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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 | 23 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.
SEO Tips
4 Reasons Why Google Isn’t Penalizing You And You Are Just Paranoid
10.11.07 | Permalink | 27 Comments

Ever since Google came out openly with its stance about advertisers and link sellers who try to manipulate Google’s PageRank algorithm, there has been a great deal of unrest in the blogosphere. You can hear angry voices coming from virtually all directions.

I really find it laughable that many of the well reputed bloggers have succumbed to the temptation of crying foul against Google. They think Google has penalized them for selling links, OK fair enough. Wait.. they also think that Google is manually penalizing their site to rank low in SERPs, and that Google has set spies to trawl through the world wide web to catch the criminals red-handed. This is where their paranoia becomes evident.
Blogging Tips, Building Readership, Life Hacks, Writing Tips
How To Get Others To Listen To You
08.29.07 | Permalink | 5 Comments

Whether in blogging or in real life, the desire to get others to listen to our opinions is what motivates us to write and speak. We talk because we expect others to listen to us, and we write because we expect others to read us.

For bloggers, the importance of engaging their readers in a discussion by getting their attention can not be overemphasized. Bloggers are official speakers. Unlike an average Joe who would talk out of necessity whether he gets heard or not, bloggers speak to influence opinions and spark discussions. This can only be done if you, as a blogger, know how to get others to listen to you.

In real life, we talk to a lot of people everyday, yet we hardly leave an impression on a single person. This is because others do not listen to us, they don’t care what we say, and they pretend to listen because they don’t want to offend us. They know we are going to repeat what they have already heard hundreds of times. The only way to change this attitude is to convince them that what we have to say can have a positive affect on their lives.

In blogging, there is even less of an audience for us that is willing to give us a chance. People here are more savvy and take little heed of weak voices.

Here are a few tested and tried ways to make others give you their undivided attention, and become keen listeners.
General, Link Love
Who Wants Some Link Love?
08.18.07 | Permalink | 3 Comments

Weekly link love. Check out for some great and informative reads.
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.
Productivity, Writing Tips
A tip to becoming a better writer
08.08.07 | Permalink | Comment?

I was browsing my feeds in Google Reader when I saw this compelling title in Copy Blogger feeds summary. The title said “10 Steps to Becoming a Better Writer” I clicked on it expecting some well organized bulleted list of writing advice, but what came up made me chuckle. The advice only consists of one […]