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Let’s Write an eBook Together!

2010-08-21T22:38:00.003-07:00

The idea of writing an eBook with collective efforts has been on my mind for a while now, so let’s give it a try. Basically I want to create a project that would group together the ideas and tips from different people, in a way that it would benefit both the collaborators and the end user (i.e. the readers).

The Process

The topic for this eBook is going to be “Tips, Tricks and Strategies to Make Money Online.” It is an not the newest of the topics, I know, but you can’t deny that it is a very popular one. Additionally, the collaborative format will add some freshness to it, because on the same eBook you will find the tips and opinions from a wide range of people, all with different backgrounds and experiences on the Internet.
The creation of the eBook will be pretty simple. Participants will send me their tips, tricks or strategies to make money online, and I will organize them together. Each page will feature one different person.
Once the eBook is formatted, styled and ready to go, I will release it on Daily Blog Tips, and all the participants will be allowed to release it on their websites or blogs, too.

Why You Should Participate

I know that I need to make the project beneficial for everyone involved, so here is why you should participate.
1. First of all it might help you with your brand. Your name and website URL will be featured on top of the page where we will include your submission. I can’t know for sure how many people will end up downloading the eBook, but there is a possibility that thousands of people will, and they will all come across your name.
2. Secondly, I want to make sure that the participants will also gain traffic out of the eBook. How so? In the end of each submission, we will include 3 links to popular or useful posts on your blog. You are free to choose what those 3 posts are going to be (I will just have some editorial control to make sure they are indeed useful and related). These 3 links are optional though.
Here is how a page of the eBook would look like:

3. Finally, the participants will also have the right to distribute the eBook to their email or RSS subscribers (but you won’t be able to offer direct downloads for the eBook).
This could be useful for people looking to build an email list, or to give your visitors an incentive to subscribe to your blog.

Rules for Participating

If you want to participate, all you need to do is to send me an email (danielATdailyblogtips.com) with your tips, tricks or strategies to make money online. For example, you could write about the importance of networking with people online, or you could share an strategy to make money with mini websites and Google AdSense.
The better your advice or strategy, the higher the chances of someone deciding to click on the links to your blog posts.
Your submission must have between 200 and 300 words. Make sure to include the 3 posts that want to appear on your page as well (and please proofread!)
The deadline for the submissions is next Wednesday, February 4 (midnight EST)

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Teen Blogger Earns $900 a Month

2010-08-21T22:09:00.000-07:00

According to a recent Cnet article, a teenage blogger showcased at the BlogHer 2007 Conference earns $20 to $30 a day through AdSense on her Ultimate Neopets Cheats site. That’s $700 to $900 a month with “very little work,” a feat most of us older bloggers would love to attain.
How did Chloe Spencer do it? From the video, her strategy doesn’t sound out of the ordinary. She started out on a WordPress.com blog and moved to her own domain to run AdSense. She was knowledgeable and passionate about her topic, knew a thing or two about SEO, integrated ads to blend with her content, and participated in her niche’s online community. By all accounts, she just followed common blogging wisdom and it paid off.
Success stories like this are inspiring. It’s just another confirmation that, with a well-structured blog, a topic that you’re passionate about, and a little SEO know-how, you can earn a significant income through blogging no matter who you are. Props to Chloe for reaffirming our faith in blogging as a rewarding way of life.

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8 Tips to Optimize Adsense Units

2010-08-21T22:06:00.000-07:00

Adsense is one of the most common revenue generators for blogs and websites. Usually you can drastically improve your click-through rate and overall earnings by positioning the ads wisely, by improving the content targeting or by optimizing the ad units directly. Below I will cover the last point, how to optimize the Adsense units with 8 simple tips:

The three top performing ad units are: 336×280 large rectangle, 300×250 inline rectangle and 160×600 wide skyscraper. Consider using those units if possible, but bear in mind that other formats might be more suitable for your website design.
The most successful link color is blue. This fact is connected with the roots of the Internet where all major websites used to feature blue links.
Apart from blue links you can also use a link color that matches the pattern of your website (i.e. If you use green links make the Adsense links of the same color).
As a general rule of thumb, blend (no border, same background) your Adsense units if your website has a light color scheme and contrast (border, contrasting background) the units if you are using a dark color scheme
If the ads are placed within the content you should avoid using borders while ad units outside of the content can use borders to call attention.
If your website has mainly repeat visitors (like Forums) you can rotate the background color of the units to reduce ad blindness
Consider removing the “Advertise on this site” message from your units. This can be done on the control panel under the “My Account” section, disabling the “Onsite Advertiser Sign-Up” feature.
Test, test and test. Every website is unique so make sure you test with different colors and formats and track the results to fine tune your Adsense units.

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Retweet To Enter The OnlineProfits.com Contest And Win an 8G iPod Nano!

2010-08-21T21:49:00.000-07:00

Update: We used Random.org to extract the three lucky winners among all who retweeted this post. They were: @Shelliclickedit, @bloggersum and @denharsh. If you are one of the winners, we’ll get in touch with you shortly.
As you probably know the Online Profits training program is opening its doors to new members next Monday, January 18. In order to celebrate the launch we are having a contest where you can win one out of three 8G iPod Nanos (if you live outside the U.S. and win, we’ll send your prize as Paypal money).

