Thanks to Derek Semmler, I won a copy of Blog Blazers book. For more details about the book, you may take a look at my previous post 40 Top Bloggers Share Their Secrets in A Book

The timing was perfect. I think Derek arranged it so well that I received it on the Christmas and before the new year.  He was so kind to sign the book for me. Thank you Derek!

The book is written by Stephane Grenier who owns FollowSteph.com. It covers 40 interviews with 40 different bloggers including Seth Godin, Jeff Atwood, Aaron Wall, Eric Sink, Yaro Starak, etc. It is quite interesting for me to read so many different blogging stories. I hope one day someone will write my blogging story too.

The good thing about the book is you learn what the top blogs all have in common. Also the bloggers share their biggest mistakes. There are some good food for thought in the book.

After reading a few interviews from the book, I understood that blogging is less about luck, and more about extra effort and common sense.

I strongly suggest you to pay $16.95, and order the book. Let the pros show you the way!

Looking for some cool Christmas gifts for your blogger friends? Here are a few insider gift suggestions from a blogger. If I were to receive one of them as a Christmas gift, I would be very happy as a blogger.

• Send A Copy of Blog Blazers Book: Blog Blazers is a very nice book about bloggers. Actually the book is full of interviews with 40 amazing bloggers. Read what Stephan Miller said after reading the book Blog Blazers: A First Impression

When the news about a pair of black leather shoes hurled at President George W. Bush in Baghdad spread the world like a virus last week, Ramazan Baydan, a smart Turkish shoemaker located in Istanbul, had a very different reaction. He said they were his shoes, and they have been producing that specific style for nearly 10 years. Even though shoemakers from China, Iraq, and Lebanon have also claimed that it was their shoes, Mr. Baydan’s “The Bush Shoe”, which formerly known as Ducati Model 271, have poured in from around the world.

Blogging Lessons To Be Learned from the “Shoe-Hurling Journalist” Incident

After having seen the great interest to my ebook series Become A Problogger, I decided to create a Facebook group where I can share my experiences in problogging with the start up and established bloggers.

No worries, I won’t be sending you notification mails via the group. I want to share my knowledge and expertise from make money with blogs to social media, and at the same time learn from your experience. I truly believe that knowledge grows when it is shared. Join the Become A Problogger Facebook group, and let’s start a fruitful discussion.

In part 1 I reviewed the SEO and Blogging topics of the HubSpot webinar titled “Combine SEO, Blogs, Social Media for Results”. Now it’s time to review the social media part.

What is Social Media?

It is no different than a business cocktail without constraints of time and space. You meet people online through social media platforms, and start conversations. You help people, and answer their questions. They do the same for you.

You need to keep these points in mind if you want to succeed in social media: