05 Mar 10 Blog with a Friendly Face – Part 11
This is the last post of the series, and in this part I will talk about how you can sound all knowledgeable to your readers by being on top of the news and by writing resource posts plus one more.
Set Alert in place
Set Google Alert, Twist (for twitter), and Blogscape (for blogs) for the keywords you are targeting, and be on top of the updates in your niche. You can then capitalize on the recent happenings and tell your readers how they can profit from it. By being top of the news, you will sound knowledgeable and will be regarded as an expert in your niche.
Write a resource post
A resource post is a must-have for any blog. It gives your users a reason to bookmark your page. A well-written resource post has an ability to pull visitors again and again to your blog. It is also very much digg-friendly. You need to have as many resource posts as you can think of.
Write quality guest posts
Guest posts are new black for blogging. Write quality guest posts, and while writing them you goal should not only be to get published on the blog of your choice, but also to lure the readers to your own blog. This could only happen if you write quality guest posts.
With this our 11-post long discussion on making your blog stand out from the crowd comes to an end. And I hope, you enjoyed the series, and worked on the bite-size tips shared in this post. You may like to bookmark this post, as I am providing links to all the posts that I wrote in the series. Let me know how you feel about this series, and what changes you would like to see in future series.
Index
- Blog with a Friendly Face – Part 1
- Blog with a Friendly Face – Part 2
- Blog with a Friendly Face – Part 3
- Blog with a Friendly Face – Part 4
- Blog with a Friendly Face – Part 5
- Blog with a Friendly Face – Part 6
- Blog with a Friendly Face – Part 7
- Blog with a Friendly Face – Part 8
- Blog with a Friendly Face – Part 9
- Blog with a Friendly Face – Part 10
- Blog with a Friendly Face – Part 11
Tags: Bite Size, blog, blogs, Bookmark, Crowd, Face, google, Niche, Quality Guest, Reason, Series Index, Twitter, Writing Resource
17 Jan 10 How to Purchase a Good Domain Name
If you talk to any old-school domain expert, he will tell you the obvious. He will talk about the inherent value of one-word domains, and will tell you how amazing they are. They will also tell you that the next best thing in domain industry is two-word domain names.
Well, they are not wrong because they are professing the wrong theory, but they are wrong because they are giving you outdated information. In 2010 they are talking as if it is 1997 when good quality one-word information. This blabbering about the value of one or two word domain name is not of much use to most domain entrepreneur as almost all the good domain names are taken.
In our time, three-word domain names and domain names with alternate extensions are the best bet. If I am asked which one will be better: three-word domain names with .com extension or two-word domain name with .info extension? My reply will always be in favor of the former as .info is not the extension much surfed by users, if it had been .net or .org than story would have been different.
4 Steps to buying a good domain name
If you are not launching a ground-breaking product like twitter, or Flickr then you should stick to the domain names made up of the keywords searched by people in your industry. Follow the following steps:
Step 1: Search for various one, two, and three-word keywords searched mostly in your industry. Make a list of it in notepad. Also include related LSI keywords.
Step 2: In notepad make another list containing descriptive and superlative adjectives. Adjectives like top, best, etc., would go in this list. This list should only contain three to four characters adjectives. You can use “five characters” adjective as well, but do not make it longer than this.
Step 3: Use domain name analyzing and building software to do the permutation using both the list. There are couples of free software available to help you out.
Step 4: Check domain names for availability using the same software and register the ones that are available and which meets your need.
This is how we need to walk down the domaining path in 2010. Old rules, and outdated “Gyan” will not work in 2010 and beyond.
Tags: 4 Steps, Adjective, Best Bet, Building Software, Check Domain Names, Domain Expert, Domain Industry, Entrepreneur, Lsi, Notepad, Old School, Permutation, Reply, Step 1, Step 2, Step 3, Superlative Adjectives, Twitter, Word Domain Name, Word Domains
10 Jan 10 3 WordPress Plugins That Will Help You Connect With Your Visitors
Blogging is fun not only because it gives you an opportunity to express yourself freely, but also because it helps you connect with the fellow users. In this article, I will tell you about 3 plug-ins that will not only allow you connect with like-minded people on the Internet but will also help promote your WordPress blog.
Sociable
No matter which social networking site your visitor use to broadcast the article he or she finds interesting, Sociable is going to help him. This is the best social media plugin for WordPress blogs. It has in-built support for 99 social bookmarking sites, and it is highly customizable. You can add, remove, and arrange various social networking buttons, in other words, you can control where which button will appear in the list that will typically appear at the bottom of every post once this plug-in is installed.
Tweet This
Twitter is amazing, and we all know that. We also know that no discussion on social media will be complete without talking about Twitter, and no discussion on social media plugin is complete if Tweet This is not mentioned.
Tweet This is the best twitter plugin for your WordPress that allows you to tweet your new posts. It can also be configured to tweet scheduled posts. To shorten the URL of the post, this plugin uses your favorite URL shorting service, which you can customize using your personal API for tracking. The new version of plugin also has support for Plurk, Delicious, Digg, Yahoo Buzz, Ping.fm, Reddit, Facebook, MySpace, and StumbleUpon.
The WordPress Bar
What happens when a visitor clicks on the external link on your blog? He or she breaks all the connections and goes away to another website, but an external link is important, so this is kind of inevitable, isn’t it?
Well, there is a way out, and The WordPress Bar shows you that. Have you seen a Digg bar? The WordPress Bar functions similarly like a digg bar. A visitor remains connected to your blog through The WordPress Bar, even when he or she clicks on an external link. The bar performs many more functions. You need to check this out to know exactly what all it does.
