Posts Tagged ‘blogging’

What Makes A Good Blog Post

We've mentioned quite a few ideas on how to write a good blog post and maintain a readable blog. It's not the most apparent information to new bloggers, particularly when it comes to writing styles. Generally you can lead off the blogs you read and take inspiration from, but if you are looking for some idea to what works when writing blog posts, this list is a good start.

1. Your

May 30 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: blogging, writing | 2 comments»

Top Wordpress Plugins for the Smart Blogger

If you're a blogger, then you probably know about the power of the Wordpress platform. Straight out of the box, Wordpress is one of the best solutions for blogging. It has a number of SEO benefits built straight into the software. However, the smart blogger knows how to optimize Wordpress for even further performance using plugins. Here is a list of plugins that the A-list bloggers are using.

Akismet

May 25 2007 | By Kim | Tagged: blogging, plugin, software, wordpress | 83 comments»

101 Blogging Resources

Ah, another 101 list. You'll remember our 101 Steps to Becoming a Better Blogger and 101 Essential Freelance Resources from FreelanceSwitch. This one is a well organized list of resources to get your blog running hot. Although having 101 essential items of anything is a bit overkill, this is more a comprehensive list of options for hosting, managing and promoting your blog. 101 Essential Blogging Resources - [Blogtrepeneur]… Continue reading

May 25 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: blog, blogging | 3 comments»

How To Prevent Running Out Of Blogging Steam

Something that almost inevitably happens to bloggers starting out their own niche site, is they run out of stuff to say. Generally, as a new blogger, you can shoot for around 3-4 months of solid content until the ideas begin escaping you. This could possibly be caused by the lack of one or more of these:

1. Inspiration

2. Motivation

3. Confidence

Inspiration At some stage you will become uninspired. Thankfully, this really is the… Continue reading

May 24 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: blogging, blogs, freelance, writer, writing | 32 comments»

Branding Your Blog for Success

Why Brand Your Blog? Do you get frustrated when visitors to your site don't convert into subscribers? For many bloggers, not all, success equals an engaged and high volume readership, and/or making money from their blog. If you fall into either of those categories then you can benefit from improving the brand of your blog. This post will show you how. Gaining a High Volume Readership What makes a reader want to… Continue reading

May 23 2007 | By K. | Tagged: blogging, branding | 59 comments»

101 Steps to Becoming a Better Blogger

I have noticed that the most successful bloggers online have all taken similar steps in becoming great bloggers. After lots of research and study, I can also tell you that blogging is much more complex than it seems to be on the surface. However, with a bit of effort, I believe anyone can become a successful blogger. Here are 101 steps to becoming a better blogger... 1. First, I'm going to assume… Continue reading

May 11 2007 | By Kim | Tagged: blogging, wordpress, writing | 247 comments»

What Kind Of Blog Are You Writing?

Darren at Problogger.net has categorized three types of bloggers that might help you decide what direction your writing is going. If you have started a blog and are on your way towards your blogging goals, this is a good read to see where you can actually take things. Like many of us, Darren began small and has worked his way up, building his body of work - or body of business… Continue reading

April 24 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: blogging, writing | no comments»

20 Tips That’ll Make Your Blog Work

Tom Johnson has done his homework and put together 20 usability tips for blog writers from a range of resources. I think he's hit the nail on the head on almost every point.

1. Pick a topic for your blog. Having a specific focus actually gives you more to write about. Like a novel, your blog takes on direction and purpose.
2. Encourage comments. Allow comments, and respond to comments.
3. Make

April 11 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: blogging, writing | 30 comments»

Running A Blog Costs Hundreds of Dollars

We received this comment from Kate regarding Kyle's Beginner's Guide to starting a blog and making $100 in the first month. I have found this article very misleading. The online quick setup blogs do not allow you to insert ads or google analytics. The wordpress standalone is not easy to set up. MySQL? I don’t have MySQL… I continue to be baffled by this whole process, it seems… Continue reading

April 10 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: advertising, blogging, Money, writing | 16 comments»

The 4 Motivations for Blogging

It can be said that the days of blogs just being writings from a particular person's viewpoint are fading. Blogs nowadays take more of a general or subjective stance, while still remaining, in most cases, personal in nature. Tom Haskins has come up with four distinct types of blog writers and where their motivations lie. It's interesting to read since a blogger, or any writer really, must keep in mind who… Continue reading

March 21 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: blog, blogging, writing | 5 comments»

Freelance Blogging: Why You Should Schedule

The best part of becoming a 'full-time' freelance blog writer is the freedom of time. Instead of my 9-5 Mon-Fri working week I can work when I want for as long as I want. This is great in theory, yet anyone who has turned to working from home has found this is fraught with pitfalls.

Why You Must Have A Schedule When you have all the time in the world for work… Continue reading

March 20 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: blogging, freelance, schedule, writing | 8 comments»

Find Great Free Photos for your Blog

If you've got a blog, this is an article you don't want to miss. The goldengod weblog has a detailed post that shows where to find great free photos for your weblog. More importantly, goldengod also gives a run down of photo licensing and what "Creative Commons" really means. After reading this post, I bet most (if not all) of your web photography questions… Continue reading

March 19 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: blogging, Lifehack, photo, Technology | 8 comments»

5 Ways to Use Twitter for Good

I'm a big fan of Twitter, and have been using it heavily since the outset. For those of you not yet using it, Twitter is a communications gateway that asks the question: "What are you doing now?" Users can answer and hear their friends' answers via SMS, via IM, or on a webpage. Updates have to be under 140 characters. Think somewhere between IRC and IM and that's Twitter. Twitter… Continue reading

March 10 2007 | By Chris | Tagged: blogging, online, software, twitter | 313 comments»

10 Ways To Good Blog Branding

The sequel to Chris Garrett's choosing a domain name article is all about keeping your brand for your blog. You've got the name, you've got the idea - now let's make sure not to throw things out the window.

1. Be Consistent. [The] Number one way to damage your brand is through inconsistency. Your brand is how people think about you, your product or your company. Through your words

February 21 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: blog, blogging, blogs | 3 comments»

Blogging Essential: 6 Ways to Attract More RSS Subscriptions

For lifehack.org readers who are a blogger, read a short post at my personal blog on RSS feed. In the article, I gave a quick stat update on lifehack.org's feed subscription progression. I've also published six ways to attract more feed subscriptions. First two of them: Full Feed instead of Partial Feed. RSS feed is a way of notification, but it is not attractive enough to be just notifying readers for… Continue reading

January 22 2007 | By Leon | Tagged: blogging, rss | no comments»

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