Build the perfect audience for your blog

Various blog tips

This is a guest post by David Risley's davidrisley.com.

If you could hand-select an ideal reader to your blog, who are you? what do they like what they look like?

There's even ever made you think about this?

See all too often, blogger set up a blog, only beginning the post with fingers crossed, hoping that someone will come by.In those days, do you really think too much about people that you can withdraw. This is all about these numbers and getting traffic. After all, to see some positive numbers in your at least means someone hanliza listening, right?

As someone who has had this thing for over a decade of blogs, I'm here to tell you numbers don't mean that much. When it comes to making business full-time of blogs, people will be able to attract more important than quantity.

I would have rather than an audience of 1,000 people I really "click" well with from 10,000 people that I didn't. You can make more money with a small audience at any time.

To enter the realm of common sense, let's look at the real life, shall we?

I have already told before this blog business people. Understand people who understand the business blogs as a model.So, with this in mind, let's just think about things we already observed that little thing called "real life".

Have you ever had to deal with someone you just don't get along with – at all?Perhaps you have a sense of humor, but this person has no and ends up taking seriously all jokes (or, worse, get ???????). you are responsible for, that person is a model laoportonizm. Maybe you guys just sharing interests not at all.Guys are like oil and water.

Reversible side, other people are just really is easier to get along with. maybe they share the same goals, and end up working together. Perhaps you have a sense of humor as well as crack. you may be able to answer a special person and "love at first sight".Call it chemistry or you wish as Forrest Gump would say it, guys get such as peas, carrots.

Now, throw you fancy word, what I am talking about is overlapping. If you were trying to arbitrarily symbolize the same person in a series of vectors, all was a more or less in the same direction.Overlap or alignment.

He said many times, but very important part of making money as a blogger is to build solid relationships with your audience. You want, like and trust you.

If we get only a little more deeply, it comes to pull out the types of people "on" with. Overlap with people.

Your ideal reader is someone who shares certain goals with you (after all, and that's what makes them part of the market to begin with). Beyond that, however, they should also share some properties you so they "click" with your style, your personality.

These are people with personalities and congruent.These are the people who form the strongest bonds, will appreciate what you can produce, who would be more likely to buy your stuff or what they will feel as if they recommend. they know you.They like you and trust you.They are fans.

Now, it is very important that the way to describe your online brand personalities and withdraw congruent.Start up the properties of "jive" with the audience and play down the other.In fact, you are creating avatar brand for yourself.Ideally, avatar brand should be representative of where your audience wants to be.

If you know the rule the world of Internet marketing, then maybe you know who the Kern pair is Mr. Frank. this avatar brand client is ideal. wants to make money.Money generally means the freedom of time and location people often associate the beach freedom.So, what brand of Frank?Lbom surfers who lived on the beach in San Diego and turns everything into a huge piles of money by touching it openly displayed is a sense of humor.

What did Frank?There he played until those aspects of itself that are congruent with the audience his avatar brand for it that they want to be.

The purpose of this post is just to make you think avatar brand your blog.

In short, she came to be natural, but also strategic. be yourself on your blog to be a little about the kind of strategic brand online that you can describe the type, so you can attract people and when someone simply ... does not click with you that together, they cancel the subscription because the relationship is more important than the extra pixel graph your analyses.

To start, I recommend to write ads "Wanted" for the customer the ideal or reads. If you would write an advertisement of, what you write?

Here's an example, if I was writing one for the ideal audience for my blog:

WANTED: blogger who wants to make their passion driven effort full-time. must be a person ready to work while having fun with the operation.

It is a short and concise, yet is to identify the types of qualities ???????. I'm not saying that you are about to go out and post it everywhere. This is only an exercise to make you think avatar your brand and your target audience.

Finally, as to create this advertisement, think about how you describe yourself in your blog, what types of people it will draw is avatar your brand and your audience line up?

David Risley shows bloggers how to find the intersection of marketing blogs and finally start making money with your blog, you can track it escapades on Twitter at @ davidrisley.

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Basics for blog 5

Various blog tips

Guest post by Nathalie Lussier, who blogs like witches Raw foods.

Your blog gets the attention it deserves? who knows maybe you have not yet activated your blog still because there is no settled the right name or topic or maybe you think starting a blog, but you want to "do it" this time …

At Camp you are, you should consider five factors fundamental to provide the name of a new blog or business.

You will need to consider the brand and disadvantages before to settle on the name.Only have a few seconds to make an impression with your Web site visitors, potential visitors or if the name of the blog ... or your business doesn't capture what you are all about, then chances are people will just click away.

