Monthly Archives: April 2008
Is Your Online Information Business Ready to Grow Beyond You?
Making Money I’m going through an interesting phase with my online business right now. It’s growing, which is good. But, it’s also making me feel scattered, not quite as pulled together as I usually am. As with everything in life, here are a few lessons I’m learning from this interesting phrase. 3 Signs It’s Time to Hire Help I’ve accepted the fact that my online information business is ready to grow beyond me. I’ve been a solo entrepreneur and ...
Continue readingWordPress Top Commentators Hijack Fix Released
WordPress Plugins New BloggingTips author Sarah recently noticed a major flaw in the popular Show Commentators Plugin for WordPress. As Sarah explained last month : To briefly explain, the plugin creates the top commentators list by counting the number of comments made per name which is easily forged, by accident or on purpose. It then links the name using the last URL given on that name’s comment. So all you need is someone to forge someone else’s ...
Continue readingWhy you should add Gravatars to your Blog
Design & Coding The recently released WordPress 2.5 was a major update and included many new features, most notably the inclusion of Gravatars. Gravatar stands for globally recognized avatar. It essentially provides an easy way for blog commentators to attach their own image to comments all across the web. Why you should add Gravatars to your Blog Gravatars are supported by all major blog platforms however it’s the inclusion of Gravatar in a WordPress ...
Continue readingTen Simple Tips for Successful Blogging
Blogging Most successful bloggers can offer some tips for successful blogging. Some people develop methods based on experience. Others simply offer what they’ve been told—like post often, link often, and be yourself. What follows are my ten tips for achieving a popular and successful blog within your industry, whatever it may be. Be Real Knowing yourself and your audience are extremely important aspects of successful blogging. Too many bloggers start ...
Continue readingYour Business Blog can Boost your Profits – Five Tips
Blogging Got a business blog? Blogging has become mainstream, and businesses are finding that blogging is a vital tool to increase visibility online, by attracting new customers and making sales. Here are five tips to help you to get the most from your business blog. 1. Set goals for your blog It’s vital to set measurable goals for your business blog before you start blogging. A blog can be a powerful tool, but you must be able to measure its ...
Continue readingGoogle Pagerank is currently updating
Search Engine Optimisation As most of you know, Google updates the PageRank of websites all the time (some say a daily basis) however this figure is only released every few months to webmasters, most notably on Google’s Toolbar. Courtney Tuttle posted about this update this morning*. PageRank is not something I check a lot if I’m honest but I checked out the PR of websites I did know the PR of earlier today and nothing seemed to have changed. However, I ...
Continue readingLinks Roundup – April 29th 2008
WordPress Plugins Blogs vs Social Networks – An interesting comparison. 22 Essential Habits Towards Blogging Success – A great post from Tibi Puiu. 22 Blogs Every Writer Should Read – BloggingTips isn’t on this list but we won’t hold that againt them A good list of blogs. Engaging Readers – A great post from Chris Garrett. and last but not least…. 30+ Things That Should Be Changed for WordPress 2.6 – A fantastic ...
Continue readingMiscellaneous News
Site News Some random updates for all you BloggingTips enthusiasts New BloggingTips theme within the week I mentioned around 2 months ago that I was getting a new design developed for BloggingTips. Unfortunately, Ptah Dunbar is no longer designing the theme and a different design company has designed a brand new theme from scratch for me. Ptah has wrote about why we parted ways in his post ‘What happened with the BloggingTips.com redesign?‘. ...
Continue readingSpice Up Your Blog: Guest Bloggers
Blogging If you are looking for additional way to add spice into your blog, why not try having guest bloggers? Guest bloggers could be considered as another way of livening up the blog since it brings a fresh voice and at the same adds value to the content of blogs especially niche ones. What are the qualities of a good guest blogger? Here are some tips: a. Invite a guest blogger that has experience – If you are looking for a professional blogger ...
Continue readingAre You Blogging in a Silo?
Promote your blog There is a term used in business and marketing called the “silo effect” which refers to a lack of communication or coordination between business units and/or marketing efforts. Instead of working together, each team focuses solely on their own goals with little regard to everyone else’s efforts. It occured to me this week that bloggers should ask themselves whether or not they’re guilty of the silo effect on their ...
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