Entering the contest is pretty simply: you just need to retweet this post. You can use the retweet button at the bottom, or you can copy and paste the text below and tweet it manually:

Retweet To Enter The OnlineProfits.com Contest And Win an 8G iPod Nano! http://ow.ly/1mZobz
The deadline is this Friday, January 15 (midnight, USA EST). Next Monday we’ll draw the three lucky winners among all the Twitter users who retweeted this post (we’ll search for them through the Twitter search feature). The three names will be posted on this same page, as an update on top.

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How To Make Money Fast On The Internet: 4 Methods That Really Work!

2010-08-21T21:44:00.000-07:00

We don’t believe in “get rich quick” schemes, nor in “magic formulas”. That being said, we do think it is possible to make money fast on the Internet, especially if you are willing to put in some effort. Below we cover 4 methods that really work.
Again, they won’t make you rich overnight, but they are worth it if you are needing money fast for one reason or another. For example, you could need $300 to get a web design for your latest project, or $200 to pay a bill that came up unexpectedly. Depending on your expertise and on how hard you are willing to work, you could raise such money within a week.
And if you keep working on any of these methods over a longer term you could definitely multiply your earnings, as they all represent solid online business models.

The Only Requirement: A Paypal Account

If you don’t have one yet, go sign-up for a Paypal account before you try any of the methods below (it is free, by the way). This is an essential step because Paypal is the most used platform for online payments, and it will allow you to collect money in a wide range of situations.
You’ll then be able to purchase goods online with your Paypal funds, and on most countries you’ll also be able to transfer your Paypal funds directly to your credit card or bank account.

The 4 Methods to Make Money Fast on The Internet

Before we proceed with the methods, keep one thing in mind: you should not spread yourself too thin by trying all the methods at the same time. Choose the one that fits well with your skills, and focus your energies on it, until you get the desired results.

Method 1: Selling an eBook

Selling information online is a a very profitable business model, and selling eBooks is the fastest and easiest way to get started in this segment.
Choosing The Topic
First of all you need to identify a topic for your eBook. Ideally it should be something that will solve a problem people have. Here are some examples:

Tips and tricks to make old PCs run faster.
A list of foods that worsen or improve acne.
Secrets to approach women and get more dates.
A blueprint to ace job interviews.

As you can see, all these topics touch on pain points that many people have, and as a consequence it will be much easier to sell such eBooks. If you want some insights regarding the problems people are trying to solve, visit some online forums (this website lists a bunch of them) or check Yahoo! Answers.
Spend some time writing down a list of problems you have identified. After that evaluate which of them are related to your areas of expertise or interest, as this will make writing the eBook a much easier task. The graph below illustrates this concept.

Writing and Creating the eBook
Once you have chosen a topic, start writing your eBook right away. Aim to get at least 30 pages of pure content (the more the better, though), and make sure that your information will be top notch. If necessary research online to fill any blanks or to complement your material. Remember to add images and to proofread the text a couple of times at least.
It is perfectly possible to write 30 pages in three or four days, so roll up your sleeves and just do it!
Once the eBook is ready to go you’ll just need to transform it into a PDF document. This is very easy to do with the OpenOffice suite (which is free). Open the “Writer” text editor, put your eBook there (including the front page, the text and the images), add a footer if you want, format everything, and then use the “Export as PDF” function.
Designing the Sales Page
The next step is to create a sales page for your eBook. If you already have a blog or website, you could simply create an internal page and use it as a sales page. If you don’t have a website, you’ll need to buy a domain name and get a hosting plan. Don’t worry, this won’t cost you much. The domain will cost around $10, and the hosting plan from $5 to $10 monthly. In other words, you should be able to recover your investment within the first week if you sell a couple of eBooks.
Here are some basic guidelines to follow when creating your sales page:

Use a catchy headline to hook the attention of your visitors.
Tell a story explaining where you are coming from, what problems you had, and how the information in the eBook helped you solve them.
Focus on the benefits the prospect will get from your eBook.
Include some testimonials (you can give your eBook for some people in exchange for their testimonial).
Include a 3D cover of the eBook. You can either ask a friend to design one for you, or try to do it yourself if you have Photoshop and some design skills (here is a tutorial for that).
Place a large and visible “Buy it Now” button at the bottom.
Offer a 30-day money back guarantee. This will increase your sales, because it removes the risk factor, and it will also ensure you’ll not have problems with people filing chargebacks and Paypal disputes.

