Author Archives: John Lufadeju

What Blog Related Emails Do You Enjoy Receiving?

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Seeing as it is the weekend, I wish to add a slight twist to my regular style of posting, which brings me to the question…

What Blog Related Emails Do You Enjoy Receiving?
If like me, you constantly get bombarded with tons of emails from all walks of life, out of those will be some that brings a smile, joy or satisfaction – something of a reward for your hard work.

Then again, you may have most of your notifications switched off,
but surely, there must be some you rather keep a watchful eye on.
What are they?

I have listed 3 of my top happy emails below, emails that I subconsciously look out for.

(1) Disqus [Yourblogtools]

  • (New blog post comment notification)

(2) AWeber Sign-up

  • (New Email list subscription)

(3) Affiliate Commission Report

  • (Sales made through affiliate marketing)

It’s now over to you.
What emails or subject lines are you ever happy to receive, if any?

Plan for the Blogging Journey Ahead

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It’s the new year, a new campaign, a new challenge.
For some strange reason, it’s a time when everyone makes resolutions and sets new goals.

It’s also a time when most of us are charged up and motivated by the challenge ahead.

As we embark on this blogging journey with excitement, It is important to keep our feet on the ground and start off with a plan.

Plan the Journey

Don’t just dive head first, instead, take a moment to iron out where you’re heading – Have a strategy.
However long this may take, at the end you’ll find it to be a good investment.

So for a moment, stop blogging, get off Twitter, turn off emails – disconnect your internet connection if you have to.
Sit down and write down your goals for the year.

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YourBlogTools in 2009

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I don’t usually talk about myself or my blog, but since it’s the last day of year, I’m making an exception.

This has been a great 2009 at Yourblogtools. – both on and off the blog.
The story all began at the beginning of September when I decided to follow my passion and start a blog that focused on web solution tools.

I have had a wonderful time and I am ever so grateful to everyone who has become a part of this blog. This includes regular readers, those who leave comments and subscribers – thank you.
Hopefully, we’ll get to know each other much better in 2010.

If I could sum up 2009 in a word, it would be ‘discovery‘.

It has been a great year to discover many things in terms of blogging and internet marketing i.e discovering better ways to interact with others as a blogger, the world of internet marketing and the discovery of many new friends.

Coming up to four months of existence, I can confidently say I’m even more passionate about meeting the blogging needs of my readers. I still get butterflies just before hitting the publish button, and excitement when I you leave comments in response.

Successes

In the four months, I’m truly grateful for the success I have had on this blog. At the time of writing this post I have entered the 300,000 Alexa ranking group and Google Page Rank 2
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Your Blogging Tool for 2010

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In 2009, millions of new blogs were created, which means thousands of blog posts submitted on a daily basis.

The new year will be no different – and the numbers will increase as more gadgets are introduced to make social networking easier and easily accessible.

If you haven’t started thinking ahead of the new year – blog-wise – well now’s a good time to ask yourself, “Does my blog stand a chance among the others?”

You could make the answer to that question a very confident “Yes” by making one smart move that’ll ensure 2010 is a successful blog year – get stuck into latest, most talked about blogging resource – Beyond Blogging.

Learning from people already on top of their game will surely catapult you ahead. Applying winning principles that have been proved and tested will accelerate your success.

If you are considering starting a blog or have recently started one you don’t want to miss out on what Beyond Blogging is offering.

In case you have been missing in action in the last couple of days, due to the holidays. Well here’s what’s been happening.

Nathan and MikeCJ finally launched the long anticipated e-book and consultation service dubbed Beyond Blogging.

And since they did two days ago, hundreds of copies have been sold and rave reviews have flooded the net.

Here’s what I had to say about Beyond Blogging

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2010 and Beyond – The Truth about Blogging in the Next Decade.

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Watch how Nathan and Mike executed the project.

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If like me, you have found great value in this book, why not promote it to your own friends or blog readers Promote Beyond Blogging on your blog

Again, the content of this book is truly amazing and I honestly believe it would kick start your 2010 campaign with a BANG!

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4 Simple Ways To Get More Traffic To Your Blog

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How do I get more traffic?

Probably the most asked question on the blogoshere.
If you are a beginner blogger, you’ve probably written a few posts
and then you think….umm…where’s the traffic?

Traffic doesn’t just magically appear, you have to actively find them.
We all know the benefits more traffic can bring – more sales, more revenue, higher opt-rate, good ranking and so on…

Imagine being in a crowded place and you are attempting to push a product,
your method of approach isn’t working and no one is paying you any attention.
At that moment, wouldn’t it be nice if someone handed you a megaphone?
Using one would get your voice out there – loud and clear.
It would certainly grab people’s attention and eyeballs.

Let’s look at 4 Megaphone equivalents on your blog.

Good Content

You’ve probably heard this a million times before, and it’s so true – Your stuff has to be good and useful.
People value their time, and would only invest in what brings them good returns.
Using our megaphone analogy, if the message being conveyed is anything but useful, then person is simply ignored.

Identify Your Customers and Discover Where They Hang Out

In order to have useful content, you need to identify the group of people you’re trying to serve and where to find them.
Find out which market they are in and stick with them. By doing so, you have the opportunity to know them better and understand their needs.
Depending on what this is, you can decide to offer a solution product/ service to them – achieve this and you’ll become their hero.

Position Yourself

This is essentially putting yourself on their radar.
If your customers or readers are on Twitter, Myspace, Facebook, Youtube – be there as well.
Let them see you as a new discovery – one that they will bookmark and keep coming back to for reference.

Stand Out From The Crowd

Be unique in your delivery. Be unafraid to go against the grain, and more importantly be yourself.
Chances are, thousands of other people are doing what you do, but only you can deliver it in your own unique way.

Have these 4 elements in place and you’ll truly have a megaphone in your hands to draw attention.

Once again, If you are new to blogging or are in the process of starting a blog there are some essentials WordPress tools and services you need to have in place,

(1) Get the All in One SEO plugin. This would handle all your search engines optimisations.
(2) You will also need Google XML Sitemaps. A plugin that alerts search engines of changes to your blog by generating XML sitemaps
(3) Sign up to Google Webmaster Tool. A free service by Google that allows you to monitor and improve your site’s visibility in Google search results.