Blogging Basics | Blogging Elements

Blog Set-up Blueprint 2: Setting Up Your Blog

Posted on06. Jun, 2009 by Ashwin.

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We plan to hold your hand and take you through basic installation of a wordpress blog in this series of posts. In Part 1 of this series, we discussed how to install your blog on your domain through the cpanel for your hosting account. It is now time to actually do something to you blog [...]

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How To Blog With a Vengence & Infuse Passion Into Your Blog Posts

Posted on04. May, 2009 by Ashwin.

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Most people, working on anything including living — leave alone blogging — lack a fundamental aspect that should clearly breathe fire, make a mark, leave an indelible impression and make their blog a huge success in time to come: passion. Passion, sweet heart, is the corner-stone of success. Without this, everything shrinks. Sadly, there are [...]

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What Bloggers Can Learn From Powerful Negotiators

Posted on27. Apr, 2009 by Ashwin.

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The other day, I happen to be reading a classic on Negotiating skills called “You Can Negotiate Anything” By Herb Cohen and I loved it ( I highly recommend you read it). I swung the bat a little and then realized that everything we do in life is negotiating in one way or the other [...]

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Content Readability: It Can Make or Break Your Blog

Posted on10. Apr, 2009 by Ashwin.

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If you looked at what a typical blogger or freelance writer would do to belt out content that is optimized for search engines, you’d notice that an inordinate amount of time and effort is spent in trying to get some of these SEO writing elements right –primary keywords, secondary keywords, long tail, keyword density and [...]

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Simple Ways To Convert Your Blog Into a Raging Bull

Posted on06. Apr, 2009 by Ashwin.

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WordPress is an incredible platform; just when you thought it couldn’t surprise you anymore, you have more coming your way. There are some simple things you ought to do before you hit the “publish” button. A few fixes, minor tweaks and a couple of entries later, your wordpress blog would just transform itself into an [...]