Track the Flow of Information

Two reason, why people use internet .i.e to connect with people and to get new information.

Internet is basically for sharing information. And we bloggers are doing the process of making the information easy and digestible.

If you feel that you're understanding what we're explaining, then we're going in a correct path of blogging. But to keep you updated with new information, we do a lot of hard work.

Believe me, explaining a concept is much more easier (bit tough too..) than that of finding a new information to start with. This is the reason why i spend maximum of my time for collecting information and here in this post, i'm going tell you How i do my information digesting job..

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I use FeedDemon to track rss feeds:

Unlike other bloggers, i don't use Google Reader because i'm not friendly with it and even i can't access my feeds when my internet fails. So, i use FeedDemon.. It's a Desktop application which allows you to track different blog's feed and even you can read those content offline.

FeedDemon has an option to export your feeds. So that you can import those feed to your online feed readers or you can back up your feeds, if you fear to loose your information sources.

I Use Twitter to Track:

I don't use twitter to increase my followers.. if you see my twitter profile, you may notice that my following is more than my followers and truly speaking i'm not in an activity of increasing my followers count with "Follow-Following Marketing".

The unnecessary following of people to increase my follower counts could make my tweet stream look like a garbage.. so, i avoid such activities. I only follow the people or blogs which tweet the worth links in real-time. I follow the brand's official twitter profile to track down their activities.

Following great people in twitter has broaden my information source and even i get a vast choice of choosing topics to brain-storm ideas.

I added Blogroll:

Just roll your eyeballs over my blog's right sidebar.. Can you see some blogrolls? Actually, these blogroll links are of those blogs which i love to read and it keep on reminding me of the topics that i have deep interest.

For me, Blogroll is like a pole star, which keeps my mind constantly fixed to particular topics on which i write..

I Stick some Important Blogging Rules in my Wall:

I have stick few pages on the wall near my computer, which consist some printed blogging rules by Seth Godin. Seth Godin, internet's most influenced marketer has created an evergeen blogging rules which compelled me to have a print out of its copy and stick on my wall.

Whenever i face writer's block, i go through those inspiring blogging rules and energize myself to continue writing.

I frequently visit forums that raise helpful and evergreen discussions:

I enjoy the discussions on Forums... They're very helpful, in case you're searching for people who had faced practical problem and got the solution, and those are shared publicly.

Some of the forums and discussion place that i'd like to Share with you (for Bloggers):
Google Webmaster Forum. (for SEO related problems)
Warrior Forum (for affiliate marketing and content creation tips - Internet Marketing)
Webmaster World (tracking the flow of webmaster's discussion)
Quora (social Q/A forum to know the answers of big professionals like Robert Scoble, Louis Gray, etc)

Always, keep your eyes on social media to track down the information... And also raise discussion on Facebook and recently launched Google+ for new content ideas.

Google Plus is Killer

Two days ago, i joined Google Plus with a lot of struggle for an invite.. Believe me, i thought that Google Plus will be a fail product like Google Wave but after using it, i can say that it's rocking! Google+ is a total combination of Twitter + Facebook + Skype + Myspace. Woo! That's we call a social network..

Powerful Marketing Circles:
If you're an online marketer or a web promoter then Google+ is going to be the powerful platform for you.. in your future days.

Being a Marketer, you can interact with your audience through circle..

• Add them in a circle.
• Track their Updates.
• And engage with them through comments.
• Share your Buzzing Updates on your profile, so that the people who added you on their circle can see your updates, comment on it and add +1 to it.

Privacy Concern:
Many people are saying that there's a problem of privacy. They're wrong, privacy is highly maintained on Plus. User can filter their updates while sharing a content. They have an option to share their content with a particular circle (private) or different circles or in public.

Reshare is Killing:
I very much liked the resharing feature of Google+ which Facebook and Twitter failed. Here in Google+ when you reshare anyone's work, you give him the valuable credit and even your followers will enjoy the reshared content juice without much distraction.

Drag Down Images & Videos:
You can easily drag photos and videos from your desktop or folder and drop them into the Stream editor.. No more Browsing for files to share.

No more Follow-Following, Only Circling:
Now after using Circles at Google Plus, i started disliking the concept of Follow and following at Twitter.
Circling make it so simple to track those people who shares worth!

Overall, i can say that Google+ is a killer social network which will surely drive many users from Facebook and Twitter soon after its public release.

Why Blogger choose Adsense for monetization?

You might have saw many popular blogs are using adsense for monetization and you don't know why they choose it?
So let me explain.. Actually, adsense is the most easiest way to monetize a blog. Adsense publisher don't have to think about the advertiser, the quality of displaying ads and the competitive price of the advertisement.

Adsense does all the difficult monetization part for you .i.e it collects trusted advertisers for your blog and gives you the time to concentrate on creating quality contents.

Things that Adsense does for bloggers:

• It attracts advertisers from all around the world and collects competitive prices for advertisements. These advertisements are then displayed on different blogs and according to the respective impressions, it distributes the revenue.
• It collects the money in advance from advertiser and reduces the risk of fraud.
•  It automatically displays the relevant ads matching your content topic.
• It makes easy payout direct to bloggers at the end of every month, through checks.

Now say,. who's going to do all these difficult works for grabbing direct advertisers, which is bit risky too.. Ya, i know direct advertisers gives you handsome amount of dollars in compare to adsense but for this, you need to concentrate on grabbing direct advertisers, which may hamper your content creation activities.

Ways to Avoid Emotional Feelings

I'm very emotional... And even my teacher makes remark on my report card "Avoid Emotional Feelings". That doesn't mean that i cry with emotion. Actually, if i do any wrong stuff- may be a smaller one, i feel guilty.

I feel like, i did something very bad or i spoke something wrong which may have hurt someone... These guilt thinking stays with me for years.

If we get cut in our body, it fills up after a period of time but these kind of cuts deepen in our heart & never fills.. they goes on deeper & deeper as the time passes.

This usually happens with me.. i remember of my past and feel bad of me, it really makes me sad.

I tried my best to control those emotions and really worked for me.

Forget about Past
I console myself by saying that "what i did in past, was my past and those were not any wrong steps but i wouldn't repeat it again because it can hurt someone in future". This makes me feel good... I don't feel any guilty after saying that line.

You might have saw the movie "3 idiots" where amir khans says that our heart is coward and if we can keep it happy by fooling it by saying those strong words then we can overcome any type of situation.

Stop Believing Others
If you did something wrong and now you're feeling guilty but people are always there to spread spices over your hurt. They reminds you of your past to make you hurt. They do it intentionally to make you depress.. but few won't who are your dearest but they comes in minority.

Never believe those people who are there ready to harm you with their words leading to depression. I do the same, i never believe everyone except the most dearest one. There's a reason behind .i.e. many time i faced depression due to others criticism.

Never Relate to Past
Avoid relating any incident with past, which can engrave your old memories leading you to expose bad moments. I always avoid old memories, and fills up my mind with some happy and fresh memories.

Be Silent
Last but not the least, always be silent and think before you say something to other, who knows that can hurt other...