Monthly Archives: September 2009
Comma, Comma, Comma Chameleon: Common Comma Rules, Part 1
Writing Many of you may catch the title’s reference to the 80′s song Karma Chameleon by Boy George. In fact, for a long time, I thought he was actually saying comma instead of karma. Often times, comma rules do seem to be a bit elusive like the ever-changing chameleon. There are roughly 19 comma rules according to the Everyday English Handbook, 7 exceptions and a few notes thrown in for good measure—in case the 19 comma rules aren’t ...
Continue readingGrow Your Presence and Your Validity as a Blogger
Blogging Last week I mentioned a couple of ways in which you could redistribute your blog in order to gain a little bit of visibility for your published articles. It’s fair to say that basic redistribution of your content is only the tip of the iceberg. Another way in which you can make your blog work for you is to establish your presence so that people keep coming back to your blog on a regular basis. There are several other things you can do ...
Continue readingYour or You’re
Writing I am not a great speller. Hard to believe with the many errors blog commenter’s find on all of my blog posts, sarcasm if you couldn’t detect, but it’s true: I suck at spelling. But that’s okay. Why? Because no matter how many people negatively comment on your blog due to spelling, snobby attitudes, or just rip on what you have to say, spelling is the least of your worries. Yes, you should try to make your spelling as ...
Continue readingKeeping Those Promotions Simple
Promote your blog If you’re like me then you see all the technology that’s available today with a twinkle in your eye. And the truth is that I’m no technical wizard (I even wrote my first few blogs long hand on a notepad at the local library) so it’s not that I understand all those wonderful things that the Twitter and WordPress Plugins and other gizmos can do for promotion; to be honest I’m just hoping to tap a vein in the Internet that’s full of ...
Continue readingIs Twitter personal enough?
Social Networking Twitter is a great way of communicating with many people at a time and keeping up to date on certain topics but does it stop us communicating on a more personal level? I have used MSN messenger for many years and I have a contact list as long as my arm with all my friends, work mates and web contacts but more recently since I’ve been using Twitter I’ve almost stopped using messenger to communicate with anyone. Has anyone else done the same? ...
Continue readingYoono Steps It Up With A Desktop Application
Social Media I’m not sure how many of you are familiar with the Yoono Firefox addon but it has been around for awhile now. It’s one of those addons I’ve struggled back and forth with. In my opinion it went from great, to bad, to worse, to better. After a quick stop at Black Web 2.0 last night I found out that they’ve now introduced a desktop application as well. Yoono is best comparable to Digsby or Trillian; it brings together all ...
Continue readingBlogger Beware the Lowest Common Denominator
Blogging Once in a while you’ll read someone waxing philosophical about how blogging is changing – maybe even saving – their otherwise troubled life. Now that I’m up to my elbows in reader comments and WordPress plug-ins, I understand this more than ever. Especially lately. Because lately one of my guest blogs on a major writing site has come under full frontal attack. Not because I put something out there worthy of the smackdown it became, ...
Continue readingUsing a Double-Ender in Podcasting
Podcasting Last week, we took a look at how to set up a free Mac podcasting setup. This included the software applications needed to record yourself, use a soundboard and have a co-host or interviewee talk to you via Talkshoe, Skype or some other VOIP product. But while getting the software in place to run a podcast is fairly easy, getting a high-quality podcast out of it is less so, especially when you are trying to record a conversation over the Web. ...
Continue reading2 Ways to Redistribute Your Blog Content
Blogging You’ve written your blog post. Now what? Does anyone know your blog post is there? After you’ve written and published your blog post, you have to let people know about it. Otherwise, your blog article is the proverbial tree that fell in the forest with no one in earshot to hear it crashing to the ground. This is where the redistribution of your content comes into play, among other things you can do to create steady return traffic to ...
Continue readingUsing Tone & Style to Help Narrow Your Target Audience
Writing The tone and writing style of your blog will help determine the type of readers you attract. It’s often mentioned that when starting a new blog you need to define your topic and your target audience. This is generally achieved by the process of elimination. Once you decide the topic of your blog you need to narrow the focus to a well-defined niche’ or sub-topic. I recently covered Enlarging Your Audience. In this post we’re ...
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