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		<title>Simple Exercises to avoid Carpal Tunnel Syndrome</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jayant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Learn about the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and avoid it. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome occurs mostly to people performing repetitive movements like sitting and typing for long hours in front of Computer.
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Learn about the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and avoid it. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome occurs mostly to people performing repetitive movements like sitting and typing for long hours in front of Computer.</p>
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<p align="justify">Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, also known as “Median Neuropathy at the Wrist” is a medical condition associated with long hours of typing on the Computers and Laptops. In this condition the median nerve of the hand is compressed at the forearm. This causes numbness, muscle weakness and paresthesias.</p>
<p><strong>Here is a short video on exercises to prevent Carpal Tunnel Syndrome</strong></p>
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<p>Remember these simple tips to avoid having the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome:</p>
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<li>Take frequent breaks from repetitive movement like typing on Keyboard.</li>
<li>Reduce your force and relax the grip on the Arm</li>
<li>Try small games which encourages wide range of movements of the Hand</li>
<li>Watch your form. Try to consciously remind yourself and improve your posture while sitting for long time.</li>
<li>Keep your hands warm. Cold hands are more likely to develop the Syndrome.</li>
<li>Above all, take care of your body. Its precious.</li>
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		<title>Build Twitter Background using your Blog&#039;s Theme</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jayant</dc:creator>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Use your Blog theme as Twitter Background and bring a sense of Brand Identity to your Twitter Profile.</p>
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<h2>Why create a Custom Twitter Background</h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span>Twitter is the craze now. Starting conversation with people is now more easier than ever. It&#8217;s simple to track a person, follow his status and check out interesting stuff. However little focus have been given to take Twitter up as a serious Business Channel. Twitter can be a good place to cultivate your Business which are based on Web 2.0 especially if they appeal more to the young generation. Hence it becomes very important to build a Brand on Twitter if you want to seriously exploit advantages from this wonderful service.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span>Now all are not gifted with the art of Web Designing and Graphic Works. However, with little effort you can create a splashing new Twitter Background and save hundreds of dollars for the job. It is simple. Use your Website&#8217;s Theme to build Twitter Background.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span>How do we do it..? Let take an example of this blog itself. This blog follows a simple theme with a dark band for Page Navigation, Bold Orange for Title Background and finally a slight gradient Off White for the rest of the Content Area. Now I can create a similar layout for my Background base on Twitter.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span>Four things to remember on Twitter:</span></strong><span></span></p>
<ol type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal"><span>The images are      not tiled. Thus advice you to use a large image which is well within the      Size limit. I use a dimension or 2000pixel wide and 1500pixel</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span>The only area to      Advertise on Twitter is the left pane. (You can find other areas if you      are creative enough)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Add a logo or Tagline to personalize your Twitter page even more</li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span>Remember to put      your Website Address and Contact details on the Advertise Region</span></li>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a class="l" onmousedown="return clk(this.href,'','','res','1','')" href="http://www.smartblogtips.com/how-to-change-twitter-background-image-and-colors/" target="_top"><strong>Learn how to Change </strong><strong>Twitter</strong><strong> Background Image and Colors</strong></a></p>
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<h2><strong><span>What tools do you need</span></strong></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>If you are experience enough to operate an Image Editor, then I would suggest something like</span><a title="Fireworks" href="http://www.adobe.com/products/fireworks/"> Fireworks</a><span> or </span><a title="Paint.net" href="http://www.Paint.net">Paint.net</a><span>. Adobe Photoshop for such task is not needed. You just have to create a layout from your site&#8217;s background. If still you cannot deal with it then I suggest you use any PRINT SCREEN software and remove the content and keep only the layout.</span></p>
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<h2><strong><span>Here is how it will look..!! Interested..!!</span></strong></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Here is a screenshot of my </span><a title="Twitter Thinkjayant" href="http://twitter.com/thinkjayant">Twitter Page </a><span>(as of June 2009). It&#8217;s a simple modification like I talked about. Same layout of colors found on this blog, a logo to add personalization and finally the Contact details.</span></p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center; "><a style="text-decoration: none;" title="Twitter Thinkjayant" href="http://twitter.com/thinkjayant">Follow Me on Twitter</a></h3>
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		<title>5 ways to Spice up your Blog quickly</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 05:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jayant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[5 handy tips to remember the next time you write your post. This will help you spice up your Blog by making it more engaging for its readers. Check them out..!!
