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Blogging Tips, General
5 Blogging Secrets You Can’t Share With Your Wife
01.18.08 | Permalink | 27 Comments

Let’s admit it. Blogging is weird and bloggers are weirdos.
At least in the eyes of other people. Our families and friends think we have lost a screw or two somewhere in the center of our head.
Many times people ask me what do I do online - and yes, this has never been an easy question […]
Blogging Tips, General
5 Reasons Why Blogging Sucks
11.07.07 | Permalink | 24 Comments

You thought blogging is all fun and money? Well, that’s not quite true.

Instigator blog published an excellent list of not-so-fancy aspects of freelancing, so I thought since blogging, and especially problogging, is a freelance activity, I’ll list the cons of problogging.

Blogging is stressful. Don’t get me wrong. I enjoy blogging as much as any other serious blogger, but.. it’s stressful. Since you don’t look very convinced, here are my 5 reasons why it’s so.
Blogging Tips, Building Readership, Writing Tips
Good Use Of Humor In Writing
08.17.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

â€œThe best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.â€ - Mark Twain

How boring is a boring piece of writing? It’s so boring that only a boring few will enjoy reading it.

More importantly what makes a piece of writing boring? It’s lack of humor and light-heartedness on the part of writer that makes his writing so utterly drab. A writer who does not succeed In making his readers smile even once during the reading, has failed his readers.

Don’t Be Too Solemn

I blog to make myself happy by sharing my knowledge with others and making some revenue off my efforts, and when I am happy I smile and laugh. Smiling is the expression of happiness.

A blogger who goes way too serious in his writing is turning off prospective subscribers by giving them dull prose to read. Whereas a blogger who is able to make his readers smile with his cheerful writing is more likely to win his readers’ loyality.
Blogging Tips, Resources, SEO Tips
Glossaries And Dictionaries Of Difficult SEO Terms
08.11.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

I have long been perplexed by the arcane language of SEO. SEO experts seem to talk in acronyms alone! What’s all this CPC, ECPM, CTR, and CPM all about?

Luckily, it’s not that hard to know all these and more once you know of a few good places to go to whenever you bump into some new SEO mumbo-jumbo.

Below are some good SEO glossaries and dictionaries that will help you understand the secrets behind the tricky acronyms and dodgy SEO language!