Category: Blogging (Page 16 of 16)

This is one question I am often asked whenever someone I know in real life comes across my blog. The answer to this question is I really do not remember when it was that I started to blog. What I do know is that it was a gradual process.

It happened a couple of years back. Everyone was talking about blogs, and I wanted one but, being technically challenged, I found one excuse or another to shy away from it.

Then one day, I came across an advertisement in Reader’s Digest about a humorous short story writing contest. The prerequisite to enter the contest was that one had to have an blogging account with the site sulekha.com. So, left with no other choice, I opened an account with them and started to blog. I never regretted starting that blog or submitting the story for the contest.

In fact,  sulekha, in alliance with Penguin books, is running another contest called Blog Print for bloggers right now. You can check it out,  if you are interested in having a shot at getting published.

As I delved deeper into the world of blogging, I discovered blogspot or blogger, and had a blog on there. After a length of time, I felt the need for having my own domain name for my own blog and, thus, this blog was born.

That was my story, what is yours?

If you do, then spare a few minutes of your time to vote for the blog at the Bloggers Choice Awards, 2007. It is nominated in “The Blogitzer” category. Just click on the image below and you are good to go.

One thing  important for any blog is traffic. You write something,  and then you wait for  readers for what you have written. There are different methods bloggers use to get traffic to their site.

One of the methods is to use some sites that can be grouped together under the head of “traffic exchange” sites.  I have not used them seriously on this blog, but one of my other blogs uses them and, from my experience, I can say that they are useful to a degree. If you are not getting a lot of traffic, then these sites can help you get your blog out there. From there on, it is what you have to offer that counts most.

Blog Rush is another site that has been launched recently to help bloggers get more traffic and exposure. How different it is from other similar sites, and how much success it meets with will be known only with time. Right now, one can only sign up and see if this thing works?   Continue reading

Blogging has become the buzzword these days, and almost everyone who uses the internet has a blog. Under such circumstances, it is not enough to be just another blogger, but you have to be an effective blogger, and following are some of the tips that I have found effective in my journey as a blogger :

1. It has been said enough times by enough bloggers on enough blogs. But I guess saying it once more will only underline the importance of the statement : Content is the King.

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