Monthly Archives: March 2008
Usability
Design & Coding When the web began, few people knew what to do and where to put things. But as time marched on patterns evolved in how users reacted to our websites, and out of an analysis of that came discussion on usability and accessibility. In fact there are even standards enforced by government legislation to improve accessibility and usability for less able users. But what can you do to make your site more accessible, and more importantly why would you ...
Continue reading5 Reasons Why Part Time Blogging Rocks
Blogging Everyday people start new blogs. Also, everyday a new blogger enters the blogosphere. Not all of them earn enough money to quit their day jobs. In fact 99% people don’t earn enough money from blogging. As a result of this, few of them quit blogging. The remaining bloggers stay as part time bloggers. Though part time blogging can be tough, it has so many advantages, and also helps in you in many ways. I’m a part time blogger and freelance ...
Continue readingLink Building Matters – Really!!!
Search Engine Optimisation We already know that inbound links from other blogs and Web sites are critical for boosting your visibility with search engines, but what can be done to encourage those links? Obviously, the more interesting your writing is, and the more you work to engage the blogosphere, the more people will link in. You should focus the majority of your efforts on these practices. That said, there are a few other tactics that can improve your chances of ...
Continue readingWho’s for real and who’s out to steal
Making Money When you’re flipping through ads in search of someone who will pay you to blog (and believe me, those clients are out there), it’s sometimes tough to tell who is genuinely looking for good bloggers and who’s trying to scam you out of a few free posts. So how can you tell the difference? There are no hard and fast rules, unfortunately. Still, there are a few indicators to tell you whether someone’s on the up-and-up. Samples A good ad ...
Continue readingSaying Thank You
Blogging One of the best things you can do is show your readers you appreciation. So the first thing I’d like to do is thank everyone that takes the time out of their busy day to stop by and read my articles here on BloggingTips. But I’d like to go a step further and go through all my past posts and subscribe to everyones blog (provided they have one) that has left a comment. As you have probably already guessed this is a prelude into my next ...
Continue readingDo You Blog Out of Fear?
Blogging I think many blog out of fear. What do I mean? Like all other online fads, many jump on the bandwagon because it’s what everybody else is doing. Take social bookmarking. There are so many sites dedicated to it that it would be impossible to use every one of them continuously and effectively. I started my blog just over three years ago (February 2005). I did it out of a bit of pressure, I admit. I felt left behind. While I agree that ...
Continue readingBlogging Tips Competition: The Winners…
Blogging After receiving only four reviews and view-points on my blog, Swift Media UK, it’s time to announce the winners of the prizes available.If you missed the competitions introduction, you can read it here and view the review comments directly. There were 5 prizes available, but since there were only four actual reviews, the final prize will go to the best review submitted below. All you have to do is go to my blog, and submit a review on its ...
Continue readingThree Easy Ways to Market your Blog and Get Good Traffic
Promote your blog Want more traffic for your blog? I’m sure you do. However, you also want results from that traffic. You want “good” traffic, traffic that does something for you when it gets to your blog. What you want your traffic to do varies – perhaps you want your visitors to buy a product, visit your online store, or click on a link. So although the Web 2.0 social-networking traffic generating methods can be effective, they usually ...
Continue readingWhat does a comment mean to you?
Blogging Many of us are comment lovers, I haven’t come across a blogger who doesn’t like them. Some of us don’t allow them on blogs but that’s not because they don’t like them, that’s a psychological approach to get you thinking about the blog. But, that’s not our topic here. What does a comment mean to you? What can you learn from comments on your blog? Is comment management essential or can they be avoided? A ...
Continue readingBlogging For Success: Make an Impression
Blogging Even the greatest writing in the world won’t be of much value if no one gets to read it. If you take into consideration the factors that affect how findable your posts are, you’ll see your readership grow. There are several techniques that can increase the likelihood that people will find you when they search, as well as choose your writings over others. Writing Findable Content When striving for maximum readership, one of the most ...
Continue reading
Recent Posts
Blogging tips writers
Blog Partners
