If you’re going to spend so much time writing a blog for your business, why not convert that same energy into writing a book? In fact, do the two at once. Consider making your blog posts future chapters of a book to showcase your expertise and skills.  It’s not a new idea, we just hope to motivate you a bit to keep going or get started.

Start with an Outline

Start with a rough outline. It’s rough, because your readers’ feedback and comments will help shape your book. You don’t want to leave it totally up to them to decide the topics though, because you’ll lose control and it will be hard to finish the book. While a novel might work well that way, it may not work as well for a business book.

Write 500 Words a Day

After you write your outline, start writing 500 word articles each day on a topic and post them. You’ll compile those articles to make up your chapters down the road, and you may decide not to use some. It’s a win-win for you, because you still have great content for your blog. Make sure it’s search engine optimized, and you can edit it out when you’re ready to make it a book, or leave those keywords in.

Don’t worry about doing the chapters in order. You’ll worry about that when you go to compile the book. The main thing is to form the habit of writing 500 words a day and finish the book that you know you need to write for your business.  Before you know it, on a 5 day a week schedule, you’ll hit 60,000 words in 120 days, which is more than good enough for your first business book.

Micro-blogging is different from regular blogging because the posts are shorter. Posting tweets on Twitter is the best known form of micro-blogging, and the maximum length of a tweet is 140 characters. You might be wondering how to leverage micro-blogging, given that you have such a small amount of space to say anything.

Micro-blogging Tip #1: Share Links to Other Websites

Micro-blogging Tip #2: Inform, Don’t Sell

Micro-blogging Tip #3: Turn Conversations into Leads

Don’t let micro-blogging intimidate you. The only way to do it well is to get started.

Blogs are becoming more popular by the minute; for each subject of  interest, there is bound to be something out there to satisfy that taste. But it is not enough to simply exist and hope that visitors will find you. There is so much competition out there that this approach will prove fruitless in the end. You need to take advantage of the things the internet has to offer, one of those being Twitter. This social site may be fun and easy to use, but for bloggers, it needs to take on a whole new meaning. You must use Twitter to your advantage, and know what should be done to make people pay attention to your blog.

1. Keep anyone who is following your account interested by asking them questions.

2. Make your Twitter account useful.

3. Post as often as you can.

4. Choose your words carefully when posting on Twitter.

5. Remember to interact with others.

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Tag clouds have become more popular as websites begin to use them to help organize their keywords in an easy to read manner for their readers.

First used by Flikr the website they have since grown. Tag clouds are a nice feature for a blog or website as it organizes major keywords into clickable links, making it easy to find and search for topics/ categories.

It is easy to set up what has now become popularized and known as the tag or label cloud. Basically it is a dynamic area which displays your prominent keywords in a easy to read, fun fashion. It allows for quick navigation to a selected topic on your page. What I will explain is how to add this cloud to your Google Blogger account. You can see an example of this on my blog to the right side where it says Label Cloud.

Since Word press has a plug-in for this, blogger users need to hand hack the code. Don’t worry it is easy to do and takes less than 10 minutes to do.

ENJOY!

First you need to have a Blogger Account and must be using the layout templates. It does not work if you do not have any posts or and tags/labels in your posts. So before you install this make a few posts and add some labels.

Then go to you Blogger Account and go to “Layout”. From there you should click on “Add A Gadget”. Add the “Labels” widget to your blog. Now save your changes and click on the link on the top navigation menu that reads “Edit HTML”. Once here it is highly recommended to back-up your files. You can do so by clicking on “Download Full Template” and saving it somewhere just in case you screw up the code.

Once this has been done you are ready to add to the HTML. Don’t worry it is basic HTML, where you only need to add or remove lines of code. You will not be doing any actual coding. There will be a ckeckbox that says “Expand Widget Templates”. Leave this box unchecked as it will simplify things.

The code is broken down into three sections; the stylesheet, a configurations section, and the actual widget.

The easiest way to add the code is to first search for the area of HTML that needs to be modified. To do so hold down the control button + f and a find box will appear asking what you are looking for. Enter the section of HTML you are trying to find and you will be instantly brough to it. You will not have to search around for hours trying to find the specific code block.

