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Apple iPad3 Media Event

Jamey — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:22:12 +0000

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10 hours of battery life still! 9 hours on 4G!

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“You may recall, the iPad 2 we claimed 10 hours of battery life for most things you do.” 9 hours on 3G.

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Phil is running down the features again: the retina, the A5X, the new camera, the 1080p recording, the LTE…

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The iPad can now be a personal hotspot too — if the carrier supports it. Look for AT&T to use this to get more money out of you.

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“Around the world, they’ll roam on 3G

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Verizon, Rogers, Bell, Telus and AT&T will be the LTE partners.

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Now, Vimeo on both players, looking at BIRD film.

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This is AT&T LTE, by the way!

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New iPad nwo has 21Mbps HSPA+ and DC-HSDPA at 42Mbps, with LTE taking the cake at 73Mbps.

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iPad 2 has 3.1Mbps on EV-DO, 7.2 on HSPA.

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Fourth feature: voice dictation.

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Third feature: 1080p video recording. No big shocker there. “Wherever you are, you want to grab a video for work or play or school you’ve got a great camera to grab that with.”

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Next feature: iSight camera.

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5-megapixel backside illuminated sensor on the back, 5-element lens, IR filter, and ISP built into the A5X chip.

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This is the best mobile display ever!

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“These apps are gorgeous and groundbreaking.”

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“These apps are gorgeous and groundbreaking.”

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“They help you create and learn, or do almost anything.”

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Over 200,000 custom apps specifically for the iPad. “These apps are gorgeous and groundbreaking. They help you create or learn or do almost anything.”

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Tim Steven Engadget:

“This is remarkable for a device that has been on the market for less than two years.”

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Same for web surfing and e-reading. “Overwhelmingly” says Tim.

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“When we asked iPad users who had a notebook a desktop and a smartphone about their favorite device for email, they responded ‘iPad.’”

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Engadget: Tim Stevens

“When we set out to create the iPad we set out to create not just a new product but a new category. In order to do that the iPad had to be the best device for doing some of the things that you do most often.”

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Quoting PC World, Tony Bradley, saying it is “hard to imagine a time without it.” It being the iPad, of course.

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Here it comes!

Sold 15.4 M iPads in Q4 2011

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“The momentum behind iPad has been incredible and it has surprised virtually everyone.” 15.4 million sold in the last quarter.

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Pre orders start today!

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Engadget: That’s the new Apple TV and we think you’re going to love it.

Tim is back, price is . Available next week and you can order today. “I would encourage you to do that.”

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Demo video took about 10 sec. to load.

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The new interface is definitely a TV version of iOS. Icons, apps, cover flow.

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New Apple TV announced. 1080p. New interface which looks more like iOS.

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iOS 5.1 is available today

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Supports 1080p with a “streamlined new user interface.” Still not a basic iOS interface.

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Supports 1080p with a “streamlined new user interface.” Still not a basic iOS interface.

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New apple TV

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You’ll be able to re-download movies you’ve purchased on any device, and movies and TV shows now support 1080p.

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Engadget: (Tim Stevens) iTunes in the cloud now supports movies!

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Now you can’t talk about the post PC world without talking about the app store.

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They have announced Siri in Japan!

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The Verge: ”Now many of you have heard what Siri sounds like in the US, but we thought it might be fun to let you listen to Siri from other parts of the world. Like Australia.”

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One of the favorite new features is Siri

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Sold 62m of those devices last quarter

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Next up iOS

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The Verge: This is some inspirational stuff. Very epic video.

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Playing now is a video tour of the Grand Central Station.

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Engadget: (Time Stevens) ”We were so excited about the opening of this store that we prepared a video.” Time for a little show!

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Engadget: Now he’s showing off the Grand Central store, the turnout was “off the charts.”

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Verge: ”Now part of the reason for this is that the things that make a great post PC company are the things we’ve been about for years.”

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Verge: ”We have our feet firmly planted in the post PC future.”

