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  • Denis Garcia 3:43 pm on November 16, 2012 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    The Origins of Your Blog Success

    by: TJ Philpott

    Blog success originates not from the fancy layouts or nifty widgets but rather from the unique content found on the blogging platform! If what the site administrator offers viewers continues to be interesting and relevant reading material people will continue to return! It all boils down to the personal commitment of the individual blogger insofar as to the success of the blogging platform itself!
    Here are 5 things any individual will need to supply if they intend to become a popular blogger!

     
    Idea

     


    The starting point for any blog is the ‘seed’ or idea behind it’s purpose and what the reading material contained within will be based upon! The theme is crucial from the standpoint that you want to be sure there is an audience for it and most especially if you intend to make money! The theme you decide upon gives you a way in which to direct your efforts since you want to maintain a certain focus when composing updates.

     
    Motivation


    Ideas are merely thoughts or dreams until you decide to take a definitive action towards making them a reality! Taking the first step is typically the hardest when entering into anything new and when launching a blogging platform it is recommended to compose a series of posts! The point here is you want visitors to have more than one update to view or they may not take your site serious enough to even return. The more posts you display the greater the commitment you will reflect to visitors!

     

    Focus


    This helps you to coordinate your efforts for the best results but just as importantly your focus will help you stay consistent with the theme of your site. It will do little good if you continue to veer away from the theme since it will confuse readers and even discourage them from returning! The main objective is create unique content that is relevant to the theme so you can attract visitors and then develop their loyalty!

     
    Patience


    This supplies the persistence you need while you wait for the results you want while also helping you beat back any feelings of frustration! Remember a successful blogging platform is one that has a loyal following but viewer loyalty does not occur overnight, it takes time!

     
    Curiosity

     
    Without a deeply rooted curiosity or passion it will make both your research and writing efforts more difficult! People expect to see high quality and unique content when they land on your site and it is up to you to create it but if you lack the inner drive to do so the platform will fade from existence! It is always highly recommended to consider your own level of interest when selecting a theme for just these reasons!
    Blog success is much more a product of the unique content found on the blogging platform itself and not the fancy designs or widgets being used. It all comes down to people wanting reading material of interest to them and finding a source they feel is reliable. Once this occurs reader loyalty begins to develop but only after a period of time! This is why the origin and success of the blogging platform is wholly dependent upon the initiative and commitment of the site administrator! After all the use of fancy designs or widgets are no substitute for the 5 things only a blogger can supply as discussed here today!

     

     

    About The Author

    TJ Philpott is an author and Internet entrepreneur based out of North Carolina.
    To learn more about what it takes to achieve blog success and to also receive a free instructional manual that teaches valuable niche research techniques for your online marketing needs simply visit:http://blogbrawn.com

     

     

     

  • Denis Garcia 11:44 pm on August 1, 2012 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    Blogging How to do it

     by: Seo Writter

    We usually create blogs for fun, to earn money and sometimes to promote other sites. But, do you really know how to blog? How to do it right for your blog to rank good on the Search Engines?

    On this article, I will state some tips and tricks on how to create a blog that will surely rank in SE’s in a longer period of time. Those tips that I usually read from SEO forums that most web masters said.
    I know blogging is a very exciting thing to do on the net. To think that you earn from blogging and get to know different people from different part of the world.

    The first thing that we bloggers need to know on how to do right in blogging is what’s your blog all about? What are you going to post on your blogs that can make readers be interested to read more. After spending several hours on thinking on the right niche for your blog you must think of the best title for your blog. You can make some list of titles you want and sometimes bloggers uses some tools for them to have different lists of titles for their site. Then, you also need to choose the right platform that you think you can easily manage. Blogger and WordPress are some of the most popular platforms with lots of free templates available on the web.

    Next, after choosing the right title for your blog you will start writing articles to be posted on your blog. Reading other blogs with same niche as yours can makes you more inspired and for more ideas. But, make sure not to copy other peoples articles. Your articles should be interesting and informative for the readers to continue reading it.
    Many bloggers want there site to be visible on most of the search engines. If you also want to do that create an article that is keyword rich. You can include keywords on your title and also on your post but make sure the title will not be longer than 10-12 words.

    Posting more often can makes your readers become more interested to your site because they learn different things everyday. Make sure to allow comments on your blog for you to be able to know the feedback of your readers.
    You can also do some link exchange to make your site more popular. There are directories that offer free submission and also some social bookmarking. If you have a little budget for your site and submit your site to a paid directories make sure not to lose that directory all a sudden because that may cause your site to drop its ranking.

