Tips to present your post neat, attractive and beautiful

Ever thought of making your post look beautiful with attractive heading colors and font size?. Hope all would love to have their post look attractive and beautiful. This will also help to attract visitors to view and read your article. So, it becomes important to present your article in a way to attract visitors. Here are a few simple tips that you can follow to ensure that your post looks attractive and beautiful.


1. Ensure that there are enough spaces at constant intervals present in the article that you post. Try to hit the enter key after 4-5 lines. If your post looks like an essay without breaks then people will simply neglect your article and won’t read it as it will boring to read.

2. Try to use simple HTML tags in your post. It doesn’t require any knowledge on HTML language to use these tags. I will show you simple HTML tags which can be easily used by all without any difficulty.


To change the font size of your heading or sub-heading:

If you want to change the font size of your heading try using this simple tag.
This is how to do it.

<font size=4>My Heading</font>

Now this is how the above line will appear in your post.

</></></>

My Heading

To make text appear in bold

To make your text to appear in bold use the following tag

<b>Welcome</b>

Below is the desired result

</></></>

Welcome

To change the color of your text

Use the following code to change color

<font color=red>My best wishes</font>

The desired result would be

<><>My best wishes</></>

You can also combine the tags and can use as a single tag like

<font size=4 color=red>My best wishes</font>

The result is

<><><><>My best wishes</></></></>

How to add hyper links to webpages in your post

At times you would like to provide a link to a webpage in your post. You can use it as follows

<a href="website address">Tag you want to use for the link</a>

Example:
To provide a hyperlink to bloggerbasicsforbeginner website write

<a href="http://bloggerbasicsforbeginner.blogspot.com">blogging tips</a>

Result:

</></></>

blogging tips

Try to use these simple HTML tags and make your post beautiful and attractive.

Happy blogging.

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How to add Digg button to your blog

What is a Digg?

Digg is a social content website where you can submit your content. It can also be submitted by readers of your blog. If the viewers of your blog like your post they can show that by clicking the button “digg it”. This shows the popularity of your post among the readers along with the comment that they post.

Before adding digg button to your blog make sure you have the following set in your blog settings.

1. Login to your Blogger Dashboard.
2. Under Settings-> Archiving, set the “Enable Post Pages?” to “Yes”
3. Save the settings.

Make sure you backup your template code before making any changes in the code.
This you can do by going to “Template”, click the “Edit HTML” tab. Select all and copy the entire HTML code and save it in a text file. You can also click the "Download Template" link to backup your template.

Now click the box next to “Expand Widget Templates”.
Scroll down the HTML code and find the line

<data:post.body/>

If you want the button to show at the top right corner of your post, replace the above mentioned code with the code below.

<div style='float:right; margin-left:10px;'> <script type='text/javascript'> digg_url="<data:post.url/>"; </script> <script src='http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js' type='text/javascript'/> </div> <data:post.body/>

In the same way, if you want the button to show at the top left corner of your post, replace the above mentioned code with the code below.

<div style='float:left; margin-left:10px;'> <script type='text/javascript'> digg_url="<data:post.url/>"; </script> <script src='http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js' type='text/javascript'/> </div> <data:post.body/>

This is how digg button will appear in your blog post.

Try this hack and let me know if you have any queries or problem.

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How to add a Google Sitemap to blogs in blogger

The reason for writing this article is I myself struggled to find a definite answer initially as to how to add a sitemap of my blog in Google Webmaster. After constant search I was able to find a solution for adding sitemap of my blog in a simple way. I would like to share my experience with you as I hope this article will be useful for those who are new to blogging (also for existing bloggers) and trying to add a sitemap of their blog in Google Webmaster.

What is a Sitemap?

A Sitemap is a simple XML file that contains specific information about the various pages that you create in your blog. It contains all the information on

• Frequent changes happened in your webpages
  The last modified date on your webpage
  The importance of webpage in your blog
  

To put it in a simple way, Sitemap is the collective list of webpages present in your blog.

Why to use a Sitemap in your blog?


Sitemap helps us to make sure that google has all the information related to the pages that we create in our blog. Your webpages will be crawled easily if you submit the sitemaps of your blog to Google Webmaster.

How to add a sitemap of your blog?


Here are the possible simple steps that you have to follow to add your blog’s sitemap to Google Webmaster Tools.

Add your Site to Google Webmaster

1. Sign-in to your blogger Account.

2. Click the Webmaster Tools link Under Tools and Resources present below

3. Go to the option Sitemap

4. Click Add Site and type your blog URL



5. Your Site will be added to Google Webmaster

Verify the Site that you have added

6. To verify the site you need to add a Meta Tag to your blog

7. Copy the Meta Tag code given by Google Webmaster as shown in the screen after you have added your site. Make sure you choose the Meta Tag option in the verification method.

It will look like



8. Now go to Blogger Dashboard - Layout - Edit HTML - then search for the line Head which can be seen few lines below the starting of the HTML script.

9. Then Paste the Meta Tag just below the above code and Save the Template.

10. Now come back to the Google Webmaster Tools and click Verify.

11. Your site will be verified if you followed the above steps correctly.

Add sitemaps of your blog

12. Next step is to add sitemaps of your blog. Select the option Sitemap from the left side

13. You can add the following sitemap of your blogger blog to the Google Webmaster

14. In the text box next to the domain name, enter atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=500. This will use your atom feed as your Sitemap. The first 500 pages of your blog will be indexed as per this sitemap.



