Saturday, January 26, 2008

Blog Submission Centers, another promotional list

Here like Article Submission Centers, we are giving a directory of Blog Submission Centers. You can submit your blogs to these blog and feed directories, to get tons of traffic



http://www.blogarama.com/index.php?show=add
http://blogdex.net/add.asp
http://www.blogdigger.com/addFeedForm.jsp
http://www.bloghop.com/addblog.htm
http://www.bloglines.com/
http://www.blogmatrix.com/join
http://www.blogrunner.com/docs/partners-register.html
http://www.blogsearchengine.com/add_link.html
http://www.blogstreet.com/bin/add.cgi
http://www.blogstreet.com/bin/add.cgi
http://www.blogvision.com/
http://www.blogwise.com/submit
http://www.bloogz.com/man_en/add_your_url.php
http://www.boogieplay.com/
http://www.daypop.com/info/submit.htm
http://portal.eatonweb.com/add.php
http://www.fastbuzz.com/channels/insert_public.jsp
http://www.feedster.com/add.php
http://fried-spaghetti.com/cgi-bin/links/add.cgi
http://www.geourl.org/add.html
http://www.memigo.com/feed
http://www.newsisfree.com/contact.php
http://pepys.akacooties.com/cgi-bin/links2/add.cgi
http://www.popdex.com/addsite.php
http://www.anse.de/rdfticker/addchannel.php
http://www.readablog.com/AddFeed.aspx
http://http://www.rootblog.com/Ping/
http://rss-feeds-directory.com/directory/
http://www.search4blogs.com/
http://www.search4rss.com/
http://www.syndic8.com/suggest.php?Mode=data
http://www.technorati.com/ping.html
http://csthota.com/blogmap
http://deskfeeds.com/
http://www.easyrss.com/
http://completerss.com/

Source : http://www.eastrovedica.com/html/blogsubmissioncenters.asp

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Express yourself freely through blogs

- By: Clint Jhonson, 2008-01-19

In the past, whenever people wanted to talk about the latest news or share their thoughts, they had to do it in the community where they lived, with their neighbors and friends. If you really wanted to make your point of view known, you could write a letter to the local newspaper, but nobody guaranteed they would publish it. Today, people’s access to information has become unlimited, thanks to the expansion of modern technology and the Internet. People can now express their opinions in their blogs, where everyone can read them. If you want to protest against an unfair war, to warn the others about the dangers of eating unhealthy food or to promote an event, blogging is the most efficient way. You have total freedom as nobody decides what to write in your blog except yourself.

For the people who read them, blogs are a way of entertainment or a source of information. For the people who write them, blogs are ways of sharing their ideas with others. Blogging helps to connect people, to make them exchange information and opinions and get to know each other. Even if you haven’t started blogging for the purpose of meeting new people, you will soon realize that you have made new friends. Reading somebody’s blog can help you know that person better than you know most people around you. This may seem a paradox, but think about it. You can see a person every day, work in the same office, talk about work-related issues, but have no idea about that person’s personal life or life concepts. On the other hand, you can read somebody’s stories and feel close to that person even if you haven’t actually met in real life.

Blogs allow you to maintain a close relationship with a person that lives in another part of the world. In the same time, blogging gives you the possibility to develop your written communication skills. Some people who started as bloggers wrote books based on their blogs and became famous. Of course, we can’t all be writers, but by putting our thoughts to paper (a figure of speech, as a blog is written on the computer) we can think more clearly. Blogging helps you structure your way of thinking.

Whether you are in favor of blogs or against them, you can’t deny that they have become an important part of the modern society. In fact, blogging has caused a revolution of information. The information is no longer under the monopoly of television and newspapers, which can sometimes send deliberately distorted messages. Thanks to the wide network of blogs, information is spread in the shortest time. Sometimes news is published on somebody’s blog before the television finds out about it.

A successful blog is a blog written with sincerity and attention to the information’s accuracy. Don’t write about a rumor on your blog unless you are sure it is true. Avoid criticizing other persons on your blog (even if they deserve it). Although you feel protected by the anonymity of the blog, don’t forget that many bloggers have been sued by the persons they had insulted. Besides, nobody is really interested in how much you hate your boss.

