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I have asked myself should I quit blogging 3 years ago. My answer is No.

This year I ask myself again. Answer still same is No. Many are stopping, but lots of them are doing better through out the years!

Look back my year 2011, it was a bad year. Blog lack of maintain, traffic dropping, earning drop too! This year I will pick up few days to improve my blogs.

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If you’re looking for easy ways to improve in 2012, here are few suggestions that we could work on.

1. Proactive Action

I should contract potential customer and sponsor proactively instead of waiting them to contact me.

Especially on review posts. I notice most of the sponsor willing to cooperate with us when we request in polite way.Of course they look at our traffic and authority too. (more…)

Have you come across some blog that no comment? Yes, I come across. They are not beginner blogger and they have lots of RSS subscribers. Then why no comments? I think should be lack of art of asking question.

No question, no answer, no interaction. It’s important to ask question and listen to your reader. See what they think, how they do and why they agree or not. There are many types of question too. Use all type of questions wisely to meet the acquire target. There 3 type of questions that I can think of.

• Ask for Opinion

This is normal asking technique. You write content at your own, but reader might have their own thinking. Ask for their opinion. When more interaction, more reader follow article. A simple question like “What do you say?”, “Do you agree with me?” will gain more comments. (more…)

We always say Content is King. No good content, no traffic, no money! The question is how to write good content? Actually good content come from our basic article structure.

Why we need a basic article structure before start writing? Sometime we have very good idea content, but fail to organize into good article structure. Hence end up with grandmother story that nobody want to read.

Basic Article Structure

Different article type need different structure. For example a traveling post should have place of interest and schedule whereby software review don’t have.

I am just sharing the basic structure that I think should have in a good content. You might amend to suit your need. Total 5 simple elements: (more…)