We Review 3 Student Blogs…
by Anik Singal on April 16th, 2008 | Blogging | 9 Comments »
NOTE: We’ll be releasing another video - “The 4 Steps To Making Your Blog SEO Friendly…” tomorrow - so look for that! Today, I’ve decided to sit down and review 3 of the blogs that were submitted on our first post…if you want your own blog reviewed - well, watch this video where I have an “ethical” bribe for you! Click Here… Here are the 3 I chose today, here they are (we’ll also let Rosalind chime in to give her comments and she’ll review a batch soon…). By the way, I randomly chose some different style blogs so as to get some diversity in the reviews (no offense if yours was not chosen, it may very well be later!). Submit your blogs in the comments! - Click Here…
ThinkPadToday.com I’m very impressed! It seems you’ve had this blog up for a bit and have been working on it - great! The best way to get blogs to work for you is persistence and tons of posts and of course time… A few things I really like... 1. The blog is also about a very specific niche… 2. You’re using specific product names in headlines - this is great for SEO 3. Re-done template (not the standard) - gives it some flavor 4. VIDEOS!!! I saw youtube videos inserted - that is great. A few things to think about: 1. You seem to be only linking to Lenovo - I doubt that they have the best deals, what about doing some price comparison and linking to multiple merchants? 2. Ebay affiliate program may work well here - think about using one of their widgets besides your posts - worth a test! Overall, let’s just work on marketing and more traffic!
DatingTips247.com Another nice blog with a custom template. You should note that a blog in this niche can really take off in the “social world…” This blog is in a very active niche that even Rosalind has tons of experience in and has obviously a great living in… A few things I like: 1. Nice long posts - great search engine food. 2. The titles are catchy and short - good for the social wold. 3. The Love meter - yea, very addictive - everyone should place catching things like this! A few things to think about: 1. Better job displaying affiliate offers on the side bar - you have TONS of space there. 2. Think more about LINKING to affiliate offers IN your post - converts much better. 3. Add social media (like Digg, etc…) - We’ll be talking about that shortly…
SuperFreeStyleMotoCross.com/blog/ Here is one of our NEW students who was motivated to install yesterday - GOOD FOR YOU (applause!). Now, of course since this is a brand new blog, tons of things to do over time - no problem, we’ll get through all of it… Hopefully this blog will motivate some others as well… A few things I like: 1. Neat topic - nice niche. 2. You thought fast and got adsense in there … Always monetize! Going forward: 1. Try to commit to at least 1 post a day (especially in the beginning). 2. If you really insist on Adsense, WRAP the text around it and make it a bit smaller - it’s not user-friendly the way it is right now. 3. Other than Adsense, any other monetization ideas? 4. Watch tomorrow’s video so we can get you SEO’d up…
GREAT start! Seriously, koodos to you and ANYONE else who has taken the time to get their blogs installed. ALRIGHT - well, more where that came from…if you want a chance at getting yours reviewed, watch my little “BRIBE” video! Now, seriously - there is NO tomorrow, go install your blog
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Anik,
Thanks for the great info.
I have a quick question.
By putting up a blog and writing interesting/informative posts on a daily basis - what is a realistic idea of what we can earn? (I know it varies on how good our marketing skills are, but what would be an average if we are mediocre?)
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Anik,
What is a blog? Will one sell something from a blog? Is it an internet shop window? Is it a journal? Is it all of the above?
Regards.
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Hi Anik, thanks for the comments re our Blog at http://www.thinkpadtoday.com.
The Blog is specifically designed to promote our Lenovo CJ Affiliate Account. Are you suggesting that we also link to other Mecrhnats that sell ThinkPad Laptops? Such as Amazon etc?
The ebay idea is great, thanks!
Cheers, Ian
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Andy Beard reply on April 18, 2008 3:14 pm:
What should have been spotted is
1. You are running 2.3.2 - you should upgrade
2. You have already been hacked and your site is full of Viagra spam
3. Google loves your viagra spam so much that the site no longer seems to be indexed
http://www.google.com/search?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thinkpadtoday.com
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Hi Anik, Where do we submit blogs for review? Mine is on a directory of the site http://www.singlesonthego.com/blog/
Thanks for your input!
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richard reply on April 25, 2008 12:31 am:
Hi Lynne, I see that the you have TONS of links at half way on the right hand side. I am using FireFox 3 and these links jump to the left into the text-area.
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Hi,
I would just like to say I think you have a great site and it has l lot af really great training. especially for somewone just learning and setting up their first blog . I have had a word press blog for a while and have learned some things fron ypur videos and look foward to all that is coming up . There are sone areas i would need to improve in and hope some are covered later. I plan on making a post on my blog about Blog Classroom very soon .
Wesley
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Which is best practice? To show full post or to show first paragraph and add ‘read more ‘ or read full text here (linked)? Thanks
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