Globe Promos – Globe Unlimited Text & Globe Unlimited Call

GLOBE PROMOS COMPILATION
Super AllText 20

- 200 text to ALL NETWORKS

- To register: text ATXT20 to 8888

* Maintaining balance: Php 1.00

- To check balance or status: text ATXT BAL to 8888 (free)

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Super UnliText 20

- Unlimited text to Globe/Tattoo/TM Subscribers for 1 day

- Free 20 text to OTHER networks

- To register: text UTXT20 to 8888

* Maintaining balance: Php 1.00

- To check status: text UTXT STATUS to 8888 (free)

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SuperUnli 25

- Unlimited Call & Text for 1 day (Globe/Tattoo/TM)

- To register: text SUPER25 to 8888

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Everybody Text 20

200 text Globe-to-Globe and 20 text to other networks

How to register:

text ETXT20 to 8888

*Minimum of Php21 load is required

*Can be loaded by Globe retailer

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Tawag 236 (Php 20 / 20 min.)

Simply replace the 0 at the start of the number you are calling with 236 (For example: for 09171234567, dial 2369171234567), press call, and wait for the person you are calling to answer.

*No registration

*Charge is per call

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Unlicalls Nyt (Php 20)

How to register:

text UNYT20 to 8888

*unlimited calling between 11pm to 6am

*Globe to Globe/Globe to TM only

*Maintain Php 7.50 in your account

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SUPER-UNLI

Unlimited call and text for 5 days for Php 150.00

How to register:

text SUPER150 to 2824

*Php 151.00 load balance is required

*For Unlimited calls, just change 0 to 238 at the start of the Globe / TM no. ur calling (eg 238917xxxxxxx)

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ImmortalTxt

How to register:

text IMMORTAL10 to 8888

*50 txt to Globe/TM and 10 txt to other networks

*no expiry

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Unlitxt All day

UNLITXT20 for 1 day

To register: text UNLITXT20 to 8888

UNLITXT40 for 2 days

To register: text UNLITXT40 to 8888

UNLITXT80 for 5 days

To register: text UNLITXT80 to 8888

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UNLITXT DAYTIME/NIGHTTIME

text UNLITXTD15 to 8888 (8am-5pm 1 day)

textUNLITXTD30 to 8888 (8am-5pm 2 days)

text UNLITXTN10 to 8888 (10am-8pm 1 day)

text UNLITXTN20 to 8888 (10am-8pm 2 days)

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SULITXT15

150 text to Globe/TM for 1 day

To register: text SULITXT15 to 8888

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TXTOTHERS20

40 text to other networks for 1 day

To register: text TO20 to 8888

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SMART Promos – Smart Unlimited Call and Smart Unlimited Text

SMART REWARDS AND OTHER SMART PROMO GUIDE

LAHATxt COMBO
Exclusive to Buddy Subscribers

Lahatxt Combo 30
30 php valid for 2 days
250 txt to ALL NETWORKS
20 mins. consumable call to Smart/TnT/Red Mobile
To REGISTER: Send L30 to 2266

Lahatxt Combo 20
20 php valid for 1 day
150 txt to ALL NETWORKS
10 mins. consumable call to Smart/TnT/Red Mobile
To REGISTER: Send L20 to 2266

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Max Call COMBO 25
25 php valid for 1 day (Exclusive to Buddy Subscribers)
100 txt to Smart/TnT
10 txt to all networks
30 mins. consumable call to Smart/TnT
To call: Dial *2522+ 11-digit Smart/Talk ‘N Text number (Ex. *252209181234567)
To REGISTER: Send 25 to 2522

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SMART ALL-IN-20
20 php / day valid for 1 day
Exclusively available to Buddy Subscribers
Unlimited Text (Smart/TNT/Red Mobile only)
20 Free Text to other networks
20 minutes of calls (Smart/TNT/Red) (consumable) or mobile internet
To call dial *6415 + 11 digit mobile no.
To REGISTER: Text 20 to 6415

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SMART ALL-IN-30
30 php / day valid for 2 days
Exclusively available to Buddy Subscribers
Unlimited Text (Smart/TNT/Red Mobile only)
30 Free Text to other networks
30 minutes of calls (Smart/TNT/Red) (consumable) or mobile internet
To call dial *6415 + 11 digit mobile no.
To REGISTER: Text 30 to 6415

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SMARTALK20
Unlimited calls to 6 SMART/TNT friends for 20 Php

To register (Php 20.00):
Text TALK20 to 6630

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SMART TALK – SMART UNLIMITED CALL

This is the Smart’s Ultimate Unlimited Call! This Promo is available for Smart Prepaid Subscribers (Buddy) and Smart Gold Subscribers.

