I am a hot Asian.

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Oh wait…that doesn’t work. Sadly I was born with something extra in my pants…something really extra.

What am I rambling about? I haven’t posted some of this personal stuff because I wanted to keep a good ratio of quality to crap, but I think I deserve a personal notice post now…

I’ve been learning about blogging, blog promotion, and blog monetization for about 2 months now. I have been researching and travelling the blogosphere. These blogs have given me too much info to consume, I’m experimenting with lots of different promotion methods: article marketing, SEO, MyBlogLog, Blog Apocalypse, social bookmarking, blog carnivals, the list goes on.

My point is? Out of the hundreds of blogs that I read, I have subscribed to three of them for their great and helpful material. But there are another two bloggers that stick out in my head. And I don’t even read their content. Nyamo and Kumiko. Not that they haven’t done any marketing work, because they sure have put in the legwork, but tell me that these pictures didn’t have anything to do with their popularity.

Nyamo’s got hundreds of people in her blog community, and yet her stuff is all in Japanese! I bet you a million dollars only 5% of them even read the language.

Sigh…I wish I was a hot Asian girl. I’d get five times as many visitors.

Okay, rant over. I just got a bit frustrated with all the marketing efforts. Maybe I should pretend to be a woman and change the blog name to Urban Nun.

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Recommended Sites

While I’m here, I would like to point out a few of the other blogs that I mentioned were helpful.

In Personal Development:

Kara Leah Masina: Be conscious now.
- A great blog that mixes “normal” Personal Development and the metaphysical. I got hooked on her blog after reading her “Kundalini awakening or bi-polar surfacing?” post. Not many people will have to courage to go through what she did, and even better, blog about it afterwards.
(Thanks for your glowing review, if you’re reading this!)

Anmol Mehta: Mastery of Meditation, Enlightenment, and Kundalini Yoga.
- While I haven’t gotten into Kundalini and Yoga (probably in the near future I will), he has got some awesome stuff on Meditation and Enlightenment. Definitely a “can’t - leave - the - screen - till - you - devour - everything” blog.

Kenton Whitman: Zen-Inspired Self Development
- Another great blog. Simple and striking material, clearly presented. Highly recommended. I love his writing style. And his material, very practical and down to earth. He’s also a martial instructor too, and an all round A+ guy.

(He also said he liked me better than Steve Pavlina - one of the greatest compliments anyone has ever paid me! Unless you count the girl who said I look like Russell Wong. Must…control…ego…) Sorry. I haven’t fully monetized my blog and I’m not making much from it (yet), so I have to survive on compliments.

In blogging, online marketing and making money online:

Copyblogger
- One of the best writing websites out there, I learnt how to write from him and a few other books. If you see some of my outdated articles, I’ve rewritten them so you can see the difference.

John Chow dot com
- Some great tips on blogging and monetizing your blog. Got some great material in there, mixed in with other stuff that I don’t really read (like fine dining - I don’t live in the same country, bleh).

HarpZon.com
- One of the top sources of no-BS info I’ve found. Heartily recommended if you’re a blogger looking to get the most out of your blog.

Changes

As you might have noticed, I’ve rewritten a lot of my older articles. So if you’re an old reader, go have a browse around! I’ve redesigned my site like three times, and this won’t be the last time.

I’ve also written an ebook! It’s free, just like everything else on this site.

Anyway personal notice update = officially over.

I’ve got around 10 awesome articles 90% written, and they just need some polishing before I post them. I’ve got stuff on dating and attraction, power and leadership, business and finance, gratitude, and a lot more, so STAY TUNED!

Link back for increased exposure!

I’ve now added some recent comments and recent trackbacks section on every page. So if you want your blog linked to on every. single. page. of the Urban Monk site, there’s encouragement for ya. Comments will increase your presence and traffic too.

Oh, and please leave a comment, I am curious as to how people would take such personal posts. Hate, Love, indifferent?