Setting Up The Payment/Delivery System
At this point you’ll need a system to accept payments and deliver the eBook automatically. The easiest way to do this is with a website called E-junkie. They’ll charge you a fee of $5 monthly, but it is worth the money. You just need to configure your account, upload your PDF, and get the link where people can buy your eBook. Then you’ll set that link on your “Buy It Now!” button, and once people click there they’ll be redirected to Paypal. The money will go straight to your account, and once the payment is confirmed E-junkie will send the customer an email with his download link.
What about the price? There are basically three price points that perform well with eBooks: $4.95, $9.95 and $19.95. There are eBooks priced higher, obviously, but usually they have over 100 pages and are published by established experts/websites. If this is not your case, going with a lower price point will maximize your earnings.
Another option you have is to search for similar eBooks available online, and see how much they cost.
Driving Traffic to the Sales Page
Everything should be ready to go on your sales page now (test is a couple of times to make sure), so it is time to start driving traffic there! Remember that it is a numbers game. Your conversion rate (i.e., the percentage of visitors who will end up buying) will be small no matter what, so the more traffic you can send to your sales page, the more money you’ll make.
The first tactic you can use to get traffic is to comment on blogs, while making the comment link point to your sales page. Make a list of 20 or 30 blogs in your niche, and commit to write a couple of comments on each of them, every day.
Second, you can also use online forums. Create an account on large forums related to your niche, and promote your eBook whenever you feel it is feasible. You can also put a link to your sales page in your signature. Again, if you want to see results, you’ll need to join three or four large forums, and post a dozen of posts on each of them, every day.
Third, you can use E-junkie’s inbuilt affiliate program and convince some bloggers and webmasters to promote your eBook, in exchange for a commission. Just make list of blogs where the audience could be interested in your eBook, and approach the blog owner proposing the affiliate deal. Consider that 50% commissions are standard in the industry, so if you want to convince established bloggers you might need to offer as much as 70% of the cover price as affiliate commission.
An alternative approach is to write guest posts for these blogs, and to include a link to your sales page in the byline. This strategy will allow you to build a relationship with the blogger, too, which might be useful to convince him to promote your eBook as an affiliate in the future.
Finally, you can use social media to drive traffic to your sales page. Twitter and Facebook and the largest players here, and you should definitely give them a shot. Depending on your eBook, however, you could also try niche social networks, as they will provide you with a more targeted audience.

Method 2: Affiliate Marketing

If researching and writing an eBook is not for you, you should consider affiliate marketing. You’ll basically be promoting the products of other companies, and they will pay you a commission for each sale or lead you refer to them.
Deciding Between CPS and CPA
Affiliate marketing is divided into two main models: CPS and CPA.
CPS stands for cost-per-sale, and under this model you’ll earn a commission whenever a visitor you refer to the merchant’s website makes a purchase. CPS commissions range from $10 up to $100 or more.
CPA stands for cost-per-action, and under this model you’ll earn a commission whenever a visitor you refer to the merchant’s website perform a required action, such as completing a survey or submitting his email address. CPA commissions range from $0.50 up to $2.
Which model should you choose? It depends on your skills. If you are good at generating traffic, then the CPA model might work better for you, because conversion rates are naturally high with those offers, since the visitor will not need to spend any money.
If you are good with copywriting, on the other hand, the CPS model might work better. As long as you can convince people to buy, you won’t need as much traffic to make a decent amount of money.
Finding An Offer
If you opted for the CPA model, you’ll now need to create an account with a CPA network. Max Bounty is one of the best around, with a wide range of campaigns and good payouts. Once your account is active, just browse through their market place and look for offers you could promote. Remember that offers in a niche you are familiar with should get your preference, since you’ll be able to promote them more easily (either by leveraging your existing website/contacts, or by writing new content related to the offer).
If you opted for a CPS model, you’ll need to make a further choice. That is, you need to decide whether you want to promote information products (e.g., eBooks and training programs) or physical goods and services. For the former, join ClickBank and browser their marketplace to find a suitable offer. If you want to promote physical goods instead, you can join Commission Junction or Share A Sale.
Designing Your Pre-Sell Page
Having a landing page to pre-sell your offer is very important, because visitors will see your information as an unbiased review of the product they are considering to buy (at least this is the goal). Secondly, the pre-sell page allows you to complement the sales pitch of the merchant, making sure the visitor will be ready to buy once he clicks through your affiliate link.
The same principles we listed for the eBook sales page apply here, with some minor modifications:

Use a catchy headline to hook the attention of your visitors.
Tell a story explaining where you are coming from, what problems you had, and how the product you are promoting solved them.
Focus on the benefits the prospect will get from the product, and not on its features.
Review important aspects of the product and add screenshots if suitable.
Don’t be afraid to point out some negative aspects, too, as this will make your review look more balanced.
Explain who would benefit from the product, and who would not.
Highlight how much it costs, and explain why you think it is worth the money.
Link to the merchant’s website using your affiliate link.
Consider using affiliate banners in different positions of your landing page, too, as this will increase the chances of the visitor clicking through.

Keep in mind that the pre-sell page is not that important for CPA offers, because it is much easier to convince visitors to perform a task that won’t cost them money. You could test with it anyway and compare the results.
Driving Traffic to Your Offers
Whether you want to drive traffic to your pre-sell page or to your CPA offers directly, you can use the same methods we mentioned in the previous method. They include blog comments, posts in online forums, guest blogging and social networks.
Another traffic generation technique that works pretty well with affiliate offers is article marketing. That is, you’ll write articles on topics related to the offers you are promoting, and then you’ll submit them to article directories (here is a list with 50 of them). Most article directories allow you to include a link in the author byline, and you can use that to send traffic either to your pre-sell page or directly to your CPA offers.
If you know a bit about SEO and linkbuilding, you could also try to get your articles ranked high for relevant keywords, which would bring you additional traffic from search engines.

