I run this blog as a business. Like any other business, this blog could be my escapade into entrepreneurship success or, it could make me to be so disillusioned  that I may just give it up abruptly one day. You know, I’ve been trying to find inspiration from my daily encounter, be it with the people I meet, the books I read, the blogs I digest….nothing come close to what I could gather from my daily driving experience while commuting to and fro from my office.

Let’s face it, when human get themselves behind those wheels, this combination collectively creates a simulation that reflects whatever your earthly journey might be. Don’t believe me. See how I relate driving to blogging.

Blogging tip 1: The Porshe Cayman vs my Nissan Sentra

There is a speed limit imposed on all Malaysian roads. In town and inner cities, it’s usually limited to 80 km/h. In highways, it’s always 110 km/h. Therefore it doesn’t matter whether your Porsh or Diablo could go up to 220 km/h without the slightest shiver, my little sedan would still reach her destination as long as I stick to my final destination.

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Likewise, it does not matter whether you are using a free WordPress theme downloaded from WordPress.com or if you prefer to buy a premium theme like Thesis, both options would work well as long as you the blogger know where you are heading to.

Blogging tip 2: Taking Public Transport vs My Own Car (even if it’s a small car!!)

Ever experience taking a public transport to work or to your client’s place? You tell the cab driver where you want to go, he switch on the meter, you reach your destination, you pay the fares and that’s the last time you see the taxi. Sometimes, you are standing alone and no taxi or bus turn up…imagine it’s raining and you are drenched. The thought of buying a car could be daunting to some individuals. “Anyway taking a bus only cost me a few dollars daily”. But imagine the autonomy you possess when you own that first ‘stallion’, even if it’s just a ‘mule’.

The taxi is like free blogs like Blogspot, Bloggers.com and your own transport is like your own domain.  Whatever links that you build in your own website belongs to you. Guess who owns the backlinks that you build in myname.blogspot.com??

Nobody can question you when you want to fix an extra muzzler onto your own car. You decide what you want to do with it.

Blogging tip 3: A Good Technician To Tend To Your Car

How often do you send in your car for check up? Do you go to a reputable workshop endorsed by your vehicle’s manufacturer or you don’t really mind who the technician is as long as it’s cheap? My question is, how sure are you that your friendly neighborhood workshop is using original parts for your mobile asset?

You got yourself a nice domain. You can’t decide whether to use a free host or a paid web hosting service?

Imagine the nightmare when you are travelling at 120 km/h on a federal highway and all of a sudden your car engine died off abruptly?

Blogging Tip 4: Switching Lanes And Getting Nowhere Faster

You are stepping on the accelerator because you are late for an important appointment. Damn! The car in front is road hogging.

You swerved your V6 to the right lane to overtake the inconsiderate snail and a whole new world opened up in front of you. 50 meter or so, a traffic congestion stopped your advances. Stuck, you glance to the left lane again. Isn’t that the bloody hogger who had just passed you by, you even see a smirk on the chap’s face!! If only you have listened to the radio about the massive pile up turning into Holland Street, you would have stuck to the slow lane and you might be able to meet your client on time.

This happens to new bloggers occasionally. You started your blog full of enthusiasm. You even worked day and night working on your blog because Chris Brogan said you have to post content at least 3 times a day. After 3 weeks, you still don’t see your site indexed anywhere in Google, not  to mention Bing and Yahoo.

If only you have some basic knowledge about SEO, on how to use the appropriate keywords in your post, maybe you wouldn’t have given up on your blogging so soon.

Blogging Tip 5: Oooh! No policeman!

Ah…it’s 5 am in the morning. Red light? No problem. Those goons are still probably sleeping in a cool morning like this. Whoosh…..

F*** another slow coach blocking your way. Double lines? Nobody will see you overtaking this car, it will only take you 6 seconds.

Source: Guardian.co.uk

Ever heard of Black Hat SEO? Keywords stuffing, buying links from link farms, doorway pages etc. Never mind those Search Engines. They won’t know. Google is too busy to monitor what’s going on with my site…;)

Blogging Tip 6: My Car is Japanese made. So What?

As long as you keep your car in tip-top condition, who cares whether it’s made in China, India or Japan. Even a continental car from German can breakdown and leave you high and dry if you don’t take the trouble to take care of it. A Mercedes will carry you to Singapore, so is my Nissan.

All blogging gurus would ask newbies to get a .com domain whenever possible. Of course, if you compare camera.com with camera.biz, you definitely should take the former if you can afford it. However, if you would compare camera.biz with camerabloggingsite.com, I don’t know about you but I would go for camera.biz. To me, as long as the domain name is a good one to two words generic, good name and non-copyrighted by somebody else, the TLDs do not matter unless of course you are a domain speculator.

The point is, I just want to develop the website and hopefully it will bring in recurring income in a few months time. The domain name will determine the SEO, not the TLD. A dot mobi domain should be able to rank as high as a dot com if the webmaster spend ample time and passion in developing it.

Blogging Tip 7: It’s Alright To Take A Rest When You Are Tired

You have been driving non stop for 4 hours from Penang to Kuala Lumpur. Take a nap if you are tired. You need the rest to continue on the journey safely.

Do you ever feel tired blogging? It happens to me all the time. If you are feeling overwhelmed, disillusioned, discouraged or whatever emotion turmoil at any time of your journey, just take a break will you. Blogging like any other business is a marathon. You need endurance to ‘walk’ the journey and if you want to be big, there is no destination at all. You tweak your approach along the way and learn whatever you can to sharpen your acumen.

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Blogging Tip 8: Enjoy The Scenery

I have experienced my share of ups and downs when I drive. But you know what I observe? The days when I prepare early for my journey and stop focusing on the destination are usually the best. Make short glances to both sides of your car and enjoy the floras that wheez by. Come on, we don’t drive a Delorean which zaps from one place to another after reaching 90 miles an hour.

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You will bound to learn some new skills and experiences when you think about your next content. You don’t have to stick to a silly schedule of blogging at least once a day to drive visitors to your blog. It’s utter absurdity!! Putting contents and learning the right things to incorporate into them for twice a month consistently for the next ten years is better than burning yourself out daily with lousy posts. There is something you have to understand as a blogger. Search engines especially Google will reward you for updated posts, regardless of whether its on daily or monthly basis.