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<p style="text-align: justify;">5 handy tips to remember the next time you write your post. This will help you spice up your Blog by making it more engaging for its readers.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://moddify.com/domains/smartblogtips/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/engaging-blog.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1267 aligncenter" title="engaging-blog" src="http://moddify.com/domains/smartblogtips/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/engaging-blog.jpg" alt="engaging blog 5 ways to Spice up your Blog quickly" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a title="Engaging Conversation" href="http://americancorner.hu/userfiles/Image/conversation1.jpg">Image Credit</a></p>
<h2>Pick up an Engaging Topic</h2>
<p>First thing is to pick up an engaging topic. What is an engaging topic? Oh wait, last game of ice skating was fun. Yeah right!! How many people come looking for Ice Skating fun on your Blogging Tips Blog? OK..!! so I helped a guy setup his blog and clear his misconceptions. Will that be an engaging topic? BRILLIANT..!! Now tell the reader about how you helped the newbie get up and going&#8230;!!</p>
<blockquote><p>Remember people come looking for what Pleases them, not reading what pleases you.</p></blockquote>
<h2>Start a Conversation rather than an Article</h2>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Second most important thing to make your reader engage into a conversation. There are many bloggers who write on simple topics which you can easily find on the internet. Yet they have floods of traffic moving there way because they state the same fact ina  more engaging manner, with a down to earth approach. You while reading such blog feel like you are actually conversing with the person.</p>
<blockquote><p>Approach any topic you want to write in a way it feel like you are conversing with your readers.</p></blockquote>
<h2>Use High Impact Words</h2>
<p>When you want to convey something, there are  a lot of ways to do so. A good example to see would be pick any recent event and check four different newspaper to see how they narrate the same in different ways using different words. So when ever the next time you write your psot, remember to use words that provide high impact. Your articles should look like you are stating the obvious.</p>
<blockquote><p>Words are magic. Use them to keep your Audience glued.</p></blockquote>
<h2>Explain in Clear Cut Way</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Clarity wins over jargon. Clarity wins over Tecnicality. Clarity wins over knowledge. <em>Seriously a geeky telling stuff in his high pitched jargon filled words, babbling words not found in the daily dialect. Compare it with a noob who convey in clear way whatever little he knows about the subject. </em>Which one would you choose? You get my point right..?</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Clarity wins over all other factors when it comes to Communicating Effectively</p>
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<h2>Be Entertaining</h2>
<p>Most important of the lot. Make sure you entertain your visitor and urge then to come back again and again for more, without ever telling them.</p>
<p>So did you liked the article? Let me know via comments. Have a nice Day..!!</p>
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		<title>Post Funny Comments on Other Blogs to Gain Clicks</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 09:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jayant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is no other magnet like LAUGHTER. A very good way to promote your blog, using Commenting on Other Blogs, is by posting Funny Comments. Also make sure you do not make fun of some one.
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<p align="justify">There is no other magnet like <strong>LAUGHTER. </strong>A very good way to promote your blog, using Commenting on Other Blogs, is by posting Funny Comments.</p>
<p align="justify">Make sure you target Blogs in similar topic or niche. This way the chance of attracting targeted traffic is greater. Also remember to use keywords in your <strong>Name</strong> and <strong>Comment.</strong> Also make sure you do not make fun of some one. Rather post something which is obvious in some way which generally visitor find funny and no one particularly will find offensive.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">When ever I have commented something funny on other blog, and more so if it i within the first 10 comments, I got 4-5 click backs. And that is great return consider it do not even take 20 second to comment.</p>
<p align="justify">Have a nice Day..!!</p>
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		<title>10 Applications I can&#039;t live without as a Blogger</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jayant</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Working with smart tools help. Over time you get accustom to them and soon they become indispensable. Here are a few applications I use on a day to day basis as a Blogger.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: justify;">Windows Live Writer</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Thanks Microsoft for coming out with such a nice little utility. Windows Live Writer is undoubtedly the best Offline Blogging Software. It supports a large type of blogs, but more importantly it supports <a title="Wordpress" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPress">WordPress</a>. It also auto detects your Categories, Post Slug field, Tags etc. It also gives an option to save a draft online and post later. Cool isn&#8217;t it..!!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a title="Windows Live Writer" href="http://download.live.com/writer"><strong><em>Download It</em></strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://moddify.com/domains/smartblogtips/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/windows-live-writer.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1093 aligncenter" title="windows-live-writer" src="http://moddify.com/domains/smartblogtips/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/windows-live-writer.jpg" alt="windows live writer 10 Applications I can&#039;t live without as a Blogger" width="416" height="271" /></a></p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;">FileZilla FTP Utility</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Filezilla is a nice free FTP client. Its supports FTP, FTP o/v SSL, SFTP etc. and runs on both Windows and Linux. Although I have never fully utilized it apart from transferring files from local hard drive to server, it does a very good job of transferring files and I am much happier with it compare to other FTP Clients. It also have a free server version incase if you want to set up a FTP Server.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a title="Filezilla FTP Client" href="http://filezilla-project.org/"><strong><em>Download It</em></strong></a></p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://moddify.com/domains/smartblogtips/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/filezilla-ftp-utility.