The first step is adding a snippet of code in the stylesheet immediately before “”]]>“”

Copy this exatly as is. You can modify it later:

<br />/* Label Cloud Styles</p> <p>———————————————– */</p> <p>#labelCloud {text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;}</p> <p>#labelCloud .label-cloud li{display:inline;background-image:none !important;padding:0 5px;margin:0;vertical-align:baseline !important;border:0 !important;}</p> <p>#labelCloud ul{list-style-type:none;margin:0 auto;padding:0;}</p> <p>#labelCloud a img{border:0;display:inline;margin:0 0 0 3px;padding:0}</p> <p>#labelCloud a{text-decoration:none}</p> <p>#labelCloud a:hover{text-decoration:underline}</p> <p>#labelCloud li a{}</p> <p>#labelCloud .label-cloud {}</p> <p>#labelCloud .label-count {padding-left:0.2em;font-size:9px;color:#000}</p> <p>#labelCloud .label-cloud li:before{content:”" !important}</p> <p>

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The next step is to find the configuration section and add another snippet of code, this time find the ]]> and the

Place the following code between these two sections before the head and after the b:skin

// Label Cloud User Variables</p> <p>var cloudMin = 1;</p> <p>var maxFontSize = 20;</p> <p>var maxColor = [0,0,255];</p> <p>var minFontSize = 10;</p> <p>var minColor = [0,0,0];</p> <p>var lcShowCount = false;</p> <p>This is <html> </p> <p>

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Leave the default settings as they are now and I will explain how they can be modified latter.

Now we need to edit the code for the widget itself. Hold control + and find

“the head tag”

Replace the line above with the following code exactly as it reads:

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That is all you have to do. Now your tag / label cloud should appear on your blogger page.

If the tag cloud does not appear there may be two main issues at hand. The first issue is not having more than one label in your blog posts. The script requires multiple labels in order to work. The second issue is to make sure you don’t use quotation marks “” in your labels.

Once the bugs are fixed and you tag cloud is showing you may want to customize it. Everything is customizable; you just have to make minor changes.

http://phy3blog.googlepages.com/Beta-Blogger-Label-Cloud.html

It is no big secret that blogging can provide a significant income stream. This knowledge is so well known that the blogosphere went from being a relatively small part of internet content to its current point where almost everyone has a blog. Ranging from internet marketing experts through teenagers, everyone is attempting to cash in on a blog in some fashion. However, while many blogs exist, only a small percentage of them actually yield significant dividends.

While there are many ways in which a blog can be monetized, the most common is through using Google AdSense. There is no doubt that when used effectively AdSense will indeed create income, but many people don’t understand what it takes to effectively blog for AdSense results. By learning the tips and tricks that yield effective blogging results, almost any blog using advertising as a form of revenue can succeed.

Rule number 1: A Blog must have Content
Many people start a blog thinking that they only need to write a few posts and the money will start coming in. However, this never is how it really works. For blogs to be effective, they must have both enough content to draw traffic as well as up to date and useful information. Not only does this mean writing a lot of blog posts, but it means constantly staying up to date as well.

Rule number 2: The Content must be Targeted
While it is important that a blog have a limited focus such as technology or a popular television show, each post needs to be targeted to yield the right ads. AdSense scans each blog for content and then posts advertisements that fit the information. In order to maximize this, it is extremely important to target specific products or services in the post itself. This will not only lead to more accurate ads, but should also lead to a higher percentage of clicks, which of course leads to more money.

Rule number 3: Post Quality must be Outstanding
No matter what subject a blog covers, chances are there are more than a few blogs that post about the same exact material. When it comes to effectively blogging for AdSense results, it is imperative that the blog not only grab people’s attention, but also be worth coming back too time and time again. The sticky reader is vital in a blogs success.

Believe it or not, these three simple rules will make a huge difference in any blog which follows them.

Whether you are an individual blogger looking to increase your readership, or a large company using blogs to market your product, one of the most important things you can do is promote your blog by commenting on other blogs and in forums. When it comes to this kind of blog promotion, there is a right way to do it and a wrong way to do it. While everyone seems to believe they know the right way, it only takes a few moments browsing forums and other blogs to see that they don’t. The following list will give you good ideas on what to do, and more importantly what not to do.

DON’T…

• Be too obvious:
  • The most common mistake people make in blog marketing is quite honestly by being far too obvious. When someone leaves a post on a forum that says “Hey check out my blog!” it will often be ignored if not deleted.
• Spam comments:
  • There is no doubt that leaving comments on other blogs will get traffic directed to your site. However, if you spam comments you are likely to upset the blog owner and irritate potential readers.
• Be rude:
  • Yes, swearing and rude behavior will get your comments noticed, but they will also get you banned and will not increase your traffic very much if at all.
• Go off topic:
  • If you are posting in a forum or leaving a comment on a blog, the worst thing you can do is post something that is completely off topic. People are using the forum or blog because they want information on a particular subject, by introducing off topic conversations you might make a lot of people angry.

