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This post is an illustrated guide on how you can delete your Blogspot (blogger) blog in four easy steps.

The one thing that I really like about blogging is the fact that anyone can set up a blogging business at a minimum investment. There is hardly any infrastructure requirement and you can use your existing resources to start-up a blogging business. This is the basic infrastructure you will require:  1. A sturdy system (preferably a desktop).  2. A broadband internet connection. 3. A comfortable seating arrangement (just a table and a chair will do) 4. A Tablet computer or a Phablet for blogging on the go. [optional but recommended] Space : There is absolutely no requirement of renting out separate space as you can easily operate out of your bedroom, garage, attic or just about any corner of your house. Recurring expenses:  The following expenditure will recur each each year. 1. Hosting Charges - This will roughly cost you about a $ 100 each year. 2. Domain Name - A domain name will cost about $ 10 annually. Note that if y...

For businesses that have been looking for a new ways to market their brand and generate new customers, a blog may be the perfect answer. While good writing skills and in-depth industry knowledge are the critical success factor as far as business blogging is concerned, the great news is that virtually anyone can start one of these blogs at little to no start-up costs, making it one of the most cost effective methods of advertising in the market. Reaching a Worldwide Audience Gone are the days when location mattered the most for the success of a business. Today even the most successful business can operate from a small town or a rural area, as long as connectivity to the internet is available. Although local sales are still important, many businesses score higher profits through online sales alone. While the goal of a company blog is not directly to "sell" to the customer, it is a way of sharing information about the current trends related to a product and to ul...

If you are a new blogger on blogspot, this is where you should be. In this post I will be sharing some important blog tips for new blogspot users. 1. Start on a Top Level Domain (TLD) The key to success with Blogspot is starting on a TLD from day one. New bloggers often have the following line of reasoning  Let me start on the free sub-domain that blogspot offers. When I start gaining some traction and visitors start flowing in, I will then make the switch from the free sub-domain to a paid TLD. Believe me, for I speak from experience, that there is a serious fault in this line of reasoning. This is because the moment you make the switch from the sub domain to a TLD, you instantly lose all your traction, rankings and traffic that you had so painstakingly earned over time. This is because search engines see your blog as a completely new one and you start again from ZERO.  You take up blogging because you wish to succeed. When equipped with the right tools ...

Keeping on top of website management has traditionally been something you’re required to be in the office for. But now with the wealth of great mobile phone apps available, there’s no excuse not to keep up-to-date with your website’s content, traffic and social media presence from anywhere in the world, using just your smartphone. So here are our best apps to help you manage your website… Google Analytics/ Fast Analytics For anyone managing a website, Google Analytics (or Fast Analytics for iPhone users) is a must. Google Analytics affords you an intuitive dashboard providing you with insightful information about your site visitor's profile - complete with graphs and charts for better understanding. With this information, you are better equipped to understand what is working for your site and what isn't. Find out which pages are attracting the most visitors, which are the most important sources of traffic and how your social media campaigns are faring...   Downloa...

I am by no means a successful blogger and, yet I receive at least a dozen guest posts requests every week. Sadly, more often than not, I have to respond with the usual "I am sorry I cannot publish this" assertion. Guest posts can be both good and bad. While a quality guest post can enrich your blog and offer something new and unique to your readers, a poor post alone can undo all the good work you have been doing on your blog for years. It is therefore important that you select the right posts for publication. A guest post should add to and not take away from your blog. In this post I will discuss a few tips to help you vet guest posts for quality in an effort to determine their suitability for publication. 1. Consider Links Carefully You might be well aware that links play a very important role in determining a site’s search rankings. It is primarily for this reason that search engines like Google are so fussy when it comes to links, demanding that you carefull...

In this post I will share with you certain advanced 'easy to follow' blog tips that will bring you guaranteed results should you promise to follow them religiously over the next 6 months. 1. Create Resourceful Content For the next six months, concentrate not on writing articles but on creating resources. Choose a few topics with your given niche and discuss them extensively. Dedicate a post to each topic and frame your content in a manner that it provides complete information on the said topic and comes across as a resource for its readers. Take the Wikipedia Model as an example. The reason why most Wikipedia articles find the top spot in Google search result pages (SERPs) is because these articles often contain more words and more information on any given topic than any other page on the web. In fact when you consider the pages that claim the top 10 spots in Google search result pages for a high competition search term, you would notice that most of them featu...

Guest Blogging is a challenging effort that requires constant content creation, and successful relationship building. When executed properly, guest blogging can create excellent offsite SEO value for your website, while providing quality content for the sites you blog on – in turn building their onsite SEO value.  When executed poorly, guest blogging efforts can become a huge waste of time; with articles constantly being sent out, and then rejected by webmasters – or never responded to at all. However, providing you are a descent writer, and do have a legitimate expertise and knowledge base, there’s absolutely no reason why you should have anything except complete success! Take a look at this short list of tips that will help you ensure your content gets posted, and your guest blogging efforts are a success!  Quality Unique Content   “Quality” is a relative, and often watered down adjective these days. What I mean by quality in the sense of g...

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They say that you should write about what you know, and for many of us that's sports. If you are the kind of person who watches the game, shouts at the TV, then rants about it to everyone you know (regardless of whether they're actually interested in the sport themselves), then a blog of your own to vent on and to use as a form of catharsis may be exactly what you need. Here you can rant to your heart's content and make your opinions known, but unlike telling your disinterested girlfriend, you'll be able to share your views with other fans and enter into some lively debates. Writing about sports is something that many of us could do then, and something that most of us would enjoy. That makes it a brilliant way to make some extra money and a perfect hobby. Running a sports blog you see is very easy to do, and because it's such a popular subject you'll find that you can quite easily tart to find readers and discover new topics to write about. Th...

