Helping weblogs grow. This is currently the aim of blogHelper - whether in the technical, traffic, or monetary sense - fueled by first-hand use of the tips and advice outlined here.

Admittedly, it wasn't always this way. In January 2006, this blog was started with the intention of cataloguing the experiences I encountered while embracing the oh-so-powerful medium that is blogging. It did this, and practically everything else relatively badly - as you will surely note if you browse the early archives.

But when my 5 or so years of experience creating and managing "conventional" websites started kicking in, and my more commercial blogs started turning in solid profit (the earliest only two months older than blogHelper), I felt it was time for me to try sharing what I've learnt on blogging in a more serious fashion - as I hope is noticeable from the increased quality of my newer posts here.

Less than a year of experience, however, remains miniscule when compared to veteran bloggers and probloggers, many of which have blogged for 3 years or more. As such, let this blog be a learning experience for both me, and you. I love comments and emails, whether they contain your experiences, needs, or complaints towards my writing, and I always try to reply to all of them.

I. My. Me. Tons of first person pronouns, but zilch on the name... so far. My name is Ang Zhuu Ming, and I'm currently a 20-year-old student who will begin reading Econometrics and Mathematical Economics over at the London School of Economics in September this year.

I began my first blog, Anime Field, only nine months ago, but only two months on it changed my entire perspective on blogging. With an aim to learn to leverage this new medium of communication (and of course, make some decent money), I started no less than 20 blogs in the past nine months, some hidden, though most on this blog's blogroll.

My abundance of spare time to learn and experiment in the past few months (while waiting to start university studies) have ensured a few of these blogs sufficient traction to continue growing strongly - though many of my earlier attempts have been abandoned as a result of their continued mediocrity.

According to July 2006's statistics, daily traffic ranges between 12,000 to 16,000 uniques spread somewhat evenly across all the blogs I still maintain.

P.S.: A picture will be uploaded as soon as I can catch myself looking uhmm... respectable. But if you really, really need one now, feel free to plow through the photo archive over at my personal blog.