29/03/2013

Knowledge, passion and experience - these are the content

It is 2013 and the internet is fully loaded with blogs willing to teach people how to make business around your blog. 'Gurus' are trying their best to persuade the people that they are going to tell them million dollar secret of successful blogging for 20, 30 or 49.5 bucks. I have a question, do they really tell the truth or just trying to increase their bank balances, just kidding who doesn't want?

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27/03/2013

Always write to the point

If we have a new idea we will say that directly. When anything can be explained in just one word or one sentence then why you'll make a paragraph. So if you have an idea for a new post, then write to the point. Don't make a boring 3 paragraph introduction. Just bring it.

Do you write to the point?

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25/03/2013

Reading and writing equals excellent content

Now everybody knows to become a good blogger you should have the qualities of a good writer. But there  are some differences between a good blogger and a good writer. A good blogger is something more than a good writer.

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24/03/2013

Disadvantage of giving too many choices

I want you to go into an imagination, alright, let's go. Imagine yourself in a chocolates shop where you have given 15 flavors of chocolates and you have been told to choose only 10 chocolates. 

Now of course you will choose according to your taste and preferences. Now suppose the number of flavors are increased to 25. What will happen next. I think, I might be confused then between the more choices and the selected flavors.

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23/03/2013

Careful while using technical terms

If your blog is of any industry which uses special technical terms which are not used commonly then be careful of using them in your blog. Use simple terms. If you want to use them, then make sure you have perfect page of glossary for those words.

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When is perfect time to show your feed count

Feed count is used as a signal for people that this website or blog has a social environment. It is the signal that the website is having a quality content that's why it has hundreds of subscribers. But that's not the case oftentimes. You have to be very careful using feed count on your blog. There is no reason to show feed count if you have only 10 or 20 readers.

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Comment smartly

To build the strong relationship with your fellow bloggers the most common techniques is to comment on their content. Now when we talk blog commenting, do not think like a spammers. What does that mean? Most common blog commenting mistakes are very crappy like leaving your blog name in comments, leaving comments like "great post", "good post" etc.

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22/03/2013

Practical tips to improve your readers' experience - Part 1

I have searched a lot on what to do to improve readers' experience. There is only top 10 blogging mistakes, top 5. I have tried my best to prepare the list of ways by which you can improve your readers' experience. Actually all the suggestions I've learned over time and are also suggested pro blogger like Daniel Scocco, Darren Rowse and Yaro Starak. This is the list of things in your blog, which your reader doesn't need or I think I should say they are not adding any value for the reader. They are totally useless.

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Use the word "article" instead of "posts"

I was searching the Google last night and suddenly something hit my mind and I want to share that with you guys. When you are referring to any past article in your recent article avoid using the word post. Instead of using "blog posts" you should use the word "article".

The word "article" looks more professional because the word "post" is a kind of commonly used word. It really doesn't matter your article if 50 words or 500 words. Always use the word "Article". 

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Promise benefit in headlines

If a blogs post's is promising some kind of benefit, then there are more chances of clicking. For better understanding let's take an example.

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