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Knowing these 5 Secrets will make Your Blog look amazing

By Christian

Every year, learning institutions are sending graduates to the job market. As much as this is a good thing, there are no sufficient opportunities to accommodate everyone. That has left many students desperate and in urgent need of alternative source of income. In some cases, they tend to go for trades they never learnt at school. One of these alternative occupations is, without doubt, blogging.

Considering the number of frustrated bloggers, especially the owners of blogs receiving low monthly traffic, some tips are in order. This article, therefore, is going to describe five secrets that can make a blog look awesome and enable it to compete with others for traffic. However, the ability to know when someone’s business/blog needs help always determines the level of success.

The following are the 5 effective practices that can turn around your blog:

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Captivating Design and SEO-friendly Template: Always use a well-designed site with all the necessary SEO features incorporated.  More often than not, it is faster and cheaper to purchase a design template than to build one yourself. In addition, not all student bloggers have a background in HTML or programming. Therefore, buy a responsive template (i.e. a template that can display your blog on different devices such as tablets and smartphones). A template with HTML 5, clean code, CSS social media integration and popular widgets is an added advantage.

Quality/Unique Content: An aesthetic and SEO friendly template, although important, are never enough. For you to get loyal readers and subscribers, you must generate unique and quality articles. It is advisable, at times, to contract an expert freelance writer to write for your blog. To guarantee originality in every blog post, always write on subjects you understand well, or that you have researched on extensively.

Quality Backlinking: The most linked site with the highest number of unique daily visitors gets the top position. Consequently, advertisers will look for such sites to place ads and ensure maximum exposure. Since Alexa and Google rankings are both based on the number of quality and relevant links to your blog, you ought to dedicate time (daily) to create links. However, you need to build these backlinks in the most natural way possible to avoid being categorised as spam by major search engines.

Reliable Hosting/Domain Registration: Host your blog with a reliable webhosting services provider and choose a domain name that points to your main niche/keyword.

Daily Posting/Updating: Ensure that you have fresh content for the search engines on a daily basis. The best practice is posting/updating at least two articles per day. Another factor is your audience, can your audience consume two articles per day? If you are providing shorter blog posts, then that is entirely possible; if you are publishing more detailed guides, on the other hand, then you may need to tone this down somewhat.

Using the above ‘secrets’ is effective if made a routine and not a one-time effort. In fact, with dedication and eagerness to learn new blogging tips, you are guaranteed a reasonable income from your blog.

Filed Under: Blogging

Lessons I learnt From Blogging That Apply To Other Areas Of Life (And Vice Versa)

By Christian

I got this blogging idea exactly two months ago from a seminar on Internet marketing for which I was presented a complimentary ticket. By then I didn’t have any “real-life” friends who were blogging really seriously and therefore I had to kick it off almost all by myself from scratch and made quite some mistakes along the way. I didn’t and still do not have a perfect plan but it is interesting that once you start rolling the ball the blog, it gains momentum.

The  lesson learnt?  Don’t sell yourself short because of limited experience/expertise/budget/time… and don’t wait till you have the perfect plan – you gain your experience over the course.

Be yourself

Trendy stuff are attractive and it is easy to imitate (or copy?!). Nevertheless, if you are serious about blogging and decide to linger for awhile in the blogosphere, just be yourself would be the substainable strategy. After all, readers are smart and it is not that hard to tell whether you’re pretending to be somebody you are not or you are being your authentic self.

The lesson learnt?  Each of us is unique.  It is most appealing when you are simply being yourself, and being comfortable with yourself.

Consistent quality

It is hard to be consistent and it is even harder to be consistently good.  Nevertheless, I think you won’t disagree that consistent quality blogging is the only way to maintain and grow the readership.  No doubt we can blog daily or even post several articles a day.  Nevertheless,  beware that posts contain little substance may sometimes backfire – and your readers may leave faster than they gathered.

The lesson learnt?  Never sacrifice quality for quantity – and this definitely also applies to many other aspects of our lives:  One true friend is better than one hundred acquaintance; a pair of nice shoes is better than ten pairs of poor quality ones that wear out quickly; one bottle of fine wine is much more enjoyable than ten bottles of average quality wine… [Read more…] about Lessons I learnt From Blogging That Apply To Other Areas Of Life (And Vice Versa)

Filed Under: Blogging

How Do I Get A Unique Design For My Blog?

By Christian

Question: How do I get a unique design for my blog without paying a lot of money?

Many people start off writing a blog because of “easy money” and the allure of making money online and avoiding the day-to-day struggles in the corporate world.  But make no mistake, deciding to make a living from a blog is just as intense as starting a traditional business.  The good news is you don’t have to jump in all at once, you can ease into it and grow.

