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10 Ways to Make Your Blog Stick Out

According to the Blog Herald there are currently around 200 million blogs worldwide! That is an extreme amount of blogs. Now, it is said that around 72 million of those blogs are in China. So a good portion aren't even in the English niche. Let's just say another 50 million blogs are also in other languages, so that leaves around 80 million blogs to compete against! Not that every single blog out there is in competition, but it is sure nice, if you are looking to create traffic to your site, to stand out in a sea of blogs. So I have compiled a list of 10 things you can do to make your blog stand out a little more than the next. These tips are not in order of importance!

1. Create a favicon for your blog. In a "Blog List" or a "Bookmark" your blog will stand out with it's own "logo." I don't know about all of you, but the first thing I look at when I go to a website are the pictures. One of the first pictures to be shown is the Favicon. Any logo is better than the blank page that will show or the common blogger icon. For example, take a look at the Favicon for BloggingisSimple.com. I just took the "B" right from my header image. This will also show up in bookmarks, RSS feeds, several gadgets and widgets by Blogger, etc.
2. Meta Tags are vital for search engines as well as for browsing tabs. This will let people know what they are looking at. This is the Title of your blog! I am by far an expert in SEO (Search Engine Optimization) but do know a little. If you have a self-hosted Wordpress Blog, you can install widgets that will do all the tagging for you. However, some will recommend that you do this without the widget. So choose for yourself which will work best for your blog. One of the benefits of using a platform like Blogger, is that they are already ranking in the search engines, thus, your blog will also if you allow it to. There is an option in the blogger setup that allows you to choose whether or not you want your blog shown in the search engine listings. I have seen blogs show up in the search engines for my name in a matter of few weeks.
3. Add character to your blog with a personalized background. This is useful with blogs hosted by Blogger, Wordpress.com, or hosted platforms. Since everyone is using the same templates, stick out like a sore thumb by customizing your background with either a picture, or an actual template. Just type ‘Blogger Templates' or ‘Blogger Backgrounds' in the search bar and explore your options.
4. Add a custom header to your blog. Now, when I say custom, I don't mean just putting a picture of you and yours in there. If that is all you've got, then it is better than nothing. When I mean custom, I mean getting one made with a border, images, your names, the title of your blog, and so on. Make it original. Make it nice and professional. That is one of the first things your readers will look at. If would like us to create one for you, fill out the "Contact Us" form of this site.
5. Photos speak a million words! In the words of my wife, "When I get to a site, the first thing I do is scroll down the page and look at all the pictures. If I like the pictures, then I'll go back to the top and start reading!" One cool thing you can do is add a slide show to your blog. Blogger has a gadget that can do this for you or you can create your own through Picasa or Flickr and embed it on your blog.
6. Music can spice up your site or bring it down! If you doing a site for business purposes, having music will decline your traffic and kill your content, unless your content is about music. If you have a blog that is for personal use, your friends and family will enjoy some tunes as they check our your stuff. I have embedded music with Playlist.com before but there are many different music players you can use.
7. Have Catchy Post Titles! Make sure your post titles reflect what you have in the content of your post. They must be relevant to each other. The next thing that people look at after the pictures are the post titles. Have the main point of your post in the title and make it exciting, short and to the point! For example: "10 ways to make your blog stand out" works better than "A couple of ways to make your blog stand out."
8. Adding video to your Blog will always spice things up a bit. It seems that people are turning away from reading to just listening and watching. So use that web cam that came with your computer or go get one. Just a few pointers with a video: Make sure you have good lighting, people will be able to hear and understand your message, and make it short. Don't draw out a video, usually 1-2 minutes is plenty long. You might even go as far as using a simple movie maker software such as Windows Movie Maker to edit your video a little. If you do this, make sure to include your name in there and end it with your blogs URL. The last thing your visitors see will stick! You can then upload your video to YouTube, Google Video, or even Blogger and embed that on your blog.
9. Always have interesting, useful, and relevant content. I once heard that you can insult, make fun of, criticize, compliment, or tongue bathe your readers, but by all means, DO NOT BORE THEM! Get a little personal with your readers without giving out your social security number, bank accounts and home address. The more you blog the better your writing skills will get.
10. Interact with your readers. Relate, give advice, ask advice, and interact. This will do a number of things for your blog, but the most important, it will bring return visits and loyal readers who feel they have somewhat of an ownership in your blog. That is the best thing that can happen. They in turn will recommend your blog, because they have contributed. Leave comments on other blogs, especially of those who have left comments on yours. Answer emails and comments as often as you can and Do What You Say You Are Going To Do! Meaning, if you say you are going to write a post on a certain subject, do it!

