A Blog Broadway..Alan Thomason

Learn a few blogging techniques to optimize your page and drive traffic to your site.

By Allen Thomason

Copyright (c) 2007 Allen Thomason

Blogging, sometimes known as an online diary, is very hot these days. If you haven’t heard of blogging before now, you probably haven’t been on the Internet in the past few years. People all over the world are taking advantage of it, and so should you. Why? Blogging can be extremely beneficial for your Roadmap To Riches business.

You may have thought that blogging was just a fun recreational thing to do to get to know people and connect. However, in the past year or so, online businesses have taken blogging to another level. Actually, blogging is one of the fastest, easiest, and least expensive ways to get indexed in the search engines.

If you know anything about blogs, they are basically like a mini website that you create with your own information. You can post information about you, about your business, and actually anything else that you want. You can add testimonials, reviews, articles, etc. Your blog is a great place to let people know more about the business you run and the product/service you are promoting.

Are you ready to get blogging? The first place to start is to find a free blog site such as blogger.com. There are many different places to blog, but this one is the easiest to start with, and you aren’t losing any money, as it is completely free. This site will show you step by step how to set up your blog which is great if you haven’t ever set one up.

Blogging is one of the best ways to generate traffic to your site for the product or service you are promoting. With blogger, you can add back links that point to your other websites. Not only does this generate more traffic for you, but also you will rank better with the keywords you are using. You must be sure to set up the keywords correctly in the links and to the pages you want them to link to.

Another great thing about blogging is that you can set up Google Adsense or affiliate links in there as well.

You will want to post information to your blog at least once per week preferably more now that your blog is all set up. The one thing you don’t want to forget, however is to ping it after you update your blog, so the search engines are updated as well. Think about it – the search engines will crawl your blog for new content, and your Roadmap To Riches blog will be listed among the top. You can see how well this blogging is for a business. So get busy blogging today and see your success grow.

Allen Thomason is an accomplished and established internet marketer. To find out how to expand your online knowledge and learn more about Internet Marketing, Advertising, and Proven Marketing Tactics visit http://www.TheProfitCombination.com.

Sticks & Stones may hurt my bones...but words will surely not!!!

Nobody can hurt you without your consent. There are many instances in life where your confidence is hit hard. Sometimes you overcome life's hardness, sometimes you get overwhelmed. The following five ways would help you do just that.

By Emmanuel Segui

Nobody can hurt you without your consent. There are many instances in life where your confidence is hit hard. Sometimes you overcome life’s hardness, sometimes you get overwhelmed. Sometimes your courage and confidence sees you through, but sometimes your self-confidence gets a beating. However, the point here to remember is that “nobody can hurt you without your consent.”

The problem is not as important as the impact it had on you, rather the impact that you let the problem create on you. In life pain is inevitable but suffering is optional, as the saying goes. It’s purely your choice, and whether you choose to bounce back or suffer is entirely your prerogative.

There can be many reasons that your self-confidence is hurt. You may have had a bad marriage and now are heading for a divorce.

You were not chosen for your college’s football team; you may have been laid off. There’s definitely a lot of pain involved in any of the situations. But you don’t necessarily have to suffer. You must arise and resolve to get back your confidence.

The following five ways would help you do just that.

1. Look at the brighter side. If you have been laid off, it would be okay to feel bad about it for a day or two but not more than that. Losing a job is a terrible thing, but it does not mean the end of the world.

Who knows it might be a blessing in disguise. Maybe you have got some time to review your life, get aware of where you are going, have a look at your likes and hobbies which you could not develop because of pressures of your job. Maybe this is an opportunity to start afresh and live your life a new way which is more in sync with your abilities and aptitude.

Similarly, a divorce may cause great pain but then you weren’t too happy in your marriage either. It probably was just not meant to be. Now you have a chance to rebuild your life the way you want it to be.

2. Stop comparing yourself with other people. When we have a problem we always question god - “oh, god, why me?” Certainly god gave you a lot of rewards as well.

Did you then get up and ask god -“oh god, why me?” That’s what human nature is all about. We complain and remember god when we are in trouble or else we are too busy with ourselves.

Stop looking at other people who seem too happy and comfortable to you from a distance. Stop comparing their comfort with your suffering.