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There are 3 post pc products. The iPad…iPhone, iPad.

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“Morning. Thank you very much for joining us. We have a great morning planned.”

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And it has begun.

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The Verge has started posting pic’s outside of the event.

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Lots of people piling up outside. Engadget is doing a live stream until the event starts.

The Apple store is currently down! With 47 minuets remaining until the event kicks off, many people are still wondering why Apple is not trying to do live streaming.

Most of us can remember in the past Apple having issues with the live streaming of it’s events, but with Apple you would think they would improve it.

List of the Live Event blots that we will be watching:

The one rule of Auto-blogging

Jamey — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:00:55 +0000

I know that a lot of you want to make money online and do it as fast as possible. Now that blogging has become more and more lucrative business to do this, I see most of online marketers are falling into the traps of automated software. Every time I open my inbox there is another email from someone making outrages claims that they make $500,000 dollars per month using this software. Honestly. If you believe that then you need to place your credit card into an envelope with your pin number and send it to me. Because that is what you are doing wasting your money. I am not saying that you shouldn’t invest in a program you have to be aware of what to do next.

You have to remember that auto-blogging is about having content that is automatically posted to your blog. This is done because the author of that content wants to create a back-link from you. But is the content related to your site and is their back-link also related. The countless times I have seen people use content posted on their blog that isn’t related to their subject and the back-link’s lead you to adult websites or casinos. Be careful not to make these mistakes. It is not set it and forget it anymore. It is set it and go back once a week and check it.

The main thing that Google will look for is unique and relevant content. This is the one thing that will keep Google happy. You cannot have a blog about how to train your dog to write your articles for you. Then have articles about how to have your cat do your washing. Even though it would be an interesting read it isn’t relevant. If you do this you will fail to make money online with your blog. Everyone now is starting to see that blogging is an easy alternative. What you have to understand it isn’t like it use to be and Google have now caught on. You have to be aware of what information is being posted on your blog. The more unique i.e. write it yourself or have someone do it for you the better.

So let’s just have a quick overview. When setting up your auto-blog make sure the content is relevant to your site and keyword. Make sure all back-link’s are not going to any gaming or adult website. If you are going to allow people to make comments on your blog make sure you can monitor them. Don’t use duplicate articles. Also make sure you write your own content at least once a week if possible. I have 25 blogs and write two post a week. I am not saying you want to write a 500 word essay for each one (even though that would be great) as long as what your post is relevant and rich in content. Follow these basic rules and you will make money online. It may take a few months but at least you will get there.

Auto blogging can work for you have to make sure you use the right program and follow the one simple rule that I have outlined above.

How to Get My Site Discovered – The Secrets Behind Attaining Search Motor Optimization Achievement

Jamey — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 20:00:34 +0000

Author: Scott Ballard

Everyone web site proprietor would like their internet site to show up at the leading of the search engines for their chosen keywords, yet number of truly obtain this objective. The vast vast majority of those website owners that deal with to accomplish these top rankings do so both by employing a Investigation Engine Optimizer or by undertaking Investigation Engine Optimization themselves.

Several folks perceive Investigation Engine Optimisation as a hugely advanced and bewildering science and are frequently baffled by market jargon, these kinds of as keyword spamming, black hat methods and Meta Tags. However, quite a few of the tactics and principals that require to be undertaken are not complex or incomprehensible at all. This article will offer some easy measures, utilizing distinct and concise English that can be carried out to boost your site overall performance, any jargon utilized will be meticulously explained in buy to make the processes accessible to everyone.

The first place that need to be regarded when searching at marketing is search phrase variety, this is usually cited as becoming the single most essential step in your investigation motor marketing technique. Selecting the right search phrases is a lengthy and sometimes boring procedure, nevertheless it is crucial to a effective and structured Search engine marketing campaign. Keyword variety refers to the method of selecting the key phrases or search term phrases that a web site proprietor believes their focus on industry would kind into investigation engines when searching for them.

