Monthly Archives: November 2007
Blog Etiquette: The Rules are Quite Simple
Blogging This weekend has been rather interesting as far as my blogs are concerned. In fact, what was supposed to be a relaxing weekend, turned into one of those “never a dull moment” deals. I love blogging, truly I do, but sometimes people ruin it for me. Every now and then, I experience rudeness and inconsideration and feel a refresher course in blog etiquette is in order. A few cases in point: Yesterday, someone submitted one of my blog ...
Continue readingWhat Should I Blog Tomorrow – Do You Feel The Stress?
Blogging Ever felt like “What should I blog tomorrow?” I feel it almost everyday. Many bloggers feel that. More than this, have you ever been in a position where you have nothing to blog tomorrow and stressing yourself to write a post? To tell the truth, I have been in that situation a couple of times. Yes, bloggers should be passionate about the topic they blog. Still there will be times when you will almost have nothing to blog the next day. What ...
Continue readingChanneling Your Interests for Fun and Profit
Blogging Sometimes I have to pinch myself, being paid to blog is that good. I get to work from home, surf the web for my job and make some great friends. Who wouldn’t love chit-chatting about things that fascinate and energize us and get paid for it? In one week I get to write about all sorts of topics that interest me, everything from productivity and technology to writing, marketing and of course blogging tips right here. There are things to ...
Continue readingThe holiday juggle
Personal Sometimes you wind up having to blog on a holiday. I, for example, have a Thanksgiving deadline today for which I am totally unprepared. Fortunately, I am always happy to hold myself up as an example of what not to do, so learn from my mistakes and never, ever do the following: Wait until the day of your deadline to post your work. As I try to post this, my internet connection is experiencing small technical difficulties, probably because all my ...
Continue reading5 Things To Avoid While In Infancy of Blogging
Blogging Sometimes something’s are just too overwhelming to avoid. While you start blogging you are too overwhelmed and want to make it the best and earn money out of it. But mistakes you make can be avoided and it is best to avoid them in the initial stages of your blogging. I have gone through most of the things and here are 5 things I want to ask every new blogger to avoid at the earlier stages of blogging. Stop Checking Statistics every hour 00 ...
Continue readingA week in blogging – Nov 16th – 22nd
Around The Blogosphere Whoa! Another busy week passed by and it seems like the fun never ends at the blogosphere. The major news everyone talked about is the sales of a few established websites for some nice round numbers. CashQuests, which was sold for 15k was talked about by Kevin, Mark, me and many others. The sale was quite interesting and Kumiko, the owner of the blog have not responded to emails or not said a word about it. 5xmom ...
Continue readingCommenting – Used properly can be very effective
Blogging Blogs have become a very effective way of communicating on the Internet. Huge conversations are started everyday through blogs. Blog authors start the conversations by posting new articles and others post comments and ping back the original blog from their blog. Commenting is a good way to join in the conversation but if done properly can really get yourself noticed. So why would you want to get yourself noticed on someone else’s blog? ...
Continue readingHow a Blog is like a Thanksgiving Dinner
Blogging In America, today is Thanksgiving, a national holiday during which families cook a traditional dinner of turkey and a few other dishes, like cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, and dressing (or stuffing). But did you know your blog is like a Thanksgiving dinner? It’s true! The turkey is the main focus, but variety matters The focus of a traditional Thanksgiving dinner is the turkey. It’s the main event. But without the rest of the ...
Continue readingBlogging the Hero’s Journey
Blogging, Writing Last week I discussed profile writing as an alternative to just printing a regular interview. This week, I want to take that a step further and discuss writing a profile as a life story. Writing a life story might seem a bit daunting, but if you have the right outline you can stay on track and create an original, interesting article. The outline we are going to use is the “Hero’s Journey” or monomyth. The Hero’s Journey ...
Continue readingWin a copy of the fantastic new Premium News WordPress Theme
Competitions Adriaan Pienaar emailed me the other day as he was interested in advertising his new Premium News WordPress Theme on BloggingTips. Not only that, he also wants to give away 2 copies of the theme to Blogging Tips readers (worth $99 each). More info on the Premium News Theme The Premium News WordPress Theme is a professional looking wordpress theme which was designed for magazine and news type sites. You could forgive anyone for forgetting this is ...
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