4 Simple Tips To Jumpstart Your Writing

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Writing a blog entry is not the same as writing an academic paper. It should not be too long or excessively detailed. It should be informative and something people would actually want to read. This being said let us go through these simple tips can get you over that dry spell and jumpstart your way to a new blog entry.

1. READ SOMETHING TO GET YOU GOING
Before pounding those keyboards, lead your mind into that “writing zone” by reading. A simple poem or short story can do the trick. You can even try an audio book. Try doing this and you will notice that writing comes naturally. You can just breeze through your way to writing. Just like when running, you need some warming up before everything becomes smooth. The mind needs some warming up too so it does not cramp in the middle of writing.

Integrating Google Analytics with WordPress

WordPress.com and WordPress.org are from the same parent company, but there are some major differences separating the two. Put simply, WordPress.org provides more freedom while WordPress.com provides more support. WordPress.com is hosted and provides you with a dedicated server so the traffic managing, spam blocking, security and even networking are taken care of.

It's a fantastic option if you aren’t that PHP/HTML savvy or if the traffic on your site will be fluctuating. (WordPress.com’s support keeps it from crashing due to an influx.) However, because you cannot manipulate a lot of things on the back end of your site the opportunity for radical customization is lost.

WordPress.org allows you to upload themes or templates, so you’re not starting with a completely blank space. But you can customize your code: a blank canvas for someone technically-minded. WordPress.org is not hosted. So while it's a free service, you would have to independently find hosting and pay for it. WordPress.org can also be less secure as you are responsible for combating spam.

Both .com and .org are social. With WordPress.com you can find other blog owners with similar ideas and WordPress.org provides community support forums and mailing lists. These tools are important for generating more traffic to your blog – something everyone wants.

Once the new traffic is gained it is important that you monitor and record it. The free plugin Google Analytics for WordPress efficiently provides that support. You can manipulate just about all of the data that Google analytics gives you in order to analyze how users are interacting with your site. Installation is easy and the program is straightforward. Within your WordPress site delete any existing gapp or google-analytics-for-WordPress folder from the/wp-content/plugins/ directory. Next users should upload the google-analytics-for-WordPress folder to the /wp-content/plugins/directory and activate the plugin through the "Plugins" menu in WordPress. Finally, navigate to the "options" panel under the "Settings" menu and add your Analytics account number. Specify the settings you prefer. Enjoy.

Google Analytics not only collects all of your site traffic data but also compiles it. Graphs, tables and diagrams are all relevant and readable. You can select filters as specific as “ignore any user level and up,” which allows you only to look at editor activity. Or you can track meta data on pages like “publication year.” Aside from result-filtering, Google Analytics also provides AdSense integration, Ad Manager integration, Contact Form integration, Mediacaster integration, Newsletter Manager integration, 404 error and outbound link tracking, Search tracking, Domain-wide tracking and Custom event tracking.

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 The data it reports is also well-labeled, so users new to Analytics can understand what the information means. Here, the blog owner can see that %13.19 of her/his traffic leaves after the first page. He/she could figure out where that 13.19% is coming from and better cater to them.

But once you get traffic data, how do use it? Well, the more you know about how people interact with the site the better. So keep poking around. Manipulate the data. View specifications like "unique page views" and "time on page." Monitor traffic before you put up a new post. Once you publish something new tweet the link and see how many people bite. You can wait a few days and then Facebook it to gauge effects. Reddit, Google + and Digg are powerful tools, too. See which social media platform grabs you the most views. Paying attention to when you post something can help you manipulate the amount of sharing that happens, too. For example, a business news article may get more views in the morning while a gaming article can still gain a lot of traffic at 2AM. Once you find patterns in your posts, optimize your timing.

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Maps, charts and graphs help to determine where traffic is coming from and, therefore, how to target it. Here, the blog owner sees that most of her/his traffic comes from the San Francisco area.

Once you've figured out the best time and place to link your blog make your next few posts cover different topics. Doing this will reveal your readership. Do the people visiting your blog love your new scone recipe (many visits, all spending time on the page)? Do they completely skip the article about your son? Being able to see where your traffic comes from is also important. Knowing that many of your views came from your link on a sewing blog means that you should cater to them with crafty content. Consider finding other sewing blogs for which to write. Understanding that most of your traffic lives in the San Francisco area, however, would hint that focusing on a Frisco event could bring more traffic.