Method 3: Freelance Writing

If you like to write, freelance writing could be the ideal way to make some money fast on the Internet.
Freelance Marketplaces
Your first stop should be the three large freelance marketplaces: eLance, Freelancer.com and Guru.com. Just sign-up for an account (which is free) and you’ll be able to bid on job requests.
There are all sorts of writing jobs in these marketplaces, including article writing, copywriting, article rewriting and editing, technical writing, researching and so on. You’ll need to start in the low end of the pay scale (e.g., $5 or $10 per 400-word article), but once you get some loyal clients your earnings will increase.
Writing for Blogs
If you prefer to have a more stable position instead of tackling writing jobs here and there, you should look for blogs that are hiring writers. The pay rate ranges from $5 up to $30 or more per blog post, but if you are starting out expect your earnings to be in the lower end. The advantage of this model is that you’ll know forehand how much you’ll make per week (since most positions specify how many posts you need to write weekly or monthly).
In the three freelance marketplaces mentioned above you’ll also find blogging jobs. Alternatively you can check the Problogger Job Board.
Demand Studios
Demand Studios is a company that provides content for a wide range of websites on the Internet. Great part of this content comes from freelance writers, who earn a flat fee per article submitted.
If you want to write for them you’ll need to submit an application with a resume and two writing samples. Within a couple of days they’ll reply via email with an acceptance or a rejection.
Accepted writers can choose topics they are interested in and submit articles. You can earn anywhere from $5 up to $15 per article, and payments are sent once a week via Paypal.
Revenue Sharing Sites
There are many websites on the Internet that share their revenues with people willing to contribute content. Two popular ones are eHow, which pays a percentage of each advertising click generated from your articles, and AssociatedContent, which pays a flat fee for each 1,000 page views that your articles will receive.
Making money with these websites will not be as fast as with other methods, but one advantage is the fact that you’ll be building passive income streams. In other words, once your article is published, you’ll keep earning for months, and possibly years to come. Obviously you’ll need to promote your articles if you want them to rank high in search engines and receive a good amount of traffic.

Method 4: Selling Stuff on eBay

eBay is the largest online marketplace. It started as an auction website, but some years ago it introduced the “Buy It Now” feature, enabling sellers to sell their items for a fixed price. If you are willing to manage product listings and to ship stuff around the world, eBay could be the right place to make some quick money.
Selling Your Own Stuff
The first thing you could try to sell on eBay is the stuff hanging around your house that you are not using anymore. Examples include furniture, computers, gadgets, collections and so on.
The auction model might be more suitable to sell this kind of items, as you are not sure how much they are worth.
Buying Stuff to Sell
If you want to take your eBay business to the next level you could start buying stuff to re-sell on eBay. First of all you need to choose a product category you want to work with (e.g., mobile phones or pet supplies). After that you’ll need to find a wholesaler in your region, where you’ll be able to buy the items in bulk for a discounted price.
Then you’ll just need to setup the listings for each item you are selling. The “Buy It Now” model might work better here, because it allows you to sell faster and with a defined profit margin. You can always try both models and see which one works better, too.
Using a Drop Shipper
If you don’t want to have trouble buying, storing and shipping the items you’ll sell, you can try the drop shipping model. You’ll basically just manage the listings on eBay, and once an item is purchased you’ll forward the order and shipping details to the drop shipper, along with the money for the product. Obviously the price you’ll charge the customer on eBay must be higher than what you’ll pay the drop shipper, as that is what will create your profit margin.
As we mentioned before, the main advertising of this model is the fact that you won’t need to worry about storing and shipping the items. Secondly, it allows you to sell a much wider range of products, since they will be provided directly by the drop shipper.
You just need to be careful to find a reliable company to work with. WholesaleCentral.com is a website you can use to find wholesales and drop shippers. Questions you want to ask the company before going forward include: what is the minimum order volume, whether the products are going to be shipped with your name on the stamp, what is the return policy and so on.
General Tips to Sell on eBay
Figuring out what you are going to sell on eBay is only half of the battle. Now you need to actually sell it! And trust us, and it is not as easy as it looks.
First of all make sure that your headlines are catchy. Most eBay users just scan through the listings, and only click on the ones that call their attention for one reason or another.
Second, make sure to include appealing images. Place the best one close to the headline, and many closeups in the description of the product. Most eBay users completely ignore listings without images.
Third, aim to get positive feedback early on (i.e., do whatever you need to satisfy your buyers), and keep your seller rating as high as possible. Remember that trust is a major factor when people need to decide whether they will buy or not on eBay.
Fourth, offer as many payment options as possible. If you don’t, some users will get skeptical, and others will plainly not be able to purchase the item or bid on the auction.
Fifth, charge a fair shipping price, and make sure you learn how to ship sold items as quickly and as efficiently as possible. Shipping plays an important role in the feedback you’ll receive as a seller.

