December 2008: Monthly Post Recap

• Blogger's Social Services: You Can't Miss These!
• One of the Best Blog Coaching Programs That Helps You Make Big Money From Your Blog!
• Watching Television Through Internet (iTV) at Low Costs: A Review of Some iTV Providers
• How Professional Bloggers Make Their 'Enormous' Amounts of Money?
• Some of the Longest Words in English Language
• WhyPark.com Allows You to Earn Money From Your Parked Domains
• Do You Honestly Read Your Twitter Mentors? Twitter Followers Talk
• Stop Indexing Your Comment Permalinks in Blogger: An Update
• Is Wikipedia an Authentic Source of Information? Twitter Followers Talk
• Tiered Outsourcing in the Online Freelancing Scenario: Research Your Employers Before Starting Your Work
• What Is the Meaning of the Word 'Ghajini'? Story and Trivia of Aamir Khan's New Film [Special]
• Twitter Tricks! How to Do Various Things With Twitter?
• How to Use Google Adwords Keyword Tool More Effectively?
• The Final Problem: A Sherlock Holmes Story
• Setting Up Twitter to Automatically Tweet Your Blog's New Entries
• Review of URL Redirect/Shortening Services
• Setting Up a .htaccess File Redirection System for Affiliate Links
• My Quest to Find a Very Good Way for Affiliate Link Cloaking With JavaScript
• Blogging Tip: Make Your Content Look Better on RSS Feeds
• What Is URL Canonicalization (URL Normalization)? And What Are Its Effects on SEO?
• Updates At Google Webmaster Central
• Attention Facebookers! What Is Koobface and Why Should You Care?
• The Complete Guide to Using Twitter
• Learn About Blogging From the Most Successful Blogger in the Planet, Arianna Huffington
• How to Create a Cool New Twitter Widget?
• Differences Between British English and American English Words
• Tips to Sell More Articles at Constant Content
• How to Postpone Your Twitter Posts to an Appropriate Time?
• Talking Numbers: Some Style Guidelines
• Differences Between British and American Spelling: Usage Guidelines
• How to Read Wall Street Journal Articles Without Subscription
• Situation Profiles in Creative Writing

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Blogger's Social (Media) Services: You Can't Miss These!

[CW faces its first new year. Happy and Prosperous New Year to All Readers and Fans!!!]

Today, let's see some of the indispensable social services, in which every blogger that wants to be successful must have profile. If you haven't signed up on these places yet, go ahead and do it without fail.

1. Facebook

Facebook is the second largest social network in the world, with more than a hundred million users, most of who are from the US. Though MySpace is the largest social network, Facebook is so popular and so well-formed that you will make better, more useful connections through it. Connect with me in Facebook.

No other social network really makes a big difference than Facebook. However, Google's Orkut is more preferable if your business concentrates in Brazil or India.

2. Twitter

Twitter is the in thing and there is no shadow of doubt about it. Many professional bloggers and company officials have their own twitter profiles, and hence it is a great way to connect with all of them quickly.

Breaking news, new ideas, thoughts, posts, etc., all come to Twitter very quickly. It is a great marketing tool if you know how to use it well. Follow me on Twitter @vjlenin.

3. BlogCatalog, MyBlogLog

Blogging networks like BlogCatalog and MyBlogLog are indispensable for all bloggers. Simply because these networks allow you to connect with fellow bloggers for such activities as link/post exchange, promotion, readership exchange, and more.

BlogCatalog is independent, free, and very useful, while MyBlogLog (now owned by Yahoo!) requires you to have a paid membership to get all benefits. Make sure you make full use of its features of BlogCatalog like blog groups, broadcasts, member shouts, etc. Connect with me in MyBlogLog.

4. LinkedIn

LinkedIn is the largest and most productive professional network out there. It is more refined and free-of-spam than Facebook, MySpace, or Hi5. It was created originally as a job-hunting network for software professionals to show off their resumes to potential employers. Now, it is more than that. You can actually connect with professionals in various fields for a lot of business relationships. Hence, it is indispensable. Connect with me in LinkedIn.

5. Technorati

Having your blog recognized by the largest blog-only search engine, Technorati is extremely important. Technorati is still one of the biggest authorities in blogosphere. Claiming your blog on Technorati is no big deal. Also, use the Technorati ping tool when you publish new entries (though, claimed blogs automatically get picked by it).

6. Digg and Other Social Media Sites

If you are looking for promotion in the social media framework, Digg is the first consideration. Besides Digg, other popular social media sites like Mixx, Delicious, StumbleUpon, etc., are indispensable. You need to also consider working on topic-specific social media sites, such as Bibsonomy for literature enthusiasts.

7. DP, Webmasterworld, and Other Major Forums

DigitalPoint Forums, Webmasterworld forums, etc., are the biggest and most important forums for all types of bloggers, though they concentrate primarily on blogging, web-mastering, and SEO.

Besides these two major forums, I advise you to find niche-specific forums for your own specific niche. That will help you get more famous in your niche.

Conclusion

Did I miss anything? I guess not. But if I did, please let me know by comments.

[Happy New Year once again to all! Keep promises, do good, and make investments to strengthen our economy in this fresh new penultimate year of this decade]

Copyright © Lenin Nair 2008 - 2009

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