How to blog effectively? Honestly, I’m not really in the mood to answer this question today. You see, I’m in dilemma. Something ‘interesting’ is about to happen and my mind can’t just snap out of it. Happy? Not really. Sad…definitely. Anyway, being your host in this blogging journey, I have a responsibility. To keep you reminded of the tenacity that is needed in building an effective blog, I made a point to myself to at least post an article once a week. These ‘lessons’ may not mean much to most of you but, I have to remind you about the marathon part and by being here with you at least once a week means that I’m still in the match.

Alrite, to be able to blog effectively, you need to do the following…

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[This is a post by a famous domainer, Shane Cultra. Shane has been in the domain business since 2005. His words are gold and he is kind enough to contribute his thoughts on how to choose a good name for your up and coming blog. There will be no special emphasize on keywords in this post as my respect for Shane. You can read about his domain pursuit in DomainShane.com. Meanwhile, enjoy...]

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What do you want for yourself or for your family? Are you ambitious and yet you feel that good lives are only meant for a priviledge few? Now, blogging is for you if

1. You are short on capital

How many times have people been telling you that one way to get out from the rat race is via owning your own business? But do you have the capital? To start a blog, you just need a pc, an annual fee of $ 10 for domain leasing and around $ 100 for hosting. I don’t think you need financing for this right.

Source: bamablogunite.blogspot.com

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I was never interested in striking out on my own. And the last thing that ever crossed my mind is having money making blogs that could actually bring passive income for me.

I got my Basic Degree in 1996 and like any of my peers back then, I yearned to climb the corporate ladder. COO at 38 and CEO by the time I reach 45. A few years back, all these changed. I no longer wanted to work for an ‘employer’. Mind you, due to the hard programming, I’m already on my way of achieving the corporate goals I set for myself since 1996. The opportunities, the mentors, new openings….they are all waiting for the right time to open and with some right ‘pushes’, nothing is impossible.

The anxiety that hit me in the middle of 2010 was bad. Sales was down, and the top management was practically aiming for my jugular. My health deteriorated to a point that I started questioning myself about my goal of becoming the ‘king’ among employees. As long as you are in employment, you can never be the king of your destiny. Vultures in the guise of colleagues are waiting for you to make that faithful error that signifies ‘incompetencies’.

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It’s all in the crystal ball. You will going to make money blogging, no doubt about it!

You have what you think a killer domain name at your disposal. And the best thing is, you know you are going to love this niche, maybe not passionate but you don’t mind learning more about it so that you won’t run out of ideas for your blog. Therefore, the little gungho newbie started doing everything listed in HowToBlog.org…getting a great web host; installing WordPress…. If you happen to be new to this blog, feel free to download my free eguide I created about 6 months ago for reference. Don’t expect perfect grammar ok

After 4 months, with a new post for at least every week, surprisingly you still find your visitors to hover around 10 to 15 a day. Oh oh… Ok let’s  go through a checklist of all things possible.

1. Your Domain Name

There are two possibilities here:

a. You have gotten yourself into a very competitive niche. Check the keyword. If it is “Mesothelioma” for example, you can see that the cpc in Google Adwords for this niche is around USD 200. Impressive but only God and Google will know how long you would have to slog before you see yourself in the first 20 pages of any search engine. Too much competition is bad for your staying power and mental health if your main intention is purely to make money blogging.

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How to make a blog in profitable niches? A niche like “mesothelioma”. Come on, type in this keyword in Google Adwords Keyword Tool and see how much the cpc cost.

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How to make a blog that beats Wikipedia? Try typing these keywords in Google: emphysema, acai berry and Siberian Husky. Now, look which site is placed 1st in Google search for these keywords? If you get it right, you would be see that cursed Wikipedia everywhere for all these.

Now, don’t get me wrong. I was a fan of this free online encyclopedia and I thought that they were doing a noble job by providing free information to the mass. However, once I started building my money making blogs, I begin to see thru its ploy. I believe Wikipedia is a long-term conspiracy waiting to siphon off all our potential earnings by dominating all the valuable niches in the market.

Let’s face it, how do you defeat a Page Rank 9 behemoth which has thousands of too-eager wide eye PhDs waiting to contribute their latest findings into the very niches we have sleepless nights hunting for? Even the great Google had tried miserably to defeat Wikipedia by launching Google Knol in 2008. And I beg you, as fellow bloggers, think twice before you contribute an article to any of them! Stop other fools from doing this if you can!

Anyway, instead of admitting defeat, I would like to speculate on some strategies we may be able to use to defeat Wikipedia:

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Can’t wait to start your first money blog? Not so fast dude. There are a number of things that you might want to consider after your first success in installing WordPress. WordPress plugins, just like those accessories like tinted films, turbo booster, nitrogen refills which you get for your new car to make her performance steps up a notch.

Source: wparena.com

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Do you make this mistake when you choose a domain name?

Before I go further, do you realize how many people start blogging by using a free blog or for those beginners whom are more courageous, get a domain with their name? Yours sincerely make the same mistake like 4 years ago whereby I started my first blog using Blogspot.com. I stopped after 3 posts with this name called myname.blogspot.com.

Many unsuspecting rookies built a website under the tutelage of a professional webmaster who told them nothing about the importance of a good domain name in supporting an online business or blog.

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I’ve been contemplating whether to blog about SEO tips in this post for quite some time. After pondering hard, I realized that there weren’t much changes lately with regards to Search Engines Optimization since the last time I talk about it (accept for Google Caffeine and Google Instant). The two most important thing  you gotta do for SEO is to post consistently enough and to build backlinks. By working on these two areas, you are pretty much on the right track. There are more important things than just SEO when you are blogging .

That’s when I come across Bai Ling, you know, the actress who co-starred with Richard Gere in a movie called Red Corner.  All right, it’s not my plan to get a PhD about Bai Ling from this blog post but from my observation of this actress, there are many traits about her that maybe we bloggers can emulate.

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