Right now Transformers is at #1 in Box Office with 112.0 Million, and I will say the main reason is because they have loyal followers. So in this post I will share why they will have alot of sales in the second movie.

Quality Product

They have a quality product. Their first movie was so good that people rushed to see the second movie. Now second movie in itself was good, but without the first movie, it wouldn’t generate a buzz like it did. So remember if you have known to produce good products, your next product will automatically be trusted. Learn to Gain Trust.

They had loyal followers

Since they have gained trust, they got loyal followers. Who were eager to see the next movie which is why they rushed to see it. The key in series products is to have loyal followers. So whatever you produce, whenever you produce, they will be there to buy it.

Original Plot

One of the main reason why I love Transformers is because of its original plot. Even though the second one was a sequel, it had its own unique touches. You must not forget when making a series product, don’t let it too heavily dependent on the previous post. Leave enough room for people to start from this level.

Hot Girl in the Cover

You think this technique doesn’t work? LOL. It will always work as long as there are men in the world. Megan Fox in this movie got alot of people to go and watch the movie.

Now even though I saw it in theatres, when it comes out in DVD, I will buy it as well because I am a crazy fan of this series. I think if they keep going, they will surpass James Bond and Harry Potter.

Most webmasters have a different mindset then the mainstream population. Us mainstreamers are serial monogamists to the end. We find one interest, one career, one hobby, and we try to do our best at it. When we feel satisfied, we leave that interest behind and pick up a new one. We do this on and on ad nauseam until the end of our lives. Webmasters on the other hand, are project polygamists. You have no idea how many dinner conversations have detailed new ideas for project now and in the future that will be operating parallel to the current set of sites. It is this unique mindset that gives webmasters the potential for success, but keeping all these ideas in order is the real trick to master.

Spitballing:

If you are one of those people who likes to go over your ideas with your friends or family, always carry paper and pen with you. Sometimes the best ideas can come to you at midnight at a Steak and Shake, so make sure you have something to write all your stellar ideas down on, otherwise you will be left with nothing but a faded memory when you try to put your plan into action.

The same goes for conferences or conventions that you attend. When we attended the 2008 Izeafest, Merlin Mann of 43 Folders was incredibly inspiring and had some solid common sense ideas for those who attended. Now, almost a year later, his powerpoint presentation is little more than a blurry image with isolated sound bites, but the notes from his presentation and the ideas it conjured still survive. Putting these paper notes into a three ring binder, an accordion folder or typing them and putting them in a folder for idea fragments could give you a well of ideas to dip into when you have the resources for a new project.

Images:

Designers are notorious for doodling. Having Uzzz Productions in addition of Balkhis means that there are pages and pages of drawings and memory cards full of photos for background images, design concepts or just inspiration. Now depending on your circumstances, it might be beneficial to scan and save all your drawings or to just find a large plastic folder to toss all of your sketches in.

Partially Completed Projects:

When you finally decide to start on a project you know that your timeline is constantly evolving. This is the time when you want to start creating a folder for each of your projects. Include things your drafts, your original ideas, and of course the names of contacts who will aid you along your way. Always remember, keep any copies of contracts you sign “in real life” and it might be prudent to scan a copy into your computer as well.

Remember that a good webmaster is organized and keeps up with their own projects. Make sure to review your list of projects a couple of times a year so that you don’t forget about that little directory or forum that you wanted to start up months ago. Being organized and being able to switch back and forth between multiple projects is an asset that will serve you well now and in the future.

Every day I open Firefox and open Google to search about whatever random thing I need to know about that day. When I first heard about Bing, I didn’t even give it a second thought. I figured it would go the way of the other search engines I have tried (like Scour) that slowly faded out of my search routine. Google was my bread and butter search engine, so why the heck did I need to try another search? Television was why.

About two weeks ago I started seeing commercials for Bing. The first time the “search overload” commercials were cute, but then I started seeing the same thing seven times a day. If I hear “moms who wear jeans to match their teen’s jeans” I was going to stab the television, so to prevent premature television death I decided to try out Bing.

The first difference from Google is the colorful background that Bing has adapted. I don’t know if it is an attempt to be the ultimate anti-google, but it is kinda cool to see an image instead of the white screen that permeates my dreams. Even better, Bing’s backgrounds have these little information squares that pop up in random places when you scroll over the screen. That is not to say that they are particularly informative little squares, but it breaks up the monotony of a plain background.

