Monthly Archives: October 2009
The Writer’s Funk
Writing Do you have Writer’s Funk? I’m not talking about writer’s block—if you have that you can read Write About Writer’s Block to Get Over Writer’s Block. What I’m talking about is getting in a funk. You have plenty to say, plenty of idea’s mulling around in your head, plenty of material to work from—you just don’t have the desire to write. You say, “But I’m a writer, I’m supposed to ...
Continue readingNewsflash: This Stuff Really Works!
Blogging This is going to be a little different. My posts usually are, frankly, but this one is personal. I’d like to share the story of the last 24 hours of my life. Which, for me at least, represents a discovery of the inherent potential of online marketing and the importance of listening to the wisdom of our blogging elders. Which ain’t me, by the way. Even though I’m here every week, waxing oh-so-confidently knowledgeable. Fact is, ...
Continue readingThe Case Of The Disappearing Blog
Blogging Last weekend I nearly lost my entire blog and it was my own fault. I’ve been in a decluttering phase, so I went to my Bluehost account and decided to delete an old WordPress test install that I wasn’t using anymore. I didn’t think it would be a problem. I’d deleted WordPress installations in the past and the process had always left the database intact. This time it was different and I didn’t realise that till it was ...
Continue readingGrab the Bull by the Horns
Blogging BloggingTips has been online for more than 2 and a half years now. Running a community like this has put me in a unique position to see how many bloggers have developed since starting their first blog. I’m happy to say that many are now running successful blogs which bring them in a nice profit every month. However, too many have struggled to make their blog a success and even more have just stopped blogging altogether. I think that there ...
Continue readingSetting Goals for Your Writing Career
Writing Without goals, none of us would get very far. We’d pretty much be stuck, going in circles. We set goals if we want to lose weight, make a major purchase, go to a concert, take a trip—and we work towards the goal. Do you set goals for your writing? These don’t have to be major goals in the beginning, but you need to set some goals so you can stay on target with where you want to take your writing. There are many types of writers who ...
Continue readingBlog Promotion: Twitter vs. Facebook
Blogging Twitter lists have introduced the promise of a new option for promoting your blog on Twitter. But what about Facebook lists? Facebook and Twitter have been the two major contenders for promoting one’s brand across the social web, so how do the two stack up against each other when it comes to the promotion of your blog? Ease of Use One consideration towards choosing which social media outlet is best for you is how easily you can use each ...
Continue readingMixing your Day Job with your Blogging Addiction
Blogging These days just having a job is a blessing. We all know people who have lost jobs in this economy. It’s tough, but so is the addiction that is blogging. Have you taken time during your regular job to blog? This is a slippery slope and something which must be carefully considered. How do we balance our daily work schedule and our addiction? Get up early I usually go to the gym very early in the morning. I do this so I can avoid rush-hour ...
Continue readingWhat does the new cnn.com mean for blog design?
Blogging Usability and design testing can make a huge impact on any web site. But, if you run a blog or a small web site, the costs of wide scale usability and design testing is expensive. One of the best affordable ways to improve design is to learn from those organizations that have invested in large scale testing. Sites like Amazon, eBay and CNN are often imitated for that very reason. With CNN making a major update to their home page, it is ...
Continue readingUsing Twitter Lists to Promote Your Blog
Blogging Twitter released a beta version of a new feature called lists this month, introducing a highly anticipated feature for many Twitter users. The lists are easier ways in which to organize Twitter content and users, presenting bloggers with some new and unique ways in which they can use Twitter to promote their online publication. Twitter, already a heavily populated marketing channel for bloggers and large brands alike, has been slow to add too ...
Continue readingActive and Passive
Writing Last week I touched upon showing your readers what you have to say rather than just telling them the information as though they are just spectators. Several people made some interesting comments about this topic. One reader said that it was “much more fun for the other party [readers] to “feel” and “see” what you’re telling, instead of just hearing it.” (Klaus @ TechPatio) I love this idea that the readers can be apart of your blog ...
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