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Rss Submit: An effective way to promote Rss Feed

2010-08-19T19:53:00.000-07:00

Rss Submit is an effective way to sign up your Rss to every Rss search engine.

Maybe your Rss search engine are from Tenhnorati, Mybloglog, Digg, Del.icio and the other Directory Indonesia. If I just hope from the way of traffic you wouldn’t increase. Can you imagine when when you make interest contain and have been make duplicated of Rss to recently) that provides added servers ...">Feedburner then without you know no one read. What happen if your Feedcount isn’t increase, Here isn’t your contain that bad but you haven’t promote your Rss.

Easy methodwhere you can increase traffic by signing Rss Feed as together to every Rss search engine. Forget manual way, don’t lost your time to do that, In order signing prossess will be easily, I suggest to use Rss submit, with htis tools it is meant that you have submit your rss to 80 directories. Your Feedcount have increase in 80 readers and this one not include the reader in the contain. Unfortunately this tools is not free, you should prepare your money. Don’t worry you can try that trial vertion by submit rss to 18 directories. please download here

If you unsatisfied with the price of that tools I will try to give another alternative. You can use Allscoop Rss Submit where you have change rss submit to 50 directories, because it is free so the facilities is so small. So don’t hope more from this tools. please download here

I suggest to use submit rss just one time, this one to block spam. Choose one of that tools that just for you. Actually there many tools that you can try. If you want to hunt this tools click here

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Put a Search Box on Your Blogger

2010-08-19T19:52:00.000-07:00

In order to make visitor feel comfortable when searching, actually have a search box already. But, sometimes we want to put a search box on your blogger. Our reason is, to put it anywhere we want, of course.

Example of Search box:

<form id="searchthis" action="http://www.o-om.com/search" style="display: inline;" method="get"> <input gtbfieldid="8" id="b-query" maxlength="255" name="q" size="20" type="text"> <input id="b-searchbtn" value="Search" type="submit">

Below, the code which you can use:

<form id="searchthis" action="http://</font><font color="#ff0000">namablog.blogspot.com/search" style="display:inline;" method="get">
<input id="b-query" maxlength="255" name="q" size="20" type="text"/>
<input id="b-searchbtn" value="Search" type="submit"/>

Don’t forget to change the red text with your own blog name!
</form>
To change standard search button with icon:

Code which you can use:
<form id="searchthis" action="http://www.o-om.com/search" style="display: inline;" method="get"> <input gtbfieldid="9" id="b-query" maxlength="255" class="textinputsearch" value="" name="q" size="22" type="text"> <input id="b-searchbtn" alt="Search" src="http://oom.blog.googlepages.com/search.gif" align="top" height="19" type="image" width="18"> </form>

Below, the code which you can use:

<form id="searchthis" action="http://</font><font color="#ff0000">namablog.blogspot.com/search" style="display: inline;" method="get">
<tr>
<td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top" height="16" align="left">
<input id="b-query" maxlength="255" class="textinputsearch" value="" name="q" size="22" type="text"/>
<input id="b-searchbtn" alt="Search" width="18" src="</font><font color="#ff00ff">http://oom.blog.googlepages.com/search.gif" height="19" align="top" type="image"/>
</form>

Don’t forget to change red text above with your own blog name. In order to change the image icon, you can change pink code above with address that stores your image.

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Showing Top Comment on Blogger

2010-08-19T19:43:00.000-07:00

Showing Top Comment on Blogger

Top comment in Blogger is information about the most amout of commentators in our blog. Until these days there are so many people who ask me about showing Top Comment on Blogger. Finally, I know how to do it. The code maker, first published here. And then it was edited here,. As additional, this Top Comment was made by Ionut Alex Chitu, who makes it by application from yahoo pipes info online help. In detail, you can see it yourself from http://pipes.yahoo.com/googlesystem/topcommentators

The code below is code that you can use directly. The way to place this code is really easy. Just insert it into page element:

<form method="post" action="--WEBBOT-SELF--">  <textarea rows="9" name="S1" cols="51"><script type="text/javascript"> function pipeCallback(obj) { [removed]("<ol>"); var i; for (i = 0; i < obj.count ; i++) { var href = "'" + obj.value.items[i].link + "'"; var item = "<li>" + "<a href=" + href + ">" + obj.value.items[i].title + "</a> </li>"; [removed](item); } [removed]("</ol>"); } </script> <script src="http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_render=json&_callback=pipeCallback&_id=c92ac21897d8b56e61cfa85930dd89a1&filter=nickname&url=http://namablog.blogspot.com&num=10" type="text/javascript"></script></textarea></p> </form>

Anything that need to be edited?

filter=nickname : enter name that you want to give filter. Better if you filter your own name.

namablog.blogspot.com : change into name of your blog

num=10 : Number of commentator that you want to publish or show.

On first appearance, we will find sort of commentator number. If it annoy you, just erase both of code [removed]("<ol>"); and [removed]("<ol>"); ; on the code above.

