What is BlogCatalog and how it can help drive traffic to your blog

Join the conversation this is the theme of Social Media and no where is it more alive then BlogCatalog. First it is a directory of blogs, this is how it got started. Now it has evolved into a power to be reckoned with. You can start a group on your topic, join and start in depth discussions with other users who also blog, and learn teach and use techniques to promote your brand in ways never thought possible before.

Bloggers School Profile on BlogCatalog

starting discussions are great ways to gain attention on Google. Just don’t drop links as spam. It’s not allowed. That’s why we start groups like Bloggers School Community.

What is allowed in the discussions are links blog or another sites relevant to the conversation that is going on those that prove a point in the discussion you are starting.

Here is a show we did with Oscar and Tony from BlogCatalog on Bloggers School Radio Show

PicApp on Bloggers School Radio talks about sharing pictures for blogs

Bloggers School Radio will be talking with PicApp, a website where you can use professional photos of celebs and more. Check out about PicApp for more info tomorrow night @ 8 PM EST. The call in number is 347-215-7878 if you have any questions or concerns.  We will be talking about many new things like the PicApp WordPress Plug in. Join us!

EcomXpo is back: Learn eCommerce and Affiliate Marketing for free joining virtually the exhibition

I get so excited every time the eComXpo comes to town.  Well maybe not exactly to town. The eComXpo is a virtual online exhibition that is taking place this year on January 28th and 29th 2009 .

You can register for eComXpo for free and keep yourself so far ahead of the loop. Probably being this far ahead makes others don’t understand what you are talking about. It will catch up. When I had started Blogging no one understood the concept. have I seen a report on CNN Money and then I jumped in starting a few blogs. Shortly after that I learned about the eComXpo so I registered for a free 3 Day keynote and Expo hall where the latest companies were to network.

OK, here is the thing: eComXpo is not a place to bring  your body, but more like a place to let your Avatar run loose. Everyone there is an Avatar.

The eComXpo virtual campus view, where your Avatar can learn and network on the Expo

Exhibition Hall - Visit and interact with exhibitors on the show floor
Presentation Pavilion - View webcasts and presentations
Resource Center – View your digital library to browse content from exhibitors
Lounge - Network with your peers via interactive group chat

During the event companies use video presentations with other way cool stuff, like prizes giveaways. This event will teach you where the market is heading before it full goes there, and this is powerful information. After the full 3 days all the presentations and discussions will remain available in archive format through April 29th 8PM EDT.

I know one thing: after this show you will be hunting down the playback info. But don’t worry, a lot of info is around and you will be fed during event.

Micah Baldwin talks about Lijit’s corporate blog, his personal blog and gives good tips for new bloggers

How can you divide your time to blog more professionally and more productively? We have just finished a nice interview with Micah Baldwin, from Lijit.com and this was one of the most interesting insights of our conversation.

Micah writes his personal blog Learn to Duck, and he actually got the job at Lijit after installing it to his blog. “I believe that having a personal blog is extremely important”, Micah said on his interview for Bloggers School Radio, on BlogTalkRadio Network.

He gave these really helpful tips for ADHDs bloggers just like us to divide and organize our time having time for reading and writing. Micah has three rules of blogging:

coComment and Lijit on the new Eye Candy Web 2.0 – Hot Tools and Cool Sites to Power Your Blog series

The first episode of our new series Eye Candy Web 2.0 – Hot Tools and Cool Sites to Power Your Blog starts this coming Wednesday, January 7th 8pm (EST), on BlogTalkRadio. Bloggers School first guest will be coComment. They are going to be talking to us about two aspects:

1. the tool’s technology, including tips for better using;
2. the tool as a business, creating a product, founding a company and making money

Listen to part of Bloggers School interviews coComment at BlogWorld Expo, last September at BlogWorld & New Media Expo, in Las Vegas.

On the second show of this year, on January 14th,  Micah Baldwin, Chief Evangelist of Lijit will be calling in to the show. Check it out if you need a nice search box and traffic analytics for your blog.

To make 2009 you best year blogging you must improve your skills and use all the best tools you have available to make your life easier. Bloggers School have been testing Bookmarks, Search Boxes, Feeds, Widgets, Plugins, Analytics and Advertise sites, besides Tracking and Logistics tools. These are only a very few things to  blog more professionally and start monetizing your blog.Bloggers School interviews coComment at BlogWorld Expo

Cocomment On Bloggers School Radio’s Eye Candy Web 2.0

Cocomment will be taking the time to call into the show Dec 7Th @8PM EST on Bloggers School Radio. We will be talking about Cocomment tool and how it all works.

The coolest thing I seen yet from Cocomment is that if you sign up and download the free plugin It not only is track by your account and comments but also it adds automatic updates to your Twitter profile every time you comment or receive a comment. So if you don’t have a Cocomment or a Twitter account there is a lot of work that needs to be done.