How to Register (Smart Buddy) ?

To register for 5 days worth Php 100.00
Text TALK100 and Send to 6400

To register for 30 days worth Php 500.00
Text TALK500 and Send to 6400

To CALL just dial *6400 + 11 digit smart number. Ex. *64000919xxxxxxx

Note: Php 1.00 airtime balance must be maintained. Applicable to Smart to Smart call only. Unlimited calls can be made anytime of the day. Not applicable to roaming or internationalcalls. You can also load Smart Talk directly from retail outlets. For more information visitsmart.com.ph

For Smart Gold Subscribers:
You can buy SMARTALK LOAD 100 or 500 from different smart load outlets.
Plan 800 and above may register by sending TALK500 to 6400
Your registration will automatically renew for 90 days. To unsubscribe, text NO and send to 6400
For more information CLICK HERE

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SMART TALK PLUS 100 (5 days unlimited)

* 19 hours of unlimited calls & texts from 10pm to 5pm the next day

How to Register
Text PLUS100 to 6401

To Call:
Just dial *6401 + 11 digit smart number. Ex. *64000919xxxxxxx

Note:
Promo is open to Smart Buddy subscribers nationwide.
Unlimited calls and texts can ONLY BE USED FROM 10PM to 5PM. Calls and texts made between 5:01PM to 9:59PM while enrolled in SMARTalk will be charged with the following rates: 2.50/minute and P0.20/text.
Subscriber must have the minimum balance (P100) in order to register to SMARTalk Plus.
Unlimited calls and texts only apply to local Smart-Smart/Smart-TNT transactions.
P2.50/minute and P0.20/text rates only apply to local Smart-Smart/Smart-TNTtransactions.
Any roaming, international and transactions made to other networks will be charged with regular rates.

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TEXT AND MMS ALL DAY, CALL ALL NIGHT! – C25

*100 SMS/MMS (Smart/TNT), 10 SMS to other networks, unlimited call from 11pm to 6am only

How to register to C25:
Send C25 to 2827
To call: Dial *8654 + Smart/TNT mobile number (ex: *86540918xxxxxxx)
Call will be automatically cut after 5 minutes

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All Calls 20
10 minutes worth of calls to Smart/TNT
Good for 1 day
Plus 5 free text to Smart/TNT
To Register: Send 20 to 909

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All Calls 100
60 minutes worth of calls to Smart/TNT
Good for 5 day
Plus 30 free text to Smart/TNT
To Register: Send 100 to 909

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SMARTEXT PLUS 60 (unlimited text with 20 min. call for 5 days)
Enjoy unli text plus 20 minutes consumable calls to smart/tnt for 5 days
To register: send TXT60 to 6402
To call: dial *6402 + 11 digit mobile no.

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How to register to Smart Unlimited text P15 for 1 Day:
Send 15 to 258

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How to register to Smart Unlimited text P30 for 2 Days:
Send 30 to 258

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How to register to Smart Unlimited Text P60 for 5 days:
Send 60 to 258

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SMART ALL TEXT MMS 20
To register: Text ATM20 to 2827
110 text/mms to smart/talk n text and 10 text to other networks
Also available ATM30 for 180 text/mms

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SMART CALL ALL NIGHT FOR 15
From 11pm to 6am
Text NYT15 TO 8566
To call dial *8566 + 11 digit smart number. Ex. *85660919xxxxxxx
Calls are cut every 5 min.

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TEXT AND CALL COMBO FOR 25
Text and MMS all day and Call all Night
100 text/mms to Smart/TNT and 10 text to other networks PLUS unlimited call from 11pm to 6am
To register: text C25 send to 2827
To call: dial *8654 + 11 digit mobile number. Ex. *86540919xxxxxxx
Calls are cut every 5 min.
MMS must not exceed 100kb

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SMART ALL DAY SURF – MOBILE INTERNET PLANS
Budget Surf 50 for 5 hours and All Day Surf 100 for 12 hours
To subscribe visit: wap.smart.com.ph/dataplan using your phone.
To register to Budget Surf: Text INET BUD send to 211
To register to All Day Surf: Text INET DAY send to 211
One piso charge per SMS sent
To check account status: Text INET STATUS send to 211
Regular charge for browsing is Php 10.00/30 min.

