O! Outstanding Blogs, a list to get some ideas from

I'm having fun looking at this "Outstanding Blogs" list started by Troy Worman.

You might get some ideas for your blog looking at them. And thanks of course to Troy for including me!

Last Chance!

The Secrets of Successful Blogging System, last chance before it's available on Amazon later this week.

Once it's on Amazon, I can't discount anymore. Amazon won't let me undercut them, and it doesn't make sense that I would anyways.

Three audio CDs plus a complimentary booklet, based on a few years of blogging and from interviewing literally hundreds of bloggers for my two blogging books.

As Phil Gerbyshak says, "These CDs are GREAT! For new bloggers, they'll shave years off your learning curve! For experienced folks, there's many new tricks to learn from this excellent CD set."
    -Phil Gerbyshak, author of Make It Great! and Slacker Manager blogs

"Blogging for Business" - Utterz comment from Albert Maruggi

Albert Maruggi of Minnesota-based Provident Partners, posted these wonderful comments on Shel and my book Blogging for Business on Utterz.

Albert apologized for not mentioning my name -- he was afraid of mispronouncing "Demopoulos."  No problem Albert! It sounds just like it's spelled, and it's spelled just like it sounds -- at least in Greek :)

Take Months Of Your Blog Learning Curve

Finally, the "Secrets of Successful Blogging" audio CDs are ready!

A few promo copies are done, and the rest will be done any day.

"You are telling me how to do exactly the things I want to do to grow my online presence to a new level!"

- Becky McCray,  Co-host of The Small Biz Startup TV and author of Small Biz Survival

If interested and you want a discount and special bonus, signup for BizBlog+ newsletter in the upper right corner for the special pre-release offer.

This Blog Worth $140K - how 'bout yours?

According to Dan Carlson, this blog is worth nearly S140K!

Click below to see what yours is worth. Fun, but  . . . I'll start bidding for this blog at $95K  :) Any takers?

My blog is worth $139,441.38.
How much is your blog worth?

Blog+Guru = Bloguru

"Guru" -- from Indonesian, meaning "Teacher." As in "Saya Guru" -- I am a teacher.

Well, Reg from Elemental Truths has come up with the word Bloguru for Blog Guru, and place me in great company: Rosa Say and Phil Gerbyshak.

Blogging Culture

I'm flattered by the comments from Ben Wright, who blogs at Hack-igations on hacking + litigation + investigations.

Ben says (in an Amazon Review):

The stories give me a sense for blogging culture; they help me fix realistic expectations about what my blog can and cannot do for me.

Wow, that to me is a great testimonial!

Ben is a lawyer and fellow SANS Institute Instructor who I've only met briefly a couple times, but been impressed by his knowledge.

Blogging for Business now in 5th Printing - Yow!

Yow!
I've just learning that Blogging for Business is in its 5th printing!

I had no idea it was doing so well! It'll never pay the bills (almost no books make big money, maybe 0.1%), but I'm psyched it's doing so well and I keep getting GREAT feedback from people! Writing Blogging for Business was and continues to be a wonderful experience.

If you're one of the many people who've read it, please go write a review at Amazon.com and help keep the momentum going.

Soon to be a major motion picture (I'm lying) and translated into languages I don't understand too (yes, really).

Cool Book of The Day

What No One Ever tells You About Blogging and Podcasting has been chosen as the "Cool Book of The Day," thanks to Dan Janal, My Fearless PR Leader. Cool Book of the Day does feature some pretty interesting books and I'm going to be checking out some of their recommendations soon.

Now I'm an award winning author -- maybe I'll let it go to my head? Naw, "of the day" says "24 hours of fame" if even that.

Seriously, ANYONE (or at least any blogger) can write a book. Just most of us don't. Hey, it took me about 4 1/2 decades!
I could probably run a Marathon too if I set my mind to it, but I'm not going too :)

Use your Blog Comment Name for Personal Branding

Use a consistent name when leaving comments on blogs. Consider appending a tagline, perhaps your blogname or other personal brand name.

When I leave comments, I'm now "Ted Demopoulos, The Blogging for Business Guy."

Before I was just "Ted Demopoulos" or sometimes "Ted Demop" or even "teddemop." Long ago I decided I needed a consistent name when leaving blog comments, so I started exclusively using "Ted Demopoulos" even though it's looooong.

A few months ago I noticed others adding "tag lines" to the name they used for leaving blog comments, and decided to append my blog name, making me "Ted Demopoulos, Blogging for Business." I like this much better than just my name!

Friends sometimes introduce me as "The Blogging for Business Guy" -- hey, I did co-author the Blogging for Business book. My blog comment name is now "Ted Demopoulos, The Blogging for Business Guy."

So, if your name is Joe Smith or even Zaphod Beeblebrox, consider using a consistent name with a tagline when you leave comments on blogs.