Now for the actual search. Both Google and Bing offer suggestions to correct incorrect spelling, which is a plus, but there is a definite lack of cross search results on Bing. Google at least offers some image results in the web results section, but I can forgive that. Bing does have two things that I really admire, one is the related searches panel on the left side of the search results, which I am sure will give me new and interesting ways to procrastinate via search engine, and the other is the lack of ads. Now I know that Google needs to make some money too, but I am so tired of telling the web illiterate in my family that “Sponsored Links” are no better than normal links. Now I am sure that ads will come to Bing in time, but I will enjoy the lack of ads while I have it.

Image time! Google decides to take this time to remind me that lightbulb is actually two words, but Bing is surprisingly quiet. Hmmm, maybe the magic of Bing makes my spelling automatically correct? If it does I could totally dig that, but anyway onto the images. Google proudly displays its images in its little grid as does Bing. But wait a minutes, what is this? Bing’s scroll bar lets you see up to 1,000 images on one page. As someone who is prone to flip forward multiple pages only to decide on one of the first pictures I saw, the scroll bar makes things more convenient.

Who knew that there were so many light bulb videos? I certainly didn’t. This yet another place where Bing is superior to Google. As much as I love Google’s very large video on the right hand side I much prefer Bing’s grid of videos to Google’s listing. If I was looking for a detailed description of each video, then Google is my main squeeze, but for the most part Bing’s bare bones video name and images is all that I need.

Now when I do my online light bulb shopping, I am going to have to default to Google. Bing’s image and website list is decent, but Google’s bold price to the right of each listing is just too darn good. So as far for shopping (or “product search” as Google calls it) Google is the winner.

Now when I first decided to look at Bing, I didn’t think that I would find a darn thing about it that I even remotely like. Google was just too good and too easy, and I can’t resist those creative logos on holidays. But I have to say, Bing grew on me. The video search and the image search both let me see more results that Google and the related search options give me fodder for millions of pointless searches. I have to say, for the casual user, Bing would be the search engine I would endorse.

But there is a caveat. Bing isn’t for the not-so-casual user. Along with the images, videos, and web searches Google has so many other features that Bing just can’t keep up with. My Gmail, Google Scholar, Google Documents, and heck even Google Books are all things that I use each week. So until Bing can trump Google in all these things and have the recognition that Google has there is no way that it will be my ultimate choice for a search engine. Good try Bing, maybe one day you will win out overall.

We do interviews of successful bloggers on our blog, as we believe that learning from those who have already learn’t saves a lot of time. That’s one of the reasons why I keep reading balkhis.com .
We constantly come up with new traffic generating strategy and most of which receive a lot of traffic!, back links and thumbs up in social media sites.
Recently one of the article 60+ Ways To Increase Your Twitter Followers got huge support from many “A” grade bloggers and most of them voted for it.

And all other things like conducting contests, polls etc will be periodically held on our blog. We also have a “Top 10 Commentators” list on our front page[which has the highest pagerank] to give link juice to people who participate in the conversation.

We have a lot of interesting articles on our blog. We could realize that only when we got back links from sites like labnol, quickonlinetips, techie-buzz etc!

Our aim with Technotip.org is to build a community around the blog. So we will also be starting a forum shortly, after we build a small community around our blog. We are committed to provide value to all our readers and it will be our number 1 priority.

Thanks for Syed Balkhi for providing me the opportunity to talk to you guys. All your feedback are welcomed.

I would like to see all you guys on my blog. Please make sure, you visit the blog atleast today, as its the 1st BirthDay of our blog. If you like our blog, then please make sure that you subscribe to our blog updates.

Now comes the crucial part: I will not be writing about your product. YOU WILL.

The posts will be published as is, without any changes, so make it good. Remember images in the post helps explain alot.

One user can submit upto two products, sites, or blogs.

Now the terms are simple:

You must be a subscriber to Balkhis RSS Feeds via EMAIL

You cannot use affiliate links in this post!

When you write these posts for balkhis, you understand that these will not be reposted anywhere else on the web. If this review is posted somewhere else, then I will remove it from Balkhis. So basically I am saying is make it unique. At least make an effort.

Tip: If you have a blog, highlight some of your best articles in the post. Give Balkhis readers a reason for visiting your site.

Before anything you must pick the right niche for the forum, and make sure you have a lot of knowledge in that field. Then you have to pick a forum software, there are many paid and free softwares available, I recommend vBulletin as it is THE best and most popular. Then you have to pick a good design, custom made if possible and lastly some add-ons.