Blogs give us the possibility to express our point of view, without the worry of being censored. Blogging can also help us get in contact with new people and new ideas. You will make new friends who share your opinions and views on life.

Article Source : Article Wisdom

The blogging community – new friends and a lot of fun

- By: Clint Jhonson, 2008-01-19

Have you ever felt that your ideas are worth sharing with others? Do you dream of a place where you can endlessly talk to other people about your favorite subjects? Then you are ready to be part of the blogging community. By creating your personal blog, you will be able to write your thoughts where others can see it. What to write about? The answer is simple: whatever you fancy. The latest concert of your favorite band, the adventures of the last holiday, your views on politics, the protection of environment or globalization, in short, anything that interests you and you think that others will also be interested about. Blogs have been created by people who described themselves as "escribitionists", people who had something to say to the world. Anyone can write in a blog; there are no special skills required. Thousands of people have their own blogs. Chances are that at least a person from your family or circle of friends has one.

But the blogging community means more than writing down your impressions and views. It is a real “community”, where you get feedback from people who read your blog and you can also leave comments on their blogs. If you are looking for new friends, interesting people with whom you share the same views on life, then you can find them in the blogging community. You will have the opportunity to talk to people that you couldn’t have met in the real life, to enlarge your perspective and discuss about topics that you are interested in. Blogs are an important news source, as sometimes some new information is known in the blogging community before it makes it into television and newspapers. For example, you may find out about the next concert of your idol from a blog long before you see the advertisements on TV.

Besides making new friends, blogs can help you keep in touch with the friends you already have. If your friends live in another town, country or even on a different continent, don’t let distance stay in the way of your communication. You can use the blog as a diary, to write accounts of the most interesting things that happened to you during the last days, week or month. This way, your friends will stay up to date with your latest “adventures”. If you have heard a good joke or the latest gossip about a celebrity that you would like to share with the others from the blogging community, feel free to write it on your blog.

Many people became famous through their blogs; some of them published books or were invited at television shows. Therefore, if you feel creative, don’t hesitate to join the blogging community. Maybe you will become an opinion former with thousands of people reading your blog. In order to have a successful blog, you need imagination, originality and you must always be informed (before others) about the latest important events. Having a blog is similar to writing your own newspaper. While the content of the blog is important, it is the style that makes the difference. Of course, you are unlikely to attract many readers on your blog if you write about a boring day at work or what you had for breakfast, but if you do it in a funny, entertaining way, then people will enjoy read it, nonetheless. Many bloggers feel that the blogs have changed their life. It is a nice feeling to know that people are looking forward to read your latest blog entry, but that is not all. Writing in a blog can help you learn how to structure your ideas, how to defend your point of view and bring arguments to sustain it.

Blogs are a popular way of making your thoughts and impressions known to the world. By being part of the blogging community, you will meet interesting people with whom you can chat about your hobbies or any subject that interests you.

Article Source Article Wisdom

Blogging – the best way to make your voice heard to the world

- By: Clint Jhonson, 2008-01-19

If you need to hear the latest news, you turn on the radio or the TV, or you read the newspaper, right? A new form of mass media has emerged in the recent years: blogging. Yes, blogs have become widely accepted as a news source which is sometimes more credible or accurate then the “old media”. Some of the bloggers are also journalists, but most of them are just ordinary people who want to express their opinions. Nobody can deny the important role of the blogging community in opinion forming. The best thing about blogging is that anyone who has something to say can do it. You don’t need to be a famous writer or journalist in order to become part of the blogging community.

Modern technology is said to have made people more distant and communication more superficial. In the same time, it is also modern technology that brings people together. The Internet is the fastest and easiest way to communicate with faraway friends and relatives, but also to make new friends. The blogging community is no exception. Here you can meet people of all ages and nationalities, who are united by their desire to share ideas and thoughts. Blogging is not a monologue, but a dialogue with other people, as bloggers can leave comments on each other’s pages.

Maybe you think that nobody would be interested in reading your opinions, but give it a try. You will see that you don’t need to be Shakespeare or Hemingway in order to produce an original piece of writing that other people will enjoy reading. Blogging can improve your self-confidence and your written communication skills. People who write blogs are more organized and are always informed about the latest news. If you are a shy person, the positive feeling of belonging into the blogging community will give you the courage to freely express your opinions, not only on your personal blog but also in real life.

