Tag Archives: Blogging

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Some say Blogging is an art while others claim it’s a science with well-defined logic. I personally believe writing blog posts that Search Engines like is a mix of both – your blog needs to be creative, but at the same time, it needs to adhere to SEO and SMM guidelines. Blogs are one of the oldest forms of social …

How do you become an effective blogger? How do you ensure your blog gets more quality readers? Does it just depend on your blog content, is it determined by how you market your blog or is it dependent on all of these factors? I believe the trick to effective blogging is not to try and reinvent the wheel but to …

In the last couple of weeks, I’ve covered the major fundamentals of blogging including how to blog, where to blog, how do you make your blog successful and lastly how to promote your blog using old media. So, are all bloggers alike? What makes a particular blog stand out from others? What are the various types of bloggers and how …

A blog needs to be promoted like a product. While blogging itself represents one of the most popular forms of new media, old media techniques play a key role in publicizing blogs. While it’s true that media industry has been completely transformed in the last decade, there’s no denial that print, TV and radio are evergreen publicity channels. So, should …

What makes a blog successful? Is it the content? Is it the readers? Or is it the niche? How often should one post? What narrative should you use? Should you publish a RSS feed for your blog? These are some of the questions I’m asked as the Founder and Executive Editor of Smedio. In that context, I strongly believe that …

How to blog? Blogging isn’t rocket science. However, it does require a methodical approach right from the moment when you decide to setup a blog. In this post, I explain the key factors that would help you overcome the newbie blues and find a comprehensive answer to the “How to blog” question. Do you need a blog? Before you learn …

Where to blog? As I mentioned in one of my posts last year on how to make money blogging, blogs are the oldest and perhaps the most mature form of social media. Blogs have been around since ages, well before any of the modern social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and newer players such as Google+ were born. While the …

Blogs are the oldest and perhaps the most mature form of social media. They’ve been around since ages, well before any of the modern social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and newer players such as Google+ were born. Several bloggers who started on a shoestring budget have since become household names in the technology and social media world. Most bloggers …

It’s fair to say that Twitter has been a blessing in disguise for micro-blogging platforms. It came, it saw and it captured! While Twitter’s explosion is a recent phenomenon, micro-blogging has been around for several years. Tumblr was one of the first few micro-blogging tools when it launched in 2007 and was an instant hit with a large number of …

Backtweets This is a great tool to find people linking back to your URL and tweeting about your blog/web site. Search for links on Twitter, It Supports regular and short URLs, Real-time updates, Subscriptions (E-mail, RSS) and also API available. This is one best tool to track the reach of your blog posts on Twitter.

Building a blog for your business is like winning half the battle – your enemy is prepared to concede defeat but you are yet to unleash the killer blow. From a business perspective, building an impressive blog for your business is the first step in the right direction. However, it needs to be followed up with strategic execution on how …

Now that Facebook and Twitter have firmly taken over the reins of social media, does it signal the end of lesser glamorous social networking technologies like blogging? I don’t think so. I’ve been blogging for a while now and I believe no other social network be it Facebook or Twitter can substitute for a business blog. While social networks are …

The media industry has completely transformed in the last decade. While traditional media such as TV and print are regarded as evergreen, they no longer rule the roost in the marketing world. New Media – a term coined to represent a wide array of modern techniques including Web 2.0, Social Media and Rich Internet Applications (RIA) represents what is now …

It’s bound to happen at one point or another. You’ll write something that you consider brilliant in your niche. You’ll hurry to post it so you can bask in all the great comments you’re bound to receive. You submit your post and wait. When comments start to roll in, you get that horrible sinking feeling in your stomach as you …