Guides/How-tos

If you are here to learn how to make your blog stand out from the rest then listen up!

Eight years ago I picked up the ProBlogger book by Darren Rowse(really famous blogger over at ProBlogger.com, in case you are not familiar).

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I thought I had embarked on the most exciting and breakthrough activity ever, blogging!

Back then, I believed that successful bloggers and internet marketers were a secret society of super-achieving individuals that did what everyone else was dreaming about.

Or couldn’t even dream about!

I believed they had cracked the codes of reality and were living an elite digital lifestyle that I wanted more than anything.

And you know what? They actually were.

These people were really innovating and when they had something to say all of us would flock to listen.

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Being an avid blog reader myself for many years now, I sometimes run into the problem of blog shortage. What I mean is that I run out of blogs to read or just get bored of the blogs I’ve been reading for quite some time. If you are just like me, then BendTheRulez has got you covered with our guide on how to discover new blogs.

How to Discover New Blogs – Our 12 Top Ways

To start off, let me propose the 12 best ways I have found on discovering new and interesting blogs. Note that those methods change from time to time, so I’ll do my best to update as soon as anything new catches my attention or a method on the list becomes obsolete ;).

1. Alltop

Alltop is a blog directory with a huge selection of the web’s top blogs and news sites grouped by topic. Moreover, you can create your own account to keep your favorite blogs organized, essentially making it a feed reader as well!

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Hello aspiring Rulebenders and welcome to BendTheRulez.com. I’m Antonis and I wanna welcome you to my website. Ready to learn how to live a laptop lifestyle?

I know you are here because you have a nagging feeling in the back of your mind that something more exists out there. That life isn’t just what they tell you it is. That it must be more than 9-5 slavery and following the life plan that everyone believes is safe. So gone with the idea that you must follow all the rules of society, get a steady job (if you can do that anymore in this financial crisis) and follow the life that someone else chooses for you. Following the rules that someone else decides we should live by.

So you ended up on BendTheRulez… Continue reading →