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OTHER SMART PROMOS:
Smart Piso per Minute Call (FLEXI RATE)

You only need P20 for calls up to 20 mins.

How?
To register text FLEXI send to 880 (one time free registration)
Dial *88 + cel# your calling
Example: *880919XXXXXXX
How to “Pasa” All Text 20 to your friends?
Just text <11 digit cell number [space] AT20 and send to 808
Example: 0918xxxxxxx AT20
Smart Flatrate Call:
Call up to 3 mins. for P10 and 5 mins. for P15

How?
Dial *883 + Mobile No.
Example: *88309191234567

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SMART REWARDS

Smart rewards its subscribers by simply staying and using smart.

How it works:

- First you need to register by texting REWARDS to 9800 or simply logon to Smart Web Connect (Also open to Smart Bro Subscribers)

- Thats it, you will immediately earn points by simply reloading your account.

What can I redeem with my Points?

For Smart Buddy you can redeem 100 text messages (smart to smart, valid for 2 days) for 5,000 points or 10 text messages (Smart to Smart, valid for 1 day) for 500 points

For Smart Gold you can redeem P50 bill rebate for 12,500 points

For Smart Bro Postpaid you can have P50 Bill rebate for 12,500 points

For Smart Bro Prepaid you can have P30 bill Smart Bro Load (90 minutes internet time, valid for 3 days for 7,500 points

A discount on Prepaid Phonekit worth P300 (selected handset only @ Smart Wireless Centers) for 30,000 points

How do I redeem my rewards?

Smart Buddy – Text REDEEM 100 to 9800 or Text INSTANT 10 to 9800

Smart Gold - Text REDEEM 50 to 9800

For Phonekit Discount – Text REDEEM PK 300 to 9800

For SmartBro – go to www.smart.com.ph/connect and click REDEEM

Notes:

-Smart Buddy and Smart Bro Prepaid will have their rewards 48 hours after successful redemption

-Smart Gold and Smart Bro Postpaid will have their rewards on next billing statement after successful redemption

-You must have a maintaining balance of P1.00 to redeem your reward

-Successful redemptions are free of charge

-You can earn 5 points for every P1.00 successful top-up or billed transaction

-To check you REWARD points just text INQUIRY to 9800 or simply log-in to Smart Web Connect and click INQUIRE

For DISCOUNTS on Spa, Resorts, Restaurants, ETC, CLICK HERE! For more information CLICK HERE

HOW TO SHARE A LOAD

Easily share load to Globe Prepaid and TM subscribers via Share-A-Load, or share unlimited offers using Share-A-Service! An optional PIN feature is also present for a more secure transaction.

A. How to SHARE

  •  To share regular load value:

  •  To share Unlimited offers:

*Unregistered/new prepaid & postpaid subscribers will be able to do Share-A-Load transactions, regardless of the amount, without PIN by default.
** For Globe Postpaid, the amount of load transferred will be charged on top of the Globe Mobile plan.
**For Globe Prepaid and TM, the amount of load transferred or the cost of the service shared plus a P1.00 transaction fee will be deducted from the sender's personal balance.

B. Available Share-A-Load Values and Share-A-Service Offers

*P300 and P500 denominations are for Globe Postpaid Share-A-Load senders only.
**Load denominations P1-P150 (with P1 increments) are also available for Globe Prepaid and TM.

C. Scheduled Share-A-Load

D. Other Transactions

E. Transaction Limits

  •  Globe Prepaid and TM subscribers are only allowed to send a maximum number of 5 transactions per day regardless of the amount.
  •  Globe Postpaid Subscribers will be subject to their existing Share-A-Load transaction limits based on their plan. The monthly Share-A-Load limits are:

  •  Request for increase in Globe Postpaid Share-A-Load transaction limit is free of charge but subject to credit approval.
  •  To request for an increase in Globe Postpaid Share-A-Load transaction limit, you may do any of the following:

  •  Call your Talk2Globe Hotline at (02)730-1000 from any Landline phone or dial 211 toll-free from your Globe Mobile.
  •  Visit the nearest Globe Store.

