Hundreds and thousands of blogs take birth each day, but the number of blogs that die are equally high as well. They say you need to give at least 5 years for a business to survive and in the blogosphere we say, give it 3 months for a blog to pick up the pace. Most of the bloggers get so frustrated within such a short period of

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We all have a professional side and a personal side. Since ritubpant is my portfolio site and this is my personal blog, I guess I can allow myself to be well, myself.

Quite a while ago I had written a blogging song which I was never sure if I should publish. Sometimes the best way to take control of a situation is by asking

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The first and one of the most important step to getting into an influential network is to be noticed. You can email as many times as you want, but the chances are your emails just wont make it to the blogger’s attention. I can only imagine the inbox of a popular and influential blogger.

I have been fortunate to have been not

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We all differ from each other in one way or the other and so does our opinion and views on certain things. Blogging is seen by some as a money making machine and by some as the perfect tool to network and open new opportunities, I fall under the second category. As bloggers we all write for readers, we try to write what we thin

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If you noticed I used to have the entrecard widget on the sidebar which is no longer there. It’s been quite annoying using entrecard because of the constant messages I received on my entrecard account for exchanging points and all that stuff. Also, it seemed like the entrecard widget wasn’t doing much for anybody in terms of quality visitors.

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In order to be truly productive, you need to find the perfect mixture among the three, which is not as easy as it sounds as it is constantly changing day by day. Working 24 hours won’t necessarily make you more productive. In fact, it causes you to burnout and unable to function. This is when you look for resources in how to work smarter and

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Although most of us jump into the blogging world with the hopes of making money, I personally find the true essence of it lies within networking. Honestly, my main objective when I started this blog was to make money as well. In the month of November I made about 300 U.S. dollars and since then it’s been a dead cash crop. But I have learned m

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Watch out Daddy, we are going to rock just like you did. If you feel the love send some cows from your herd to our karate school. We will be kicking, hooshing and learning how to make money here, karate style. We don’t want to be no farm boys but need some cows delivered from you to get our students strong and healthy. Now all you readers, su

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” How the hell am I going to get this done? I had planned on finishing this within a month and it’s already three months past? I never have time to do anything? Work, home, kids, family and this side project. I should have never started, after all where is the time to ensure maximum productivity?”

Do you ever ask yourself these questions o

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Nothing much. Just participate and thank one person you would like to thank when it comes to blogging. The person might have helped you setup your blog, helped you write better, helped you gain more subscribers, anything you can think of. If they helped you and took time to cater to your needs, you certainly should take the time to thank them

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Although it might seem like there is nothing much to do after you write that killer content and hit publish, there is a lot of things you need to consider. I have been blogging for couple months and during this time I have learned some things that has helped me grow my blog and audience.

Here are a few things that I have found very useful

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The best way to learn, as usual, is to observe and listen to others. We as bloggers are constantly trying to find new ways to learn and soak up some tips on blogging. If you are one of us, then this post is for you. A couple days ago I started a game ” Use a Letter, Share a Blogging Tip “. The whole idea of the game was to get readers to part

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What is the difference between your site and a more successful one? I believe that the difference is not one of quality. It’s a difference in Networking. The best way to advance your blog’s “social status” is to raise the awareness of it’s existence.

You may look at the subscriber count, or the number of comments and pingbacks on a high pr

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Well, it’s time for some play here at Work N Play. I have been trying to come up with games every once in a while but at times my mind just seems to shut when it comes to coming up with something creative. Well, I try!

I am not sure how this game will come across but just bare with me as I tried. When I was setting my 2008 blogging goals,

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What is one thing that we need to do in order to be known? What is the secret to building contacts? How do we get to know people whose interest are similar to ours? How do we find people who can help us boost our business and/or traffic? You guessed it right - Network!

Networking doesn’t mean keeping tabs on everyone you’ve met since you w

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