In the very first occasion a listing of every single key phrase phrase that you think is appropriate to your business and that you believe your focus on audience might kind into the investigation engines. It is a excellent thought to ask other staff and close friends for their tips, due to the fact in the very first occasion it is vital to have a comprehensive checklist of keywords and phrases.

As soon as a record of keywords and phrases has been picked, a search term info tool should be used to decide if these search phrases are truly getting searched for. Quite a few Search engine optimization experts will use computer software such as Wordtracker or Key phrase Discovery, nevertheless the two of these equipment have a financial price, so may not be suitable for novice or component time SEOs. Wordtracker also present a ‘watered down’ model of their instrument which is free, this can be identified at freewords, wordtracker, and alternatively, Google supply an AdWords Search phrase software which is also free of charge.

By employing these instruments you can figure out equally the search recognition of your conditions (approximately how numerous individuals are typing these phrases into a search motor in the course of a provided period of time – usually a month) and the levels of competition degree of your picked keywords. The ultimate goal of this procedure is to pick a tiny selection of keywords (say 3-five) per web page of your web site that you want to optimize, that are well-liked to searchers, pertinent to the written content on your web site and have a very low degree of competitiveness. If you come across search phrase phrases that match these 3 standards you are carrying out really effectively and have discovered best search phrases to get started with.

When keywords and phrases have been chosen, these should be included in the Meta Tags (HTML coding – this is fast and simple and can be performed by a internet site developer or someone with rudimentary HTML capabilities), and into the textual content on the website.

The second place that desires to be deemed is copywriting, this refers to the real text on the webpages. Having successful copy on your internet site is essential for on the web marketing and advertising and can often make the variation among an ineffective internet site and a highly productive and profitable web site. Initial and foremost even when composing duplicate with investigation engines in head the major purpose of the copywriter should be to write duplicate that is intriguing and compelling to people. It’s all extremely properly composing ideal backup for Google or Yahoo, but if your aim at market place is not interested in what you are declaring, then, you are wasting your time.

In order to create efficient replicate a single ought to be ready to interweave the selected search term terms within the compelling copy they are creating, thereby fulfilling each investigation engines and readers. One should be extremely aware that overuse of key phrases (otherwise identified as key phrase spamming) is disliked by Investigation Engines and may well even end result in a penalty or blacklisting.

The last facet that will be regarded in this write-up is again links. This refers to backlinks to your site from other web sites. In easy terms, search engines think about a hyperlink from yet another web site to your internet site to be akin to a ‘vote’ for your internet site, in essence a person else expressing that the content on your web site is beneficial or intriguing. The finest back links to get are from internet sites that have written content that is appropriate to your internet site or is from a ‘reputable’ source (eg. A nationwide newspaper internet site, a government institution or big corporation).

There are several various strategies of acquiring Backlinks, such as composing and calling firms and associations to request a link from their website. Some businesses also provide back links for sale, even though this can be a thing to be wary of and may not in fact be really efficient. Reasd more: submit my website to search engines

Ideas That Might Be Your Best Business Opportunity

Jamey — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:00:38 +0000

There are lots of ways to make money on the internet and lots of people doing it but how do you decide what is the best business opportunity for you. There are so many things you can choose from that you want to find the one that best suits you. Each of them has their up sides and their downsides so you will have to choose carefully.

Maybe selling a digital product is the best business opportunity for you. These are places that sell things like stock photographs or video. It takes a little time and investment but once you have your system set up you get to sell the same image over and over again. Some video games also fall in this category. One of the great advantages of this type of business is that all the work takes place at the begining of the business. Once that is done the business should basically run itself with you only having to deal with the occasional problems and updates.

Many people however find that physical products work better for them. Because it is similar to a brick and mortar store they see it as the best business opportunity. After all, you can sell basically anything. Here you have the downside of inventory and shipping. Yes you can buy on terms but then you are under pressure to sell before the terms come due. Then there is the hassle of storage and shipping. A solution to that is drop shipping. In drop shipping you take the order the pay the company the agreed amount and it is ship from their warehouse with your name on the return so it looks like it came right from you.

