Read this article from ProBlogger.

“For every great blog promotion strategy, there are five that suck. Really suck. They suck so bad that using them can get you blacklisted by real bloggers, ignored by annoyed readers, unfollowed on Twitter, and possibly placed on the terrorist watch list.

Being successful is not just about doing the right things. Avoiding the wrong things is just as important. Nobody wants to take two steps forward and three steps back; especially in blogging where success is few and far between, often takes a long time to become successful, and has a gigantic Dip.

If you’re to have any chance at success, you need to protect your blog from yourself. Protect it from your lust for quick success, your desire to become a ProBlogger in six months, and your general blogging ignorance (if you’re new).”

Read this article from Blogging Tips.

“WordPress is a very easy to use and very efficient blogging platform. However, that doesn’t mean it, nor its users, are perfect.

There are some mistakes that even experienced WordPress admins seem to make when setting up and running a WordPress install. Some of them are due to WordPress’ default settings, others are just easy to forget and lose track of.

So, if you’re a WordPress user and want to make sure you didn’t forget anything, here’s a quick rundown of some of the most head-slappingly easy mistakes you can make.”

Read this article from The Star Challenge.

“Yes, you definitely can! However, just like any business, making money by blogging takes effort and time to become established, and if you are lucky maybe it’ll 3 months. So forget all those hypes which claim little effort and quick money.

Before we get into the nitty gritty of making money with blogging, let’s try to understand what blog is all about and its origin.”

Read this article from The Future Buzz.

“Unscientific observation: most bloggers use Twitter, but many Twitter users do not blog.

Twitter is popular because it is easy. It is easy to setup, easy to copy-paste links into, and easy to write 140 character bits. But, having your own blog remains the strongest platform if you’re serious about sharing ideas and having a continued dialog with the world. Blogging is the antithesis of easy, however it is far more rewarding.

I’m not saying Twitter isn’t a useful and interesting service, because it certainly is. But it does not negate the real opportunity that is actually made more useful by the popularity of microblogging: having your own blog.”

Read this article by Success Network Marketing

“If you really want to succeed in internet marketing and increase your online profits through blogging, then you need to follow these tips that will help you to make your blogging a success.

Several factors determine how powerful your blogging can be in improving your search engine position. Blogs get picked up by search engines quickly, but you need to make sure that your blog is optimized for search engines.”

Read this article from The Marketing Mouse.

“As I have mentioned earlier, blog traffic can come from a few different places. This may be direct links to your site from other sites or Search engines. And we did establish that search engines however, offer the real key to high volume traffic numbers. Surfers rely on Google, Yahoo and MSN to help them find the sites that will provide them with the kind of information they are seeking. If your blog comes up early in those search engine results, you can expect a significant stream of traffic.”

Read this article from Blogging Tips.

“The single most successful technique I have used to increase my blog’s readership is the creation and free distribution of relevant ebooks.

By writing and offering ebooks for free distribution, you offer potential visitors a great incentive to visit (or subscribe to) your blog. What’s more, ebooks have the potential to become viral marketing tools, enhancing visibility of your site and your status as an “expert” in your field.”

Read this article from Visionary Blogging.

“Here are 50 simple ways to take your blog and your Twitter account, mix them together and make something even tastier than its ingredients.”

This article is from Niche Marketing Explained.

“Every human being has some very basic needs and desires. One of those basic needs is the need to leave our mark with our life. One of our most basic desires is the ability to live a life of ease .

At the risk of sounding trite, one of the best ways to achieve both of these would be to maintain a blog. It doesn’t matter what your interest might be. You might like to write about anecdotes . Or you may like to write about a specific interest. Either way, your blog will provide a semi permanent (or even permanent) presence on the internet which will satisfy that basic need to leave an impression.

At the same time, you will also broaden your horizons and ‘meet’ new people that you would never have met without the internet. It is not unheard of to develop very real friendships, business relationships and even romances via the internet. Almost everyone seems to have a blog these days. Even primary/elementary students have an internet presence now. With a lot of the free sites around, that presence will still be around long after we are gone. You can’t get much more permanent than that.” Read article.

This article is from Benbego Blog

“Blogging is a relatively a new happening. Some blog writes choose to keep their blogs personal and do not share their thoughts with others. These are more like online diaries. Most people like to share with everyone what he or she has to say and probably make money doing that. Blogging is a big business and many websites offer free blog hosting.

In addition, many companies choose blogging as an inexpensive way to advertise their products or services. Blogging on the Internet is often much cheaper than maintaining a web site and is usually more interesting for readers and clients and most times, the difference between a blog and a blogs is traffic and you need traffic to make money online. Read article.