Managing and understanding the traffic that visits your site is crucial to recognizing your audience and seeing how to best engage them in the future, both to maintain interest and encourage more traffic. By catering to your traffic you may have a completely different blog on your hands than the one you started. This is fine; many blogs go through transitions as trends circulate the Internet. Google Analytics’ precise record-keeping is beneficial to anyone with a WordPress.org site who wants to increase effectiveness and reach.

Hostgator & GoDaddy Black Friday 2011 Offer

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Hi! I just received an email from Hostgator Affiliate team about the Black Friday 2011 offer wherein they are planning to offer a flat 50% OFF on the final bill that you are about to pay. In other words, you get a flat 50% OFF on any plan - be it a Shared hosting or Hostgator dedicated hosting or Hostgator VPS hosting. So, what you waiting for? Just grab the one that best suits you!
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I personally recommend a Baby plan for the newbies which would cost you $59.7/year using the Black Friday offer. You don't have to enter any coupon codes! Unlike last year wherein the offer existed for an hour, this year, they have extended the timings for a period of 24 hours. The offer starts in India at 11.30AM from November 25th to November 26th (11.30AM). So, hit this link and grab the hosting plan of your choice - Hostgator Black Friday 2011 Offer.

GODADDY BLACK FRIDAY 2011 OFFER
Well, if you are a newbie and passionate about making money online with your blog, then I strongly recommend you to buy a custom domain because there lots of advantages having a custom domain. I'm sure many users do not have funds to host their blog. However, I'm sure they can afford to buy a custom domain. The Black Friday 2011 offer from GoDaddy is a gold mine for all the newbies to grab. Simply because, you can buy 5 .COM custom domain for $5.00 which means you get each domain at just $1.00. 
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Just hit the above banner and proceed to the bill desk to place your order. Alternate method to avail the offer would be to visit the following link - GoDaddy Black Friday 2011 Offer. Search for the domain name of your choice in the column that says "Type your domain search". Proceed to the bill desk. Now, type in the Coupon/Discount Code as BlackOne. That's it!

Apply the coupon code and you will be billed for $1.00/year! The offer runs until 10K domain names are sold! So, make sure you avail one before the offer ends! Do let us know if the coupon code worked for you via comments:)

SEOCLERKS – Affordable Link Building Service

I received quite a lot of emails wherein people asked me few simple methods to build their links. Although I have written a lot about the same issue on my previous articles about improving page rank, I wanted to make a quick post about a service which I encountered recently -  SEOCLERKS.
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Well, seoclerks is a simple and affordable SEO service that every webmaster might opt for. Why because, it’s run by the people for the people. In other words, SEO experts post their jobs and if you happen to find what you want, you can place your order against them. It’s similar to Fiverr wherein you order the gig that most interests you. Simple!

I just had a glance at their site/gigs listed and I found some of the following listed – articles that are pretty descent by standards about SEO (not just about SEO and marketing, you can see a hell lot of topics there), eBooks that fetch you a list of high PR dofollow blogs, people who submit your blogs to high PR dofollow blogs/links and lots more... 

Various topics/categories that interested me were the following – Article writing, blackhat links, link building, programming, social networking, webhosting. I just leave the rest to you – go, check out the site yourself to experience what they actually offer - seoclerks!

You get the option to request a gig - may be a brief profile intro about yourself to publicize the same in a social networking site or an article about rocket science. So, go ahead and post what you want – you’re not gonna lose a penny until he/she completes your job. 

To summarize, I guess it is an ideal service which one may opt to buy links at reasonable price. Though I don’t recommend buying links personally, if you wish to realize faster effects of PR, then it is recommended that you buy high PR links.

How to Make Money Recreating Expired Domains?

Every year, thousands of domain names are not renewed for some reason. Their owners either forget (or) no longer interested in running the website. Some of these domains might have generated huge amounts of traffic. This means that by creating a site of your own, you can replicate the success of the expired domain.

The first step is to identify expired domains which were attracting a significant amount of traffic. By researching online, you will find several sites where you can bid for expired domain names. Once you get a domain name, you can begin with the process of creating a website which closely resembles the one that existed preciously. When you visit these domain sites, you will be able to see a list of domains that have already expired, as well as those that are about to expire. At a glance, you will be able to see if there is anything that would interest you.