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1094" title="filezilla-ftp-utility" src="http://moddify.com/domains/smartblogtips/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/filezilla-ftp-utility.jpg" alt="filezilla ftp utility 10 Applications I can&#039;t live without as a Blogger" width="433" height="270" /></a></h3>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;">Wamp Server</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Wamp server helps you create, test and run applications using PHP, Apache and MySQL. It also has PHPMyAdmin and SQLiteManager to easily manage your databases. I used it to test my WordPresss Theme designs for my client, by running them on a localhost using WAMP. It&#8217;s much faster than running it on a live host.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a title="WAMP Server" href="http://www.wampserver.com/en/download.php"><strong><em>Download It</em></strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://moddify.com/domains/smartblogtips/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/wamp-php-mysql-apache-server.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1095" title="wamp-php-mysql-apache-server" src="http://moddify.com/domains/smartblogtips/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/wamp-php-mysql-apache-server.jpg" alt="wamp php mysql apache server 10 Applications I can&#039;t live without as a Blogger" width="415" height="323" /></a></p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;">Notepad++</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Notepad++ is the most powerful text editor you can lay your hand on <em>(Text Editor not rich Text Editor)</em>. First of all it&#8217;s free. Secondly, it provides Syntax highlighting for a whole bunch of programming languages. Provides a tabbed interface, remembers and auto loads open files, provide auto intended for better code visibility etc. The features go on and on and on. Simply the Best out there.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a title="Notepad++" href="http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/download.php"><strong><em>Download It</em></strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://moddify.com/domains/smartblogtips/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/notepad-plus-editor.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1096" title="notepad-plus-editor" src="http://moddify.com/domains/smartblogtips/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/notepad-plus-editor.jpg" alt="notepad plus editor 10 Applications I can&#039;t live without as a Blogger" width="418" height="250" /></a></p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;">Win HTTrack</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Win HTTrack is a very powerful offline browser. Now why would I use it? The reason is very simple. There are tonnes of beautiful sites out there, but my data plan for internet connection provides zero cost for night surfing. Also mostly I am on the move with a CDMA USB modem, which hardly gives any speed, just keep your connection alive. To quench my thirst of reading nice tutorials and great blogs, I rather download them and store them on a pendrive. That&#8217;s where Win HTTrack comes into the picture.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Win HTTrack allow you to download website and view them offline. You can change most of the options like The relative path you want to set, what types of files you want to download and what type of files you want to skip, other validation rules etc. It is the best offline website downloader out there.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a title="Win HTTrack Offline Web Browser" href="http://www.httrack.com/page/2/en/index.html"><strong><em>Download It</em></strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://moddify.com/domains/smartblogtips/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/httrack-offline-web-browser.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1097" title="httrack-offline-web-browser" src="http://moddify.com/domains/smartblogtips/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/httrack-offline-web-browser.jpg" alt="httrack offline web browser 10 Applications I can&#039;t live without as a Blogger" width="310" height="300" /></a></p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;">Windows 7 Paint Tool</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I am running a Windows 7 Beta Build version 7000. I must say it&#8217;s a very stable OS and leaps ahead compare to Vista. It have some Glitches here and there but surprisingly it&#8217;s better than Vista even in the Beta Version. Windows 7 presents with a revamp Paint Utility. Finally the ribbon interface debuts in MS Paint and I loved it. You can do pretty much same basic file editing and drawing. You can save files in PNG Format also.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://moddify.com/domains/smartblogtips/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/windows-seven-paint-utility1.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1099 aligncenter" title="windows-seven-paint-utility1" src="http://moddify.com/domains/smartblogtips/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/windows-seven-paint-utility1.jpg" alt="windows seven paint utility1 10 Applications I can&#039;t live without as a Blogger" width="419" height="233" /></a></p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;">Windows 7 Snipping Tool</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Another nice addition to Windows 7 is a Snipping Tool. It lets you snip of cut selective portions of your screens and save them as a JPG, GIF or PNG image file. Very useful for taking screenshots.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://moddify.com/domains/smartblogtips/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/windows-seven-snipping-tool.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1100" title="windows-seven-snipping-tool" src="http://moddify.com/domains/smartblogtips/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/windows-seven-snipping-tool.jpg" alt="windows seven snipping tool 10 Applications I can&#039;t live without as a Blogger" width="380" height="200" /></a></h3>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;">Firefox Portable</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Firefox is undoubtedly the best Browser out there at the moment with speed, security and tonnes of features and addons. What more interesting is, it also has a portable version available. Why do I need a portable version? Simple. I can take all my bookmarks, User Preferences, Addons, Local Bookmarks etc with me while I am on the move. I just have to install the Portable Version on the Pendrive and launch it from there on any computer and continue surfing from where I left last time.