This will only frustrate you further. Focus on yourself and make every effort you can make to go out whenever you are feeling down.

3. Self-pity is very addictive and capable of destroying lives. Instead of indulging in self-pity (though we all do from time to time), take control of your life and take responsibility for your actions, learn from your mistakes and make a fresh start.

4. And yeah…don’t be bogged down when you hear a “no”. A “no” is something which even greats like Edison and Ford, too, had to face. If you look at them positively, you will find that each “no” actually takes you closer to a “yes.” It’s been reported time and time again that Edison conducted more than a thousand failed experiments before he actually made an electric bulb! So get going and take an occasional no in stride.

5. Are you standing in your own way? You will notice that shadows are caused when we stand in the path of sunshine. In our lives, too, we cause a lot of shadows by standing in the way of our own happiness. In today’s world, it is important to be flexible. A lot of people will look for a job for months, yet still reject work coming their way because they are not willing to adapt to some new job requirements.

Jane, a schoolteacher, was laid off from her job. She kept trying for months to get a job as a teacher while rejecting opportunities such as taking private tuitions, being a nanny, doing copy- editing work as a freelancer. The long wait hurt her self-confidence even more. Sometimes it is wise to be a little flexible and adapt ourselves to new job demands rather than to look exactly for what we lost. It helps regain confidence quickly which brings along enough energy to get an even better job in the field of your choice!

Don’t forget, there is always a way to regain your lost self-confidence. You just have to look for it. Because finding is reserved for those who search. Are you searching for an answer?

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Eat Dust Wiki!!!!...Become a blogline prodigy!

Discover how any blogger or online business owner can overcome publishing giants like Wikipedia.

By Gobala Krishnan

If thousands of passionate editors and contributors are willing to work on Wikipedia for free, what chances does your website have to compete against this massive site? Not to forget the fact that Google prefers them over most of sites on the Internet.

In case you didn’t realize, Wikipedia already ranks top 10 for almost all popular search engine queries and keywords. Wikipedia’s main page has a PR (PageRank) of 8 and the English home page has a PR of 9.

Almost every topic and keyword imaginable has been covered (or will soon be covered) by this digital encyclopedia of sorts. The fact is they have more in-depth and complete content compared to your website or blog, and the people writing this content don’t ask for payment. Tying to match Wikipedia in terms of content integrity and completeness is suicide.

So how do you beat a giant like this?

The answer is to NOT become another Wikipedia yourself.

Look at it this way - how many people actually read an encyclopedia?

Are you telling me that just because encyclopedias exist, no one sells a book? Not in the real world. In the real world people put encyclopedias in a dusty bookshelf and use them only a handful of times in a year. But they read magazines, they buy books, they attend events and they most certainly read blogs.

The only time you should be looking at an encyclopedia is when you need a point of reference when writing a serious publication or thesis. Encyclopedias are boring, and so is Wikipedia.

So here’s Gobala Krishnan’s 5-step process to beating Wikipedia:

1) Improve your writing style

You must improve your writing. If your writing is similar to the boring (although concise) Wikipedia text, you’re doomed. Inject your personality and develop your own style of writing. My style of writing is very plain, direct and personal. Some people choose to write in a more poetic / scholarly way. Some people inject humor or use harsh words. No matter what, improving your writing style will set you apart and attract loyal readers to your blog.

2) Become more opinionated

People sitting on the fence sooner or later fall over. You either like something or hate it. If you’re neutral, you’re Wikipedia. Don’t try to become another encyclopedia; become the most dramatic blogger or writer.

Express your feelings for a certain product or service you’ve tried, even if it means you may lose some affiliate commissions from your honesty. It’s ok if some people hate the way you completely flamed a product or service. In the long run people will still prefer to read what you have to say then read a neutral page on Wikipedia.

3) Stay current and relevant

Read up on your industry, and put yourself in a position where you understand not only the past, but also the present and future of certain topics in your market. Wikipedia can’t beat you if you can (based on your established position of an expert in a focused market) foretell the future and influence others to accept your views.

No one cares about history. They only care about the present and the future. If you are ahead of the market, or at least up-to-date with the latest developments, write about it and let people know.