While replicating the previously existing site, make sure you don’t create an exact copy. You just need to take note of the features that made the site successful, and then building something original which is much better. When you are rebuilding an expired domain, you already have a head start, knowing how well the domain has performed in the past. By researching the topic thoroughly and doing some keyword research, you can start on a high note and begin attracting traffic from day one.

You can monetize the site by selling appropriate items from it. By joining Commission Junction, ClickBank or any other affiliate program, you can sell anything from DVDs and vacation packages to games, computer accessories and toys. You can also join the Google AdSense program, where you can make an income by getting clicks on ads displayed in your site. Contextual advertising has been a major source of income for my blog which promotes register.com discounts and webhostingpad coupons. 

To keep your site popular, make sure you update it regularly. Add new articles now and then. Monitor the performance of your adverts and products to ensure you earn the best profits possible. If you want to build a profitable website, you will do it much faster by going for an expired domain name instead of building a new one from scratch.

5 Simple Tips to Improve Your Blog's Readability

There might be hundreds of blogging guides and tutorials available on the internet, but no one can ever spoon feed the techniques of blogging. Blogging is not the complex way of writing, but creativity is the very soul of the art of blogging. Your blog is a window of your imaginations and the perceptions about the subject. You can mix up your writing style within the boundaries of your perception, but never do something, which leaves a bad impression in any way.

If you are done with a domain name and web hosting, then start writing. A blog should contain great content. It must provide a valid reason, as why a reader should spent time on reading it? Mentioned below are few tips that you might consider to build a better blog.

KEEP YOUR MINDS OPEN
Never ever craft your blog a niche specific site. Ultimately, this will allow you to make choice regarding subjects and intriguing issues around you. Similarly, if some idea has already been discussed on some other site, then use a different approach. Give a new angle to the same old issue and create something new on your own.

Let the words play for you and give a new dimension to the happenings around you. It’s more than a sin to provide plagiarized content on your blog. A reader can’t be fooled by some copied material. So, always provide firsthand and authentic information. Take it seriously and make it sensible, useful and readable.

STAND OUT IN THE CROWD
Your voice should be heard in the crowd of countless blogs and other information portals. There are thousands of established blogs around you, which will never let you go in the limelight. So, what else you can do to promote your blog and provide something, which they can’t? The world is too big and there are millions of topics to cover.

Compete with the other well-established blogs, which are providing a bulk of information to their readers. Believe in yourself and produce something, which can make you famous enough like a celebrity online. Let the competitors see your real talent and skills in your informative blogs.

“CONTENT IS KING”
 Yes, content is the king of blogging, but providing unique content is not a rocket science. You can create your own piece of creative content if you can do good research. Research is the base of writing a good content. After selecting a topic, do some relevant research and produce good quality content out of it. If you have a strong grip over the topic you have started writing on, then producing good content wouldn’t be so hard.

Quality content will also help you build good ranking of your blog in SEO perspective. So, follow the rule and make it happen. It’s better to write on your own, while inserting the most important facts and figures about the subject.

MAKE IT WORTH READING
Establish your blog with good words and phrases. It’s good if you know your subject and you have done some intense research over it. Like an idea and comprehensive research, good fabrication of words and sentences is also needed here. Your content should be eye-catching and worth-reading. Keep grammatical mistakes out of your content and produce it in a way that it can attract users.

Once you learn how to play with the psyche of the readers, you can produce great quality content. Don’t use such language, which doesn’t make any sense and confuse your readers. Explain everything like your reader knows nothing. Make everything well-explainable and to the point.

AVOID FILLERS AND STUFFING
If you’re absent-minded or don’t want to write something, then don’t give a damn, but avoid using fillers to complete the word count. Fillers and stuffing sound very bad and should be avoided permanently. Don’t confuse the readers with useless words and phrases. Just come to the point and make it clear. There is no need to create a table story if you are finished with the main subject. Stretching the main subject will make the readers lose their interest in your blog.

Loosing readers is not recommended here. You must be focused on your creative writing while feeding the blog with essential content. No doubt, there comes a point when we all use to put fillers to narrow down the gaps, but these tendencies should be limited. Or at least, use words and sentences logically to make sense.

Don’t be a short-sighted and have a deep look into your creative content. It should be logical and concise. Today, a reader demands good information in small chunks. It’s proven that reading on a screen is quite difficult than on paper. So, get him what he wants from you. Keep the long story short, which lets him skim the main information. Have you done this to your blog?
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