2 Million Dollar Bills

When you start writing your first blog on a site like Blogger or any of the dozen other free blogging platforms available, your first thought will likely be, “How do I get people to notice my blog?” It is a perfectly good question and one that millions of bloggers ask themselves every day. After all, with more than 85 million active blogs online at any given time and more than 100,000 new blogs created every day, how do you stand out as worthy of attention.

There are a number of different ways you can make yourself stand out from the pack. Blogging is a unique form of expression because it allows every individual to approach it from their own angle. Combining quality writing with a handful of technical tasks that will increase your visibility, you can start reaching the millions of daily blog readers that are online every day.

Be Unique Your angle will undoubtedly be different from almost everyone else’s. Allow that unique perspective to bleed through your writing and your blog can be very successful. Even with half of the computer owning population reading blogs on a daily basis, there is only so much time to spend reading new blogs. For that reason alone, you need to stand out from the other writers in more than one way. If you write about Formula 1 racing and copy the topics from existing, larger blogs, why would anyone want to read your blog? Think of a new angle and draw in new readers with that perspective.

Consistency You must write on a consistent basis to attract attention and keep it. It does you no good to attract a dozen new readers with one blog post and then leave them wondering where you went because you fail to write your next post for more than a week. Consistency helps in other ways as well. If you post new content on a daily basis, Google will index your site more often and you will appear higher in search rankings. Blogger lists recent posts in its own search listings which you will then appear at the top of more often. Write more often and you will be seen.

Controversial Content This is a tricky topic, especially for some individuals. However, you can count on getting more readership and being noticed by more online outlets if you are controversial with what you have to say. This does not mean you should be rude or openly hostile. Speak your mind and say what you believe unapologetically but do not be a jerk.

Comment on Other Blogs Everyone wants to receive comments on their posts. After you complete your first blog post, you will probably sit and stare at the comments section wondering where your first comment is; and when it arrives, you will no doubt visit the website of whoever leaves it. The same is true for your fellow bloggers. They are not your competition so much as your peers. If you read their work, they will read yours. And if they like your content, they will link to it and share it with their readers. It’s an online domino effect, but you have to start the process.

Discuss Topics with Your Readers Be engaged with your readers and you will keep them coming back for more. If a reader leaves a comment on your page, visit their blog, respond to their comment and try to think of a way to write about their site in one of your own posts. By integrating your readers into your posts, your blog becomes a collaborative effort rather than a singular endeavor. Your readers feel involved and other blog owners take notice.

Integrate New Ideas and Technologies The more new ideas you can squeeze into your posts, the better. This means that when a new add-on or widget becomes available that suits your site, take advantage of it. Talk about new technologies, email other site owners and use their new additions to the fullest. Blogger and most other services allow you to add on features to your blog quickly and easily. Use this feature and you will start to see increased interaction with your site by your visitors.

Take Advantage of Every Tool at Your Disposal There are dozens of websites and directories online that list blogs like yours. These websites index topics, tags, and recent posts for searchers and visitors to sort through and can get you a fair share of high volume traffic if you use them properly. Ping your blog to the major blog directories such as Technorati and Pingoat. These services will list your blog in their directories, include your categories and tags for searching and when you sign up for an account, list your profile for readers to see. There are dozens of websites that offer these services.

To be noticed online, you need only expend the extra bit of effort necessary to gain the momentum needed for new readers and blog owner attention to shift to you. Use these methods and you can guarantee a flock of new readers coming your way

This article was written by RAMAN KUMAR SHARMA

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What in the world is up with the world of blogs? Blogs are meant to be this great new technology where people can share their ideas and interests with others around the globe. As far as I am concerned, the state of blogs is one of chaos, confusion, and anti-interactivity. The other day I decided to do some research on the Web and try to connect to some blog writers out there that interested me. Let me tell you it was not an enjoyable task as I had envisioned. I spent four painful hours surfing through around a thousand on-line journals, and I found only a few that interested me. What are we doing out there, people?

First, just getting to a blog can be a pain in the neck. For example, you type in the words ‘Philosophy blogs’ and a whole bunch of sites come up. Some are conglomerate sites with thousands of journals, but the area you are searching for may have only one blog in it! This is because they separate the blogs into a million different categories, like love’, ‘lovers’, ‘lovable’ etc. Why not have just a few main categories to choose from?