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a title="Portable Firefox" href="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/portableapps/Firefox_Portable_3.0.8_en-us.paf.exe?download"><strong><em>Download It</em></strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://moddify.com/domains/smartblogtips/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/firefox-portable.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1101" title="firefox-portable" src="http://moddify.com/domains/smartblogtips/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/firefox-portable.jpg" alt="firefox portable 10 Applications I can&#039;t live without as a Blogger" width="394" height="188" /></a></p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;">Google Chrome Portable</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Google Chrome is still not mature yet. But the good thing about this light weight Browser is that, first its fast  and secondly it provides a fresh breath of air compare to other Memory hogging Browser applications. Another good feature of Google Chrome is that it runs as a separate process for each tab. Why this is important? If you open a faulty site or a tab becomes non-responding, you can kill it without losing all your open applications. Another important thing, Chrome comes preloaded with Gears. Great to use for applications like WordPress Turbo Mode and Google Reader Offline.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://moddify.com/domains/smartblogtips/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/google-chrome-portable.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1102" title="google-chrome-portable" src="http://moddify.com/domains/smartblogtips/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/google-chrome-portable.jpg" alt="google chrome portable 10 Applications I can&#039;t live without as a Blogger" width="351" height="208" /></a></p>
<h3 style="text-align: justify;">Microsoft Excel 2007</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Finally the last utility in the list and the only utility you have to pay to get &#8211; Microsoft Office Excel 2007. The most powerful Spreadsheet application on the planet. I use it t store and manage important details of my all projects and Websites. It is a handy utility to manage keywords, keep a list etc. Other features of this application needs no introduction. The Ribbon Interface rocks. (<em>Had to say that)</em></p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://moddify.com/domains/smartblogtips/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/microsoft-excel-office-2007.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1103" title="microsoft-excel-office-2007" src="http://moddify.com/domains/smartblogtips/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/microsoft-excel-office-2007.jpg" alt="microsoft excel office 2007 10 Applications I can&#039;t live without as a Blogger" width="365" height="131" /></a></h3>
<p style="text-align: justify;">So, what are the most important applications you use while Blogging? Share with other readers. Have a nice Day..!!</p>
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		<title>8 Reasons why Bloggers hate SEO</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jayant</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">The other day I was talking with a newbie blogger, who has just started his blog couple of months ago and after writing 8-10 post, he abandoned it. I was like &#8220;Why?&#8221; to which he narrated all the difficulties he faced like people not reading his content, Google not recognizing his data? Too many badly written content above his in Search Results etc. I could not make him consider re-opening his blog again but he promised me to look at the prospect once again.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">That said, it bring me to the Question as to why Bloggers hate Search Engine Optimization? Here are the top reasons why&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://moddify.com/domains/smartblogtips/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/why-bloggers-hate-seo.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-996" title="why-bloggers-hate-seo" src="http://moddify.com/domains/smartblogtips/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/why-bloggers-hate-seo.jpg" alt="why bloggers hate seo 8 Reasons why Bloggers hate SEO" width="500" height="332" /></a></p>
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<h2 style="text-align: justify;">Too many SEO Experts</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Foremost reason why Bloggers hate SEO is because there are just too many SEO Experts to choose from. Its not bad when you have too many Experts on a certain field, as you can negotiate the rates better. But however in this case, the so called Experts are simply &#8220;SO CALLED ONLY&#8221; and hardly know anything about SEO.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I am not saying that there are no top notch SEO Specialist, but the number of SEO specialist compare to the ones that fake it and just try to wrap up some money is large. Try making a sweep across popular Webmaster Forums, and you will see a flood of people trying for SEO contracts by self naming them as SEO Experts. That is plain sick, as they do not provide the correct picture for the Bloggers/Website Owners.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">SEO Scams and Google Penalty</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Another breed of users are the one who are been cheated by these so-called SEO Experts. These breed of Bloggers have not only put there money to waste, but also lost there organic traffic. Some have even got banned form Google for that matter. Too bad. They were better off with out the Advice.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">Google Algorithm Loopholes</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Google does a nice job of creating its Search Engine Algorithm. And that&#8217;s the beauty of it that keeps Google rich in the Search Engine Market. But every now and then you will find someone discovering a loophole in the algorithm, even if tiny and minuscule and exploiting them to there advantage.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Instances of these started from the time when META TAGS was the way to go for Search Engine Spiders. Keyword Stuffing was  common practice then. As search engines learn from their mistakes and evolved, so did the people who were basking on the earlier loopholes.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">Google&#8217;s Tilt towards Big Websites</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Google tries to play fair. But in honest opinion, I disagree with Google in this respect. Google has always been tilted towards Big Sites. They it seems like have tweaked their algorithm such that these sites gets greater weight. This is good for general public when searching but then it also puts the whole logic of SEO on shaky grounds.