Monthly Archives: January 2008
NewsGator Consumer Products are Now Free
Internet News On January 9, 2008, NewsGator announced that it made a big change in its business model. Now, users can get all of NewsGator’s consumer products for free. Those free products include: NetNewsWire 3.1 FeedDemon 2.6 NewsGator Go! for Windows Mobile 2.0 NewsGator Inbox 3.0 (beta) NewsGator Go! for Blackberry All of NewsGators online platform products (iPhone Reader, HTML Reader, etc.) NewsGator is promoting its free suite of products ...
Continue readingGain More Readers From Social Networking Sites [How To]
Blogging Being in blogging for around 2 years has made me know and analyze what clicks with social networking sites like Digg and Stumble Upon. Though it is a trade secret it is known by many bloggers and exploited well enough to get popular on social networking sites. Today I would like to let the readers of Blogging Tips know about these trade secrets so that you can use it to leverage more readers towards your site. Remember these tricks may not work ...
Continue readingWhat’s Your Blogging Day Like?
Blogging Not all bloggers are professionals keeping at it 8 to 10 hours a day. For some it’s a hobby, for me it’s a way of life. I talk to a lot of bloggers about blogging and though we do have the blogging things in common, most of our days couldn’t be more different. Here’s my typical blogging day: Wake between 4:30 and 5:30 to get some computer time in before my guys wake. 4:30 – 5:30 – Email – There are ...
Continue readingThe AdSense Game
Design & Coding With most blogs created to make some sort of supplementary income advertising is often the method used to create that revenue stream. Integrating ads into your sites design however is overlooked regularly by bloggers, simply adding the default AdSense units to the sidebar and under every post. Colour and placement of the ad’s as well as how they interact with the rest of your content are key to increasing your conversions. But first, here ...
Continue readingAutoresponder Or Feedburner? What Should I Use In MY Blog?
Blogging I hear this question many times by people at many forums. Most people who ask this question are either internet marketers who don’t know much about blogging or it is a blogger who doesn’t know much about internet marketing. Not that these people are newbies to internet but they are new to either of the two. Everyone starts like that. In fact, a year back, I didn’t know about both and later when I knew about them, I got confused on which ...
Continue readingHow to make special “author” comments in wordpress
Design & Coding Here is a quick little tip for WordPress on how you style your author comments differently from other comments on your blog. Thanks to Charity at Design Adaptations for first explaining to me how to do this. In your comments.php file you will likely have a line like this, which is right at the beginning of the “comment loop” which makes the list item for each comment: <li <?php echo $oddcomment; ?>id="comment-<?php ...
Continue readingClassic corporate subterfuge: Writing the email blog
Personal If you’re like many of us, you’re working in your boring, dead-end office job for just one reason: you need a quiet place with internet access where you can update your blog. (Also, it helps you pay for rent and food and stuff. But mostly jobs are about blogging, right?) Even if you love your job, there are few who can resist the lure of a half-hour of downtime and a quiet desk in the corner. Sometimes, you just gotta blog. Alas, less ...
Continue reading6 Plugins No WordPress Blog Should Be Without
WordPress Plugins Most bloggers (who use WordPress) have their own unique assortment of plugins they find necessary for their blogs. Some use plugins to insert AdSense ads into their posts. Others install plugins to ease comment management. Still others use “Admin Themes” to customize their blogging experience. While we all have our preferences for plugins, there are some that have nearly universal appeal. Most blogs can benefit from these six ...
Continue readingUsing Twitter to gain readers for your Blog
Blogging I don’t know how people really feel about Twitter, but I have been using Twitter for a few months now and the more I use it the more I like it. It can be quit addicting to post (tweet) things and read things that others are tweeting. But the real advantage I’ve found is finding and sharing things with others. It’s a great way to gain new readers of your blog. One question that comes up quit often is, how do I get people to follow me on ...
Continue readingThe Secret to How I Write Highly Targeted Content
Writing Having a clear idea of who the ideal reader is for your blog’s content might be just what you need to take your blog up a notch. If your blog is new, I know you might be thinking I’ll take anybody I can get! But hear me out. Read through the whole post, and then decide for yourself if you think the idea has merit. It works for me, and I think it can work for you, too. What’s the secret? I’ve created a Profile of my ideal ...
Continue reading
Recent Posts
Blogging tips writers
Blog Partners