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iGoogle: Free Post Gadget for Blogger

2010-08-19T19:42:00.000-07:00

After I have changed New Feature: New Dashboard just a day also give information if they launch the newest feature that called Posting Gadget for iGoogle. With this gadget we can write, save, and published posting to all blog with distributor iGoogle.

The interest thing from Posting Gadget for iGoogle we can choose what blog that we want to use. By layout side, Gadget look so mini and just provide box Title, Body and lable. To posting, if we won’t plublished, we can save first. Just click Save Draft.

To try this feature you just click then login based on your account blogger. To read more, click New Feature: Posting Gadget for iGoogle.

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Blogspot Contact Picker

2010-08-19T19:40:00.001-07:00

Blogger today again add the latest features, namely their Contact Picker. This feature is useful email determine which are entitled to receive comments when someone leaves a comment on your blog.

If mail is only limited input on the 10 email, and now with the Contact Picker, we can use all the email addresses of course, Gmail is listed on the Contact the blogger..

You can also more easily manage and do choose an email address on your contact email, email most frequently contacted, friends, family or choose a contact email is recommended.

To try this facility, make sure you log in from http://draft.blogger.com then select Settings tab> Comment> Comment Notification Email and Email> BlogSend Address, and please select a contact email that you will use.

Congratulations, happy blogging with zoomtemplate.com

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Changing or Erasing Label Count on blogspot

2010-08-19T19:39:00.000-07:00

Label in standard blogger usually shows the amount of postings in one category. This label is usually marked with a parenthesis ( ). If you want to try changing or erasing the label count, follow the tutorial below:

The picture below is only an example on how to change the label count (100) to become [100] or <100> or completely erase it.

The way:

1. Enter Edit HTML page.

2. Don’t forget to turn on Expand Widget

3. Then search the code like shown below

(<data :label.count/>)

4. You may change the mark ( and ) with anything.

Example:

[<data :label.count/>]

or

{<data :label.count/>}

5. If you don’t want to show it, you just need to erase all of the code

(<data :label.count/>)

6. Don’t forget to save :)

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How to Import and Export on Blogger

2010-08-19T19:38:00.001-07:00

New Feature: Import and Export (Blogger in draft)

You can import an entry and comment from blog Blogger that have been export before, export this blog, or delete permanent..

Today, blogger also launch their newest service that is Import dan Export Blog. This newest Blog Backup service, of course brings new taste to user of blogger. With this service we can Export all posting and comment in a format file Atom-formatted XML. This way of course make us easier to cut contains of blog one to another one.

To Export blog is so easy, first login to http://draft.blogger.com/ then at setting page – We will se 3 options those are Import blog - Export Blog - Delete. Choose Export Blog and please backup your blog contains. (Attention: don’t press link delete)

To import file backup, the way is almost same with Export. Import entry and comment from export files Blogger that have been export before. Then that is import will be crop with all entry today, and sort based on date.

So, what should you wait now? Backup your blog file now:)

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Embedded Comment Form Under Post

2010-08-19T19:36:00.000-07:00

New Features: Embedded Comment Form (blogger in draft) - After long time have complaint from their user, finally Team Blogger edit the problem at comment form there new feature, this time we will not found the fuck blogger comment. Now blogger allowed us to Embedded Comment Form under post. I believe that this one is what you wait nowadays.

To Embedded Comment Form Form first login to http://draft.blogger.com then at the "Setting" page choose "Comments" then go to "Comment Form Placement" don’t forget to give check at “Embedded below post" don’t forget to save and look the result.

STOP ! If methods above succeed, the article below not is continued.

You should know before try this feature sometimes not directly succeed at the modified template. For unmodified blog I think it doesn’t matter. To solve this problem, blogger give bad way, that is by delete coding <b:widget id='Blog1' locked='true' title='Blog Posts' type='Blog'> then placed the code at the first position. Actually this way is not delete element page post, if it still like that, we will lose the first setting

To solve it try to enter Edit HML page (don’t forget to give centang at Expand Widget Templates).

Search code below: (sometimes each templates are different so just focus to the green code)


<p class='comment-footer'>

        <b:if cond='data:post.allowComments'>

        <a expr:href='data:post.addCommentUrl'             
expr:onclick='data:post.addCommentOnclick'><data:postCommentMsg/></a>

    </b:if>

</p>

Finish? Then delete all code above and replaced by the code below.


<p class='comment-footer'>

<b:if cond='data:post.embedCommentForm'>

<b:include data='post' name='comment-form'/>

<b:else/>

<b:if cond='data:post.allowComments'>

<a expr:href='data:post.addCommentUrl' expr:onclick='data:post.addCommentOnclick'><data:postCommentMsg/></a>

</b:if>

</b:if>

</p>

Don’t forget to save, please try again, if failed try more at comment page and give centang more "Embedded below post" Thanks (Agusramadhani.com)

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How to display the last Posts or Comments on the sidebar?