The next problem is the content. People with ‘philosophical’ blogs are having personal chats with their mates about the local dance competition on Tuesday! Why not go to a chat room if you just want to talk to your friends? Blogs are supposed to be a personal viewpoint expressed to the whole Web community. Would not you actually like to meet more people like yourself? How is this going to happen if you talk in strange uncommon slang and acronyms that only you and your friends can understand? Please stick to the subject at hand, and take it at least half seriously.

Another major problem is the fact that you can find a cool blog that sparks an interest, but then find that the writer has not added an entry in over a year! What is it doing on the Net? Have these people passed away? I seriously doubt it, as there are so many blogs in this ‘lost’ state. Having a blog is a responsibility; it is a shared diary for the whole community. How can someone form a relationship if you only write in your blog once a millennium?

Back to the subject of content: These on-line journals are a real chance to communicate regularly with others with similar views to yourself. We can learn a lot from each other, as each human is an individual with special traits and skills that only they have. So why do we see so many blogs just talking about trivial nonsense like ‘Who the coolest movie actor is.’ Humanity is an intelligent species evolving everyday towards a higher consciousness. So where are all the thinkers out there, the people who have taken us to the next levels of spirituality and scientific exploration? I would really like to hear what you have got to say, but all I can find are philosophical beliefs on why dyed pink jeans express one’s true inner self.

The issue of making comments on someone’s blog is also a controversial one. Why have comments sections if you are not going to reply to people who have expressed an interest in what you have had to say? How is this community going to function if all the conversation is one-way! Come on people, wake up and smell the coffee! Let us change the blogging community into the awesome structure of shared knowledge that it was intended for. Please do not let it turn into the small-talk world of chat rooms.

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My third full month as a blogger has been achieved and things are moving along nicely, it is still a big learning curve for me and I’m learning something new everyday about improving my chances of becoming a more successful blogger.

During the month of June I had the buzz of experiencing my first big article, which was, My Life is a Mess, I Have Lost My Job, the Wife Has Left Me, I Have No Future, Bullshit!  well it was big for me! It brought over 2000 unique visitors to my blog on one day, up until that point my previous biggest article had brought about 200 unique visitors to 2 Million Dollar Bills,  The Power of Reddit, It Gave My Blog a Massive Boost!

As a new blogger I realize the importance of writing an article on a daily basis and trying to make sure that it it brings something new or is written in a manner that differentiates 2 Million Dollar Bills from all the other blogs out there. That I feel shouldn’t be too difficult because it seem to me, that too many bloggers are hanging on to  the every word of some of the mega bloggers out there, and as a result their own blogs are turning into mini but unsuccessful clones of them.

For me 2 Million Dollar Bills is still developing and it is far from the finished article, my goal is to maintain my blogs originality and to continue to improve my writing ability, along with continuing to create interesting content. I don’t see why I cant become as successful as some of the huge blogs out there. Many of those blogs are really struggling to continue to create original content of their own.

The one big thing that the huge blogs  have in their favor is the snowball effect, they are so successful that it  doesn’t matter how crap an article they write, they are still going to get a huge amount of traffic, and favorable comments, because of who they are.

2milliondollarbills.com Results for June

Unique Visitors: 3619
Number of Visits: 5545
Pages Viewed: 32562
Subscribers: 25 (average for the month)

Alexa Rank = 1,312,953
Technorati Rank = 260,227
Google Adsense = $34.26

As I have stated before my long term aim for my blog is to continue to improve the number of visitors to my site, along with subscribers. In the short term I hope to improve the amount of comments and subscribers that my blog is receiving. I made a strategic mistake last month when I removed the option for readers to subscribe to my blog via email, that situation has just been rectified.

The amount of income I make from my blog isn’t really an issue for me at the moment, in fact I could well remove Google Adsense at some point in the near future.

During the month of July I plan on submitting articles to more article directories, at the present time I only submit to Ezine, hopefully this will bring more readers to my blog, I also plan on leaving 10 comments a day on other blogs to see if that brings any noticeable traffic increases to my blog, at the present time, I probably leave about 5 comments a month at the present time.

