Internet Advertising to surpass TV

http://www.indiantelevision.com/mam/marketing/internet-advertising-to-surpass-tv-by-2018-pwc-report-140610

5.65 Million Online Page Views - Blogger - K.V.S.S. Narayana Rao

Happy to note that cumulative page views from February 2006 have reached the figure of 5,652,319 on 31 May 2014.

Currently the blog http://www.nraomtr.blogspot.com is at 980,000 page views. This month it is likely to register the cumulative one million page view figure.



Narayana Rao - Top Knols and Blog Posts - Collection 1

Value of Blogging to Academicians in Disseminating their Research and Thoughts

4.4.2012
Blogging has provided me an opportunity to create notes that are being used by millions of learners both students and working executives. I posted my conference papers on blogs and online article platforms and they are being used and cited by other researchers and academicians.

But there are divergent opinions still about relevance of blogging to academicians.

An interesting recent post by Sarah Louise Quinnell, September 2011, Guardian UK


11.5.2014
Came across an article  on Blogs of Kellogg School professors
http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/news_articles/2009/faculty_blogs.aspx


19.4.2014

Today I came across the article "Blogging in Academia, a Personal Experience" by Arthur Charpentier dated 18 February 2014.

Some excerpts

Recently, Graham (2004) characterized three channels for scholar communications: publication in  peer reviewed journals, conferences  and seminars, and a more informal one, that might be called the "new invisible college", as in Halavais (2006), tha t might be related to a "faculty lounge", using the expression of! Priem, Piwowar,  & Hemminger (2012).  This  third  channel  is  precisely  the  one  that  might  be related to blogs.

With Internet (emails, blogs, forums, etc), academics now have new mediums to communicate, either within their own community (and launch participative projects), or outside their community. Academic blogs are one medium, among many others.  As explained in Gregg (2006), blogs have made scholarly work accessible and accountable to a readership outside the academy". From an insider's perspective,blogs seem to be extremely popular, because bloggers are active, sharing links, comments, discussions, etc.

321 million blogspot blog posts indexed in Google in February 2011

http://www.seochat.com/c/a/Google-Optimization-Help/Improve-Google-Ranking-with-Blogger/ informs us that 321 million blogspot blog posts were indexed in Google results on 16.2.2011. The article also gives ideas on writing good articles that will rank well in Google results.

What is it now?

Google Blogger Platform - History

Pyra Labs started the Blogger platform on 23 August 1999.


2003
In 2003, February may be on 1st February itself, Pyra Labs was acquired by Google and Blogger came under Google.
http://www.privco.com/mergers-acquisitions/google-inc-acquires-pyra-labs-february-1st-2003
http://www.forbes.com/2003/02/18/cx_ah_0218google.html


2011
321 million blogspot blog posts indexed in Google in February 2011
http://nraoblogs.blogspot.in/2011/12/321-million-blogspot-blog-posts-indexed.html






http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blogger_(service)

Blog Promotion - 100 ways

Came across the article - 50 ways to promote and market your blog posts. There may not be anything special in the post but it shows, a blogger with the desire to have good audience cannot just post and forget about it. He has to use multiple online and offline channels to promote his blog and blog posts.

1.Facebook
       Post
       Pages
       Communities
2. Twitter
        Post
        Reply
3. Google+
         Post
         Page
         Community
4.Pinterest
5. Stumble upon
6. Linkedin
         Home page post
         Groups
7. Scoop it
8. Forum discussions
9. Triberr
10. Pligg
11. Slideshare
12. SEO
13. Comments on Others' blog posts
14. Ezine
15. Signature in your Email
16. YouTube video
17. Instagram
18. Press release
19. Fiverr
20. Webinar
21. Emails

http://www.jeffbullas.com/2013/05/29/50-ways-to-promote-and-market-your-blog-posts/


Yes 50 are in this article itself. 50 more will also be there.
I just wrote the above line.
Now I came across the article 99 ways to promote your blog
http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/blog-promotion/99-ways-to-promote-your-blog-for-free/


See the infographic - 120 ways to market your blog
http://www.blogsrelease.com/index.php?module=Blog&mode=sharemode&share=46

100 and More Ways to Motivate Yourself

Well I came across a Google Book and I can flip through many pages.

I came across the page as I am searching for the statement using Google search "No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking" by Voltaire.

The suggestions are interesting

100 Ways to Motivate Yourself
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=ezNRZVVnPGUC



I am trying to compile 100 ideas myself.

1. Have an exciting vision
2. Visualize that you succeeded in achieving the vision.
3. Make a plan to reach the vision
4. Think of adventure. Don't fear failure
5. Think you found a key that is going open the door to success.
6. If you achieved what you planned move your goal post.
7. Think of using all your faculties
8. Think of playing the character you adore.
9. Think of enjoying yourself. Get excited to feel happy.
10. Forget your past failure. Think of them as stepping stones to success now. You will succeed now as you learnt many things from your failures.
11. Perform you will be happy.
12. Feel your are also Einstein- Great ideas can come to you also.
13. Remember your successes and feel  good to do more.
14. Accept will power. If you want to do it you can do it.
15. Help people and grow rich in the amount of help you provided others.
16. Become curious. Explore some thing.
17. Talk to yourself and encourage yourself
18. Believe in your comeback to do a thing right. Forget the failed attempt.
19. All your right brain to provide positive thoughts.
20. Finish things and feel happy. Let tasks flow to completion. They provide motivation.
21. Plan to achieve small goals every day. They become big achievements cumulatively.
22. Advertise to yourself your projects.
23. Remembers the stories of heroes. They will inspire you.
24. Perform rituals. Once you start they just happen and let you do what you plan to do.
25. Try to talk to your best friends about your plans. They encourage you and you will feel motivated.
26. Become the change. Don't worry about others. Whenever you want a change in the situation, you change yourself.
27. Do things up to the point of failure. Failure of the point of stopping and it strengthens your success muscles.
28. Do rehearsals and it will help you to succeed in the real drama.
29. Respect your knowledge and increase it.
30. Enjoy the fragrance of your success. Celebrate successes with flowers that give fragrance.
31. Don't worry about two steps forward and one step backward. You are still one step ahead.
32. Think of your past success through a specific way. Try it now again.
33. Remember. Only one in ten will listen to you. Keep telling many to get what you want.
34. Only one in ten will help when you want. Keep helping more people.



http://www.positivityblog.com/index.php/2007/06/13/25-simple-ways-to-motivate-yourself/


http://www.zentactics.com/how-to-motivate-yourself.html