Do not start your blog to drive by visitors did you? no, you want to cultivate a community to accept comments, get people to register and for more information. It all starts with your branding more specifically, the name of the blog or your business.

Let's look at the options together, shall we?

There are many bloggers and businesses owners who choose to tag your blog with their own name (or pseudonym). Blogs like Steve Pavlina, Laura Roeder and ElizabethPW come to mind.

The advantage of using your domain name or your blog is that it is not likely to change.In addition, you get people to connect with a person or business entity.

Another advantage of using your name is if you ever decide to switch gears, a blog about new issues, pasted around, readers because they read what you have to say. Oh, no need to have people change their links if you decide to stop writing on the topic you have selected and start another blog.

Way, by using your own name is more about creating a strong connection with you as a person and blogger than about transferring a particular type of advice or information that does not mean you cannot provide a value, or targeting blog posts — meaning you simply not as tied. You can always create a tagline that describes the main area of expertise.

Downsides of branding as yours you need to train people to remember your name.If your blog name is unforgettable, you will have this problem. You must also ensure that yourname.com domain not drawn already recommended buying common misspellings of your name.

When you use on your behalf, you also need to remember that potential employers, family, and friends can easily find your blog, this may not now be much problem, but it's something to keep in mind if you are not ready to announce your blog to the world.

Other naming blog strategy is to choose a name that describes the topic you're blogging about. Examples include Ittybiz, Problogger, and escape from the nation of cells.You can tell just from reading the name of the blog exactly what your blog is about, what you can expect.

There are many advantages to choosing targeted keyword and title.There is certainly an advantage of search engine optimization includes a common word or phrase in your title. in addition, the people they are more likely to remember how to spell the name of your domain.

If you come with a fun, memorable brand and the name of the blog, you can set a new trend in motion.Today there are people calling themselves probloggers, referring to a blog ProBlogger. just like white truth Hot start fire starters "tribe".

The disadvantage of using the name of the specific blog is the limit on what to write about.If your blog name is dolphin salvage you start talking about manicures, your readers might throw off course along the way … not to mention negate some of these benefits SEO we talked before.

Another common problem with names of the specific blog is that we are all human beings users develop and change.We do not expect our stay static blogs than we expect our cells stop regeneration.

One way to deal with your variables is to expand the name of your blog — like a blogger who made the switch from consciousness illuminated illuminated mind & body.

You may also lose some of your blogs ??????? accept burned write about topics that year after year.(But there are great tips chchnf bloggers block.)Ultimately, it is recommended that you choose a specific name for your blog only if you see yourself for sticking to your subject at least several years.

Before you choose a name for the blog you're going to probably think through what you should be writing about.I want to caution you not to accept certain topics or shota into niche markets simply because they are hot now.

There are certainly trends in the world of blogs, and you do not want to be one of the latecomers to the party.

Avoid selecting a topic because you think he monetize well if your heart isn't in it, will be able to tell your readers.No one wants to spend tons of time setting up a blog giving up just a few months down the line.

Select the topic that you're really passionate about and that you see yourself writes about the long term.

Another thing that I want to caution you about is to choose the name really does not mean nothing, or worse, that has a meaningful non-interested ????????.

Try to stay away from the dull, non-real-life meaningful names such as "positive" or "thoughts on leadership" you don't want something is generic because people will forget him immediately. This does not mean that you don't pick a great name that is both simple, removed the subject.

Let me tell you a story about how the name of my blog, I chose the name initially arrived. for Raw food, because I wanted to help people make the switch to raw food diet.

I found that I actually was antagonizing my readers, since he was assuming they wanted to go to their diet. don't think ever already met anyone who voluntarily just itching to change the way they eat.

Changes usually come due to the challenge of health or other life changing experience. to see the name of my blog not talked my people in the right way. This is why …

At this point, I received two offers from and about my blog name in general I try to not be affected by too many people who are not my target market (and aren't part of my family members into raw food at all!).

My friend was great insight. He proposed to move the "s" switch Word food word and become the witch foods I resisted Raw. at the beginning of his proposal, since it is difficult to see the genius in someone so close, potentially biased.

Yet once took his advice and decided to make her move, everything fell into place. Whitmore Martin illustrated my new logo witchy, I got tons of great new notes, in addition to Member that has a connection with my readers.

So my advice here is to listen to your friends and family, even though they might be skewed, they probably know you well enough to see the things that you see yourself.

If you already had a stuck through the planning of your blog before creating one, there is no better time than the present can always tweak your name over time, so diving and create this blog!

Remember that you can choose between branding, targeted name as yours, or creating unforgettable. do not select a topic just because cool, and plan to write about for years to come. Finally, listen to your friends and family when you select the input your name.

