Today I pulled together 27 tutorials, articles and tips from 10 successful bloggers and suggested you take some time to learn from them.
ProBlogger, DPS & TwiTip
Yup , i mainly follow these bloggers ...... but darren got us some more Expercienced Bloggers... who proudly shares thier blogging Expercience .........-
I'll be honest, I bookmarked many to be read slowly over the next two-three weeks. 27 was just too many in one bite!
This is what we learnt from reading the 27 articles. Now need to start applying what we learnt.
We did a more detailed summary of all the points that resonated with us, and highly recommend everyone do their own summary or mind map while they read all the articles.
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Darran, A question though,
I have a problem that main competitor in my niche (Politics of India) are posting too many links and mostly links, whereas I am trying to be voice of my own and posting original articles only. This way, I can not post more than once a day.
This approach lead to those blog becoming like aggregater for niche and people prefer to subscribe to those blogs instead of mine.
So, what to do?
Promise of Reason (Indian Politics)
Chakreshm - I'd keep doing what you're doing. In the end you'll become seen as someone with an opinion rather than someone who just links up - I'd say that on a topic like yours that opinions and more indepth posts will be good for building a profile in the long term.
Darren, if I may ask,
My goal is to go towards authority blogging. From what I learnt, this is a long process and may require lots of patience, and alot of good writings. So from your answer to Chakreshm, does it mean that quality & unique contents would drive people to our blogs eventually? Social media plays a huge factor, I believe, so does it mean we need to treat both social & blogging as equally important and work hard on both?
Thank you in advance.
Oh, I loved this particular post because, while I tell others you are my blogging guru, Darren, it was nice to see what others had to offer. I especially enjoyed SEOmoz's 21 Tactics to Increase Blog Traffic and Daily Blog Tips' 43 Web Design Mistakes You Should Avoid. While I love myself an overarching lesson, it's posts like these that are nice to have in your toolbox, for solid, nitty-gritty fixes.
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It was a lot to digest so I went through over a few days like everyone. I liked Daily Blog Tips 43 Web Design Mistakes to Avoid and DoshDoshRethinking Blog Comments: Much More Than Just A Quick Way to Get Web Traffic
I read all the posts with an eye to just how many times to post, and learned a great deal. I enjoyed reading doshdosh as he seems to be very knowledgeble.
I'm gonna disagree slightly with darren in that these bloggers are useless compared to what you can learn from people in your niche.
For usability blogs I look at boxesandarrows, uxbooth, signal vs noise; and for design i'm looking at abduzeedo & designsyoutrust (to name just a few)
now my blog is by no means at their level, but I think I get a lot more ideas about blogging (and how to differentiate my brand) from the guys in my niche
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HI
I'M REALLY ENJOYING THIS TASK, IT IS FRIEDAY HERE AND THE WEEK END AND IT IS A GOOD READING MATERIAL.
I NOTICED THAT MOST OF THOSE ARTICLES ARE REINFORCING EACH OTHER.
I LIKED SETH'S BLOG.
I HAVE 5 MORE ARTICLE TO READ.
TALK TO YOU LATER
Okay am I missing something here? Seth Godin's post has a lot of contradictions in it. Is he trying to say that it depends on your blog?
Can I ask you something I do not really understand dings. Do you know of a good article n how to use it.
www.artofcultivation.com I am looking to build a synergtic network of bloggers to build our businesses and learn fro each other.
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I liked 43 mistakes to avoid because of the variety and quantity of items it hits. Such as, don’t have your links open up in new windows. Oops. I also learned from two different sites that it is good to have five major “pillar” articles. I need to work on that.
10 reasons readers don’t leave comments encourages me to comment back to my commenters. Sometimes I don’t because I think they won’t return to read them, so why bother? But they might (and many do), so I need to be welcoming either way.
This list of blog topics to write about sparked a few ideas, too, like writing about podcasts (which I'm passionate about). Now I need to stop reading and start writing.
Thanks, Darren. This is great stuff you're leading us to!
Seen God lately? Lisa notes... where she's seen Him today.
I learned something from every article I read. I've subscribed to several feeds so will continue to follow these guys and you, Darren, as I learn to become a great blogger.
I'm having fun doing this challenge even though I started late. I can't believe I'm on day 6 already! Nearly 1/4th of the challenge is behind me and I haven't broken a sweat yet <LOL> -- I'm quite sure that's about to change!
I am enjoying the new readers that are coming to Eyespi20 and hope to gather more as we move along.I'm also discovering new blogs to read and getting insight into many different personalities and cultures. It's exciting and heady stuff!
You know, I truly don't have a "niche" per se. I write about things that catch my interesst and those things can vary from current events to artwork to literature to music to politics to money. I'm a very well rounded girl <G> Some of the advice passed out in the articles just didn't apply to a blog that's not in a pigeonhole. Some of the advice is universal, though and applies to all writing at all times.