If you have friends living in distant towns, you can find out what’s new about them by reading their blog. Blogging can also be used as a form of protest against different forms of injustice. Many people who have been disappointed by a certain company’s products or services write their negative experiences on the personal blogs, in order to warn other customers against that company.

All in all, the blogging community is a place where you can meet new friends and keep in touch with friends living abroad. You don’t have to write in your blog every day. In fact, the key of success in blogging is to write only when you have something to say. This way, you will avoid being boring. However, don’t worry too much about the popularity of your blog, as the purpose of blogging is, after all, to have fun and meet interesting people. Even if you won’t get famous, your circle of friends will grow.

The blogging community is looking forward to new members who want to make their voice heard and also make new friends. Blogging can help you discover your unknown writing talents. Maybe you won’t get as famous as to appear on television, but it will be fun to share your thoughts with your friends.

Article Source : www.articlewisdom.com

Thursday, January 10, 2008

Good vs Bad Blogger

By: Robert Thomson

There are two general types of bloggers. The one that makes money with the site and the one that does it just for fun and money doesn't matter. In the past years I saw several people changing from the "just for fun" to the "money matters" type of bloggers. One thing people have to realize is that it is not bad to make money with your blog. In fact if you choose relevant advertising readers benefit from it.

The common mistake people make is that they start to care more about the money than their readers. They focus on picking the highest paying ads and don't care if they are in line with the topic of their blog. Have you ever seen dating ads on a gardening blog? This kind of behavior disappoints your loyal readers and scares new readers away.

Studies show that people evaluate the credibility of a site in the first 8 seconds. If your blog is covered with advertising people will think you are just here to sell them something and won't bother spending time on your site. It is no surprise that blending advertising with content is so successful. It increases the credibility of your site, readers are more likely to spend more time on your site and when they see an ad - they are more likely to click because they don't think you just do this to sell them something. A good idea is to start thinking about your readers as your friends. Would you try so hard to sell stuff to your friends? Probably not.

Good blogger...

- have the passion to write about their topic
- think about benefits for their readers
- don't sell their soul and just recommend things or place advertising that they believe is worth it
- have long term success because they have loyal readers

Bad blogger
...- have nothing but profit on their mind
- think about how to make their their readers click on ads or affiliate links
- recommend everything with a high pay-out
- have short term success because people are sent away for a couple of cents or because people realize this blog is just about selling them something

If you approach your topic from an unique angle and your blog offers real benefits for your readers you will have success. Not over night because like everywhere else it also takes time and dedication to built something online. Making money online is easier than you think and with more and more people online every day an investment in the future.

Article Directory: http://www.articlewisdom.com

Jay Schmidt runs a blog network and offers insight in how he approaches blogging in his free step by step guide on www.internet-starter-guide.com

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

How to Make Money with Squidoo Lenses

Squdoo lenses are like blogs. You can create a lens at http://www.squidoo.com/ . Any number of lenses can be created at Squidoo. It is more or less similar to Blogger, where you can create any number of blogs. You get paid by Blogger for the Adsense ads ( or any ads ) which you exhibit on the blog. Similarly Squidoo pays you for the Adsense ads, the YouTube videos, the Ebay products, which are displayed on your lens.

You can go to http://www.squidoo.com/ and sign up. After doing so, go to My Dashboard and click Create a Lens. You can write your text in the Text Module, create a great heading and let Amazon or Ebay pick up their ads to be displayed on your lens.

According to the Squidoo Terms of Service, you can get 50% of adrevenue. You can display Google Adsense ads, YouTube Videos, Flickr photos, Ebay products and many other items. The visitors which come to your lens, read your articles and if they click on the ads displayed on your lens, you get paid by Squidoo.

This is a beautiful concept, as great a concept like Google Adsense.

I created 4 lenses and here they are
http://squidoo.com/BlissAbsolute
http://squidoo.com/ZodiacAstrology
http://squidoo.com/VedicNumerology
http://squidoo.com/AstroSoftware


OK, the concept is fine, but how do you become successful as a lensmaster ?