DO…

• Leave the URL to your blog in your signature:
  • Most forums and blogs have a space where you can list your URL. They do this because they want other people to share their websites (it increases traffic) and you should take advantage of this.
• Leave intelligent comments:
  • The best way to get someone interested in what you have to say in your blog is to say something worth reading in the first place. When you leave a comment in a forum or blog, try to make it intelligent and worth reading. If people like what you said they will check out your listed URL.
• Check out URL’s listed in other user’s profiles:
  • By checking out someone else’s blog you can not only find another place to leave a comment, but when you do, chances are the blog owner and other readers will visit your blog as well.

By following the above tips you should see a steady increase in the traffic to your blog. Also don’t be surprised if people start quoting your blog elsewhere.

Here us a list of some good do-follow blog directories

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Blogging has become explosive in recent years and many people are confused as to what all the hype is. Blogging allows you to quickly relay your message to a captive audience. By speaking directly with your clients or customers, you are establishing a positive relationship with them.

Rather than being just another company with a website, they will know that there is someone behind the website that cares and is willing to help with any questions or concerns you may have.There are many excellent blog solutions that are free such as Blogger and WordPress.

Blogs also offer something else that website cannot, updated content on a constant basis. Google and the other search engines love to see fresh, new, updated, original content on the web. This means that your blog and all its pages will be in the search results, ranking high. This means that all blog posts will be ranking high up on the organic search results.

In order to keep your blog posting at the top of the search engines, you must build links back to each post. Creating a viral buzz is great by using social networking sites such as Reddit, Digg, StumbleUpon, Delicious, twitter, Google Buzz, etc. The more you promote the post, you will see an increase in visitors and links back to the page. This is the perfect combination for having a successful SEO friendly blog.

Looking at the statistics from blogs, it is proven that most visitors are new to the site and arrived via search. While having high-quality content is critical to blogging, SEO and SEM techniques are valuable tools to measure ROI. Blogging should be part of any companies online marketing campaign, should be updated weekly (if not more), and will definitely improve your SEO rankings.

There are hardly any internet users that understand what the orange box that is at the top of their browser. This is for Really Simple Syndication (RSS) which allows people to publish content and expose it to subscribers of your RSS feed. Currently over 80% of internet users do not know about or use RSS Feeds, but that is soon to change. There is no denying that RSS Feeds are soon to be replacing email and for good reasoning.

RSS feeds allow for embedded video and audio files, something email is not capable of doing. Email providers usually strip away the video or block it from getting into the recipients inbox. RSS Feeds allow subscribers to view video and audio within the RSS Feed without opening a web browser. RSS Feeds make it simple and easy to view and send video and audio content to other users.

Another great and compelling reason that RSS Feeds are replacing Email is because RSS Feeds always reach their destination, unlike Emails which have less than 60% delivery rate. This is a huge advantage that Email has been lacking in. Unlike Email there is no SPAM folder in RSS Feeds because everyone that subscribed to a RSS Feed want to get the information and hold onto it. Due to the fact that RSS Feeds have no SPAM makes it hard for Email to compete. Everyone hates SPAM because it is a waste of time and extremely annoying.

Don’t worry for those of you running to Google to learn more about RSS Feeds because this will take a while before it becomes common practice to use RSS Feeds. Right now to get an RSS Feed you need to subscribe to someone’s blog or other content management system. Soon though, it will be as easy to work with as regular email is. There will be RSS Outlook soon allowing you to create a message, add video or sound, format it, and then send it to one person or a group of subscribers via the RSS without publishing your content anywhere else.

A great appeal right now for RSS is that it is anonymous and you do not need to give out any personal information to subscribe to a Feed. This needs to and will change soon to allow for customized RSS Feeds that matches their users specific desires and interests. Also it will allow private RSS communication between individuals and groups of people SPAM free, with audio and video capabilities, and one hundred percent deliverability!

Watch out for the future of RSS Feeds! You can subscribe to my blogs RSS Feed and start receiving all the latest blogs and SEO information. You can also stay up to date on all search engine optimization news.

Here it is…I finally added a blog to accompany my website SEO Optimizers. I am glad that you are here to learn more about Search Engine Optimization. I will constantly be updating and adding to my site additional information and news regarding SEO. I look forward to your responses and feedback.

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