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How cool bloggers personalize their blogs?
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By Chris Martin
The new trend of online entertainment in 2006, I can say it
is Weblog. So sorry that I have
not found the statistic to back up my conclusion but what
are happening around me these days can prove the truth. One
of my friends spends at least 15 minutes per day to find
beautiful and impressive pictures and themes to decorate her
personal blog and another feels completely disappointed when
his new entry has no comment and even worse, no visitor. You
may say those are some of my friends only and it is just a
particular phenomenon. That's fine! However, please visit
some sites such as Myspace,
Yahoo!360o,
Blogspot, etc. and compare the
number of members today with that last week or even
yesterday, you can see the difference. Prove it yourself!
Oops, maybe some people feel this is quite new so I will
talk a little bit about the definition.
Weblog, or usually shortened as
blog, is considered as a place providing commentaries or
news on a particular subject, such as entertainment,
politics, local news and certain function as a more personal
online diary. Let put it in a simple way, just imagine we
have a notebook used for a diary and each page of the book
is for each person and remember we now have an online book
so the number of pages is unlimited. Some famous brand names
of Weblog can be listed are
Livejournal, Blogspot,
Yahoo!360o,
MySpace,
Mindsay, etc. A typical blog usually combines texts,
images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media
related to its topic. Most blogs are primarily textual but
with high creativeness while other web bloggers can make
their blogs much more impressive with photographs (photoblog),
video (vlog) and audio (podcasting).
What are the advantages of a blog if we do not want to say
it is a waste of time and even money (for Internet and
electricity)? Hmm, please be careful! Here is what a blogger
said: "A certificate which says you are a citizen of the
21st century". You may say it is an exaggeration but it is
now a trend, you can tell! If we have more patience, let's
have a deeper look to see more from blogs and bloggers.
Make A Distinguished Blog, Just For
Fun, And More
Generally, a blog is an e-diary. Why don't people just buy a
notebook and a pen and why do they publicize their personal
life and open for even strangers? I can say that is the need
of a friend network, free conversations and somehow a way to
show "Me, myself and I". Look at my friends. She has been
trying to make her blog look beautiful while he has been
putting efforts in his entries, all for getting as many
visitors as possible.
I can see the personal blogs with detailed profiles,
creative decorations, daily updates and specific subjects
such as music, movie, poem, etc. have more views. Texts
cannot be replaced in personal blogs but now people,
especially teenagers, have more ways to make their blogs
more attractive. Podcast their video clips/audio clips is an
example. Many young people share music and short movie by
this way. Some record their own real life with a camera and
then show up. Another way is to post voices instead of
typing characters. With a voice recorder, one person can
speak to a microphone, upload audio files and then link them
to his/her personal blog. With creativeness and the need to
be not monotonous everyday, a very impressive blogger
uploads his audio stories with different voices to describe
his different moods and emotions. Getting to know him
through his personal blog with loads of audio files, I found
that he has been using a Voice Changer Software, which
changes his real voice to many different voices and sounds
(male, female and even animals). The software also changes
the singer's voice in some music files he uploaded. Sound so
interesting!
Monetize a Personal Blog
I had a very interesting talk with Helen Le, Sales and
Marketing manager of a software company named Audio4fun.com
last week. She shared that an incredible huge number of
downloads of a funny sound available on her website just
happened in one day and came from a personal blog on Myspace
(she added this had never happened before and even the
number of downloads from Google could not compare). My
curiosity pushed me to view that blog and many new
interesting things popped up in my mind. More than 1 million
of visitors surfing her site is a wonderful number. Should
people monetize their blog?
Maybe you criticize how people always place commerce
everywhere, even in a personal room. But it is a matter of
life! With the above case, if
Audio4fun.com can utilize that personal blog to build
traffic and get more downloads to its site, it is a simple
and not costly way.
I want to end up my article here with an interesting idea
about making money with personal blog from Steve Pavlina:
"If you do decide to generate income from your blog, then
don't be shy about it. If you're going to put up ads, then
really put up ads. Don't just stick a puny little ad
square in a remote corner somewhere. If you're going to
request donations, then really request donations.
Don't put up a barely visible "Donate" link and pray for the
best. If you're going to sell products, then really
sell them. Create or acquire the best quality products you
can, and give your visitors compelling reasons to buy. If
you're going to do this, then fully commit to it. Don't take
a half-assed approach. Either be full-assed or no-assed." |
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