Tags: Api, blogs, Digg, Facebook, Fellow Users, Fun, Myspace, Opportunity, People, personal, Plug Ins, Plugins, Reddit, Social Bookmarking Sites, Social Networking Site, Stumbleupon, Tweet, Twitter, yahoo, Yahoo Buzz
Gossimer in the News
- Gossimer Puts Indian Domain Extensions Up for Sale February 21, 2010Gossimer, the fastest growing domain name registration and web hosting company has announced a sale on Indian domain extensions. During the promotion period, domains ending with .in will be offered at discounted price. [PR.com] […]
- Gossimer Unveils a New & Improved Payment System February 14, 2010The Melbourne-based (Florida) web hosting and domain name registration company Gossimer has announced the inclusion of three more payment options in its system. From today the customers and the web hosting resellers can use AlertPay, WebMoney, and Liberty Reserve to pay for the domain registration as well as web hosting services. Gossimer already offered Pay […]
- Gossimer Has Opened Its Treasure Chest for Webhost Resellers January 16, 2010Gossimer, the fast growing domain name registration and web hosting company has yet again opened its door of their reseller program. This program offers a comprehensive web hosting product portfolio for resellers and resellers of Gossimer’s resellers. [PR.com] […]
- Gossimer Invites Customers to Try Digital Certificates for Free January 2, 2010Gossimer, the fastest growing domain name registration and web hosting company is offering 21 days free trial on digital certificates. This trail will allow webmasters to understand the role Https plays in building visitors’ confidence in their website. [PR.com] […]
- Gossimer Announces Special Domain Name Registration Deals December 25, 2009Gossimer, the fastest growing domain name registration and web hosting company has announced a special deal on 12 top domain extensions and that includes some CTLDs as well. This promotion is available on the registration of new domain names, and you can register as many domains as you want. [PR.com] […]
- Gossimer Announced a Transfer-in Domain Promotion to Allow Customers to Consolidate Their Domains Into One Account November 7, 2009Save money on domain name transfer to Gossimer. Gossimer is currently running an attractive promotion on domain transfer-in that will save a lot of money for the domain portfolio builder. You can transfer as many domains as you wish under this promotion. [PR.com] […]
- Gossimer Became Reseller of the Month for October October 17, 2009October brings another piece of good news for Gossimer. The fastest growing web hosting and domain name registration company has been chosen as the Reseller of the month for October by ResellerClub. [PR.com] […]
- Gossimer Offers One Year Free Extension on Domain Transfer October 3, 2009Gossimer, the fastest growing domain name registration company, is offering one year free extension with every domain name transferred to its system. This service when coupled with other services puts Gossimer in the position of price leadership. The company offers the most economic rate for domain name registration and webhosting services. [PR.com] […]
- New Deals Make Gossimer Bigger, Better and Smarter October 1, 2009October is going to be hot with offers, extended support, and enhanced serviceability, as Gossimer has acquired HiTek Networks, and launched new and improved Support desk. The web hosting world is abuzz by the two important developments in Gossimer. [PR.com] […]
- Gossimer Offers Unlimited E-mails for $1 September 28, 2009Gossimer, the fastest growing domain name and webhosting company, has announced a no-upgrade “The Ultimate Email Plan” that will give the buyer an access to unlimited email accounts for just $1/month. [PR.com] […]
Gossimer Promotions and Announcements
- TechSupport Notifications February 28, 2010Technical support information and notifications […]
- PHP4 Discontinuation - 18th September September 7, 2009As announced earlier, PHP4 will not be supported on our Linux Hosting Servers from the 18th of September, 2009. Please pass on this information to your Customers and Resellers to ensure that they can update their websites to work with PHP5. […]
- .CN Launch - Coming Soon August 16, 2009We are glad to announce the launch of .CN - the most popular and fastest growing ccTLD worldwide. The .CN domain extension has seen an exemplary growth since its launch throughout the world. Earlier this year, .CN crossed over 13 million registrations to become the second most registered domain extension after .COM. Moreover, with China now representing the […]
- Live Chat Product Discontinuation - Moved to 18th August August 16, 2009Based on feedback that we received from several Resellers, we have decided to postpone the Live Chat discontinuation to the August of 18th, 2009 at 12:30 UTC. From the 18th of August, it will not be possible to purchase new Live Chat packages but exisiting packages will continue to function normally. […]
Support Notifications
- .ORG & .NAME Unavailability Notice: March 13, 2010 March 13, 2010Due to the scheduled maintenance at the .ORG Registry, the .ORG Production environment would be undergoing a planned downtime for maintenance, as per the following schedule: Maintenance Window Date - March 13, 2010 Time: 15:00 hrs - 19:00 hrs GMT/UTC Duration: 4 hours Affected Systems - Domain Name Registrations, Renewals, Transfers, Management on the Live i […]
- Scheduled Maintenance - Email Server March 11, 2010A hardware upgrade has been scheduled on one of our Email hosting servers. Maintenance Window * Date: March 11, 2010 * Start Time: 11:15 PM IST / 5:45 PM GMT * Estimated Duration: 30 Mins Packages hosted on the below mentioned IPs shall be affected: 70.87.28.129 70.87.29.17 70.87.29.156 70.87.29.23 70.87.28.130 70.87.29.18 70.87.29.157 70.87.29.21 70.87.29.2 […]
- Scheduled maintenance on our Windows Hosting Servers March 10, 2010There would be a scheduled maintenance on each of our Windows Hosting Servers to ensure that they are patched with the latest updates. Each server would be taken offline, anytime during the duration mentioned below. Batch 1: Start Time: Friday, March 12, 2010 19:00 GMT End Time: Saturday, March 13, 2010 17:00 GMT Batch 2: Start Time: Saturday, March [...] […]