Articles for April 2007

10 surefire ways to increase your blog traffic!

Today is the day for lists, and today I’ll be sharing just 10 short ideas to bring in more blog traffic! Well, all these aren’t big secrets - they are found everywhere on the net, but sometimes we know too much and do too little. (Yeah, I’m guilty of that too) Lets [...]

Starting an online business? Watch out!

The Dunia Internet blog shared a great article about the pitfalls to watch when starting an online business. His points out: Don’t start a business teaching how to make money online … Unless you are currently making millions online using innovative techniques … Choose non-Internet related niches … The markets that have untapped potential are those were the [...]

Uncovering the myths of blog marketing, so you can be a better blogger

Recently I’ve been talking to a couple of friends who are interested in embracing blogs as a marketing tool for their business, and the general picture I get is that they would tell me “Yeah yeah, I’ve got a blog, but it doesn’t seem to bring in any traffic…”, or “Yeah, people are reading, but [...]

Fortune 500 Blog Review: Chubb

So here am I as promised, back on my editorial calendar, and Tuesday is the day for a Fortune 500 Blog Review (well, I guess I should not limit myself to Fortune 500 blogs - I want to cover Singapore companies!) Today, we are going to check out if the the insurance company, Chubb, [...]

Add Additional Quicktags to Your WordPress Editor!

Are you using the default (non-WYSIWYG) editor for WordPress? Well, if you are, is there any HTML code that you frequently use, like a certain HTML header, or adding a signature to your blog post? Well, I do! And what I have found and implemented for my blog this week is the wp-addquicktag plugin [...]

I’m ready.

I have a confession to make. I am still not doing what I preach! A couple of days ago, I blogged about consistent blogging, and in late January this year, I blogged about having a blog editorial calendar! And guess what? I got caught up, I haven’t spent the time doing what [...]

Writing well is your only chance of survival

I was submitting some of the articles I have written to an article directory, when this thought came to my mind. “There are tens of thousands of articles there. What makes YOU stand out?” Then the gush of thoughts came in. What makes you want to bookmark a blog post, or share it with others? What [...]

What can waiting 5 minutes at the lift teach you about the 5 steps in writing an excellent copy?

Yesterday evening I had an appointment with a friend of mine, and so I made my way out of my home and I walked to the lift lobby. When I arrived at the lobby, there was no one else there, but something in the opposite flat caught my eye, and I focused my attention [...]

3 more tips to productivity in working from home

Char from Essential Keystrokes highlighted 5 tips for working from home with kids in an earlier post: 1. Get Caller ID… 2. Divide and Conquer… 3. Enlist Some Help… 4. Communicate… 5. Put the Kids to Work… Those were great points, and ones shared much from a parent’s perspective. I thought there were just a couple more based on my [...]

6 steps to consistent blogging

Sometime back in March, Easton from BusinessBlogWire probed his readers, asking them, “Hey you! What is your greatest blogging weakness?” The results were like this: …Too much reading…not enough writing… …I love to read and explore the blogosphere. Sometimes it’s like a good book I just can’t put down… …lack of focus… …do much and spreading myself too thin… …Finishing what [...]
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