February 2007

About

by Philip on February 25, 2007

Hi! I’m Philip Liu and I’m the New York City-based publisher of I Help You Blog. My background is in busines, law and accounting.I Help You Blog is a new blog about all aspects of professional blogging. Yeah, another “problogging blog” right? Enough of those already! But this blog is very different from the other [...]

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A Fool-Proof Method To Brainstorm Blogging Ideas

by Philip on February 24, 2007

Do you struggle with coming up with original ideas for your blog posts? Want to get out of the “echo chamber” and not just report repeat news that’s been posted everywhere else? Yes? Great! You’re in luck today because I’m going to share with you my fool-proof, idiot-proof method of brainstorming great ideas for your blog that, chances are, nobody else may have thought about. Bring originality to your blog posts, increase readership and add value to your existing readers with “The Visitor Grid” method of brainstorming!

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Five Things You Can Do Now To Increase Your Blog’s Worth

by Philip on February 23, 2007

There are always improvements one can make to increase his or her blog’s “worth”. If we define the “worth” of a blog to mean the value that that blog provides to its visitors, here are five things you can do now to make your blog more worthy: (Re)Focus your “About” page into a mission statement. [...]

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Your Blog’s Reputation: One Sure-Fire Way To Kill It!

by Philip on February 21, 2007

How’s that for a headline?! :) Brian Clark is clearly doing too good of a job because I’m seeing so many creative and attention-getting headlines like:

• The Ultimate Guide to [blank]
• 12 Sure-Fire Ways to [blank]
• The Secret of [blank]

And therein lies my beef.

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How Much Are Blogs Worth And Indicia Of Value In Blogs For Sale

by Philip on February 19, 2007

I’ve been kicking myself for not getting into the bidding for The Blog Herald when it was for sale by Duncan Riley. At the time, blog sales were a new thing (and it still is) and I didn’t know how to value a blog. Also, the public price bidding war was up to $72,000 and there was no way I was going to pay that much for any blog. Eventually, the public bidding fell through and a private deal was negotiated.

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