Blogging Tips For Beginners  

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There are many great Blogging Tips For Beginners out there. Whether it be to check out word press, blogger, my space or YouTube there are a lot of options out there. Ultimately it helps to blog with a purpose. I am talking about having something to promote like a domain which ultimately comes down to web hosting purchasing. There are many web hosting companies out there. Many of them are wordpress compatible. Basically once one has the hosting the wordpress is there to stick on the sql databases along with other great scripts like drupal, pligg and whatever else the host company offers. Many host companies ultimately in the need to maximize profit will offer services that are not satisfactory while others are easy and excellent. Many new bloggers want the wordpress.org hosted wordpress but can not afford the hosting. The key is during low hosting sale times check out the sites and often hosting has ridiculous deals. For example I got a site up for a year with a domain and many scripts unlimited everything for around 7 bucks from a hosting company that is usually 160 dollars a year. All hosting companies swing these great deals occasionally so it pays to drop by daily. My rule of thumb is that if the website does not go immediately up after credit card charge, the navigation is confusing and takes forever and the people are fools on the phone than the web hosting is garbage. Look out for the fine lines of web hosting like the presence of many mysql databases, the scripts that you need and want, etc. If the hosting out of the box annoys you then refund it immediately because the scam web host companies hit people bad in the beginning and worse later. Beginners generally go with budget hosting that averages 7 dollars a month though some go with high quality 20 a month hosting and put many domains on the server and move them out when the traffic increases. Domains can be moved around and if not you can always link out and continue the project on another host. Many hosts charge money for moving domains and stuff off of the label. Another hosting scam encountered by beginner bloggers is the presence of unlimited disc space which has little to do with how much traffic the website can take. Not even band width or anything else determines the quality of the hosting. The unlimited phrase does not mean unlimited but rather unknown and many times hosts with known specs are much better. I have my favorite hosts but I will not mention them for fear of law suits and comments from hosting companies posing as fake people saying how great they are. Another thing is that all web hosting review sites are not good. They are affiliate driven and always name the top host the one that pays them the most. I have very rarely seen google get a regular honest hosting review into the front page because the marketers are very good with their key words and links and stuff so the money people always win. The worsts hosts are the ones that everyone uses because the companies just have good pr and nothing more. If you are confused with hosting stick to blogger get a domain for it perhaps but just build the site and leverage blogger and other online social media then transfer your friends over to your new sites when you make the correct choice. Lets not be mistaken top blogs are up on blogger as well but hosting offers some easy extensibility on open source software that has some pros that professional sites can be easier made on them though blogger is free, easy and the script updates that hit alot are not really an issue. Some people do not want to keep up with the wordpress script updates and are not that serious so they stay on blogger and do great. Lets not forget that blogger is a great place to market from. Blogger is extensible and the hacks and tricks and tips are wide spread on the net. Perhaps blogger does promote google but if you have a web host people can look that up so you are promoting the host as well. You could self host by getting the stack or hacking into computer and mobile devices and even regester your own domain saving tons of money but this is a bit more complicated though not impossible. Many people just pay the host because of the easy control panes and programming already set up and ready for action. Also even though hosts make a lot of money off of people usually a successful blog can gain residual income from advertising that will cover the hosting bills. In order to achieve this is pays to create a site around a specific subject so search engines, and people in social media can make sense of it all. If your site is confusing it could turn off potentially the people who tell other people about it and create the traffic rush. An example is that a really bad site on a specific topic will generate much more traffic than a site that covers many unrelated topics. This is not to say that they can not work but the path of the least resistance is to find a blog niche instead of being uncategorized because key words help people make sense of the Internet much like street signs help people make sense of the roads that they drive on. Blogs are a part of this online super highway and people who understand that can exploit traffic by giving people something they need and will have reason to come back again and again to the blog. Blogs must also have a firm sense of community whether it be forums, comments, job boards, classifieds, directories or anything else that is interactive and helpful. Bloggers must also be real and have a purpose. Many of the most successful bloggers even leave contact information and pictures on their site to exploit the power of people to people interaction which ultimately blogging is like modern day telephones but we all know it is good to visit the friends we chat with. Do you have any Blogging Tips For Beginners?

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When Rabbits Out Number People  

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I'm always amazed by these intreguing creatures. Like What do rabbits eat? Carrots and cabbige perhaps! Well its nice to take a weekend break from the city lights and watch the rabbits.

THERE ARE TIMES WHEN A FEW WORDS MADE A VIDEO  

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HERE I TALK IN A SNOW CAP. ITS COLD AND I DONT HAVE MUCH TO SAY SO I WOULD APPRECIATE SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS AND KEEP THEM COMMING. IM NOT REALLY SERIOUS BUT YOU KNEW THAT LOL

