My 15-slide presentation for my talk at "iBlog8" The 8th Philippine Blogging Summit" on May 26, 2012, Malcolm Theater, UP Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. http://businesstips.ph

1. How to Make Your Blog
Stand Out from the Crowd
– Victorino Q. Abrugar –
Blogger at BusinessTips.Ph

2. Build a strong foundation
Build a blog that rocks!

3. Build a strong foundation
• Purpose - Most aim for money, but only few dare
to change the world.
• Principles - Must be permanent.
• Mission - Must be executable.
• Core Values - Values you can stand and fight for.
• Habits - Few are not enough. Add some more.
• Skills – Acquire skills on writing, design,
photography, SEO, SMM, general marketing, et
cetera.

4. Have a reasonable courage
Calculate, prepare,
and take the risk!

5. Have a reasonable courage
• Invest more - Make your blog premium and make
the blogger in you more professional.
• Build confidence – Find a mentor, read more, and
learn more. Accessing information is a no-brainer
task these days.
• Train like a champion – Strengthen your stamina
physically, mentally, and emotionally.
• Focus like a Ninja - Clear your mind. Forgive,
forget, and forward.
• Go outside of your comfort zone – Increase the
challenges you take and explore a little bit more.

6. Create a world-class blog
Prepare for global domination!

7. Create a world-class blog
• Know your competition - Use research and
analytic tools. A lot of free tools are available
online.
• Conquer yourself - Overcome your laziness,
impatience, and other worst attributes of
yourself.
• Conquer your own country - Lead and love
your countrymen. Help your community.
• Conquer the world - Be globally competitive.

8. Be Unique

9. Be Unique
• Be the one - Explore yourself. Find your passion
and expertise.
• Be the first one - Be the discoverer, the inventor
or the whistleblower.
• Be number one – Declare war! Compete and
have the winning spirit.
• Give extra ones - Wow your audience! Be
extraordinary by always giving that little extra.

10. Be a light
Enlighten to be heightened!

11. Be a light
• Inspire people - Move people by blogging
answers and solutions to their long-reigning
questions and problems.
• Be honest - Build trust and confidence.
• Be a role model - Walk the talk and show proof.
• Educate - Be generous in sharing your
knowledge and expertise. Be a motivational
speaker by becoming a motivated person.

12. Connect
Don’t just focus on the media in the
“social media”, but focus on
the social - the people.

13. Connect
• Connect to your blog. Claim your blog, and let
your blog claim you.
• Connect to the blogosphere. Make your blog
naturally worthy of connection or back linking.
• Connect to the right crowd. Stand out from
the crowd of bloggers, not spammers.
• Be human. Have compassion. Create lasting
relationships with your audience and social
media connections.

14. Finally, be consistent.
Your persistence and
consistency will determine
your success.

15. Thank you!
For more tips on how to make your blog stand out
from the crowd, just Google “100 ways to make
your blog stand out from the crowd”.
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BusinessTips.Ph
Facebook.com/viclogic
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