2010-08-19T19:35:00.000-07:00

1. Enter the administrator page elements (Dashboard → Layout).
2. Add a new feed widget, with the following URL’s:

To show the recent posts:

http://BlogName.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default

To display the latest comments:

http://BlogName.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default

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2010-08-19T19:28:00.000-07:00

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2010-08-19T19:24:00.000-07:00

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2010-08-19T19:17:00.000-07:00

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2010-08-19T19:04:00.001-07:00

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2010-08-19T19:02:00.000-07:00

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5 Steps to Write Effective Articles in Less Time

2010-07-21T23:03:00.000-07:00

Do you sit in front of computer for a long time to create a single blog post or article? Does it take too much thinking for you to come up with an effective article? If your answer was ‘yes’ to any of these questions, you should continue to read the post. Whether you are a blogger or a freelance writer or an article marketer, you need to write effective articles quickly. If you are doing one of those as a full time job, you must really use your time properly and try to write more articles in less time. Here are few things you should do when you sit to write an article or blog post.
1. Close Every Other Application
Ever installed any software? Few of them ask you to close other applications when installing it. The same should be followed when you sit to write an article. Close the chat client first. This is probably the one which eats up most of your time. Next, close your email client. Don’t have any other application open, other than your writing software. You should not open any of the applications when you are writing the article. You can open your browser when you want to look for some reference, but close it again as soon as you are done. Don’t check your blog traffic stats, AdSense earnings or anything else as well.
2. Do Research Before Writing
It is always better to do a little research before writing the article. This will help you to write an effective article. The quality of the article will show clearly that you have researched. Almost every blog post that hits the front page of social bookmarking sites is well researched and structured. By doing research, you also make your article longer and in depth.
3. Prepare a Schedule
Preparing a schedule will help you in saving time. Set a time for each and everything you do for the article. You can allocate 30 minutes or whatever you are comfortable with, for writing the article itself. Set 5 minutes for selecting an image. Also have 10-15 minutes for collecting references and coming up with a catchy headline. Within an hour, you should be able to create some top notch content.
4. Proof Read At Least Once
This is very important and most people skip this due to lack of time (or patience). This will prove to be costly when you are writing for some other person or for a client. Once you finish writing the post, read it once. If you have written many articles and don’t have time to proof read all of them, hire a person to do the work for you.
5. Do the Editing Till You Are Satisfied
Once you have completed writing the article, do the formatting works. Place the image at the right place. Give credit to the image author if needed. Preview the article. If it is what you wanted, publish the article. If not, continue with your editing and formatting. Add quotes to the post to make it more effective. Tie any loose ends.

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Use These 10 Tips to Write Your Most Popular Post Ever

2010-07-21T23:02:00.000-07:00

One popular post can bring your more traffic and links than a month’s worth of your usual content.
In this post, I want to set you a challenge with the potential to launch your blog into the stratosphere.
Make the next post you write your most popular post ever.
The following ten tips form my key advice for tackling this task. I used all of them when hitting the Digg front page for the first time. There’s no blueprint you can follow to write an incredibly popular post, but you won’t have a chance unless you try. I’m confident these tips will give you a good shot at success.
1. Time is more important than talent. Work on something for eight hours and you can bet it will be good. You don’t need to spend that long, however (though that’s how long it took me to craft the first post I wrote that hit the Digg front page). More time means you can refine, format and fill your post with plenty of value. Take the time to really craft your content. It will show in the finished product.
2. Use your best idea. A post will never become wildly popular unless it fulfills a need, and does so emphatically. What’s something your niche wants but hasn’t got yet? Can you assemble a whole lot of really awesome (targeted) resources in one place? The more your posts helps people, the better it will do.
3. Use formatting to your advantage. These days, social media is key when it comes to launching your posts into the stratosphere. Social media users are notoriously spoiled for choice, however. Use formatting to emphasize the best aspects of your post. Hone in on your funniest lines, your most profound bits of advice, your best resources. Make them stand out.
4. Brainstorm headlines. There are probably one or two bloggers who’ve completely mastered the art of writing headlines for social media (you’ll know who they are). The rest of us haven’t been blessed with such skills. When you see a great headline, chances are it’s option #12 of a dozen choices. Few of us can think of a great headline straight away. Spend ten minutes brainstorming and you’re bound to stumble across something that works. A weak headline will cripple your post’s chances of success. It’s essential that you put a lot of work into getting it right.
5. Invest plenty of value in your post. Ever bookmarked or voted for something without completely reading it? We’ve all done it. It’s because of the ‘Wow’ factor — the presence of enough promised value in one place gets the reader enthusiastic about the post straight away. Instead of 5 tips, why not share 50? Instead of 9 resources, why not 40 or more?
7. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If your post looks good, it will draw readers in. Take the time to add images, thumbnails and formatting to what you create. Make your post a visual feast. With so much web content presented in a bland way, your post is guaranteed to stand out.
8. Tell them what you’re going to tell them. Readers will skip your waffly introduction. You can say the same in less words, particularly when you’re writing for an impatient reader: someone who wants to get straight into your tips/resources/opinions. Use your introduction to highlight why the reader should stick with your post. There’s a reason my post introductions mainly consist of: “In this post, I’m going to do this, this and that.” It’s what people really want to know: what am I getting in exchange for my attention?
9. Send messages with links. The best way to get a blogger to investigate your blog is by linking to them. We’ve got a natural desire to know what’s being said about us. If your post becomes really popular, each link inside it should send enough traffic outwards to be worth investigating. Be generous with your outbound links when writing your most popular post. It gives other bloggers an incentive to link to you, because it’s ultimately more promotion for them.
10. Utilize your network. If you want people to Digg, Stumble or Reddit your post, there’s no reason why you need to sit back with fingers crossed and hope it happens. Ask them. Your loyal readers like you. You entertain them, or teach them, or help them. If voting is a simple matter of clicking a link they’ll be more than happy to do so. Ask for votes in your post and email readers and social media influencers. In most cases you will need to get the snowball rolling. After that, others will do most of the work for you.
Bonus tip:
11. Examine what worked before. Study your most popular posts so far. What’s common about them? Why did they work? What needs did they address? In creating your most popular post, it’s important to learn by example and build on what has worked for your blog in the past. Another good idea is to analyze the most popular posts on other blogs in your niche. Why did they work? What’s remarkable about them? You can transfer those qualities over into what you write.