Now to the main stuff:

You need to get members to join. You can hold a contest, which is the best way. You can also invite your friends who can help you.

Then as an admin you yourself have to be very active and post threads which inspire and make people post. You have to post threads that not only cannot be found anywhere else but also really help people. People mainly join forums to learn new things, if you only have posts like ‘How old are you?’ it really is not going to work.

As the forum grows you have to appoint moderators, try and pick people you know. You can face many problems if you pick a bad team. You must pick friendly people who also know how to use the forum software you are using; also your moderators must contribute regularly.

Keeping the momentum going- At some point of time you will reach a stage where activity slows down. Here you just have to do something. Either you can hold contests or hire paid posters.

Now you must remember that forums are not something that you can make in a day, or a month. Successful forums take a lot of time to make. You have to keep putting in effort till the forum settles down. Promotion- Remember the more posts that take place, the more individuals will join. This is a “snowball” effect of forums, thus marketing must be done consistently and properly.

Ways of promoting your forum:

-Signature links in other forums of your niche.
-Mailing friends.
-Pay Per Click advertising.

Just like any other Internet venture, you need to take care of the hosting and maintenance of your forum. If your forum regularly has “downtime”, you will definitely lose members quickly, and a forum that has many coding mistakes will quickly frustrate all your visitors. You have to settle with a reliable host. If your forum is growing a lot, you may have to take a VPS.

You may be spending a lot on your forum. You just cannot keep spending a lot and not getting anything back in return. You have to monetize your site. But you have to keep in mind two things:
-Do not over monetize and stuff it with advertisements, as you will tick members off.
-Do not monetize it too early when you have very few members.

The best methods of advertising are private advertisements, but if your forum is new it is very tough to find advertisers. After using many alternatives, I think the best solution is Google AdSense. The rates per click is decent and you can earn even with a new forum. However, after some time people will turn blind towards these ads.

I have covered all the basics in this post and I hoped you liked it and learnt something from it.

This post was written by Farrhad A who has run many forums in the past and recently has started a new forum, Webmaster Peers. If you own a website and want to learn and interact with other website owners and developers you should join the forum.

Learning From Your Yesterday’s Experience and Having a More Productive Day Today

Basically it is saying that you become a Better Blogger each day faster and faster. Technically most people learn over the course of the days and months. That is because they analyze the site over the six month period. I am telling you to analyze your blogs daily.

Every night before I sleep, I try to do this. It is something that I learnt from Benjamin Franklin’s Biography. He used to look over his day before he sleep and put himself as an outsider which led him to learn more about himself. He improved his mistakes and now we see him on the 100 Dollar Bill.

Before you are ready to go to bed, check your stats for that day. See what you did which made you either gain or lose traffic. Think of ways what you can do tomorrow to improve, and then do those tricks. And repeat the process every day. And I will guarantee that it will work.

Think of it from the perspective of a production company. Think of yourself as a shoe production company. You started off along with two others company with the same resources.

Company #1 – Starts out producing 15 shoes a day and kept this production rate. (No Improvement)

Company #2 – Starts out producing 15 shoes a day and increase their daily rate by 5 shoes. (Improvement Skill is Present – Most Bloggers are in this category)

Company #3 – Starts out producing 15 shoes a day and increase their production by 5 on the first day, then move it to second the next day, and then fifteen on the third day and so on. (Greatest Improvement – This is what you want to be)

Now I am sure you like the idea of #3, but how can you do this as a blogger? I have mentioned above what you I do, but there are three personality traits that you need to adapt before you can achieve this skill.

3 Personality Traits to Achieve the Greatest Skill of Blogging

Stay Focused – There are many things that can be improved in your blogging. But you can’t do it all at once. So start with one aspect and work your way up. When you try to do it all at once, you either get distracted, or unmotivated. Which is a reason why most bloggers quit. If you don’t make blogging a chore, then you will stay motivated. And in order to do that you need to stay focused. Take a week to improve, your design, then one week to old posts, then one week to improve your SEO. Make as many categories that needs improvement, and then rotate them in cyclical manner weekly, daily, however you like it.

Never Give Up – Don’t ever give up this method. It might seem hard, and you might think that you are stressing yourself. But remember that this is the best way to improve faster and take the competitive edge over your peers.

Don’t Be Arrogant – No matter how much you know, you will never know enough. This is one trait that you must have in order to be a fast improver. Try to learn new things every day. Push yourself beyond your limits.

