I thought that I would write about some great articles that I have read this week. I recommend that you read each of these. They are really great.
Blog carnivals and reader writing projects are a great way to network with bloggers in your niche, get your blog a little more attention and to gain more links and traffic. Handling and organizing the carnival though can seem like a lot of work.
Over at my blog I routinely invite readers to send me their best links on a topic. This is for two reasons in addition to the benefits listed above, the main reason being I find I don’t link out enough and linking out is a good thing to do. The other reason of course is it makes for great content for my blog!
In the past I have tried having people submit links via the contact form, comments, emails. It is all just too much work, and invites so much spam it becomes unworkable.
When my friend Damian asked for plugin ideas this was my chance to make what was once a tedious task into something I could do easily!
WP_Submission allows you to add a submission form to any post. As well as generating automatic emails it writes the submissions to a new post in drafts. Each submission is appended automatically with appropriate links and bullet formatting. All you have to do is edit the final post and make it live, easy!
You can read more about the plugin over at Damian’s site and look out for his other cool plugins too.
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This post was written by Chris Garrett a professional blogger and internet marketing consultant from the UK.
Since the hype surrounding Blogrush, Dealdotcom and now Widgetbucks, I have been wondering why some bloggers have been so quick to sing the praises of these untried blogging services. I don’t think that bloggers should risk harming their reputation on these new programs.
I was not sure that I wanted to write about this subject for fear of being accused of being a hypocrite some time in the future. But Ben’s article on the same topic was the impetus for me sticking my neck out.
The reasons that bloggers are quick to promote a new service are two fold. First, bloggers like to write about new things happening in the blogosphere. This is what a lot of us bloggers are interested in and we are fascinated with new ways to generate traffic and make money online. This is a completely appropriate reason to write about these topics. Unfortunately, too ofter the second reason presents a precarious tightrope that bloggers need to be careful when writing about these new services.
The second reason that bloggers write about these topics is that these services typically involve a multi-level marketing scheme whereby bloggers will get extra money for signing up new participants. Bloggers need to avoid pimping these services. Our reputation is too important to risk tarnishing it.
The next time that I think about promoting one of these services I hope that this article makes me think twice. No short-term gain is worth hurting my reputation. However, I will write about these new services as news events, just not ask my readers to sign up through me.
The Topic Factory is hosting the 3rd edition of Carnival of Bloggers Helping Bloggers. I have submitted my article on 10 Forums to Make You a Better Blogger. Please go check out the other great articles.
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