Showing posts with label Art of Blogging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Art of Blogging. Show all posts

Sunday, January 2, 2011

10 most read posts at JahoJalal in 2010

I never knew people around the world believe so much in myths and eclipses, till I saw a lot of people reading my posts on eclipses. The world continues to live in superstitions, I beleive. After gathering data, here are 10 of my most read posts in the year 2010:-

Friday, April 16, 2010

Secrets to Making Money

Earning money online is one of the fast growing modules these days. Everyone is trying to earn while “working from home” as they call. Most of those who are “in” are trying to earn by telling us how to earn serious money online using the Internet. They also publish proofs of the revenues they generate; may be for ego boasting or trying to authenticate what they are saying. I have been exploring in my own quest to learn if there is any substance to “earning while still at college.”

One thing that is very obvious; there is no harm in learning and trying. But claiming to sell “the secret of earning” is a little too much. Anyone who has some interest online knows what opportunities exist and how they can be taken. Have a product and or service and sell, teaching, writing, affiliates, AdSense, PPCs and PPAs, eBays (list goes on and on) are all open secrets.

So far I have found a few things; it is harder to make “serious” money using poor PC with slow Internet connection and having couple of blogs (having little content) with Google Page Rank from N/A to Zero. There is no shortcut to getting rich quick. No one can have success by clicking. Making money using computer and the Internet is a work like any other work and it takes hard work to succeed. Let me know if there is any other ways.

Friday, December 25, 2009

A Day with My Guru

I was never in the blog thing till one day an old pal, a literate and a writer bumped into me and asked me to own a blog. And I was baffled by his suggestion. How could I? I had never “written” anything of substance except what I did in my office. I wasn’t prepared to jump into the literary stride. But he was insistent and asked me to WRITE.

So I sat down and started thinking what should I write about. I wasn’t into much reading so I could not write book reviews nor I was in the company of  people that I could be inspired to write. So my guru came to my rescue and asked me to write a travelogue. Well this I could do since I had traveled a lot and knew so many places. So I became a blogger – a novice in the field and a tiny frog in the big pond. And I started with a blog on Karachi – since the earliest memories in my memory chip were those of Karachi. And then I wrote on – not as a writer but as a learner. And all along my mentor was at my back – bucking me up to write more. One day I received a SMS from him which read, “Did anyone ever tell you that you write very good? Start writing for newspapers.” I knew he didn’t mean it, as it was just a fillip on my shoulder to continue.

And now I write, and whenever there is a problem or lack of ideas, I refer back to my guru who doesn’t mind the time of my call and is always willing to render a helping hand. And I am writing.

So my advice to those, who are hesitating of not initiating a blog for the same apprehensions that I had once, to sit on their computer and start punching in whatever comes to their mind. It may be a few lines in the beginning but these would surely grow. And one day like me, will have some 80+ posts. And their blogs would continue to swell. And if an advice is needed, who best would be to approach? A friend who really want you to write 9and is not jealous about it).

Recently, I was in Lahore and I called on my guru and had a marathon session on how to improve the layout of my blog, its substance and its traffic. Much went much above me, but a few tips were good enough for the day that I equipped myself and came back and implemented those. But he is not happy. He says even when I belong to Lahore, why I am settling in Islamabad? I know the reason. He wants to reduce my telephone bill that eats up my wallet by calling him every now and then to clarify emerging queries. And may be wants an obedient subject whom he can summon anytime and give a few more tips.

And those who read my blog, shouldn’t be surprised to know the name of my guru (rather they would have already guessed so) – yeah right: he is none other than SAJS of Doodh Patti fame.