I can tell you that this technique is not easy. But those who adapt to this style usually become better bloggers. I know I have improved alot, and I am still no where close to my full potential. This technique not only works with blogging, but it works with entrepreneurship, and daily life as well.

Just remember don’t give up and try to improve at a faster rate than constant improvement rate. This way you will achieve success faster.

Now what others might tell you is that to increase traffic on your website because that will obviously increase your pageviews. For some people it gets really hard because they are either out of budget, or don’t want to advertise their site. Well in this post I am going to show you some ways which you can take within your website to increase the pageviews.

1. Interlinking

Interlinking between posts increase your pageviews. This is a trick that alot of top bloggers use. When you are writing a post, it often has terms or ideas that you have probably explained in details previously. Well then why don’t you link that post. Because someone reading this post, will eventually open that link, so they can understand the guidelines correctly.

I have read multiple posts that has links and links. These articles are so interesting, that I check out each of the other links, and I end up reading for hours due to this. I suggest you should try to interlink your posts as much as you can because it is going to help you.

2. Use Your Sidebar Effectively

Aside from your blog post, sidebar is you second major tool to increase page views. Add some popular posts on your sidebar, so your other users can see the top notch posts of your blog. This way when a user sees your post, they will head over to your other posts that they find interesting. This also decreases your bounce rate, so I suggest you implement this trick.

3. Multi-Page Posts

Have you ever seen forbes creating long lists. They use multi-page posts idea. It might be annoying when you are browsing, but it is a smart technique because thsi way you will get more pageviews. If you have a long list post, then just divide it into more pages. So people will open other pages, and this way you are increasing the value of your ad spots.

You might be thinking how you would do this. There is a plugin that is available for download called Multi-Page Toolkit

By implementing these 3 quick and simple tricks you will seriously increase your page views without increasing your budget. Implement these tricks on your website and increase your ad revenue.

1. Be Patient

Majority of the blogs that are started are not successful, and the reason is because the blogger lose interest. They don’t have enough patience and perseverence. You have to be consistent with your writing. If you are not seeing the big numbers in comments, subscribers, and your user contribution then just be patience. The top blogs which you see today and envy started the same place where you did. The difference is, you just quitted, and they survived through the crucial hard times.

2. Stay Humble

You need to be humble in order to succeed. Classic saying but it does work. Blogs take years into making, and it is the love of your readers and the contribution that makes it go far. Whether it was a small peice, or the big peice, all of the links help. After achieving the point, you must not forget where you started from because it shows you that you should be humble and show your gratitude.

Your users did not owe you anything, so be thankful. Write them thank you notes, personally contact users.

Yes it takes time, but the little time and patience that you put in your blog shows that you are dedicated, not someone who is in for quick bucks. Always link to others because it was the links that put you where you are. You must not stop giving back to the society.

Don’t just write for yourself, write for the web. Because the web is full of riches and it is what we want it to be. Add quality to the web because we already have to much spam. If you write quality articles, I can guarantee you that you will succeed because it always stand out.

3. Be a Good Friend before You ask for Favors

A good blogger is a good friend. A big difference between spammers and good friends is that good friends only ask good friends to do them a favor, whereas spammers ask just about everyone. Think about it, lets say you meet a guy on the road, and few minutes later you asked them to help you move. Why would I want to help you move your house when we don’t even know each other that well. This is exactly what the other user would think, and they will ignore you in the future.

So before you ask others to start doing you favor, think about your relationship with them and is it equal. Do you do them favors as well? If you ask others to link to you, have you linked to them before.

Spammers usually send link requests to blogs when they have no clue what is going on the blog. Make sure you are genuine about your relationship. Because it is something that cannot be faked.

4. Remember You are a Blogger

While it is true that a small part of the day bloggers check stats. Don’t make it any bigger than that smaller part. I have seen people getting obsessed with their stats. I know I had obsessed with them for the longest time. I got over my habit. All that does is makes you procrastinate. It decreases your productivity, and you won’t be able to gain alot out of it. Bloggers get their success from the rate of their audience.

If you have built a good and loyal audience, who cares how much users you get, and how many pageviews you get. If you are getting good number of comments which are genuine, then you are good.

Blogger’s don’t put their value on success hundred percent instead they value their audience.

Building a successful blog is not a one day job. It takes years into making. Each comment, every link, every single post on your blog will build your blog’s reputatoin. Your reader’s caution will turn into their love and trust. And when you look back you will see how being consistent and going through the hard times has made you come this far.