The answer is simple; you have to get traffic to your Lens ! Traffic is Internet gold.

How do we get traffic? The answer is elementary, Article Marketing !

You can write articles on your favourite subjects. It is interest that generates knowledge. You can give the hyperlik of the lens in the Resource box like this

Article by G Kumar, astrologer, writer and programmer of http://squidoo.com/BlissAbsolute.
He has 15 years research experience in Stock Market Astrology and other in various other
branches of Astrology. Recentlyhe was awarded a Certificate by the Planetary Gemologists
Association as a Planetary Gem Advisor. He has created an Astro Software lens at
http://squidoo.com/AstroSoftware

Now people who read my articles click on the hyperlinks in the resource box, and lo ! I have got
traffic, which is Net gold.

There are other methods also. Social Bookmarking can be resorted to. Social Bookmarking sites
like Yahoo Bookmarks, Google Bookmarks, Furl, Spurl, del.icio.us, Stumble Upon, Blue dot etc
can give you additional traffic.

Another method is to create a quality lens, so that it gets a higher Ranking. If your lens get a high rank, you will definitely get good traffic, which in turn will give you adrevenue !

You should tag your lens with the appropriate keywords. Let your lens stand out and let it be a cut above the rest !

Good luck with Squidoo lenses !


Article by G Kumar, astrologer, writer and programmer of http://squidoo.com/ZodiacAstrology He has 15 years research experience in Stock Market Astrology and other in various other branches of Astrology. Recentlyhe was awarded a Certificate by the Planetary Gemologists Association as a Planetary Gem Advisor. He has created a Numerology lens at http://squidoo.com/VedicNumerology

Saturday, January 5, 2008

Where Do I Blog Now That I Know What Blogging Is?

By: Bruce A. Tucker

What is social networking doing in the marketing world? Social Networking on sites such as Myspace, FaceBook and Multiply were originally intended as a way for us to network with friends, create new ones and catch up with old ones. So why all the fuss in the marketing world over it? Social Networking has become a valuable marketing tool for any business whether marketing a product or service. Here are some tips that should be followed in order to get the most out of your marketing opportunities in this venue.

A. Profile

Many business ventures that attempt to go into the social networking sites do not take the time to fill out a profile. This is a huge mistake. Profiles are one the best ways to introduce yourself or your company to the world. It is important to include links to your website for further information but just as important is a short bio listed here. Tell potential clients about you and your company. Make them feel as though they know you as a friend. Why? To become for example "The source you can trust" you must build that trust somewhere.

B. Allow everyone who requests to be added to your network be added. You never know where your next client may come from. It is sort of like when a consumer walks into a brick and mortar store and they bring a friend who brings a friend who brings a friend. You get the idea.

C. Comments - allow both those on your list and those just visiting to leave comments. Even more important, every time someone leaves you a comment, reply. This builds communication between yourself and your consumers. Again building trust.

D. Blogs - This is a great way for you to self promote your service or product. The key here is not to use it as an advertisement. Let`s say that you sell strawberries. A great blog would be recipes that use strawberries. Your signature box will one more time have your website address on it so they will know where to go buy the strawberries. Let`s say your service is writing business plans. Why not write a blog on the importance of competitive analysis. Blogging is a free way to draw attention to your clients. By ensuring that key words are inserted into your blogs, they will become search able by potential consumers.

E. Groups and Forums - Every social networking site has a group or forum section on it. Join the groups or forums that are relative to your product or service. Post intelligently in either of these and often. See how quickly you will become an authority in your field. The person whom people look to as "a source they can trust".

A few key reminders:

Write intelligently

Include keywords in all content to ensure search engines will find you Update daily or at very least weekly to keep your name fresh Be sure your web site link is in all signature boxes

Happy networking.

By: Ashira

Edited By: Bruce A. Tucker


Article Directory: Article Wisdom



About the Author:
Ashira is a Free Lance Writer registered with the Florida Free Lance Writers and wrote this article for www.Indocquent.com, an online resource that allows businesses and individuals to post their products and services for sale on over 20,000 blogs.

Ashira can be contacted at ashirarhapsody@yahoo.com or visit her at www.ashira.ws.

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