Archive for February, 2008
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008
I got my milk via mail and was pleasantly reading when I realized that the theme for this day’s read has something to do with not making money online. Rub your eyes and read again.
John Cow’s guest blogger is a guy named Geoff, author of CantGetRich, which is the antithesis of most money making blogs I frequent (including John Cow’s… it is a money making blog isn’t it?). The article was provocative and even fun to read. Why? Because it made me open tabs to go to my blogs.
With the objectivity of someone who looks at ad-ridden blogs for the first time since she read an article criticizing adwhore-ism, I said to myself “geez, what an adwhore. Newbie blogger and already an adb*tch, gosh!” But then I shook myself and realized that those are my blogs!
The article is a wake up call, and yes, I agree… content should be the focus not ads. (*whines* but what will i do with all the space?!?)… Ok, I could place more photos of myself, I suppose. :)
Seriously though. Every blogger dreams of being able to produce more than a few cents from her blog, and placing ads early on could be the key to one’s success.. IF…
- the blogger works hard to promote the site
- runs the ads and produce quality content at the same time
- keep the ad colors close to the blog’s overall look (so that it looks like it’s a part of the blog)
I guess Mr. Geoff will have a lot to say regarding that, and about this blog in particular. Maybe starting a blogging diary (*cough* money making blog) and riddling it with ads could be detrimental to my problogging ambitions, but I always give something a shot before I give up on it.
I’d love to get reviewed by Mr. Geoff, but a part of me is scared.
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Sunday, February 3rd, 2008
Blogging is undeniably fun, but sometimes there’s a pressure to blog that cannot be ignored. I have four blogs that I labor to update regularly; the priority being my most active one (daily updates).
In the Entre forums, someone wanted to know the blogging motivation of people. However, motivation is not the problem, ennui is. How does one prevent blogging from becoming a chore? And, it does become a chore after some time, when blogger’s block sets in.
Here are some triggers I thought up to aid in alleviating blogger’s block.
1. forum posts - like this post, a blogger can reply to a forum post on the forum briefly, then expound on the topic on his blog.
2. controversy - there are issues at hand that need people’s opinions, usually they end up debating the issue and posting the long versions of their comments on their blogs. This option should only be taken if a blogger feels strongly enough about the issue to be able to defend himself from the onslaught of other strong opinions.
3. newsletter subscriptions - we all have our favorite news sites and these usually send out newsletters to their subscribers regularly. When one comes, be sure to read it and react to it, and post your reaction to your blog.
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Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
It’s right there on the negotiations table. Microsoft wants Yahoo so bad they’re offering 44.6 billion dollars to buy out the popular industry leader. It’s all over the papers, here.
It’s a critical move to compete with internet powerhouse, Google, but MS might just supply the element that Yahoo needs.
Regardless of the popularity of google, yahoo is still the most commonly used search engine and resource database by ordinary internet users. The only questions now are. will Yahoo accept the offer, how long before they do and will they make a counterdeal?
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Friday, February 1st, 2008
Why I think Project Wonderful and Entrecard are the best ideas ever created on the internet so far:
1. They give absolute control to the advertiser. He can advertise where and when he wants. And,
2. The 125×125 ads setup fits nicely on any website, and usually hard to ignore, so that the only real limitations are the advertiser’s creativity and the publisher’s ad positioning.
I see specific brands on sites all the time, even on less trafficked ones. If you’ve been observant during blog visitation rounds, you know who these advertisers are. Some people count number of clicks as a measure of an ad’s or a campaign’s success, but I don’t think that’s the only thing to consider. Brand burning is forcing people to remember you. And if you sell a particular service or product, this is very important.
While it’s true that some people barely look at ads, or tune them out most of the time, being up there available for clicking most of the time will make sure that these people will click on your ad sometime, or may want to in the future.
Be remembered. Be unforgettable.
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