Having few blogs and writing few articles on a daily basis might burn you out, or rather blogged out! Apparently, it is normal state (no!! why???) and every blogger, even professional blogger can one day reach this point.
Therefore I gathered few tips from the web, so if this unfortunate day comes, just get back to this list:
Plan ahead- it’s good to have an editorial diary, where you write all interesting ideas, which come up to your mind.
Don’t limit myself in writing about one specific, niche topic
Keep your eyes open- read and spend lots of time on other people’s blogs
Everything around you is content- if you see interesting leaflet with some relevant and valuable information- write about it! It’s like being a photographer- he always have camera ready to shot. Again- keep a pen and the dairy with you just to be ready to fire;)
If you have nothing to write about anymore, then write about something else- it pretty handy when you have a few different blogs and you write about different subject
If you feel completely blogged out, Create Guest Posts and accept just the best of them!
I absolutely love this plug-in. I think is the neatest and most compact Bookmarking Social Wordpress Plug-in has ever been created. It also doesn’t slow page loads as is implemented using the most simplistic html code to ensure fast load and minimal impact on your blog.
As promised, I asked the author to add the Google Buzz! Button to it and it is already there! Big thanks to its author- Alden Torres.
Plug-in is very easy to install. As you can see I use it here. It works perfectly well and looks nice, what is also important for some of usJ If you have any questions, please feel free to put it in the comment if I am only able to answer I willJ
Now we can send a direct message to multiple users on Twitter. Currently., the number of recipients is limited to 12, however it moght be also updated soon. The application is called TwitterGuru.
In order to send direct message to many users just follow the steps:
2. Sign in with your Twitter account and grant TwitterGuru access to your account
3. Then you will be sent back to MultiDM page
4. Enter your followers’ handles separated by comma
5. Click “Send Multi DM” and that’s it
Again, if there are any updates re this app, I will post the update here. Also, if you have any questions, comments., please feel free to leave them below and I will try to reply to them asap.
So…we have an Ipad, but how we are going to carry it? In a bag? what about guys? Inside a pocket? But the pocket is not big enough!
A company in the USA , predicted this problem (it must be someone really clever and creative there), ans designed those pants to satisfy the needs of the market when new iPad arrives to stores. The message that is written on the photo says enough: The iPad ‘game changer’ requires from you to change your pants. iGotaBigAssPocket pants should cover all of your MyiPadPwnsYouriPhone-style needs.
It looks that technology has influence not only on our life-style, but also on the fashion! (Photo thanks to Incredibleworld.net)
Digg it, Reddit, Shout it, Tweet it, Spurl It! Searchle, Mixx and now we Buzz This!!!!!!!
Google Buzz has been online for two days and we already have few Google Buzz Button Plugins available. So now we can collect Buzzes instead:)
The good thing about this plugin is a settings panel, so we can easy change its location within the post. But honestly, I really hope that the Light Social plugin will be updated soon (I have already email them) and the Google Buzz button will be added as this huge, colourful icon under each post is a bit too much for me…
Anyway, I will let you know as soon as Light Social plugin will be”refreshed”, so its fan can update it.
Google Buzz will combines all platforms together- status updates, links, videos and other shared features into the Gmail interface. What is more it is available straight away for your mobile and there is no setup needed.
According to Google it is a new way to start conversations about the things you find interesting.. In other words, Google Buzz might become the next online hit as currently internet is all about social media and dialog between users …
Few weeks ago, I searched for a simple wordpress theme for one of my blogs. Having a few blogs on Posterous, I absolutely love the aspect of simplicity, but obviously inability of full SEO optimization is pretty annoying – especially if SEO is what you do on a daily basis. After a few days, I found 5 really the Best Simple Wordpress Themes, which are great from usability and design point of view..
1. SCARLET
This simple wordpress theme containes a huge list of features. I think thatthis theme is suitable for any niche as the layout is stylish and dynamic contents elements are built into it.
2. WPESP PORTFOLIO
WPESP Portfolio is a minimalist theme designed primarily for artists, photographers, designers, and other artists who need more of a portfolio showcase for their work.
3. P2 THEME
This blog has been inspired by Twiite. It is a group blog theme for short update messages. Featuring: Hassle-free posting from the front page. Perfect for group blogging, or as a liveblog theme.
4. BUENO
If you blog regularly, Bueno is the theme to watch. It is again, very simple, clean minimalistic design that offers elegant in typography and structure. It has no fancy design elements and the reader’s focus lies on the content.