I have now moved to the beautiful Caribbean Island of Barbados and am moving forward with my overall plan for achieving my goal of making 2 million dollar bills, blogging is only a very small part of my business plans. I like to do more than just sit in front of a computer for endless hours everyday, I need much more out of life,  The 2 Million Dollar Bills Dream Is One Step Closer, The Barbados Plan Is Happening!

It would be interesting to receive some comments from other bloggers out there, concerning their own results.

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Since I have become a blogger I realise how much time and effort you have to put into attracting people to visit your site, and then getting them to come back again on a regular basis. It sure isn’t easy for a beginner. I have read about the power of Digg and how if you can hit the front page you will receive huge amounts of unique visitors to your site, and a certain amount of them will turn into long-term readers and subscribers.

But for many it is virtually impossible to get an article anywhere near the front page on Digg, no matter how well written and interesting the article is. You just have to read some of the front page articles to realise that most of them are submitted from sources that already have huge levels of regular readers.

Other social sites such as Stumble upon can seemingly have a similar effect on your blogs readership levels. But for me I have personally never really liked Stumble Upon, so I don’t really bother with it.

I have faithfully submitted each article I write to Reddit and as a result I have a had a limited amount of success, but nothing to get too excited about. Things have been ticking along slowly but surely.

Last week I got my first taste of writing a reasonably successful article, which was called, My Life is a Mess, I Have Lost My Job, the Wife Has Left Me, I Have No Future, Bullshit!  It was my most successful article so far, it had a wee bit of success, it directed over 2000 unique readers to my site on one day, which is phenomenal for my blog. I received just less than 1500 unique readers for the whole of May.

I must admit it was a buzz to have an article gain a little bit of recognition, I think it also proves that Reddit is a force to be reckoned with, I feel that Reddit offers all bloggers the chance to gain new and regular readers for their blogs. I’m constantly hearing about the power of Digg, Stumble Upon, Twitter and many others, which you must get involved with if you want to increase your blogs readers.

For me Reddit has proved that it is still possible to gain some success on their site, no matter how small you are, you don’t have to have 10’s of thousands of readers to have a hit on your hands!

My blogs slow but steady progress is analysed in the following articles, My First Month As A Future Blogging Icon, 2 Million Dollar Bills and My Second Month as a Future Blogging Icon, 2 Million Dollar Bills

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My Second full month as a blogger has now been completed and I’m now in elite company! A high percentage of bloggers seemingly quit within the first two months of start up a blog, thinking it is going to be an easy route to giving up the day job and making their fortune.

For me my blog is a long-term plan and I don’t expect to be making any serious money out of blogging until 18-24 months time. My goal at the moment is to develop 2milliondollarbills.com into a blog that provides interesting, unique and well-written content, I know, I still have a long way to go to achieve this, but I’m getting there.

2milliondollarbill.com is slowly increasing its readership and subscribers, at a moderate rate, which has exceeded my expectations. My figures for the month of May are well above my expectations. This months figures also take into account the fact, that for 7 days due to moving to London and the hassles involved in that, I couldn’t do very much blog related work and as a result my blog expectedly never gained many new readers during this period.

I also started a second blog in May called travelersstories.com , which was probably a slightly crazy thing to do considering how busy my schedule was in May. I also built and launched a web site for a company in Barbados that I’m a director of.

If I want to achieve my goal of making 2 million dollars, I have to work hard and stay focussed; no one is going to do it for me.

2milliondollarbills.com Results for May 2008

Unique Visitors: 1473
Number of Visits: 4444
Pages viewed: 28990
Subscribers: 21 (average for the month)

Alexa Rank:
3-Month Average: 2,408,826
1-Week Average: 1,660,461

Technoati Rank:  492,178

Google Adsense: $43.35
Playing Poker: $, I never played poker the whole month, but this will change!
Donations: $20

Total: $63.35

The earnings that I make from blogging at the present time are immaterial, they do not even come into the equation, I know that at some point in the future my blog will be earning a considerable amount of money, I have made  enough in my first two months of blogging to cover my hosting charges for the next year. I realise that to make serious money from Google Adsense you have to have massive levels of traffic and your blog has to be suited to actually making money from ppc advertising.

