Regular readers are the soul of a successful blog: besides the steady stream of page views and subscribers provided by regular readers, you are also assured of more backlinks, recommendations and commentary through building a loyal audience.
But how can you convert a casual visitor into a loyal reader? Make them feel welcome!
By making even the casual reader feel …
While posting is the most important thing you can do to establish and maintain a presence in the blogosphere, there are many other options available that can help create or maintain a high profile for you and your business on the Web.
Commenting like crazy on posts that others write, especially on popular sites not only reminds the big-time …
Podcasts are a great way of sending and receiving information. It’s just so much easier to listen to something while doing other things, allowing me to multitask. I’ve even tried my hand at doing a monthly cast, but here are some design related podcasts for you to check out.
The Prepared Mind Discussion about designing human interaction. I personally listen to this …

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Did you know that guest blogging will help you build a good reader base for your blog? If you didn’t, let me tell you that guest blogging is a great way and one of the most used ways to put your blog in front of other bloggers. With that being said, there are certain things (call it mistakes) that you shouldn’t do when you are writing …
Some months ago I added a poll to my web site, and I was blown away by the increase in activity to the site as well as the number of people who were taking the poll in comparison to doing other activities on the site.
I suppose I shouldn’t have been so surprised because polls are hugely popular all around the web. …
Writer’s block can be tough. It’s often easier to give in and give up than to struggle through, especially when you’re writing a personal blog and accountable to no one. But that’s not quite true, is it? You are accountable to someone: your readers. Your blog might only be read by five family members, or it might be read by five thousand strangers: either way, you’re providing a unique service to them …
Your WordPress blog is installed and you are all ready to start posting to it. But wait before you do that why not do a little post install configuring to make sure everything is setup correctly from the very beginning. Before I begin I want to make clear that these instructions are specific to a WordPress install that you are hosting on your own hosting account. But thats not …