Do you have a blog?
You don’t?
Then what the h-e-doublehockeystick are you doing hanging around a site called “Blogging Tips?” Oh, you are planning to start a blog soon. Really? How long have you been planning that? About as long as you have been dreaming about what the your name will look like on the cover of your first novel. Forget about the fact that you haven’t even written a line of dialogue.
If you are reading about blogging, then you should be a blogger. There is absolutely no justifiable reason why…
With 2008 well underway, it’s time to create your blog marketing plan for 2008.
Your marketing plan doesn’t need to be complex - you can create it on an index card if you wish. However, you do need to create one. The more effort you put into marketing your blog, the more traffic you will get.
The promotional activities you include in your marketing plan are up to you. If your blog is new, then forget about paid advertising in the short term. Wait until your blog’s generating revenue; at that stage,…
Woke up, get out of bed, dragged a comb across my head……Oh wait, that’s a song. A Day in the Life, by the Beatles. In fact, since I was asked to write here and was deciding how to start my first post I have had that damn song in my head. Think yourself lucky it’s no longer the 1990’s and I don’t have access to one of those awful midi players that annoyed the life out of everyone when they opened a web page, because I would be sharing.
I decided…
If you happen to be the type of blogger who finds that one blog just isn’t enough, you could be juggling several blogs that demand constant feeding. Here are some tips on multitasking for multiple blogs.
Create a Blogging Schedule
This can be crucial. If you just post on whichever blog whenever the mood strikes, you may find that a blog or two gets neglected. That’s especially true if you, like many bloggers, do your blogging on top of a full time job and/or raising children.
Be sure to create a blogging schedule,…
30+ FREE Desktop Applications for Bloggers - A huge list of applications for bloggers.
Six Tips for More Creative Blogging - A good post from Darren Rowse.
Why you need stunning images on your blog posts - Patrick Altoft tells us why we should use images on our blogs.
11 Ways To Piss Off Bloggers When You Comment - A sarcastic set of commentating rules for bad commentators.
Hire People that are Better than You - Think it’s safe to say I have employed this policy at BloggingTips!
and last but not least….
10 Steps to Tango” The Social Media Cookbook -…
I was just thinking of what the topics which I could possibly write about blogging when it occured to me to think of the things or benefits which blogging have brought to me personally. Other bloggers have talked about blogging being able to provide a car for them and other really precious things.
This post is dedicated to the things or lessons which I have benefitted through blogging. Here are some of these things:
Blogging Bought Me a Laptop
-By some twist of fate, my desktop computer was hit by lightning courtesy…