    Other than that, if your site started to climb up and more and more visitors are visiting your site. You should avoid changing your website specially re-designing it. Because it has a big effect on the rankings of your blog. Nowadays, google has a filter for those site that changes more often. If you change your site, your site will be temporarily filtered by google.

    You should also avoid spamming, the use of cloaking, hidden text and doorway pages are some of the spam techniques that can makes your site be penalized. And also make sure your server is up and running smoothly.

    Those are some tips and tricks that you should do in Blogging. There are so many things that you need to learn if you really want to have a website that rank good in different Search Engines such as MSN, Yahoo and most specially Google.
    Now that you know how to blog and how to do it right you can now start blogging.

    About The Author

    I am a SEO Writter. I write different articles for our company site SEO Solutions

    http://www.articlecity.com/articles/writing/article_1559.shtml

     

    • Matt De Feo 1:30 am on September 7, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      I enjoyed reading your post about SEO, I learnt a few things and am really interested in reading more of your posts! Thanks!

  • Denis Garcia 3:00 am on July 14, 2012 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    Event Organizers Unite! 

    I’m happy to announce the formation of a new official contributor group within the WordPress project for the organizers of in-person events that promote WordPress. Though there are hundreds of people around the globe organizing WordCamps, WordPress meetups, hackathons, free classes and the like, since their “projects” were all happening locally there was never a central hub of activity for these folks. Despite the many informal connections between community organizers, we weren’t taking advantage of the huge existing knowledge base as new organizers stepped up to the plate.

    With the creation of this new contributor group, we finally have a way to organize and recognize these kinds of contributions, a clear avenue for feedback and input when it comes to policies around official events, and the opportunity to create even more connections between community organizers through mentorship programs and group projects. I’m especially excited about the creation of this group because until now the role of community organizer, while one of the most important, has not gotten the same recognition as higher-profile contribution methods such as forum support or core code contribution. That is something I hope this group will change, and the local organizers can be recognized for the community leaders they are.*

    If you are the organizer of a local WordCamp, WordPress meetup, etc., head over to http://make.wordpress.org/events/ and introduce yourself so we can include you in the fun!

    Speaking of meetups, an update on my last post about meetups is long overdue. With around 500 meetup organizers (and/or potential organizers) responding to my last survey, it took much longer than anticipated to review all the responses. We’re working now with meetup.com to issue invitations to join a centralized WordPress Meetup account, so if you filled out the form earlier this year, you should be hearing from them soon. The first wave of existing meetup account transfers (for those who opted in) should happen in the next two weeks, with additional waves every 3 months thereafter (and new groups will be able to be created along the way).

    The contributor summit that is being planned for the end of October also generated hundreds of responses/nominations, so that review process is still happening, but we should be announcing some basic plans and issuing invitations soon.

    And finally, it would be impossible to talk about in-person WordPress events without mentioning the upcoming annual WordCamp in San Francisco. As the event that represents the worldwide project as a whole, it’s the perfect time to evaluate where we stand as a project and as a community, to help determine where we go next. If you’re a WordPress user, developer, or in any way a part of our vast and interconnected ecosystem, please take a moment to fill in the 2nd annual WordPress survey. It’s just a couple of questions, and your input would be greatly appreciated. The results of the survey will be announced at WSCF, and a report issued shortly thereafter.

    Thanks!

    * I am also of the firm belief that academic and arts activities should earn varsity letters just like sports teams do — go mathletes! 

     

  • Denis Garcia 9:34 pm on July 12, 2012 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    Blogging The Right Way
    by: Seo Writter

    Blogging? We usually create blogs for fun, to earn money and sometimes to promote other sites. But, do you really know how to blog? How to do it right for your blog to rank good on the Search Engines?

    On this article, I will state some tips and tricks on how to create a blog that will surely rank in SE’s in a longer period of time. Those tips that I usually read from SEO forums that most web masters said.
    I know blogging is a very exciting thing to do on the net. To think that you earn from blogging and get to know different people from different part of the world.

    Blogging Number 1

    The first thing that we bloggers need to know on how to do right in blogging is what’s your blog all about? What are you going to post on your blogs that can make readers be interested to read more. After spending several hours on thinking on the right niche for your blog you must think of the best title for your blog.