I think the biggest and most important piece of advice is to write about what truly interests you -- write from your heart, from your passion, write about the subject that is of paramount interest to you and write about it in a way that is uniquely yours. If you can't get your audience fired up about your subject, then you've goofed somewhere. If you can't re-read your piece and get fired up all over again, you goofed up somewhere. If you can close the browser down and not remember a single word of your post, you goofed up somewhere.
This challenge is all about teaching us how not to goof up! C'mon Darren! I'm ready for day 7!
I want a comic strip feature lol :D (Great Dosh Dosh post.)
Also seriously enjoyed the 10 reasons ppl don't leave comments. She's a new blog to me also.
Watching some white board Fridays too.
I scanned through all of these, and the most informative, useful posts to me were:
21 Tips to Earn Links and Tweets to Your Blog Posts: I've been doing some of this already, but I like the way it is presented and there are some angles here I hadn't thought of before.
A Complete Guide to Finding and Using Incredible Flickr Images: I have looked into Flickr Creative Commons before, but somehow I never think of utilizing these images! Something to remember.
How to Start (or Start-Over) Building Your Personal Brand: Personal branding is a topic that has interested me ever since I first heard about it and really contemplated it. This is all stuff that could stand to be polished over at A Future in Noise and with my own music sites.
How to Grow Your Google Authority: Much of this is totally new to me! Worthwhile reading
How to Write Great Blog Content - The Pillar Article: The blogging basics with a new, thoughtful approach. I will be keeping this one in mind!
You're Not Just a Writer, You're the Editor-in-Chief: I've thought along these lines before, but the perspective on this is great :)
I have to note that there was a point in 21 Tactics to Increase Blog Traffic that I didn't agree with: #6. Launch Without Comments (and Add Them Later). I think it is important to always have comments enabled, though perhaps running a music blog, it is perhaps easier to stimulate casual discussion. Despite some recent posts garnering comments (from just one to numerous remarks and dialog exchanges), I still write posts every week that just aren't commented on, which can be frustrating (especially when you see those traffic numbers indicating that people are spending time reading without saying anything)! I think that it is important to have that option available from the beginning, because it makes the reader feel like you want to hear what they have to say. Not having comments enabled places the blog in a more inaccesible point and, as a blog reader myself, unless the blog has content that is really valuable to me, I am often likely to turn away from these. The other points are quite good though (tag your content, invite guest bloggers, etc.).
This one-day lesson for Day 6 took me about two weeks -- those posts were full of terrific information, and I know I haven't absorbed a tenth of it, even over this long period of time.
I especially liked the DoshDosh post about being an executive editor, not just a writer. Really puts the big picture aspects of running the blog into perspective.
All of the articles I've read so far have been incredibly useful. I think I'm going to have to read them several times to fully internalise them though.
I especially liked the ones from SEOmoz - though I'd already read them.
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It was a great post and took me three days to go through it. I learnt a lot from everyone and found incredibly useful the 43 design mistakes. And using the Creative Common Flickr images to be honest was quite new for you. I checked out the images on Flickr and just don't know why I haven't used them until now?
I chose my favourite points and posted here: http://bit.ly/UrJcc
I was already familiar with Yaro's writing, and I enjoy it very much.
I will echo some other comments in saying that I will likely use this as a resource I will come back to over and over again, but for now Seth Godin's "First, ten" post is the most straight to the point helpful thing I read here today. Since I am so new to all of this I think most of the info will be more helpful to me down the road a bit. Great links!
Thank you so much for this task - my head is literally buzzing with all the info you gave us. Probably not ideal to try and read it all in one sitting. so I skim read and created a new folder called "Things I want to try" and saved many of these articles so I could refer back to them.
Personally I learnt a lot about authority, but the tips and tricks about commenting on other blogs is also great. It is nice to read about ettiquete rather than stuffing it up and regretting it later on.
Thanks again,
Kirsty
My blogs: Hamperific and The Gift Assistant
I really connected with Liz Strauss as well. Here's a video of her lecturing on the importance of establishing YOUR identity on your blog: Liz Strauss video 10 Ways to Own Your Blog & Your Community
Hi, I thought the first two were great. I think that joining a group of people can really help with traffic.
I recently joined British Mummy Bloggers, which is incidently where I discovered you. My blog isn't just about being a mum,
but there is an amazingly supportive network out there.
So far, I've read about half the articles. It's a lot. what stands out to me is to turn off the comments until I have more hits. And, since starting this workshop, I read about ending with a question and encouraging responses. I want that more than I want to look read.
So much good stuff. I am looking forward to using flickr and taking up the challenge to write a blog entry. I was thrilled to see subjects to choose form that are on the feeling level. I am comfortable there. The more techy articles lose me.
Sending energy to all of us,
I always learn a lot from Daniel Socco of Daily Blog Tips.
Right now he is running a group writing project. This could give your tons of exposure.
Check it out!
http://www.dailyblogtips.com/go/project
Sheila Atwood - Newbie Lifeline
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httpL//twitter.com/SheilaAtwood
The Flikr tip was a real winner for me!
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