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A better sidebar for your Blog
Design & Coding If your like a lot of Bloggers out there, myself included, you have a lot of junk sitting on your sidebar that should be gotten rid of. If not gotten rid of at least re-arranged and cleaned up a bit. The sidebar of your Blog is arguably the most valuable part of your Blog. The problem is that you have a limited amount of space and an unlimited pool of blog stuff to put on your sidebar. Think about some of the stuff that can go in your sidebar. ...
Continue readingSubmit your videos to increase backlinks and readership
Promote your blog In today’s post I want to talk to you about submitting your videos to as many sources as possible to increase your blogs exposure. When you create a video for your blog, there is no reason not to distribute the video through as many channels as possible. Rich media is all the rage these days and if your video goes viral you can go from a nobody to a somebody literally overnight. The concept is really simple. You create a video for your ...
Continue readingCommenting – Used properly can be very effective
Blogging Blogs have become a very effective way of communicating on the Internet. Huge conversations are started everyday through blogs. Blog authors start the conversations by posting new articles and others post comments and ping back the original blog from their blog. Commenting is a good way to join in the conversation but if done properly can really get yourself noticed. So why would you want to get yourself noticed on someone else’s blog? ...
Continue readingSubscribing to an endless stream of information for new blog posts
Writing Coming up with ideas for things to write about can be very nerve-racking. Today I am going to show you how to use Google News, Yahoo News and Technorati to get an endless supply of information to write about. Google News, Yahoo news and technorati are great resources to find new things to write about and gather research to support your ideas. In addition to these three sites, what I am going to show you can be applied to other news and ...
Continue readingThe Best Blogging Tip no one will ever mention
Blogging Angela had a good point yesterday when she mentioned how new Bloggers are more concerned with things like how their Blogs template looks rather than having any content. If you worry about each and every detail before you start writing content, your going to burn yourself out around your 10th post. The best advice I can give any new blogger is, don’t over complicate things. Its really that simple. You are creating something for other people ...
Continue readingHoliday Themed Headlines and posts
Writing Holiday Themed titles are something I like to use because its something that’s fun and timely. And if your blogging and not having fun then there is a problem. Yesterday was Halloween, something that is celebrated in most of the world and almost always associated with having fun, dressing up, eating candy and an opportunity to hang out with friends. I took the opportunity to create a post on my blog called Happy Halloween: Blogging Trick or ...
Continue readingHow do you combat the block?
Blogging This is something that everyone experiences, and thus has to deal with from time to time? I’m talking about writers block. Its that period of time where our creative juices just aren’t flowing. You feel you have something to say but you just can’t get the words out. Everyone has their ideas and ways of getting around writer’s block. Lets see how many things we can come up with, leave your suggestions in the comments. ...
Continue readingAutomate your Blog Carnivals and writing projects with WP-Submission
WordPress Plugins Last week I ran across a new Word Press plug-in that can make running Blog Carnivals, blog writing projects and even link roundups effortless. Before I get into the plug-in, let me explain what blog carnivals, blog writing projects and link round ups are for our beginning bloggers. Blog Carnival – A Blog Carnival is a collection of articles all related to a certain topic. The organizer of the Blog Carnival collects the submissions and posts ...
Continue readingWrite like you’re (not your) selling newspaper subscriptions
Writing I recently ran across an interview of a USA Today columnist on television. During the interview a caller asked how much of her writing style was attributed to the “money factor”. The journalist, Which her name evades me, replied that during her 20 years at the newspaper she has loved writing her own style of writing but always has to be aware of how she will engage her readers and continue to sell News Papers in an industry that is ...
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Keep the conversations going
Blogging When you post an article on your blog consider that the start of a conversation. As you grow your blog and gain readership, conversations will also grow. Slowly at first but it will pick up over time. The conversations on your Blog will typically happen through comments, but can also include feedback via email or another blogger posting an article with a trackback to your blog. Here are some Blogging Tips on keeping the conversations going. ...
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