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Imaging you searching for say &#8220;Cure for Common Cold&#8221; and Google throws at you big sites who have gather content over the web and pushes a small doctor&#8217;s personal tips from his Blog down the drain (Well Search Engine results after Page 2 are as good as drain as one rarely sees them).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">Too much Dependence on Keyword</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;">As a Blogger, it is difficult for me to think about a topic, find essential keywords for the same and then write your content keeping in mind the keywords. The correct sequence should be rather -&gt; Think Topic, Write Content and put some Meta Tags which have word relevant ot the Content. Dependence on Keywords are such that each Keyword has its own &#8220;Return on Investment&#8221; calculation. You invest your time and energy into a Keyword (remmber it s keyword and not expression which is what writing is all about) and see what return it gives.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Keyword Stuffing as most of the people call it, is the idea of Stuffing your Title, Starting Paragraph and Meta Tags with rich keywords, in a hope that Search Engine would pick your results ahead of someone else. This just kills the fun in writing.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">The IDEA of writing what people will search</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In continuation to the above point, the quest to put your free expression out on the internet and let people read it gets lost once SEO comes in the picture. I am surprise how many Bloggers preach there followers to write for the Search Engine. They go as long as telling them to choose either of the two. I say F#$% that (pardon me). Its good to writing for what people will find, but killing the way you exactly want to describe the expression just to climb few ranks in the Search Engine Results Page (SERPs) is bad.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Here is a bad example. It does matter for someone if he writes SELDOM or RARELY in the context, as both although similiar in meaning might convey the thoughts differently. But &#8220;Hey chances of People Searching the Term RARELY are high, so skip the other word&#8221; &#8211; that&#8217;s how the game is played.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">SEO promotes Black Hat Practices like Link Building</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Practices like Link Building was a novel idea of sharing useful links from your sites to other sites which your readers will find useful. But imaging finding a link like &#8220;Cheap Viagra&#8221;  or &#8220;Find singles in your area tonite&#8221; on a blog that preaches Blogging Tips..??? Surprised..!! Welcome to MMO World. Make Money Online (MMO) has changed the scenario of Link Building. They commercialized it. Blogs with traffic  found a way to earn more cash by directing their users like a cattles. And somehow you will feel SEO is one of the indirect reasons behind it.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">
<h2 style="text-align: justify;">Nofollow Blunder</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Thanks to Big Daddy Google fr releasing a small tag called REL=NOFOLLOW to the &#8220;A HREF&#8221; link element. They did it to make their task simpler. By giving the power to the Bloggers and Website Owners to decide who to pass on the Link Juice. Frankly the whole Page Rank Algorithm would render useless if you remove the NOFOLLOW tag. As Google won&#8217;t be able to distinguish the weights of links pointing from your site.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Although I must say the intent was good, just look at what NOFOLLOW tag has done to the SEO market. There are rival camps that debate over whether to pass the Pagerank juice or not. I am very indecisive over this one. Sometimes I feel passing Link juice is OK but other times I feel why to pass it? The same is the case with other Bloggers too.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">But what pisses me off the most in this respect is how Big sites like Wikipedia completely shuts down the whole link juice to its contributors and other relevant pages. Forget Wikipedia, what about other sites which do not have User Generated Content? Its pretty Insane, as passing the Linkjuice does not affect their Pagerank anyway unless they are promoting some Spam or Phishing sites (in that case, there should not be a link in the first place).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">
<p style="text-align: justify;">As much as I want to criticize the whole practice of Search Engine Optimization, the crude fact is even I use it for myself. Sometimes I believe it was good to have the old days where you felt proud to find a new site and check around to see what it offers compare to today&#8217;s world where a short 160 LETTERS description is what the users get to look on the SERP page before moving on.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Note: The tone of this post is a bit of negative from my usual self. It really irritates me when a Blogger with no profit motive leaves his blog due to no one recognizing or appreciating them. It was the sole reason I started the new category and change my focus to &#8220;<a title="Inspirational Blogging" href="http://www.smartblogtips.com/topics/blog-tips/blogger-inspiration/">INSPIRATIONAL BLOGGING&#8221;</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Do share your views via Comments. Have a nice Day..!!</p>
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		<title>6 Step Guide to Manage Multiple Blogs Effeciently</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 01:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jayant</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Most of the Bloggers maintain more than one blog. Some Bloggers maintain multiple blogs, sometimes even up to five, six or more. And to be honest, it is not difficult to manage. Effective time management and Multi tasking are the key to success. If you are struggling to multitask, try the following tips.</p>
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<h2>1. List you Blogs and Blogging Objectives</h2>
<p align="justify">When you are managing more than one blog, you cannot just divide time between them equally or even randomly. Each and every blog you have should have its own place. Treat it like a family treats its family members. Imaging your Online Blogs as you family. Now do you get as much importance as your Big Grand Daddy. No right..!! Similarly, in your Blogging Arsenal there would be some Big Blogs which have lots of contents and demands more attention. On the other side, there would also be tiny startup blogs which need fresh content and more promotion. The key here is differentiation.</p>
<p align="justify">Here is a rough way to do this. Improve according to your personal preferences</p>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">List down your Blogs.</div>
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<div>Categorize them into Mature, Startups and Midway. This classification is relative to you and not Blogosphere. Keep that in mind.</div>