Internet marketing has long been known by many to be the best business opportunity. It is one of the few areas that allow you to have a chance on being on equal footing with major corporations. In some ways it can be good for a beginner because so much of it can be learned as you go. However it is competitive and so will take work and leadership to stand out. It does take time to build a solid reputation but working hard and honestly can build you a reputation of a great company to do business with.
(home business opportunity, online home business opportunity) is to offer yourself, your skills specifically. When selling your services you never run out of product and it is completely customizable. It really does not matter what it is you did before there is almost always a way to sell your experience on the internet. It sounds campy but it is true that every body is unique and has something special to offer. The biggest challenge you face is taking an honest look in the mirror and deciding what that is. That will lead you not only to a job that you are good at but to one that you enjoy doing.

Use Bubble Wrap For Protection When Posting Glass Items

Jamey — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 18:46:17 +0000

The protection of any items that you are sending through the post should be at the forefront of your thoughts when packing them. This is even more applicable if you are sending anything that is made from glass or has glass parts on it. If you are sending something like this then there is clearly a high chance of it breaking if it is not packaged correctly. To help prevent any unnecessary breakages from occurring you should make sure that you protect such items with bubble wrap. Doing this will give a cushioned layer that will stop damage from any minor bumps meaning the recipient isn’t literally left to pick up the pieces. Different items will need to be packed in different ways, some may need to use extra layers while other may just need one or two.
Lets take a glass vase as an example to look at the best way that it should be packaged. When sending something like this that is made completely from glass, there is clearly going to be a large risk of a breakage during delivery. You have got to make sure that you give sufficient cushioning on all sides to help prevent this. One of the major points is that you should not have any part of the vase touching the sides of the box that you package it in. Failing to do this means that if the box is dropped and lands on that particular part then it will be the vase that takes the brunt of the impact. You also need to make sure that the item isn’t rattling about inside so don’t use a box that is much bigger than the item being sent. You should stuff the box with balls of newspaper or packing peanuts and then place the vase in the middle of this. The vase should be wrapped with a couple of layers of bubble wrapping and should also have some of it inside to fill it out so that it is not a hollow shell. Doing all of this will give your package the best possible chance of arriving in the condition it is meant to.

For anything that only has some glass in it such as a photo frame then you don’t have to provide as much protection but still need to make sure that there is enough to prevent damage. Putting a couple of layers of bubble wrap around the frame and then posting it in a padded envelope should be sufficient. Any item that has even the smallest chance of breaking should be packaged carefully, doing so will mean you wont be wasting money on things that end up in pieces.

Blogging Platform Tips For Maximizing Your Site Visiblility

Jamey — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:10:14 +0000

Choosing which blogging platform to use is one of the most important decisions that you can make as a blogger. The right platform can make blogging a breeze, and the wrong platform can really be a pain in the neck.Because the program that you use to blog with is such a powerful part of your blogging experience, it is important to find a platform that provides your ideal balance between a user-friendly interface and a flexible framework that allows you to make your blog look and feel unique.

You will also make sure you have access to all the great features that can make your blog popular, such as RSS feeds. Finding the right platform isn’t always easy, but with a little bit of research, you will be on your way to finding the perfect blogging platform that suits your needs.

Deciding what your priorities are in terms of ease of use versus customization and features. Most highly customizable blogging platforms, like moveable type, are a bit more difficult to use than very automated platforms like WordPress.com or Blogger.com. If you are new to blogs and to internet technology, you might want to sacrifice the ability to create a custom background design or to integrate a unique font into your template in order to find a program that will be easy for you to work with.

On the other hand, if you are a veteran web designer with knowledge of html or javascript, you will probably find the limitations of a user-friendly platform annoying.