Three-Word Phrases That Make Relationships Better

Three-Word Phrases can be tools to help develop every relationship. There are many things that you can do to strengthen your relationships. Often the most effective thing you can do involves saying just three words.

When spoken sincerely, these statements often have the power to develop new friendships, deepen old ones and even bring healing to relationships that have soured.

The following three-word phrases can be tools to help develop every relationship.

Let me help:
Good friends see a need and then try to fill it. When they see a hurt they do what they can to heal it. Without being asked, they jump in and help out.

I understand you:
People become closer and enjoy each other more when the other person accepts and understands them. Letting your spouse know - in so many little ways - that you understand them, is one of the most powerful tools for healing your relationship. And this can apply to any relationship.

I respect you:
Respect is another way of showing love. Respect demonstrates that another person is a true equal. If you talk to your children as if they were adults you will strengthen the bonds and become closer friends. This applies to all interpersonal relationships.

I miss you:
Perhaps more marriages could be saved and strengthened if couples simply and sincerely said to each other "I miss you." This powerful affirmation tells partners they are wanted, needed, desired and loved. Consider how important you would feel, if you received an unexpected phone call from your spouse in the middle of your workday, just to say "I miss you."

Maybe you're right:
This phrase is very effective in diffusing an argument. The implication when you say "maybe you're right" is the humility of admitting, "maybe I'm wrong". Let's face it. When you have an argument with someone, all you normally do is solidify the other person's point of view. They, or you, will not likely change their position and you run the risk of seriously damaging the relationship between you. Saying "maybe you're right" can open the door to explore the subject more. You may then have the opportunity to express your view in a way that is understandable to the other person.

Please forgive me:
Many broken relationships could be restored and healed if people would admit their mistakes and ask for forgiveness. All of us are vulnerable to faults, foibles and failures. A man should never be ashamed to own up that he has been in the wrong, which is saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

I thank you:
Gratitude is an exquisite form of courtesy. People who enjoy the companionship of good, close friends are those who don't take daily courtesies for granted. They are quick to thank their friends for their many expressions of kindness. On the other hand, people whose circle of friends is severely constricted often do not have the attitude of gratitude.

Count on me:
A friend is one who walks in when others walk out. Loyalty is an essential ingredient for true friendship. It is the emotional glue that bonds people. Those that are rich in their relationships tend to be steady and true friends. When troubles come, a good friend is there - indicating "you can count on me."

I'll be there:
If you have ever had to call a friend in the middle of the night, to take a sick child to hospital, or when your car has broken down some miles from home, you will know how good it feels to hear the phrase "I'll be there." Being there for another person is the greatest gift we can give. When we are truly present for other people, important things happen to them and us. We are renewed in love and friendship. We are restored emotionally and spiritually. Being there is at the very core of civility.

Go for it:
We are all unique individuals. Don't try to get your friends to conform to your ideals. Support them in pursuing their interests, no matter how far out they seem to you. God has given everyone dreams, dreams that are unique to that person only. Support and encourage your friends to follow their dreams. Tell them to "go for it."

I love you:
Perhaps the most important three words that you can say. Telling someone that you truly love them satisfies a person's deepest emotional needs - the need to belong, to feel appreciated and to be wanted. Your spouse, your children, your friends and you, all need to hear those three little words: "I love you." Love is a choice. You can love even when the feeling is gone.

Advice to parents: Don't ignore 'Parental Guidance' on TV

QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA -  These days, most television shows carry the “Parental Guidance” logo. But since it's now common, parents really need to act on it, according to apsychologist.

Recently, this Youtube video went viral, showing a little girl who was crying after a character in the ABS-CBN teleserye “Mara Clara” died.

According to psychologist Lucila Larracas, it is really inevitable to keep children away from watching television.

She says what parents can do, especially when it comes to sensitive scenes, is to watch with their children and explain that not everything they see on television is real.

“If parents are busy or at work, at least a significant adult should be around to properly guide the child,” says Larracas, who works as a juvenile psychologist at National Training School for Boys in Tanay, Rizal.

“If I were the parent, here’s what I’ll say : 'Dear, it’s just a fictional program and they are just acting. It doesn’t really mean that Mara or anyone is hurt and it doesn’t mean it will happen in real life.',” she adds.

