Saturday, January 27th, 2007
By Garry Conn
Table of Contents
Introduction
The Successful Blogger
Saturday, January 27th, 2007
By Garry Conn
The Successful Blogger is a brand new publication written by Garry Conn. The publication delivers a great variety of information to everyone in the blogosphere. The Successful Blogger is very similar to your local newspaper. Only difference is this publication is made for bloggers. The Successful Blogger is your blogosphere e-newspaper. I want invite you to subscribe. Unlike local newspapers, subscribing to and reading The Successful Blogger is free! If you would like to write an article for the next publication please contact me.
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Headline News
WordPress 2.1 Ella
Saturday, January 27th, 2007
By Garry Conn
WordPress.org announced the release of their latest version of the popular open source blog publishing software, WordPress Version 2.1 Ella. You can read their official statement about their release and learn what to expect from the new version. I tend to follow the latest news and gossip about WordPress and with this release has come a wave of discussion about it. Google News is providing excellent coverage on the latest discussion within our blogosphere. There seems to be some controversy in the blogosphere regarding the installation of the new version and whether or not existing Plugins will function or not. Kyle Eslick, the owner and author of, Kyle’s Cove, has published two separate articles concerning this. Kyle, mentions that it is important to check the compatibility of your WordPress Plugins. To learn more about the compatibility of your Plugins I would recommend that you read the article. Kyle does a great job helping the bloggers that have concerns with WordPress 2.1 and is being very proactive at helping reduce stress levels in the blogosphere.
Business
Winning Trust and Being Unique
Saturday, January 27th, 2007
By Garry Conn
It is important to establish a line of trust with your readers. Providing something different and unique will gain the interest from viewers who stumble into your site. However, trust is what will convert a first time viewer into a life time repeat visitor.
Jason Drone, the author and owner of JDsBlog has released some very interesting articles that give all of us in the blogosphere a little reality check. Jason reminds us of Microsoft Services failure and points out that trust is vital in business. Additionally, if you are one who is attempting to develop and run a successful Online business, it pays to be different. In fact, as Jason puts it, “Be Different or Be Damned” and reminds us that there are no written rules on how to become successful. Jason shares a wonderful success story of how a small 19 employee photo sharing service became a huge ($10 Million) success.
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Teens Think Out Of The Box And Get Rich With Smart Ideas
Saturday, January 27th, 2007
By Garry Conn
Is is just me, or does it seem like “Teen Bloggers” get Ten Times (10x) more traffic to their site than I do? It’s not a myth, teens have increasingly become more successful Online over the past few years. I personally have written an article titled, “Thinking Out of The Box“, which was inspired by an article I read on George Manty’s site titled, Teens Get Rich With Smart Ideas“.
George just got back from vacation and there is no sign of writers block over on his pages. If you want to finally unlock some of the mysteries about learning how to make money Online, George might have a few answers for you.
Blog Life
How Much Is My Blog Worth?
Saturday, January 27th, 2007
By Garry Conn
How much is your blog worth? A popular question among bloggers in the blogosphere. Every site has a dollar value to it. The question is how much?
Dane Carlson, the owner of a site titled, “Business Opportunities Weblog”, posted a very entertaining tool that will give you an instant appraisal on your blog. The tool computes and displays your blog’s worth using a very creative link to dollar ratio formula. I ran the appraisal on my site and it is worth $14,113.50. That’s not bad for a blog that has been up and running less than a month on a re-launch. Learn more…
My blog is worth $14,113.50.
How much is your blog worth?
Classifieds
- Bryan’s Rants: Bryan is offering a new $1.00/month rotational advertisement service on his site. Your advertisement is located on the top right hand side of every page within his entire site. It is rotated with other advertisers, but heck… it’s only a buck, and currently there is only one advertiser soaking up all the impressions! Jump over to Bryan’s advertisement details page to learn more about this offer. Paid advertisement doesn’t get much cheaper that this, and your contribution will be helping another blogger out. Maybe we all can pitch in and get him hooked up with enough money to cover the cost of hosting.
- Kyle’s Cove: Kyle’s Cove features an audience made up of a wide variety of people, ranging from the technology savvy to those new to the world of Web 2.0, and we provide guides and resources to assist them. Learn more…
- HealthyWebDesign: If I wasn’t a webmaster myself, Dauwd would be the guy I would personally hire. Dauwd Miracle is the owner of the Web site design company. He wants your business. I have spoken with him and I personally like him and feel he is trustworthy. You can read the good things I said on his site. Dauwd is offering a free 25 minute phone consultation. If you are seeking professional website development help. Give Dauwd a call, you have absolutely nothing to lose and everything to gain. Learn more…
Entertainment
Armed & Famous A New Hit Reality Show on CBS:
Here is a really cool new reality TV show that takes five famous celebrities and puts them through the real police academy and trains them to be real cops. The reality series jumps from filming their experience during training to their current experiences covering the beat. Jack Osborne is one of the celebrities who participated in the series. Armed & Famous airs Wednesdays 8PM ET on C.B.S.
Sports
Superbowl Predictions? Get Ready For The Commercials.
Saturday, January 27th, 2007
By Garry Conn
Are you ready for the Superbowl? There is a poll where people are casting their votes on their Superbowl predictions in a site titled, “Sports-Chat”. The site itself is very fun and entertaining and seems to be a great place to go to talk about sports. The Superbowl XLI will be played in South Florida on Feb. 4, 2007 at Dolphin Stadium. Tune into CBS for full game coverage.
Technology
- Google and YouTube: A Catch 22: Corporations have complained about YouTube’s copyright infringements, but if Google complies with their wishes, it risks angering users.
- Microsoft’s Vista Creeps Onto PCs: Windows Vista is here, finally. On Jan. 30, Microsoft Corp. will begin broadly shipping the next version of its PC operating system, marking a milestone in the software giant’s history.
- Apple Patches Mac Wireless Security Hole: on Thursday Apple released a security update to patch a hole in the wireless Internet software built into many of its computers running Mac OS X.
- Why Apple shouldn’t have announced the iPhone: Why did Apple announce the iPhone when it did, at Macworld in San Francisco?
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Hey Gary.
Nice first issue. Thanks for the write up. I wrote a post on my blog about it. Keep up the great work.
Looks great! I like the idea, and the quality of the first issue is wonderful.
You could also have this be a mailing list issue, and send out E-mails once a week or something (although this way people visit your website).
Good stuff!
Some useful lessons in here
I will be back and read more, that’s for sure
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