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<div>Start dividing time among these in terms of percentages. Keep in mind that new blogs will require more research, fresh content and more promotion. In short more time required. <em>(The time allocated here are based on individual blog post. Not Domain promotion. They would be discussed separately)</em></div>
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<div>Also mention the Frequency of posting beside every Blog. Do it conservatively as you would be aiming to hit this number. Twice  a week for decent size post or once  a day for New Update type of posts seems fine.</div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Finally estimate a rough amount of time you need to write per post. This would come handy for the later part.</div>
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<h2>2. Chart your Habits &amp; Sync with Blogging Objectives</h2>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I am a night person. I sleep very late at night because it suits my body clock. So I keep my RSS Reading, Emailing and other stuff like surfing, chatting towards the evening. Once past Dinner, I start with writing Blog Post. I keep weekends specifically to catch up with my Studies and Designing Themes. Now if I reverse the order, I can still get work done but not optimally.</p>
<blockquote style="text-align: justify;"><p>That is my work life balance. Stop. Think for 2 minutes and evaluate your personal work life balance before reading further to benefit from it.</p></blockquote>
<p style="text-align: justify;">There are four broad things you need to do. It may be more or less depending on which step of Blogging you are: Expert Blogger or Newbie</p>
<ol style="text-align: justify;">
<li>Domain Specific Research and Promotion</li>
<li>Individual Blog Specific Research and Promotion</li>
<li>Managing your Online Identity</li>
<li>Misc. Tasks like Emailing, Chatting and Surfing</li>
</ol>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Count the number of hours you can easily keep aside per week in total. Now divide these into the four slots mentioned above as per your personal preferences. Remember to give more time to Point 2, where you need to keep up with your Posting frequency.</p>
<h2>3. Re Evaluate your Blogging Frequency</h2>
<p>Now you must have a fair idea of how much time you need. Its time to re-evaluate your Blogging frequency and choose a conservative figure. Don&#8217;t try to over achieve. Things can go seriously down the hill if you do so.</p>
<h2>4. Compartmentalize your Tasks and Gain from Synergy</h2>
<p>You can see that there are certain repetitive tasks you perform for every blog. You can actually gain on time if you thread the similar task together in your Calendar Schedule. Keep stuff like reading RSS feeds, Keyword Research, Comments Moderation and Maintenance Tasks for all your blog together. For this to happen you may have to break individual tasks into compartments.</p>
<p>Ex: You want to write one post each for your three different blogs. Now either you can do the research, writing and promoting part individually. Or better, you can do these in compartments. In this way, you can sit on one thing, focus better and get it done faster.</p>
<h2>5. Make use of Technology</h2>
<p>Finally, before you put to use, try and find software and tools to get things done faster. Here are few example from my personal experience. It will give you a fair amount of Idea.</p>
<ol>
<li>Use <a title="Google Reader" href="http://reader.google.com" target="_blank">Google Reader</a> to Gather all RSS feeds</li>
<li>Divide your RSS Subscriptions into Folders and Tags. So you can focus on reading a particular post category when needed.</li>
<li>Make use of a offline Blogging Application like <a title="Windows Live Writer" href="http://download.live.com/writer" target="_blank">Windows Live Writer</a>.</li>
<li>Use<a title="Twitter Feed" href="http://twitterfeed.com/" target="_blank"> Twitter Feed</a> to post your Blog Posts to Twitter and similar Services</li>
<li>Forwarding all your different Email to one, preferably to a <a title="Gmail by Google" href="http://www.gmail.com" target="_blank">Gmail Account</a></li>
<li>Make use of Gmail Labels to organize similar Email Tasks together.</li>
<li>Use <a title="Social Marker Bookmarking Service" href="http://www.socialmarker.com/" target="_blank">Bookmarking Service</a> to quickly bookmark your post to large number of Social Media sites.</li>
<li>Make use of <a title="Google Notebook" href="http://www.google.com/notebook" target="_blank">Google Notebook</a> / <a title="Google Bookmarks" href="http://www.google.com/bookmarks/" target="_blank">Bookmarks</a> to take notes and carry them everywhere.</li>
<li>Make use of <a title="Portable Apps" href="http://portableapps.com/" target="_blank">Portable version of applications </a>and carry them on USB Drive.</li>
<li>Make use of <a title="Google Gears" href="http://gears.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Gears </a>where ever possible.</li>
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<p>These are just a  few of them. I would list in forth coming</p>
<h2>6. Quick note on Some Tasks</h2>
<p>I have not touched upon on how to optimize each and every individual task. They need a separate post of their own to do justification. But I would quickly run over the some tasks here</p>
<ol>
<li>Emailing: As a blogger you would be getting lots of emails. Don&#8217;t try to response to each and every one as you read them. Also make standardize draft responses where ever you can.</li>
<li>Quick Keyword Research: Target Long keywords, atleast 3-4 words long but no more</li>
<li>Digging and Bookmarking: Digg 10 interesting post for every post you submit.</li>
<li>Speed Reading: Skim through the RSS Titles in Google Reader. Star the posts that looks interesting based on Title. Comeback later to read the Starred Items.</li>
<li>Email Management: If using more than one Email, forward them to one Gmail account and manage all your mails from Central Location.</li>
<li>Live Writer: If you are using Live Writer, remember it cannot pull draft post store on you WordPress Blogs. So save them on the Computer instead.</li>
<li>Google Calendar: Mark important events with respect to blogging on Google Calendar and make use of SMS Notification.</li>
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<p>This list is by no means comprehensive. Add your opinions to it via Comments. Have a nice Day..!!</p>
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		<title>Write Timeless Content: Post not related to current news</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jayant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Content is important only when it is worth referring back to. All content share the following features Purpose Timeline and Targeted Audience Once any one among these it attained, the Content is useless. Meaning, it does not derives any value. So, when you are as a Blogger writing content, you need to understand the impact [...]