    Blogging Number 2

    You can make some list of titles you want and sometimes bloggers uses some tools for them to have different lists of titles for their site. Then, you also need to choose the right platform that you think you can easily manage. Blogger and WordPress are some of the most popular platforms with lots of free templates available on the web.

    Blogging Number 3

    Next, after choosing the right title for your blog you will start writing articles to be posted on your blog. Reading other blogs with same niche as yours can makes you more inspired and for more ideas. But, make sure not to copy other peoples articles. Your articles should be interesting and informative for the readers to continue reading it.

    Many bloggers want there site to be visible on most of the search engines. If you also want to do that create an article that is keyword rich. You can include keywords on your title and also on your post but make sure the title will not be longer than 10-12 words.

    Posting more often can makes your readers become more interested to your site because they learn different things everyday. Make sure to allow comments on your blog for you to be able to know the feedback of your readers.

    Blogging Number 4

    You can also do some link exchange to make your site more popular. There are directories that offer free submission and also some social bookmarking. If you have a little budget for your site and submit your site to a paid directories make sure not to lose that directory all a sudden because that may cause your site to drop its ranking.

    Other than that, if your site started to climb up and more and more visitors are visiting your site. You should avoid changing your website specially re-designing it. Because it has a big effect on the rankings of your blog. Nowadays, google has a filter for those site that changes more often. If you change your site, your site will be temporarily filtered by google.

    Blogging Number 5

    You should also avoid spamming, the use of cloaking, hidden text and doorway pages are some of the spam techniques that can makes your site be penalized. And also make sure your server is up and running smoothly.

    Those are some tips and tricks that you should do in Blogging. There are so many things that you need to learn if you really want to have a website that rank good in different Search Engines such as MSN, Yahoo and most specially Google.
    Now that you know how to blog and how to do it right you can now start blogging.

     

  • Denis Garcia 2:35 am on July 12, 2012 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment
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    Subscribers anyone? 

    More Subscribers

    How do you get subscribers to spend more time on your site and reduce your bounce rate, without spending more than one second trying to do it?

    Increasing the font size works on most situations.

    Now find the line controlling the font size on your site, and increase it. That is it!
    My bounce rate decreased because I increased the size of my fonts. I went from getting 5 subscribers a day to 37 today… :) You can try this trick, works for me… good luck……

     

  • Denis Garcia 7:12 pm on July 11, 2012 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    7 Basic Blogging Tips You Cannot Afford To Ignore

    by: Ngozi Nwoke

    Blogging as a marketing strategy cannot be over emphasized if you want to generate mlm leads for your network marketing business. But for you to generate these leads, your blog must have frequent and quality blog posts. And whatever your niche may be, you want people to read your posts and comment on them. To help you achieve these goals, I have listed the basic blogging tips to help you promote your blog post

    How to promote your blog posts

    1. Create catchy Keyword titles

    Make your title to be compelling; your blog title should promise to deliver your expert information on a specific topic. It should build interest or motivation. Does it entice your readers to ask questions? “How to” blog posts will always attract readers because people are looking for answers to common problems facing them. Furthermore, titles need to be search engine friendly and keyword wired or nobody will ever see them, no matter how catchy they are.

    2. Blog posts must be reader friendly

    Readers should be able to scan through your post and get the answers that your title promised to deliver. Your paragraphs should be short and precise. Also, use subheadings, bold texts and numbering lists or bulleted lists to make it easier for readers to get the relevant points.

    3. Make it simple and value based

    Your blog posts content should be value based yet not too long; otherwise you will lose your reader’s interest. People want to quickly learn something and move on to other things but if your post is too long they may miss the very answer your post delivers.

    4. The Power of pictures

    Incorporate pictures into all your posts. Pictures liven up your blog and speak a lot more than words. Get catchy pictures related to your post’s title and content and include in your blog post.

    5. Use videos

    The use of videos is also good for your blog posts. Some people prefer to watch and listen than to read. One recommendation I will like to give you though, is to add some texts, in form of a summary after the video. This will help with SEO and if for any reason the video does not quickly start playing, your visitor can still get the value of the post before moving on.

    6. Encourage comments

    Though the comment form is there, people need to be told to leave comments. The problem may be what to write, so lead them by asking a question related to the blog post at the end. The answer will now be their comment.

