Most of us get a large percentage of our blogging material from work. Maybe you work with hilarious (intentionally or otherwise) colleagues, or you work in a particularly interesting industry – or one so boring that you have plenty of time to write about it. Regardless, we spend a huge chunk of our time at work, so naturally it gets reflected in our personal blogs.
A lot of companies are starting to …
Why in the world would anyone want to write content and give it to someone else to use on their blog? I mean our content is the life blood of our blogs, right? Well keep reading and I will share with you several reasons why you might want to write guest posts for other blogs.
Exposure for your blog – Maybe you just started your blog and your looking to get …
In blogging, you need to a little about a lot. Take images in your blog posts, for example: there’s definitely a learning curve. Novice bloggers often don’t take into account how little they know about digital images.
Image File Types
There are three main image file types: GIFs, JPEGs, and PNGs.
GIF stands for Graphic Interchange Format. Its file extension is .gif. It’s pronounced like a word, with either a hard or soft “G”. …
Note: This post is a two-parter, the second half: Five Ways to Hit Your Reader in the Head, can be found at my blog. This is the first part of the article and will focus on affecting readers emotionally with your posts.
Writers make a thousand little decisions regarding each piece we write. Whether it is a song, an op-ed piece or a blog post, there are endless paths we could …
I started blogging almost three years ago (February 2005). As a long-time freelancer, I receive a lot of questions from freelances who are just starting out, subscribers to my newsletter, freelancers who knew me when I had my editorial staffing agency in New York, etc.
Blogging made it easy to share information en masse and get immediate feedback. I recall those days fondly because I wrote with a pure sense of, “This …
How credible is your blog?
The first time a visitor arrives at your blog, he looks for signals of credibility. He wants to know whether he can trust you. With so much junk online, establishing trust in your visitors is vital, otherwise their first visit will be their last.
So how do you establish your credibility?
Here are five ways:
1. Know what you’re talking about – have personal experience in the subject of your …
Competitions are always nice isn’t it? Especially on the blogosphere, there’s always a competition running. Free ipods, iphones, free subscriptions and what not ? The prizes are always attractive, and that’s the fun about it. But, many a times, I’ve thought, had the prize been some cash in hand, I could’ve bought anything that I wanted. You know bloggers always need money to spend. To spend on hosting accounts, buying tools, link purchases …