There is no such thing as a blogging platform that is objectively the best platform, because every blogger has unique needs. The blogging movement is very much about individuality, so it makes plenty of sense that there would be many different platforms available that are designed to meet the needs of different kinds of individuals undertaking different kinds of projects to express their unique voice.

This diversity is a good thing, because it means that you will almost certainly be able to find a program that suits your level of technical expertise.

However, the fact that no two bloggers need the same thing from a blogging platform can make your search for the right platform a painful task. When you are reading reviews of different platforms, try to keep in mind the reviewers point of view and the features you really need.

For example, a negative review written by an accomplished software designer who complains that a popular platform is too limited may tell you that the platform in question is ideal for a beginning blogger.

There is no such thing as the perfect platform for everybody, so instead of looking for the “best” platform, look for the best platform for your specific criteria. If you are starting and do not want the hassle of web hosting right now, you can use www.blogger.com or www.wordpress.com. Later, if you want to host your blog, you have the option to easily do it.

The Bad Side of Blogging

Jamey — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:14:23 +0000

How many blogs do you suppose there are on the Internet? Whoops another one was just started, and another, and another and another.

There are millions of blogs online today and everyone is practically tripping over each other to start their own. My question is why?

You can answer that in word. Money! People think blogging is the magic bullet they have been missing to make money for the first time in their life. The other thing is blogs are so simple to start that a child of 10 could do it.

Of course after a few days the new blogger begins to realize that the money is not flowing in and this is going to become work. They sure are spending a lot of time working on their new blog and they have not made one penny off of it yet.

This is the bad side of blogging. It takes a lot of work to get traffic to your blog and it takes even more work to convert some of that into a paying customer.

If you value your time you lose money every time you set down and post in your blog. Let’s say you spend 30 minutes writing a 400-word blog post and you do that everyday for 1 month. You have just spent 15 hours and you may not have even made any money yet.

That’s the rub right there. First of all most people will never write 30 posts in the first month or maybe ever. The Internet is cluttered with blogs that were started with good intentions and abandoned like an orphan.

Someone should start a blog orphanage for abandoned blogs that we could adopt and offer tender loving care to. The bad side of blogging is you may be the next victim of ‘blogging is work’ syndrome. Another blog started and abandoned because blogging is work and is not the easy road to riches you hoped it was.

A really good blog is one that is started by someone who would keep it up if they never made any money at it. The reasons for this are that the topic of the blog is a passion for the blogger. They have an interest in the subject matter. They may even be an expert in what they write about and their expertise shows.

The reader comes back over and over to see what the blogger will say next. They pull out their credit card to buy a product the blogger recommends. They click on a Google ad or subscribe to a newsletter. It is all so easy when the blog is kept up to date with useful information. The blogger has avoided the bad side of blogging.

Twitter Command You May Have Missed

Jamey — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:43:11 +0000

Follow me on Twitter

With Twitter gaining a massive following and users signing up by the dozen, here are a few tips for maximizing your twitter experiance.

@username + message
directs a twitter at another person, and causes your twitter to save in their “replies” tab.
Example: @meangrape I love that song too!
D username + message
sends a person a private message that goes to their device, and saves in their web archive.
Example: d krissy want to pick a Jamba Juice for me while you’re there?
WHOIS username
retrieves the profile information for any public user on Twitter.
Example: whois jack
GET username
retrieves the latest Twitter update posted by the person.
Example: get goldman
NUDGE username
reminds a friend to update by asking what they’re doing on your behalf.
Example: nudge biz
FAV username
marks a person’s last twitter as a favorite. (hint: reply to any update with FAV to mark it as a favorite if you’re receiving it in real time)
Example: fav al3x

STATS this command returns your number of followers, how many people you’re following, and which words you’re tracking.
INVITE phone number
will send an SMS invite to a friend’s mobile phone.
Example: Invite 415 555 1212

Turning Twitter off and on: device notifications

ON: turns ALL phone notifications on.
OFF: turns ALL phone notifications off.
STOP, QUIT: stops all messages to your phone immediately

ON username: turns on notifications for a specific person on your phone. For example, ON alissa.
OFF username: turns off notifications for a specific person on your phone. For example, OFF blaine.

