1. Choose WordPress

2. If you use blogspot, get your own domain

3. Choose the right hosting provider

4. If possible, have keywords on your domain

5. Use dashes for long domain name

6. Opt for .com or .net and avoid the rest

7. Have the post-install checklist

8. Optimize your permalink

9. Plugins does wonder to your blog

10. Choose the right plugins

11. Too many plug-ins will slow down your blog

12. Pick your niche carefully and stick with it

13. Be passionate about what you write

14. Aim to be an expert in your niche

15. Don’t lose your credibility by faking it

16. Be accountable to what you say write

17. Posting frequency is over-rated

18. Read more than you write. Organize your RSS subscription

19. Avoid chunk of long article. Break it down into paragraph

20. Use bold headings

21. Use list

22. Write long article to get traffic

23. Picture speaks a thousand words. Use images

24. Start and end with questions whenever possible

25. Proofread twice before you publish

26. Focus on keywords in post title

27. Write for both readers and search engines

28. Your readers come first, everything else second

29. Learn the importance of keyword research

30. Being #1 on Google doesn’t necessarily brings in the traffic

31. Keywords must be searchable. Check its average search volume.

32. Don’t be afraid to link out

33. To get attention, link out to inner pages and not homepage

34. Explain What is RSS? Not everyone is tech-savvy

35. Use feedburner

36. Offer email subscription

37. Don’t display your subscribership too early

38. The first 100 is the hardest. The next 100 is easier to achieve

39. Back up your blog

40. Speed up your blog

41. Optimize your blog

42. Design matters, first impression counts

43. Get a premium theme

44. If budget isn’t an issue, get a custom theme

45. Unclutter your sidebar

46. Have an “About Me” page. It makes it more personal

47. Don’t hide behind your blog

48. Mascot is the trend but real picture improves your credibility

49. Always have a “Contact Me” page

50. Dofollow your blog to get your community off the ground

51. Promote your blog via commenting

52. Leave relevant comments. One-line comments are frowned upon

53. Get yourself a gravatar and see #48

54. Link to inner pages when commenting

55. Use Fast Blog Finder

56. Be the first to comment

57. Avoid A-list blogs when you are new as

58. No one cares about your opinion unless you are John Chow

59. Moderate your comments. Use Akismet.

60. Always reply to comments

61. Don’t underestimate the use of keywords on your comment

62. Visit your commenters’ sites. Reciprocal commenting is the key

63. Activate top commentator plugin

64. Enable “Subscribe to Comment“

65. Join my PageRank list

66. Learn the art of pin-point commenting

67. Reward your top active commenters

68. Don’t monetize too early

69. Adsense isn’t going to make you rich overnight

70. Adsense works best with organic traffic

71. Cost-Per-Click (CPC) is higher on niche sites

72. Subscribers don’t click ads

73. Learn the art of affiliate marketing

74. Write product review

75. Check your stats

76. Study your popular pages and

77. Monetize those pages

78. Optimize your old articles for search traffic

79. Learn basic SEO

80. Make use of SEO tools

81. Duplicate content is a myth

82. Google sandbox is real

83. Focus on one-way link building

84. Have keywords on footer

85. Write a guest post and invite guest posters

86. Promote your blog site with article marketing

87. Learn the power of outsourcing

88. Use signature links on “dofollow” forums

89. Join Twitter and use it creatively.

90. Digg is useless

91. Use Squidoo and promote with Knol

92. Join Technorati and claim your blog

93. Make into 45n5 Top 100 list

94. Be patient. There isn’t any shortcut to blogging success.

95. Have perseverance. Your passion is your passport to success.

96. Find out what people want and help them get it.

97. For blogging tips, read ProBlogger

98. For copywriting tips, read CopyBlogger

99. For personal development tips, read Tony Robbins

100. The ‘gurus’ are not always right

101. Create a 101 list

What did you learn so far in 2009? Give us your coments.



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André & Tom

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