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">Content is important only when it is worth referring back to. All content share the following features</p>
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<div>Purpose</div>
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<div>Timeline and</div>
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<div>Targeted Audience</div>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Once any one among these it attained, the Content is useless. Meaning, it does not derives any value. So, when you are as a Blogger writing content, you need to understand the impact of all the three features, so as to optimize your blog posts. How? let’s see.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Purpose is pretty easy to attain. You already know what you are writing about. And in today’s world, we Smart Bloggers already know our targeted audience (Even then it is better to have a double check on these two features before you sit down writing). Finally, the most important aspect which also varies a lot as per writing is TIMELINE.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">To put simply, the way your content is frame, it has a particular timeline. It could be by its nature (a news post, which won’t have any importance after sometime the event is done) or style (Your experience clearing Board Exams) etc. Now the purpose of this post is to dwell more into creating Content that have a large TIMELINE, so that it remains useful for a larger period. Let’s see how can we create Timeless Content.</p>
<p align="center"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-728" title="timeless-content" src="http://moddify.com/domains/smartblogtips/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/timeless-content.jpg" alt="timeless content Write Timeless Content: Post not related to current news" width="500" height="375" /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonivc/2283676770/" target="_blank">Image Credit</a></p>
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<h2>Features of Timeless Content</h2>
<p align="justify">So how do you go on to write timeless content? What defines it? How is it different from any other content? What measures I need to take? Can I make any content timeless? Let’s take these questions one by one.</p>
<p align="justify"><strong>Timeless Post do not only mean removing Dates</strong></p>
<p align="justify">Writing timeless post and articles is an art. You cannot write any topic and consider it timeless. For Example, if you write on your sixteenth’s birthday party, it would cease its value after the party is over and a few days more. But if you write about the most exiting party of your life, which incidentally was also on your Sweet Sixteen Birthday, then it would definitely have a larger timeline. So get the point. Its more about Content representation than removing all occurrence of Dates from your Blog Layout.</p>
<p align="justify">A timeless post has a theme, which is represented in such a way that you are compel to read and connect to it, irrespective of the time. Although no posts can be exactly timeless, but you can definitely make the timeline of a post adding value long enough.</p>
<p align="justify"><strong>Look at the Bigger Picture</strong></p>
<p align="justify">Looking at the bigger picture, taking a macro opinion, leaving minute details and taking the level higher always makes a post be more effective over time. When you insert details, which are small and change soon, chances are high that you would in quest for grabbing attention and personal touch, sacrifice the time span of the content.</p>
<p><strong>Main Subject of the Post should not Disintegrate Quickly</strong></p>
<p align="justify">Choose a topic, which is more general in nature, yet specific enough for you to maintain attention of your audience. Choose subjects which do not Disintegrate Quickly. A good idea would be General Tutorials, How-tos etc. Notice the word GENERAL here. Writing about experience of a Blogger using WordPress would be more useful than writing about the experience with respect to a particular version like say WordPress 2.7</p>
<p align="justify"><strong>Now comes the Make Part</strong></p>
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<div>Remove Date from Post BYLINE</div>
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<div>Change Permalinks to not reflect YEAR and MONTH in it</div>
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<div>Get rid of CALENDAR</div>
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<div>Get rid of POST ARCHIVES. Rather maintain a list of Post group by categories</div>
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<div>If you need to put Current News and Site updates, use a plug in like Advance Category Excluder and remove it from Blog Front Page</div>
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<p align="justify"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-729" title="timeless-in-london" src="http://moddify.com/domains/smartblogtips/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/timeless-in-london.jpg" alt="timeless in london Write Timeless Content: Post not related to current news" width="500" height="334" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/voetmann/2586890445/" target="_blank">Image Credit</a></p>
<h2>Benefits of Timeless Content</h2>
<ul style="text-align: justify;">
<li>Your posts will be much more relevant for a longer time.</li>
<li>Actually you will find the value of post increased as time progresses.</li>
<li>People will link you with writing content that have a larger Value-Life (time until the content gives useful value) than others, giving you AUTHORITY STATUS in your niche.</li>
<li>It will draw more traffic once you have a hang of writing it.</li>
<li>More people will link to your content as they are comparatively more relevant due to their timeless nature (baring few exceptions).</li>
</ul>
<h2>When you should not try to “Write Timeless Content”</h2>
<ul>
<li>Site updates and News from your Niche.</li>
<li>Contests</li>
<li>About day to day topics.</li>
<li>Narrating a story.</li>
<li>Sports and Events.</li>
<li>Trips, Tours and Travel Experience.</li>
</ul>
<h2>When you should try to “Write Timeless Content”</h2>
<ul>
<li>When you are addressing to your whole niche</li>
<li>Explaining some Concept</li>
<li>Posting Tutorials or How-tos etc.</li>
</ul>
<p>I would like to hear your views on it. Do so via comments. Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day to you all..!!</p>
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		<title>Do you check each of your Commentator’s Blog?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jayant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love my blog. Well who doesn’t..?? So I am very picky when it comes to accepting comments. Although the ideal comments should have some value addition to the blog post and not just short message like “Nice Post” or “Great Job”; I also had to admit the fact it is sometimes harder for Bloggers [...]
