Hmmm, what a title? For those who are wondering why, I’m just trying my hands on keyword experimentations to see if it can boost my traffic from search engines. For this post I’m setting my eyes on the naruto keyword, naruto games specifically. Naruto’s climb to being one of the highly searched keyword in the web started picking momentum by 2006, perhaps fueled by its story line which gets better and better as the characters grow up and its ever growing fan base as well. Obviously, since the keyword is too saturated with competition, which could mean a pretty tough niche to break into, I decided to settle down to naruto games which has fewer strings pulling on it but can still rake in 2,000 plus searches per day. Along with naruto games, keyphrases such as naruto online games, online naruto games, download naruto games, and free online naruto games also generate some substantial search volumes. I just hope that this post will eventually manage to squeeze into a better spot in the search engine results one day.
For those who are living in another dimension and aren’t aware of the “naruto hype†going on these days, Naruto is a story of a young ninja, named Naruto, who has a nine tailed demon fox, called Kyuubi, sealed inside him to save the village of Konohagakure from its destructive powers. Having the nine tailed demon trapped inside him, Naruto possessed immense powers ninjas of his age don’t have. Powerful as he is, the draw back of this gift was being ostracized by most of the villagers because of the beast inside him, a curse which he eventually managed to overcome because of his boisterous and cheerful personality. The story revolves around the adventures and misadventures of the main protagonist, enemies that get more and more powerful each time, and new ninja techniques which get cooler and cooler as episodes get concluded. If you want to know more about Naruto please visit his Wikipedia page.
Being a Naruto fan myself, I believe one can pick-up a lot of lessons from him which you could apply in life, as well as blogging. To begin with, Naruto is a simple character, very predictable, but true to his intentions and goals. You could see through him because of his transparent character. Did I strike any chord about blogging? As homage to Naruto’s immense nine-tailed chakra, I came up with a list of 9 lessons from the anime series which could seriously help you in your path to being a better blogger. I’ll call it the “nine jutsus of bloggingâ€. Here it goes:
1) Simplicity and humility
According to his creator, Masashi Kishimoto, Uzumaki Naruto was purposely created as a simple and straight forward character because he is not very much interested in smarter and sophisticated heroes. Being that, it’s easier for fans to understand and, perhaps, relate to him. Besides being simple, Naruto is also humble in his ways. He might be boisterous, but he never boasted about what he has achieved or looked down on his fellow ninjas based on their shortcomings because he understood that he has greater shortcomings himself.
As a blogger, I believe there’s an art of keeping complicated things simple. It’s difficult but we should strive to perfect it for our readers. It’s keeping things informal, conversational, and straight to the point. That way information can be a lot easier to digest for most readers. Also, keeping your blogging ways simple will make your blogging life a lot less complicated. In the same way, humility should be an integral part of blogging. There’s nothing people avoid the most than those who are unapproachable and extremely full of themselves. Always keep your feet firmly on the ground. Additionally, talking to people about themselves and what they were looking for is always better than focusing about you and you alone.
2) Dream big
Naruto dreams of being a Hokage, or the leader and protector, of their village. He strives each day to be one and never loses it. As a blogger, we should always think and dream big because that will shape our actions. It’s your reason why you started this whole blogging thing so hold on to it and never let go. Strive each day to follow that dream and little by little you’ll be closer than what you think.
3) Determination
When it comes to protecting his friends and those important to him, the straightforward Naruto will never give up no matter what it takes, even if it means sacrificing his life. We’re not warrior ninjas so we don’t have to sacrifice our lives; but it doesn’t mean we won’t give the obstacles that go our way one hefty fight. If you want success in anything, it’s always important to be determined about it. Iron determination is what differentiates those at the top from the rest. Without it, I doubt that you’ll still be blogging after a few months or a year.