4) Perfect your personal brand

Make everything you write, everything you sell, your sites and your design smell, taste and feel like YOU. It must be consistent enough so that people don’t even need to read a site to know that it belongs to you. Don’t brand yourself as a know-it-all; brand yourself as a true expert inn a niche market, and everyone will love you for it.

Wikipedia goes a mile wide and an inch deep. You need to go an inch deep and a mile wide.

You are a brand. Market that brand, and your online business will take a turn for the better. Unique branding, as history has proven, adds incredible power to any business.

5) Don’t put all your eggs in SEO

Search engine optimization is great and all, but it only takes another 9 more Wikipedia type of sites to completely dominate the first page of Google. There’s absolutely no way you’re going to beat sites like that in terms of pure SEO.

Focus more on social networking, making friends, finding new business partners, and creating more non-SEO-dependent sites. There are other ways to get traffic to your blogs than just search engines, so get creative. If you’re stuck with the idea of “Write great content and the traffic will come”, you’re in for a big surprise.

The bottom line is that you can’t beat Wikipedia at their own game. Thousands have tried and failed miserably. But if you change your game, as far as your online business is concerned, you’ll always win.

Gobala Krishnan is a blogging enthusiast and direct marketing expert. Subscribe to his blog at www.gobalakrishnan.com for marketing information that will transform the way you look at your online business forever. If you're new to blogging, download 2 chapters of his beginners guide to Wordpress at www.easywordpress.com

World of WhatCraft???

I have a lot of interests and hobbies, and playing online games is one of them. I have played World of Warcraft, in particular, for a few years now and it took me a long time to acquire any gold at first, since I was learning the game and making money the slow way.

By Michael Anthony

I have a lot of interests and hobbies, and playing online games is one of them. I have played World of Warcraft, in particular, for a few years now and it took me a long time to acquire any gold at first, since I was learning the game and making money the slow way. I knew it was going to take forever to start earning gold as I also have a full-time job that I have to attend to. I still make money the slow way, but I have now learned of some tactics which have greatly speeded up the process thanks to this gold making guide I bought.

I recently purchased a World of Warcraft gold strategy guide and wanted to review it a little here. Now, I’ve known about these guides as well as buying gold for awhile now. As everyone who plays the game knows, there is nothing but spam concerning these gold sellers. I can’t stand them and I report them all the time. This is also illegal so I wanted to know where and how I could make more gold faster, legally, and without being scammed.

I believe I found the answer to my problem. I found a quality world of warcraft guide that showed me in a no-nonsense way how to make a lot more gold legally. I seen other gold guides, of which there are really only 2 or 3 that are worth the paper they are printed on, but I believe this one is the best.

I didn’t know what to make of it at first since it was written so simply, except that maybe it was another scam. But I had to stop judging it by its cover and dug into it. There is a lot of information contained within it and once I started reading, I knew this guide was on to something. As a veteran Warcraft player, I knew right away that these strategies would work. Some of these were so simple that I did the ol’ Homer Simpson hand slap to my head… “Doh!”. How did I ever miss that? It was ‘not-so-common’ common sense.

Seeing things like this, I loved it and knew I already had my money’s worth and I was not even 25% of the way through it. I had to keep reading and there is so much stuff that I couldnt get through it all in one night. I use it as a reference for gold making tips now. Once I started using its tips and strategies, I immediately added 50 gold to my coffers in less than 2 hours. The world of warcraft guide I use advertises 100 gold per hour but that is just relatively speaking. Some of these techniques bring in more and some bring in less gold than that.

Some of the ways to make gold are simple and some are much more involved so the timeframe varies according to how you want to make your money. The main point for me is that, you do make money. There were some very nice bonuses included too such as an Auctioneering and Fishing guide, both of which I find to be very useful for me as a top-level fisherman. I always wanted to know more about auction house cash too and this guide laid it all out for me.

I really like this guide. The author is a regular player for one. The guide also opens up your mind to other possibilities which aren’t even included. A book that makes you think...hmmmm. The author lends support, an affiliate program, and updates for life. In addition, it is useable by all levels 1-70 and is constantly updated to include Burning Crusade strategies. The $37 I spent for this guide was money well spent and I can now make my own gold quicker anytime I want to. I have to say “Thanks” to the author for putting this out.

If you want to see the exact guide I used to make more WoW gold than I've ever before, visit: http://www.2minutes2riches.com/warcraftcash