigue to get to know you,what kind of blog you have.If you comment I like your post..Nice blog..Very good..what does that tells you?If you ask me,I will simply say this guy is doing it simply because he reads somewhere you have to comment on other blogs to get traffic.It is not only about traffic,it is about networking,about friendship.Do you want the only traffic from that particular blog owner or you want to build friendship and later build a network of traffic from that blog to yours?If you build a good relationship with certain blog owners,giving insightful comments and your own blog itself is interesting,I won't be surprised if you will start getting that blog readers to yours.

Forums and comments can help increase traffic to your blog,but you must do it the right way,take your time to do it,build your reputation and credibility in forums,build relationship with other blog owners.All this takes time,but you will certainly find the results very satisfying.People can judge who you are by reading your forum post,your comments and by visiting your blog so don't let all this ruined your online reputation that you only just started to build.

Some people have all this idea when it comes to post an article to their blogs,some people doesn't.They search the web for ideas or any other place they can think of.Some people say it is easy to write,some say its hard.I personally think it is not that easy,and not that hard.Not that easy because you must always remember there will be people reading it and and we can never know what their actual interest is.Sometimes you write an article that you considered very good,but you get less reader and don't even have anybody commenting on it,but when you post something simple that just pop up your mind at that time,it get lots of people reading it and leaving great comments.Not that hard because you can always write about what you feel about something and it is related to the topic of your blog.You can easily find topics by browsing the Net or reading your mails or reading your feeds.

I have been keeping this little notebook of mine since maybe 2 years back.Back then I just wrote whatever that I find interesting daily especially things in newspaper or on TV or things I came across in my life.Nowadays I've been jotting down ideas for my posts,interesting topics on the Net,topics from my feeds,reading other blogs.Whatever that I find interesting,I wrote it in my notebook.I have two notebook actually,one that I use to just simply scribble whatever comes to mind,or see.The other one is where I write back what I wrote in my first notebook,but make it into points form,making it easier for me to elaborate when I used it to make a post to my blog.

I find this a very good thing to do since there are days that you just can't think of what to post to your blog,the ideas you wrote in there can certainly help.The notebook where I just scribble anything is small,so I can bring it anywhere I go,and I make a point to write everything I just wrote to it to my other,bigger notebook each time I reach home after a day out.Today I found the relevance of keeping this notebook after reading my feeds.A posting in Daily Blog Tips by Steven Snell mention about this,but Steven call it his journal.Journal or Notebook,it is still the same thing and it is certainly what I think most bloggers must keep for their own convenience.

In his post Steven lay out 9 important keys to maximize the effectiveness of your journal or notebook if you already have one.

If you haven't have your own notebook or journal,maybe this is a good time to start one.If you already have,I hope by sharing Steven experience,and my own experience in keeping a notebook or journal can help all of us when we have problems finding ideas to write a post and hopefully to create better and great posting.

For blogspot users like me,it is easy to add an AdSense ad to your blog.Adding an AdSense ad to your blog doesn't mean you can automatically generate income from it.People will have to click on your ads for you to earn something.There's lots of talk going on debating about AdSense,some says its good,some doesn't think so.Some claims they don't get anything from it,some says they make thousands from it and sell books about their secrets.Some don't use AdSense at all,some use other alternative to AdSense.

I look at it simply like this.There are thousand advertisers who pays Google to have their ad on the web,Google provide a simple and free way to have your own blog,so why not help the advertisers by providing certain space on your blog to show their ad.Google gets lot of money through advertising,and in turn they use it to provide some of the best services on the Internet,the advertisers get to run their ads,and gain something from it,Me..I get some pocket money by providing space on my blog to run this ad.I think it is a fair deal,and the ad is consistent with my blog.

Optimizing Your AdSense.

There are 4 things that actually determine what you will get from your AdSense ads.

But the most important thing is to get traffic to your blog,because this will increase the chances of your ads being click,but Google have very strict rules regarding clicks,so careful where your traffic is coming from so you won't get banned because of the wrong people who click your ads.Always write good,quality content relevant to your blog,because this will ensure you get ads relevant to your blog,and some of this ad may be of value to your readers.

One thing you will notice kind of inconsistent to my post is the ad right after my posting.I actually run three ads as permitted,and place it like I mention,on top,sidebar and at the bottom and it all blend with my blog.I certainly don't know how this ad gets there,been trying to delete it but still no success.Hope you don't mind it being there even though it stuck out quite oddly!Sorry For The Inconvenience.

There is a reason why I ask this question.No..it is not because I face this problem,and I do hope and pray that this will not be a problem to me in the future because it can bring some effect to my blog and have to make me think back if this is certainly the things I want and love to do.

The Reason I Start Blogging.

Before I start about the title of my post,lets just share a few things.I started blogging early this month,not with this blog,but with another that I started because I was thinking of making money with it.After two weeks doing it,I found out that it is not that what I really want.No..I didn't stop and abandoned it after just two weeks,instead I still write my post once in every two days just like when I started it,the only difference I made is in the content.Rather than writing about how to make money online,I write about things you must expect if you want to make money online,and reminding people not to become victim of scams that make believe you can make money fast and easy online.

The Reason People Start Blogging.

When I see other people blogs,I look for when it was started,how frequent the posting was,what the blog is about,the quality of the post,what is there on the blog.Through all this,I came up with this three reason why people start a blog and keep on blogging.

Do You Have Problem To Write A Post?

I came across this girl problem in one of the forum I joined.She ask if any one can gave her any suggestion on what to write on her next post.Two things come to mind immediately.

I respond because of the first,and I will give my view on the second later.I view her blog.Looks nice to me.Her latest post was about her thoughts on something,what interest me is the variety of her posting.It is a new blog,she has post about a movie review,book review and other things.I think she hasn't decide what her blog should be before she started it,and by looking at it,I think she is trying to imitate what other blogs is about,and try to squeeze it into her blog.There is nothing wrong about it,but looking back at her question,and looking at her blog,I think she must look back at the reason why she started her blog.

The reason you start a blog will actually have an impact on what you will achieve with it.

What People Will Do Just To Get Attention(And Traffic)

People join forums for a lot of different reason,but most of all is to get traffic by exposing yourself and your blogs to other forum members.Some would do just anything to gain this,by posting simple question like that girl did,by replying to as much thread as possible,and in the shortest of time(They hope people will look up to them because of the number of post/their status in forums),self promoting threads(Some forums doesn't allow this and you will be banned),and so much more.Join one and you will know what I mean.

One thing that I see most people forget is,you won't have such a big problem to drive traffic to your blogs.You can have any approach,with or without ethical value,its up to you,and you will see results.But what is the point of driving thousands of traffic if you don't have anything to show?Most people that are seriously trying very hard to drove traffic to their blogs,or websites are people involve in making money programs,because the Guru's taught them TRAFFIC = MONEY!What a lie and who would be a fool to believe this.Traffic means people VISITING your site,if you cannot turn them into CUSTOMERS,you don't get MONEY!If your site are just like thousands or millions other site promoting the same thing,what makes you think you are different,and that people will buy or join from your site?

Blogs are about content,and people everyday are looking for contents that interest them,can add value to their life,or to the knowledge they already have.If you can provide this,and provide it consistently,then you will have TRAFFIC and LOYAL READERS.

I certainly have to thank that girl,because of her forum post,I can make a post to my blog today!Just my point of adding how looking at things you do daily can provide source for your blog.