    7. Include social media marketing action plan

    Market your posts at the media sites and tell your followers to share it. Also encourage your blog visitors to share it with their social media friends. Make it easy for them by providing social media connection buttons.
    Following these 7 basic blogging tips will attract more visitors to your blog, increase your SEO and mlm leads and establish you as an expert.

    About The Author

    Ngozi Nwoke is a business and marketing coach. MLM home-based business is easy on-line. Want more information on how to grow your home-based business? Check http://www.ngozinwoke.com

    The author invites you to visit: http://www.ngozinwoke.com

     

     

  • Denis Garcia 3:00 am on July 8, 2012 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    WordPress 3.4.1 Maintenance and Security Release 

    WordPress 3.4.1 is now available for download. WordPress 3.4 has been a very smooth release, and copies are flying off the shelf — 3 million downloads in two weeks! This maintenance release addresses 18 bugs with version 3.4, including:

    • Fixes an issue where a theme’s page templates were sometimes not detected.
    • Addresses problems with some category permalink structures.
    • Better handling for plugins or themes loading JavaScript incorrectly.
    • Adds early support for uploading images on iOS 6 devices.
    • Allows for a technique commonly used by plugins to detect a network-wide activation.
    • Better compatibility with servers running certain versions of PHP (5.2.4, 5.4) or with uncommon setups (safe mode, open_basedir), which had caused warnings or in some cases prevented emails from being sent.

    Version 3.4.1 also fixes a few security issues and contains some security hardening. The vulnerabilities included potential information disclosure as well as an bug that affects multisite installs with untrusted users. These issues were discovered and fixed by the WordPress security team.

    Download 3.4.1 now or visit Dashboard → Updates in your site admin to update now.

    Green was a bit green
    We have hardened it up some
    Update WordPress now

     

  • Denis Garcia 9:54 pm on July 7, 2012 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    WordPress 3.4 “Green” 

    WordPress 3.4 is here and out the door. We’ve dubbed this release “Green” in honor of guitarist Grant Green whose soulful simplicity has kept many of us company during this release.

    This release includes significant improvements to theme customization, custom headers, Twitter embeds, and image captions — here’s a short clip with the highlights:

    For Users

    The biggest change in 3.4 is the theme customizer which allows you to play around with various looks and settings for your current theme or one you’re thinking about switching to without publishing those changes to the whole world. For themes that support it, you can change colors, backgrounds, and of course custom image headers. We have more planned for the customizer down the road.

    Throughout the rest of the admin you’ll notice tweaks to make your everyday life easier. For example, if you have lots of themes we’ve made it quicker to browse them all at once without paging. We’ve made it possible to use images from your media library to populate custom headers, and for you to choose the height and width of your header images.

    We’ve expanded our embed support to include tweets: just put a Twitter permalink on its own line in the post editor and we’ll turn it into a beautiful embedded Tweet. And finally, image captions have been improved to allow HTML, like links, in them.

    For Developers

    There are hundreds of under-the-hood improvements in this release, notably in the XML-RPC, themes, and custom header APIs, and significant performance improvements in WP_Query and the translation system. The Codex has a pretty good summary of the developer features, and you can always dive into Trac directly.

    We’ve also put together a busy developer’s field guide to the new APIs in 3.4.

    It takes a village

    Here are some of the fine folks who were involved in bringing 3.4 to the world:

