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 followed pursuit and managed to get some reviews done, but the blog has not been sold yet. Mark pointed some very interesting…
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? Well if your read Blogging Tips you are obviously interested in blogging yourself and may have a…
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 dishes, even the most perfectly roasted bird would make for a dull dinner. To give a greater context and…
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 is a storytelling format originally identifed by Joseph Campbell, but one that is as…
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 a Wordpress theme as the site looks like it is being powered by an expensive content management system.
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