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">I love my blog. Well who doesn’t..?? So I am very picky when it comes to accepting comments. Although the ideal comments should have some value addition to the blog post and not just short message like “Nice Post” or “Great Job”; I also had to admit the fact it is sometimes harder for Bloggers to go deep into each and every Blog Post they discover and then try to add value in terms of Comments.</p>
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<p align="justify">Take my example. Most of my Blog Surfing and Reading of new Blog Post happens through Google Reader. If I like the post very much, then I visit the webpage and comment on it. Now, I track around couple of hundred odd Blogs form various topics. Often I do not have time to track each and every one of them, forget commenting. Its all part of the time management process. You give some to achieve some..!!</p>
<p align="justify">But what pisses me off completely is when people comment and link back to their affiliate sales page and not there blog or website instead. I mean, come on you are making such a beautiful system redundant in a small effort to get more sales. A better option would be to rather redirect it to your Blog and let us know you are worth following.</p>
<p align="justify">I checked each and every link of my commentators. If the blog is worthy enough for subscribing, I do it then and there itself. Well I subscribe to most of the Blogs I encounter. Even if they are new and do not have much content, I subscribe to them and keep them tagged as Pool Blogs in my Google Reader Account and view them later when I have free time.</p>
<p align="justify">So, isn’t it nice to comment on this Blog and get a free Subscriber via Feeds or Email. Do you check each of your Commentator’s Blog..??</p>
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		<title>Wake up..!! You can do it..!! Blogging or Whatever..</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jayant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So you have started a blog of your own and have left it in between. All the enthusiasm has dried up. You cannot think of what to write about. When you clicked that Register Button on the Blogging service, your mind was filled with lot many ideas, but once you had your blog up and [...]
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">So you have started a blog of your own and have left it in between. All the enthusiasm has dried up. You cannot think of what to write about. When you clicked that <strong>Register Button</strong> on the Blogging service, your mind was filled with lot many ideas, but once you had your blog up and running, very soon you ran out of steam..!!</p>
<p align="justify">Fear not, that’s what happen to most of us..!! More than 50% of Bloggers give up their blog within first six months of inception. So it is just natural. But here is a line to be drawn. You have to decide which side are you. Are you one to give up? or Do you still want to achieve what you set out for? If you are the first case then I might not be able to help you out. But if you still have the urge, then<strong> I can help you to help yourself.</strong></p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://moddify.com/domains/smartblogtips/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/success.jpg"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="success" src="http://moddify.com/domains/smartblogtips/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/success-thumb.jpg" alt="success thumb Wake up..!! You can do it..!! Blogging or Whatever.." width="500" height="285" /></a> <a title="Become Successful Blogger" rel="no follow" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31405632@N06/2941682132/">Image Credit</a></p>
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<h3>The secret path to Success</h3>
<p align="justify">If you have seen the movie Kung Fu Panda, you must remember they talk about “the secret to great fighter” and it is nothing but nothing. Yeah, there is no shortcut to success. No one is successful from birth. One can be rich, one can be famous, but success is something you have to achieve yourself.</p>
<p><strong>You might be tempted to ask “What exactly is Success” if its not money and not certainly fame?</strong></p>
<p>The answer is simple.</p>
<blockquote><p><em>Success is you gauging or measuring your potential against your set benchmarks. </em></p></blockquote>
<p>Let me share my personal example with you.</p>
<blockquote>
<p align="justify">I have a very close friend of mine. He met with an unfortunate accident three years ago and lost his eyes. Today he earns his livelihood by assembling computers. How he manages to get the stuff done is an achievement in itself.</p>
<p align="justify">He always tell me that once you decided to say “YES” the hard part is over. After that all seems easy. He initially had very difficult part in his life, where post his accident, all he wanted to do was end his life. Its only when he decided to accept his short comings and decided to take the long but sure path to achieve his objectives, that he began to enjoy. Today he is  more content than people like me and many more.</p>
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<p align="justify"><strong><em>Its not how many goals you score in a match that counts, but rather how you played the game.</em></strong> Its the effort you put in your tasks to achieve your objectives. So what are you waiting for?</p>
<h3>Success comes to people who are Smarter</h3>
<p align="justify">Working hard and working more than needed differentiates a Hard Worker from a Smart Worker. Its true that there is no short cut to Success. But that does not mean that you have to take the longest route.</p>
<p align="justify">Think what needs to be done. Work out alternative approaches to the task. Evaluate the feasibility of each path. Choose the one which fits you the best and will add the maximum value to the task. Then do it.</p>
<p align="justify">Just because you want to get the task done, do not do the task. Trust me you would be better of not doing anything. Rather than doing something for the sake of it, without adding any value to it.</p>
<h3>Either you keep Dreaming Big or wake up and Achieve your Goals</h3>
<p align="justify">This is my first post on <strong>Blogger Inspiration</strong> category. I find a lot of new bloggers with big dreams and aspiration getting lost in get rich quick scams or follow path which lead them to circles, until they give up. I hope via this blog and other mediums I can help out these bloggers to achieve what they set out for. Every little help would make me feel happy.</p>
<p align="justify">Let’s begin the New Year on a Winning Note. Your Blog is waiting for you..!!</p>
<p align="justify">Have a nice day..!!</p>
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