5. COMPOSITIO
I think this theme is one of my favourite, so I left the best at the end;) A special feature of this theme is the logo changer, which for me it’s quite important.
Hope you find this post useful. Those are definitely my best simple wordpress themes, which I use for myself as well as for clients. I highly recommend them!
I read a great article about Social Media Trends for 2010 recently. I must say it’s quite impressing how rapidly social networks grow (apparently Twitter alone grew 1,382% year-over-year in February, registering a total of just more than 7 million unique visitors in the US for the month)…
Obviously, smart phones and iPhone made social networking even easier… Accroding to the mentioned article, in 2010 mobiles become a social media lifeline… “With approximately 70 percent of organizations banning social networks and, simultaneously, sales of smartphones on the rise, it’s likely that employees will seek to feed their social media addictions on their mobile devices. What used to be cigarette breaks could turn into “social media breaks” as long as there is a clear signal and IT isn’t looking. As a result, we may see more and/or better mobile versions of our favourite social drug of choice.”
I also came across, very interesting study conducted by Retrevo. Among respondents under age 35, 39% of those who use Twitter said they check it more than 10 times a day. What is more, they (we??!!) used social media in the car (over 35 – 9%, under 35 – 40%), at work (over 35 – 29%, under 35 – 64%) and after sex (over 35 – 8%, under 35 – 36%) (!!!). According other study (from Clearswift), 51 percent of office workers spend one or more hours a week using and accessing Web 2.0 sites when at work and 50 percent of office workers believe that employees should be entitled to access Web 2.0 Internet content from their work computer for personal reasons…
There is nothing like social media to make people feel connected. However, that feeling can some times overwhelm people. Social Media Addiction (SMA) is a real concern…
The focus and attention we put into getting as many ‘dofollow’ links as possible causes us to forget about the importance of the ‘nofollow’ links. There are a few important reasons why we should still use the wrongly named ‘bad’ links.
WHERE, WHEN AND WHY NOFOLLOW LINKS WORK FOR YOU:
1. SOCIAL NETWORKING AND SOCIAL BOOKMARKING SITES – likes of Twitter, Linked In, Digg or Stumble- all of them have links with nofollow attribute yet those websites are on the top of popularity rankings.
By being there and using their tools, your blog, company or brand can:
Raise Awareness & Build Social Connections
Generate higher traffic
Build up Brand Equity & Reputation
And all of that obviously equals higher Growth and Profits.
2. REPUTABLE NICHE BLOGS- share the knowledge and experience, create your online presence; get very high QUALITY traffic (that means low bounce rate traffic- their users already share the same interests).
3. LINK BUILDING SHOULD LOOK NATURAL- nofollow links are important because they look natural. If all your links are dofollow ones, it’s going to look like you were unnaturally seeking them out and remember that search engines like natural link building and it can be both dofollow and nofollow.
Well, there you have it, build naturally, on a daily basis from a nice, natural variety of sites…
When Google Caffeine infrastructure finally arrives (it’s live on few Google Data Centers whilst writing), commenting on blogs, forums and social bookmarking sites with high page rank, will have a stronger influence on your visibility in SERP as well your website Page Rank.
Recently, I created an automotive blog, which in a 1,5 months reached my goal- the PR raised from PR0 to PR3 . I knew that the Caffeine is not live yet, but wanted to try my own strategy towards that goal.
I am sure it will work for you as well, so here you have the tips:
Post every day,
Leave comments in blogs that do not use nofollow
Submit blog URL to “dofollow” search engines
Created Twitter account with the same name
Every time when create a post, also tweet about it
On Twitter, follow all possible users with the same interests
And voila!! From PR0 to PR3 -simple as that!
Now, as this is a brand new website, I need to do something similar… However, as I am currently working full time, it might be quite challenging to do the same in such a short period of time (excuses, excuses, excuses , will do my best though. Watch me!
Hi, I'm Mags and I work as a SEO Analyst in London. will try to introduce simple solutions for more complex problems which I come across on blogging platforms. I hope you'll find some of those tips useful... ;)
he good thing about this plugin is a settings panel, so we can easy change its location within the post. But honestly, I really hope that the Light Social plugin will be updated soon (I have already email them) and the Google Buzz button will be added as this huge, colourful icon under each post is a bit too much for me…
, will do my best though. Watch me!