So there you have it. Integrate and follow these tips and you will not only increase your traffic, but you will gain loyalty by having readers who leave your blog fulfilled!

About the Author

My name is David Allred and I am a successful Home Business Entrepreneur. Whether it is through Blogging or starting a Home Based Business, I teach people how to make money from home. Point Blank!

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Sony Ericsson W350i Ice Blue: Stylish With Superb Music

 

Sony Ericsson mobile phones are very popular in the mobile phone market. It's Walkman Collection has outshined all of the mobile phone brands. Its success can be attributed to its superb music coupled with its latest technology. The Walkman collection of this mobile phone can be utilised as portable music players. These music phones have won the hearts of the young and the old alike with its marvellously powerful features. Some of the mobile phones belonging to the Walkman category are Sony Ericsson W300i, Sony Ericsson W550i, Sony Ericsson W700i, Sony Ericsson W710i etc.

This W350i mobile phone is available in four colours. They are more or less electric black, hypnotic black, ice blue and graphic white. These colours have been successful in drawing the attention of customers world wide because of their unique colour combinations. Their dimensions are 43 x104 x 11mm and they weigh 80 grams including the battery. So, these mobile phones are compact and light to carry about.

The size of the screen of Sony Ericsson W350i Ice Blue is 1.9-inches which offers two hundred and sixty two colours. The users can enjoy the beautifully coloured screen even when the flip action opening system is closed.

The handset has a built in 1.3 megapixel camera and is equipped with video capabilities as well. Therefore, users can take both still photography and video footage with these mobile phones. These help users treasure their sweet memories for the future. Users can share these memories with their dear ones in the future. Users can also upload theses pictures in their respective blogs and share these still photographs and video photographs with their colleagues, friends and families. Games are preloaded in these mobile phones. Users can entertain themselves with these games during their leisure time. A Guitar Legend game is preloaded this mobile phones. This game is able to make the players rock and roll as long as they desire.

The Walkman player in the Sony Ericsson W350i ice blue comes with 'Track ID' music recognition feature. This helps users access the names of the songs, albums and artists from a sample recording of the songs. It also has a 'Play Now' music download feature with three clicks. However, this feature depends on the locations and the network providers. It also has a Mega Bass feature. It helps users enhance the bass frequency to enjoy the best sounds from this mobile phone. Besides, the users can tune in to their favourite radio stations with the help of the radio facility in it.

One can also avail of MMS multimedia messaging service, e-mail service and SMS text messaging service from the Sony Ericsson S500i Black. Besides sending and receiving e-mails, one can also create messages in it. It also gives the liberty to the users to send and receive long text messages. Multimedia messaging provides the facility to send and receive messages with picture and sound.

The handset can also be utilised to access the services and music on the Internet. As such, it can be a substitute for a laptop or PC as one can avail many of these services in it. Its bluetooth facility allows its users to enjoy wireless connection with any other devices with bluetooth. Such devices may be PCs, printer, laptops etc. One can also transfer files or data with this mobile phone. Users can also speed up their data transfer with the EDGE technology in this mobile phone.

Overall, it can be said that the Sony Ericsson W350i Ice Blue is an amazing addition to the Walkman series and has managed to attract the consumers with its impressive functionalities.

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