Larracas also calls on to parents and adults to take the “parental guidance” seriously because it can influence the child’s emotion especially when violence is depicted on television.

“We sometimes tend to ignore it because it has already become common. But we should consider that these kids are not yet capable of accepting and comprehending things the way adults do.”

Larracas also calls on to television networks to avoid depicting violence on television especially during hours when most kids are still awake.

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loQal.ph is a website owned and operated by Filquest Media Concepts, Inc. It works under the principle of giving voice to the voiceless, empowering Filipinos and uplifting the image of the Philippines by highlighting its unique culture. To do this, the loQal.ph team produces stories, video, photos and other multimedia content types to inspire and celebrate Filipino achievements, ideas, products and places.

21 Tactics to Increase Blog Traffic

Choose the Right Blog Software (or Custom Build)
The right blog CMS makes a big difference. If you want to set yourself apart, I recommend creating a custom blog solution - one that can be completely customized to your users. In most cases,WordPress, Blogger, MovableType or Typepad will suffice, but building from scratch allows you to be very creative with functionality and formatting. The best CMS is something that's easy for the writer(s) to use and brings together the features that allow the blog to flourish. Think about how you want comments, archiving, sub-pages, categorization, multiple feeds and user accounts to operate in order to narrow down your choices. OpenSourceCMS is a very good tool to help you select a software if you go that route.
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Host Your Blog Directly on Your Domain
Hosting your blog on a different domain from your primary site is one of the worst mistakes you can make. A blog on your domain can attract links, attention, publicity, trust and search rankings - by keeping the blog on a separate domain, you shoot yourself in the foot. From worst to best, your options are - Hosted (on a solution like Blogspot or Wordpress), on a unique domain (at least you can 301 it in the future), on a subdomain (these can be treated as unique from the primary domain by the engines) and as a sub-section of the primary domain (in a subfolder or page - this is the best solution).
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Write Title Tags with Two Audiences in Mind
First and foremost, you're writing a title tag for the people who will visit your site or have a subscription to your feed. Title tags that are short, snappy, on-topic and catchy are imperative. You also want to think about search engines when you title your posts, since the engines can help to drive traffic to your blog. A great way to do this is to write the post and the title first, then run a few searches at Overture, WordTracker & KeywordDiscovery to see if there is a phrasing or ordering that can better help you to target "searched for" terms.
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Participate at Related Forums & BlogsWhatever industry or niche you're in, there are bloggers, forums and an online community that's already active. Depending on the specificity of your focus, you may need to think one or two levels broader than your own content to find a large community, but with the size of the participatory web today, even the highly specialized content areas receive attention. A great way to find out who these people are is to use Technorati to conduct searches, then sort by number of links (authority). Del.icio.us tags are also very useful in this process, as are straight searches at the engines (Ask.com's blog search in particular is of very good quality).
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Tag Your Content
Technorati is the first place that you should be tagging posts. I actually recommend having the tags right on your page, pointing to the Technorati searches that you're targeting. There are other good places to ping - del.icio.us and Flickr being the two most obvious (the only other one isBlogmarks, which is much smaller). Tagging content can also be valuable to help give you a "bump" towards getting traffic from big sites like Reddit, Digg & StumbleUpon (which requires that you download the toolbar, but trust me - it's worth it). You DO NOT want to submit every post to these sites, but that one out of twenty (see tactic #18) is worth your while.
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Launch Without Comments (and Add Them Later)There's something sad about a blog with 0 comments on every post. It feels dead, empty and unpopular. Luckily, there's an easy solution - don't offer the ability to post comments on the blog and no one will know that you only get 20 uniques a day. Once you're upwards of 100 RSS subscribers and/or 750 unique visitors per day, you can open up the comments and see light activity. Comments are often how tech-savvy new visitors judge the popularity of a site (and thus, its worth), so play to your strengths and keep your obscurity private.
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Don't Jump on the Bandwagon
Some memes are worthy of being talked about by every blogger in the space, but most aren't. Just because there's huge news in your industry or niche DOES NOT mean you need to be covering it, or even mentioning it (though it can be valuable to link to it as an aside, just to integrate a shared experience into your unique content). Many of the best blogs online DO talk about the big trends - this is because they're already popular, established and are counted on to be a source of news for the community. If you're launching a new blog, you need to show people in your space that you can offer something unique, different and valuable - not just the same story from your point of view. This is less important in spaces where there are very few bloggers and little online coverage and much more in spaces that are overwhelmed with blogs (like search, or anything else tech-related).