Nathalie Lussier cowl software turned blogger healthy food, you can get tons-prepare recipes, see her hat its witch where witches foods Raw. tweet it on @ NathLussier.

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ProBlogger book: audio version available

ProBlogger site news

The second edition of the book ProBlogger (hard cover) came out earlier this year and enjoyed some great reviews (you can read what's new in sec.)

He also left the Kindle version at the same time, but in recent months was released another version: audio version.

While leaving the Publisher was a passenger, so put off posting about it (and then promptly forgot to do so) so here's my post launch point!

I never heard audio version by Chris or myself (it is a bit strange to hear someone to tell your story in the first person) but I suspect the guy reading it does so in a more distinct than Chris secondary and can manage with our express mad!

I know many of you learn more effectively by hearing than read, so if you have read the book, you can take an audio copy rather than listen to it on your iPod, your computer, or a car.

Enjoy!

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The 7 deadly fears of blogs about how to overcome them

General

This guest post is by Nathan Hangen empire building a digital computer.

I remember back to the beginning of 2008, when I just started blogging, is that although I had a great aspirations of knowledge, of my expertise, of confidence as a blogger is missing. I stumbled over my career before year-blogs I really had a good grip on things, and even then I struggled with many things.

But above all, through all the struggles I was one of the enemy that kept popping up time and again, each time in a different way than the last. This enemy was a goat determined, hand, eventually, I had no choice but to confront it, or to engage a cumulative life forever.

Finally, the moment of Bruce Wayne's brightness, I decided to turn this around the face of the enemy, and it.The name was fear, seven ways, he tried to take me.Here are the tactics used to fight back.

I never thought having too many ideas will be a bad thing, but what is worse, I never suspected that the culprit in fact be the fear itself.

The early days, I found that only when you get close to complete the idea, I suddenly be filled with dozens of new ideas. as a result, I can move the concept idea, one never finishing. eventually, I realized my fear of going all in a single idea was saving me from being successful as a blogger.

Tactic 1: stop playing the concept idea and ship those you are already committed.

After I was committed to a single idea, often I found myself running out of things to write about. This was not to be all ideas, but I was too afraid to speak on them.

"What if people make me?"
"What if people think I'm idiot?"
"What if I don't really know what I'm talking about?"

This type of self-talk killer blog is an excellent way to take yourself out of the fight in front of you an opportunity to grow.Successful bloggers do not work from their best ideas, give them the world.

Tactic 2: don't be afraid to be you. Start the flame out into a wildfire.Some of the best bloggers I know are more personal, more open, even I'm comfortable with, guess what … their audience love them for it.

My wife often asked me this very: "who cares what you think?"

And time, it hurt like a dagger, not because it's a silly question, but because it's one I was asking myself every day.

"Who really cares what I think?"
"Why does my ideas matter?"

This is an issue of confidence, and that fear of love play games and serious. First of all, it doesn't matter if anyone cares what you think.The only person to use it yourself.Furthermore, there are people just like you everywhere, you will be surprised how come out of hiding to come when they see a real leader.

Can't be everything to everyone, but can be a great leader who resonate with, and connect people with ideas and philosophies. However, they cannot do that if you do not share them.

Tactic 3: Seth Godin wrote that bshbti, the truth is that Yes – we need you to lead us to people care what you think, in fact, far more than you imagine.Must have to share it; don't be selfish.

I see this one all the time.Bloggers still call themselves hobby bloggers even though they don't want to be. they call themselves the list b, or c-list even when they are able.

Fear and love to tell you that you are not good enough to be great, because you always you bound the role of a follower, or second rate this talent.That's not true, but it's easy to fall prey to this type of call.

There are rules to say that only the average blogger. in fact, the road is wide open for anyone ready to go.

Tactic 4: stop cutting yourself, give yourself permission to be great.Nobody was going to ask you to be wonderful, but they are a step in a minute you're ???????.Require the authority;Do not wait.

I remember a trembling at the thought of asking our brother guest posting opportunity blogger.The name was Caroline Middlebrook, though we talked a little via email, I was nervous as hell to ask her permission. Finally one day and just do it, and guess what?Success! unfortunately, I see many bloggers fear this step, as a result, they toil isolation for years.

I joked with Kelly Diels about it one time — asking guest blogger post opportunity is like asking a friend to go on a date with you great relationships may Twitter or section comments, but you don't want to ruin it for the purpose of the guest post … so wait.

Tactic 5: Word is not something to fear, rather than fearing it needs to get used to hearing it cannot display not hitting ??????????'??, but rather a way to get one step closer to Yes.If the simple act of executing a request enough to destroy a relationship, then it wasn't worth it.

