13 steps to Take down a Pro Blogger

Since the dawn of blogging, bloggers have been working ways to beat out their competition in an effort to make money online. Few have succeeded and many have gave up. Would you like to know how to take down the Giant? It can be done with some effort and patience. Just as David slayed Goliath, You can bring your competition to its knees and basically steal all the benefits. Here are some tips to cripple those so called professionals, bring the herd to you, and start making money online.

1. Get a catchy domain name-whatever it is, from your name to the topic, as long as it is catchy and memorable it shall do. This will make it easier for readers to remember you first.

2. Good original content-Everywhere in the blogsphere people are writing about the same topics. Be the first to write about new ideas. Don't get me wrong sometime you have to go with the flow.

3. Use your keywords wisely-Always make a point to use keywords that your targeting surrounded by relevant content. You will be sure to rise to the top honestly unlike some pros do.

4. Use SEO-Apply the correct ways of gaining page rank and you will be sure to get the first page and stay there. You know the right ways, just apply them.

5. Get involved-Constantly update your data. Visit other blogs. Voice your opinions. Listen and learn. Everyone has the ability to be great but you need to apply yourself.

6. Steal readership-Take you competitions readers. Make yourself known on their blog. Post comments with your opinions. Always make your posts better than his.

7. Step ahead-Always try and be one step ahead of the pro. Be creative, do the research, read all that you can and write articles that the pro has not considered yet.

8. Keep your readers on board-Make your readers come back time and time again. Offer valued prizes. Interact with you readers often. Make them know that you care about their visit.

9. Be original-Your theme, your character, and your writing should all be as original and creative as possible. Be comfortable with your writing. Don't push out posts. Think about how each post can be better than the pro.

10. Disagree- When ever possible disagree with the pro. Of course only disagree if you can back up your opinion. Readers will respect you if you show them the way.

11. Listen and interact- Your readers will tell you what they want to read next. Look in the right places and you will know what to write about. Get involved with your readers blog.

12. Be patient-This cant be done over night. It takes awhile to over run an empire. Once the Giant starts to fall, he or she will come crashing down.

13. Be Evil-Start a group of haters. publicly damage the pros blog by burring diggs and stealing readers. Stop his buzz and create your own. Be a copy cow and steal readership through humor. There are all sorts of ways to damage a pro blog and reputation.

There you have it. 13 lucky ways to bring a giant to his knees. It won't happen over night, nor will you ever be able to kill the beast but you can beat him. Once you get the ball rolling and the pro begins to fall they will fall hard like the over bloated giant they are. Once they fall keep them down by continually applying these tips every day. Look out Pros. Their is a revolution upon you. Make room were coming through.

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Addicted to Blogging

I believe blogging to be very addictive. At first it starts out as something you try once in awhile. Than you Begin to do more and more often. Finally you find yourself compelled to blog everyday. Many blogs begin just to try and make money online. A lot of these blogs fail because they don't get involved in the community of bloggers. With every passing day you get more involved with your own blog and other blogs. You return to blogs day after day looking forward to what is to be said next.

Here are a few reason why I think the blogsphere is so addicting in a good way.
1. Always looking for new ways to improve yourself.
2. Looking forward to hearing others thoughts and ideas.
3. Continuously trying to make your blog better than the day before.
4. The dream of making some serious money online and to work from home.
5. Making new friends over the Internet.

Here are a few reasons why blogging is addictive in a not so good way.
1. Excessive eye strain from staring at a computer
2. Lacking exercise due to excessive reading and blogging.
3. countless hours spent in front of a computer.
4. Carpal tunnel syndrome

Here are a few signs of an addict.
1. your a forum junkie -your on forums all day long constantly posting in stead of myspace.
2. your a comment junkie -you visit one or more blogs posting 20 + comments a day.
3. your a post junkie -you post 2 or more topics per day, everyday.
4. Last and certainly the worst -you read blogs and forums all day and do nothing to improve the value of your own site.

All in all I believe the positives to out way the negatives. Getting a good balance is the way to go. Get into a routine. Set aside a time period each day for blogging which should include everything from reading, writing and, marketing. If this is done for a living than of course there will be more time dedicated to blogging.

Well according to mingle2.com I am %60 addicted to blogging. what are you?
Here are some other blogs that discuss the blog addiction phenomenon.
marketfederation.com
savvyaffiliate.com
bm2loveangel.spaces.live.com
darmano.typepad.com

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The little things count.

Some of the little things on your blog do make your blog a better place for your readers. Of course content is the major part of blogging but, what about everything else. Here I will go over a few things that can help your new blog be a better place.

First, Organize the blog. A neat and well organized blog will keep your readers coming back. Make posts easy to find by labeling them. Don't over clutter your page with to many contextual ads or affiliates.
Second, Allow readers the ability to subscribe to you Full RSS feed. This will allow people who read your blog constantly to be aware all the time when you post something new.
Third, Make it as easy as possible for people to interact with you and your blog members. You may allow anonymous posts so readers don't have to log in to post a comment. If your worried about spam you could enable the word verification but that's just as annoying so their are some spam blocking programs out their.
fourth, Entice readers to leave comments. You can disable the no-follow for your comments to allow your readers to gain a back link from your comments section. If you would like to know more about removing the no-follow in blogger just ask. You could also put a top commenter's widget or something of the sort to get participation.
fifth, Join a community. A community such as Mybloglog.com is a great way to track readers and find new blogs to read. Technorati is also a great place for interaction between bloggers.
sixth, keep the lines open. Allow readers to be able to contact you for what ever reason. Put a e-mail address on your page or use formlogix.com to set up a contact me form.
Seventh, One thing that I have yet to do is put a face to my blog. For some blogs especially personal blogs this is important because it developers a relationship with your readers. Some say it could be any face because it's just the idea that it is an actual everyday person writing this blog. I would recommend using your own pic. never know when you might need to update it.

Well I guess that's all for now. If anyone else has any ideas on how to make your blog a more enjoyable place just by tweaking a few things than please feel free to leave your thought. I removed the no-follow tag recently from my blog so, you will get a back link out of it.

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Template Crash !@#$

Well if you were wondering what happened to my site the past few days and why I haven't been posting it is because my template crashed. Word of advice to all, if your making changes to your template make a backup of your code before you do so. Even the smalest of changes can cause a major problem. I tried searching the problem and fixing it but, I could not find it. So I had to scrub my entire template and start over. This was a major headache and for awhile I thought all was lost. I did get lucky and was able to save my information which I than transfered to my new template. Now I have to go trough and tweak everything I had done previosly. Everything is almost back to normal and will be posting once again. Thanks for stopping by and come again.

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