Black Friday is here and lots of great black friday deals start to fly around. That is why it would be very nice to make a list of best black friday deals for 2011.

Black Friday 2011 Deals For Bloggers

First of all, Hostgator has a great offer for Black Friday. They are giving %50 discount for their all hosting plans. I strongly suggest you to check out this deal, if you are considering to change your host provider or planning to start to be a next problogger. Personally, I use Hostgator’s Baby Plan for nearly 3 years and I have to say that they are very good at in this business and their support team is also very helpful. See more about Hostgator’s Black Friday deals.

Secondly, the book ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income‘s price is also decreased. You can grab this book for only $15 from Amazon.com and save nearly $10 bucks. I know this is slightly a smaller discount but this book is one of the best selling books on Amazon in the category of Blogs&Blogging and it is written by Darren Rowse from Problogger.Net. So what do you waiting for, go and take a look at the book on Amazon.com.

Additionally; if you are looking for a good DSLR camera for a while, I found a great deal as well. You can save $100 and purchase the Amazon’s Best Selling Camera for only $449. The model of the DSLR is Canon EOS Rebel T3 12.2 MP CMOS Digital SLR with 18-55mm IS II Lens and EOS HD Movie Mode (Black) and you can buy it from Amazon.com with free shipping. See more about this deal.

Lastly, I strongly suggest you to check out Amazon’s Black Friday page to find some other great Black Friday Deals. And if you are looking for a netbook here is a list of Black Friday 2011 Netbook Deals and if you are looking for tablet pc deals here is a list of Black Friday 2011 Tablet PC Deals. Have a nice shopping!

We’ve all been there.  Sitting in front of a blank page, blank screen, or basically any blank space that needs to be filled with fodder from your brain.  And yet, you just can’t seem to form the words that will culminate in a cohesive whole.  You struggle to put together some kind of sensible sentence, but all you get is gobbledygook that belongs in a Tim Burton/Johnny Depp vehicle, not in your serious writing.

Most of us refer to this horrible phenomena as writer’s block, but there is an especially heinous permutation of this syndrome known as Blogger’s Block.  Why is this worse for bloggers than other literary types?  Two reasons: first, most bloggers are called upon to write continuously, and let’s face it, sometimes you just ain’t got the juice, and second, if you write a blog, it may be a source of income, which you definitely can’t lose due to a battle with your brain.

So how do you combat this most deadly of writing diseases?  Good news.  There are several solutions.

One good way to start is by taking a break.  Yeah, you’re on a deadline, but psyching yourself out isn’t going to do you any good, so go think about something else for a while.  Watch some TV, listen to a little Led Zep, or read a magazine.  The logic behind this is two-fold.  Often, if you go away from a problem for a while, the answer will *magically* come to you (this is not actuallly magic, it’s simply your brain clearing the clutter).  In addition, focusing on something else may spark an idea.  It’s not uncommon to find inspiration in another source of inventive media.  Your brain is apt to look for connections in any sensory input, so fill up on that creative Kool-Aid!

Another trick that many writers swear by is…drum roll, please…writing!  Yes, the best way to get your gray matter on the think-train to literary-land is to start the ball rolling.  Try some descriptive writing about the things around you (…the curtains billowed lazily in the sweltering heat of the late August afternoon…).  Or if you’re really having trouble, tap into an online source like www.creativewritingprompts.com.  Old school writers bought books, but today we do it much faster.  Find topics like “If I were to barter my brain…” and beginning lines like, “She knew it wasn’t any of her business but Catherine couldn’t help wondering what Wade was up to.”  Is Catherine looking for love or is Wade getting taller at an alarming rate?  Only you can tell.  The point is, just getting into the right mindset can reboot your brain and get you back on track.  Another good source is www.theteacherscorner.net/daily-writing-prompts/.

So if you find yourself giving your monitor the thousand-mile stare and every time you look at the clock only eight seconds have gone by (rather than the thirty minutes it felt like), give yourself a break and go for some inspiration.  There are worse things than getting a little boost for your creative genius (like for example, missing a deadline).

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CommentLuv blogs help you build incoming links faster. Until today, identifying CommentLuv plugin enabled blogs according to subject wasn’t an easy job. With CommentLuv Search Engine you are now able to find CommentLuv plugin enabled blogs. It is using Google Custom Search to enable you find blogs you need.

I re-organized my blog commenting strategy after discovering this great search engine:

• Identify commentluv enabled blogs within your niche
• Track their blog posts with Comment Sniper
• Comment on their blogs posts regularly with your keywords as titles.

I will appreciate if you share your own blog commenting strategy.

It’s probably one of the most common questions new bloggers ask -  “which blog system should I use?”

Well, there are several popular blog systems, such as TypePad, Blogger and WordPress. They all have advantages and disadvantages. According to my own experience WordPress is one clear winner in terms of blogging and SEO. You may download WordPress for free, and install it on your hosting account, buy a good domain name, and start blogging.

The most important question is “why should you own your blog?” I would like to share a story about one of my blogging buddies to answer this question.

Even the most popular bloggers face with writer’s block sometimes. They feel like it is the end of their blogging. If you are in a similar situation, you can use Google’s new feature called Wonder Wheel to overcome writer’s block.

Thanks to search engine wars between Google and Bing, Google has recently introduced new search engine features which are quite useful for bloggers. Let me tell you step by step how you can use Google’s Wonder Wheel to find new blog post ideas:

• Find a keyword that is related to your blogging niche, such as “make money online”
• Search “paid blogging” in Google
• Right under the search form you will find “+show options”
• Click on “+show options” , and Google will take you to the new search engine features.
• Close to the bottom right hand side you will find “wonder wheel”
• Click on “wonder wheel” and Google will show a diagram on your screen that is very similar to a mind map. On the diagram you will find all related keywords that are tied with paid blogging, such as “make money blogging” or “make money online blog”
• Click on any keyword and you will get all the search results that are related to that keyword including reviews, blog posts, forum posts, and videos.

When you feel like you are stuck, go to Google’s Wonder Wheel to find new and interesting blog post ideas. Make this a daily habit, and you will always have new blog post ideas to write about…

Using list posts has always been a very popular technique among bloggers wanting to write content that spreads from one blogger to the other. Check the front page of  Delicious, Digg and you’ll see that much of the hottest content on the web  is written in this style. Let’s take a look why list posts are powerful for bloggers:

• List posts look neat
• List posts can add to the ease of writing
• List posts can go viral
• List posts are scannable
• List posts can be comprehensive
• List posts keep posts succinct
• List posts are persuasive
• List posts break down the complicated