Monthly Archives: November 2007
Should you have a resources page on your blog?
Blogging I’ve read about it a lot of times. One of the ways to increase the popularity of your blog is to have a resources page to your blog. I never did quite understand the concept though. A resources page is one where you list down links to other sites which may be of interest to readers. They may or may not be related links. But how do they increase the popularity? I’ve tried to include a resources page on the blog, and found that it ...
Continue reading5 Items Your Blog Sidebar Must Have
Blogging As a blog consultant I do a lot of critiquing. You can see some of the public critiques here. Surprisingly, some of the most common mistakes happen in the sidebar. I think the reason is when people are in “blogging mode” they focus on content, content, content. Yes, the posts are vitally important, but as readers we have become accustomed to looking in the sidebar for certain items. When they are not there, well, we feel lost. Here ...
Continue readingFive ways to relax and have fun already
Writing Whether your blog is professional or personal; whether it’s about football, knitting, your weird coworkers or your inner turmoil, you should be having fun. And we all know that there comes a time in the life of a blog when the fun gets hard to have. Blogging starts to seem like a chore, and you begin to wonder whether it’s worthwhile to continue. When that happens, take a break, take a breath, and try some simple exercises designed to invite ...
Continue readingThe Best Blogging Tip no one will ever mention
Blogging Angela had a good point yesterday when she mentioned how new Bloggers are more concerned with things like how their Blogs template looks rather than having any content. If you worry about each and every detail before you start writing content, your going to burn yourself out around your 10th post. The best advice I can give any new blogger is, don’t over complicate things. Its really that simple. You are creating something for other people ...
Continue reading10 Tips to Survive Your Blogging Crash and Get Back on Track
Blogging If you’ve just started blogging in last few months, get ready, because you’re going to crash. You began blogging full of enthusiasm, and what a rush it was to see your words on the internet! You’re leaving comments on other blogs, you’ve created social media profiles on what seems like ten different services, you’re reading feeds like mad, checking your visitor stats and AdSense reports every day (probably more than ...
Continue readingBlogging and the Art of Rhetoric
Blogging, Writing For the ancient Greeks, rhetoric was a high art. Over the centuries, its meaning has become shadowed, likened to used-car-salesmen speak and considered useful for others who will say anything to make a sale or convince an audience. In its purest form, however, bloggers use rhetoric with every post they make. At least they should. In this post, I am going to go over the three steps of rhetoric and why they are important to your success as a ...
Continue readingCustom Title Attribute Plugin
WordPress Plugins Sarah G from ‘Stuff by Sarah‘ has kept herself busy since the release of her first WordPress Plugin ‘What Others Are Saying‘ (check out the footer of BloggingTips to see Sarah’s first plugin in action!) and a few days ago she released her second plugin called ‘Custom Title Attributes‘. What does the plugin do? By default, WordPress gives the title attribute of any page link the same text as the anchor ...
Continue readingAll Dressed Up: The Perfect Template For Your Blog
Blogging New bloggers’ focus is often on the look of their blog. They become obsessed by their blog’s template before they write any content. It’s as though they’re hunting for the perfect suit of clothes for a ghost. A blog is a Content Management System, so your content, rather than the aesthetics, is what counts. Without content you don’t have a blog, and it’s difficult to judge whether a particular template will meet your needs ...
Continue readingTargeting Seasonal Keywords
Search Engine Optimisation, Writing There is a great tactic to see spikes in your traffic, and you can do that by targeting seasonal keywords. You will probably be surprised just how many page views you can get from a good, well-optimized article or post that relates directly to the calendar. On the downside, the boost in traffic will be seasonal, too. But a spike is a spike, and that’s more eyes on your site even if it’s for a brief period. I would argue it ...
Continue readingLinks Roundup – November 6th 2007
Links Combine All the Posts From Two WordPress Blogs Into One – I don’t think Chris realised that WordPress has an import facility already integrated into the software but this is still a nice little guide which shows how to move data between databases. The Current Value Of The Make Money Online Blogs – Mark looks into the growing number of blogs which are being sold after the recent pagerank update. What is your blog worth? 25 Super ...
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