SOCIAL SITES ROCK  

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SOCIALIZING ONLINE IS BOTH FUN AND REWARDING. PEOPLE WHO SPEND ALOT OF TIME ON INTERNET SOCIAL AREAS LEARN ABOUT THEM SELVES AND OTHER PEOPLE. THE LEARNING CAN MAKE THE WORLD A BETTAR PLACE FOR ALL OF US. IT IS IMPORTANT TO BUILD UP A DECENT PROFILE AND ALSO TO GO OUT AND INTERACT WITH PEOPLE IN VARIOUS WAYS.
ENGAGING PEOPLE IS KEY AND IS THE ULTIMATE CALL TO ACTION WHICH ALWAYS STARTS WITH A COMPLIMENT THAT SPECIFICALLY REFERENCES SOMETHING THAT THE PEOPLE DO OUT THERE FOR EXAMPLE SAY THEIR NAME THEN TELL THEM HOW GREAT THEIR BLOG IS, OR HOW FUNNY THIER VIDEO IS. IT IS KEY TO SHOW AN ESTABLISHED BOND BY USING THIS HIGH VALUE COMPLIMENT WITH I HAVE READ ARTICLES BY YOU BEFORE AND HAVE FOUND THEM THROUGH OTHER PEOPLE. DOING THIS WILL FURTHUR ENGAGE THE PEOPLE. ITS IMPORTANT NOT TO BE CLINGY OR SPAMMY AS THAT WILL TURN PEOPLE OFF AND POTENTIALLY MAKE YOUR PROFILE A VERY QUIET PLACE INDEED. FOR SOME REAL ACTION I WOULD RECOMMEND MYSPACE.COM HANDS DOWN.
MYSPACE IS AMAZING IN THAT ONE CAN BLOG AND GET LIKE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE JUST ON A SINGLE NONDESCRIPT POST NOT TO MENTION A POST ABOUT BRITNEY SPEARS CAN GET AN UPWARDS OF A ZILLION HITS AND HENCE LEVERAGING THE SOCIAL MEDIUMS WERE BORN. COOL HUH? BUZZ NET IS A SITE THAT REMINDS ME ALOT ABOUT MYSPACE WITH ITS OWN AMAZING TWISTS AND ITS OWN CROWD. GATHER IS ANOUTHER GREAT ONLINE COMMUNITY THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND ANYONE TO CHECK OUT. GATHER HAS ELEMENTS OF BOTH TWITTER AND FACEBOOK.COM ALL WRAPPED INTO ONE COMMUNITY AND BLOGGING SITE THAT IS ADDICTING AS IT IS FUN AND ENRICHING SO PLEASE COME AND GATHER WITH US!
WE THE GREAT ONLINE COLLECTIVE AND PLEASE DONT DELAY THIS IS OUR LIFE THAT WE ARE MAKING BETTAR FOR TO CHANGE THE WORLD THAT IS WHAT BRINGS US ONLINE INTO THESE AMAZING COMMUNITIES!

CLIMBING THE SOCIAL MEDIA LADDER  

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NAVIGATING SOCIAL MEDIA CAN BE A TRICKY WINDING ROAD FOR ALL OF US. TO BEGIN WITH THERE ARE MILLIONS OF SITES ALL OF WHICH CAN POTENTIALLY DRIVE IN THE MUCH NEEDED TRAFFIC AND MOBILIZED HIGH QUALITY INBOUND LINKS AND ULTIMATELY RAISE THE VALUE OF OUR BLOGS FOR US ALL IN GOOD FUN. AS THE VALUE OF THE SITE RISES SO TOO WILL CONVERSIONS IF APPROPRIATE DEEP LINKS ARE MADE CONNECTING ONES OWN BLOG BOTH IN THE POSTS AS WELL AS FROM THE HOME PAGE. ONCE WE CREATE A SYSTEM AROUND OUR KEY WORDS AND IDEAS AND OTHERS KNOW WHAT THEY ARE WITHOUT HAVING TO FIGURE IT OUT THINGS CAN ESCALATE VERY QUICLY AND CAN CREATE GREATER SEARCH VISIBILITY. SO WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF USING SOCIAL MEDIA? MY BEST EXAMPLE WOULD BE TO WRITE A LONG AND PROMOTIONAL POST IN A SOCIAL SITE LIKE HI5 FOR INSTANCE WHERE HONEST INFORMATION AND UNIQUE MEDIA ARE USED TO PORTRAY A MESSAGE THAT IS IN EFFECT GIVING TO THE COMMUNITY. IN RETURN THERE WILL PERHAPS BE AN INNOCOUS LINK OR EVEN THE LINKS FURTHUR ENGAGE OFF OF THE PROFILE THAT WILL DRIVE THE SOCIAL MEDIA FOLKS WHO WILL LOVE TO PASS ON YOUR BLOG CONTENT, VIDEOS, AND OTHER MEDIA AND EVENTUALLY YOU WILL END UP WITH CERTAIN KEY POSTS THAT WILL DRIVE THE BULK OF YOUR TRAFFIC ALBEIT THE SEO TRAFFIC THAT DRIVES OFF OF THE FREQUENTLY POSTED HOME PAGE AS WELL AS KEY WORD SPECIFICITY. THE INABILITY OF A SITE TO REALLY SUCCEED DOING THIS CAN HINGE ON THE FACT THAT PERHAPS YOUR BLOG HAS A FATAL FLAW WHICH MANY TIMES PEOPLE AKA MARKETERS LOOKING FOR SUCCESS WILL GAUGE THE EARLY ADAPTORS AND RUN THEM THROUGH AN ALGORYTHM AND GAUGE HOW SUCCESSFUL THEY WILL BE. UNFORTUNATELY THE INTERNET LIKE ANYTHING ELSE ALSO HAS A TIME COMPONENT AND SOME SUCCESS IS FAST AND OTHER IS SLOW BUT WHEN IT IS SLOW DEFFINITELY TRY TO FIND OUT WHY AND ASK AROUND ESPECIALLY.

herzenstart journal  

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the herzenstart journal is a blog about creative toys that are full of spirit but at the same time are extremely artistic. this is a wonderful site for everyone to check out