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Everytime when we sit down and blog, the most challenging issues will be what topic shall we blog about to make the best out of it.

Choosing a good topic is like having a good headstart in race. Once you have a good headstart, there will be no stopping and most likely to win the race. Thus having a good topic to start with, it will establish your main niche/branding in your blog and attract targetted readers easily.

I’ve come up with some ideas on how you can choose a topic for your blog posts:

• Get ideas from hot selling magazines
• Think of problems you are facing and write a “how-to” post to help your readers
• Be creative – Your readers not only want to read about your successes but they also want to read about how you did it and the ups & downs in it
• Ask your readers – Setup a poll asking them what they wish to read
• Read up your old posts and derive ideas from them
• Check out other blogs and see what popular posts topics are
• Pictures – Sometimes you can find a nice picture and related a good topic with it
• Don’t post just for the sake of posting – A killer
• Be unique – Don’t fully copy other blogs ideas and go with it, add some twists with your unique style

A blog post with no good topic is as good as not having good content with a good topic.

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3. 4 Ways To Build Your Own Blog

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Why is choosing the best domain name for your website, blog or even forum is extremely important.

I’m pretty sure when you learn about branding is so powerful. Just look at MacDonalds, Ferrari and Nike, they aren’t related product companies but why are they widely recognized worldwide all the time. It’s all about their brand/name.

Alright, let me cut the crap and get down to choosing the best domain name for yourself.

First and most important step, is that you must come up with relevant keywords to your website’s targetting market.

I compile a list of key steps that you will need in order to find your best domain name:

1. Keep it short & sweet – Although long names seems unique but shorter names are proven to be easier to remember by many. They look pretty neat and nice on logos and signboards too.
2. No difficult words please – Nobody will want their readers/customers to face difficulty in pronouncing their brands/names.
3. Hyphens & numbers sux – You would never want hyphens or numbers in your domain names as it will become a catastrophe pronouncing it. Would you rather have your domain name as “www.yourname.com” or “www.your-name.com” and imagine spelling out 7 or seven.
4. Dot com rules big time – Always register Dot com domains. Mostly people acknowledge Dot com domains as real deal sites that are worth surfing at. That’s one of the reason why domain companies charge Dot com domains compared to Dot info.
5. Thesaurus is your best friend – It’s the best resource book that you can check to come up with catchy and relevant words. It’s also a time-saver for alot of bloggers and copywriters.

There you have it. My small list of how you can apply o choose the best domain name for yourself. If you do have any suggestions or ideas, feel free to write in a comment below and I will update them up here. Thanks!

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