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I just scooted over to Stropp’s World and saw his post on How much is my blog worth? I found that to be a very interesting idea from Business Opportunities Weblog.

The idea that a blog has value is fascinating to me. Before the end of 2005, I had no idea what a blog was, and they had been around for several years already. I’m a geek, previously a dork. How did I not know about blogs?

Recent news from ProBlogger.net has announced that several blogs have been sold, one of them a couple of times. It’s like building up a successful business and selling out. Amazing.

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I am getting antsy not being able to pre-order the Collector’s Edition from BestBuy yet. I got a gift card for Christmas from work, and my wife said to go for it. It’s non-clickable so far, even though I can order the crappy regular version. I REALLY want it on DVD and to have the behind the scenes stuff.

WoW music at work….ahhhh. Such bliss.

Oh, yeah, and I updated Deadr’s profile after I got his new 50 gear and spells: Deadr’s RPG Outfitter profile

I had a very invigorating and insightful conversation with Liz Strauss over at Successful Blog last week, and she pointed out some things to change/clean up/add to this blog. I am undergoing some design modifications this week to incorporated her ideas, but I am also going to start some content additions.

One of those additions is called blogtipping, and here is how it works:

Choose three bloggers you admire and link to them.

List three reasons why you admire each one.

Then add a tip at the end.

This week’s blogs are all WoW-related. It will not always be that way, but that is how it should start out for Issue #1. Ready? Here they are:

The Adventures of Whiffle, Magus Extraordinarus

1. The best role-playing posts I have found.
2. It is soo colorful and fun.
3. I always feel better after reading a new post on Whiffle.

Tip: You should write a book about your adventures…seriously.

WOW Insider

1. Hands down, the most informative World of Warcraft blog out there.
2. Fresh content from several authors.
3. Their stuff is so good, others plagiarize it on other sites.

Tip: Hire me to track down lame copycats who can’t dig up their own news. 🙂

Adventures of Aeigelus

1. A CSS master who is constantly impressing me with his fresh designs.
2. His posts always give enough information about his goings-on to make if feel like you ran the instance with him.
3. His personality comes through his writing, showing us who he really is.

Tip: Don’t change a thing, unless you can still make it better. I would bet not…but that would be stupid. Only you can make your designs any better.

Have you been reading blogs for a while? Did you just stumble across them? If you have any inkling to get your own, this is the way to do it. Don’t make a ton of mistakes, spending money on this and that for things that will not help your traffic, posts, or readers.

I made a lot of mistakes, and I would highly recommend learning from others’ mistakes rather than making these on your own dime. There are easy ways to get a blog off on the right foot right away, but you have to know this information and get all of your ducks in a row.

Andy Wibbels is one of the best bloggers in the blogosphere, and combined with Darren Rowse of Problogger.net have created this fantastic package. I have listened to their teleconferences, and I can attest that they will save a LOT of headaches down the road.

About Andy:

Veteran blogger (6 years+).

Author of Blogwild! A Guide for Small Business Blogging (published in N. America, UK and Poland).

Best Marketing Blog of the Year 2005 & 2006 from MarketingSherpa, Inc.

Contributing author to Business: The Ultimate Resource and Success Secrets of the Online Marketing Superstars.

Featured in Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, Wired and other national/int’l media as a recognized expert in blogging and related technologies.

Site for the book http://GOblogwild.com/

Business blog http://andywibbels.com/

Ranty personal blog http://andymatic.com/

Group blog editor at http://coachamatic.com/

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