    082net, Aaron D. Campbell, Adam Harley, AJ Acevedo, akshayagarwal, Alex Concha, Alex King, Alex Mills (Viper007Bond), ampt, Amy Hendrix, Andrea Rennick, Andrew Nacin, Andrew Ozz, Andrew Ryno, Andy Skelton, Arie Putranto, Austin Matzko, Barry, BenChapman, Ben Huson, Benjamin J. Balter, Bill Erickson, Billy (bananastalktome), Boone Gorges, camiloclc, casben79, Caspie, ceefour, cheald, chellycat, Chelsea Otakan, Chip Bennett, Chris Olbekson, Coen Jacobs, Cristi Burcă, Cyapow, Dan Collis-Puro, Daniel Bachhuber, Daniel Convissor, Daniel Jalkut (Red Sweater), daniloercoli, Daryl Koopersmith, David Gwyer, deltafactory, demetris, Dion Hulse, dllh, Dominik Schilling, Doug Provencio, Drew Jaynes (DrewAPicture), ebababi, edward-mindreantre, emhr, Empireoflight, Eric Andrew Lewis, Eric Mann, Evan Anderson, Evan Solomon, Fred Wu, Fumito Mizuno, Gary Cao, Gary Jones, Gautam, Gennady Kovshenin, George Mamadashvili, George Stephanis, Gustavo Bordoni, hearvox, Helen Hou-Sandi, Hugo Baeta, Ian Stewart, insertvisionhere, Ipstenu, Jacob Chappell, Jane Wells, Japh, jaquers, JarretC, jeremyclarke, Jeremy Felt, Jesper Johansen (Jayjdk), Jiehan Zheng, Joachim Jensen (Intox Studio), Joachim Kudish (jkudish), John Blackbourn (johnbillion), John Ford, John James Jacoby, Jon Cave, Joost de Valk, Jorge Bernal, Joseph Scott, Justin, Justin Givens, Kailey Lampert (trepmal), Kenan Dervisevic, Konstantin Kovshenin, Konstantin Obenland, Kristopher Lagraff, Kurt Payne, Lance Willett, Lardjo, Lee Willis (leewillis77), linuxologos, Lutz Schroer, Mantas Malcius, Marcus, Mark Jaquith, Marko Heijnen, Mark Rowatt Anderson, Matias Ventura, Matt Martz, mattonomics, Matt Thomas, Matt Wiebe, MattyRob, Max Cutler, Mert Yazicioglu, mgolawala, Michael Adams (mdawaffe), Michael Beckwith, Michael Fields, Mike Schinkel, Mike Schroder, Mike Toppa, Milan Dinic, mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine), Mohammad Jangda, mrtorrent, Name.ly, Naoko McCracken, Nashwan Doaqan, Niall Kennedy, Nikolay Yordanov, norocketsurgeon, npetetin, Nuno Morgadinho, Olivier Collet, Paul Biron, pavelevap, Pete Mall, Peter Westwood, pishmishy, Prasath Nadarajah, prettyboymp, Ptah Dunbar, pw201, Rami Yushuvaev, Rarst, RENAUT, Reuben Gunday, Roscius, Ross Hanney, russellwwest, Ryan Boren, Ryan Duff, Ryan McCue, Safirul Alredha, Samir Shah, Samuel “Otto” Wood, Seisuke Kuraishi, Sergey Biryukov, Simon Wheatley, sirzooro, sksmatt, Stas Sușkov, Stephane Daury (stephdau), tamlyn, Thomas Griffin, Thorsten Ott, TobiasBg, Tom Auger, Toni Viemero, transom, Ulrich Sossou, Utkarsh Kukreti, Wojtek Szkutnik, wonderslug, Xavier Borderie, Yoav Farhi, Zach “The Z Man” Abernathy, Zack Tollman, Ze Fontainhas, and zx2c4.

    See you next time!

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  • Denis Garcia 9:54 pm on July 7, 2012 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    WordPress 3.4 Release Candidate 3 

    The third release candidate for WordPress 3.4 is now available. Since RC2, we’ve fixed a few lingering issues with the new live preview feature, as well as with custom headers and backgrounds.

    There are no remaining issues, and we plan to release 3.4 in the coming days. But if you think you’ve found a bug, you can post to the Alpha/Beta area in the support forums, or file a bug report on WordPress Trac.

    To test WordPress 3.4, try the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (you’ll want “bleeding edge nightlies”). Or you can download the release candidate here (zip). Be sure to visit → About for an updated list of features and under-the-hood changes. As a reminder: We’ve published some resources on the development blog to help plugin and theme developers prepare.

    The new live preview
    Nearing perfection, and yet?
    Not yet. RC3

     

  • Denis Garcia 9:54 pm on July 7, 2012 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment  

    WordPress 3.4 Release Candidate 2 

    The second release candidate for WordPress 3.4 is now available. Since RC1, we’ve made a few dozen final changes.

    Our goal is to release WordPress 3.4 early next week, so plugin and theme authors, this is likely your last chance to test your plugins and themes to find any compatibility issues before the final release. We’ve published some resources on the development blog to help you prepare.

    If you think you’ve found a bug, you can post to the Alpha/Beta area in the support forums. Or, if you’re comfortable writing a reproducible bug report, file one on WordPress Trac. Known issues that crop up will be listed here, but we’re hoping for a quiet few days so we can get some great features into your hands next week!

    To test WordPress 3.4, try the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (you’ll want “bleeding edge nightlies”). Or you can download the release candidate here (zip). Be sure to visit → About for an updated list of features and under-the-hood changes.

     

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