Hello. ?So I am today want to touch about writing a blog post for your blog. ?About sometimes ago I have been setting up many blogs. ?I end up with about 47 domains which more than half is undeveloped. :-( Some blog is about a niche which I do not even know in depth and does not have the passion to dig deep into it. ?Somethings like, cosmetic, cooking, health related niche and what soever… ?They end up as a dead blog! ?Dead blog mean a blog that does not updated with latest blog post in a long time. ?The worst parts is we losing money to buy the domain name and the hosting rental. ?Instead of making the blogs become our assets, we change them into a liability. ?You don’t want that to happen to you, don’t you? ?Well, I’ve been there and I think I don’t want ever again to setting up a blog which is not in my field of interest.

Creating a New Blog?

A blog type website are easily created nowadays. ?When we goes back in time where even simple designed blog need at least html knowledge to develop, nowadays it’s sufficient just to know how to use a computer and internet browser. ?Even kids in the kindergarten know how to surf the internet don’t they?

There are so many free blog service that been offers free of charge. ?Two of the best I want to point out is Blogger by Google and WordPress. ?Creating a blog with Blogger or Blogspot the other name is just as easy as several clicks and then there you are with your own subdomain given by Blogger. ?Then you can post about any legal topic on it. ?Make it as a diaries, how to tutorials, or just a random thought. ?Same goes with WordPress. ?There are two type of WordPress blog, one is the free service hosted by the WordPress.com and the other one is giving out the free WordPress script which powered the WordPress.com. ?Better. ?This blog itself is powered by WordPress script that is written in PHP programming language. ?Yes, it is a self hosted blog.

While creating a free blog is good for a starting, I was starting with Blogger as well but it is good and far better to have your own domain name. ?It’s like branding yourself, branding your thought and of course it shows the authority and the level of interest you put on it. ?It shows you are serious about what are you talking about. ?Not just that cheap talk on a free blog service.

Discover Your Passion

I have a hard time discovering my own true passion last time. ?I just have way too many interest in various of fields. ?I like reviewing movies, I like playing games, I like to watch anime and read manga, I like to blog, yes, and I like to invent things. ?But discovering which one will last long is important so that this “hobby” will not wasting your time and money.

I then found out that I rarely watch any movies because I was busy working and developing my own online business. ?Even thought I have a good gaming rig from my Ipod Touch, where all great Iphone game is there, I barely able have time to WAST MY TIME PLAYING GAMES. ?I’m not a kid anymore. ?I need to build up my career. ?Well, that’s what I said to myself when there’s a whispers to update my mobile gaming blog. ?Then I found my true passion. ?I don’t care if I am actually wasting money on it, or wasting time on it. ?I always believe it will give me the satisfaction I want and I believe that it will also bring me a good business as times goes by. ?I am not forcing myself to do it. ?Other people are hardly enough to distract me from it. ?Yes, finally I found it. ?That’s how to identify what your true passion are.

Beware though, sometimes there are something that I called a “seasonal passion” where the case you really so into it this time just like you’re find your true passion. ?But as you go alone with it. ?You lose the passion and disappointment occur. ?No one can share your findings, your joys. ?This sometimes because of influence of other people. ?For example, you be friend with someone who likes to go for wave surfing or skate boarding. ?Then you indeed have than passion on the highest level of your adrenalin! ?But then your friend move away and you alone. ?Dang! ?You lose your interest on it.

Write In Accurate Fact

When there something doubtful in my mind about what I am writing, I will search for it in the internet. ?Usually I go for a Wikipedia. ?I love that website so much. ? (L) But some of my friend say it not accurate or fake facts. ?I don’t really believe that though, because the scientific facts that I am very sure I am right was stated there the same way I am sure it should.

Blogging For Money

When I met new friends and when I said I am making money with blogs. ?Their eyes shines and they want to learn more about it. ?Well, I am open to teach people about what I know. ?But when it is MONEY was your first priority, you will never ever make a good quality blog. ?You will always think about money. ?And they think it’s just like a quick rich scheme that will bring them money overnight. ?There are 70% of new bloggers will quit blogging after being disappointed that they not generating enough money to “quit their daily job”. ?While the rest 30% obviously write for passion.

Almost all new blogger who think about “make money online” will quit not even reach one year from the time of their blog first published.

This blog, PANGERAN.ORG was established in the year of 2007. ?Actually it was an old blog with a lot of posts! ?A good post and a junk post. ?I may never write a pillar post everytime but just to keep it updated. ?And for some unknown reason, this blog was HACKED THREE TIMES in its life time that I lost all the posts before because I did not make any back ups. ?So far I have around 800++ 404 page error stats in my Google Webmasters tools that still trying to accessing my old blog post. ?I take life easy. ?People try to bring me down, I will try to rise again and again. ?Now I will try to do some back up at least once a month to avoid this things happen again in the future but I don’t hope this to happen again. ?Please crackers, you can spend your time on cracking games and softwares, leave my blog alone.

It’s Not Wrong To Monetize Your Blog

Some people who blog for passion think they will pissed of their readers when they put ads on their blog like those Yahoo ads, Google Adsense ads, etc. ?But the concept is not to trick your readers to click on those ads but give them a good browsing experience. ?For example, I after become a blogger I am not an ads blind surfer and of course I try as much as I could not to click on those ads because I know I was ?expecting to be sold if I do so. ?But sometimes the ads were really what I am looking for. ?For example when I was trying to find about price and review for my dream laptop an Alienware M11x. ?There’s ads that promoting sales about this, reviews and yes the price and specification.

It’s about GIVING A GOOD BROWSING EXPERIENCE while at the same time making your blog alive. ?It’s good to have a blog which can sponsor itself a domain renewal fee and the hosting rental. ?And it is a blessed day if actually you can make a living just with your blog. ?That was my goal but so far I still can’t up to that level, unless your blog is a blogshop like most of my commentators. ?Some selling used tires, laptop briefcase. ?Yeah, that’s nice I may finds a good 11″ netbook briefcase later. ;-) ?But I just not sure what a used tire being use for? Haha…

Blog Design

Your blog design somehow affect your love to your blog. ?It’s just like having a beautiful girlfriend. ?I may spend more time with her when I like to see her. ?I think same goes with our blog. ?If we like the design, something soothing to our eyes and what we can always brag about in front of other people about how good our blog design. ?But again it’s about content and not the design. ?Neat and clean blog design should be sufficient.

Did I Hear Search Engine Optimization?

Yes I am a big fan for search engine optimization. ?I know content is king, but SEO is the queen. ?A kingdom lack of a queen is a kingdom of a doom. ?Haha… Joking. ?But the concept is like that. ?It must go side by side. ?No content, then SEO is useless… No SEO, the content is undiscoverable. ?They can run, but not on the optimum level, that’s why it called OPTIMIZATION or OPTIMISATION on British English standard that Malaysian use.

I just do some basic SEO and I will try as best as possible not to use any so called black hat technique to SEO my blogs.

What I do so far were already posted in a category called Blogging for Beginner. ?But there’s advance technique like using a social networking service and linking technique that requires more works like using Squidoo, Hub pages, and those free bloging service like Blogger and WordPress. ?Just don’t spend more than 50% of your effort on SEO. ?It should be balance with other task.

Okay, last but not least please come always to my blog. ?I am welcoming your comments and let’s have a good discussion. ?For those who have not yet subscribe to PANGERAN.ORG, please do so and you will get updates notified to you via email or your RSS reader.

Best regards,

Pangeran Wiguan