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Link Intelligently
When you link out in your blog posts, use convention where applicable and creativity when warranted, but be aware of how the links you serve are part of the content you provide. Not every issue you discuss or site you mention needs a link, but there's a fine line between overlinking and underlinking. The best advice I can give is to think of the post from the standpoint of a relatively uninformed reader. If you mention Wikipedia, everyone is familiar and no link is required. If you mention a specific page at Wikipedia, a link is necessary and important. Also, be aware that quoting other bloggers or online sources (or even discussing their ideas) without linking to them is considered bad etiquette and can earn you scorn that could cost you links from those sources in the future. It's almost always better to be over-generous with links than under-generous. And link condoms? Only use them when you're linking to something you find truly distasteful or have serious apprehension about.
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Invite Guest Bloggers
Asking a well known personality in your niche to contribute a short blog on their subject of expertise is a great way to grow the value and reach of your blog. You not only flatter the person by acknowledging their celebrity, you nearly guarantee yourself a link or at least an association with a brand that can earn you readers. Just be sure that you really are getting a quality post from someone that's as close to universally popular and admired as possible (unless you want to start playing the drama linkbait game, which I personally abhor). If you're already somewhat popular, it can often be valuable to look outside your space and bring in guest authors who have a very unique angle or subject matter to help spice up your focus. One note about guest bloggers - make sure they agree to have their work edited by you before it's posted. A disagreement on this subject after the fact can have negative ramifications.
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Eschew Advertising (Until You're Popular)
I hate AdSense on blogs. Usually, I ignore it, but I also cast a sharp eye towards the quality of the posts and professionalism of the content when I see AdSense. That's not to say that contextual advertising can't work well in some blogs, but it needs to be well integrated into the design and layout to help defer criticism. Don't get me wrong - it's unfair to judge a blog by its cover (or, in this case, its ads), but spend a lot of time surfing blogs and you'll have the same impression - low quality blogs run AdSense and many high quality ones don't. I always recommend that whether personal or professional, you wait until your blog has achieved a level of success before you start advertising. Ads, whether they're sponsorships, banners, contextual or other, tend to have a direct, negative impact on the number of readers who subscribe, add to favorites and link - you definitely don't want that limitation while you're still trying to get established.
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Go Beyond Text in Your Posts
Blogs that contain nothing but line after line of text are more difficult to read and less consistently interesting than those that offer images, interactive elements, the occasional multimedia content and some clever charts & graphs. Even if you're having a tough time with non-text content, think about how you can format the text using blockquotes, indentation, bullet points, etc. to create a more visually appealing and digestible block of content.
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Cover Topics that Need Attention
In every niche, there are certain topics and questions that are frequently asked or pondered, but rarely have definitive answers. While this recommendation applies to nearly every content-based site, it's particularly easy to leverage with a blog. If everyone in the online Nascar forums is wondering about the components and cost of an average Nascar vehicle - give it to them. If the online stock trading industry is rife with questions about the best performing stocks after a terrorist threat, your path is clear. Spend the time and effort to research, document and deliver and you're virtually guaranteed link-worthy content that will attract new visitors and subscribers.
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Pay Attention to Your Analytics
Visitor tracking software can tell you which posts your audience likes best, which ones don't get viewed and how the search engines are delivering traffic. Use these clues to react and improve your strategies. Feedburner is great for RSS and I'm a personal fan of Indextools. Consider adding action tracking to your blog, so you can see what sources of traffic are bringing the best quality visitors (in terms of time spent on the site, # of page views, etc). I particularly like having the "register" link tagged for analytics so I can see what percentage of visitors from each source is interested enough to want to leave a comment or create an account.
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Use a Human Voice
Charisma is a valuable quality, both online and off. Through a blog, it's most often judged by the voice you present to your users. People like empathy, compassion, authority and honesty. Keep these in the forefront of your mind when writing and you'll be in a good position to succeed. It's also critical that you maintain a level of humility in your blogging and stick to your roots. When users start to feel that a blog is taking itself too seriously or losing the characteristics that made it unique, they start to seek new places for content. We've certainly made mistakes (even recently) that have cost us some fans - be cautious to control not only what you say, but how you say it. Lastly - if there's a hot button issue that has you posting emotionally, temper it by letting the post sit in draft mode for an hour or two, re-reading it and considering any revisions. With the advent of feeds, once you publish, there's no going back.