The concept is funny: we live in a world where technology changes things at an instant, but our technology is not always ready to adapt to the changes. Take spell checkers for example. In today's fast paced world where new technological or marketing words are being created on a regular basis, our spell checkers simply don't seem to find a way to keep up. You type the popular word down in your word processor only to have the red or green squiggly line appear underneath it.

So you've finally decided to take in the plunge. Your first blog! - you must be excited. However for most bloggers (including me) their first blogs are not necessarily a success. For most of us, our first blogs were more of a learning curve - where we committed numerous mistakes and learned from them.   However, you don't have to be worried about going through this 'trial and error' process for help is at large. All you have to do is to follow these simple tips and you can leave your mark on the blogosphere even with your first blog. 1. Be 'Decided' on your Content Before you create your first blog, make sure you are 'decided' as far as your content is concerned. There is no point in creating a blog and then deciding what to blog about. 2. Never Mix Niches. This is a cardinal rule of blogging. Never think that you can write about recipes and rollercosters in the same blog and still get away with it. Every blog should be dedicate...

As a blogger, you probably do not need any blog writing help. That is why the tips I have shared in this article are not aimed at improving your writing; they are aimed at improving your writing process. Follow these tips and your blog writing will become easier, more productive, more efficient, and you will create blog posts that have a finer clarity and more punch. 1 - Break up your text into smaller paragraphs You must do this because blog readers are notorious skim readers. Because let’s face it, they do not have all day to be reading every line of the text that you throw at them. Smaller paragraphs means that they have to practically stop 'skim' reading for a microsecond; to bridge the physical gap within the text. It slows down their reading so that more information can be absorbed. 2 - Pick a subject that actually interests you This is the best way of making sure you engage with the text. Anything other than this is going to turn blog writing into work...

Quora recently announced the launch of Quora Blogs - a new service that allows Quora users to create their very own blogs - turning it into a blogging platform overnight.

With so many WordPress Plugins to choose from, selecting the 5 hottest WordPress plugins was not an easy thing to do. After careful consideration, I have come up with a list of WordPress Plugins that can definitely help boost your online efforts in 2013.  Whether you are interested in improving your social networking efforts, boosting your blog’s rank or generating revenue, the 5 plugins listed below will definitely help you achieve your goals in 2013.  NextScripts: Social Networks Auto Poster As you might be well aware, social networking is extremely important when it comes to building a presence online. By sharing your content on social media websites, you could be exposing your work to the masses and bringing in more leads and customers. However, manually sharing on the social web is a time consuming process - which is why there is a need to automate. And, this is precisely why the NextScripts: Social Networks Auto Poster is at the top of my...

Modern day blogging is quite demanding, and to be a success at it, there is a need to keep your content fresh and blog updated on a regular basis. However finding good content to post on a regular basis is a major concern for most bloggers. Given the situation, the concept of guest blogging has come across as a major boon for them. By accepting guest posts from external sources, bloggers are able to meet the content requirements of competitive blogging effectively. In this article we will discuss the ways in which you can attract more guest posts on your blog. 1. Create a 'Write For Us' page Sometimes all it takes is a little push from your end. A 'Write For Us' page informs prospective guest-posters that you are open to the idea of them guest posting on your blog. Your 'Write For Us' page should contain the following details a) Words encouraging individuals to come forward and guest post. b) The benefits of guest posting (from ...

Earlier, Blogs (or Web Logs), was what one turned to in order to either, nurture the budding writer within, rant about world problems, educate the masses, work as  a stress buster, or even to simply provide people with a little ‘light reading’. Needless to say, it helped bring about writers by the dozen. Recently, however, businesses have taken to Blogging as well, but not for the same reasons. They use this medium as a way to interact with the audience. With the growing popularity of Blogs amongst the general public, using it for marketing was quite the brainwave. Blogs, don’t just provide an informal platform of expression, but also allows businesses to provide the audience with a deeper insight into the workings of an organization…or ‘paint a picture’ of its general working environment. There are various tips that one should bear in mind, when creating a business Blog. Know your audience It may be a clichéd line, but it’s a good one. Without knowing the ta...

Guest blogging works two ways, which means it can create problems for both parties. The parties involved consist of individuals who write guest blog posts, and individuals who accept and publish guest posts on their blogs. This article details the problems that both parties may have. It is often overlooked, but when a writer creates a piece of text (such as a guest post), he or she is dedicating some of his or her time to that project. In any other circumstance a person, dedicating their time and brainpower to a task would expect some form of monetary remuneration, and yet guest blogging offers none. On the flip side--a lot of people overlook the fact that when a blog owner takes on and publishes a guest post, he or she is putting himself/herself at risk. There is a risk of damaging the reputation of the blog, of the domain and of the owner. There is also a risk of criminal prosecution under copyright and libel laws. You are giving your quality work to another person ...

Getting bloggers to publish your guest posts can be hard at times. The writing is the easy part. Publishing… well that's not so easy. Speaking as someone who has published 500+ guest posts in the past couple of years, I have 5 specific tips to help you get more of your guest posts published by bloggers. This is by no means a definitive list. But these are 5 tactics I use regularly to increase the odds of getting published. Note: These tips assume you understand the importance of writing a truly valuable, insightful and informative guest post. If you don't fully understand the importance of this then don't read the rest below because you'll be wasting your time. None of these tips will help you if your content is crap! 1. Be Personal In Your Email Too many guest posters are trying to get published by sending out emails like this: "Hey Bill, I really love your site http://yourdomain.com/ and really love the great content you put together. I ...