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Closing Thoughts – The Success Quotient

December 11th, 2007 • Althaf • 2 comments • Related • Filed Under

Never give in — never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

Winston S. Churchill. Speech given at Harrow School (1941-10-29)

The above is a very famous quote from the Prime Minister of Great Britain during the World War II. It is one of my favorites. He is one of my favorite personalities. An iron man indeed.

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I want the world to read my blog post – Part 8

December 5th, 2007 • Althaf • 3 comments • Related • Filed Under

Yes, I understand that you have written your first post. You have published it and now you want the world to know about it. How do you reach out to the blogosphere? One way is to spend money and buy targeted visitors to your blog. But then, it really isn’t viable to do it. You are going to write almost everyday or once every 2 days and it isn’t a wise idea to spend money on each post for exposure, unless you have massive income coming in from your venture.

So, what is the answer? Social Media of course. Social Media is the answer to your immediate traffic concerns. What do I mean by Social Media? I am talking about community based sites that are actually powered by everyday people like you and me. These sites are made by the people for the people.

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When should you post on your blog? – Part 7

November 30th, 2007 • Althaf • 0 comments • Related • Filed Under

This is the next important question. You now have a blog, have tweaked it to become search engine friendly, have found your niche and are now ready to post. What should be your posting schedule?

There are a lot of newbies that start with all the excitement in the world and post 1 or 2 articles everyday. Slowly, as days pass, they realize the truth of the world they have entered and the initial fizz dies. They get onto a reality platform. At this point, sadly but truly, some of them quit. Some re-visit their posting schedule and reduce it to 1 per day or 1 every 2 to 3 days. The worst part here is, after re-visiting their schedule and re-planning their frequency, they do not realize why they are doing it. Many do it just to escape the “compulsion” and “responsibility” of posting.

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What niche do you settle on for your blog? - Part 6

November 26th, 2007 • Althaf • 3 comments • Related • Filed Under

You are at a point in your quest to become a blogger, where you have to decide, what thoughts to pen down about. This is very important to shape the future of your online publishing system. Literally everything is based on this decision of yours. If you had 90 days to become a successful blogger, I would advice you to work on this for 60 days and focus on the rest with the remaining 30.

You have to decide on a niche after a careful consideration. There are people who will choose a niche based on its popularity. There are others who base it on the top keywords and Search volumes in the engines. Another group will observe the current trends and settle for one. There are many ways in deciding on a niche market to write about. So, how are you going to do it?

Here is how I did it. I did not bother about the trend, or the Search Engine volumes, or popularity. What I did was simply take a notebook and wrote down my interests, my passion, my professional background and every other thought that would help me decide what niche to talk about.

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How to install Plugins and Themes for Wordpress – Part 5

November 24th, 2007 • Althaf • 1 comment • Related • Filed Under

In our last part of the series, we learnt about the essential Plugins that enable a blog to be a complete solution for online publishing. I am sure many of you have gone ahead implemented it, but for those of you who are pondering “How do I install a plugin?” read on as this part covers it all up.

To start off, you need a tool called FTP. FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol and connects your computer with your WordPress hosted server. I personally use SmartFTP, but you can use any of the available softwares in the market. For the sake of this chapter, I will be using SmartFTP.

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