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3 Reasons Why You Should Use Storytelling

2010-07-21T23:00:00.000-07:00

If I tell you that you should post at least once a day, and that posting frequency is extremely important for a successful blog, what will be your reaction? Probably a modest “OK.”

What if, instead, I tell you the story about when I increased the posting frequency on my own blog, illustrating what motivated me to do so, how I implemented the new strategy and the wonderful results I got out of it. Maybe this time you will say, “Interesting, I should try that.”
What is the difference between the two approaches? The first one is stating a cold opinion. The second one, on the other hand, is telling a story that the reader can relate to. If used correctly, storytelling can be a very powerful communication tool, and here is why:
1. Stories are authentic. Stories come from personal experiences (well, some are invented, but you know what I mean…). It makes a big difference if you are reading about something that the author thinks it might be true compared to something that he actually experienced in the first place.
2. Stories create a connection. Ever caught yourself reading or listening to a story and thinking, “Yeah, I know what you mean!”? That is because you can related to the story somehow, maybe you experienced something similar in the past, for instance. Once you get that connection in place it is much easier to deliver a message, and it is also easier to call people to action.
3. Stories are easy to remember. I bet you have been to a couple of conferences or seminars before. There is always this guy that cranks up dozens of Powerpoint slides and slams you down with numbers, statistics, facts and the like. Guess what, half an hour after he is finished with his presentation you will not remember a single thing. People that instead go on stage with an interesting and engaging story are the most effective ones. You just get it, and when you are back home you will even repeat the story to friends and relatives.
As you can see, storytelling is a very efficient communication technique. While it does not belong in every post, it can certainly add some salt to specific ones. Good luck with your next stories!

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12 Writing Tips from George Orwell

2010-07-21T22:58:00.000-07:00

George Orwell has arguably written some of the best essays of the 20th century. He is also famous for his novels, including Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Apart from reading his works you can also improve your own writing by following 12 tips that he wrote on the essay “Politics and the English Language”, check it out:
When writing a sentence you should always ask yourself those questions:
1. What am I trying to say?
2. What words will express it?
3. What image or idiom will make it clearer?
4. Is this image fresh enough to have an effect?
5. Could I put it more shortly?
6. Have I said anything that is avoidably ugly?
When choosing words, follow those rules:
7. Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.
8. Never use a long word where a short one will do.
9. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.
10. Never use the passive where you can use the active.
11. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
12. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.
Via: WritingLessons.com
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3 Rules for Writing Effective Titles

2010-07-21T22:57:00.000-07:00

In the age of blogs, wikis, RSS feeds and social bookmarking sites it is not rare to get overloaded with information. Technology makes it incredibly easy to produce content, whether we talk about text, audio or video. As a consequence people’s attention span is getting shorter and shorter.
On average I would say that you have a couple of seconds to capture the attention of the reader, and in those two seconds he will hardly read further than the title. That is why the title is so important, it can make the difference between people skipping your posts or reading and getting engaged by them. Below you will find 3 rules for writing effective titles:
1. It must grab the attention: if there is one place where the first impressions counts that place is the post title or headline. The title of your articles must immediately communicate why the reader should go on and read the rest of the content. Copywriters say that if you spent one hour writing the article you should spend just as much thinking about the headline. If you are looking for inspiration check out “10 Sure-Fire Headline Formulas That Work”.
2. It must reflect what is in the content: it certainly would grab the reader’s attention if your post had a headline like “The Ultimate Guide to Generating Website Traffic”, even if the post itself was just a couple of tips to generate traffic. The problem with this title is that it does not reflect the content, more specifically it overhypes the post. While you want your headlines to be as catchy as possible you also want to make sure that the reader will get what the title promises, else it will harm your credibility.
3. It must be search engine friendly: always write the headlines for humans and not for search engine robots. That being said often times it is possible to tweak the keywords that you use without reducing the quality of the title. It is a good idea to use a keyword suggestion tool to include terms that people are searching for (i.e. should you use “funny pictures” or “funny images”?). Like it or not most people find information through search engines.

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