People are just going to show on your blog and offer to send you money for free via e-mail;You must be able to offer something.

You are told time and again there is a need to develop your own online store, which means that you have started planning a series of products, courses, webinars and anything else you can think of.But where to stop.
For some reason, there is always something that gets way of getting your product actually ended.

MediaEmergency postsEmailSocial blog this crazy way.

You know that's true, but you can do this anyway.

Look, I know it's not easy to sit down and create a product, the minute you try to do this, you're getting confusing. it's easier to do, but have to fight it.

Tactic 6: don't let the resistance forever. instead of targeting a fear of losing time to do something else, or your ability to create the perfect product, focus on the positive … to focus on creating a product, delivery. like blogs, takes perfect, but never get there if you are running.

This is a large one, unfortunately, probably the most common fear in blogosphere. how you can make money when you love what you do? how do you ask if a friend or colleague to buy something, especially when you want to see them comment retweet your blog posts?

Well here's the deal, if they are not asking for the sale and then never get one case has been closed.

You can try to avoid pages sales "scammy", large launches or affiliates, but unless you have an army of people waiting for you to sell something, probably never going to weak work. If you want to make a living doing this, you have to fight for it; do not be afraid of closing.

Tactic 7: get comfortable asking sale. find every opportunity that you can practice it, and save up to fear disappears. eventually, I will become second nature, promise you.

In my opinion the biggest fear is by contacting bloggers all this hard work they are doing is never going to pay. I know how it feels.

Don't want to spend time on something that won't work., you want to "smash" and you want to make a difference ... you don't want to lose or to look stupid.

The best advice that can give you is this:

No one knows if what you're doing is going to pay. However, I can say without reserve that as long as you want to succeed, with all the fiber in your soul, you are ready to do what it takes to do so (this means may offset gears or changing your business), then the monster fear won't be something close to chance battle against you.

Rotating, mirroring the fear in her eyes, and he ends up hitting, Mortal Kombat style.

Nathan Hangen is initiated, as well as the author writes about building digital Empire. If you're tired of letting fear get the way of your success, click here to get free eyes of fear fuel, revolutionary course for entrepreneurs.

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7 ways to find inspiration: important outdoors blog

Writing content

Guest post by Amy Parmenter from parmfarm.com.

Have you ever wondered how to get Darren, other bloggers list of so much great content? it looks simple to come pouring out: day after day, month after month, year after year, there is a constant flow of information and inspiration. In the meantime, we'll quickly runs dry.

As a journalist, too, am I called him to create new stories every day. While some of the stories get themselves, most do not.There are plenty of slow news days, with the advent of new cycle 24 hours a day, and almost always need a good story.

Over the years, I found my biggest inspiration comes when "I think outside the newsroom", I ask myself, "what people are talking about? what people about?Who has a problem might be able to address? "and, with this story ideas flow.

It's no wonder that I found that holds true for blogs.

When you're looking for inspiration, you spend the whole day on the Internet, read what others have written and tried to make it call it your own. Alternatively, you can think outside of the blog.Takes a little more work and creativity, but the end result is truly original posts and the chance to develop a loyal following.

Here are seven ways to find inspiration by "thinking outside of the blog."

Given that I am a journalist, you might think that it would be a no-brainer, but like Darren and Kim on Regator must both pointed out, if you are going to write about topics trending, you want to offer a unique perspective. Who said it's easier to do so.Write about an interesting topic to du jour, useful with your niche, which can be quite the challenge.

For example, my blog discusses the growing personally, professionally, I wondered how that can be written to the football World Cup or bpaotz of horns?

What about an article named "Silencing Vuvuzelas"? I'm a post comparing the structure of games to successive noise that successive noise in your head that criticizes everything you do.Once you get it just part of the game, easier target.

Aware of the fact that not all of these exercises, but here's another reason to do so — even if only a walking trip. me, he thinks walk (or incremental, or swimming). safe exercise kindness, but it also clears the mind (silencing the vuvuzelas!), more often than not, ideas pop within or across domains only your path.

For instance, I'm a bike riding out the day, I saw beautiful goose stuffed with the idea of crossing the road. Unfortunately, on my return, goose it was on the opposite side of the road, with his head.

Vbhcerot. How can I possibly write about it? Remember, I write about personal and professional growth.

Following my post was entitled "the life lesson I learned from Goose." message was simple: If God gives you wings, use them.

This is a tricky one, is for you to determine where to draw the line, but one of the things that makes the ProBlogger so successful is that it is so personal in nature. even if Darren is unknown to you, don't you feel like you know Darren?

