How to Make Your Blog Standout from the Crowd (iBlog8 Presentation)

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How to Make Your Blog Stand Out from the Crowd – Victorino Q. Abrugar – Blogger at BusinessTips.Ph

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My 15-slide presentation for my talk at "iBlog8" The 8th Philippine Blogging Summit" on May 26, 2012, Malcolm Theater, UP Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. http://businesstips.ph

Transcript of How to Make Your Blog Standout from the Crowd (iBlog8 Presentation)

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How to Make Your Blog

Stand Out from the Crowd– Victorino Q. Abrugar –

Blogger at BusinessTips.Ph

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Build a strong foundation

Build a blog that rocks!

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Build a strong foundation

• Purpose - Most aim for money, but only few dare to change the world.

• Principles - Must be permanent.• Mission - Must be executable.• Core Values - Values you can stand and fight for. • Habits - Few are not enough. Add some more.• Skills – Acquire skills on writing, design,

photography, SEO, SMM, general marketing, et cetera.

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Have a reasonable courage

Calculate, prepare, and take the risk!

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Have a reasonable courage

• Invest more - Make your blog premium and make the blogger in you more professional.

• Build confidence – Find a mentor, read more, and learn more. Accessing information is a no-brainer task these days.

• Train like a champion – Strengthen your stamina physically, mentally, and emotionally.

• Focus like a Ninja - Clear your mind. Forgive, forget, and forward.

• Go outside of your comfort zone – Increase the challenges you take and explore a little bit more.

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Create a world-class blog

Prepare for global domination!

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Create a world-class blog

• Know your competition - Use research and analytic tools. A lot of free tools are available online.

• Conquer yourself - Overcome your laziness, impatience, and other worst attributes of yourself.

• Conquer your own country - Lead and love your countrymen. Help your community.

• Conquer the world - Be globally competitive.

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Be Unique

Don’t just be a flower, but be a power!

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Be Unique

• Be the one - Explore yourself. Find your passion and expertise.

• Be the first one - Be the discoverer, the inventor or the whistleblower.

• Be number one – Declare war! Compete and have the winning spirit.

• Give extra ones - Wow your audience! Be extraordinary by always giving that little extra.

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Be a light

Enlighten to be heightened!

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Be a light

• Inspire people - Move people by blogging answers and solutions to their long-reigning questions and problems.

• Be honest - Build trust and confidence.• Be a role model - Walk the talk and show proof.• Educate - Be generous in sharing your

knowledge and expertise. Be a motivational speaker by becoming a motivated person.

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Connect

Don’t just focus on the media in the “social media”, but focus on

the social - the people.

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Connect

• Connect to your blog. Claim your blog, and let your blog claim you.

• Connect to the blogosphere. Make your blog naturally worthy of connection or back linking.

• Connect to the right crowd. Stand out from the crowd of bloggers, not spammers.

• Be human. Have compassion. Create lasting relationships with your audience and social media connections.

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Finally, be consistent.

Your persistence and consistency will determine your success.

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Thank you!

For more tips on how to make your blog stand out from the crowd, just Google “100 ways to make your blog stand out from the crowd”.

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