For a traditional franchise, you would look at a franchise fee and then a start-up fee, many times in excess of $250,000 and up.  By thinking of a blog as a business, you will soon realize that having a good-looking, professional blog is definitely worth $500-$5,000 for a unique design.

But if you are just getting started, and want a unique look without the unique price, there are templates available for wordpress and other popular blogging platforms that are pre-made, and available to purchase.

These templates usually come “out of the box” ready to upload to your site, but you can also customize them to meet your needs.  In fact, the templates featured here on asktheblogger.com over the years were purchased and modified.  Paying a designer or company to customized a WordPress template is most of the time a lot cheaper than commissioning one from scratch.

The following are some of the most popular template sites:

Templatic

Templatic hosts a wealth of Premium WordPress themes, including the popular Consultant theme popular with many bloggers and speakers.  You can purchase themes either one-by-one or the entire suite of themes for $299.
Templatic Premium WordPress Themes

Studiopress

Studiopress templates are not only premium WordPress themes, but an entire framework as well.  Their templates are built on the framework called Genesis and are easily customizable.  You can purchase themes one by one, as well as an entire developer package with an unlimited license for $249.
Get Genesis with StudioPress

Template Monster

Template Monster is one of the oldest and largest HTML and WordPress theme galleries around.  They also have themes for just about every web application/CMS you can think of.  You can spend hours going through the themes.  Their themes are available for download and use, and you can pay a premium to remove it from the sale to the general public and make it exclusively yours. (except for the ones that have already been downloaded of course.)
View Template Monster Themes

Be sure to read the terms and conditions of themes and templates before you buy.  Template right vary to one-time installations to developer (multiple) installations.

Check back soon for a guide to custom WordPress developers.

Filed Under: Blog Software, Blogging, Wordpress, Wordpress Templates

5 Of the Most Engaging Commercials from the Gambling Niche

By Christian

When it comes to competitive niches, marketers must be at the peak of their game when devising narratives for commercials.

Few industries are as competitive as the casino and betting market and as such, marketers must don their thinking caps and work particularly hard to come up with something that sets their brand apart from the crowd.

Often, creative directors will navigate their ship down the path of controversy, with particular brands such as Paddy Power employing this strategy time after time. Whilst others, such as Foxy Bingo will use a well developed tone to speak to their audience, making use of a giant fox to ensure the perfect delivery.

Let’s kick off this list of 5 contagiously catchy adverts with a masterpiece by the masters of controversy, Paddy Power:

Bets in pickers – By Paddy Power (Banned)

This advert is just one of a number of the Paddy Power creations that have been banned by the ASA in the UK. However, Paddy Power know that controversy sells and they’ve built a brand on those foundations.

If you still fancy seeing the advert, fortunately Youtube can help you with that request.

Paddy Power. “Paddy Power New App Ad ‘Pocket Jostle’.” Online video clip. [Read more…] about 5 Of the Most Engaging Commercials from the Gambling Niche

Filed Under: Marketing

Is Blogging Still as Popular as It Once Was?

By Christian

Popular forms of the media can seemingly change at a dime as new interests and new technology continue to push the different options forward for content creators – where once the only option may have been to rely on vlogging for example, many can now turn to livestreaming or broadcasting options to deliver the same content. But there are some forms of media online that are timeless, that are a little more difficult to replace entirely – one of those is certainly the humble blog, being a key tool for many since really the start of the internet, but are they still as popular, and as important as they once were? [Read more…] about Is Blogging Still as Popular as It Once Was?

Filed Under: General

Why blogging is important to find success today

By Christian

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Blogging today is just as easy as it’s always been. If you have something to say, you just have to say it using whatever blog platform you want. If you don’t have something to say, well you can get it said for you by hiring a writer! But whether you write for your own blog by yourself, hire content writers or both, you’ll understand that it’s important to blog if you want to find more success online as a blogger today and here we’ll talk about why blogging is important to find success today.

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Blogging is Fun and Interesting

If you have a passion or interest in something then a blog is the best way to go about bloggin’ about your passions! As you do so, you’ll likely learn more about that passion. And other people that read your blog will get to learn about all the things you know about it and even share their own knowledge! So a blog can be fun and interesting to run for these reasons alone! So go ahead and blog about those things you are passionate about. If they’re good, in time you’ll become surprised at how much attention they can get!

Blogging is Proper Usage of Your Time

Why do you think there are so many blogs today? Because blogging works! If it didn’t work, and work out well for the blogger, then there wouldn’t be any blogs. It’s the same with advertising. Why do you think you see so many adverts on TV and the media? Because advertising works so people create ads. It’s the same with blogging. When you are researching and writing new blog posts in your spare time, that is time well spent! And so, running a blog is a great way to keep busy when you have some free time. [Read more…] about Why blogging is important to find success today

Filed Under: Blogging

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