My main goal for the future is to keep on building up my blogs traffic to the level where I can go and sell advertising space directly, the is the future of blogging!

The  results of my first month as a blogger can be viewed here My First Month As A Future Blogging Icon, 2 Million Dollar Bills

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Michelle Danan has written a fantastic article on how to become Internet famous; it follows on nicely from my own articles and offers some great tips for all those bloggers out there that are hoping to become famous through their blog.

Do you have what it takes to be internet famous? We live in a day and age where the world is literally at our fingertips….. The world wide web that is.

Being internet famous means that the whole world has access to YOU. Lets find out how you can help yourself shall we?

Step 1: Find your PASSION!! What are you good at? What do you believe in? Set a goal for yourself. Why DO you want to achieve this goal? Why do you want to become famous. Make sure you set a realistic deadline and monitor and reflect upon your results every few days.

Step 2: Learn the ins and outs of your computer, HTML and copy and paste. When television and internet media merge one day you will be ready.

Step 3: Join EVERY social network and try to make as many friends as possible. The main sites you want to be on are MYSPACE, YOUTUBE & FACEBOOK. Internet people are pretty friendly, if you write a friendly message people will usually check you out and save you as a friend.

Step 4: Broadcast your IM Screen names, URLs, net addresses and links to every site you visit. Any time someone comments on your page on any literature you write ALWAYS, reply back on their profile or public name page. DO NOT PRIVATE MESSAGE ANYONE (unless it is strictly confidential) people are nosy, if someone else is replying to that person, they are more than likely to check you out.
Step 5: Build a website that suits your personality and update your page on a regular basis. Otherwise people will just pass your site along if you can’t keep their interest.

Step 6: Tell all your friends to help endorse you. Trust me, if your friends are real and true to you they wouldn’t hesitate. After all, convince them that you will be taking them to cool places once you become famous.

Step 7: Buy marketing e-books or Learn about online marketing. Truth is: If you really want to become famous who are you trying to sell. YOURSELF OF COURSE!!!! Think of yourself as a product that everyone can’t live without.

Step 8: Be thoughtful, intelligent and do not respond to petty online arguments, insults or criticism. Always thank people if they leave a constructive comment and always reply back.

Step 9: Be careful of what you share with others. There are a lot of crazy people out there, it is important to be open if you are marketing yourself online but just be careful of how much you share. NEVER SHARE PERSONAL INFORMATION! This also includes names of family members, school, favorite colors food, number of brothers and sisters etc. Keep blogs, and posts related to the topic at all times.

STEP 10: BELIEVE IN YOURSELF, BE YOURSELF AND HAVE FUN!!

Why have you decided to become a blogger, what motivates you on your journy as a blogger Why Have You Become a Blogger?

I have recently raised the question in one of my recent articles Why Do You Leave Comments On Blogs? Don’t Just Leave Comments for the Sake of it!

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Michelle_Danan http://EzineArticles.com/?How-To-Become-Internet-Famous-In-Ten-Easy-Steps&id=871112

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There are many different reasons as to why people become bloggers, everyone has their own path, which they are attempting to follow. Including the following.

1. To become famous.
2. To make little bit of extra money or in some cases to become wealthy.
3. To promote a business.
4. To sell services or in some cases themselves!
5. To stay in touch with friends and family.
6. To increase job prospects.
7. To express a personal opinion.
8. Purely for fun

My own personal reasons for starting a blog are to eventually make a reasonable good income from it and to periodically promote my business interests when I have the opportunity. What I’m trying to do isn’t rocket science or particularly difficult. All I have to do is write interesting articles, keep on improving as a writer, stay motivated and put the time and effort into the task at hand.

My first two months as a blogger have been a fantastic challenge, which I have found to be truly inspiring. I view my blog as a long-term goal, which will take a huge amount of time and effort for it to reach the level of success that I plan on achieving.

Everyone single person that starts a blog has the chance to make his or her mark on the world. How successful you are is entirely dependant upon yourself!

Whatever the reason you have decided to become a blogger, a very interesting point regarding the manner of how you conduct yourself, has been raised at pure blogging Become A Blogger To Look Up To

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