After entering the following values your sitemap will look like this

http://www.yourblogname.com/atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=500

15. That’s it. Your Blog's sitemap has been added to Google.

After a few hours of time Google will indicate that it had downloaded your Sitemap.
You can view this from your dashboard, or from the Sitemaps section with the Webmaster Tools.

Have a try and let me know if you have any difficulty in doing this.

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Simple effective ways to improve your google adsense earning

There are many ways to earn money from your blog. If you want to earn money from your website or blog, then the best way is through adsense. There are many people who struggle to earn money through their sites even after posting articles for quite a long time. But still, we can see that some of them earn quite a lot of money from adsense ads on their websites and climb up the ladder.

So what do you think is the difference between the two?

What makes them stand apart from the rest of the lot?

The answer to these questions is that we have to think out of the box to stand out from the rest in this competative world.


Here are some of the few best ways that you can try to improve your adsense earnings from your website or from your blogs. I believe those who were successful in their earnings would have used the same tricks to earn from google adsense.


Try to have a single best format for your ad

Always try to have a single best format for your ad to be added in your website. The one that has been frequently used by many and has been quiet successful is the Large Rectangle (336X280). It is quite amazing to see that this format had fetched higher click-through rates (CTR) when compared to the other formats.

Why everyone choose this format from the rest?

Is there any advantage that this format has over the other ones?

The answer is yes.

When you look at the format of this ad it almost looks like a web link. So many people will think it as a web link and eventually click it as they usually have the tendency to click these types of links. This may be a case of unknowingly clicking adsense, but this is your chance and why not to take advantage of it?


Try to create a good custom palette for your ads

Always choose a color that will look good and merge with the background of your website. Say, if your website has black as the background color then try to use the same color for your ad background and also for its border. The main theme is to make your adsense look like as if it is a part of your webpage and not a separate one. This will surely help you to gain more clicks from the people who visit your website or blogs.


Try to use Adsense at the top of your website


If you are using adsense at the bottom of the website then it is time to have a rethink. Always use your adsense at the top of your website. You should always try to put your adsense where people can see easily and that surely is at the top of the website. This will quite significantly attract more clicks than having one at the bottom of the website. When we have adsense at the bottom of the website the chances are that they may not be viewed by all. This will ultimately result in a situation where your ads are not clicked and no earnings. Try to add your adsense at the top of your website and you will see the difference in your earnings.


Try to have proper links to the relevant websites

Care should be taken that you always use your website link to the one that you think has relevance to your site and can earn you money. If you don’t choose a proper website then you will surely not earn money from your adsense. If you feel that the website using your link is not better off, then you should always try to look out for the best and have your website link placed there. If the other website is already having lots of adsense, then always try to put yours on to the top of them. This will help the visitor to have the view of your ad first when they browse that website.


Try to use SSI for automatic insertion of adsense code into webpages

This is one of the best ways to manage your adsense in your website. For doing this you have to save your adsene code as a text file and upload it to the root directory of the webserver. Using SSI call the codes on all the other webpages. This will surely save you lots of time. This is very useful for those who use automatic page generators to generate webpages in their website. Make sure your server supports SSI before going through this process.

These are some of the ways that had worked for many to earn from their websites. Always try to focus on a specific topic and stick to it in its content. This will make your content have the relevant adsense which in-turn enables more clicks. It is always good to know that ads are displayed because it fulfills the need of the people viewing them. Your prime focus should be on a specific topic as the ads displayed will be targeted on the topic.

Remember, every click-through that a visitor hits is earning you money. Try to make every click count by making your adsense in a way that people will be definitely clicking on it.

There is no reason why you can’t earn money by following these methods.

If others can why you can’t?

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E-Mail Marketing

Email marketing is an important aspect in online business. Any business strategy that you take will have email marketing as a part of its plan. It becomes so important to understand this concept in order to be successful in you online business. It is one of the major component that can generate profit for you. So it becomes important to learn to combine all these processes and have them integrated with your business.

There are many challenges that you can get from this competition. If you want to be a step ahead against your competitors you should find a way to make things simpler for you to work on. Less complication leads to less frustration. Using all the available strategies for online marketing would give you more time to evaluate the impact that it would make to your business.

Strategies used in Email Marketing

Email marketing using the strategy of giving an opt in option for the subscribers would be better off that those who try to give all the information in one go. This would definitely give you more credibility on sending those newsletters and sales list to your customers legally on the options that they had selected. People who will be receiving your emails are subscribers who have opted to receive them. This would distinguish you from most of the bulk emails that they receive regularly. By this way they have the option to unsubscribe automatically by clicking the unsubscribe link in mail.

In order to prevent these subscribers from opting out, you need to send them relevant information on what they are interested with. Care should be taken in the subject line as well as the content of the email that is being sent. If the subscribers feel it is not relevant to them chances are that they may be rejected.

You should try to integrate other products or services that you are offering along with the information that you are sending. By this way you can brief them about the other offerings that you handle and eventually take advantage of the situation.

Remember Email Marketing is an important strategy in online business. You must know how to use it and take advantage of it as there will be lot of competition.

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