Smart Posts Worth Reading #4

Posted on June 17th, 2007 by Jon - SmartWealthyRich

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The Importance Of A Good Domain Name: Martin talks about the importance of choosing the right domain name for your website or blog. Chances are people won’t remember your domain name if it’s not relevant to your niche or if it’s too difficult to remember. Keep things simple and memorable.

The Complete Metaphor Project Listing And Winners: Liz started the Metaphor Project some time ago and recieved quite a good response. People wrote about their blogging metaphors, how they explain blogging to someone who has no idea what it is.

7 Deceptively Hard Blogging Tasks: Collis writes about the things that can be difficult in blogging. I do agree with many of the points he mentions in his post. Especially the “not giving up” point. Most blogs won’t be there 6 months from now.

How To Write Eye-Popping Headlines While Exhausted: If you’re like a lot of ~~bloggers~~ online publishers/writers you probably feel exhausted and tired sometimes. And it can be really hard to focus and write that new killer post, and even more difficult to come up with a killer headline. Well, no worries, Ben has great tips for all of us.

Essential Tools for Social Media: Social networking, social bookmarking, the web is now a 2-way street, compared to how things were a couple of years ago. Charlene wrote (again) an really good post highlighting the different social networking and bookmarking sites, and beyond that how important it is to define your online identity, and make good use of the plugin that are available today to help make things more social and connect people.

Please take some time to visit these blogs and read their posts. There is a lot of valuable and interesting stuff to learn that can definitely help you blog better. ;)

Take care!

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15 Responses to “Smart Posts Worth Reading #4”

Roberta // Jun 17, 2007 at 7:31 pm

Well, I hope my blog isn’t too egotistical by it being my full name…hehe

I also have earsucker, which is relatively easy to remember….hopefully :)

I haven’t gotten into social media as of yet, but that’s on my list of things to do as I take over the world…
Jon - SmartWealthyRich // Jun 17, 2007 at 7:38 pm

Hi Roberta, earsucker.com sounds awesome! And no it doesn’t sound egotistical at all to have your name as your domain name, I have www.jonathan-phillips.com ;)
Char // Jun 17, 2007 at 9:35 pm

Thanks so much for including my post in this collection! I will definitely check out the other posts.

Have a great week.
Jon - SmartWealthyRich // Jun 17, 2007 at 9:36 pm

Hi Char, you’re more than welcome, I really enjoyed reading your post, I’m sure my readers will like it too.
Roberta // Jun 17, 2007 at 10:31 pm

Thanks Jonathan, I just love to blog….either that, or I have a ton of stuff to say….each has its own place, that’s kind of why I’m not pimping out Earsucker for reviews in exchange for backlinks. Even though it has a PR of 4, it’s not the same genre of content as my personal domain. Music buffs don’t care about the behind the scenes stuff of blogging, they just want the music news. Know what I mean?
Jon - SmartWealthyRich // Jun 18, 2007 at 12:41 am

I think you’re right, same for my personal blog (www.jonathan-phillips.com) which is more about my personal stuff and music. although I should probably update it more often hehe

Comparing your 2 blogs, the ratio of SE traffic on earsucker is probably higher than on your other blog where your traffic probably comes more from other blogs and social media sites. Either is fine, it’s just a different crowd ;)
Zac Johnson // Jun 18, 2007 at 3:34 am

Nice list of blogs. I agree with the importance of domain names and how important they are. I recently was able to pick up my full name after years of it being owned by someone else. I offered $500 to buy it, then they just let it expire!
Jon - SmartWealthyRich // Jun 18, 2007 at 3:35 am

Zac, it’s proof that good things come to those who wait. ;)
Roberta // Jun 18, 2007 at 6:48 am

I checked out your personal site, Jonathan…I didn’t know you played guitar…I used to have an Ibanez…hehe

I added you over at earsucker….just because I can :) lol
Jon - SmartWealthyRich // Jun 18, 2007 at 6:49 am

Hey Roberta Thanx a bunch! ;)

Now I have to go and try to find out how many jellbeans are in the jar hehe
Community Building Blog // Jun 18, 2007 at 12:25 pm

Thanks for the link, Jonathan - I am flattered to be in such excellent company!

- Martin Reed
Jon - SmartWealthyRich // Jun 18, 2007 at 12:26 pm

Martin, you’re very welcome, I would’ve featured more than only 1 post of yours though :)
David Airey :: Creative Design :: // Jun 18, 2007 at 1:27 pm

Nice list, Jonathan.

I’m a subscriber to some of those blogs but will definitely head over to check the others out now.
Jon - SmartWealthyRich // Jun 18, 2007 at 3:48 pm

Hi David, awesome, that’s what this post is for :)

Thanx
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