Is shared about his family, he should be a reference to this belief, we know he likes to photograph because of any of these things, at one time or another, has served as the inspiration for this blog.

Mistakes and failures are not the same thing, but they can both provide inspiration, even if it hurts.For the purposes of my failure to something you've tried to not work as you hoped, but it is a mistake to something they have done in the first place. in any event, if it results in a blog post, something good comes from it.

For instance, recently I wiped out all of the files on my computer, not back then, frustration and anger only myself to blame me, I'm no good reason lspsli owners.

While I'm ashamed to admit, I am so proud of both blog produced it: "what I learned on my relationships and my computer: If something is important to you — protect it."

In terms of failures, some of the best bloggers write about things you've already tried to settings that worked.Not only this information is useful, but it's also inspiring because you can see also who we recognise as "successful" there were disappointments along the way.

To clarify, we think outside of the blog here, so I refers to the failure is not about fall short in several subscribers she be at some point in time.A better example would be one of the most popular posts in the blog digital photography of Darren about taking pictures blurry images.

This is one easy. how often Darren write about someone asked the same question or something that came in the conversation?Rarely a day go by when I don't have a conversation could parlay into a post.

For instance, recently I had a conversation with a friend was frustrated in his work is not going to go ... to his boss and on the same day, but he came to realize the need is changing.

Blog post!

One short phone call was the inspiration for "what's next?", a post about the importance of forward thinking.

While we all want to be probloggers, most professional bloggers are something else. already told you I'm a reporter today (and sometimes by night …), but this does not mean that only you can find new inspiration for my work.

For instance, we all know and believe in me is changing the media, I am thick of it. like so many other industries, there are few job security, who still come do twice as many half payment.

Blog post!

Witness my other struggling to re-journalists invent themselves, I wrote the post, "wait for your change," a small anecdote about what to do when you don't know what to do next.

This is easy because it's one that everyone can relate to what you're afraid of? what are readers fear? write about this you don't need to get rid of fear: simple OK it builds a sense of these went to build — perhaps even eliminate some of your fears!

For example, as a blogger you have to wear many hats at the same time ... but what if no one reads your posts? what if someone leaves a comment you left out responding? what if I don't publish regularly as promised you? what if …

It is so overwhelming! so Darren wrote a post on the great feeling dazed that made us all feel a little better.

Inspiration is all around you just look.

To see him. feel it. write about it.

About your connector: Amy Parmenter is the award-winning journalist who blogs about personal and professional growth that is speaking at parmfarm.com. BlogWorld, 15 October, about how to get Media coverage of your blog. transition.

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How do I make money blogging: splitting income August/September 2010

Blogging for dollars

Since April this year, I was putting together my own business earnings reports try to give readers a sense of how bloggers can earn income from a variety of sources.

A few months since I updated, today I'm going to cover two in August and September.

Below you will see two pie charts with splits in two months. Note that there are some differences between them, with ebook sales is the biggest mover of the month (it always goes a bit when you launch a new ebook, as I did in August with the Scorecard copywriting for Bloggers).

 

Here I also include chart tracks different income streams over the last six months and shows total revenue and all of the streams.

You'll notice in September was the lowest since June revenue, mainly because you did not activate product or do you perform a large branch every month (is the calm before the storm, hope, the end of the year seems like it would be busy, busy, busy).

 

Another factor is the game that the exchange rate between the EURO Australian dollar has not working to my satisfaction.

Where I became $ .20AUD just a few months ago for each $ 1 USD, the exchange rate is now almost 1: 1, due to the strength of the Australian economy moment (we seem to be one of the few countries in the world do not have a recession).

As always, people ask why I would not let these charts dollar figures. I'm not really into getting there is that, except to say the business produces a seven figure income each year.

What were your last few months like?

If you're interested in breakdowns months are available at:

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Used to move readers the operation by the power of imagination

Writing content

Imagine if you had the power to move readers to take action on orders that gave them in your blog posts! how powerful that is?

Recently I heard a number of radio advertisements must be opened by lines are similar to the one above — invite those hearing ad "imagine" something. one ad aired until-hued fathers day (which falls in September in Australia) said:

"Imagine the look of your father's face when he opens a gift from you and sees a newspaper the day born!"

What a great opening line — I envisioned my father immediately opens a gift and the gift I was revellers take action, to buy newspaper this (although I am not because it was already we got him as a gift).

After hearing this technique used in radio ads several times recently, it struck me this powerful technique could be used to write blog posts. here are some thoughts about the concept of using recorded imagination blogs who put on a walk (my second "WalkCast") simply click the icon below to start the listener.

What do you think? do you use invitation ever ' imagine ' in your posts? how it worked?

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