Blogging Tips

June 2007 Competition Update

I was a bit surprised that the Blogging Tips June 2007 competition has not proved as popular as last month as the cash value for the prizes this month is much much more.

There is still another week to go so theres still time to take part and win one of the prizes up for grabs. You can see full details of the competition here.

Prize 1 : Win a years worth …

Written by Kevin Muldoon from Blog Themes Club
Posted on June 15th, 2007 and filed under Competitions
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Why paying for a review on JohnTP was worth the money

A couple of days ago John Metcalfe from Web Business Blog posted about me paying for a review on John TP’s Blog and asked whether it was value for money. I replied with a quick comment at the time but i thought it would be good to give a better explanation as to why i believe paying for a review on John TP was worth the money. You can read …

Written by Kevin Muldoon from Blog Themes Club
Posted on June 15th, 2007 and filed under Promote your blog
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I may have to change my newsreader

I have been using NetVibes to stay updated with the blogs i read since i reviewed the service in April 2007. Up until now i have been very happy with the site however in the last week or so i’ve had problems logging onto the site and feeds have taken a while to update on my main page.

Have any readers who use NetVibes had a problem with this …

Written by Kevin Muldoon from Blog Themes Club
Posted on June 14th, 2007 and filed under Blogging
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Bosco 2.0 Released – Now Widget Ready

One of my favourite wordpress themes has just been updated. Bosco 1.0 was a great theme which i still use on one of my other blogs. The coding was good too and it helped me learn how the wordpress templating works so i was pleased to see that Bosco 2.0 has just been released.

The theme does not differ too much from the original theme but it is suitable for the latest version …

Written by Kevin Muldoon from Blog Themes Club
Posted on June 13th, 2007 and filed under WordPress Themes
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Ask Shane where he is

Ask Shane is a blog which i used to check every day. Infact, i still have the blog on my feedreader. Unfortunately, Shayne has not updated the blog since 30th April so i can only assume that the blog is joining an ever growing list of blogs which are just being dumped by their owners. It’s a bit of a shame as his posts were pretty good and he posted quite …

Written by Kevin Muldoon from Blog Themes Club
Posted on June 13th, 2007 and filed under Around The Blogosphere
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Links Roundup – June 12th 2007

Understanding feed count fluctuations – A good post which explains why feedburner stats can fluctuate so much. Posted by Daniel from Daily Blog Tips in response to my Feedburner Rollercoaster post.

Yep This Is Me! – The Face Behing The Blog – I noticed Jonathan commentating here a while ago but forgot to check out his blog. When i did get the time to check it, i quickly realised …

Written by Kevin Muldoon from Blog Themes Club
Posted on June 12th, 2007 and filed under Links
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Can a press release help promote a blog?

Have you ever considered using a online press release to promote your blog? I decided to give it a try. I don’t profess to be an expert in writing press releases, but I have learned a lot trying. One of the great things about a press release is that in effect you are advertising for free. Press releases are picked up by different websites all looking for news in relation to their …