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Archive Effectively
The best archives are carefully organized into subjects and date ranges. For search traffic (particularly long tail terms), it can be best to offer the full content of every post in a category on the archive pages, but from a usability standpoint, just linking to each post is far better (possibly with a very short snippet). Balance these two issues and make the decision based on your goals. A last note on archiving - pagination in blogging can be harmful to search traffic, rather than beneficial (as you provide constantly changing, duplicate content pages). Pagination is great for users who scroll to the bottom and want to see more, though, so consider putting a "noindex" in the meta tag or in the robots.txt file to keep spiders where they belong - in the well-organized archive system.
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Implement Smart URLs
The best URL structure for blogs is, in my opinion, as short as possible while still containing enough information to make an educated guess about the content you'll find on the page. I don't like the 10 hyphen, lengthy blog titles that are the byproduct of many CMS plugins, but they are certainly better than any dynamic parameters in the URL. Yes - I know I'm not walking the talk here, and hopefully it's something we can fix in the near future. To those who say that one dynamic parameter in the URL doesn't hurt, I'd take issue - just re-writing a ?ID=450 to /450 has improved search traffic considerably on several blogs we've worked with.
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Reveal as Much as Possible
The blogosphere is in love with the idea of an open source world on the web. Sharing vast stores of what might ordinarily be considered private information is the rule, rather than the exception. If you can offer content that's usually private - trade secrets, pricing, contract issues, and even the occasional harmless rumor, your blog can benefit. Make a decision about what's off-limits and how far you can go and then push right up to that limit in order to see the best possible effects. Your community will reward you with links and traffic.
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Only One Post in Twenty Can Be Linkbait
Not every post is worthy of making it to the top of Digg, Del.icio.us/popular or even a mention at some other blogs in your space. Trying to over-market every post you write will result in pushback and ultimately lead to negative opinions about your efforts. The less popular your blog is, the harder it will be to build excitement around a post, but the process of linkbait has always been trial and error - build, test, refine and re-build. Keep creating great ideas and bolstering them with lots of solid, everyday content and you'll eventually be big enough to where one out of every 20-40 posts really does become linkbait.
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Make Effective Use of High Traffic DaysIf you do have linkbait, whether by design or by accident, make sure to capitalize. When you hit the front page of Digg, Reddit, Boing Boing, or, on a smaller scale, attract a couple hundred visitors from a bigger blog or site in your space, you need to put your best foot forward. Make sure to follow up on a high traffic time period with 2-3 high quality posts that show off your skills as a writer, your depth of understanding and let visitors know that this is content they should be sticking around to see more of. Nothing kills the potential linkbait "bump" faster than a blog whose content doesn't update for 48 hours after they've received a huge influx of visitors.
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Create Expectations and Fulfill Them
When you're writing for your audience, your content focus, post timing and areas of interest will all become associated with your personal style. If you vary widely from that style, you risk alienating folks who've come to know you and rely on you for specific data. Thus, if you build a blog around the idea of being an analytical expert in your field, don't ignore the latest release of industry figures only to chat about an emotional issue - deliver what your readers expect of you and crunch the numbers. This applies equally well to post frequency - if your blog regularly churns out 2 posts a day, having two weeks with only 4 posts is going to have an adverse impact on traffic. That's not to say you can't take a vacation, but you need to schedule it wisely and be prepared to lose RSS subscribers and regulars. It's not fair, but it's the truth. We lose visitors every time I attend an SES conference and drop to one post every two days (note - guest bloggers and time-release posts can help here, too).
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Build a Brand
Possibly one of the most important aspects of all in blogging is brand-building. As Zefrank noted, to be a great brand, you need to be a brand that people want to associate themselves with and a brand that people feel they derive value from being a member. Exclusivity, insider jokes, emails with regulars, the occasional cat post and references to your previous experiences can be off putting for new readers, but they're solid gold for keeping your loyal base feeling good about their brand experience with you. Be careful to stick to your brand - once you have a definition that people like and are comfortable with, it's very hard to break that mold without severe repercussions. If you're building a new blog, or building a low-traffic one, I highly recommend writing down the goals of your brand and the attributes of its identity to help remind you as you write.