Monthly Archives: August 2009
Keeping Records for Your Writing Projects
Writing Do you keep records for your writing? If you do any writing other than your own blog, it’s important to keep good records. Benefits of Keeping Good Records Easy to find articles you’ve written for future reference Easy to keep up with payment for paid jobs Keep track of rights sold for paid jobs (exclusive/non-exclusive) Keep track of material you may want to rewrite for future submissions One of the best ways to keep track of your ...
Continue readingDon’t Beat A Dead Horse: Avoid These Blog Topics
Blogging Do you ever get tired of hearing news anchors talk about the same thing? As scary or heartwarming or important as a topic may be, it gets tired after a while because the media keeps harping about it. Sometimes your audience needs a break from those topics we hear about incessantly. Remember that every once in a while, a distraction can help us focus better. Do this every so often with your own content, and your readers will thank you for it. ...
Continue readingWinner of 6 Months Hosting Package at Site Valley
Competitions Last Monday I announced a competition to win 6 months of blog hosting at Site Valley. To win, all you had to do was follow @SiteValley on Twitter, follow @BloggingTipsCom on Twitter and tweet a specific message. Although many people retweeted the message they were supposed to, they forgot to follow Site Valley and Blogging Tips on Twitter. One of the few people who did was Nicola Erlich, who was chosen by Site Valley staff as the winner. Alex: ...
Continue readingPlugins for Nerds
WordPress Plugins Plugins for nerds, well English and writing nerds that is. Anything you can do to spice up your blog should be included on your page. Why? You should have a variety of plugins for your site because people enjoy the little things they can discover. Does this mean that readers just want to know the nitty-gritty of what you’re doing? No. It simply means that readers like to know what you’re doing or any type of information that you can ...
Continue readingEmail Marketing And The Body Of Your Message
Promote your blog It should come as no surprise that the body of any email marketing message is one of the most important parts that needs to be analyzed. Once the template and picture have done their jobs and captured the reader’s attention, the body of the message needs to contain the information that will close the deal. Here’s what goes into the body of a successful email marketing message. The benefits need to play the biggest role. People won’t ...
Continue readingTwitter Photo or graphical avatar survey results
Social Networking Thanks to all those who took part in the survey it was very interesting to see the results coming in. The first question was to find out if you already use a photo as your avatar on Twitter. The results were evenly matched but having a photo just edged it with 56.3% Some of the comments on this question were interesting with answers such as I used to have a photo and some stating that they actually have a photo of something else. What was quite ...
Continue readingProudly Promote any Cause on Twitter with Twibbon
Social Media Is there a cause that you feel very strongly about and would like to promote on your Twitter account in a unique way? Twibbon allows you to do so by adding a small icon in the corner of your Twitter avatar (though I have seen a few that cover the enter avatar). Twibbon has a large directory of causes to choose from but, if you can’t find the one you’re looking for you can start it yourself. I was actually looking for an Army Wives ...
Continue readingAvoid Disaster by Planning Your Work
Writing A few weeks ago, Jonathan shared a great article, How to Take a Blogging Vacation. I wasn’t planning a vacation but the article made me realize those tips make good sense for any blogger and offer a strategic plan, especially in the case of unforeseen disasters. I was in the process of planning future topics, of a general nature, for my blog that could be set to auto-post at a later date. I wanted to have 4 posts in queue at all times, 2 ...
Continue readingPromote Your Blog and Boost Traffic with BlogUpp
Promote your blog There are literally thousands of blogs on the Internet now, which often makes it hard to get traffic because of all the competition. BlogUpp aims to help you with that. It’s one of the easiest ways to effectively promote your blog and boost your traffic. Best of all, it only requires 2 very simple steps. Enter your blog URL. Add a code to your blog so that you can display the widget. You’ll need to wait a few days before your blog is ...
Continue readingFive Reasons Why College Students Should Blog
Blogging As the days of summer wind down, many around the world are packing up cars, vans and SUV’s to head back to campus. Most 18 to 24-year-olds will begin the fall as poor college students and head home next spring as even poorer college students. That, fortunately, does not have to be the case. Aside from the usual part-time jobs and monthly stipends from Mom and Dad, there are other ways for college students to make extra cash to get through ...
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