FOLLOW username: this command allows you to start receiving notifications for a specific person on your phone. Example: follow jeremy
LEAVE username: this command allows you to stop receiving notifications for a specific person on your phone. Example: leave benfu

Niche Blogging How to Make the Most Out of Them

Jamey — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:00:27 +0000

If you have been blogging for a while you will have come across many niche blogs and a vast array of subjects. I thought we should take a look at why they are becoming so popular.

Owning a niche blog can be very profitable if you are able to supply the niche audience what they are looking for. A niche blog is focused in on a specific subject or sub subject within an interest group. They can cover hobbies, sports, health etc the key is that they focus in directly on that subject.

The result of this focused can make the target audience small, if any audience on the internet can be called small, but very dedicated and willing to spend large amounts of money on their passions.

When you are researching niches for you to blog about make sure you establish what the niche audience is looking for. To start it is better to blog about a subject that is closed to your hart and where you understand the audience.

It is also important for you to do some in-depth research in to the topic of your blog. You may be blogging about something you enjoy doing but there will always something you don’t know or new you need to find out about.

Fill you blog with relevant and unique content so that the search engines will give you high page ranking. Additional to that your audience will consider you the best place to come for up to date information in their niche.

Once you start getting visitors to your blog it is important that you make them come back time and time again. A great way to do this is to run an email newsletter capturing the visitor details though a subscribe form on your blog. Another way is to promote your RRS which allows subscribes to keep up to date with your posts.

Keep this in mid when looking to build a niche blog.

Engage Your Visitors Within 7 Minutes Or Less

Jamey — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:46:42 +0000

You don’t have to think so hard in knowing what to do. Internet marketers who wanted repeat visitors go too far as to redesign their websites, change their content and so on. What they do not realize that it all boils down to the simplicity of communication and interaction. All visitors or users of the site want nothing more than socializing with the site and have a good bond with it. It is all up to YOU, as an Internet marketer to fulfill that small desire of your visitors.

So how do you create simple methods of interaction and communication to keep your visitors keep coming back to you?

1.Blogging

When you have your own blog, what you should do is to write the content of your blog as if you are having a personal conversation with your visitor. This is a situational context of ‘direct communication’. Let your readers feel engaged in what you are trying to tell them. Share with them the content that they are looking for and have them build their trust in you.

Make your blog user-friendly so that they can direct themselves to posts from previous months or posts that are organized into a category. For example, if they want to look for a couple of posts on fabrics, your blog may want to group them under the category of ‘materials’. Additionally, what you can do is to add a search box on your site so that your visitors can type in keywords to find the exact blog post they want to read.

You can further engage your visitors with your blog by letting them comment on your posts. To encourage comments you can pose a question to them, ask for their opinions and so on. These comments create interactivity and your visitors will feel ‘cherished’ knowing that their opinions are appreciated. Thus the more you post, the more you give them the chance to interact with the blog.

To encourage repeat visitors, you HAVE to promote your RSS feed. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. How RSS works, is by ‘crawling’ into your blog and find the latest updated content you have placed in your blog and let the people who have subscribed to your RSS feed know that you have updated your website, giving them a reason to head down to your website and read your updated content.

2.Create a Forum

When you feel that you have a lot of users who keep coming back to your site for content and socialization, what you can do is to create a forum for them. There are forums that you can create for free and these forums can be linked from your blog.

You can organize your forums into different categories to allow your users to give inputs in different subjects. For example, if your blog is about cooking, your forum can have different categories such as ‘Chicken’, ‘Fish’, ‘Asian Dishes’, ‘Mediterranean Dishes’ and so on.

Through interactivity, socialization and engagement you are actually earning trust from your visitors. Earning trust on the Internet is not what many Internet marketers can achieve. Now that you know the steps and tactics to generate trust, make full use of it and make it a part of your business strategy.